Enemies

Unarmed hospital staff turned hostile by Dorothy's control. The weakest enemy in the game — a single charged Nalcon shot usually drops them.

Patrol set routes and will notice Rion if he runs nearby. Walking instead of running lets you get behind them for a free first hit.

Reanimated household staff and hotel guests. The suited variant found in Rion's House and the Babylon Hotel actually attacks with Nalcon of its own, so don't get careless at range.

Security robots that open fire the moment they activate. Get too close and they'll riddle you with shots before a Short finishes them; too far and they get several free hits in first.

A tougher recolor of the White Robot — more health, faster shots, and a shoulder-charge attack, usually fought three at once. Bait them into bunching up, hit the group with D-Felon, then mop up with Nalcon.

Bio-mechanical guardians that spawn when you disturb their incubators or power on an area. Rarely worth the AP it costs to fight them — walking past is usually the better call.

A late-game Arabesque variant that's tankier than its earlier cousins but hits far softer — a slow fight rather than a dangerous one.

The first boss and by far the shortest fight in the game. Interact with the tangle of wires in the room to trigger the confrontation — if you're close to a Short, it ends almost instantly.

Stock up on Nalcon before this fight — 3-4 vials plus a full gauge is a safe cushion, and a Skip helps too. He teleports and fires energy balls, then splits into three copies where only the first one that appeared is real; dodge the decoys' attacks but don't waste drugs on them. When all three regroup and rise into the air, run to a corner — he's about to flood the room with Nalcon. His final, most aggressive phase drops the split entirely; mix in Red between Nalcon bursts once he gets there.

Has four moves: a shove, a melee flurry, a fireblast, and a zombie summon. He's untouchable while airborne summoning zombies — instead, let the zombies' own falling attack kill them if it misses you, or let his fireblast burn his own summons. The best opening is hitting him with Nalcon right as he winds up the fireblast, which both damages him and cancels the attack.

A long, grueling fight — Rita spends most of it floating on a table, immune to attacks, either charging at you or hurling furniture. She's only exposed for a moment after she crashes back down, so unload Red when you get the opening and follow with Nalcon while she's staggered.

Escalates through four attack phases as his health drops: triple Nalcon streams, the same with lightning added, then triple Red streams, then Red with lightning. Staying close and dodging is safer than backing away during the lightning phases; during the Red phases, standing still and releasing the instant he appears is the key to not getting hit.

The final boss — three separate eyeballs, each targetable on its own. She quakes to briefly stun you, warns of an incoming lightning strike with a spotlight, and sweeps a Laser left-to-right-to-left that must be dodged entirely. She won't use the Laser until her first eye is down. Whittle the eyes with Nalcon, then switch to Red once you're down to the last one or have burned through several vials of Nalcon.