EIGTH COLOSSUS

You start out quite a ways from the boss. Of course you can find a crack in the wall and jump down, but if you want to do it without getting hurt, you have to either take one of the many sets of stairs around the circular hallway, or grab the ledge and drop one by one. When you get down to the bottom you'll find the boss, a large iguana like creature, running around in the centre. It took me longer to figure out how to defeat this one than any other one you've faced so far. Basically you will note the very obvious symbols on his feet. If you jump onto his back, that glowing electricity is going to knock you off, and there's nowhere to hang onto. You'll have to find another way to damage this boss instead.

This is by far the most difficult battle in terms of being killed. You will likely be killed here, unlike most battles, if you don't know what you're doing. First of all the main attack of this boss is an electricity laser breath attack which fires a number of projectiles ahead itself. While these projectiles will do a bit of damage to you, it's actually the electric energy that they leave behind on the ground that will hurt you the most. After this attack occurs, wait a good ten seconds or so before you run through the area where the projectiles hit to avoid damage.

Besides this the boss also has a very powerful tail swipe attack. If you get too close to the tail he will swing it around and damage you for almost 40% of your total HP, that one really hurts, so stay away from the tail. Trust me, you can't climb up anyway. That about covers all of his attacks, he can still step on you if you really get in the way, but this is extremely uncommon since there is very little reason to get close.

As you may have figured, the weapon of choice for the beginning of this battle is the bow. When you shoot an arrow at any of his feet, the monster will react in pain but nothing will really happen. You're on the right track, but doing it the wrong way, here's what you have to do. Make sure the boss knows you are there (I say this for people just starting the fight, an easy way is to press X, the whistle gets the boss' attention.) Once he knows where you are, climb up to the second or third level hallway and stand out of sight near the wall so you can't be hit by any projectiles. Suddenly the Colossus will begin climbing up the walls to search for you, and that's the trick. Let's say he's climbing up the wall on the same side as you. You then need to run around to the other side.

Take aim at the creature high up on the wall with the bow, aim at any of his feet and fire off a fully charged arrow. When you hit one of the feet the monster should react. Now is your chance: aim another arrow at a different foot and fire. When the second arrow hits, two feet are not enough to keep him attached to the wall and the boss plummets to the ground, on his back. Here's another chance, don't worry about damage, leap from here down to the ground through a crack in the wall and run up to the boss. There is fur covering his underside so you can jump onto him from the tail end and find a symbol on his belly. The rest is obvious, whip out the sword and start using charged attacks. When the first symbol is gone, there is another one on his belly, just higher up. You probably won't have enough time to finish him off before he flips back over, but when he does just climb up again and repeat the process.