Talk:Monk Maz Koshia

Strategy
Monk Maz Koshia is the final boss of the Champions' Ballad, and is fought in four phases.

Monk Maz Koshia boasts a wide array of tactics that he may use in his fight against Link. Like a Yiga Footsoldier, Monk Maz Koshia can magically teleport and strike Link from above with his sword, or he may use a bow and shoot at Link from the air. Monk Maz Koshia can use Fire Arrows, Ice Arrows, and Shock Arrows to strike Link.

After Monk Maz Koshia's health has been reduced by 25%, he will retreat and split himself into nine copies. Each of these copies can damage Link, though only one of them can sustain more than one hit. In order to advance, Link must find the real Monk and attack him. The copies will work in unison to attack Link, until they are destroyed. When all of the copies have been destroyed, Monk Maz Koshia may summon another set of them.

Once Monk Maz Koshia's health has been reduced to half, he will retreat again and magically enlarge himself while flying in the air. At this stage, Monk Maz Koshia can use charged laser attacks to strike Link. If Link deflects one of these lasers back at Monk Maz Koshia, the Monk will be temporarily stunned, allowing Link to attack. Monk Maz Koshia may also summon a series of eight metallic, spiky balls. Monk Maz Koshia will sequentially cast these balls at Link in an attempt to hurt him. Afterwards, Monk Maz Koshia will begin charging a Lightning storm, which will strike each of the metallic balls. Much like with Thunderblight Ganon's metal spikes, Link can use Magnesis to direct one of the metallic balls near Monk Maz Koshia, causing him to be struck by his own Lightning. Monk Maz Koshia can also magically tilt the battle stage before summoning the metallic balls, which will roll towards the bottom of the slope before falling off. Monk Maz Koshia can also stomp the ground to cause a tornado to chase Link around. If Link is hit by the tornado, he will be struck by a strong pulse from the ground.

At some point, Link can ground Monk Maz Koshia. If Link gets close to Monk Maz Koshia's feet, the Monk will stomp the ground, damaging the Hylian Champion. Monk Maz Koshia can also summon two miniature copies of himself, who will attack Link in a similar manner to the second phase of the fight.

At any time during the fight, Link can distract Monk Maz Koshia with Mighty Bananas. This is handy in exposing the real Monk during his second phase.

Trivia
During his boss fight, Monk Maz Koshia can be temporarily be distracted by Mighty Bananas, much like Yiga Blademasters. This continues a long-standing Zelda tradition of mundane items playing a humorous role in boss fights, such as a Bug-Catching Net being capable of deflecting Agahnim's and Demise's projectiles in A Link to the Past and Skyward Sword, respectively, Ganondorf being distracted by a Fishing Rod in Twilight Princess, Puppet Ganon's snake form being distracted by All-Purpose Bait in The Wind Waker, an Empty Bottle being used in Dead Man's Volley in Twilight Princess and The Wind Waker, and Demise being distracted by a Bug-Catching Net in Skyward Sword.

By Sora34CE Moved by WiseAdventurer (talk) 12:39, January 6, 2018 (UTC)