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==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
Bashmaster mainly | Bashmaster mainly attacks with his enormous spiked hammer. His most basic attack is a powerful hammer swing when the Kongs draw near. The force of the blow leaves the hammer stuck in the ice, giving the Kongs a chance to use it as a platform from which to jump on Bashmaster's head. The boss can also leap high into the air and attempt to drop on the Kongs; not only must the apes dodge Bashmaster, but they can also be sent sliding into the juice pool around the arena if they are on the ground when the bear comes down. Another attack summons ice blocks that Bashmaster pushes towards the Kongs. The blocks can be shattered with Ground Pounds or Hand Slaps, and some of them contain items such as Bananas, Banana Coins, Watermelon Bombs, and Hearts. Throwing a Watermelon Bomb at Bashmaster damages him, but be careful not to hit another ice block by mistake. | ||
After taking three hits | After taking three hits, Bashmaster's fur color will change into a light purple. His jump attack now creates an icy wave which can damage the Kongs if they do not jump over it. Bashmaster can still push ice blocks at the Kongs, but now tends to push them in stacks, forcing the Kongs to use smaller stacks to jump over the larger ones - particularly the last stack, which will always be a four-block pillar. | ||
After taking three more hits, | One of Bashmaster's new attacks in this phase drops a number of ice blocks to form several pillars on the ice floe. Bashmaster will subsequently dash towards the Kongs, breaking through the ice blocks - the Kongs must jump atop a pillar to get the height necessary to evade their enemy. During his charge, Bashmaster may sit down and spin, which will make him dizzy and vulnerable to a stomp on the head. He can also summon a single ice block and hit it with his mallet, creating a spiky projectile that must be jumped over. Bashmaster will often do this attack multiple times, varying the speed of his projectiles to throw the Kongs off. Of particular note is the boss' tendency to fake a swing and then strike a block to create a slow-moving projectile, which is usually followed by an abnormally fast one. | ||
After taking three more hits, Bashmaster's fur will become an even darker purple. His attacks remain largely the same, but with a slight speed boost and in new patterns (such as combining his ice block push with a few spiked projectile shots). Additionally, Bashmaster's hammer attacks now create ice waves, similar to his jumps in the second phase. If the player hits him with another three stomps or bombs, the boss is finally defeated. | |||
==Time Attack== | ==Time Attack== | ||
