Metroid Prime 2: Echoes/Sky Temple

Sky Temple

Time to confront the final bosses in the game. The battles will be long and difficult so get ready for a challenge.

Sky Temple Energy Controller

You see the enegry you're after, but a creature comes through the ceiling and snatches it away.

There a ledges on the walls that allow you to get to the upper ledge. Locate the Save Station here and use it. There are also some Ing storage pods in case you need last minute refills. There is also a transporter hologram in the middle of the room in case you want to bo back. Use the door opposite the Safe Station.

Sanctum Access

Wall Jump up the shaft and go through the door at the top.

Sanctum

Logbook

Emperor Ing Head (Only chance)

Emperor Ing Body (Only chance)

Emperor Ing Eye (Only chance)

Emperor Ing Chrysalis (Only chance)

Mutated Emperor Ing (Only chance)

You see the Energy Core sitting in the middle of the room, but when you approach a creature looking like Cthulu pounces and a battle begins.

Emperor Ing

This is the first of three phases in this fight, but this part is actually not as bad as you might expect. Start by getting scans of both the head and body. You need to shoot the ends of the monsters tentacles to get them to retract, but they move around a lot so you'll have a hard time with accuracy. The charged Light Beam is useful here because its shot gun effect will help get in a hit, but the regular Light Beam is almost as effective and uses less ammo.

Meanwhile, the monster attacks you with its tentacles in a number of ways. It will take swipes at you to for one thing, but you can sometimes avoid this by staying out of reach, but don't back into the Phazon at the edges. It may also start swinging it's tentacles in a wide circle, but you can jump over them like a skipping ropes. It can also create bombs with a wide area of effect, if you listen for these you can often Boost out of range before they hit. Another attack is to create warp windows through which more tentacles appear, so you'll want to watch out for these and keep your distance.

When the last tentacle has retracted the creature reveals its eye. Be sure to get a scan here because it's easy to miss. The eye has two shields and the only way to hit the eye itself is to fire into the gap; if you remember the Parasite Queen battle at the start of the previous game then this will be familiar. The eye will shoot laser beams back at you so keep moving when you see it charging up. Shooting the eye is the only way to actually damage the monster so try to make every shot count. Eventually it recovers and you're back to to fighting the tentacles again. As the creatures health gets low it steps things up by sprouting more tentacles and using more powerful attacks.

Chrysalis Emperor Ing

Mutated Emperor Ing