Part 52

Learn strategies for defeating Ridley and Meta Ridley in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, including attack patterns and evasion techniques.

Ridley: Ridley is the most dangerous of the four easy bosses in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He has very little chance of actually killing you unless you are careless, but he is pretty good at sneaking in a quick hit when you weren't expecting it. He spends most of the fight hovering on either the left or the right side of the stage waiting to take a nice big hit; don't disappoint him. Sometimes he'll do a quick somersault and hit those right in front of him, and he's fairly likely to do this as his first move. Try to be ready to air dodge (evade by jumping and pressing the attack button) this as quickly as possible. Other times he'll fly to the other side of the stage low to the ground in a quick attack; an air dodge is also the correct way to avoid this. If he's in a generous mood, he'll drag his tail along the ground. At high health he'll drag a short distance across the stage and return to where he started. At low health, he'll go back and forth across the stage and end on the opposite side of the stage. This is easy to avoid with a simple jump over the tail (none of the rest of his body is dangerous while he's doing this), and you can even sneak in a free hit or two. Sometimes he leaps onto the stage and then up off the top of the screen. When he does this, you should generally go over the pit (the gap in the stage) as he's about to either slam down onto the stage hard (which obviously won't hit you if you aren't on the stage) or fly in from the background in a very slow but potentially dangerous attack. You can just air dodge the latter or land and spot dodge (stand still and press the shield button) it. If you aren't confident over the edge, you can spot dodge everything he does out of this even. His last possibility is the least common but also the most dangerous. Sometimes he'll turn around and fly off the left or right side of the stage. When he does this, he's about to quickly fly across the screen. Your best bet is to jump into the air and fast fall (quickly descend) right before he comes. That will cause him to miss you by flying too high. If you find this hard or otherwise fail to get into the air, a well timed spot dodge is your best bet. At worst, a failed attempt at that usually just means a broken shield which isn't usually fatal against Ridley. Be sure to get this boss's patterns down; he's one of your easy wins.

Meta Ridley: Meta Ridley is a medium difficulty boss in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. He's generally pretty easy, but he is sometimes uncooperative and can make himself a real pain. There is also a very small wind effect slowly pushing you toward the left edge of the screen which, while usually not that important, is quite obnoxious. He also has an instant kill attack which is always frustrating if you mess up and get hit. In general, the big strategy with Meta Ridley is to stay in the air on the back of the Falcon Flier (a flying vehicle). He sometimes slams the Falcon Flier, damaging everyone on it (often as his first move in fact), and this will easily avoid it. This also easily avoids his move where he drags along the surface of the Falcon Flier damaging everyone in his path. If he starts shooting small fireballs, try to hover right behind him. Even when he aims at a slight backward angle, he still won't be able to hit you if you space it correctly, and you can even sneak in a free hit. If he begins to fly high above the stage, get in the air absolutely. He is about to slam down on the stage and drag the whole platform below the lower blast line (the edge of the screen where you are eliminated), instantly killing you. One move you're pretty likely to see just once in the fight is when he latches onto the back of the ship. He's about to shoot two or three fireballs diagonally upward while dragging the ship down. As he's shooting the third, the ship goes below the lower blast line which will kill you if you're standing on it so you do have to jump. You can back off and dodge this move easily, but the better plan is to just land right in front of him and cause as much damage as possible. If he takes too much damage, he backs off from this attack. You can usually make that happen before he shoots even one fireball so this move is pretty much just free damage for you. Very rarely, he'll fly toward the stage with his mouth glowing red. He's about to shoot one strong fireball at you. Just jump and air dodge if needed, but you don't have to worry too much because this move is rare. Sometimes, he flies farther over the stage than usual. This isn't an attack; he's just giving you free damage (this is also almost always the second action he takes in the battle). Take full advantage of it. Meta Ridley takes some practice, but you generally should be able to beat him pretty easily. Just be careful and stay in the air!

Galleom: Galleom in Super Smash Bros. Brawl is pretty much entirely random in how he works out. Sometimes he's even easier than the hands. Other times, he's a really stupid boss. Just like Rock Smash seems to do less damage to Rayquaza, it seems to do more damage to Galleom. He dies very quickly so he's really not too big of a worry. That being said, he has a lot of stuff he can do that will kill you. Most of h