Virtual On:Operation Moongate
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VR Dorkas Guide/FAQ
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Copyright ¸ VR Belgdor Guide/FAQ David Tan Y.K. 2004

By David Tan Y.K. (Siphon_Mage@hotmail.com)

Version 1.0


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Updates:

2/4/04 (Version 0.5)
I've rushed through at least half-way through the Dorkas Guide/FAQ by today.
Very significant improvement I've made, I can say. Dorkas weaponry are quite similar
to one another, and it's quite hard to learn what variation does what. If anybody
is willing to help me test them out,say so. I appreciate the extra help!

3/4/04 (Version 0.6)
Done all the "Against the computer" section. I think the section against what Dorkas
will do well/bad/neutral against is pretty wrong, I should test it again some other
time, so it's not quite reliable for now.

4/4/04 (Version 1.0)
Literally done all the parts of the Guide/FAQ :)
Should add on info on the spinning-hammer ability next time.
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~~~~Table Of Contents~~~

1). Introduction
2). Weapons
3). Against The Computer
4). Against Human Players
5). Tips
6). Credits
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Hmmm.....enough of those disclaimers and sorts above, anyways,
back on track on the Guide/F.A.Q.

If any of your beliefs or opinions differ from mine and you
want to clarify, just drop me a mail and I expect your words
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Thank You. As Virtual On is an old game, there can be lots of
different ways and opinions to look at it, thus causing
misunderstanding between players. I am by no far a professional
player and am trying my best to help players, not to flaunt
nor exalt my own skill.



1). Introduction

Dorkas is one unique virtuaroid(apart from Bal-Bas-Bow). Equipped with a hammer, a fireball
launcher and a set of explosive devices called phalanx, that make him unique enough. Strong if
used properly, I can say that he has the 2nd best in defense compared to Raiden. Though he lack
in areas such as speed and flight ability, his defense and sturdyness make up for it.

VR Body Data:

Height: 13.4m
Body weight: 9.25t
Full-armed weight: 25.9t
Generator output capacity: 7840kw

Overview:DORKAS is the Heavy Battle Virtuaroid which was developed based on the greedy request
that it should have the same level of armor and firepower as RAIDEN and the better mobility than
that.  As the design concept has changed during the development, greater importance was attached
to universality than to firepower.  Therefore, when using each arms independently, its firepower
is inferior to that of RAIDEN.  In general ability, however, DORKAS has a good potential
comparable to RAIDEN.  Also, the problem of RAIDEN that the fighting ability in hand-to-hand
battle is low has been improved.  Reflecting the demerits of RAIDEN and BELGDOR, the body was
made smaller and its center of gravity was made lower.  By this improvement, the stability and
mobility during running have been greatly enhanced, resulting in the body which does not fall
down easily.  Also, the mobility performance has been certainly upgraded comparing with RAIDEN.



2). Weapons

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Left Weapon: Hammer

Standing Hammer: Dorkas throws his hammer which homes in and attempts to hit the enemy.

Walking Hammer: Same as normal hammer throwing except that this time, you are walking.

Crouching Hammer: More faster and accurate, trade in is it only does a very slight damage lesser
    than normal hammer variations. Can be used to hit air targets as well.

Forward/Back-Dash Hammer: Literally quite accurate, but not as accurate as crouching variety. But
     since you are dashing forward, your accuracy should increase, damage is
     about the same as standing variation.

Jumping Hammer: MOST HOMING OF THEM ALL. Quite hard to dodge unless you dodge at the last minute.
  Slow but strong, and besides that, as it homes pretty well, you got to use it
  properly to make sure it connects. It curves to hit you as well.

Side-Dash Hammer: Typical hammer attack. If Dorkas dashes right, his hammer will be angled
    towards the left. If he dashes left, his hammer will be angled to the right.
    Use this information as an additional information for having an advantage for
    traps.

Hammer in Close-Combat: Dorkas uses his hammer and smashes the enemy. Quite strong, but the
   trouble is that you have to be very close to the enemy to use it.....


Hammer is a good weapon which can be used against enemies as it homes very well. I rather you
use the fireball punch in Close-Combat instead of the hammer(unless you have an advantage.)
Using Hammer in one accord with phalanx would result very well, as Dorkas is known for his
infamous phalanx-hammer trap.

For additional info: Those blue spikes on Dorkas hammer are called beam spines which are
activated when the hammer is thrown or used in close-combat. This is found off the VOOM manual.

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Center Weapon: Phalanx

Standing Phalanx: Out from his missile pods come those explosive devices. 2 are angled at the
    right of Dorkas and two are angled at the left of Dorkas. All in all, there
    are four of those bombs, and the one on the right will explode at an angle of
    extreme right, and the other right one will angled right towards the front.
     One of the left will explode at an extreme left direction, and the other one
    will angled forward in a left manner. I tried my best to explain this, it's
    pretty confusing, but you have to see it for yourself(unless I come up with
    a better explaination.)

Walking Phalanx: Dorkas stops and do exactly what he did with a standing phalanx.

Crouching Phalanx: I can understand what exactly happens when you do this. There are no
     explosions coming out of this one, and it's freaking weird. (Unless it's
            flunk to the other end of the arena. Someone test it out for me please.)
     Either way if thats the case, you should use this attack when you are near
     the enemy and if that happens, he can be hit with the phalanx devices instead
     and take damage.

Forward/Back-Dash Phalanx: Phalanx explode in same manner as standing variation. As you are
      forward dashing, you should be more likelier to hit the enemy. The
      two forward phalanx explosions are quite near to each other, hence
      effectively hits the enemy. The extremes explosions (one on right, the
      other on left) have no point, unless the enemy is fast enough to dash
      away.

Jumping Phalanx: Same as all variations of phalanx, 4 devices flung out. But this time, the gap
   between the explosions are further, and the extreme right/left phalanxes are
   spread yet even more further.

Side-Dash Phalanx: As usual again, as your dash right, 2,this time, phalanx devices are flung to
     the left and 2 near explosions explodes forward. If you dash left, 2 phalanx
     devices are flung to your right and explodes forward.

Phalanx in Close-Combat: No such thing


Phalanx is a good weapon when used effectively. It can be used on it's own or with the phalanx-
hammer method or if used as a barrier from enemies before using a forward-dash fireball attack.
Thus it can serve three purposes, and it is good. ^_^

Note: One bad thing is phalanx can't be used to hit air targets.

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Right Weapon: Fireball


Standing Fireball: Shoots a "big fireball". Quite powerful and can be used to focus fire by
     pressing the trigger repeatedly.

Walking Fireball: Same as standing variation, except that this time, you move.....

Crouching Fireball: Launches 2 fireballs quickly(consecutively). It explodes quite near to you,
      and it won't travel far. Can be use to hit NEAR flying units. Can't be used
      from afar.

Forward-Dash Fireball: Dorkas does a forward dash and launches 4 sets of duo big fireballs. Best
         fireball variation Ever.

Back-Dash Fireball: Launches a stream of mini fireballs when dashing backwards.

Jumping Fireball: Launch three big fireballs, one aimed straight, one aimed left, and the other
    aimed right.

Side-Dash Fireball: Best variation of mini fireballs. Though a whole bunch of them is not as good
      as a big fireball. If you want to be precise, the mini fireballs are launched
      in sets of 3's consecutively.

Fireball in Close-Combat: Dorkas Fireball launcher(right fist) envelops in fire and he uses that
     that to punch the opponent. Faster than his left weapon, but trade in
     for lesser damage. Sometimes the attack may "slide" off an enemy and
     miss.


Fireball is like one of those "never-ending" weapons like beam rifles. Using it with phalanx as
a barrier for the forward-dash variation is good. Pestering with fireballs are good(though not
as good as temjin's beam rifle though.)

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3). Against the Computer

Dorkas is good against Viper II, Bal-Bas-Bow, Apharmd, Raiden
Dorkas is bad against Temjin, Fei-Yen, Jaguarandi
Dorkas is neutral against Dorkas, Belgdor, Z-Gradt

(All these are my opinion, so that do not mean necessarily it is correct.)

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Against Temjin

Actually I wanted to place Temjin in the "Dorkas is good against" columm just above, as in all
my "temjin training." One of the longest virtuaroids I took to kill was Raiden/Dorkas as their
armor were thick and tough. But than again, Dorkas attacks do not have the speed/homing ability
which Temjin have. If you are really up against a higher difficulty temjin, just try to fill the
screen with your projectiles and keep your distance away from him, by bombarding him with hammers
and offsetting his attacks with your phalanx and if possible nail him with fireballs.
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Against Viper II

When I first played at the arcade, I remembered my first Viper II career ended as quickly as it
started. Courtesy to Dorkas of course, not only was his hammer irritating, but his phalanx
crippled Viper II like paper. This should be easy as if more of your hits connect, his dead.
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Against Dorkas

Quite easy if you are a better player than the AI when using Dorkas. Just make sure that you
dodge all his hammer and you should be fine. Stay afloat when phalanx is used against you, or if
you are skilled enough, just walk and stand inbetween the gaps of his phalanx itself. Fireball
will be no real threat as you can literally dodge all if you want to do so.
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Against Belgdor

Just play medium-far range with Belgdor and you should do fine. If possible, just smash him with
your hammer in Close-Combat, and you'll do fine. He has the speed advantage, but in damage-wise
you are better than him. Just avoid his homing missiles and napalm and you'll be fine, and beside
that, the using of phalanx and hammer to hit him at far range is quite effective.
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Against Bal-Bas-Bow

Either you play quite well with Dorkas or you just thrash the controls(like me, in very-hard
difficulty when using some virtuaroids which I suck with), its very hard to defeat BBB with
either Dorkas or Belgdor. As I've mentioned in my Belgdor Guide/FAQ, you should use homing
missiles, but as for Dorkas, its very hard to nail BBB as well, and using the phalanx-hammer
combination should work out. Try to do the "spinning hammer" ability when BBB is airborne just
above you to nail him when he comes down. Good Trick :)
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Against Apharmd

When fighting with Apharmd, playing far range would not get you down with his tongfer, but as for
your far range hammer attack and phalanx would result in an easy win. As his shotgun is not as
pressurizing as some other virtuaroids weapons, careful use of phalanx would be better use than
his bomb. If you want a quick win against Apharmd, pressure him with your Forward-dash Fireballs
which do insane damage to him.
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Against Fei-Yen

Tough luck here, against Fei-Yen, you should try to kill her quick before she wipes you out in
her hyper mode. Hand Beam is quite decent, but as for her normal bowgun, you got to be careful.
As she is usually running around the field, I encourage you to chase her and to kill her with
fireballs. If she's hiding behind anything, just throw at her your hammer and she'll get her
lifebar cut seriously. Phalanx if she's mid range. If she's in hyper mode, all the more that you
should kill her faster.
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Against Raiden

Raiden is easy as the AI usually sucks when playing him. If you want to go frontline and kill him
quick, go ahead! If you want to go mid-range than go ahead as well. Dorkas is good at destroying
Raiden simply because the AI control over him is limited. Just watch out for standing lasers.
Hammer is useful for knockdown and that the phalanx can be used to neutralise the lasers of
Raiden. 4-Way laser of Raiden are freakingly powerful as well, I've learned not to underestimate
them. A whole bombardment of Bazookas are very strong. Just remember something, take cover when
he attacks, and you attack after he attacked, so as to lessen the freezetime in-between fires.
Try to do forward-dashing phalanx for greater effect, standing ones are slower, and you might
be screwed by lasers(just as I did for testing.....)
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Against Z-Gradt

Easy does it. When fighting against Z-Gradt, Dorkas is pretty decent. At the start of the round,
as usual, hit him to damage him little by little. If you have a chance, doing focus-fired
fireballs at him will result in a slight damage to him in his normal form. Just avoid his lasers
at the start. Phalanx and hammer occasionally, but make sure that you save them up before he
transforms into his "golden form." When he transforms, you should be around mid range and in the
process of it, you should do a dashing phalanx at him.After that, do a hammer throw. Focus-fired
fireballs are useful when you stand next to him, as his "grand laser cannon" can't hit you when
you are exactly next to him. If possible, do a 2nd phalanx when you are near him before he
transforms back to normal.
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Against Jaguarandi

Boy, he's tough, but slightly tougher than Dorkas only. I expected Jag to be the bane of
everyone, but little did I know that Dorkas could stand so well up against him. At the start of
the battle, do a forward-dashing Phalanx(that's what I always do, and it always connects.)
Phalanx deal quite a large sum of damage against Jag, followed closely behind is Dorkas hammer.
Trouble is that sometimes my phalanx miss, and if multiple phalanxes connect, Jag will be killed.
Never try to play air-borne, you'll get killed(Dash-cancel as well, it's not reliable now).
Just to get him far from you, use Phalanx, and to face him, you have to do walking fireballs and
rotate at the same time. Dash-cancels should be used instead of dashing attacks. I almost killed
him, but courtesy to Dorkas' speed, I lost.......
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4). Against Human Players

Using Dorkas against the computer players would be considered easy enough. But to use Dorka
effectively against Human Players, you have to be smart enough to devise tactics such as the
phalanx-hammer combination. Use Dash-cancels and Jump-Cancels often. Try not to stay airborne and
besides that, if you want to go airborne, use fireballs only. In phalanx-hammer, use phalanx
first to trap the enemy, and use hammer after that. To force the enemy, lure them to the edge of
the map to trap them and than use phalanx, followed by hammer. Dorkas is sturdy enough to handle
some attacks and that should do the trick. If you look carefully, Dorkas fireball neutralises
some weak weapons as well and you could use that against enemies. Try to force enemy to death
as well with forward-dash fireballs. If they jump, prepare to kill them when they land with
your spinning hammer ability.


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5). Tips

-Use your spinning-hammer ability when another jump to dodge your attack, he should be hit by
 it when they land.

-Forward-dash fireball+phalanx+jumping hammer> most enemy

-You can hit enemy easily if they stand too close to you by doing a crouching phalanx. The
 devices will explode on contact and since you are crouching, you take lesser(?) damage.

-Attack when they are stuck in freeze time, or most of your attacks won't connect.

-Jump-cancel/Dash-Cancel to re-aligned yourself with the enemy.

-Remember that phalanx does not hit aerial targets.

(That's all for now in the tips section. It'll be updated.)

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6). Credits

-To myself for making this guide

-To all who read this guide and learn from the information stored in
 here.

-To Lance_Taliesin/Grim_Frostfire (AKA. Grysvok on Gamefaqs) for being
 my best friend.

-To Eizaz Azhar, the very good guy who helped me weeks after weeks to sort
out my FAQ/Guide

-My mum for letting me play VO

-CJAYC for some guy who host a game site called Gamefaqs