Last Cave (Hidden)

Pssh. Misery i can handle. I can't handle Misery, the Doctor, and Freinzied doctor all in one run.

Shame. Fighting the Doctor is a cakewalk. Dodge the red energy snakes by boosting up. It only takes about 15 missiles to take out his first form. Muscle/frenzied Doctor can quickly be taken out with charged Spur, Blade, Nemesis, missiles, or bubbles. The Doctor's bat swarms pose little threat if you shoot at him as he spawns them, which will destroy most if not all. If you are terrible at dodging, use the level 3 Bubbler to fend them off.

When the Doctor inhabits the Core, watch out once he's down to down to half health because he'll prepare to shoot balls of energy (not beams) that travel at a fairly high speed but may be easily avoided by staying near the ground.

Also: After taking a few hundred points of damage or after 20 or so seconds, the Core will shut its face. During the resulting breaks between his attacks, you should take out the Critters and bats spawned by Misery if you need refills of health, missiles, energy. You will need as many missiles as you can retain to beat Hell. And while you are fighting the Core, do not use your life pot. Save it for the final boss.

Keep a watch out for the Core's projectiles in all cases. Knocking out Misery is not a great idea for your first time fighting the Doctor as Core because she can be farmed for powerups. Sue can be dodged with ease if you spot her as she starts her ninja spin toward you, since she will not alter course once in motion.

 

For the Press Gauntlet, just keep running and kill all the critters in front of you. Whatever you do, DO NOT let up on the left arrow key until you are at the end. To get over the pool of lava you have to boost over it very close the the ground. If you get hit by a critter while you're over the lava, keep going, don't stop. Or, you could run past one Press, stop, kill it, get its exp/heart, run past one more Press, stop, kill it, get stuff, repeat. I go through it like that sometimes.

I found a lazier way, get one press to drop, and run backwards back into your safety net, then kill it. then charge up the spur, and leap into the empty press hole, and unleash a single fully charged spur to kill all the remaining presses. Easy way to stay alive.

EDIT: Helped loads when low on hp, just flatten one, and spur the rest, then collect all of the leftover goodies.

 

You should use fireball through out the whole thing.

no

the spur and blade are way better

 

no

the spur and blade are way better

Spur and Nemesis are the bomb, especially for Hell, against Ballos.