Danger Ball Tips Guide

[OJ9999vr]

So this is one of the hardest modes in the game, around the same difficulty as luge tour (a bit harder IMO). And i thought why not make a short little guide, to hopefully make it a bit easier.

 

Tournament:

The only thing you have to worry about here is beating Necro 5-0, the rest will come natrually.

Here the difficulty increases for each level, i failed so many times on 4-5 before making it to the last one. Just to almost loose it all, due to Necro turning into colossus (i were behind 2-4 or 3-4 at the time).

 

Score Attack:

This is possibly the hardest one, due to the fact you have to reach 8000 points. The rest should come naturally.

I'd advise to try racking up as much points as possible during the first life. Try getting as high combo as possible, and try to avoid wall bounces if possible, those will easily destroy your run. For the 2nd and 3rd life the ball will pick up speed much faster, so try making the best out of it. (you're lucky if you get 1000+ points in one life at this stage). A tip might be to focus on hitting the ball, rather than hitting the highest points (so you get a longer run with a high combo).

Here's a video of my run: 

 

I had a lot of 4-6k runs, the best i got before this was a 7040. Got so lucky during this.

 

Last but not least Quick Play:

This is the one i found easiest. The hardest part is obviously to beat all different opponents on hard without loosing a point (5-0), the others will come naturally except 30 wins. What will make you win against the different opponents, is your knowledge of their special moves, and their weaknesses.

 

Tornado/Strom:

One of the harder opponents, the biggest problem here it to keep track of the ball.

Special move:

You will see an aura around the opponent once it's activated, this will make the ball circle towards you and make it hard to predict where it will be.

Weakness:

There is no obvious weaknesses, but what seems to work most of the time is getting the opponent to one side of the stage, the get a quick hit to the opposite side (you might have to build up some speed)

 

Nitro:

Even though this is the smallest opponent, it's also the quickest. Don't be fooled to think this is an easy match.

Special move:

The opponent will grab the ball, and release it in the same trajectory it got caught at a different point.

Weakness:

Same as the previous. There is no obvious weaknesses, but what seems to work most of the time is getting the opponent to one side of the stage, the get a quick hit to the opposite side (you might have to build up some speed)

 

Machine:

This is a different kind of opponent. It got two beams going across the stage one horizontally and one vertically with wheels attached to each end, and the point where the beams crosses each other makes a target (where it hits the ball).

Special move:

None, but it's shape can be counted as one

Weakness:

If you can hit perfectly, then the corners is a place which it's impossible for it to defend.

 

Twins:

This opponent has to diamond shapes connected to each other via an electric current.

Special move:

None, except the size and it often tends to curve the ball.

Weakness:

Same as Nitro and Tornado/Strom. There is no obvious weaknesses, but what seems to work most of the time is getting the opponent to one side of the stage, the get a quick hit to the opposite side (you might have to build up some speed). But it helps to aim for the corners due to it's shape.

 

Colossus:

This was the opponent giving me the most trouble, it's size covers 1/3 of the playing area.

Special move:

None, except it's size (shield). On harder difficulties it's pieces requires more hits to disappear.

Weakness:

If you got the patience, you could chip away it's shield leaving a space which the ball can pass trough. Ideally the outer cornerpieces opposite to each other. Otherwise same as Nitro, Tornado/Storm and Twins with a lot of luck.

 

Buzzsaw:

Another really annoying opponent, it's shape is normal (looks like an X), and it tends to move diagonally.

Special move:

Once activated you will see a line going around it's axis, once the ball hits the wall it'll stick to it until you get a hit. This is especially annoying around corners.

Weakness:

Same as Nitro, Tornado/Storm And Twins (Colossus, if you do it the hard way). There is no obvious weaknesses, but what seems to work most of the time is getting the opponent to one side of the stage, the get a quick hit to the opposite side (you might have to build up some speed)

 

Smasher:

This opponent has the same abilities as you, basically the fairest match in Danger Ball.

Special move:

It occasionally hits the ball quickly.

Weakness:

Same as Nitro, Tornado/Storm, Twins and Buzzsaw (Colossus, if you do it the hard way). There is no obvious weaknesses, but what seems to work most of the time is getting the opponent to one side of the stage, the get a quick hit to the opposite side (you might have to build up some speed)

 

Dupe:

This opponent is diamond shaped and occasionally creates an extra ball lasting for one hit.

Special move:

It duplicates the ball, once it hits the duplicate again it disappears. This happens normally within 3 hits of each other.

Weakness:

This is what makes it, probably the easiest opponent in Danger ball. Once it creates the duplicate simply hit the first ball normally and here comes the best part, hit the second ball hard and at a different place. This will make both balls reach the other side at approximately the same time, leaving an impossible save.

 

Necro (Tournament only, appears on stage 6):

This opponent is a special one, it looks like some sort of a chip and it copies the others appearances.

Special move:

Cops the opponents in the order you fought them, it changes from each point you get.

Weakness:

Since it copy opponents, it therefore get their weaknesses too.

 

[angelgrievous]

That's a hell of a write up.  Have you considered making it an actual guide though?  I'll give it a look if/when I get the game.  I had some fun with the demo.

[OJ9999vr]

3 minutes ago, angelgrievous said:

That's a hell of a write up.  Have you considered making it an actual guide though?  I'll give it a look if/when I get the game.  I had some fun with the demo.

 

Thanks 

It might be a possibility, so far i've only played 3/5 modes in the game. And it's actually the first time i've written any guides (atleast as far as i can remember).

[Maxie_M0us3]

4 hours ago, OJ9999vr said:

 

Thanks 

It might be a possibility, so far i've only played 3/5 modes in the game. And it's actually the first time i've written any guides (atleast as far as i can remember).

 

I have a guide in hold, you may want to help me.

[Baron_Bonk]

For anyone still struggling with score attack, two tips:

 

1. When the area starts up, pause the game. Now lean forward towards your tv screen till the point where the two diagonally floating text are out of sight and your VR screen is filled with the "PAUSED" text. Recentre the camera with the options button on the controller. You will be further away from the screen when you sit back in the normal position. When you resume and look to the side, you'll see that you're kinda at the back of the frame where you're "standing". Because of the positioning you've a smaller field of view to cover and can react better to incoming balls;
2. Just like with VR Luge, put your hands on the side of the VR-goggles. It came apparent to me that I had a lot of trouble to both keep my eyes on the incoming ball and steer the cursor with my head. By putting your hands on the side of the VR, you can keep your eyes on the incoming ball, while your hands do the steering, enabling you to rely on your hand-eye coordination instead of on your head alone.

 

This way I managed to get my score up from a maximum of 4000 and a bit to 8300 in just three tries (5000, 1500 and 1800 points in the respective rounds). You might have to get a bit lucky with both your focus and the ball not accidentally going ape shit on with bouncing from the walls (which you with some luck can correct with a curve ball), but these two steps should help tremendously.

[Mui-Desu]

On 19/03/2019 at 10:44 AM, Baron_Bonk said:

For anyone still struggling with score attack, two tips:

 

1. When the area starts up, pause the game. Now lean forward towards your tv screen till the point where the two diagonally floating text are out of sight and your VR screen is filled with the "PAUSED" text. Recentre the camera with the options button on the controller. You will be further away from the screen when you sit back in the normal position. When you resume and look to the side, you'll see that you're kinda at the back of the frame where you're "standing". Because of the positioning you've a smaller field of view to cover and can react better to incoming balls;
2. Just like with VR Luge, put your hands on the side of the VR-goggles. It came apparent to me that I had a lot of trouble to both keep my eyes on the incoming ball and steer the cursor with my head. By putting your hands on the side of the VR, you can keep your eyes on the incoming ball, while your hands do the steering, enabling you to rely on your hand-eye coordination instead of on your head alone.

 

This way I managed to get my score up from a maximum of 4000 and a bit to 8300 in just three tries (5000, 1500 and 1800 points in the respective rounds). You might have to get a bit lucky with both your focus and the ball not accidentally going ape shit on with bouncing from the walls (which you with some luck can correct with a curve ball), but these two steps should help tremendously.

Thanks for the tips buddy! I was actually struggling, when I tried to hit the ball, the headset moves a little bit which made me skip it. With your advice I did storm 5-0 on hard the first try. This should be added to the guide. :I

[amurnin100]

Still trying this , any more tips discovered ?

[KyonKuchiki]

On 7/13/2021 at 3:23 PM, amurnin100 said:

Still trying this , any more tips discovered ?

For me, personally, standing up while playing danger ball helped me since I could throw my whole body into bouncing the ball back. Opponents on hard don't like to return too many of your balls if you keep smash bouncing it around. Every one of them are susceptible to that, though beware of doing that with Dupe since if he does return and dupe one of your fast smashes, you might end up having two fast balls coming at you from two different directions.

[amurnin100]

9 minutes ago, KyonKuchiki said:

For me, personally, standing up while playing danger ball helped me since I could throw my whole body into bouncing the ball back. Opponents on hard don't like to return too many of your balls if you keep smash bouncing it around. Every one of them are susceptible to that, though beware of doing that with Dupe since if he does return and dupe one of your fast smashes, you might end up having two fast balls coming at you from two different directions.

Much appreciated

[Megaman80]

I found out what worked big time for me.

 

what i did is i got kind of good at aiming and then i just start smashing all incoming balls untill i get 8x multiplier and even a bit then as well. It seemed like the speed then was slower for a bit longer. It seemed like the speed of the ball was increasing by time, not score (not sure if this is the case though). Anyways i normally got aroung 4,5k to 6k almost every run doing this, till i finally got 7,6k on the first ball lol, luckily it wasnt so scary then, and ilost the second ball at 8,2k and ended up getting aroung9,6k i think it was.

 

and 10 sec ago the platinum came ad i was «auto diving» the last dive as i was writing this message 

Edited November 16, 2021 by Megaman80

[amurnin100]

12 hours ago, Megaman80 said:

I found out what worked big time for me.

 

what i did is i got kind of good at aiming and then i just start smashing all incoming balls untill i get 8x multiplier and even a bit then as well. It seemed like the speed then was slower for a bit longer. It seemed like the speed of the ball was increasing by time, not score (not sure if this is the case though). Anyways i normally got aroung 4,5k to 6k almost every run doing this, till i finally got 7,6k on the first ball lol, luckily it wasnt so scary then, and ilost the second ball at 8,2k and ended up getting aroung9,6k i think it was.

 

and 10 sec ago the platinum came ad i was «auto diving» the last dive as i was writing this message 

Congrats man, this mode is killing it for me , I will try this at the weekend

[Megaman80]

7 hours ago, amurnin100 said:

Congrats man, this mode is killing it for me , I will try this at the weekend

Dont give up, i tried for 5 hours non stop last saturday, and didnt get anywhere, other then getting to know how not to play. In the end of the session i figured out i was going to mess around with the smash skill, and the points rack up much faster, and the speed overall felt a lot slower. Im sure i could double that 8k score mark, but i have a goal of becoming #1 in my country at VR, which im just 100 points short of, and 1 platinum short.

 

good luck to you and hope you get it soon!

[amurnin100]

1 hour ago, Megaman80 said:

Dont give up, i tried for 5 hours non stop last saturday, and didnt get anywhere, other then getting to know how not to play. In the end of the session i figured out i was going to mess around with the smash skill, and the points rack up much faster, and the speed overall felt a lot slower. Im sure i could double that 8k score mark, but i have a goal of becoming #1 in my country at VR, which im just 100 points short of, and 1 platinum short.

 

good luck to you and hope you get it soon!

Thank you mate

[jump-funny478]

I'm still having trouble with Tournament 

[amurnin100]

39 minutes ago, jump-funny478 said:

I'm still having trouble with Tournament 

Same

[TheHosa]

I'm stuck on the 8k points, the ball gets too fast for me ?

[jump-funny478]

same here i can barely get to 6k-7k points before i lose

[KenjiCBZ]

I'm having issues with the tournament: I can barely make it to Necro, beating him 5-0 seems insane.

 

The main issue I have is that I feel it's scripted: no matter what, at the highest difficulties the AI will block your shots regardless, simply "Put it in one side and aim at the other" as the guide suggests is not a useful advice. On the other hand, there are times where my shots are terrible and weak, and somehow I score. So yeah, I feel like the mode is mostly luck based.

 

And in the end, I feel like the ball hitbox is terrible: there have been instances where the ball literally went through myself.

 

So yeah, any useful advice?

[F1rstinFlight]

19 minutes ago, KenjiCBZ said:

I'm having issues with the tournament: I can barely make it to Necro, beating him 5-0 seems insane.

 

The main issue I have is that I feel it's scripted: no matter what, at the highest difficulties the AI will block your shots regardless, simply "Put it in one side and aim at the other" as the guide suggests is not a useful advice. On the other hand, there are times where my shots are terrible and weak, and somehow I score. So yeah, I feel like the mode is mostly luck based.

 

And in the end, I feel like the ball hitbox is terrible: there have been instances where the ball literally went through myself.

 

So yeah, any useful advice?

Did you read this full thread for all the tips people have suggested? The keys for this are as follows:

 

•keep both hands on the vr headset at all times so you can be more precise and react more quickly 

•at the start of the game, make sure you are centered and as far back in the arena as you possibly can be

•try to smash the ball as much as possible by moving your head forward as you hit the ball

•you may also want to put spin on the ball to score more frequently by moving your head left, right, up, or down as you hit the ball

 

It just takes time to get comfortable with it. I would also highly recommend standing up while playing so you can use your body to move too. 

[KenjiCBZ]

Standing up is not an option unfortunately, my room is small. How does having the hands on the VR help exactly? That seems uncomfortable.

 

@F1rstinFlight

Edited March 13 by KenjiCBZ

[F1rstinFlight]

2 hours ago, KenjiCBZ said:

Standing up is not an option unfortunately, my room is small. How does having the hands on the VR help exactly? That seems uncomfortable.

 

@F1rstinFlight

I explained why putting your hands on the headset is better. It allows you to be more precise because you’re using your hands to steer while keeping your eyes on the ball. This lets you take advantage of your hand-eye coordination. I couldn’t imagine doing this without using hands. Those are the tips. Now you just have to practice and get good at this mode. 

[KenjiCBZ]

12 minutes ago, F1rstinFlight said:

I explained why putting your hands on the headset is better. It allows you to be more precise because you’re using your hands to steer while keeping your eyes on the ball. This lets you take advantage of your hand-eye coordination. I couldn’t imagine doing this without using hands. Those are the tips. Now you just have to practice and get good at this mode. 

All right, thank you

 

So far I did it by being sit, without the hands on the Vr, and without moving my head before it hit the ball. As I said I can't be standing because if I do, the camera doesn't detect me. I truly hope the hands and moving the head will be as important as you say.

 

To me it is astonishing that the Trophy for completing the tournament challenges is so more common than the Trophy for the Luge challenges, I'm finding Danger Ball much harder.

Edited March 13 by KenjiCBZ

[amurnin100]

This still eludes me for the platinum , I’d take skateboarding under cars downhill anyday over this ..

[Mr_Bandicoot93]

3 hours ago, KenjiCBZ said:

All right, thank you

 

So far I did it by being sit, without the hands on the Vr, and without moving my head before it hit the ball. As I said I can't be standing because if I do, the camera doesn't detect me. I truly hope the hands and moving the head will be as important as you say.

 

To me it is astonishing that the Trophy for completing the tournament challenges is so more common than the Trophy for the Luge challenges, I'm finding Danger Ball much harder.

I think it’s because of motion sickness. I got very dizzy sometimes on luge VR and this space game should be illegal. Almost vomit after that. 

[KenjiCBZ]

@F1rstinFlight I DID IT!

 

Those tips you gave me worked like a charm. I'm not sure how much the hands thing helped, I also did it only against the strongest opponents because my arms were suffering 😂, but I indeed did much better. However, the game changer was spinning my head: spinning it down, up or to the sides often made me miss the ball, so I instead I was giving an headbutt to the ball, and this was the game changer. My shots were much more powerful and I breezed through the mode, beating Necro 5-0 only at the second try: on my first, I won 5-2, and those two points I conceded were only because I mistakenly shaked my head down.

 

So thanks a lot, your help is truly appreciated!

 

@amurnin100 Tagging you so you know those tips are useful, for real.