Boss Strategies

GOHMA - Dragon Roost Cavern

This is the guy who's been bugging Valoo. To calm Valoo, defeat this guy. He has only 2 attacks: hit you with his claws, and blowing fire at you. If you keep jump to the sides, you won't get hit. To hurt him, when he's not moving, grapple Valoo's tail. Swing to an upper platform and rocks fall on Gohma. Do this 3 or 4 times to destroy his armor. After that, drop to the ground, and grapple his eye to draw him in and to attack his eye. Do this seven or less times to defeat him.

KALLE DEMOS - The Forbidden Woods

Go to the middle of the room and you'll find Makar, the missing Korok. When you are about to rescue him, a Boko Baka behind him eats him up and well... this is no Boko Baba, more like a larger version...10 times larger. So much for this being simple.

The flower attaches itself to the ceiling with about 15-18 vines. There is no way to attack Kalle Demos while its hanging up in the air, so you'll have to send it back down to the ground to be able to inflict damage. That's a bummer.

Kalle Demos has two attacks, one is if you get too close to one of the tentacles, the tentacle will scrunched back and twirls around in the circle for a bit and then slash you. The other attack, Kalle Demos sends about six or eight tentacles and follow you around the room until you stop. When you stop, the tentacles will spring up from underneath you, inflicting some damage to you.

Take out your boomerang and place as many target can you can on the vines. After you cut some vines down, go around to the other side and cut down some more vines. Keep doing this until you make Kalle Demos drop to the ground from the ceiling. Run over and jump into the flower and swing at the Boko Baba as many as you can before it regains control of itself. After you hit the Boko Baba about 10-14 times, it will die.

GOHDAN - The Tower of Gods

Gohdan is so much like the Bongo Bongo boss battle in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for the Nintendo 64 it's not even funny.

Strafe around the arena while targetting the hand nearest Link by pressing the L Button. Fire arrows at its eyeball. The hand flips over after it has been hit twice, signalling that it is no longer a threat. Then target the other hand and shoot arrows into its eyeball. Once both hands have flipped over, the face begins putting up a tougher fight. Roll over to dodge its projectile attack, and fire arrows into each of its red eyes. Grab a bomb and toss it into the beast's mouth as soon as it opens. You must do this quickly, however, or his face and its accompanying hands recover.

In addition to his occasional projectile attack, Gohdan uses his hands to sweep you off of the arena floor and into the electrified pit that runs around the perimeter of the room. Keep up the attacks by constantly L-targeting the red eyes on Gohdan's face. This helps you be more accurate with the bow, and also helps you sidesqipe his projectile attacks, that become more and more frequent as the battle rages on.

To succed in the battle, you must detonate three Bombs in Gohdan's mouth.

GANON'S SHADOW - The Forsaken Fortress (mini-boss)

What really bothers me about this fight is the fact that Ganon's Shadow will try and teleport behind you to attack. Trying to be slick........Wait until he summons a large orb, and wait until he throws it at you. Just before the orb hits, slash it with your sword to hit it back to him. Think of this as the deadly arts of Ping-Pong. The orb will move faster as it bounces back and forth. After it hits Ganon's Shadow it will fall to the ground. Start hitting it with your sword before it disappears. Repeat the steps above until the Phantom is defeated.

HELMAROC KING - The Forsaken Fortress

The Helmaroc King will waste no time in getting down to business. Keep an eye on it by keeping the camera zoomed out as best as possible. Target the bird by using the L button as soon as it touches down on the rooftop's center. The bird's main attack is the beak strike, which does 1/2 of a heart damage. Dodge this attack so its beak gets stuck into the floor, and then quickly strike it with the Skull Hammer. After you hit it in the head, the bird will take into the air. Keep the hammer in Link's hands, and watch for the bird to land for another attack.

After the third blow to the bird's head with the Skull Hammer, it gets pissed off. Keep the camera zoomed out to track its movements. Watch for it to swoop by, dragging its talons on to the ground. Another one of its attacks is to hover and flap its wings so hard that Link gets blown into the spikes that protrude from the walls. Link can run against the wind without losing to much ground.

The Helmaroc King will eventually settle down, and when it does so it will give its beak strike another try. Dodge the attack one last time and hit the bird in the faceplate with the Skull Hammer. This will cause the protective gear to fracture and fall off, thereby exposing the bird's sensitive crest. While the birds beak is burried into the ground, use the sword and target the yellow area atop its head, unleashing many combo attacks. After three combos, the bird will be defeated.

JALHALLA - The Earth Temple

Jalhalla may be much larger then the regular Poes, but he is defeated using the same strategy. The first thing Link needs to do is seek out the source of rotating light. Run to the light and use the Mirror Shield to reflect the light onto Jalhalla. If Link keeps the light on it long enough, it will be forced out of the spirit realm and into a physical form in which Link can damage. Rush toward the giant ghost and press the A button to pick it up. Slowly rotate while standing in place until you're facing one of the purple columns of spikes that extend up the wall. Press the A button again to toss Jalhalla into the spikes, effectively popping it. The explosion will release all of th Poes into the room. This is Link's chance to severely weaken Jalhalla by destroying as many Poes as he can, before they reunite inside its mask. Link can use any weapon to destroy as many Poes as he can.

As soon as it regroups, Jalhalla will increase the frequency of attacks. Link can expect the giant ghost to blow its lantern flames into him, try to blow him right into the spikes on the wall, or even try to belly flop onto him. As the battle goes on, Link will get less and less time to attack. Make sure you don't miss any opportunities to strike, and when one arrises, be sure to attack. If you do this, you will eventually beat Jalhalla.

MOLGERA - The Wind Temple

The battle begins with Molgera rising to the surface and showing Link its vulnerable tongue. Stand near the edge of he hole in the sand and L-target it with the Hookshot to draw it out of the mouth. Quickly slash at it with the sword, inflicting as much pain as possible, before it retracts back into the beasts mouth.

Stay on the move throughout the battle. Rolling will help avoid getting stuck in holes that open up in the ground around Molgera's mouth. Rolling also makes it harder for the baby Molgera's to catch up with you. If you need life, you can pick up a couple of hearts by killing the baby Molgeras swarming around you, but it is much better to ignore then and focus on offensive attacks against the big guy. You must land four combonation attacks on the tongue in order to win the battle.

PHANTOM GANON - Ganon's Tower (mini-boss)

You are now in an aren facing Phantom Ganon. He has the same energy attack, plus new ones! It can split into 5 Ganons and strike, but you can dodge it. Also, he can charge up and shoot red balls of evil magic, which is also dodgeable. All you can do is dodge wait for him to do the white energy all attack, keep bouncing it back until it hits him, and strike him.

PUPPET GANON - Ganon's Tower

Puppet Ganon has three forms: a marionette, a spider, and a snake. Each of these forms is incredibly large compard to Link's tiny frame. They will use their immense size to their advantage. The other common feature each of the forms is the crystal ball it possesses. This is your target. To defeat Puppet Ganon, you must hit this crystal ball with three Light Arrows during each phase of the battle.

PHASE ONE: THE MARIONETTE
Six thick, blue strings and a red string suspend the marionette version of Puppet Ganon. Use the boomerang to cut through the blue strings, just as you did to cut the vines while battling Kalle Demos. The difference here is you must cut them twice with the boomerang before they break. Once you have cut several of these strings, the beast will spin wildly. Although it's possible at this time to hit the crystal ball om its tail as it whips past, the more effeciant stategy is to cut the remaining blue strings, which will make the beast hang limply in place. Quickly dash toward the ball as it rests on the ground and draw the Hero's Bow to hit the crystal with a Light Arrow. Continue the battle until you've struck the crystal ball three times.

PHASE TWO: THE SPIDER
No matter where you are when the spider comes crashing down, you'll be trapped between two think, immovable spider legs. The strick is to tilt the camera to watch the spider's reflection in the pool of water on the floor. Move toward the area under the crystal ball, and step away from the water as the spider plummits to the ground. If you do this properly, you'll find yourself standing right next to the crystal ball, with a clear shot. Launch a Light Arrow at the crystal, and repeat this strategy three times to defeat this phase of the boss.

PHASE THREE: THE SNAKE
The final phase of the battle comes in the form of a snake, Puppet Ganon will be dragged around the arena by its red string, and you must land three final hits on the crystal ball at the snake's tail. This portion of the battle is much more chaotic then the previous two, as the snake constantly gains speed, making it very difficult to hit the crystal ball with out running out of magic and arrows. Link is likely to take a few hits during this fight, so if you havn't assigned a blue potion to an item use button, this is a good time to do so. Although it is possible to slash the snake in the face with the Master Sword to temporarily slow it down, it is far too risky. Instead, hunker down against the wall and try to hit the crystal ball on the end of the snake as it streaks around the room. After three hits to the crystal, Puppet Ganon is finally defeated.

GANONDORF - Ganon's Tower

When the battle begins, Princess Zelda, who comes to help out Link, will instruct Link to attack Ganondorf as much as he can, as she covers his back with the Hero's Bow. Ganondorf will immediately leap on you with his twin swords swinging. Jump to the side and watch as Princess Zelda lands a light arrow in him. Rush in and deliver a swift combo attack with the Master Sword. Ganondorf is very strong, therefor it will take more the this one combo attack to defeat him.

Fighting Ganondorf is similar to fighting the Mighty Darknuts, only Ganondorf has two swords and is much faster. You won't land any strikes while you're standing face to face with Ganondorf: you must rely on the parry attack! Follow up a successful parry attack by slashing away at Ganondorf's backside, and then move away quickly before he rises again. Continue to distract him while Princess Zelda fires Light Arrows at him. After three hits from Princess Zelda's Light Arrows, Ganondorf realizes that he shouldn't take the youthful duo so lightly. Ganondorf will rish towards Princess Zelda, and knock her unconscious. Link is on his own for the time being. Assign the Elixir Soup to an Item Use Button to have it handy incase things get awry. Continue to fight Ganondorf with the Master Sword by waiting for the perfect time to parry, and don't forget to use the shield to deflect some of his vicious attacks.

Once you land your third parry attack on Ganondorf, Princess Zelda will awaken. Seeing once again that he is outnumbered, Ganondorf will step up his abilities to point where he is virtually impossible to hit. Zelda will eventually sense this and tell you to deflect the Light Arrows at Ganondorf with the Mirror Shield. Princess Zelda will begin firing the Light Arrows at you. Hold the R button continuously to keep the shield in the proper position, and move around so that Ganondorf gets caught in the crossfire with Princess Zelda. When you succeed with deflecting the Light Arrows at Ganondorf, rush in and perform a swift parry attack to bury the Master Sword into Ganondorf's forhead.