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11. DR. NEFARIOUS
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LOCATION: Qwark Vid-Comic: Episode Four
ATTACKS: Punches
         Firewall
         Toxic Cloud
         Rainbow Beam
RECOMMENDED WEAPONS: Sub-Bouncer
                     Melee

You’re first confrontation with Dr. Nefarious!... And he’s actually 
quite a challenge. The difficult part of this battle is that you fight 
in a fairly compact space, and Dr. Nef has multiple attacks to hit you 
at all distances. Close up he’ll attack you with kung-fu which can do 
damage very quickly, so try and keep your distance. He’ll always 
telegraph the Firewalls with a small blast underground, so stay away as 
they do devastating damage. He usually casts multiple Firewalls at a 
time, so stay between the blasts. The Toxic Cloud is a big pain: A red 
noxious gas which lazily floats towards you and does damage if you get 
hit. The best way to dodge it is to wait for it to come close and then 
wall-jump over it. This is the tough part though: Dr. Nef likes to 
blast a Toxic Cloud and then walk up behind it so that if you mis-time 
your wall-jump, you’ll fly straight into his punches. Watch Dr. Nef 
closely: If he’s far behind the gas, leap far over it to make Dr. Nef 
step backwards, and then move back towards the wall behind the gas. If 
he’s coming up right behind it, just risk a huge jump and hope for the 
best. If you’re quick, you can leap out of Dr. Nef’s face before he 
punches you. The Rainbow Beam is a snaking laser beam that you can try 
to avoid by staying near the wall and at the last second jumping up and 
sliding down as it dissipates under you. For offensive, there’s not 
much to say: Just keep firing bubbles over and over, whenever he’s 
standing still. Don’t just run for ammo whenever it appears, as it’s 
usually very close to Nef and you don’t want to get hit. Be careful, 
and you’ll be alright.

THANKS TO O’AKA XXV:
If you don’t fire the bubbles rapid fire, and instead in a slow rhythm, 
you can nail Dr. Nef against the wall and prevent him from attacking at 
all! Try it out!

BOGMAN245 POINTS OUT THAT:
You can kill Dr. Nef in a matter of seconds by rushing him and pounding 
him with melee attacks!