Defeat Rekka in Hi-Fi RUSH requires a lot of patience. Rekka isn’t particularly thrilled that a blemish managed to escape and wreak havoc. Aside from the fact that you’re probably not happy about Rekka calling you a flaw, you need to beat them so you can help Peppermint find out what Vandelay is up to.
Rekka is a tricky boss in Hi-Fi RUSH, but once you know how to anticipate and counter their attacks, you can take them down pretty quickly. Without further ado, we’ll show you how to beat rekka in Hi-Fi RUSH.
How to beat Rekka in Hi-Fi RUSH
Rekka has an aggressive attacking style, so dodging and moving into the optimal attacking position are two things worth doing throughout the battle.
First stage
The first part of the battle includes a few different attacks. Rekka uses quick attacks where they stare at you, turn towards you, and quickly dash towards you to knock you down. This one deals a good amount of damage but you can judge when it’s going to happen. When Rekka stops walking and turns to you, look at the ground in front of them
If a small area is highlighted on the ground directly in front of them, this is a sign that they are about to rush. Make sure you are not facing the direction the highlighted piece is facing and you will be clear of the attack.
Also, they have a ground attack. This attack starts with Rekka launching herself into the air. Once they’re in the air, instantly move away from where you were standing to avoid the attack.
Throughout this bombardment of attacks, call in Peppermint to start doing damage to Rekka. You’ll want to keep your distance for most of this section, until the opportune moment to strike appears.
There will be small times between attacks when Rekka charges or plan the next one. This is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. try behind Rekka and bombard them with rhythm attacks. Combo Attacks and Special Attacks deal the most damagebut they are slower so Rekka can get out of the way.
Second step
After taking the first chunk of health from Rekka, the fight will get electric. No, seriously, Rekka can now electrocute you after some ground fiddling.
They will be electrically charged for a short time, don’t try to attack them during this. Keep your distance and dodge the edge of the room, but watch out for Rekka to stop moving.
Once Rekka stops moving in their electrified state, pan your camera quickly to the ceiling. Once the the control prompt appears for Chai to cling to one of the magnets on the ceiling, do it. If you don’t, you’ll be caught in the wave of electricity that Rekka sends through the entire floor.
After the dissipation of electricity, Rekka will briefly be vulnerable to all attacks. Run towards them (or shoot towards them) while calling Peppermint and attacking them repeatedly. Once Rekka is up you can get a few more quick attacks, but then watch out for their next dash attack.
Once they dash out of the way, they will get a shield. Chai can’t break these shields but Peppermint can. Stand against a wall, continuing to dodge Rekka as you call Peppermint. You will need call Peppermint twice to break Rekka’s shield.
Once Rekka’s shield is broken, keep attacking them while dodging their attacks. They will use the same attacks as at the start of the battle, so you can judge when to dodge and when to attack.
Third step
Once Rekka’s health is halved, they’ll remove the pipes from the wall and start throwing them at you. It’s not about attacking, it’s about surviving.
Bars will appear on the ground which indicate where the pipes will be launched, dodge left and right to make sure Chai doesn’t stand in any of them. Attacks will gradually become faster, but they will eventually give way if you dodged enough of them.
After the pipe attacks die down, he’s back to trying to deplete Rekka’s health bar.
However, Rekka has a whole new move – they will develop large and powerful arms. Then they will rush at you and try to catch you. For avoid this attackyou must dodge twicee to make sure you’re clear. If you’re even slightly near Rekka, they’ll grab you and grind you to a pulp.
The easiest way for you to exhaust Rekka is to dodge their attacks and try to get behind them. Also, call Peppermint as much as you can for that extra help. Special attacks work particularly well here, if you can time them correctly. If your attack bar isn’t ready, fast and heavy attacks also work.
Final step
Once you get their health down to its final section, Rekka will rip more pipes from the wall. This time they will use them like baseball bats and swing them at you.
After two or three sweeps, Rekka will pause briefly to regain strength. This is when you must launch all the attacks you have on them. Once they get up and drop the pipes, back up and make sure you’re out of the way to avoid getting hit.
Rekka’s other new attack is easy to anticipate. They will raise their arms in the area and a circle will appear on the ground around them. Make sure you’re not in this circle to avoid the attack.
Afterwards, Rekka will continue to recycle all attacks used in the battle so far. Now it’s all about rinsing and repeating to the beat to take down this boss.
Once Rekka’s health bar is all the way down, they will be quirky and start see stars. Run to them and attack them one more time to end the battle.
That’s it for beating Rekka! Have fun battling to the beat to find out what Vandelay is up to.
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