Advice on beating Grim Matchstick (The Dragon)?

[VampireQueen]

Ive been stuck on this boss for days and I cant seem to get past it. Ive gotten to the last phase without taking damage but then it just f***s me over. Any setups or advice for this guy?

[Osirilen]

Stay near the back, and up near the top. That helps to give you time to avoid the fireballs and his flamethrower.

[Trixter]

try not to hit the fireballs too as it'll split to 4 different directions and may screw your jump

[Wastrel]

I recommend using charged shots to minimize popping fire bubbles.

[mrrogers]

yeah use charge shot, and just pick your shots.

[Sad Pug]

If you have hard time using charge shot, it might be good idea to get that gun with projectiles that go backwards and deal more damage that way, because in later phases you can and probably will be with your back turned.
Chaser is also good idea, because then you don't have to be on the same level as his heads and easly concentrate only on avoiding all the crap.

[Fiend]

Use charge shot and super 2 if you have them. Try and stay far away from him in the first phase so when he does the tail attack you have more room to dodge and move. In the second phase pay attention to the audio cues from the small flame guys, they turn the direction they're going to jump in when they start ducking to get ready to jump, you could also smoke bomb through them if one catchs you off guard. For the last phase avoid shooting his fireballs as they split into 4 when you shoot them, also try and stay on the bottom or top row of clouds to avoid his flamethrower attack. You might also want to save your super 2 for this phase too since you have a lot less to dodge compared to phase 2. Goodluck!

[Mango]

This is just me, but I used lobber and spread. Kept moderate distance and spammed lobber on the 1st and 2nd phase (lobber is a dream on the 2nd phase imo), and then on the 3rd I did some damage w/ lobber, then used super and got right up in his business with spread. Also smoke bomb, It's a blessing from above. Best of luck bud!

[Certified Fentanyl Dealer]

Keep on the top clouds as much as you can, and avoid shooting the fire bubbles - they'll throw more projectiles at you.

The roundabout looks like a great weapon for him because you'll always be moving away from him, and it'll turn back and hit him when you're facing the other direction.

[Hooligan Spooks]

Load out: Charge Shot as Prrimary, Optional Spread Shot/Round About/Chaser for 2nd stage (Whichever you feel more comfortable with) And Cofffee or Smoke Bomb.

Twin Hearts works well to with Charge shot as it only takes away 5 damage, making it stronger than a full second of spread shot with normal damage. By comparision the Pea Shooter does 4 damage a shot, so the charge shot is only a single peashooter shot weaker while giving you two extra lives worth of potentional damage output.

Art 1 will give you a shorter fight and you can get 2 or 3 Full powered shots in the fight.

1st stage: Jump to the top clouds at the start. The Dragon always opens with his eye attack and being at the top will give a straight line for an easy double parry. Then stay to the left of the screen, that way when he uses his tail you can have space to move towards him. His fire balls go opposite. So if he launches one that goes up, his next will go down, then the next up, then down ect. So you can rotate and be safe if you run out of room and have to get close. Once the double fireballs appear try to be in the middle.

Stage 2: Hang out around the bottom, but not so close to the tounge that the little flames will hit you as they get ready to leap. If you are high up top, the flames will jump faster and farther, making it harder to dodge. IF you are low they will not have as high an arc and will be slower. Here you can use your secondary if you want to focus on platforming and the flames, but you can use the audio cue of the flames to know when they are about to jump and instead use a stronger weapon if you are good at it. Use the charge shot and then swicth so you can do damage while you jump to the right side of the screen, then coast while charging, ect.

Stage 3: Keep moving during the fire ball phase and GO SLOW. Take only well aimed, one or two shots and keep moving from the top to the bottom because the flame balls will go to where you were, allowing you to shoot straight at him withough hitting the fire ball and send a flame directly at you. Whe you see he is ready for the flame thrower attack go to the top of the clouds, as the attack will only hit the middle, and will happen twice. This is actually the safest time to attack in the third phase as long as you are on top, as you can safely jump and dash to another cloud if needed. If you are on the bottom you run the risk of jumping into his flame thrower to get to a cloud if the spawn is far away.

Good luck and go get some!

[LOL21h]

I don't know why the people say this boss is hard, took me just one hour to beat him, and I'm not good at this game at all.

[Landl0cked]

Dodge and Weave

[Certified Fentanyl Dealer]

Originally posted by #DeathToBeers:

I don't know why the people say this boss is hard, took me just one hour to beat him, and I'm not good at this game at all.

Different people have different experiences with the same things sometime.

For example, a lot of people say that Dark Souls 3's Dancer of the Boreal Valley was really hard, but I didn't have much trouble with it.

[DaemonX_HUN]

That boss is a ♥♥♥♥♥ and it's frustrating to fight against it... especially when you reach the last part. I just beat it though, but after so many tries. It was the hardest boss by far till this point.

Tips:

• Use the Lobber and the Charge Shot, both weapon deals great damage
  
• Use either the Heart or the Coffee Charm
  
• In my opinion it doesn't matter which Super will you use
  
• Stay as far away as possible from the three headed dragon (right side)
  
• Always try to stay on the highest available clouds (so the dragon can't burn you)
  
• Try to stay roughly in the top right corner and jump upwards every time you see a projectile
  
• Do not shoot the fire projectiles (because if you do that, they'll explode into little pieces)
  
• Try to get to the last part of the fight without losing any HP
  
• Spare your Super Meter so you can use it once you face the three headed dragon
  
  

[NameWitheld]

Charge shots and lobbers