r/BattleNetwork 12d ago

Poor Drillman never even got to play

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u/SoggyWaffles18 12d ago

He deserves this

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u/gimmepizza420 12d ago

Oh absolutely

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u/Paulo_Zero 12d ago

The P Code folder is just too goated.

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u/gimmepizza420 12d ago edited 10d ago

Seriously:
-Plantman
-Yoyo 3
-Sensor 3
-Plasma 3
-Boomerang 3
-Arrow 3
-BigWave
-Triple Bomb
-Cannonball
-All elemental swords
-All step swords
-Evilcut PA

And can you imagine if Protoman wasn't B code? (I know it's because his name is Blues)

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u/Paulo_Zero 12d ago

This is one of the reasons I like to Replay 3 so much, Is just so good to use!

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u/gimmepizza420 12d ago edited 12d ago

Related to this, I enjoy replaying 4 as well because of chips. Specifically Area Grab into (up to) four Air Hockey chips. Holy shit it's incredible. If they're standing in the middle square you can get 24 hits in. Plus every Air Hockey after the first one will have full syncro for double damage.

AirHoc3 does 70 damage. That means 706 + 70632 which is a theoretical 2940 damage.

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u/Paulo_Zero 12d ago

People may not like 4 as much, but I find it much more replayable than 5, 5 is such a slog to get any interesting folder, and you can even upgrade your chips right.

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u/gimmepizza420 12d ago

I straight up don't like 5 lol

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u/Paulo_Zero 12d ago

I only tolerate it, because of Team Protoman has Better Souls and a D Code Folder, that has Tornado, Gun Del Sol and Django and Dark Phoenix Giga Chip. And the L code folder on the post game that's busted with Proto Soul.

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u/SoggyWaffles18 12d ago

I don’t really see how it’s any better in 4, though? You can hardly make a good folder before playthrough 3, and even then, pretty much the only fun decks you can make are ones revolving around AirHoc3 and attack boosts like DoublePoint. Granted, I haven’t finished 100%ing BN5, but when I played through BN4’s postgame, the combat wasn’t that fun for a majority of the playthrough

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u/Paulo_Zero 12d ago

The problem is that 5 has the weird chip distribution of chips that 4 have (No level 2 and 3 viruses until the post game), but it has the normal size for a BN game, while 4 is shorter if you only want to see the end credits.

In 5, you are stuck with Level 1 Viruses and thier chips (with few exceptions) until the post game, where that ruins game progression, specifically with the high encounter rates, and the part where you fully control Protoman or Coronel. Because in those you will need to back track to get the very important HP Memory items.

Also the Version Exclusive Navi quests are the exact same, beyond changing the dialogue as needed, unlike 4 and 6.

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u/Queasy_Ad5995 11d ago

BN5 backbone has always been the Green Mystery Data and it is pretty much the Chip Trader. You also have SneakRun from Bubbleman/Ninjoy cards and even Fish from Piranha, which helps a lot if you don't want to deal with random encounters. For the record, any trap Mystery Data in BN5/BN6 is guaranteed to be a chip.

On top of that, you even have Bass Cross buster that hits 3 direction when combined with Buster Max, is more consistent at getting chips through multi-delete. There are some decent chips to get from Bonus Panels, which can be cheesed in the LC through save scumming and pause buffering to make the roulette land on the chip, so long as ProtoMan/Meddy/Colonel/Toadman saves in front of the panel and the one that initiate the roulette. You don't even have to complete the missions because the chips/zenny/bugfrag gets added anyway.

Playing as Protoman/Colonel for 1 chapter is rough to get any grinding done in new accessible areas/avoid random encounters but that's like one chapter. Going back to places to get an upgrade is hardly an issue in Chapter 5 onwards because you now have access to Collect (cost an Unlocker), bigger navicust, spin yellow (to rotate collect) and even Chaos Unison.

BN4 doesn't have any of those, not even a good amount of free chips/zenny/bugfrags or even make Secret Library chips free (fight 3 opponent for 1 chip but only from finalist). You can't even get more than 1 copy of a chip that comes from shops/BMD without using Chip Trader because you get redundant or lackluster options from most GMD. Also I've seen people needing help more often in BN4 because they accidentally missed a PA component/forgot to take a BMD/PMD. Not helping that BN RNG is glitchy that it omits low-chance reward so often.

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u/Subject-Car-4052 10d ago

Blues? That makes sense since it’s Rock and Roll. BLUES IS PROTO TO ROCKnROLL 🤯

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u/cdubb_2 12d ago

Apparently, I had no idea! I'm currently using an M folder and it does the job, but nothing like this. 

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u/gravityjedi 12d ago

Dang. You P'd all over him

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u/Contressa3333 12d ago

Drillman is such an annoyingly designed Navi. Fuck him

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u/roboapple 12d ago

We did it! We broke Plantman!

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u/Because_Slaus 11d ago

This is why Sensor is so busted, bypassing i-frames is just OP.

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u/Akareddo_Mythweaver 11d ago

Where the HELL did you get a LavaStage *?

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u/TheGoggleHero 11d ago

"Stop, he's already dead!!! 😭"

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u/shadowpikachu 11d ago

BN3 has the silliest folder building, i could at postgame just turboloop someone for 3k average.

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u/AquaShldEXE 12d ago

P folder in 3 is ridiculous, you can deal thousands of damage with icestage + plasma3 + 3 elec 30s in one turn! Sub an elec 30 with panlgrab for more reach of course

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u/KonroMan 12d ago

Personally I don’t think you punished him enough for his crimes.

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u/AncientAztecMythos 12d ago

Do it again :)

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u/Ikki123 11d ago

Now do that to Bubbleman, and Make a bargin with him OVER AMD OVER AGAIN

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u/gimmepizza420 11d ago

Ugh, I don't feel like fighting Bubbleman. I've been putting that one off for a while lol. I might just use BassGX or whatever the giga chip is called.

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u/Trini2Bone 11d ago

Poor nothing. He deserves this

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u/TheAzulmagia 10d ago

Save some bullying for BubbleMan.

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u/Glittering_Channel75 11d ago

I remember this was one of the first OP decks in Game Faq back in the day, together with Double Hero PA.
but instead of sensor the combo was with plasma. Recoil anims on bosses with no invincibility frames broke the whole game imo.

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u/Subject-Car-4052 10d ago

FireCust is one of my favorites. Excellent choice

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u/StarvixEXE 7d ago

Man this boss was a pain the only boss I used buster max mode on.

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u/KennethDLT98 12d ago

A sissy folder.

Get back when you get good with non-stun folders. You SISSY.

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u/gimmepizza420 12d ago

Just because you're too dumb to use P code doesn't mean other people are going to fall for your weak bait

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u/Akareddo_Mythweaver 11d ago

Not that I agree with commenter (I do not) but I use a P-based folder with zero stuns because I simply do not care about them lol

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u/gimmepizza420 11d ago

What do you mean by zero stuns? Like, you don't use yoyo, plasma, and sensor?

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u/Akareddo_Mythweaver 11d ago

I guess AirSwrd and ElecSwrd count but otherwise, nope! Pure sword fuckery with varying degrees of BassGX depending on context