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Armos Knights in Ganon's Tower

For The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past on the Super Nintendo (SNES).

Armos Knights

Where it is

A rematch on the way up Ganon's Tower. It leaves nothing behind.

From the official guides

The boss of the Eastern Palace is six Armos Knights. They ram Link in a circle and then in a line across. You can beat them just by moving Link to the lower right of the room, facing up, and slashing over and over, but the bow is faster. When one is left, stop using the bow, move to the bottom of the room, and hold the sword out pointing up. It runs into the blade on its own.

ファミコン通信編集部責任編集 ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォースのすべてがわかる本 (アスキー, 1992), p. 28, translated by 101Leafy

Armos grown big. Not just one: six of them come at once. They hop all over the room, so it may be best to get to the middle of the room fast. When only one is left, it hunts Link down with care. Fight back with the bow.

任天堂公式ガイドブック ゼルダの伝説 神々のトライフォース 上巻 (小学館, 1992), p. 132, translated by 101Leafy

How the fight goes

  1. There are 6 Armos Knights in the room, 48 hit points each.
  2. When only one is left, its hit points go back to 48 and it changes colour.

101Leafy researched the game for how the fight runs and what hurts the boss at each step.

Boss room

Ganon's Tower B1Boss

Numbers

Hit points48
Damage to Link, Green Mail½ heart
Damage to Link, Blue Mail½ heart
Damage to Link, Red Mail½ heart

Weapons

Boomerang48 hits
Fighter's Sword12 hits
Master Sword24 hits
Tempered Sword12 hits
Golden Sword6 hits
Golden Sword spin attack6 hits
Arrows3 hits
Hook ShotNo effect
Bombs12 hits
Silver ArrowsDefeats it in one hit
Magic PowderNo effect
Fire Rod6 hits
Ice Rod6 hits
Bombos MedallionNo effect
Ether MedallionNo effect
Quake MedallionNo effect

Drops

It drops nothing.