The first part of the battle will have Phytops stick out two of its tentacles, which will
put a constraint on where Link can go. The body of Phytops, including its eye, is covered
by the purple smudge that is in the way. Use your whip on one of the tentacles to pull out
a spike. Hold onto the spike and then launch it at the face of Phytops. If the spike hits
Phytops it will clear a small area of the purple smudge that covers its eye. Repeat this
same process a second time to remove more purple smudge. After two direct hits, the eye of
Phytops will be uncovered. Grab another spike from its tentacle and launch it at the eye
of Phytops, and the boss will fall to the ground stunned for a short period of time,
leaving its eye vulnerable to further attacks. Run on over and slash away at its eye using
your sword until Phytops gets back up.
Phytops has one main attack in this early phase and that is when it will shoot a gunk shot
out at Link. However, once Phytops is revived, he will go on a tear with a serious of vine
whips that are hard to avoid. They arent too damaging though as each hit will only take
damage.
The first phase of the battle will repeat, so do the same thing and grab the spikes from
its tentacles, remove its gunk, and then hit Phytops in the eye. After several consecutive
hits like this, Phytops will start combining its two phases in one by having all four
tentacles in the arena at once. It will use its gunk shot but will also use its vine whip
with its two back tentacles. Its hard to avoid the vine whips and the gunk at once, so you
may take a few hits at this part of the battle. Just repeat the same process and remove
its gunk and then nail it in the eye.
The only other thing that Phytops does differently in the final phase of the battle is
that it will rotate around a bit, making it harder for Link to reach the tentacles on the
sides. This is just a minor nuisance and the rest of the battle will be just like the
previous form. Nail Phytops in the eye a few more times to defeat this barbed menace