Spectre

Spike Arm

Ground Skater

Thanatos

Green Bender

Cross Blade

Geo-Bite

Shadow Blinder

Chaos Queen

BOSS NAME: Thanatos

Battle Locomotive -> Praying Mantis Mech

Boss Strategies

The initial phase of this boss is tough. You have to contend with the main locomotive, which is heavily armed. At the same time, you have to deal with those EXTREMELY ANNOYING smaller trains. You may end up using several bombs in this area alone. The main engine of the battle locomotive can be easily destroyed by overlapping it just above the machine gun armament, and moving accordingly to avoid the machine gun spread. This takes practice.

Thanatos AVI movie (3826 KB)

Thanatos is disappointingly easy. Its first attack: it tries to confuse you with some spread shots and aimed bullet streams. All its attacks are tame, that is, until after it hides its blue orb after revealing it.

Thanatos is not giving you a good fight so far, isn't it? Avoid moving around too much here or else this attack will be spread out all over the screen, making it actually a threat. Don't get cocky!

Thanatos performs this attack before it reveals its blue orb. There is a relative safe spot from this attack. As indicated by the screenshot, stay just below its left leg and all the bullets will safely pass you by.

When Thanatos reveals its blue orb, it will raise its large mechanical arms and shoot out a pattern of bullets. Stay close to the boss, just slightly off-center from its central line. Wait at the spot indicated by the screenshot until the bullets are past you, and the quickly head for the blue orb. Do not hesitate too long, or else Thanatos will rain down slow bullets in your face.