Draygon in one round, no plasma beam.

2009-06-21 10:29:40 am

Almost happy

hero of the day over at TASvideos has recently come up with one of the most awesome things to be done in Super Metroid for some time, that is, a one round Draygon battle without any Plasma/X-ray abuse. The feat in itself is TAS only, and not appliable in any runs, but it remains awesome non the less.

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Guardian Garr

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Guardian Garr: 2009-06-21 11:19:34 am

2009-06-21 11:15:52 am

Not that I did it the same way, though his way is pretty cool, I did 1 round him myself. It's a good way to do it if you don't want to try and waste all your PBs and SMs in a TAS. Especially since it takes only a few seconds more time. I suppose you can call this a two round. If he was able to come down on the first round spitting, it would easily be a 1 round.

Cpadolf

2009-06-21 01:48:14 pm

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That's a 2 round, yes. hero did a 1 round.

RT-55J

2009-06-23 04:30:21 pm

Armor Guardian

That's some pretty nifty Grapple Beam abuse.

Gu3st

2009-06-25 07:30:34 am

Jagger ftw

What is the grapple beam for thou?

Cpadolf

2009-06-25 07:31:50 am

Almost happy

While the grapplebeam is touching Draygon he won't move forward.

Quietus

2009-06-25 07:53:05 am

Super Secret Area - Dead Ahead!

Just to expand a little, in case you're unclear, the Grapple Beam is fired into Draygon to stall his movement, missiles are quickly fired into him, and then the Grapple Beam is fired again. Repeating the process almost stops his movement entirely, allowing you to fire enough missiles to kill him on his first swoop.

Sneaky Paradox

2009-06-27 09:37:15 pm

I think it MIGHT be possible if we have 0 sms and power bombs like in the video. Or is the grapple really sensitive?

Cpadolf

2009-06-27 10:22:04 pm

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Quote from Sneaky Paradox:

I think it MIGHT be possible if we have 0 sms and power bombs like in the video. Or is the grapple really sensitive?

No, to make him stop completely you need total frame perfection in button pressing (I think, maybe you have one frame of leeway when switching from missiles to grapple), so it would actually be far harder to do than for example a phantoon one round unassisted.

Sneaky Paradox

2009-06-27 10:47:18 pm

Ah, oh well. Interesting, though.