Sealed Ambition: Sealed Grounds

Prevent the Rise of Demise

Ghirahim takes the battle from Skyloft to the Sealed Grounds, a location known for being the prison of the source of all monsters himself, Demise. Ghirahim is attempting to bring back Demise to aid Cia in her conquest of all of Hyrule’s past, present and future, so failure is not an option.

You have the choice of playing Fi in this fight, but if you choose her, there are a few tricks you need to know to use her properly. Fi has a meter directly under her Health Bar that shows how much Light Element she has stored up. To fill Fi’s meter with Light Element, press the Combo Attack button to make Fi transform into the Goddess Sword and point into the sky. This makes all of Fi’s attacks stronger until the meter depletes. You reveal the meter at anytime by pressing the Combo Attack button again.

Another thing you need to keep in mind while using Fi is that her Regular Attacks don’t stagger enemies like most other Warriors’ do. This means that you have to be extra aware of what your enemies are doing if you want to avoid taking damage in the middle of a combo. You can dash out of almost any attack you perform, so if it looks like an enemy is about to take a swing at you, dash away immediately. Opt for a stick-and-move approach, sliding in, attacking a few times and then dashing away; don’t stay in one place for too long and you’ll be fine.

Defeat the Gatekeeper

Reaching Ghirahim as quickly as possible is the order of the day, but the Demon Lord is as clever as he is vain. He’s locked himself up in his temple nice and tight, so reaching him isn’t going to be an easy task. Luckily your allies have discovered a Gatekeeper who can open the eastern gates to Ghirahim’s stronghold – but don’t do so until you’ve captured the four central Keeps, claimed a Piece of Heart for Link and a sealed weapon, and found the 1,000 KO Gold Skulltula. Be sure to activate the central owl statue, as well.

Piece of Heart Opportunity While fighting to control the map, you can run up to the West Keep and capture it while playing as Link to find Link’s Piece of Heart for this Scenario.

Gold Skulltula Opportunity If you take your time and conquer the map before challenging the Gatekeeper, then you can work at reaching the 1,000 KO mark and cause the Gold Skulltula to appear. The Gold Skulltula will enter the battlefield on the map’s east side, between the East Cannon Keep and the East Keep. The Skulltula is behind a Wall of Vines, so you’ll have to use your Boomerang to reach it.

Betrayers in the Ranks!

By the time you reach the Gatekeeper, Ghirahim plays his gambit. One of the Hylian Captains is actually under the Demon Lord’s employ and it’s causing a faction of allied troops to attack their own. You must root out this traitorous turncoat before he can cause any serious damage.

Unfortunately, there are no leads on the turncoat’s current whereabouts, so deal with the Turncoat Soldiers marked on the minimap while your allies try to figure out exactly what’s going on around here. As soon as you defeat two Turncoat Captains, several more Hylian Captains will switch sides and begin attacking their own, forcing a portion of your allies off the field.

This is getting out of hand! Now Ghirahim’s called in more reinforcements to back him up in his stronghold. He’s going all in on this battle. That means we must have him backed into a corner! If we can just deal with this onslaught of enemies, we’ll be able to take him out for good!

After defeating a few more Turncoat Soldiers, your allies will provide you with the information we sorely need: The location of the Hylian Captain working for Ghirahim—sort of. They can narrow down his location to one of seven Keeps on the map. To pull him out of the shadows, you simply need to step foot in the Keep where he is hiding.

It’s best to start with the three southern Keeps first; the Turncoat Leader has a habit of hiding out in one of those three Keeps more than all the others. Run through each Keep until he reveals himself, then give him the thumping he so deserves.

Ghirahim’s Ace

The Demon Lord’s plan to turn your allies against you wasn’t his only plan, nor was it his most deadly. He used the Turncoats to keep you and your allies distracted while he performed the summoning ritual to bring Demise in his imprisoned form to the battlefield. This is going to be a tough fight, so warp to the owl statue and read on!

Hard Gold Skulltula Opportunity From the start of this Scenario, you have just 10 minutes to defeat all of the Turncoat Soldiers and The Imprisoned. Race to defeat the Gatekeeper immediately so that the Turncoat Soldiers appear early on, then hunt them down. Defeat the Turncoat Leader to make all of the Turncoat Soldiers flee, then defeat the Imprisoned as fast as you can. Do all of this in under 10 minutes to make the Hard Gold Skulltula appear inside the East Temple Keep. Capture the East Keep to gain access to the East Temple Keep if its doors are still sealed.