Noki 4 - Eel | Guide by Metacor

Noki 4 - Eel | Guide by Metacor
Markdown Version: https://gist.github.com/Metacor/48d83d1765083cc45c71b1545f3ca292
Video Guides:
	Samura1man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u8lY285CWM
	Stelzig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdz2Deg92-M

When the level starts, Mario will begin to sink towards the Eel;
	Don't Hover before reaching the Eel, as this will just needlessly lose time
	While falling down, make sure to grab one of the Air Bubbles to refill F.L.U.D.D's tank;
		I prefer to grab the first one on the left side - https://i.imgur.com/gcgne2D.jpg
		Position Mario above the Bubble, slightly towards the bottom, once you hit it, hold Forward on the Control Stick
	After you refill your tank, position Mario above the center of the Eel's mouth;
		Favoring slightly towards the top side - https://i.imgur.com/wy6Wg6Z.jpg

Once the Eel starts to spin: Take note of its spinning direction;
	if Clockwise Spin; Y-Turn to the left, looking here - https://i.imgur.com/YDDz0iM.jpg
	if Counter-Clockwise Spin; Y-Turn to the right, looking here - https://i.imgur.com/KEPi6dD.jpg

Once the Eel begins to scream: Hold Hover until its mouth is nearly open
	(holding slightly backwards will help to clean multiple teeth with your hover)

Enter Y-Cam and clean off the center 4 teeth, starting with the left tooth and work around clockwise
	Make sure to hover while turning around to face the 3rd/4th teeth

Hover as needed to remain high enough to not be eaten by the Eel and clean 5th tooth

Gold Tooth - https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/123923076000776193/547147388083634176/eely-mouth.png
	The Gold Tooth is located on the right side of the Female half of the Eel (see picture above)
	This tooth has similar properties to a center tooth, allowing you to clean it off without the eel beginning to spin

	5 Tooth;
		If you plan on going for a 5 Tooth eel, you should prioritize cleaning the side of the Eel without
		the Gold Tooth first, since using the Gold Tooth for Cutscene Skip is generally considered easier
			To make it more simple to clean the non-Gold Tooth side first - Instead of doing the 4-Tooth strat above;
			Spray the right tooth first, and then clean the teeth counter-clockwise

	6 Tooth;
		If you plan on going for a 6 Tooth Eel, you're going to have to go for the Gold Tooth as your 5th tooth
		because of it's unique properties, allowing you to clean it without forcing the Eel to spin

Cancelling a Spin Cycle - Once the Eel begins to spin;
	Let Mario fall down in the Eel's mouth until it cries out and tries to eat you (Don't get eaten!)
	Hover out of the Eel's mouth before you get eaten and then Y-Turn around to set up for the next tooth

7th Tooth; Try to leave a bottom side tooth as the last remaining tooth, this makes getting Cutscene Skip easier

Cutscene Skip;
	After you clean the 7th tooth, instead of hovering outside of the Eel's mouth, try to position Mario between the
	Eel's lips, begin to Hover upwards into the final tooth after the Eel's mouth fully closes.
	Once Mario is inside of the final tooth, switch to the Spray Nozzle, enter Y-Cam, and spray the tooth until it's clean.
	If you did this correctly then Mario would've taken damage from the tooth while cleaning it off, causing the cutscene to be skipped

	If you miss the Cutscene Skip;
		Mario sinks faster towards the outside walls, so try to get to them as fast as possible (make sure not to Hover)

Shine Get - https://i.imgur.com/aKGJ2pT.png
	Spawns to the right of the small stalagmite (square outline on image above)
	The shine spawn is on the left side of what looks to be a Square with a large dot inside of it


Reasons for the Eel going down;
	if you get eaten
	if the Eel fully completes a Spin Cycle
	if you complete 6 tooth too fast (sometimes)

IF AT ANY POINT THE EEL GOES DOWN!!!
	DO NOT clean off any more teeth until the Eel spins, and you cancel its Spin Cycle
		if you do, the Eel WILL 100% go back down again

	The only scenarios in which you wouldn't need to wait for the Eel to spin are;
		if there is only 1 tooth left (the fight would end after)
		if there are 2 teeth left on the same side, and 1 of them is the gold tooth
			in this case you can clean the gold tooth off first, and then the final remaining tooth
				Keep in mind that this would cause the final tooth to be on the top side of the Eel's mouth,
				making Cutscene Skip pretty hard to perform

Tooth Immunity; when are the eel's teeth immune?
	if you finish cleaning 1 of the Eel's outside teeth (other than the Gold Tooth)
	if the Eel is doing a Spin Cycle
	if the Eel is going down after finishing a Spin Cycle

	Note; if you forced the Eel to close its mouth by being too far down in its mouth, you can still clean its teeth