What are the optimal amount of times to step in and out of the pool? I know when I watched Miles at AGDQ, he was counting?
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Might as well just explain the entire thing:
- Pools start with a value of 10. Firing drains it at a rate of 2 per second (so, it takes 5 to drain the entire thing).
- After 25 seconds (starting from when it's usable), it starts draining on its own at a rate of 1 per second. For the first pool, this starts during the cutscene, so you only have around 21.5 seconds.
- When you enter a pool, the arm cannon will "prepare" the Phazon Beam. If you hold A, you'll immediately shoot once it's done preparing. If you exit the pool before it finishes preparing, you'll still shoot, but it doesn't drain the pool at all.
Theoretically, the best way to drain it is to enter/exit for 20 seconds, then stand in and drain it for the last 5. I personally generally wait 21/22 seconds, because I've probably accidentally drained some of the pool already.
Here's the damage values; note that this is assuming every shot hits, which requires Prime to be close to you since the Phazon Beam spreads out.
- Prime has 36667 HP.
- The Phazon Beam is made up of a bunch of individual beams that do 100 damage each.
- The initial shot has 5 beams, so 500 total.
- Standing in and fully draining the pool does 10500 damage max.
- Fully draining a pool twice leaves Prime with 15667, so you need to shoot without draining the pool a minimum of 32 times, assuming you didn't accidentally drain it.
Note that the "hold A to fire when it's done preparing no matter what" thing doesn't work on PAL. A PAL 3 pool is probably still possible, as you can avoid draining the pool by firing the frame you exit it... But, uh, have fun with that.
- Pools start with a value of 10. Firing drains it at a rate of 2 per second (so, it takes 5 to drain the entire thing).
- After 25 seconds (starting from when it's usable), it starts draining on its own at a rate of 1 per second. For the first pool, this starts during the cutscene, so you only have around 21.5 seconds.
- When you enter a pool, the arm cannon will "prepare" the Phazon Beam. If you hold A, you'll immediately shoot once it's done preparing. If you exit the pool before it finishes preparing, you'll still shoot, but it doesn't drain the pool at all.
Theoretically, the best way to drain it is to enter/exit for 20 seconds, then stand in and drain it for the last 5. I personally generally wait 21/22 seconds, because I've probably accidentally drained some of the pool already.
Here's the damage values; note that this is assuming every shot hits, which requires Prime to be close to you since the Phazon Beam spreads out.
- Prime has 36667 HP.
- The Phazon Beam is made up of a bunch of individual beams that do 100 damage each.
- The initial shot has 5 beams, so 500 total.
- Standing in and fully draining the pool does 10500 damage max.
- Fully draining a pool twice leaves Prime with 15667, so you need to shoot without draining the pool a minimum of 32 times, assuming you didn't accidentally drain it.
Note that the "hold A to fire when it's done preparing no matter what" thing doesn't work on PAL. A PAL 3 pool is probably still possible, as you can avoid draining the pool by firing the frame you exit it... But, uh, have fun with that.
