Nightmare (boss)

Nightmare, often known collectively as Dethl, is the group of final bosses from The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. It is hidden inside the Wind Fish's Egg.To reach Nightmare, Link must enter the Egg after collecting each of the eight Instruments of the Sirens from the dungeons of Koholint Island.

Battle
Nightmare comes in six different forms, each appearing as soon as Link slays the previous one. The six forms are:

Giant Bot
Giant Bot is a giant blob that hops around the room. As its name implies, it resembles a Giant Bot from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link. To defeat this form, Link must sprinkle Magic Powder on it multiple times.

Agahnim
Nightmare's Agahnim form is not the real villain from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, but merely a façade resembling thw evil wizard. Unlike the original Agahnim, this nightmare form has oddly jointed fingers and huge white eyes. To defeat this boss, Link must hit his energy balls back at him, much like the real Agahnim.

Moldorm
Moldorm is similar in behavior and appearance to the Moldorm from Tail Cave. Link attacks it the same way, by hitting it in the tail, but in this fight, he must hit it more times and faster. As characteristic of all forms of Nightmare, Moldorm has two huge white eyes. Despite the fact that there is another Moldorm in the game, this Moldorm more closely resembles the attack pattern of the Moldorm in A Link to the Past.

Ganon
As with Agahnim from A Link to the Past, this is not the real Ganon, but Nightmare made it to look similar to him. He is depicted as a creature twirling an axe-like trident above his head while flaming bats are conjured up to fly at Link. Ganon then attacks by throwing his double-sided axe. The easiest way to defeat him is to charge at him with the Pegasus Boots and sword, but the Spin Attack works as well. The fight is similar to the Ganon fight from A Link to the Past.

Lanmola
Lanmola is a fast moving blob that bumps into Link to attack him. Despite being called a Lanmola, it behaves very differently from real enemy. To defeat Lanmola, Link needs only hit it once with the Boomerang, Hookshot, or Magic Rod, or even a properly-timed Spin Attack.

Dethl
Dethl is the final form of Nightmare and the final boss in Link's Awakening. It is considered the Nightmare's "true" form. Fans have noted that Dethl may have inspired the design of Vaati, the main villain in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords, Four Swords Adventures and The Minish Cap.

Once Nightmare transforms into its true form, Dethl, equip the Roc's Feather and the Bow. Stay in front of its eye at all times, however, and be careful not to ram into it as it will damage Link. Dodge its spiky arms with the Roc's Feather and once it opens it eye, shoot at it with the bow until it closes its eye again. Dethl will move faster and faster the more damage will be done to it, so pay attention to the arms. After it takes about twenty hits, it will die.

Strangely, if the Boomerang hits Dethl directly in the eye, it is a one-hit kill and the battle is over.

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