Air Battle


Medusa has finally decided to strike back at Palutena directly, sending a sizeable force into Skyworld. The gloves are starting to come off now. The enemy comes at you in greater numbers, so Palutena’s early advice about using Special Attacks to clear the skies of enemies and enemy fire is going to feel more relevant now than ever.

After dealing with a Belunka, Pit has had enough with the small fry. He wants to strike the commander directly. During this conversation, keep an eye out for a Souflee. It’s worth the effort to destroy these as you find them because they are worth a significant number of hearts compared to most regular foes. The approach to Hewdraw is beset by even greater numbers of foes, but fortunately, you run across some Recovery Orbs as you close in on the three-headed dragon.

After the three heads start bickering amongst themselves, Palutena orders you to put them out of your misery. Despite technically being only a mid-boss, Hewdraw is not to be taken lightly. Pay attention to which head rears back; that’s the one that is going to try to bite or blast you with some form of magic that you need to dodge. Be wary when flames begin to build up in a mouth, as that is the build up to a screen-filling blast of fire that can tear off massive chunks of your life. You can cancel that attack by focusing your fire on the head preparing the blast. Each head has its own health total, and with every head you take down, Hewdraw becomes more aggressive.

With Hewdraw defeated for now, Palutena directs Pit back toward the surface world. Hewdraw heads can live without their body, and they can regenerate, so you need to ensure that they don’t get that chance. During the dive down, watch out for a trio of Komaytos mixed in with the other enemies. They can’t be killed with continuous fire or charged shots, and if they get too close, they latch onto you and start taking away your health! Be sure to melee them before that happens.

Once you get near the ground, Pit stops to seek out his targets and spots two of the Hewdraw heads in the distance ravaging a human city. The flight from this point is rather short, but don’t get careless during these final seconds.