How To Play As Pipijuras In GigaBash
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- Pipijura’s Moves – Easy, Heavy, Specials
- How to Win as Pipijuras – Best Strategies
GigaBash is a game that lets players wreak havoc in fully destructible environments while battling as and against kaiju, and this enchanting prospect has piqued the interest of many players. While Passion Republic Games doesn’t take on the arena brawler genre with dozens of fighters like its contemporaries, there is a wide variety among those on offer.
Pipijuras is a giant alien crab that is a strong ranged character with a ton of different moves and use cases, and this guide covers everything you need to know about these moves and how best to use them to easily win fights.
Pipijura’s Moves – Easy, Heavy, Specials
As mentioned, Pipijuras is a ranged character and excellent at keeping enemies at bay through his thrust attacks and projectiles.
That Light attack is a simple claw stab, which briefly stuns the enemy but doesn’t deal much damage. If you hold down the button longer, it will Pipijuras charges both of his claws and unleashes a knockback motion by jumping them into the enemy. carrying out the light attacks in the air also make the claws jumpalthough it’s not as damaging or time-consuming as the charged light attack.
This Kaiju’s heavy move is a purple projectile shot which emerges from its claws and moves in a straight line, and is one of the most effective ways to spam against enemies you’d rather attack at close range.
You can Hold down the button to charge the projectile which grow larger and deal more damage to the enemy. You can also shoot these projectiles in the air by pressing the heavy button mid-jump, but these projectiles cannot be charged for additional damage.
Pipijuras’ light defensive attack surrounds him in a shield while quickly swiping its claws to damage anyone nearby. It is A heavy block attack unleashes a barrage of projectilesbut these projectiles have a short trajectory, making landing these shots a bit difficult.
There’s also the dash attack that sees Pipijuras claws through his opponent and charges in at the same time which deals stacking damage and knockback effects.
When you grab your opponent, opportunities open up for two more attacks – you can use the light attack button for a small claw punch while a pressure on the A heavy attack button results in a tail swipe which places a bomb on the opponent’s head that explodes after three seconds and causes knockback.
Once you accumulate enough GigaEnergy, you can transform into an S-class Titan for a short time. During this mode All your attacks deal more damage and you take less damage from enemy attacks – but your movements remain the same.
How to Win as Pipijuras – Best Strategies
Since Pipijuras is a ranged fighter, it obviously doesn’t have the raw power to compete with pure melee fighters with his melee moves. It is therefore important that you Make the most of his projectile-based moves.
The basic projectile fires quickly but deals less damage and has a mediocre range, while the charged projectile takes time to fire but deals better damage and has a longer range. Finally, there’s the Projectile Flurry, which also deals good area damage but has the shortest range of all these moves.
While playing as Pipijuras you should try spam as many projectiles as possible on your enemy. A rule of thumb, Use the basic projectiles to keep enemies at bay, Charged projectile to deal heavy damage for security and the Flurry projectile for close combat situations with multiple opponents.
Of course, it wouldn’t always be possible to attack enemies from afar – and there will be times when you’ll have to fight back in melee. In such situations Falling back on the Charged Light Attack and Defensive Light Attack is your best bet bet – as The knockback effects will give you the time to quickly gain some distance between you and your opponent.
As Pipijuras excels in range, An ideal teammate should excel in hand-to-hand combat – so you can Pair this kaiju with the likes of Thunderatross or Gorogong for a balanced physique that should be able to compete with most opponents.
Of course, synergy is also important for this – and The melee should help tank hits from enemies while Pipijuras uses his projectiles for sustained damage at range.