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| Author: Alex Eagleson | |||
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Third Colossus
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Ride the horse out from of the temple, this Colossus is going to be in
approximately the same direction of the other one at least to start. Head
around behind the temple and look to those two arches to the northwest I
described in the previous one. Take the same path leading north across the
canyon. When you get to the other side here, approximate where you have to go
by holding the sword up to the light. What you want to do now is follow the
light exactly, even though it's going to lead you into a wall.
When you hit the wall, turn right and head east for a ways, while sticking close to the wall. Soon enough you should find an opening leading to the north, follow it up and you'll come out among some trees and a quick scene will occurs. Ahead of you is a large body of water with a gigantic structure in the middle of it. Going up the side of the structure is a long path, you need to get to that path now. Jump off your horse and get into the water, you can swim just fine. Hold up on the left analog stick to swim and hold R1 to swim underwater (your grip meter becomes your oxygen meter while underwater.) Once you eventually reach the path going up, begin climbing it until you reach the top. All you are going to find here is a stone pillar with a ledge on the side of it. You have to run and jump diagonally and grab hold of the ledge using the R1 button. If you miss it's a long way down, and a long way back up. Once you are holding the ledge, shimmy around to the right side and then spin the camera so it's facing in the same direction you are. Hold the analog stick in the opposite direction (toward the platform on the other side) and leap off the wlal you're holding onto to land on it. From here all you have to do is run up the path to the top. Climb up the large platform for a scene. THIRD COLOSSUSThis is a really neat boss here, he's wielding a large stone rectangular pillar, and has these neat little spheres for feat. He has two different kinds of attacks that he uses, one is an overhand stab where he crams his large stone pillar directly into the ground. The other is where he swings the pillar and slams it into the ground horizontally, rather than vertically. When he does the second one, it creates a ramp that you can run up and that will be an important part of the strategy for this battle. Unfortunately if you try to run up the pillar after he slams it down you'll find there is nothing you can do. His bracelet is so big that when you try to climb past it, well, there just isn't any way to get past it. The solution is quite simple. Note that in the middle of the field there is a flat stone platform. Well what you want to do is stand on this platform and wait for the boss to attack. When he eventually does attack, he'll hit the platform with his pillar and the force of the collision will actually shatter the bracelet he's wearing on his right arm! No it's time to really take on the boss. Wait for him to do the overhead attack where he slams his weapon onto the ground, and then run up it. No need to climb, just run. When you reach the top, jump and grab hold of his arm hair and begin climbing. Along the way up, when you get a chance, climb around to the back of his arm, it's easier to get up from there. If you need a rest then you can easily drop down onto the large broken bracelet, the part on the back is still in tact. Climb up the back of the arm, and from there onto the back. The first weak point of this boss is located on the top of his head, you'll have to climb his neck to get it. Whip out the old sword and jam it into the top of his head. Up here he likes to flail wildly so it can be pretty difficult to hold on. Keep stabbing until you have dealt damage equal to about 50% of his life, at that point the symbol is going to disappear. That's only one of the two located on his body, but don't worry, the other one is quite easier to find. What you want to do next is run down his back, right in the middle. Grab hold if you need to, there should be kind of a stone object at about the point where his back goes from being slanted, to being straight down. Grab hold of this stone object and hang, then let go of it entirely. As you drop down his back hold the R1 button. One of two things will probably happen, either you will grab the ledge around his hip area, or you will land on it without even grabbing. There is very little chance of actually missing it since the ledge extends so out quite far. Move around this circular ledge to the monster's belly. On his belly there you will find the second weak point covered in fur. Climb up it and get ready to do some more stabbing. It's takes quite a number of stabs, and he kind of likes to do The Twist while you're hanging on for dear life, but the platform is right below you so taking a rest is easy. Once this symbol has taken enough damage, the entire boss is done for. |
