Islets: How To Beat The Sky Pirate

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So you made it through the first challenges of Islets and acquired your very own ship that flies through the air! How does the game reward you? By swiftly serving up a whole new boss fight to take on - some devious rats who cower inside their ship - this is the Sky Pirate fight.

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Airship battles in Islets play rather differently from normal fights on the ground - they're more like bullet hell sections that put your ability to dodge and weave through waves of projectiles to the absolute limit. And in this battle? You have nothing to do but dodge and pray.

You'll notice quite early on that you don't have a weapon - unluckily for you, Sky Pirate does.

You'll notice that one of Sky Pirate's attacks - Boomerang Shot as we've called it - will actually backfire and damage the boss. As you have no weapon on your ship, waiting for this attack to come out is the only way to beat the boss.

Your hitbox is not the entire ship! The only part of the ship that you have to protect from harm is the circle of red lines.

You'll need to survive the Sky Pirate's attacks long enough for it to use Boomerage Shot four times in total. When the fourth one comes out, you know you've won. This can be easier said than done if you're not used to the style of bullet hell that this boss emulates.

Practice your dodging and don't feel too pressured to get the fight learned perfectly - if you die, you don't respawn too far away.

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