what upgrades should I buy first?

[AtteLem]

I was just wondering

[Disco Battle]

you almost cant play wothout the smoke bomb so buy that first

[AtteLem]

Originally posted by Abstract:

you almost cant play wothout the smoke bomb so buy that first

ok thanks

[Pom Pom 🍕]

After smoke dash buy weapons until charge shot is available. Spreadshot and roundabout are good until then.

[Linus Hyper]

Here's what I have/use the most
Charge, Tracer, Smoke Bomb

[John Johnson]

if the rb lock isn't you're thing then get the chaser

[TarMan]

Originally posted by Abstract:

you almost cant play wothout the smoke bomb so buy that first

Of course you can, I beat the game without ever equipping the smoke bomb.

I'd say the extra hit points are way more valuable than smoke bomb.

Chaser (just like in Gunstar Heroes) is invaluable as it means you're always dealing damage.

[HighLanderPony]

Originally posted by DireWolf:

Originally posted by Abstract:

you almost cant play wothout the smoke bomb so buy that first

Of course you can, I beat the game without ever equipping the smoke bomb.

I'd say the extra hit points are way more valuable than smoke bomb.

Chaser (just like in Gunstar Heroes) is invaluable as it means you're always dealing damage.

Chaser is a noobtube for the most part, lol. Especially with the nerf to damage when taking extra HP.

Plus, extra HP is useless when going for grades (other than Ps).

[Codester]

Smoke bomb and charge shot are literally the only two upgrades you need. If you buy both of those you can get A rank super easily across the board and then S rank in expert. There isn't a single better shot over charge shot, combo with the starter one, and the only useful charm is smoke bomb. Don't even equip any others they are all useless. The absolute worst shot in the game is chaser. Don't listen to that guy it's garbage. It's only useful if you're absolutely terrible at the game. I can kill a boss with charge shot in less than a quarter of the time that chaser would.

[Pom Pom 🍕]

Originally posted by Codester:

Smoke bomb and charge shot are literally the only two upgrades you need. If you buy both of those you can get A rank super easily across the board and then S rank in expert. There isn't a single better shot over charge shot, combo with the starter one, and the only useful charm is smoke bomb. Don't even equip any others they are all useless. The absolute worst shot in the game is chaser. Don't listen to that guy it's garbage. It's only useful if you're absolutely terrible at the game. I can kill a boss with charge shot in less than a quarter of the time that chaser would.

S-ranking the dragon I found much easier with lobber than charge-shot just so I dont have to lock-aim or use lower-level clouds, outside that though charge-shot all the way.

Smoke-dash is not the only good charm since you can't use it during schmup-bosses (for obvious reasons), so people who do good on run n gun bosses and platform levels, but struggle at schmups will find more use in other charms like +2 health for -10% damage or automatic super meter charging. And that is actually quite a lot of people based on how much I've seen the robot being mentioned as a gamequitting boss.

Also yeah chaser is really bad in the long run. It's nice for people who are bad at the game for the first island and all, but the lack of damage will make island 2 and 3 become A LOT harder if you still use chaser since the bosses take forever to die. Here's the damage-table where you can see even peashooter has TWICE the dps of chaser:
https://i.imgur.com/NmXSjoy.png

[Codester]

Yeah. I just used smoke all the way I always found a way to utilize it. I have S rank across the entire board on expert while using it.

[bonanza brad]

Charge shot is incredibly powerful, probably the best upgrade you'll get

Personally I use it with invincibility as a special for full effect

[Nervatel]

Play a level or two, figure out what mechanics give you issues, and buy the item that would work best to improve in that area.

[The_Technomancer]

Smoke bomb, maybe p sugar, then focus on weapons leaving homing for last.

[TarMan]

Originally posted by HighLanderPony:

Originally posted by DireWolf:

Of course you can, I beat the game without ever equipping the smoke bomb.

I'd say the extra hit points are way more valuable than smoke bomb.

Chaser (just like in Gunstar Heroes) is invaluable as it means you're always dealing damage.

Chaser is a noobtube for the most part, lol. Especially with the nerf to damage when taking extra HP.

Plus, extra HP is useless when going for grades (other than Ps).

How is Chaser (a weapon in every run and gun game) a noob weapon?

Also you're not going to be going for S rankings during your first run, so extra HP and weapons with constant (Chaser) or high damage (Charge Shot) should be your top priority when going through your first run.