Without being utterly cliche by naming LifeAura or AntiDmg, I'd have to say it's maybe Totem 3. That thing just rules; gives you back 360 health and deals insane damage. Also, maybe Sensor 3 since it does moderate damage on its own, but it also stuns the enemy, allowing for successive hits.

What about you?

FoldrBak.

FoldrBak, the Scuttle chip, a +300HP healing chip and at least three/four sword chips were always in my folder. FoldrBak because it always comes in handy, especially in long, drawn-out battles, the Scuttle chip because I could time it right so it'd deal massive damage on my opponents, the healing chip because, well, they always come in handy, and the sword chips for the PA, typically Life or Element Sword. And if I didn't have an Elec Style, a chip that stunned.

That's true. I often forget it's usefulness. And I've never really gotten into the PA's too much since I still don't have all 200 chips, yet.

The first time I killed Bass/Alpha, I had no V3 Navi's and about 600 health. Pretty good. Then last week I went back to fight them and beat them first try. Totally raw.

Do you guys ever use the BlkBomb3 + GrasStage + Magnum (or Fireman) combo? If your enemy and the bomb are in the same row, that combo does some wicked damage.

Later on, you'll need a GrassStage -> Blkomb + Fire +30 (x4) -> HeatShot combo to get through the secret areas - massive damage.

Anyway, I'm going with Needler3 - absolute Alpha deleting machine - set it in front just after the laser, and let it do its magic!