Rika(Mop)

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Stamina = High
Black Ranged = Water Bubbles
Yellow Ranged = 2 Water Beams
Red Ranged = Flamethrower
Main = 60
Charge = 4

Rika with the mop is extremely slow on ground and her melee attacks have a long delay and a short range. So don't even think about using cute Rika as a one-man Rambo melee attacker. Oyashiro-sama will curse you if you do that heehee.

Rika (and Satoko) have a special flight mode when they air dash in the air. This mode is especially useful and important for Rika because it changes the way her range attacks work. Rika also moves faster and is much more agile in the air than on ground.

Rika's range attack sprays a generous cloud of water. This water travels rather slowly and doesn't go for more than a metre or so but it can land a lot of hits and stun the enemy easily. Very good for melee attackers approaching Rika. When in the air flight mode, this water spray turns into a kind of ground bombing weapon. It allows Rika to spray the ground beneath her with the water cloud. In Oyashiro/Friendship/Kakera mode, the water cloud travels farther and blinds the enemy.

Rika's charged shot(yellow bar) fires two extremely fast blue laser beams. I think it's supposed to be water but thinking of them as laser beams feels much more cooler so I will stick with that. These laser beams go from one end of a map to the other end and goes through all obstacles so this is an extremely good long distance weapon. Only drawback is Rika takes a second or so to get ready to fire the laser beams. These two laser beams can also be fired in the air when not air dashing in the flight mode. When in the flight mode, only one beam is fired instead. This is actually more helpful because it conserves your ammo. This single laser beam is also aimed manually by the player which allows for a better chance to hit the enemy.

Rika's fully charged shot(red bar) makes her take out her flamethrower and spray some the hot stuff onto the enemy. This is basically a powered up version of the water cloud because it goes much faster, farther, and causes the enemy to be stunned while running around in a panic (unless they know the trick to stop this panic run fast).

Rika's special attack lets her grab onto Satoko (only Satoko, not any other character) when she is next to Rika to do a super Satoko human rocket attack.

My advice for using Rika with the hoe or the mop is: stay in the air as much as possible, keep your enemies as far away as possible, and practice how to aim with the weapons in the flight mode.

See Also:

• Rika(Scythe) DX Version Only