The Hardest "S-Rank" in all of MMBN | Nebula Gray SP (MMBN5)

[@Raylightsen]

Ah yes, what hard battle... Now try this without the emotion bug.

[@rebycVG]

If you have any advice on how to deal 2000 damage in a nice, flashy way when there's less than 5s on the clock (while maintaining "the no patch cards, no chaos unison charge shots, no non in-game hinted items" ruleset) I am more than happy to take suggestions. :) Do note that the first approximately 25s are spent dealing on average 300+ damage per chip while dodging perpetually passive hitboxes, though. So you've not much wiggle room with your answer. I'll wait. ._.

[@Raylightsen]

@@rebycVG If your point is fast kill, the emotion bug exploit is the way to go, but as a viewer, this seems like a boring way to win fast. Is more awesome to see how you can kill it normally, without exploits.

[@rebycVG]

You're not wrong. ._. But like I said, there isn't much wiggle room here. The Emo Bug advice actually came from the folks at TREZ when I asked how it's possible to do 4k damage with the above conditions, was not considering it before that. That's also why it's practically a necessity in the Bass XX No Northwind No Dmg challenge. There's not enough chip damage to take care of both the regenerating barrier and the 4k HP. I should warn you in advance that there's an upcoming BN5 SearchmanSP video that also utilizes Emotion Bug since Searchman doesn't allow Counter Frames on his initial grenade throw moves. Btw, i'm gonna feature your comments in an upcoming vid later. I think it'd make great clickbait, lol.

[@SuperGezmo]

@@Raylightsenget F u c k e d, Big L

[@MegamiShin]

Why does rebycVG need to follow your bullshit head rules, @Raylightsen? Do you go on multiple glitch-filled speedrun videos and complain about how they finish the game quickly with bugs and quirks? rebycVG set out to do what they do and accomplished it.

[@BlueStarSixtyFour]

very nice. dancing around those fire arcs and dark thunder was impressive. my dumb ass walks into those everytime

[@rebycVG]

I assure you, the number of attempts it took to record this run, _my_ dumb ass ran a marathon's length through em, lmao.

[@woktie]

Wow, that "all or nothing" finisher at the exact time you get 2x damage was insane

[@rebycVG]

Thank you for noticing. ._. I actually rerecorded the attempt a few times just to get the Dragon to to launch from the center so it looked cooler (that's why i stepped to bait the snake at the end).

[@ashharkausar413]

If i'm not wrong this boss is considered one of the hardest in the series.

[@rebycVG]

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK, ASHKAR! ._. !

[@ZX-Gear]

And I thought Duo was hard.

[@KIABOSS-vh7bn]

@@ZX-Gearif we’re ranking based on their strongest forms in my opinion 1 Nebula grey 2 Duo 3 Alpha 4 Falzar/Gregar 5 Gospel Virus Beast 6 Life Virus

[@ZX-Gear]

@@KIABOSS-vh7bn Nice to know that Falzar and Gregar aren't too bad. And that Alpha being hard is not just me.

[@rebycVG]

@@ZX-Gear I actually consider Gregar the easiest out of all of them. He has 2 hitboxes and is counterable. 2 Reflector3 chips back to back does 1k damage alone. I've a couple of Gregar/Falzar SP sub10 videos in my backlog, hopefully will upload them soon ... in another few months lol...

[@DarkGregarz]

Using almost every Unison in your arsenal in a boss fight feels like anime final boss battle. Dramatic and fun to watch. 🤟

[@rebycVG]

Right!? I actually have a few videos of doing just that where I rotated between every soul/cross because it's just _so damn stylish_ precisely for the anime boss battle reason you mentioned, lmao.

[@rebycVG]

Part of the reason was cause of the limitations I gave myself (Fastgauge * is not available in vanilla play! [number lotto code not hinted at in-game]) in the description. You can find the details there. I think it took me like 9 hours of attempting to get this recording. I also _really_ wanted a freeze frame finish on the dragon launching attack. "How did you determine it was an S-Rank?" I'm glad you asked. ._. I counted the pixels in the Custom Bar and calculated how much time passed on a frame count basis. Estimated deletion time came out to be about 26.1s. "How did you know to Anti-Thunder?" I guessed. ._. "Why was it the hardest?" The time, actually. BN5 gives you so few good tools compared to BN4 (EV Synchro, multiple NumberBalls, AREAGRAB FOR ONE). Like the Boomer battle chip induces flashing now for crying out loud. I was having a VERY difficult time trying to get enough damage in to hit the sub30 threshold without chaos unison chargeshots. The fact that Nebula gray's hitbox just straight up peaces out from the field for nearly 40% of the time was a big damper, as well. Had to use a Humor Proc to catch that last 2k HP before time was up. Thank god, this is over. ...or is it? (This was wayyy harder to finish vs DuoSP, lol.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4LHlWdtYs6sfMk [PS - Reupload. Don't mind!]

[@brianli6562]

Wait. It peaces out when behind? For some reason I remember being able to hit it with stuff that hits to the right like if you throw geyser in the bottom right it will hit if when it is around it. Or straight shots like a Giga cannon. But I most likely am remembering wrong since it's been a long time since I played that game.

[@paz8723]

Hell yea i love the deckbuilding in this game. Having to deal with a boss that nullifies like 80% of the strongest strategies is a great challenge, good run

[@rebycVG]

Thanks! And 100% agreed. One thing I find EXTREMELY rewarding as I upload all these BN videos is that I've been able to come up with so many unique strats for each boss. Whereas as a kid, I just spammed Bodyguard PA, FullSync AirHockey, etc, this time I've been able to really sit down, plan and execute a different deletion method for nearly every boss in the series.

[@coldcallerloopy]

Dude holy crap, kudos! Nebula Gray is easily one of the harder final bosses in the series, especially for Omega!! And awesome usage of Toad Soul!

[@rebycVG]

Thanks, Loopy! If you ask me, I think NG is the hardest omega final boss in the series. ;D

[@AndMySax]

Those were some big dark donuts

[@rebycVG]

They always are. ;D

[@Werewolf293]

And here I just known that Nebula soul can be paralyze by toad song charge attack... I keep learning new everyday!

[@rebycVG]

Right!? I also learned from watching Dirge's most recent Nebula Gray video that ColChaos's DarkTrumpy will immobolize him! Considering using that strat for a cool kill with it but it'll need to be with Emotion Bug, unfortunately.

[@Zetsu-IPZ]

You cooked

[@rebycVG]

._.7 Ty, chef.

[@barrywiskers283]

Very nice finish! It’s a good thing his attacks are easy to dodge 😉

[@rebycVG]

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[@hiroran9796]

I was thinking of bugged airshoes alongside emotion bug. Because panel bug cause cracking and airshoes cause hole seems a good way to get a breather for this boss attack while players focus on landing their hits. Since a lot of the flames just don't come out when there are holes are in front and behind Megaman. Seems to me in Team Protoman, Proto and Magnet souls has a better chance of dealing decent damage for this boss. Chips that comes to mind for proto soul is Wide Blade, Long Blade, Cust Sword, Katana and Moonblade. Magnet Soul for Elec Reel and Voltz. These two souls seems to have synergy when it comes to chips in same code. Gyro Soul feels rough because you practically have to devote an entire folder for just gyro soul. As far as Navi chip goes. Feels like Searchman, Colonel and Numberman are good. This is oddly where S code shines the most because 95% of the chip library interacts with the ground. Oh and there is Sanctuary and Holy Dream. I just don't know how lucky can players pull out both chips in like 3 turns.

[@rebycVG]

Protosoul would have been incredible if they didn't nerf the i-frames thing from 4 but it was for the best, lol. And yeah unfortunately, without full synchro/chaos unisons, i don't think there are enough tools to get 4k damage done in 30s. Perhaps, I should try a chaosunison attempt one of these days.

[@Harvey1997-]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by +1 "LC stole my copy of fastgauge *"? Very well done, especially from everything with the soul timing to get to the right turn for your bugged emotions to actually timing the bugged emotion correctly.

[@rebycVG]

Ty, Harvey! That was a mistake on my part. LC stole my copy of NorthWind * which is part of the trade chain. Trade chain chips cannot be traded to other players or the Chip Trader machines (to prevent softlocking) but BN5 in LC also has a chance to randomly just disappear away your Northwind *, lol.... Ironic... So that's why in my BassXX video, I don't use Northwind *. I don't have it and am unable to get it via other means within the confines of the game as a solo player. But I made do, inevitably. FastGuage * on the other hand is only available via number lotto trader but the code itself isn't found in-game. It's found via IRL guidebooks that you had to purchase, lol. Ergo, illegal for my run. And yeah! Emotion bug is so finicky and while it takes patience and good timing to pull off, I do feel it's kinda cheap and low skill since anyone can do it.

[@Harvey1997-]

@@rebycVG Huh, I guess since I always just entered the whole list of lotto codes on replays I never noticed which ones weren't shown in game. That is certainly some extra layer of challenge. I also didn't know that about Northwind, and that is definitely an unfortunate chip to suddenly disappear.

[@orangeslicerz]

Now do it in team protoman

[@rebycVG]

Just did. >:D In about 10s, too (not quite sub10 but ah well) When I upload it couple weeks from now, I'll pin your comment so people can see, lol.