Overview
In this quick guide, you will learn how to overcome Red Bats, so they don’t ruin your day, like they always do!
Introduction
Red Bats: an enemy in Crypt of the Necrodancer found in All zones Mode, in zone 1. They’re patterns are completely random, and they move every beat.
This enemy type used to be the bane of my existance. Every daily challenge I took on, usually ended with one of these things. Not only did it take precious time to kill them, but it was also very risky, and usually resulted in me taking damage. One day I decided “I’ve had enough of this!” and decided to practice against them, and learn how to overcome them. Here’s what i’ve come up with –
How to beat the bat
As you can see in image one, the spaces in between me and bat the are even. There are 2 spaces.
From here, you can chase the red bat around all you want, and he will never hit you. If you keep on chasing it, you will eventually end up right next to it, allowing you to hit the red bat, killing it once and for all!
In image two, we are an odd number of spaces away from the bat, 1 space. This means that we will never be able to touch the bat without it hitting us. This can easily be solved by digging a block, which will put you back to an even number of spaces.
With this strategy, you can easily kill red bats without THEM killing you!
PS: if you find difficulty counting the spaces in between you and the bat, just simply look at the dance floor. Lets say you’re on a brown tile, and the bat is one a colored tile. If you and the bat are on opposite tiles, then you’re an even number of spaces away. If you and the bat are on the same color of tile, then you are an odd number of spaces in bewteen.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed this short guide, and I hope you now have no trouble with killing the red bats!
Credits: I found all of this information through training against red bats, as well as looking up some stuff online.