In this entry, we fight Vile and take on Volt Catfish!
Vile has two forms. The first is him in his Robot Ride armor. For this, just wall jump, dash over him and hit him with a charged up X-Buster shot. Keep doing this until his armor is wrecked.
The second form is Vile himself. Avoid him and his bombs, especially when the fire wave moves towards you and up the wall. Hit Vile with a charged-up X Buster shot, then move away so his firepower won't get you. He keeps repeating this pattern over and over, so you shouldn't have too much trouble.
The Ray Splasher is his weakness. If you get the final shot on him with his weapon, he'll die instead of flee.
Once you beat Vile, you'll be able to get out after this. But you don't have much time, as you have only 50 seconds to get out. If you fail, you'll have to do this area all over again. If you make it to the capsule at the end, you'll be back close to where you originally were. To make this easier, be ready to dash jump to the right and attack any enemies in your way with fully charged X-Buster shots.
Volt Catfish
The red crab robots that stick to walls, floors and ceilings also shoot lightning balls. If you shoot them enough, the cannons will break and all they'll be able to do is shock themselves.
The elevators have a yellow arrow in the center that indicates where they're going to go.
Keep going up with the second elevator that leads up. This takes you to a Heart Tank, which increases your maximum health slightly. Go right, and you'll find it in a spike pit. Use the Leg Enhancement to dash to the right wall and slide down it to get to the Heart Tank. From there, you can return to the normal path through the level.
On the third, keep going up until you can go left. Power up the Gravity Well with the X-Buster Enhancement and you'll be able to get the Armor Enhancement which cuts the amount of damage you receive in half. You'll also get a blue shield that triggers when you take damage.
The second half of this is some sort of maze-like path to the end. The electric sparks that move up and down on the walls will indeed damage you.
Volt Catfish will spit electric balls at you, but it's when he's at half health that he does his most interesting attack: a bolt of thunder comes down and he absorbs it. Shoot him with the Tornado Fang at this point to negate the attack. If for some reason you don't, just stand right in front of him...but not too close. The shield will protect him from both sides, but the sparks flying out from the top of him won't even anything directly in front of or behind him.
Beating Volt Catfish will give you the Triad Thunder. This creates three spheres which act as a protective shield before shooting lightning out in three directions.
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