Air Battle


This is it. The final confrontation with Medusa. Equipped with the Three Sacred Treasures, you may start to feel a little overconfident, just like Pit. The regular rapid fire blasts make short work of most enemies, and the charged shot homes in on anything on screen for a short period of time.

As soon as you dive into this ravine, be very careful. The Trailtails alone are not very dangerous. It’s the Shootflies that you should be afraid of. They react to ANY shooting on your part, ramming into you at high speed. Complicating things are the other enemies that float into view and try to take their own shots. Melee them if you can, and if you do shoot, try to make it a charge shot that is aimed at the Shootflies and hope that you destroy them all before they rush you. Or you could use a Special Attack.

Ornes will try to make lethal contact with Pit in the passage at the bottom of the ravine, but the Arrows of Light can destroy them utterly.

Thanatos's Underworld Key shines brightly and you’re thrust into the Underworld. Syrens and Monoeyes greet you upon arrival, with a Vakloom providing support. Return the greeting with a Special Attack, if you can.

Suddenly, a ray of light blasts a group of foes from off-screen. It’s Pittoo! Despite not acting like he wants to help, he seems determined to destroy as many Underworld Army troops as possible.

Medusa shows herself to taunt Pit once more, but she’s not joining the fight just yet.

The Underworld Gatekeeper floats into view and begins to unload its impressive arsenal at Pit. As long as you keep moving and pay attention, despite the sheer variety of weapons at its disposal, you can avoid the worst of what the Gatekeeper has to offer. The rapid-fire Arrows of Light tend to lock onto the Underworld Gatekeeper’s weak points, so use that to determine whether or not you’ve missed a spot. Eventually, the guardian will fire emerald shields at Pit constantly in an effort to protect itself...

Only to receive a solid boot to the head from Pittoo, who STILL wants to pretend to have no true interest in helping out Pit or Palutena. With the Gatekeeper no longer an issue, Pit heads straight for the Underworld Castle.