Super Metroid - Ridley - No damage (1)

Ridley beaten without taking damage. Played in real time on Snes9x v1.43 rerecording.

This fight is all about knowing Ridley's attack patterns and being able to tell when he's going to do what. First off, if you stay on the platform Ridley will often try to stab you from above with his tail. This is highly exploitable if you crouch on the far left edge of the platform while Ridley is facing left, as you can see in the video. Ridley won't be able to hit you and you'll be free to unload around ten super missiles into him. Note that if you jump, Ridley will stop tail stabbing, but he'll often start again if you land back on the platform without space jumping.

The next thing to watch out for is Ridley's fireballs, which he loves to spew at you whenever you're across the room from him, either on the platform or in the air. You can screw attack through them but you'll often find wave after wave of them coming at you with little pause in between. The trick is to jump and screw attack through the first wave, fire a super missile at Ridley mid-air, then fall back down to the platform just as Ridley starts breathing a second wave of fireballs at you, which should pass overhead if you time your jump right. Keep up your timing and you can get Ridley stuck in a pattern of tail stabbing, breathing fireballs, flying up and breathing more fireballs as you jump and nail him with a super missile, then starting to tail stab again when you land.

If Ridley flies up to the top left or right corner of the room it means he's going to swoop down in a U shape at you. Always be careful to watch for him setting up to do this, since if you don't see it coming you won't have time to dodge. Space jump in the center of the room and when Ridley swoops, space jump over him, turn, and hit him with a super missile as you fall. Watch out for fireballs and Ridley whipping his tail at you after he does this attack.

Also keep in mind that any time Ridley isn't tail stabbing he can whip his tail at you. His tail is invulnerable to attack, it can hit you out of the screw attack, and it can reach nearly the entire screen width in any direction. Thus, due to its range, speed, and unpredictability, it's one of the hardest things to avoid and it makes fighting Ridley in the air pure folly. You should jump and screw attack to avoid getting hit, of course, but you want to avoid space jumping for prolonged periods of time.

Finally, Ridley rarely dies right when his health reaches zero. (It takes 30 super missiles to get him to zero health, by the way.) Usually he has to pick you up in order to die, which he'll sometimes do when he flies at you, but obviously you're going to be trying to dodge him. And sometimes he just won't even try for quite a while. So, if you think you've done enough damage to him, drop a power bomb and it'll make him pick you up.

Note: This video mainly shows how to use the edge trick. To see more methods of dodging Ridley's attacks, watch my video response to this.

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• metroid
• ridley
• boss

[LoneSniperWolf]

Um... I have 125 missiles and 20 super missiles. I unloaded them all into Ridley and then he turns red and doesn't die. I start trying power bombs and charged shots but then he grabs me and kills me. What do I do???

[Desbreko]

@LoneSniperWolf Unload all the supers plus eight charged ice/wave/plasma shots into him, then lay a power bomb to get him to pick you up so he'll self-destruct. Add two charged beam shots for every three supers that miss if you don't hit with them all.

[artinbazikyan]

wait a minute

screw attack before ridley? what?

[Desbreko]

@artinbazikyan That's the normal order for them, yes. You go left from the lower Norfair elevator, pick up the Screw Attack, and then circle down to the right to head towards Ridley. Getting it after beating Ridley would be much more trouble because you'd either have to exit lower Norfair and then go back down the elevator again or else go backwards through the big acid-filled room.

[Dfive7s]

Hi

I'm making a Metroid rap and I was wondering if I could use this gameplay video for the Ridley section. Please Reply :-)

[Desbreko]

@Dfive7s Sure, that's fine.

[SofaK1ngWeTaDid]

And I thought I did that well...

[SiKnEsS17]

@artinbazikyan you never got the Screw Attack before Ridley? LOL Cause you kind of need the SA to get to him

[bobbyewing311]

hahahahah OWNED... I just fought Ridley and had 45 Energy and a reserve tank left... mother fucker is tough if you don't know the trick to avoid the tail stabs like you found.. oh well, I know for next time ;)

[MrMarill]

I feel so bad at this game now

[ADeviousCamel]

mother FUCKER...

[iPodDude21]

Damn. That was just totally badass.

[clukism]

ridley and his ear raping scream...JUST FUCKING DIE UR IN TOO MANY GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!