Ridley - Revision history

Kingofthehill476: /* See also */

2025-12-24T07:43:25Z

‎See also

Kingofthehill476 at 09:13, 14 December 2025

2025-12-14T09:13:52Z

Tropylium: /* Ceres Station */

2025-07-28T11:06:50Z

‎Ceres Station

Tropylium: header balance, →cat, other copyedts

2025-07-28T11:06:03Z

header balance, →cat, other copyedts

EXAKTScience: /* Simultaneous */

2025-01-09T18:04:09Z

‎Simultaneous

UNHchabo: /* Simultaneous */ Mention of Ridley Stuck

2024-02-21T02:48:36Z

‎Simultaneous: Mention of Ridley Stuck

Aran;Jaeger: Corrected a mistake (Ridley being unable to swoop at high hp) in the description of Ridley's AI based on an observation by Taco

2020-06-24T01:26:16Z

Corrected a mistake (Ridley being unable to swoop at high hp) in the description of Ridley's AI based on an observation by Taco

ARealCutie: /* Tutorials */

2020-04-16T00:24:15Z

‎Tutorials

ARealCutie: /* Tutorials */

2020-04-16T00:16:05Z

‎Tutorials

InsaneFirebat: Quick Damageless Ceres Ridley Notes

2019-06-17T04:44:02Z

Quick Damageless Ceres Ridley Notes

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 * [https://milde.no/public/sm/ridley_diagram.png Diagram of Ridley's AI] made by Pinkus
 * [https://pastebin.com/qRNmRr6S Quick Notes on Damageless Ceres Ridley]
-* Kingofthehill's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWMz2NWVZQ 3% Ridley fight]
+* Kingofthehill's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJWMz2NWVZQ 3%] and [https://youtu.be/j2NTO3h_4z0 2% Ridley fights]
 [[Category: Bosses]]

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 * [https://milde.no/public/sm/ridley_diagram.png Diagram of Ridley's AI] made by Pinkus
 * [https://pastebin.com/qRNmRr6S Quick Notes on Damageless Ceres Ridley]
 [[Category: Bosses]]

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 == Ceres Station ==
-Ridley is first encountered in [[Ceres Station]]. When Samus's energy goes below 30, Ridley will fly away and the escape will begin, so the goal for optimally 'defeating' him is to take damage as fast as possible. This is best accomplished by standing next to the right wall as Ridley appears, since Ridley's tail deals the most damage per hit. After the third hit, you will need to jump up to take damage from Ridley's tail as he will begin to hover. The hitbox for Ridley's tail exists primarily at the tip.
+Ridley is first encountered in [[Ceres Ridley Room|Ceres Station]]. When Samus's energy goes below 30, Ridley will fly away and the escape will begin, so the goal for optimally 'defeating' him is to take damage as fast as possible. This is best accomplished by standing next to the right wall as Ridley appears, since Ridley's tail deals the most damage per hit. After the third hit, you will need to jump up to take damage from Ridley's tail as he will begin to hover. The hitbox for Ridley's tail exists primarily at the tip.
 After the fourth hit, moving slightly to the left may help manipulate Ridley's tail into staying on-screen, allowing the fifth hit to happen as soon as Samus' i-frames run out.

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 All of the details that Ridley's behavior is composed of can be difficult to express, even in writing. Ridley can respond differently to your actions depending on specifically how you are moving throughout the fight. Even though utilizing this page to learn about Ridley will (hopefully) greatly assist you, you will ultimately want to devote plenty of time towards learning exactly what Ridley is capable of doing throughout the fight by fighting him many times.
-= General Knowledge =
+== General Knowledge ==
 Ridley has 18000 hit points.
-Ridley is vulnerable to [[Missile|Missiles]], [[Super Missile|Super Missiles]], [[Power Bomb|Power Bombs]], [[Charge Beam|charged shots]], and [[Charge Beam Combos|special beam attacks]].
+Ridley is vulnerable to [[Missile]]s, [[Super Missile]]s, [[Power Bomb]]s, [[Charge Beam|charged shots]], and [[Charge Beam Combos|special beam attacks]]. Super Missiles will deal 600 damage to Ridley instead of their normal 300, meaning they have the highest sustained damage per second out of any weapon available.
 Ridley's tail is not vulnerable to damage.
 Ridley deals 40 / 80 / 160 damage with his body, 30 / 60 / 120 damage with his tail, and 15 / 30 / 60 damage with fireballs, to [[Gravity Suit]] / [[Varia Suit]] / [[Power Suit]] Samus, respectively.
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 Similar to Mother Brain's bombs, a single fireball volley can damage Samus multiple times, or not damage Samus at all, depending on how Samus comes into contact with it.
-= Interactions =
+=== Simultaneous ===
 *Ridley will not be able to perform swoops until he has been brought below 14400 (80%) health, unless Samus is in a grappling or damage-boosting state (and not a spinjumping state at the same time) at a height above y = 0x160 in the room when Ridley's AI decides the next attack with an RNG value suitable for swooping. Samus is above the height y = 0x160 roughly when her body center is above the top of the shell of the bottom left door.
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-= Categories =
+== Categories ==
-== Any% KPDR ==
+=== Any% KPDR ===
 Charged [[Ice Beam|Ice]] + [[Wave Beam|Wave]] + [[Plasma Beam|Plasma]] deals 900 damage, meaning it will only take 20 shots to reduce Ridley's health to zero.
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 If you're getting the Ridley E-tank, you can stand on the right side of the platform, fire a shot as soon as the room starts shaking, and start Space Jumping through the drops. The shot will open the door, allowing you to go through.
-== Any% PRKD ==
+=== Any% PRKD ===
 Charged [[Ice Beam|Ice]] + [[Wave Beam|Wave]] + [[Spazer]] deals 300 damage, meaning it will take 60 shots to reduce Ridley's health to zero.
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 If you choose to incorporate X-Factors, it is important to have at least 3 Power Bombs before entering Ridley's chamber, as performing less will save substantially less time than performing three or more. For a real time route, you will want to get the X-Factors out immediately, as charged Wave only deals 150 damage, and other ammo is finite and awkward to use before Ridley enrages. Pausing consumes real time, so constant pausing to enable and re-enable beams just to try to fit in more X-Factors is not viable for a real time speedrun. Executing an opener of 3 X-Factors (sometimes referred to as "triple X" or "XXX") properly should save around four seconds of real time and around ten seconds of game time (due to the pauses and lag) on average compared to not executing them. This estimation includes time spent farming in the room before Ridley for Power Bombs.
-=== X-Factor setups ===
+==== X-Factor setups ====
 The standard X-Factor setup starts with one that meets in the center of Ridley's body as he spawns, as seen at the start of this video. Zoast developed the "4X" strat seen here.
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-== 14% Ice ==
+=== [[14% Ice]] ===
 Charged Ice deals 90 damage, meaning it will take 200 shots to reduce Ridley's health to zero.
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 This information can also apply to the other 14% categories involving Ice Beam.
-== 14% Speed ==
+=== [[14% Speed]] ===
 Charge by itself deals 60 damage, meaning it will take 300 shots to reduce Ridley's health to zero.
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 Once Ridley changes color, it should only take 33 additional charged shots with the 10 Missiles and 10 Super Missiles you have to finish him off.
-This information can also apply to 12%.
+This information can also apply to [[12%]].
+== Tutorials ==
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBrbkd8zico DbX] - Attempts to provide insight into Ridley's AI.
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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiCaQBau-HI ARealCutie] - Some other ridley insights for KPDR/PRKD beam fights (check description for timestamps)
-= Ceres Station =
+== Ceres Station ==
-Ridley is first encountered in Ceres Station. When Samus's energy goes below 30, Ridley will fly away and the escape will begin, so the goal for optimally 'defeating' him is to take damage as fast as possible. This is best accomplished by standing next to the right wall as Ridley appears, since Ridley's tail deals the most damage per hit. After the third hit, you will need to jump up to take damage from Ridley's tail as he will begin to hover. The hitbox for Ridley's tail exists primarily at the tip.
+Ridley is first encountered in [[Ceres Station]]. When Samus's energy goes below 30, Ridley will fly away and the escape will begin, so the goal for optimally 'defeating' him is to take damage as fast as possible. This is best accomplished by standing next to the right wall as Ridley appears, since Ridley's tail deals the most damage per hit. After the third hit, you will need to jump up to take damage from Ridley's tail as he will begin to hover. The hitbox for Ridley's tail exists primarily at the tip.
 After the fourth hit, moving slightly to the left may help manipulate Ridley's tail into staying on-screen, allowing the fifth hit to happen as soon as Samus' i-frames run out.
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 Ridley can also be 'defeated' by striking him 100 times, although this is obviously the slower and much more difficult of the two methods to execute. Ridley does not have a traditional health bar - although he can be struck by many different sources, all that matters is how many times he is struck, and once that number reaches 100, he will drop the capsule containing the baby Metroid, pick it back up, and then fly away.
-= See also =
+== See also ==
 * [https://milde.no/public/sm/ridley_diagram.png Diagram of Ridley's AI] made by Pinkus
 * [https://pastebin.com/qRNmRr6S Quick Notes on Damageless Ceres Ridley]

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 == Simultaneous ==
-*Ridley will not be able to perform swoops until he has been brought below 14400 (80%) health, unless Samus is in a grappling or damage-boosting state (and not a spinjumping state at the same time) at a height above y = 0x160 in the room when Ridley's AI decides the next attack with a for swooping suitable RNG value. Samus is above the height y = 0x160 roughly when her body center is above the top of the shell of the bottom left door.
+*Ridley will not be able to perform swoops until he has been brought below 14400 (80%) health, unless Samus is in a grappling or damage-boosting state (and not a spinjumping state at the same time) at a height above y = 0x160 in the room when Ridley's AI decides the next attack with an RNG value suitable for swooping. Samus is above the height y = 0x160 roughly when her body center is above the top of the shell of the bottom left door.
 *Ridley will change color and increase his speed once brought below 9000 (50%) health.
 *Ridley will change color and increase his speed once brought below 5400 (30%) health.

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	If you can get Ridley to pick you up on one of the spots highlighted in this image, you might be able to get him to explode immediately instead of waiting a few seconds.		If you can get Ridley to pick you up on one of the spots highlighted in this image, you might be able to get him to explode immediately instead of waiting a few seconds.
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		+	=== Stuck ===
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		+	Under certain conditions Ridley can get stuck, either on the floor or in the air.
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		+	The air stuck setup happens when Samus breaks out of spin frame-perfectly while at a certain height, while Ridley is also at the same height, at the peak of a tail bounce. There is no known consistent setup for either stuck form, but both can be broken out of by laying a Power Bomb, which will make Ridley attempt to dodge it.
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		+	{{#ev:youtube\|7EnB7jLdr9Y}}
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		+	{{#ev:youtube\|-yh8WLCZbrw}}

	= Categories =		= Categories =

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 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3pWzbiyGg8 ShinyZeni] - Part of a longer RBO tutorial, but covering Ridley behavior as a whole for all categories
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kTVnD7Euxs ShinyZeni] - Part of the same RBO tutorial, covering specifics of the category
 = Ceres Station =

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	* [[Bosses]]		* [[Bosses]]
	* [https://milde.no/public/sm/ridley_diagram.png Diagram of Ridley's AI] made by Pinkus		* [https://milde.no/public/sm/ridley_diagram.png Diagram of Ridley's AI] made by Pinkus
		+	* [https://pastebin.com/qRNmRr6S Quick Notes on Damageless Ceres Ridley]