Metroid Prime 3: Corruption/Boss Tricks
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Berserker Lord
GFC Olympus
Each of Berserker Lord's shoulder pads take one fully charged shot and a few uncharged to destory each. While he's forming them, shoot a charge shot at the right then left, then use uncharged shots to finish off both.
When he starts shooting blue energy balls, he will either shoot 3 or 5 randomly. Stand far away from him so you have enough space to strafe; when the first ball is about halfway between you and him, start strafing around so the 2nd and 3rd will be out on the field at the same time. The moment he fires the 4th (if you're lucky), shoot all of the blue energy balls back at him. If he only shot 3, then you were unlucky and have to blow up his armor in 2 rounds; if he shot 4, then 4 energy balls will blow up his armor. Use four fully charged beam shots on his exposed weakpoint to finish him.
East Elysia
Pirate Homeworld
During the demolition troop sequence, there is a berserker lord you have to kill. He is vulnerable to the nova beam + x-ray visor combo, so just turn that on and kill him with one nova beam shot.
Meta Ridley
Rundas
Rundas can be defeated in two rounds with one use of hyper mode.
Immediately enter hyper mode and shoot a partially charged hyper mode shot to stun him. Rip off his armor and walk close to him; if you are close to him, his AI will step forward to try to slash you. Simply walk back to avoid it, then walk close to him to make him slash again. While doing this, fire two almost-fully charged hyper mode shots (and squeeze in a few uncharged if you can before his armor reforms) to take out at least half of his health.
While his armor reforms, touch him repeatedly so you get more phazon (you should be corrupted at this point). Destroy his armor again, and use two almost-fully charged hyper mode shots to finish him off.
Korakk
Immediately when the fight starts, shoot a missile at its mouth as it will instantly open it. If you were quick enough, it will immediately get stunned. Activate hyper mode, roll underneath it, plant three bombs, instant unmorph, and kill the rider with some hyper mode shots.
Korakk will roar briefly. Shoot its mouth after its roar (a partial charged shot in hyper mode is recommended for a higher chance of hitting its mouth) to stun it, roll and bomb its belly three more times to fully stun it. Make sure you have enough phazon for a fully charged shot, grapple lasso its tail, and shoot a fully charged hyper mode shot at its exposed belly to one round it.
Mogenar
Steamlord
The first time you fight steamlord, the fastest method to defeat it is with hyper ball as it homes in on it. When the fight starts, hyper mode and immediately morph, roll between the two closer robots and use hyper ball. Watch for where the electric-phazon zaps and look for a random spot in the air that it aims at; follow it, as you are zapping Steamlord, and make sure you stay close so you can constantly zap it. When you run out of hyper mode, immediately enter hyper mode again and try to find it again. Three energy tanks are reliably enough to finish steamlord with hyper ball.
When you fight steamlord in the room where you get boost ball for 100%, you can see it with x-ray visor, so shoot charged beam shots (not in hyper mode since you can't use x-ray visor in hyper mode) until it dies.
