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viewtiful joe notes

on scale

in this write-up, i'm treating basic punch damage as 1. then, fractional calculations cut off after 2dp (eg, 1.5 * 2.25 works out as 3.37); so it might be better to think of basic punch damage as 100, and scale everything up accordingly.

enemy/hazard damage

most things inflict 1 heart.
captain blue (1/1) (pre-vfx only): no damage
spiked barrel: 2
hulk davidson/axe: 2 (except when thrown?)
hulk davidson/charge: 2
bazooka/tank shell: 2
gelby/haymaker: 3
gelby/somersault: 3
lava: 2
raging stones hulk/axe: 4 (except thrown)
raging stones hulk/charge: 4
burning leo/rock: 2
burning leo/fireball: 2
burning leo/claw: 2 (reduced to 1 with mach aura?)
burning leo/fiery charge: 3 (1 if already burning)
king blue/lightning: 2
king blue/missiles: 2
captain blue (7/3)/lightning: 2

player in civilian form: *2
player is silvia: *2
v-rated difficulty: *2
ultra v-rated: *4

player attacks

most attacks have a base value of 1.
rapid punch (zoom in then punch): 2.25 (so becomes 3.37 zoomed)
descent (jump then zoom): 0.3 (both direct hit and shockwave) (0.45 zoomed)
flaming kick (red hot kick, then zoom): 3 (so 4.5 zoomed)
viewtiful forever, etc: variable (1/2/3/4: so 3/6/9/12 when slow and zoomed)
- sexy forever does the same damage as viewtiful forever and also dizzies enemies.
voomerang: 2
- round trip only does 1.
- charging the voomerang doesn't increase damage.
alastor's sword (in civilian punch combo): 4

all six machine attacks have the same base value... i think. in this write-up i'm assuming this is 1, the same as the basic punch and kick, but there's an equally good case for it being 2. more on this later.

target is dizzy: *2
slow motion: *2
zoomed in: *1.5
rock-on: *6
- but ignores dizzy multiplier. same damage whether target is dizzy or not.
- so a basic rock-on attack, in slow motion, does 12.
- voomerang/round trip and shocking pink only do half the expected damage here.
- so voomerang 12; round trip 6; shocking pink 6.
any vfx on kids difficulty: *2 (in addition to existing multipliers)
player is silvia: *0.75

damage modifiers apply to indirect attacks too. deflect a bullet and zoom in before it hits for increased damage.

indirect attacks

this is the damage taken by rank and file enemies. bosses usually take different levels of damage (detailed below.)

enemy collision: 1?
chandelier: 10
bullet: 2
bomb (verdy): 1
homing missile: 2
flying sword: 2
bazooka shell: 3?
tank shell: when fired by tanks, 10? to enemies in its path. (deflected value not confirmed)

enemy energy

these values are for adults difficulty. also, except for bosses and a few others, energy levels vary; these are just typical values.

enemy	energy	notes
bianky	9
bianky-prima	12
bianky-boxer	16
bianky-sailor	12
diver bianky	14
diver bianky-prima	18
diver bianky-boxer	24
apollo bianky	18
apollo bianky-prima	24
apollo bianky-boxer	32
verdy-chopper	14	double damage when grounded
verdy-jet	18	double damage when grounded
cromarty	23	less on stage 7?
cromarty-bazooka	23	less on stage 7?
cromarty-grenade	23	less on stage 7?
cromarty-surfer	12	high damage from deflected bazooka?
bianco billy	20	doesn't vary?
rosetta	12	vfx modifiers
red leader	40	double damage if you attack while successfully dodging
black leader	40?	double damage if you attack while successfully dodging
gelby	30	doesn't vary?
joker (1/1)	20
joker (2/1)	30
joker (2/2)	40
joker (3/2)	40
joker (5/1)	50
joker (7/2)	60
captain blue (1/1)	(10)	vfx modifiers
captain blue (1/2)	(30)	vfx modifiers
captain blue (2/1)	(60)	vfx modifiers
captain blue (7/3)	(60)	vfx modifiers
black thunder	(200)	special damage
harrier (3/1)	(300)	special damage
harrier (5/1)	(300)	special damage
tank	(1500)	special damage
space tank	(1500)	special damage
charles the third	(100)	special damage
hulk davidson	(300)	special damage
gran bruce	(500)	special damage
another joe	(266.67)	special damage
alastor	(200)	special damage
raging stones/charles	(400)	special damage
raging stones/hulk	(500)	special damage
raging stones/gran	(700)	special damage
raging stones/joe	(333.33)	special damage
fire leo	(600)	special damage
metal leo	(400)	special damage
king blue	(600)	special damage

boss energy interpretation

okay, here's the thing. the slow zoomed rapid punch normally does 6.74 (or possibly 6.75? depending how it's calculated); but most bosses take instead 6.6 or 6 from it. what i think is happening is: with a boss like black thunder, which takes 100 plain hits per colour bar, the bar isn't actually worth 100. instead, it's worth 10, but black thunder has a global damage modifier of *0.1. then, the rapid punch base value of 2.25 is modified to 0.22 (truncating after 2dp), then multiplied up for slow and zoom to get 0.66 damage. and 0.66 damage to a bar of 10 looks the same as 6.6 would to a bar of 100. in other words, i'm suggesting the following:

enemy	energy bars	face-value damage per bar	face-value energy	global modifier	real energy
captain blue (1/1)	0.5	20	10	*0.5	5
captain blue (1/2)	1.5	20	30	*0.5	15
captain blue (2/1)	3	20	60	*0.5	30
captain blue (7/3)	3	20	60	*0.5	30
black thunder	2	100	200	*0.1	20
harrier (3/1)	6	50	300	*0.2	60
harrier (5/1)	3	100	300	*0.1	30
tank	3	500	1500	*0.02	30
space tank	-	-	1500	*0.02	30
charles the third	1	100	100	*0.1	10
hulk davidson	3	100	300	*0.1	30
gran bruce	5	100	500	*0.1	50
another joe	4	66.66...	266.67	*0.15	40
alastor	6	33.33...	200	*0.3	60
raging stones/charles	4	100	400	*0.1	40
raging stones/hulk	5	100	500	*0.1	50
raging stones/gran	7	100	700	*0.1	70
raging stones/joe	5	66.66...	333.33	*0.15	50
fire leo	6	100 (equivalent)	600	*0.1	60
metal leo	-	-	400	*0.1	40
king blue	6	100 (equivalent)	600	*0.1	60

six machine interpretation

if six machine damage is 1, the same as the basic punch/kick, then: verdy-jet works out the same in 3/1 as elsewhere; harrier's face-value energy is the same on 3/1 as 5/1; but, cromarty-surfer works out to about half the energy cromarties have elsewhere.

if six machine damage is 2, cromarty-surfer's energy works out the same as cromarties elsewhere; and harrier's damage scale works out the same as on 5/1. (because on 3/1, 50 shots per colour bar, but on 5/1, 100 punches per colour bar.) but against that, verdy-jet works out with twice the energy it has elsewhere, and the harrier ends up with twice the energy they have on 5/1. (but then, it has twice as many colour bars, so it kind of seems like it should do. this is the point about the scale.)

so, i don't really know which way to call it. both ways have their disadvantages and there's no way to know for sure.

difficulty level modifiers

kids: all enemy energy levels are the same as for adults.
v-rated:
- helicopters, planes and tanks (but not the 3/1 harrier) keep the same energy level.
- stage bosses (including raging stones and king blue, but not captain blue 7/3) have 1.5* adults energy.
- everything else (including joker, captain blue, 3/1 harrier) has 1.25* adults energy.
ultra v-rated: same as v-rated, except that charles, hulk, bruce, their raging stones counterparts, and king blue, all have 2* adults energy. (the other stage bosses still just have 1.5* adults energy.)

special damage

vfx modifiers

a few enemies take nonstandard damage under vfx. i'm not certain of every single entry in this table.

enemy	slow only	speed only	zoom only	slow + zoom	speed + zoom
captain blue (1/1)	*2	*2	*2	*2	*2
captain blue (1/2)	*2	*2	*2	*2	*2
captain blue (2/1)	*1.6	*0.8	*1.6	*1.6	*0.8
captain blue (7/3)	*0.8	*0.4	*0.2	*0.2	*0.4
rosetta	*0.8	*0.6	*0.8	*0.8	*0.6

other damage and modifiers

breaking his aura with a slow attack does a tiny amount of damage. 0.2%? (equivalent of 0.04 plain hits)

on v-rated difficulty, lava drips from the pipes. a slow-motion-enlarged drip can hit joker, but it only does something like 1 damage.

deflected bullets do 15% of bar (equivalent to 15 plain hits)
deflected missiles do 5% of bar
bianky collisions do 30% of bar

deflected bullets do 2% of bar... i think. (equivalent to 1 normal shot)
deflected bullets do 4% of bar.

deflected shells do 20% of bar (equivalent to 100 plain hits). i think i've also seen them do 50% of the bar, but i might have imagined it.
bianky collisions do 30% of bar.

falling weights and launched stalagmites do 5% of bar (equivalent to 5 plain hits)
destroying bats, either conventionally or with his sonic slicer, does 1% per bat... maybe.
voomerang/round trip does 5* normal damage.
during his drill attack, voomerang/round trip does 2* damage (so 10* overall); other attacks do 5* normal damage.

it's hard to keep count, but i think deflected homing missiles just do 2%, equivalent to 2 plain hits, the same as normal enemies take.

while underwater, he gradually recovers energy.
he can recover more energy by breathing deeply underwater.
when out of water, he takes 2* normal damage.
when breathless (after shark attack finishes out of water), and only if also in slow motion, he takes an additional 2* damage. (so a slow attack vs breathless delivers *2 (slow), *2 (out of water), *2 (breathless-and-slow) = 8 times normal damage.)
if hit with a mine in his jaws, he takes 10* damage from that hit (plus explosive damage which i haven't measured.)
when breathing deeply underwater... he usually seems to take normal damage, but i'm pretty sure i saw stylish alastor doing double damage in this situation. not sure about this.

destroying a mach image inflicts... some damage. i think it might be variable but is about the same as a plain hit. this damage can't kill him.
he also takes damage if he falls into electricity, but i'm not sure how much.

a deflected sword does something like 5% of the bar, equivalent to about 1.5 plain hits.
falling into lava does about 20% of the bar. he also takes damage if he's set on fire and left to burn for long enough, but again i haven't worked this out for sure.

same as their originals.

okay, this gets a bit complicated, because the way i'm interpreting it, at no point does he just take normal damage. so i may have made the wrong call about his face-value energy above. anyway.
first, you hit him to extinguish his flames. this does 5* expected normal damage, where "normal" means a plain hit doing 1% of the bar.
after breaking his shield, you can hit him once or twice before he starts to spin. attacks while he's shieldless and while he's spinning do 0.5* normal damage.
then, after dodging spinning attacks, he's dizzy. plain attacks do double normal damage, as usual; but if you're in slow motion there's an added modifier of *1.5. so, while he's dizzy, plain hits do 2%, while slow hits do 6%. (plus any additional modifiers for zoom, rapid attack etc.)

shieldless attacks (before he starts to spin) do 10* normal damage.
here, i'm considering "normal" damage to be what he takes while spinning, since when dizzy, he takes twice this "normal" damage.
slow motion attacks while he's dizzy get an additional modifier of *3. (so a dizzy slow hit is 1 * dizzy * slow * this = 12.)

damage here is mostly normal, except that he takes 3* damage if no vfx powers are in effect.
or, perhaps i should read it as him taking normal damage from plain, and *0.33... modifier on all vfx powers? but recurring decimals aren't a good thing to bring into the picture.

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