Tactical Strategies

There are many strategies that can be used in CrossCode. Here are some strategies that can be used on the current bosses in the game.

Training Turret Strategy

This is technically the first boss battle in the game so as a result it's pretty easy. You don't even have to beat it completely. Its entire purpose is to make sure the player knows how to dash and guard. When the battle starts you want to guard. The turret will first fire a charged ball attack at you and his second move will be a swarm of balls that can only be guarded. Between each of these attacks there are some brief moments where you can attack the turret. While melee attacking does more damage its generally safer just to throw balls at it. Repeat this until it turns on its shield. Now you can't damage him between his attacks since his shield is on. However his shield will eventually overheat if you continue to attack him, and you will be able to land a few hits in. I recommend hitting him with melee since that does more damage and it shows you when hes going to come out of overheating. Do this until the turret has about 25% health and the boss battle should be over.

Cargo Crab Strategy

This is the first real boss battle in the game. It can be a bit hard on your first try but you should be able to master this boss pretty quickly. Don't bother with attacking the boss until his weak point is shown. All attacks that are not on the weak point do no damage. The boss will start with hitting his fist onto the ground, creating a shockwave that will chase after you. This can be pretty hard to dodge if you are trying to manage with his other attacks at the same time but just use dash and you should be able to dodge it. Remember, you can only use dash 3 times in a row! Running out of dash here can cause serious damage. Another attack he may use is a swarm of bubbles that fill the whole are and move towards you. There isn't really anywhere to dodge to here, so shield when this happens to keep from taking damage. Eventually he will begin jumping about. The lower his health is, the faster he jumps so be careful since he can jump pretty fast in the final stage of the boss. At some point he will jump really high and that container on his head will smash down on him, making the crab unable to move for a short while. The container opens up and now their should be a way to run on top of it and hit the crystal. The crystal is the only way of damaging the crab. Make sure you run up here and hit it with melee as fast as possible! If you're too slow the boss will get up again and you will have to wait it out until you can get back on the crystal. Watch for blue sparkles around the crystal because these mean the boss is about to wake up and when he does, he'll blast you if you're still standing on top of him. When you hit the crystal enough times you will break the boss through one of his stages. Every time you do this, you get some HP so it's a good way to heal. Keep repeating this until the boss is defeated.

Turret Boss Strategy

This boss is very similar to the Training Turret, and during the first part of the fight, you can use the same strategy. Once he reaches the second stage, he will start using a move where everything goes dark and he sweeps across the arena with bullets. You can shield through this attack, or hit one of the switches to raise a block to hide behind, but don't try to dodge it as it is very damaging if it hits you. In the third stage, he has a shield as well, and you have to shoot him in the back to break it. There are bounce blocks behind him so you can do this, but aim carefully or you'll waste your shot. He also shows his back briefly when charging his big attack, and you can hit him then if you're quick.

Blue Hedgehag Strategy

When you start fighting this boss, there will probably be a crowd of weaker hedgehags around him. Try to hit them with combat arts to thin out the crowd, and run away if the blue hedgehag starts to attack. He does two rolling attacks where other hedgehags do one, but these can be avoided by dodging sideways. His jumping attack is very dangerous as it is much longer and more powerful than the ones used by other hedgehags. Start running right when you see him starting the attack so you can get out of range. Once you kill the weaker hedgehags, start attacking him. He has really high health so this could take a while, but keep hitting him and he'll die eventually. Be careful not to hit other hedgehags when doing this, because they can respawn around you if this fight takes a really long time.

Upgraded Cargo Crab Strategy

This fight is basically the same as the one against the Cargo Crab, so you can use the same strategy you used there.