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Emperor Ing Strategy
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== First form ==
  
''by Solr_Flare''
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Weapons of choice: Power Bomb, Light Beam, Super Missile
  
''Contributors: Solr_Flare, Sparky, some others <.< ''
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#As soon as the fight begins, morph.
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#When the tentacles get near you (ideal is when swatting or spinning) use a Power Bomb to instantly destroy 80% to all of the tentacles.
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#Unmorph and finish off any remaining tentacles with single shots of light beam or missiles. Each tentacle can be destroyed with one Light Beam shot or two Missiles. If he is charging a dark ball, you can prevent it from being shot at you if you destroy all his tentacles.
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#Begin charging your Power Beam as the core unfolds.
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#Using careful timing, fire a Super Missile into the gap of the core. If this is too difficult, use charged light beam shots; but beware, this takes much longer.
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#Carefully strafing to avoid being hit by the red laser, continue to fire super missiles into the core.
  
'''Form 1:'''
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It takes 4 Super Missiles to the core to destroy form 1.  If you are fast, this can be done in the first round.  If you can't squeeze 4 in, repeat steps 1 through 6 until its dead.
  
Weapons of choice: Power bombs, normal light beam, super missiles
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== Second form ==
  
1) As soon as the fight begins, morph.
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Weapons of choice: Power Bomb and Morph Ball Bomb.
  
2) When the tentacles get near you(ideal is when swatting or spinning) use a powerbomb to instantly destroy 80% to all of the tentacles.
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#Immediately spider onto the cocoon (scan first if desired) and look for tentacles coming out of golden triangular areas on the body.
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#When a tentacle exposes itself (black smoke will come out immediately before one is exposed), use a Power Bomb to instantly destroy it.
  
3) Unmorph and finish off any remaining tentacles with single shots of light beam or missiles. Each tentacle can be destroyed with ONE light beam or TWO missile shots. If the Emperor is charging a dark ball, it won't shoot it if you destroy all tentacles first.
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Ideally, you should take out 2 or 3 tentacles per Power Bomb. If you run out, switch to normal bombs and use those. Be careful of the Inglet puddles clinging to the body as well. These can be destroyed via normal/Power Bombs. If you are low on health, stay toward the top and kill the puddles as they appear.
  
4) Begin charging your power beam as the core unfolds.
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== Third form ==
  
5) Using careful timing, fire a super missile into the unshielded gap of the core. If you are less accurate use charged light beams, but beware, this takes longer. It is almost impossible to hit it with a sunburst, so that is just a waste of ammo.
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Weapons of choice: Annihilator Beam and Missiles or Light Beam
  
6) Carefully strafing to avoid being hit by the red laser, continue to fire super missiles into the core.
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The third form has 4 different forms of attack:
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*Ing Laser Barrage (strafe to avoid)
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*Dark Energy Freeze (strafe to avoid)
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*Shock wave Jump (dash jump to avoid then Space Jump above the shockwave)
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*Charge Attack (morph and boost under his feet)
  
It takes 4 super missiles to the core to destroy form 1.  If you are fast, this can be done in the first round.  If you can't squeeze 4 in, repeat steps 1 through 6 until its dead.
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The third form has a Light- or Dark-aligned core, covered by a shield.
  
'''Form 2:'''
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#Shield: use Missiles or the Light Beam to destroy the shield.
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#Light or Dark core: use Annihilator Beam shots.
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#You can only hit the mouth when it is opened (he randomly will close it), thus a good seeking weapon does ideal damage for the speed. In this case, the Annihilator Beam does best.
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#If form 3 charges you and you boost under to avoid it, you will have a brief window of opportunity to lock on and fire the appropriate weapon into a small gap in his shell. If you feel lucky enough, a direct hit with a Screw Attack will cause large amounts of damage.
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#Should you run out of ammo, the Emperor Ing will sometimes makes a cloud of Nightbarbs. If you destroy this cloud, it will drop about 40 to 60 light ammo. (There is a corresponding cloud of white orbs that drop Dark ammo.) This allows you to resupply quickly and switch back to the Annihilator.
  
Weapons of choice: power bombs, regular bombs
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== Emperor Ing (hard mode) tips ==
  
1) Immediately spider onto the cocoon and look for yellowish orange tentacles coming out of golden triangular "spots" on the body.
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NOTE: this is written under the assumption you have collected 100% items.  Form 3 is very difficult on hard mode if Light/Dark Beam Ammo is not conserved. Therefore, do not use any Light/Dark Beam Ammo until Form 3.  
  
2) When a tentacle exposes itself(black smoke will bubble out prior to one exposing itself) use a powerbomb to instantly destroy it.
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=== Fist form ===
  
Ideally you can take out 2 or 3 tentacles per power bomb.  If you run out, switch to normal bombs and use those.  Be careful of the inglet puddles clinging to the body as well. Those can be destroyed via normal/power bombs. To regain health, stay near the top and kill the puddles as they appear.
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When the tentacles are above you, use Super Missles to destroy them as long as they are not whipping around violently (which prevents the Missile's seeking capability from working). This form doesn't deal too much damage, and life can be obtained in Form 2. Just dodge to the best of your ability without moving too much; stay on one of the circle emblems on the floor. This allows you to pick off the tentacles quickly.  
  
'''Form 3:'''
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When you destroy the tentacles, lock on to the eye, get as close as possible, and use Super Missles. Being close lowers your chance of missing, but make sure to strafe to avoid the beam. Also note that after every hit, the eye changes its direction of rotation.
  
Weapons of choice: Annihilator, regular missiles/light beam
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=== Second form ===
  
1) Form 3 has 4 different forms of attack
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Use Power Pombs to destroy all of the tentacles except one. Be sure to avoid the Inglets. When there is one tentacle remaining, go around to the opposite side. Stay here and let the Inglets come to you. This allows you to get energy and Missles back. Move to the top when the toxic gas rises, but continue to destroy Inglets. When the gas recedes, move back down. Repeat until your life is full and you have 100 or more Missiles, then destroy the last tentacle. Note that you can only gather life for several cycles of the toxic gas rising and receding; after a while, the gas will envelop the whole area, and you will be forced to destroy the last tentacle.
  
- Laser barrage(strafe to avoid)
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=== Third form ===
  
- Dark Energy Freeze(strafe to avoid)
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Keep your distance, and use Super Missles to attack the shield. 2-3 of them should destroy it. Switch to the Annihilator Beam and mash the A button. Stop shooting and take the appropriate action if:
  
- Shockwave Jump(dash jump to avoid then space jump the shockwave)
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*The mouth closes,
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*The Emperor Ing starts shuffling his legs, or
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*The shield reappers.
  
- Charge attack(morph and boost under his feet)
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As on Normal, if you run out of ammo, the Emperor Ing will spew a cloud of Nightbarbs or a swarm of Light orbs.
  
2) Form 3 has 3 different colored "mouths".  These cycle regularly.
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== External Links ==
 
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[http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/9726/dcp024955qb.jpg An image of the gap in the Emperor Ing's shell]<!--
- Red mouth: use regular missiles/light beam to force this to the other mouth colors.
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- White/Light mouth: damage with regular annihilator beam shots
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- Purple/Dark mouth: damage with regular annihilator beam shots
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3) You can only hit the mouth when it is open(he randomly will close it), thus a good seeking weapon does ideal damage for the speed.  In this case it is the annihilator and regular missiles.
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4) If form 3 charges you and you boost under to avoid it, you will have a brief window of opportunity to lock on and fire the appropriate weapon for the mouth color into a small "hole" in his backside.  Yes I know what you are thinking, but it is correct...you can indeed shoot him up the arse.  It gives you a chance to deal some extra damage.
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5) Should you run out of light/dark ammo, emperor ing will sometimes makes a cloud of Nightbarbs when you damage him with another weapon/beam.  If you shoot this cloud, it wil spew out about 40 to 60 light and dark ammo.  Letting you resupply quickly and switch back to annihilator.
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6) Also worth noting: you can only damage his "life bar" when he is in light/dark mouth mode.  This is why missiles are best during orange mouth because they seek very well and can quickly force him to another mouth color.
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'''Emperor Ing (hard mode) tips '''
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''by ricod''
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''Contributor: ricod''
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This is under the assumption you have 100% items.  Form 3 is very difficult on hard mode if Light/Dark Beam Ammo is not conserved.  Therefore, do not use any Light/Dark Beam Ammo until Form 3.
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'''Form 1 tentacles''': When the tentacles are above you, use super missles to destroy them as long as they are not flipping around violently (preventing missle heat seeking from working).  This form doesn't damage Samus too much, and life can be obtained in Form 2.  Just dodge the best you can without moving around; stay on one of the circle emblems on the floor.  This allows you to pick off the tentacles quickly.
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'''Form 1 eye''': Lock on to the eye and get as close as possible.  Use Super Missles.  It takes about 4-5.  Being close lowers your chance of missing.  Make sure to strafe around the eye to avoid the beam.  Also note that after every beam shot, the eye changes its direction of rotation.
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'''Form 2''': Use power bombs to destroy all of the targets except 1.  Power bombs will only destroy the targets if the purple dark matter is coming out of them or if tentacles are coming out of them.  Be sure to avoid the Inglets.  When down to the last target, find the big open area on one side.  Stay here and let the Inglets come to you and destroy them with bombs.  This is where you will get Energy and missles back.  Move to the top when the toxic gas rises.  Keep killing Inglets up there.  When the gas recedes, go back to the open area. Repeat until your life is full, and you have enough missles (100 or more should be good), then kill the last target.  Note that you can only gather life for several cycles of the toxic gas rising and receding.  After a while (a long while) the gas will envelop the whole area, and you are essentially forced to kill the last target.
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'''Form 3''': Get ready for fun.  Keep your distance, and use super missles to hit the orange heart when it is in sight.  2-3 of them should get the heart to change color to purple or white.  Switch to the Annihilator Beam and shoot away (best if you get closer for this).  Stop shooting if the mouth closes, the Emperor starts shuffling his legs, or if the heart changes back to Orange.  If it changes back to Orange go back to the Super Missiles, get further away, and repeat.  I always ran out of Dark Beam ammo, so I dodged and Super Missile'd until the heart turned purple and used charged light shots unless I got more Dark Ammo and I switched back to the Annihilator.  Note that the white-heart form will spew out white ingstorms that you can shoot for ammo and energy, and the dark-heart form will spew out nightbarbs for the same purpose.
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Of course, make sure you dodge the emperor's attacks as best as possible during the above.
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I didn't get a chance to pull it off, but the Emperor slides and stays against the wall with it's back turned for a few seconds, you may be able to get a Sonic Boom off in the hole on it's back.  This takes off the most life, but it difficult to hit him with and it takes a lot of ammo.
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Good Luck!
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'''faster way to kill form 1'''
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''by Flyfunner''
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''Contributor: Flyfunner''
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Super Missiles doesnt make that much damage as the Sonic Boom does. If you can evade his laser you can easily kill him in 1 round. The Sonic Boom makes a bit more damage and you can shoot it faster then Super Missiles
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'''Seeker missles can work well on form 1'''
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''by ricod''
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''Contributor: ricod''
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If trying to avoid damage, Seeker missles can be great if playing the game on normal. Seeker missles can all be shot at one tentacle or multiple tentacles, depending on your situation.  Locking on with one tentacle left and shooting a couple of missles is a quick way to get the eye to show.  It's best to charge the seekers when jumping over the tentacles during the circular sweep(s).  When the sweep finishes, just look up to your right and start targeting.
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'''Additional way to kill form 3'''
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''by TheOldeKnight''
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''Contributor: TheOldeKnight''
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The easiest and fastest way to kill the final form of the emperor ing
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1) Make sure you have at least 150-250 both light and dark beam ammo
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2)Lock on to the emperor ing and rapidly fire the annilator beam at him, no matter what color his mouth is, after the first few shots with the beam his body will start flashing yellow with each shot, and then it will take serious damage.
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All you have to do is fire the annihilator beam as fast as you can at him, and his health will just drop.
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'''Another additional way to kill form 3'''
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''by TechnoMan''
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''Contributor: TechnoMan''
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This is similar to Meta-Ridley's Boost Ball trick from MP1.
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You can remove 3/4 of Emperor Ing's life bar in a single hit. To do so, you must:
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- As he jumps to do his shockwave attack, try to Screw Attack it while it's jumping above you (or right as he starts to jump). The hard thing is to predict when he's going to jump.
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You should see that it lost a lot of life, or a little. It depends on how timed you are when you screw attack it. The more quick you are, the better (not too much though). Normally, it should lose up to 3/4 of it's bar.
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You can also mix up TheOldeKnight's strategy while he's not jumping. This will save you some time and energy.
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Another thing, Screw Attacking it while it's swinging his claws at you will make you bounce very high, probably high enough to reach an edge where you can shoot from. I can't say this is really safe, but it's a whole safer than being down there. You can't get to the door of the room, since there's is an invisible wall installed.
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You might want to master the Screw Attack before attempting to do that trick.
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'''Another additional way to kill form 3'''
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''SamusAranLuver''
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''Contributor:SamusAranLuver''
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Sometimes after when Emperor Ing Charges at you he will face the wall for few seconds. I discovered there was a colored crystal on his back that was the same color as the mouth. You can rapidly shoot Annihilator Beam or whatever beam you are suppose to shot at him for a few seconds before he turns around again.(You wont have to worrie about missing when you are locked on because there are no legs or any thing blocking his back unlike the front.)
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http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/9726/dcp024955qb.jpg
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http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/9495/emperoringjpg1zo.jpg
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Added by :SamusAranLuver(if you ran out of light beam ammo that dark charge attack opens a portal where(cant rember the name) thoses bat thingy appears and you can shoot them for ammo this also happens if you ran out of dark ammo when EI is in light mode he will spit out these flys and you can kill them for ammo)(spiting out flys is rather disgusting but what can i say he's a monster)
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'''Detailed info for Emperor Ing, form 3'''
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''by Korval''
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''Contributor: Korval''
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THIS SECTION HAS BEEN COMMENTED OUT. It is because I think it can be merged into what there is above, but I am not willing to do all of it.
  
 
Emperor Ing's 3rd form is divided into 4 distinct phases. You can detect a phase change when Emp is in Light/Dark mode, you hit him, and he suddenly closes his mouth (with a reving sound in the background), shakes around the closed mouth, and opens it up. The energy ball inside will be bigger. Most phase changes will allow him to use more attacks.
 
Emperor Ing's 3rd form is divided into 4 distinct phases. You can detect a phase change when Emp is in Light/Dark mode, you hit him, and he suddenly closes his mouth (with a reving sound in the background), shakes around the closed mouth, and opens it up. The energy ball inside will be bigger. Most phase changes will allow him to use more attacks.
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I'm not entirely sure, but there may also be some kind of attack using his front leg, where he charges it with dark energy and shoves it into the ground in front of him. It's rarely used and I've never been hit with it. Because of this, I can't tell which phase it starts in, or how to counter it. But, from the few times I've seen it, it seems to leave him open to all kinds of attacks.
 
I'm not entirely sure, but there may also be some kind of attack using his front leg, where he charges it with dark energy and shoves it into the ground in front of him. It's rarely used and I've never been hit with it. Because of this, I can't tell which phase it starts in, or how to counter it. But, from the few times I've seen it, it seems to leave him open to all kinds of attacks.
  
On his Shockwave Jump, if you are too close to him after it lands, he will use a melee attack on you. He can do this regardless of whether the jump hurt you or not. Keep jumping backwards to avoid it, though a sideways dash jump may avoid it as well.
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On his Shockwave Jump, if you are too close to him after it lands, he will use a melee attack on you. He can do this regardless of whether the jump hurt you or not. Keep jumping backwards to avoid it, though a sideways dash jump may avoid it as well. -->
 
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'''Form 1 Tentacle Glitch'''
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''by TechnoMan''
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''Contributor: TechnoMan''
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When he warps his tentacles around in portals, try to destroy them while they swing at you. If you've done this correctly, you'll notice that the tentacle portal will stay open and will remain open even in the other forms. There's nothing really interesting to do with that, since you can't enter it, open it with the beams or anything else. It's only a weird glitch, yet interesting.
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'''Quickly kill the tentacles'''
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''by TrickFinder''
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''Contributor: TrickFinder''
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''Added by: Dark Samus'' 
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If you have problems with the tentacles just use one regular light shot to kill one tentacle ( on normal ). And when he is charging something at you charge a light shot and let it go! Possible instant change to the eye.
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'''Form 1'''
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''by Anonymous''
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''Contributor: Anonymous''
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''Edited by: TechnoMan''
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You should use Seeker Missiles for the tentacles, but make sure you have over 195 missiles or you will run out of them pretty quickly. For the eye, shoot Super Missiles.
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Latest revision as of 12:36, 26 June 2006

First form

Weapons of choice: Power Bomb, Light Beam, Super Missile

  1. As soon as the fight begins, morph.
  2. When the tentacles get near you (ideal is when swatting or spinning) use a Power Bomb to instantly destroy 80% to all of the tentacles.
  3. Unmorph and finish off any remaining tentacles with single shots of light beam or missiles. Each tentacle can be destroyed with one Light Beam shot or two Missiles. If he is charging a dark ball, you can prevent it from being shot at you if you destroy all his tentacles.
  4. Begin charging your Power Beam as the core unfolds.
  5. Using careful timing, fire a Super Missile into the gap of the core. If this is too difficult, use charged light beam shots; but beware, this takes much longer.
  6. Carefully strafing to avoid being hit by the red laser, continue to fire super missiles into the core.

It takes 4 Super Missiles to the core to destroy form 1. If you are fast, this can be done in the first round. If you can't squeeze 4 in, repeat steps 1 through 6 until its dead.

Second form

Weapons of choice: Power Bomb and Morph Ball Bomb.

  1. Immediately spider onto the cocoon (scan first if desired) and look for tentacles coming out of golden triangular areas on the body.
  2. When a tentacle exposes itself (black smoke will come out immediately before one is exposed), use a Power Bomb to instantly destroy it.

Ideally, you should take out 2 or 3 tentacles per Power Bomb. If you run out, switch to normal bombs and use those. Be careful of the Inglet puddles clinging to the body as well. These can be destroyed via normal/Power Bombs. If you are low on health, stay toward the top and kill the puddles as they appear.

Third form

Weapons of choice: Annihilator Beam and Missiles or Light Beam

The third form has 4 different forms of attack:

  • Ing Laser Barrage (strafe to avoid)
  • Dark Energy Freeze (strafe to avoid)
  • Shock wave Jump (dash jump to avoid then Space Jump above the shockwave)
  • Charge Attack (morph and boost under his feet)

The third form has a Light- or Dark-aligned core, covered by a shield.

  1. Shield: use Missiles or the Light Beam to destroy the shield.
  2. Light or Dark core: use Annihilator Beam shots.
  3. You can only hit the mouth when it is opened (he randomly will close it), thus a good seeking weapon does ideal damage for the speed. In this case, the Annihilator Beam does best.
  4. If form 3 charges you and you boost under to avoid it, you will have a brief window of opportunity to lock on and fire the appropriate weapon into a small gap in his shell. If you feel lucky enough, a direct hit with a Screw Attack will cause large amounts of damage.
  5. Should you run out of ammo, the Emperor Ing will sometimes makes a cloud of Nightbarbs. If you destroy this cloud, it will drop about 40 to 60 light ammo. (There is a corresponding cloud of white orbs that drop Dark ammo.) This allows you to resupply quickly and switch back to the Annihilator.

Emperor Ing (hard mode) tips

NOTE: this is written under the assumption you have collected 100% items. Form 3 is very difficult on hard mode if Light/Dark Beam Ammo is not conserved. Therefore, do not use any Light/Dark Beam Ammo until Form 3.

Fist form

When the tentacles are above you, use Super Missles to destroy them as long as they are not whipping around violently (which prevents the Missile's seeking capability from working). This form doesn't deal too much damage, and life can be obtained in Form 2. Just dodge to the best of your ability without moving too much; stay on one of the circle emblems on the floor. This allows you to pick off the tentacles quickly.

When you destroy the tentacles, lock on to the eye, get as close as possible, and use Super Missles. Being close lowers your chance of missing, but make sure to strafe to avoid the beam. Also note that after every hit, the eye changes its direction of rotation.

Second form

Use Power Pombs to destroy all of the tentacles except one. Be sure to avoid the Inglets. When there is one tentacle remaining, go around to the opposite side. Stay here and let the Inglets come to you. This allows you to get energy and Missles back. Move to the top when the toxic gas rises, but continue to destroy Inglets. When the gas recedes, move back down. Repeat until your life is full and you have 100 or more Missiles, then destroy the last tentacle. Note that you can only gather life for several cycles of the toxic gas rising and receding; after a while, the gas will envelop the whole area, and you will be forced to destroy the last tentacle.

Third form

Keep your distance, and use Super Missles to attack the shield. 2-3 of them should destroy it. Switch to the Annihilator Beam and mash the A button. Stop shooting and take the appropriate action if:

  • The mouth closes,
  • The Emperor Ing starts shuffling his legs, or
  • The shield reappers.

As on Normal, if you run out of ammo, the Emperor Ing will spew a cloud of Nightbarbs or a swarm of Light orbs.

External Links

An image of the gap in the Emperor Ing's shell