THIRTEENTH COLOSSUS

This is definitely one of, if not my favourite battle against a Colossus. You've got another flying enemy similar to number five, but he's quite a bit bigger, and getting on top of him is a lot of fun. You're going to need your horse for this battle, and given that you're facing a flying enemy, the bow will turn out to be very important as well. This creature moves around in the sky without really posing much danger to you at all. I would say this battle is a good throwback to the original ones you fought earlier in the game. First of all, it's not difficult at all to figure out how to hit him, and second, it's pretty hard to actually die.

What you need to do to fight this boss is ride the horse around, with your bow equipped. If you look hard underneath him, you will see three weird sacks at the from, middle and the back. You have to pierce these sacks with your arrows. When you hit one of them, you'll see black blood spill out and they will shrivel up. Your goal is to do that to all three of them. The best way to do it is to aim while riding your horse under the boss, and moving in the same direction. Don't charge your shots at all, just tap the square button like mad while aiming at the sacks and eventually one of the arrows will hit. After all three of the sacks are pierced then you get your opportunity to climb on top of the monster.

This is where things get really fun. Two of the front wings on either side of the Colossus angle down after the sacks are pierced. On each wing there are grooves that act as ledges for you to climb, but since he never stops moving it's hard to actually get a chance to grab them. You need to get onto your horse and start riding as fast as you can. At top speed the horse goes just a bit faster than the Colossus so you can catch up. Get yourself beside one of the front wings down on the ground so that you are moving exactly parallel to it. Before you jump, speed up a little and get in front of the wing. Now everything is set and you have to aim the left analog stick toward the ring, and press the triangle button to jump while holding R1 to grab. If all goes well you're now holding onto the wing.

It can be hard to climb up at times since the air resistance is trying to push you off the side. Just keep tapping triangle and as you go up, the Colossus should straighten out the wing so that you can run on it without holding on. Run to the edge where the wing almost meets the body and make a daring leap onto his back. There are three symbols located on this boss, one near the front, middle and back. As you run down the body a bit you'll notice weird flaps of skin or something extending almost vertically in the air. Behind these skin flaps (which are acting as a protective shield) you will find the symbols. You need to go around them and then equip the sword to see them. They're quite big so it's hard to miss.

You can almost kill the boss in a single run, but not quite, at least I've never been able to. Two fully charged up stabs will eliminate the first symbol. At this point you don't want to wait around at all. Run down the body further toward the second on in an equivalent spot. Stab this one twice with two charged up attacks and once again, be on your way. By the time you reach the third one you might be able to attack it, but more than likely the skin flap will begin closing over the symbol, and the boss will start to dive head first into the ground. This gargantuan Colossus is able to dive under the sand, and you aren't, so you'll be knocked off as he enters the ground. When he pops back out again the three sacks have been renewed. Again your goal is to pop them, and climb up. A second chance up there should be more than enough to finish off this boss.