5. Flight to the Island of Creation

Strap yourself in for another high-flying adventure. You likely noticed the
Sentries preparing their Griffins. Move to the sides as the Griffins swoop by
Pegasus and release fireballs.

Hold L2 and shoot at the Harpies with Typhon's Bane as they fly by. Kratos
will automatically lock onto them. A whole swarm of Harpies will surround
Kratos eventually. Use [] slashes to hit a whole crowd of them and use O to
grab them out of the sky.

Once the Harpies are taken care of a Sentry on top of Griffon will fly next to
Kratos. Hit the Griffin with the [] button and rams as you did with the
Griffons in the prior stage to weaken them until the O button icon appear then
finish it off. Use a speed burst to catch up to the Sentry up ahead then
attack him and perform a button tap kill to him when the icon appears.
Sometimes the Sentry will leap off of the Griffin and try to land on Pegasus to
finish off Kratos - if this happens, shake the analog from left to right to
shake them off. Sometimes they jump toward Pegasus and miss then fall to their
doom, but their Griffin will always remain.

Action Sequence: (Griffon w/rider)

Kratos jumps on top of the Griffin and [SLICES] the Sentry with his
blades. The Sentry tries to stab Kratos but Kratos quickly [GRABS] his
hand and stabs him then kicks the Sentry off and tears the wings off the
Griffon. Kratos leaps off the Griffin then lands back on Pegasus
afterwards.

Another Raven will appear once the Griffin Riders are defeated. Quickly use a
speed boost then press the required buttons to kill him. Speed up to catch up
to one of the two Sentries on the Griffins up ahead then fight him off. Take
out the remaining Griffin then the Dark Rider will appear once again and a
battle will take place.

BOSS: DARK RIDER

Attacks:

Ram: The Dark Griffin rams into the side of Pegasus.
How to avoid: Move up or down.

Spear Swing: The Dark Rider swings his spear at Kratos.
How to avoid: Move away from the Dark Rider.

Force Shot: The Dark Rider fires a burst of energy from his spear.
How to avoid: Move away from the Dark Rider.

Fireballs: The Dark Griffin speeds up and the Dark Rider hurls small fireballs
at Kratos.
How to avoid: Move to the sides to avoid the fireballs then use a speed boost
to catch up to the Dark Rider.

Start off by attacking the Dark Rider with [] button attacks and rams but watch
for him to swing his spear. He will perform two close range attacks with his
spear so be ready to move back when you see him about to attack. The main
attack that you need to watch for is his ram, so try to stay slightly above to
avoid it. He usually rams after ever other attack. If the Dark Rider ever
gets ahead of Kratos, it will launch fireballs so use a speed boost to quickly
ram the Dark Griffon and get back next to him.

Before long, the battle will give way to a high-speed chase. The Dark Rider
will stay in front of Pegasus and shoot huge beams of energy toward him. Like
the first time, look for a space in between the fireballs then move to that
side quickly to avoid taking damage.

Soon the Dark Rider will slow down then move beside Pegasus. He cannot be
attacked at this point. The Dark Griffin will automatically ram Pegasus and
Kratos will be thrown into the air starting an Action Sequence.

Action Sequence

Kratos falls and sinks one of his blades into the Dark Griffin and pulls
himself up onto the bird. The Dark Rider walks over to Kratos and
attempts to kick him off, but Kratos >>GRABS HIS LEG AND STRUGGLES<< with
the Dark Rider then eventually punches the Rider back onto the bird as
Kratos climbs on top with him. Kratos grabs the neck of the Dark Rider
and [FALLS THEN STABS] him in the side of the chest. The Dark Rider
quickly turns the tables by flipping Kratos onto his back but Kratos
quickly [MOVES] his head to avoid a stab from the Dark Rider's spear.
Kratos [GRABS] the Dark Rider's arm then breaks it and takes the spear
then picks the Dark Rider up with one hand and stabs him. The Dark Rider
falls off the spear and plummets to his doom. Kratos turn his attention
to the Dark Griffin then impales the bird with the spear and stabs the
bird while tearing its left wing off. Content with his ownage, Kratos
leaps off the bird and falls to the island below. He quickly [GRAPPLES]
the rock wall and swings then grabs onto the rough portion of the wall.