Ling: A Road Alone Cheats

Ling: A Road Alone

Cheat Codes:
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Submitted by: David K.

Useful Tips and Tricks:
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Written by Dr_Simulacrum

-=Basics
* This game has controller support.
* Basic movement is with the left analog.
* Punch, Attack and Dodge are performed with X, Y and B though they are also 
  duplicated with other buttons on basic controllers.

-=Combat
* Basic combat is as you would expect.
* Enemies approach you and attack.
* You approach enemies and attack.
* But the element of the game is to "intercept" an enemies attack as he attempts it.
* You do this with the punch.
* This puts the enemies in a "stunned" state but more importantly it powers up your 
  attack.
* Obviously you use the Dash to evade attacks as well as position yourself in battle.

-=Hints & Tips
This game uses an interesting mixture of risk and reward and opportunity.

* First opportunity.
* "Intercepting" an enemy attack not only puts IT into a stunned state.
* But also other enemies withing its proximity.
* Furthermore the powering up of your attacks can also be taken advantage of for 
  enemies not so near.
* You can power up your attack by stunning a slow insignificant enemy. Then dashing away 
  towards a bothersome enemy and use this powered up state to damage it.
* Simple…but important knowledge.

-=Risk & Reward
Often times against bothersome enemies, It may simply be more effective to find alternate 
means of damaging them besides "intercept" such as encircling or bouncing back projectiles.

* It may also be worth taking a bit of damage to finish off said bothersome enemies as it 
  seems some of them can regenerate health.
* I'll only touch on the most "troublesome" bosses.

-=Warlock
This Boss can be challenging for many. He starts out fairly tame as all others. But once 
he enters what I like to call "Rock&Roll" mode. He can be a pain.

* Once in this mode, extreme patience on your part will be required.

* Avoid his eyeball shower by circling the arena. Taking care not to get entangled in 
  the trees.

* If he retreats into the trees don't follow. Simply allow him to come to you.

* Once near you move towards him (I don't recommend dashing towards him as I'm not sure 
  if there's cancel frames for the dash with intercept).

* His attacks are all spell based. So you're looking for him to raise his arm to signal 
  a possible intercept.

* If your intercept is successful, make sure to land all 3 hits then quickly dash/retreat.

* If your intercept fails retreat/dash away.

* Once he starts spewing the second type of projectile and bomb.

* This is where the "extreme" part of patience comes in.

* Avoid his attacks by circling the arena and dashing as needed.

* Don't dash haphazardly. Try to use basic movement to encircle and only use singular dash 
  if possible. the 3 dashes in quick succession are best left for when you find yourself 
  caught in the middle of his attack shower or if you find yourself getting cornered in the 
  arena.

* Let him come to you…look for that raised arm and intercept…most of the time you will fail.

* But even if you do fail… Swing your sword! By doing this you will bounce back a few of 
  his projectiles and possibly his bomb. This will grant you health. DON'T get greedy!

* Swing your sword once maybe twice then dash away and begin calmly avoiding his attack 
  shower.

* Keep a cool head and you'll get that satisfying final swing…


-=Mirror Image (Final)
This Boss like all starts off simple.

* Once he enters "Rock&Roll" mode he will increase his speed. But the real trouble is once 
  you get him to 50% health. At this point he will become as fast as you if not faster.

* So fast in fact more often than not he'll always be behind you (your back to him).

* He will also start to intercept your intercept! This is the game trying to test (or break) 
  you out of your comfort zone. At this point a change of tactics and strategy is needed. 
  (No more Intercept). He will keep pace with you if you simply run and dash away from him.

* The key is to use methodical dashes away from him. Either single dashes (all while running 
  of course) or dashes that are spaced out by a few milliseconds…then a quick triple dash!

* Basically what you're trying to do is to catch him stuck in the middle of a dash to gain 
  some distance from him. My suggestion is just that a suggestion…gaining distance from him 
  catching him locked in a dash is the key.

* If you do manage to gain some distance from him…quickly turn to face him and swing your 
  sword! You're trying to have your attack catch him stuck in a dash animation.

* Once or twice then quickly retreat and let the chase continue. You will take damage if 
  you attempt more than 1 or 2 swings. It's up to you to decide if this damage is to you 
  is worth the damage to him…

* If you find yourself close to death… continue to retreat as you will slowly regen some 
  health…then you can continue the methodical dash….triple dash strategy.

* Remember this boss tries to mirror what you are doing.

* You can do it!

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