by Doc 42 » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:04 pm
Gira, good attempt but you weren't aggressive enough. After Ridleys initial attack, you completely backed off. You also failed to realise that while H2O wasn't directly damaged by melee strikes, he was most definitely affected by them.
Ridley should have used brute force and rammed H2O, preferably leading with a sweeping back hand, to stop him from impaling Ridley on an ice spike. Once H20 had been blown apart (turning to ice would have just resulted in him being shattered, and if he stayed as water, he would have been scattered) Ridley could have then followed up with his fire breath and done massive, maybe even fatal, damage. Water evaporates and ice melts MUCH easier when seperated than when in a single mass. By breaking H2O up, he would be made much more vulnerable.
Also it should be noted that in order to react properly, H2O needed to be formed up somehow, weither that just be a gushing pool of water or it's 'creature' form or many smaller forms. By smashing him with a melee attack, you would effectively prevent him from attacking back until he reforms. By the time H20 has created a form capable of retaliating (ie, a pool of water to turn into a pillar of ice, or a creature form to throw ice spikes) Ridley would be recovered and ready to counter ordefend against the attack
Instead of trying melee, then backing off and trying ranged, you should have combined the two. No enemy will ever be defeated by a single form of attack. You must overwhelm their defences with combinations.
In the case I just explained, Ridley could have used brute force to shatter H20's defence (make him vulnerable) then used his fire breath to land the actual damage.
TT, anything to add to that?

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