Rock Bottom is the third subchapter of Chapter 6: Reflection B-Side in Celeste. The subchapter begins the boss fight against Badeline where the player must push her back through the rooms by hitting her in various spots, carefully being bounced around for each hit to navigate the rooms.
Gameplay[]
The mechanics of the Badeline boss fight here will be largely similar to the ones seen in the A-Side. Badeline will float in an area and either aim a laser beam at the player's location or throw a shot, both of which kill the player if touched. Things have to be done in a specific order here very often and must be done urgently or else the blocks necessary to move forward will have fallen off screen.
Strategies[]
Room 1
Jump off the starting ledge and dash diagonally up-right into Badeline, then you'll be launched to the left. Do a wall jump off the left wall to go right and dash straight right between the crystals to quickly land on a spring below and dash straight up, moving a bit to the right, to hit Badeline again. After being launched to the left again, wall jump to the right and fall a bit before dashing straight right and landing on another spring. Bounce to the right on the spring and dash into Badeline and you'll then be launched left once again. Quickly wall jump off the left wall you hit and try to land on the falling chunk of the ceiling while moving to the right, then dashing to the right onto one more spring which will bounce you into Badeline and allow you to finish the room.
Room 2
Walk down off the starting ledge and then dash into Badeline while avoiding the shot she throws. After being bounced left, you'll need to dash up-right and grab the falling bit of the ceiling, then jump up over it to the right to collect a dash crystal. With the regained dash, dash up-right again to hit Badeline. You'll then need to dash straight right into a falling block while holding the grab button, then jump up and to the right and land on the feather to the right. With this feather just go right and move up and down accordingly through the crystal tunnel.
Room 3
For this room, make sure to only go after stalling out the laser attack and dodging it. After this you can safely jump right and dash into the first dash crystal, then follow the dash crystals by dashing straight up and straight right following this. Do another dash to the right to hit Badeline, then you'll need to dash straight up while not being directly below the two platforms above which will start falling. The goal is actually to fall to the right after dashing up and start running to the right on top of the falling platform as it falls. You can then eventually dash up-right, straight right, or straight up (depending on how you choose to dodge the oncoming laser) and follow it up with some up-right dashes to keep collecting more dash crystals, eventually dashing into Badeline. After being bounced back left, dash left into the trapped feather and take it right, then up, and over the overhang of crystals until you can reach Badeline at the right and hit her for the last time.
Room 4
This room will be very tricky to find the right path through, having many key tokens scattered over a bottomless pit while needing to take care of Badeline along the way. There are a couple of ways to go about this section, but the most reliable is gliding on the first feather down to the first bottom key token, then straight up past the right of Badeline to collect the key token at the top, then falling down and hitting Badeline. After this, jump off the wall and dash straight right to arrive at another feather. This feather should aim down-right, going under the set of crystals which Badeline is near to collect the key token down there, then wrapping around the right side and going up-right to get another key token up there. After this, land on Badeline and she will launch you to the left and allow you get another feather trip. Go straight to the right, collecting a key token along the way, then start going up-right before crashing into some crystals. Go above the floating set of two crystals and collect the key token there, then aim down-right and dash down-right into Badeline. You'll then be bounced to the left, collecting the final key token in the process, then you need to fall down a bit and start dashing straight to the right three times in a row, constantly collecting dash crystals and a feather at the end. For this last section, there are fairly tight corridors covered with crystals you'll need to navigate through with the feather. It's best to not ever do diagonal inputs for this part, merely holding up, then right, then down, then right again, then dashing straight up through the bridge, allowing you to get the final hit on Badeline.
Room 5
This room is large and will have a few sections to it. Walk to the right off the first ledge to fall inbetween some crystals, then dash to the left before falling into crystals below. Descend the wall to the dash crystal below, then jump and dash to the right and land on the top side of the bumper, slightly to the right. Wall jump up until you can dash to the right and fall onto Badeline below. After hitting her, wall jump back to the right from where she launched you and fall inbetween the gap in the crystals below until you can land on her. She'll then launch you to the left, where you can dash to the left into a dash crystal and then again, up-left, to reach a feather. Take it the right and down, then back left from below the crystals and you can safely grab the wall on the left. Wait out the laser attack before jumping off the wall and dashing right to land on the disappearing platform. Watch for the shot Badeline will then throw as you jump and dash to the right to hit the top of another bumper, then you can dash into Badeline and finish her first phase off.
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