Dust: An Elysian Tail - Fuse Hardcore Difficulty
Fuse is the first boss you encounter. He has 3 attacks.
When he says "SWARM!" he will cast green fireballs that will track you. Use aerial dust storm (jump and hold Y) to negate these projectiles.
When he says "TAKE THIS!" he will cast a series of fireballs in a straight line. You can interrupt it by hitting him, or dash behind him for a free hit.
He'll also randomly do a wall of fire attack that fills much of the screen.
I found the X, Y, X, X, X, Y combo very effective here. (X,Y launches him, then it's 3 quick melees with X, and Y throws him into the ground) Once you manage to land this cleanly, you can run towards him right after the throw and repeat the combo over and over. Do this as much as possible because it gives him no chance to do damage to you, and also does good damage to him.
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