After you beat the game once, you get a variety of weapons to equip on Wryn in order to play in a brand new way! Also, these weapons allow you to get "quick-kills" on certain bosses.

Rocket Launcher vs. Valentine:
One of the very first found, if you use the rocket launcher against Valentine when her shield is up, the rocket actually takes down the shield completely! This is great for taking out valentine in stage 2 and in the 4th stage of the final boss, making her a breeze.

Laser Rifle vs Samurai and Pillar Core (not official names)
In the third stage, you fight a samurai that reflects your bullets with a katana. However, if you use the Laser Rifle against him, he can't reflect the full-charge beam, and therefore you can melt him with ease. Also, in the fifth stage, you fight a sentry that has pillars surrounding it, making it impossible to hit. That is, unless you use the fully-charged rifle to snipe it from behind it's barrier.

Rival's Truck vs Chainsaw
Due to it's large hitbox, if you use the chainsaw against the truck in stage 2, it goes down much faster than any other method to destroy it.

[Note: I haven't found a majority of the health pickups you can find in Arcade, so if you'd like to contribute and tell me about more of them, it would be greatly appreciated.]

Stage 2: Immediately as you enter the stage, move left. There should be a few cars and a health pickup there. This is great for fixing yourself up after any mistakes you might have made in stage 1.

Stage 6: This is arguably the easiest one to find. Right before you begin to fight Valentine, the health pickup is at the right of the screen. This pickup is perfect for preparing yourself for the fight against Valentine.

If you beat the game on Very Hard, you unlock Plucky, the newsman as a playable character.

This character's weapon is unique in two ways. Firstly, unlike the dual pistols, it cannot be reflected by enemies like the Samurai or the Rival . Secondly, this weapon has a chance to crit or "misfire" and shoot an explosive shot. This explosive shot does much more damage than the average sustained fire and can be reflected. The chance of firing a crit increases as you are surrounded by more danger. You can tell what your chances are depending on how Plucky's eyes look. When they are normal, it is the lowest chance of a crit. When they are widened, there is a higher chance of a crit. And lastly, when they are completely closed, they have the highest chance of firing a crit.

However, although they have arguably one of the best weapons, this is balanced out by their lack of mobility. Instead of getting dashes, Plucky only gets a double jump. To compensate for this, prepare to save more of your bullet time for dodging instead of getting in extra shots against your opponent.

Also, Plucky has another line of defense in his taunt, where he releases a 360 degree reflect at a delay. This can be used for if you get surrounded by bullets, and is useful for certain boss attacks.

Thanks for reading my guide on Bleed 2! If you have any suggestions or tips for me, leave them in the comments below so I can implement them as soon as I can.