This fight consist of multiple stages, but there are more requirements then just beating the boss to get the A+ Rank. This is one of the harder boss fights so be careful.
- A+ Rank Requirements -
- Completed in less then two minutes.
- 3 lives left.
- 3 parries performed.
- 6 super meters obtained.
- Boss Guide -
Grim Matchstick is a very simple boss which just requires some patience for the second phase. The first of three phases will start off with you needing to jump from cloud to cloud while avoiding and trying to parry the Pink beams that Grim will shoot from his eyes. You must also avoid the tail which will pop up somewhere near your position so the further back you are in this level the easier it will be and you must also avoid the fireballs that Grim shoots at you, so I would recommend having the smoke bomb dodge on to make this much easier.
The second phase is the most annoying. You will want to jump from cloud to cloud and wait a second each time to see if you can get any of the fire enemies below to jump up at you before you avoid them. This can be much trickier than first looks as sometimes they will jump randomly to somewhere that you were just about to jump to and screw up a perfect run if you want A+.
The final phase you will be fighting 3 heads of the dragon, yay... This is also quite the pain as Grim will shoot out little orbs that if destroyed, will send fireballs in both horizontal and diagonal directions causing you to lose many flawless runs if you’re not careful. After the ball section finishes he will fire a flamethrower right through the centre of the map which must be avoided by either being on the highest cloud or lowest cloud possible and then the ball section will repeat afterwards.
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