>>11847108
I'm still alive. I've just been busy flipping the table several times, though I think I got something figured out here.
The TL;DR of this setup is like this: Hit dudes with whip and gun to get multitool ammo (Orange meter), hold both attack buttons to use multitool for stronger attacks, multitool attacks give gun/whip ammo. Rinse wash repeat.
Also the whip can be charged, I took a note from Tomba and how the Blackjack works there.