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Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii)
Boss FAQ
by nazguldragon15
version 2.20
contact: brandonleish@gmail.com
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Began: September 02, 2007
Complete: September 03, 2007
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ASCII art by nazguldragon15
Copyright 2005 Brandon Leishman© (AKA nazguldragon15) of GameFAQs, Gamespot,
Neoseeker, IGN, and Super Cheats.  Any use of this FAQ without permission by
myself will be hunted down and destroyed.
WARNING!: THIS FAQ CONTAINS SPOILERS, READ CAREFULLY!
For this FAQ, I will not include spoiler warnings.  It is advised
that you've already played through the game at least once.  If you
are unexpectedly spoiled, don't blame me, because I warned you!
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0\======Table of Contents======================================================
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To find what you are looking for easier, press Ctrl+F then type in the code I
have provided (in the right hand column) to find you section with ease.
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/ - - - - - - - - CONTENTS - - - - - - - - \ / - SHORTCUTS - \ / - - STAT - - \
1. FAQ Information                          | F.I.            |    UPDATING
a) Version History ..................... | ........... VHI |      N/A%
b) Contact ............................. | ........... CTC |    COMPLETE
2. Introduction To FAQ                      | I.T.F.          |    COMPLETE
a) Self Intro .......................... | ........... SNT |    COMPLETE
b) Bosses Of Corruption ................ | ........... BCO |    COMPLETE
c) Using This FAQ ...................... | ........... UFQ |    COMPLETE
3. Boss FAQ                                 | B.F.Q.          |    COMPLETE
a) Berserker Lord ...................... | ........... BKL |    COMPLETE
b) Meta Ridley ......................... | ........... MTR |    COMPLETE
c) Rundas .............................. | ........... RND |    COMPLETE
d) Korakk .............................. | ........... KRK |    COMPLETE
e) Mogenar ............................. | ........... MGN |    COMPLETE
f) Steamlord ........................... | ........... STM |    COMPLETE
g) Defence Drone ....................... | ........... DFD |    COMPLETE
h) Ghor ................................ | ........... GHR |    COMPLETE
i) Berserker Lord II ................... | ........... BK2 |    COMPLETE
j) Helios .............................. | ........... HLI |    COMPLETE
k) Gandrayda ........................... | ........... GDY |    COMPLETE
l) Metroid Hatcher ..................... | ........... MHT |    COMPLETE
m) Mining Cannon ....................... | ........... MCN |    COMPLETE
n) Pirate Commander .................... | ........... PCM |    COMPLETE
o) Omega Ridley ........................ | ........... OMR |    COMPLETE
p) Dark Samus .......................... | ........... DSM |    COMPLETE
q) Aurora Unit 313 ..................... | ........... A13 |    COMPLETE
4. Outroduction                             | O.              |    COMPLETE
5. Frequently Asked Questions               | F.A.Q.          |    COMPLETE
6. Legal Stuff                              | L.S.            |    COMPLETE
7. Special Thanks                           | S.T.            |    COMPLETE
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1\======FAQ Infromation========================================================
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-/|----/Version History\----|\---------------------------------------------VHI-
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Version 0.00 9/02/07 - Began the FAQ!
Version 1.00 9/03/07 - After hours and hours of writing, the FAQ is done.
Version 1.30 9/04/07 - I've recieved loads of emails with tips and questions,
so I've updated the following:
Berserker Lord - Changed the difficulty level from 1 of
10 to 2 of 10.  His platform is possibly the smallest of
the bosses, this makes it harder to stay put.
Rundas - Changed the difficulty level from 5 of 10 to 7
of 10.  After playing through the game again on a new
difficulty, I found this one to be harder than I thought
previously.
Ghor - I knocked off his difficulty level from 7 of 10
to 6 of 10.  The boss is a bit easier than I previously
thought.  I've recieved a few tips on the boss making
him quite a bit easier than before.
Metroid Hatcher - When you fight this boss later on in
the game, it is possible to use the X-Ray visor to kill
it off right away.
Using This FAQ - I added this section to stop some
confusion on how I wrote the FAQ
Lots of updates today.
Version 1.60 9/05/07 - Once again, I've had a blast of more email.  Most of it
consisting of that same tip on the Metroid Hatcher.
I have updated the following:
Rundas - A strategy was sent in by Nero Angelo.
Pirate Commander - Several different tricks sent in by
several people.
Berserker Lord - A little tip for the third fight versus
the Berserker Lord.
I'm adding a new boss as well.  This is the Mining
Cannon.  It's really set up well enough to be one, so I
am adding it.
Version 1.85 9/13/07 - It's been a while since my last update and once again I
am receiving email after email of the same tip on
Mogenar.  I have also decided to add some Hyper Mode
strategies on the bosses:
I added Hyper Strategies to the Berserker Lord and I
also added a bit about Berserker Knights there.  I
added in a Hyper Mode Strategy to all bosses from the
Berserker Lord to Ghor.
I updated some information on Mogenar, adding that you
can freeze his mouth in an attack.
I added a trick to Ghor and I also updated Omega Ridley
with a new tip as well as Dark Samus.
I added a new strategy to Gandrayda.
Version 2.10 9/19/07 - I finally finished the Hyper Strategies for all of the
bosses.  I added strategies sent in to many bosses,
including Aurora Unit 313, Dark Samus, Gandrayda, and
so on.  I've also added some more to the FAQ section.
Version 2.20 4/07/08 - I figure that it has been long enough since my last
update.  I've sorted through my emails and added new
tips and strategies.
Rundas - Desulated has a great strategy to use on him.
It works great on Hyper Difficulty so look into this.
Omega Ridley - Dying_2_Liv3 had some helpful Screw
Attack techniques to use.
Dark Samus - Blacksun256 sent a couple of nice tips that
can truly make all the difference in the DS battle.
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You can currently contact me by e-mail at:
brandonleish@gmail.com
I may also appear on the Corruption Boards from time to time, but not often.
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2\======Introduction To FAQ====================================================
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Hey all you gamers!  Thanks checking my FAQ.  My name is Brandon Leishman, but
here I go by the alias nazguldragon15.  This isn't my first FAQ on written, and
it isn't my first on the site, so I've had a little experience with how this
all works out.  I obviously enjoy games a lot to put the time into this FAQ,
and definitely the Metroid series for this particular FAQ.  I really enjoyed
MP3, and my time with it, so I've decided to write an entire Boss FAQ.  It's
dedicated to the time and hard work Retro put in to make this incredible game.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the FAQ.
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The bosses in this game are really quite amazing.  I've played and beaten many,
many games throughout my life, and I've always been particularly thrilled when
it comes to fighting bosses.  The Metroid series has been known well for boss
fights.  Large, puzzle based, and very unique battles.  This game is the best
yet for this.  Every boss in this game was enjoyable to figure out and fight.
However, this means they aren't so easy to crack.  I wrote this faq here to
help you really master each battle.  Enjoy your fighting!
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For those who are a little confused on how I've formatted the FAQ, I created
this section.
Here is the layout I'm using for the bosses:
This Line introduces the next boss
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This is the shortcut code to reach the boss with control + F
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\- Location : Boss Location -|      |- Scan: The Scans In The Battle* -/
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\- Reward : The Reward for Victory** -|        |- Difficulty*** -/
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This line introduces the beginning of the actually strategy
This line shows that the current boss strategy has ended
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* - I will only include scans that actually give you red credits.  There are
usually several scans in the battle, but one one usually actually gives you
a credit.
** - Not all bosses give you an item as a reward, some give you access to new
areas, or finishing a room you started.
*** - The difficulty of the boss is in flux, and subject to change.  I'm trying
to give difficulty based on the average of how hard a boss is in each of
the 3 in game level settings.  Some bosses could be harder than another
on one difficulty, and less difficult than the same ones on another.
I've also added a "Hyper Strategy" to every boss.  This is specifically for
those trying to defeat a boss on Hyper Mode.  I also recommend that you read
this strategy no matter what difficulty you are on, because it is a bit more in
depth.  I will also give a second difficulty rating on the Hyper due to the
fact that some bosses are harder than others on Hyper.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
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3\======Boss FAQ===============================================================
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|- BERSERKER LORD - --------------------------------------------------|-|BKL|-|
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\- Location : Docking Bay 5 -|                |- Scan: Berserker Lord -/
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\- Reward : Access To Gunship -|            |- Difficulty: 2/10 -/
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The first boss of the game is an easy one, but it gives you a taste of what the
bosses to come will be like.  None of them will be just a straightforward,
shoot-em-till-they-die, type of boss.  Each has a special method to defeating.
The boss has a couple of attacks at first.  A blue "breath" attack that it'll
spray out of it's mouth and an energy beam.  Jump over these attacks to avoid
them, locking on and strafing is a good method to help avoid.  You can't deal
any damage to it's health meter until you get rid of the shield protecting it's
weak point.  There are two noticable red orbs on it's shoulders, fire at these
both until they are destroyed, then you enter the next part of the battle.
He will occasionally fire purple orbs at you, shoot the purple orbs before they
hit you, and they will rebound right back at him.  Once you've hit four orbs,
the shield protecting him will be destroyed, exposing his weak point.  Fire as
many shots as you can, throwing the occasional missile or charge beam.  If you
don't kill it now, just repeat the process until it's dead.
Later on in the game you will face two Berserker Knights (thanks Shade Tail for
identifying that) these Knights do not have shoulder orbs to worry about.  You
can use your X-Ray Visor and Nova Beam to locate a weak point inside the second
Berserker Knight and you will be able to kill him in one hit.  (Thank you
wordlife33100 for this information).
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 4/10 }
In Hyper Mode this boss will be quite a bit more difficult (all bosses will be)
The orbs on his shoulder will take a while to take out, after they are gone he
will fire two purple orbs.  Make sure you hit them back at his shield and do
not miss because if you do miss it will make the battle much longer.  After
these two, he will not lose his shield, but regenerate his shoulder orbs.  You
must destroy them again and launch two more of his orbs back at him.  Once four
orbs have hit him then he will lose his shield, so try not to miss.  Other than
it taking longer it is generally the same.
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\- Location : Generator Shaft -|                 |- Scan: Meta Ridley -/
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Your nemisis returns, and pretty early in the game.  This is a pretty neat
battle.  Isn't it unique to be fighting a boss while falling down an extremely
long shaft?  I sure think it is.
The most noticable thing is the fact that you are speeding to you death down a
long shaft.  You don't have very much control, and there is a meter showing how
many feet you have left until you crash into the bottom.  However, you have
plenty of time to defeat this boss before that happens.  If you are running low
on health, fire at the debris floating around.
If you remember back in the first Prime, during the grounded battle against
Ridley, when it would open it's mouth, exposing a flaming jaw, it was about to
attack you.  It's the same here.  Look out for when Ridley's mouth starts
flaming then fire at it.  Just move around to avoid his attacks, and try not to
hit the wall, because it will cause some damage to you.
After a while, Ridley will fly up and grab you.  Now you are falling side by
side with Ridley.  He will attack you with flames from his mouth, or a claw
swipe.  You will see when he will attack when one of these starts to glow.
While they glow, it's your chance to fire charge shots and missiles into
whatever body part is glowing.  This prevents Ridley from attacking you.
One he lets you go, you will be falling underneath him, but the situation is
still the same as it was a the beginning of the battle.  He will go through
these phases, just fire at him until he's toast.
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 3/10 }
This is the easiest boss on Hyper and isn't different from the first other than
you taking more damage and causing less.
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\- Location : Temple of Bryyo -|                      |- Scan: Rundas -/
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This guy is actually pretty tough, and much longer than the previous two boss
fights.  My wrist was hurting at the end of the battle (but it was partially
due to the uncomfortable position I was in during the fight).  So prepare you
wrist.
Rundas is protected by armor, and unless you can rip this away, you can't deal
damage.  This boss will use some physical attacks on you, so dodge those with
strifing, as well as several ice attacks.  If you are frozen by him, rapidly
press B to break out.  He will glide on an ice path in the air and land on a
pillar.  Shoot the ice spheres he fires at you to refill your health.  While
he's gliding around it's fairly difficult to hit him, so don't waste any
missiles.  Hit him while he's on a pillar or on the ground.
Once you've hit Rundas enough to have stunned him, he will stand still for a
moment, so quickly use your grapple beam to rip off his armor.  Now you need to
give it your all, throwing as much damage as possible at him.  This is your
only chance to hurt him.  Going into hypermode now is smart, just make sure you
have enough health to do so.  After a short time he will regenerate his armor.
Later on in the fight he will gain a couple of new attacks.  He will hurl ice
at you while gliding around, and he will generate a large ice pillar and swing
it at you.  If you see Rundas climb atop a pillar and start swinging a large
block of ice, fire at his grip to make him drop it.  If you don't, right as he
throws it, sidestep out of the way, very quickly.  This ice attack will break
through the ice pillars, so don't bother hiding behind one.  If you are hit by
this attack you will take tremendous damage.  In Veteran it'll knock off an
entire energy tank.  For that early in the game, that's a lot of health.
This battle can be pretty long, and difficult.  If you run low on energy, stay
out of Rundas' way, and just fire at the ice spheres he creats for some health
and ammo.  Hypermode is great, but remember that you lose an entire energy tank
in the process.  Use it wisely.  Just repeat the process of stunning, ripping
and shooting until you win.
This method was sent in by Nero Angelo to make the battle as short as between
1 to 2 minutes.  It was done on Normal mode, and would take longer on Veteran
or Hyper.
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/ All I used was my cannon and hyper mode. While he's moving, shoot him with\
| your cannon. When he stops, use powered up shots. Soon he jumps onto a    |
| pillar and you shoot him with 1 or 2 powered up shots before he gets      |
| stunned. Rip off his armor and go into hyper mode ASAP. Unload on him,    |
| using strafe and jump to dodge the ice. As soon as hyper mode is over,    |
| start hitting him with powered up shots again. He will get stunned again  |
| very quickly, he can be stunned on the ground it's not just pillars.      |
| Repeat hyper mode attack. He will be dead in about 2.5 hyper mode attacks,|
\ assuming all your attacks land and you don't get frozen.                  /
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This definitely takes a bit of skill on the players half.  You must be accurate
enough to nail Rundas enough in Hyper mode to finish the battle sooner.
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 8/10 }
This boss is very difficult on Hyper.  His ice block attack that he swings at
you is able to take out a full energy tank.  You may only have up to three
energy tanks at this point, so that is a third of your entire health.  In
addition, all of his attacks are hard to dodge and cause tremendous damage.
The trick is to stay in Hypermode as long as possible to take him out.  At the
beginning of the battle, enter Hypermode.  DO NOT deplete your meter of phazon
because you will exit Hypermode.  Instead, fire at Rundas until your blue bar
is almost depleted.  When you start to corrupt (your meter turns red and slowly
fills up), use this to your advantage and hit him a lot, but DO NOT deplete
this red meter either.  Shoot at him but keep the meter active.  When you take
damage it will fill as well.  Don't let it fill all the way for too long or
you will die.  Eventually you will automatically exit Corruption.
While in Hypermode, shoot off his armor and rip it off and then just hit him.
Try to hit him as much as you can, if you don't manage to beat him in one
Hypermode, then do it again.  You may die a few times, but eventually you will
get it down.
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\- Location : Jousting Field -|        |- Scan: Pirate Hussar, Korakk -/
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Kind of a sudden battle.  Don't forget to scan BOTH the Korakk and the Pirate
Hussar on it's back.  This battle won't be too difficult.
Get rid of the pirate on it's back first.  The pirate will fire a red beam you
can avoid by space jumping.  The Korakk will attack occasionally as well.  Just
avoid his attacks and focus on the pirate.
Once the pirate is dead, the Korakk will get a little more agressive.  Wait for
it to open its mouth, and while it's glowing, fire at it.  It's belly will
begin to glow.  Go into your morphball and let off 3 bombs under the belly of
the Korakk.  If you were successful, it will topple over, revealing a grapple
point on the horn.  Use your Grapple Lasso to pull it upright.  The creature
will stand on it's hind legs revealing a blue belly.  Here's your chance to
fire at it and deal damage.  Hypermode helps a lot here too.
Repeat this process until the Korakk is a gonner.  Now wasn't that easy?
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 6/10 }
He takes a bit longer on Hyper to beat.  He isn't too hard to dodge so make
sure you do not get hit, this is to keep your life high enough to go into
Hypermode when you need to.  Shoot his tongue and then bomb his belly and pull
him up.  When he rears on his hind legs go into Hypermode and blast your whole
bar at it.  If you are damaged, hit the containers or spheres fired to heal.
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|- MOGENAR - ---------------------------------------------------------|-|MGN|-|
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\- Location : Bryyo Leviathan Core -|                |- Scan: Mogenar -/
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Here's the first of what I like to call, the core battles.  Sort of like how
the big bosses were the dark temples guardians in Metroid Prime 2, these are
the Leviathan guardians.  These generally take a bit more to beat than other
bosses, but these are also usually the fun ones.  They also relate somewhat to
the planet you fight them on.  Mogenar is a golem, and Bryyo's full of these.
Mogenar will start off by pulling red spheres from the wall and inserting them
into his body.  These will obviously be your targets.  He has four sockets with
red spheres in them.  When the socket is open, focus on one and fire at it.  As
you fire at it, it will start glowing.  You will be able to tell when it's
destroyed once Mogenar recoils and the socket emitts a bright white light.
Often, Mogenar will close the sockets and switch orbs around.  If you've been
focusing on one orb, and it is switched, it will be in a new socket, but it's
the same orb.  Keep track of the orb you are hitting.  Ever once in a while,
the boss will extend it's arms and using it's magical blue hands, it will grab
two red spheres on each side of the room.  DO NOT let the spheres make it to
Mogenar, or all of the spheres on his body will be restored.  Eliminate the two
red spheres he grabs to stop this.  There are three sockets on his front side,
and one on the back.
When he uses his large plasma beam attack, you can freeze his mouth for a few
extra hits.  (Thanks Keith Menisa for the tip)
After you destroy all four spheres, the second phase begins.  Enter hypermode
and target one of his open sockets.  Once you've hit it with enough phazon,
it'll explode.  Mogenar will roll at you once one has been destroyed.  Side
step out of his way then go into morphball mode and drop three bombs at his
feet to destroy those phazon crystals.  Once Mogenar is upright, target another
socket and obliterate it in Hypermode.
Repeat this process until Mogenar explodes, leaving you the Hyper Ball.  If you
are at any time running low on energy, destroying phazon crystals at his feet,
or destroying red spheres will leave some spoils behind.
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 8/10 }
This fight is LONG and ANNOYING!  It requires you to have incredible patience
and a fast thumb.  If you die, then take a break for a while and try again
later because your wrist will hurt badly.  Each sphere takes a VERY long time
to destroy, and you will be extremely frustrated when he recharges the spheres.
For this reason, we will have to use a new strategy.  Once you take out a
sphere, immediately go into Hypermode and shoot the socket.  Do not take out
all of the spheres, then the sockets, because if he recharges them (most likely
will happen) then you will have lost a lot of time.  If the socket is closed,
do not waste shots on the socket, ever shot counts, and you must be quick and
accurate.  If he reaches out for new orbs QUICKLY fire away at one orb and
destroy it.  The second it is destroyed, charge your beam then fire it at the
second.  You cannot afford to miss.  Hit the second very very quickly.  It is
very very hard to stop him from recharging and almost impossible (but it still
is).
When you must bomb the feet (phazon crystal) heres what you do.  Wait for him
to charge at you, (make sure you are near the opposite wall of him).  When he
is just about to hit you, dodge out of the way and enter morph ball.  Go over
to one foot and lay three bombs near it very very quickly.  Try not to hit the
foot.  Exit morph ball immediately, back away, then jump over the shockwave he
creates.  This is where the most damage is caused against you, so be very very
careful.
If you are running low on energy do not destroy any spheres on him.  Wait for
him to launch his hands at you and destroy them for a lot of health.  Repeat
until you have about two energy tanks to be safe.  Each time you destroy a
sphere, the next will take a bit longer to destroy.  Just hope he doesn't
recharge, and after a long and frustrating battle he will be gone.
Desulated sent this technique to me:
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/ When you try to dodge his attacks (like his ground pounding slam or the   \
| rain of rocks he drops from the ceiling) it may be hard to dodge, but     |
| "spamming" hypermode can help. Since you're invincible when your in       |
| hypermode, keep using it when he performs his hard-to-avoid attacks. Just |
| be careful not go into corruption mode and die. This is especially useful |
| when your're trying to bomb his phazon "shoes" when he forms them on his  |
| feet. I'd suggest this tactic should be used when someone's playing hyper |
| difficulty, due to the large amount of damage you take and the max. number|
| of energy tanks you can get at this stage is 5. This little tactic helped |
\ me a lot when it came to fighting Mogenar on hyper difficulty.            /
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Many consider this to be the hardest boss, but I consider it to just be a true
test of patience.  I gave it a high difficulty factor for that reason, but it
is more of a live it out fight than a really hard fight.
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|- STEAMLORD - -------------------------------------------------------|-|STM|-|
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\- Location : Steambot Barracks -|       |- Scan: Steamlord, Steambot -/
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\- Reward : Energy Tank -|                  |- Difficulty: 4/10 -/
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This boss is annoying, but not too difficult.  Start out by scanning the boss,
the Steamlord, and the Steambots.
The Steamlord will phase in and out of existence, so don't try to attack it
just yet.  Every time you kill a Steambot, the Steamlord will come out to
resurrect the dead Steambot.  That is when you attack it.  However, it'll
disappear once the Steambot is alive again.  Your goal is to keep killing off
the steambots, so the Steamlord has more to revive.  If you can effectivly kill
off a few steambots before the boss appears, the boss will have to stay longer
to revive more.  That is when you fire all of your missiles and charge beams
you can at him.
After a short time, the boss will be destroyed.  It's a pretty short battle.
You will also fight this boss again in the Ballista Storage after getting the
grapple voltage.  The second time you fight it you can use the X-Ray visor and
ignore the other Steambots, just following Steamlord.
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 4/10 }
You may or may not take a lot of damage in this battle.  It certainly takes
longer to destroy a Steambot.  When the Steamlord appears just blast away at
it with missiles.
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|- DEFENSE DRONE - ---------------------------------------------------|-|DFD|-|
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\- Location : Ballista Storage -|              |- Scan: Defense Drone -/
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\- Reward : Boost Ball -|                   |- Difficulty: 5/10 -/
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This boss battle isn't too hard to fight, and it's pretty simple.  There are
three antennas on it's head, these are your targets.  While shooting these, be
careful to avoid its shockwave attacks by jumping over them.  Quickly finish
off the three antennas or it will regenerate the last destroyed.  After they
are gone, the Defence Drone will be stunned.  Here's your chance to rip off
it's armor with your Grapple Lasso.  Now it's weak point is open and ready for
you to kill it.  Watch out for the orbs it fires at you.  Kill them quickly or
they will fly around and track you until they hit you.
After it re-grows it's antennas, destroy them, and repeat the process.  As the
battle nears the end, the Defense Drone will get progressively faster.  It will
also regrow it's antennas faster, so be quick about it.
- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 7/10 }
This guy is pretty tough on Hyper Mode.  The first thing you want to do is
shoot off his antennae, go into hypermode and then rip off his armor and blast
away at the weak point.  In this battle, stay in Hypermode as long as possible
(meaning until it vents you out while in corruption).  When it jumps onto a
platform, fire away at its weak point.  Remember that in Hypermode, you cannot
be truly damaged so let him hit you with everything while you are in hypermode,
just making sure that you don't cap off the red meter.  When it regenerates its
antennae then just use a charged phazon beam to blast all three away.
If you run out in hypermode, you will need some health.  While it's hopping
from ledge to ledge it will shoot out some sludge bombs.  These are extremely
hard to avoid, but if you can break them open, you get a lot of health.  You
have to shoot them to break them open.  After he shoots them, make sure you
aren't locked on.  Look to the right of you and walk backward.  The sludge
bombs will follow you until they hit, so if you walk back, and shoot fast
enough, then you can destroy each of the bombs before they hit you.  Remember
to walk backward around the arena though.
Repeat the strategy, and you will win.  This boss does take a long time, and it
is kinda tough.
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|- GHOR - ------------------------------------------------------------|-|GHR|-|
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\- Location : Main Docking Bay -|                       |- Scan: Ghor -/
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\- Reward : Plasma Beam -|                  |- Difficulty: 6/10 -/
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So now we've lost another hunter, it's so sad... but you have to admit that him
beating your ship up like that must piss you off.  Let's hope you are prepared.
These bounty hunters are generally a bit tougher than most bosses.
He will start the battle off by creating a large shield that he'll ram you
with.  Do your best to avoid this attack by side stepping or morphing and
rolling.  Don't step into the plasma in the center of the arena, try to stay
at the edges.  When you dodge his ramming attacks, aim at his back and fire at
an energy pack.  Once it explodes, his shield will disappear and reveal a big
old weak point on his head.  Hit it with all you have.  You can try hypermode,
but be quick, because you won't have much time.  After he gets up, he will fire
a huge plasma beam, so jump over it.
I've recieved a great tip from Brock Mark and Arthur Leung with stunning Ghor
easier:
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/ During Ghor's first stage theres hot spots on the ground and if you freeze\
| them with your ice missiles before he does is rush/charge move he will    |
| slip on them and spin out causing him to be stunned for you to shoot the  |
| thing on his back and take out his shield, I found it very helpful during |
| veteran mode because not only did it make me more conscious of the hot    |
| spots (If you stand on them you get hurt) but I didn't have to do the     |
\ jump-dash-shoot style that tires you out.                                 /
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Once his health bar has drained about a quarters, he will suck of a bunch of
plasma (the fuel gel in the center of the floor) and begin a new attack phase.
His new weak point is an orb antenna between his legs.  Ghor will fire a
spinning, massive plasma beam.  Jump over this and enter morphball.  Roll
between his legs and bomb the orb.  After he's stunned by three bombs.  Fire at
his exposed head again, landing in some phazon attacks if you can muster.
Here is another trick from Arthur Leung:
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/ When you get to the part where you have to hit his underside, you can use \
| to boost ball instead to hit it.  and i think one boost is enough to stun |
| him.  to make it easier, you can turn on "boost ball aiming" in the       |
\ options.                                                                  /
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If you can manage to hit it with the boost ball, then that'll quicken things up
a bit.
After his health has dropped half way, he will start to spin around like a top.
Jump over this to avoid it, and continue bombing between his legs during the
spinning beam to stun it.  Once Ghor is under 25 percent health his head is
constantly exposed and he will become much faster and acurate with his ramming
attacks.  He will now fire a gigantic beam out of his torso, and fire several
missiles.  Do your best to avoid this, and quickly kill him off.  Entering
Hypermode and speeding up the process is a good idea.  Once he's gone, rest
your fingers and rejoice.
This boss will drop quite a bit of health, but to be sure here's a tip sent in
from NAME about getting health.
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/ If you're running low on life during the Ghor fight, you can always shoot \
| down the Sky Town bots that make container runs overhead. Four of them fly|
| in a loop -- two in the front, two in back. While dodging Ghor, you can   |
| refill your health pretty fast with the energy they drop. Just shoot them |
\ to drop the containers, or shoot the containers over the "arena".         /
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- HYPER DIFFICULTY STRATEGY - { Difficulty: 6/10 }
I thought he would be hard on Hyper, but using my strategy, he really isn't
tough at all... or a bit.  At the beginning of the battle, shoot an ice missile
at one of the plasma spots between Ghor and you.  When he readies his spinning
charge attack, make sure the frozen spot is between you and him then hurry and
dash to the left or right.  He will charge, but slip on the ice and slam into
the wall.  Use this chance to blast away at the weak point on his back with
missiles and so on.  After you've temporarily taken down his shield, go into
Hypermode and keep hitting his revealed area.
Once the next part begins you no longer have those plasma puddles for him to
slip on.  Go into morphball mode after the cutscene and then as Ghor stands
still (to ready his spinning beam attack) use a boostball right through his
legs to destroy the weak point.  Go into Hypermode and hit his weak area again.
In the final phaze (where he's completely corrupted by phazon) just try to stay