| ENEMY
TIPS
This is a list of every normal enemy in the game. Each
enemy has a bit of a
description along with tips for defeating them. The
"Mini-game kill" is the
final kill that can be initiated once the enemy has
been weakened and then
grabbed after a Circle button icon appears over its head.
These enemy descriptions
are slightly more detailed than those found in the walkthrough.
Armed with a sword and shield, these enemies can easily
be taken down with any
type of attack or combination. They will attack with
sword slashes (can be
blocked) when close but they are very slow to attack
allowing Kratos to quickly
decimate them with any attack. A Plume of Prometheus
is good to use for crowds
and a grab will instantly kill a single Persian soldier.
Mini-game kill: N/A
Armed with a bow and arrow, these types of enemies
are found throughout the
game in a few different forms, but they all share the
same attack. They will
always shoot arrows that can be blocked. Run up to them
and grab them for a
one-hit kill no matter what kind of archer it is or
you can use a Plume of
Prometheus to knock them to their feet from a distance,
but ultimately it is
best to grab them.
Mini-game kill: N/A
Like in all the other God of War's, these giants only
have one eye and their
attacks are quite brutal. Kratos cannot block any of
their attacks, so they
must be dodged with a roll to the side or in the opposite
direction. Attack
these beasts with Plumes of Prometheus from a distance.
Any distant attacks
will work nicely for a Cyclops. Try to hit them as they
end an attack since
they will have to recover slightly from it.
With the gauntlet of Zeus, these enemies can be taken
down with a few charged
Olympic Strikes - the greater the level of the gauntlet,
the faster they will
fall.
Mini-game kill: 4 random button presses
These enemies fall to basic attacks much like Persian
soldiers but they are
much more aggressive. Be sure to block as they dash
toward Kratos with their
blades stretched out since they will perform a slash
combo afterwards. Before
each attack, their blades will always glow. They can
be defeated with Square attacks or jumping /\ attacks rather easily. Use Plumes
of Prometheus for
groups of these enemies.
Mini-game kill: N/A
These snake-like enemies will not use stone gazes,
instead they will scream to
stagger Kratos' then attack him while he is stunned.
Tap the L and R buttons
to recover from their yell. Block their tail attacks
and roll away every time
they lean their head back to yell. These gorgons can
be taken down with normal Square attacks so long as you roll away from their yells.
The shockwave from the
yell cannot be blocked. A Plume of Prometheus will knock
them out of an attack
but watch for their tail attack while performing it.
Mini-game kill: 2 random button presses
These saber tooth tigers will attack with either a
slap attack from their paw
or flame attack from up close. From a distance, they
will lunge at Kratos.
Fight them from up close and attack it with Plumes of
Prometheus or use jumping
Triangle attacks. The Efreet's Demon Fury works very well
when it tries to perform
an attack since it will shield Kratos and knock the
tiger out of its current
attack.
While equipped with the gauntlet of Zeus simply perform
charge Square attacks
against these enemies and each attack will stagger them
to where they cannot
counter. Feel free to charge attack them to death.
Mini-game kill: 2 Random 180 rotations, 1 random 360
rotation
With the head and feet of a goat, these enemies like
to stand back and toss
fire bombs while they are in the area. Run up to them
and perform a Plume of
Prometheus or grab them. Much like any grab, grabbing
them will give Kratos
the advantage of invincibility from any other satyrs
that might be in the area
during the grab animation. The fire bombs cannot be
guarded against and must
be dodged by moving out of the way of the flames or
rolling away from them.
Grabbing helps out a bunch while fighting these enemies.
With the gauntlet of Zeus, use charge attacks to defeat
them quickly.
Mini-game kill: 1 random 360 rotation
These goat-like enemies fight much like undead soldiers
but their attacks are
sometimes longer. They are just as aggressive too! Pay
attention to when
their katars (bladed hand weapons) light up green and
this will signal when
they are about to attack. Block at that time to avoid
the full slash attack.
Grab them and try to get all of them on one side if
you are fighting a group
then use Plumes of Prometheus to keep them grounded.
A lot of times a full
Plume is rather hard to get out since these enemies
attack so aggressively, so
use jumping Triangle attacks and grabs if you must, but try
to get them all on the
same side. They can be deadly when they surround Kratos.
They sometimes stand
around and attack in a sequence - one right after the
other.
With the gauntlet of Zeus, use charge attacks to defeat
them quickly.
Mini-game kill: 1 random 360 rotation
These flying bird-like enemies fall very quickly to
just about any attack, but
they can be deadly in groups. The best way to get rid
of these is to grab all
of them. A grab is an instant kill and this will shield
Kratos from the rest
of the surrounding harpling's attacks. An air Rage of
Tartarus works extremely
well for groups also, nearly taking a whole group down
with one ground pound.
Mini-game kill: N/A
These enemies wear a gold helmet and carry two flaming
swords. These are the
first of the many enemies that cannot be grabbed until
they are weakened - they
can only be grabbed while in the air (when Kratos knocks
them into the air) or
while near death. Fire guards are very aggressive. Their
attacks can all be
blocked but their jumping overhead attack will stagger
Kratos and leave him
open to quick attacks that follow (it doesn't take off
any life). This may not
seem like that big of a deal while fighting one but
while fighting a group of
these, one can break your attack while the others are
free to hit if they
attack at that time. They have some very long combos,
so be ready to block all
the slashes. It might pay you to roll from their overhead
attack. Hit them
with a jumping Triangle attack to knock them off balance then
follow up that attack
up with Square attacks, Plumes, or a grab while they are
in the air. A Rage of
Tartarus will instantly floor them also.
With the gauntlet of Zeus, use charge attacks to defeat
them quickly.
Mini-game kill: 1 random button press
These ghost-like knights come equipped with a shield
and they will block every
one of your hits with that shield until it is destroyed,
so Kratos must first
remove their shield in order to damage them. Use a Plume
of Prometheus to
instantly destroy its shield then attack it with more
Plumes. All of the
knight's sword swings can be guarded against except
for its counter attack once
Kratos hits its shield enough times. You'll need to
roll away from the counter
attack. Be sure to block whenever it begins to swing
its sword.
Charge attacks with the gauntlet of Zeus will take
them down quickly. You can
also use charged Olympic Strikes.
Mini-game kill: continuous 360 rotations
None of this gaint bull enemy's attacks can be blocked,
so Kratos will have to
keep his distance and hit the Minotaur as he ends or
recovers from an attack.
He has three moves: a headbutt (close range), a slash
combo (mid-range), and a
ram (long range). The best way to defeat him is to hit
him as recovers from
his ram. Intentionally get far away from him to make
him charge a ram then
roll out of the way and hit him with a Plume of Prometheus
or Spirit of
Hercules as he recovers - repeat this to beat him easily
as long as you can
time the roll well. Another way to defeat him is to
start a Plume of
Prometheus from long range as he is ending his slash
combo. You don't want to
be caught close to him while performing a Plume or the
Mintaur will headbutt
Kratos. You can also use The Efreet to knock him away
also.
Charge attacks with the gauntlet of Zeus will take
them down quickly.
Mini-game kill: 3 random button presses
Gorgons have the usual snake-like tail and a head full
of snakes. They have
some very swift movements can easily dash out of the
way of any of Kratos'
attacks with very little warning. A gorgon only has
two basic attacks - its
tail slap combo and a stone gaze. Both hits of the tail
slap can be guarded
against but Kratos will have to roll away from their
stone gaze. Use constant
rolls to avoid the green gaze and this will keep Kratos
out of their line of
sight long enough to where he will not be changed to
stone. Failure to do so
will turn Kratos into a stone statue and at that time
any attack will instantly
break him and kill him.
Charge attacks from the gauntlet of Zeus or charged
Olympic Strikes work well
for defeating a gorgon quickly.
Mini-game kill: 1 random button, 1 O button tapping
This is really not that much of a new enemy, the only
aspect that separates
these from undead soldiers is its appearance - they
don't have a ghostly glow
to them and their swords glow red when they dash. They
still have the same
blockable dashing attacks that undead soldiers have
and can still be defeated
with Plumes or jumping Triangle attacks much like the undead
soldiers.
As usual, use charge attacks with the gauntlet of Zeus
to take these enemies
down quickly.
Mini-game kill: N/A
These can be distinguished from the Knight Wraiths
by their greenish flames
surrounding their body. Much like the Knight Wraith,
Kratos must first destroy
their shield with a Plume or Spirit of Hercules then
attack them. The main
difference in fighting these enemies is that their attacks,
when they do not
have a shield, cannot be blocked - Kratos must roll
away from both the overhead
slash and followup slice. When they have a shield, their
attack combination
can be guarded or deflected. Use Plumes or Spirits of
Hercules to attack them
when they are without shields and use The Efreet's Demon
Fury to shield Kratos
from their unblockable attacks if they ever begins to
attack when he is close -
or you can just roll.
Charge attacks or charged Olympic Strikes with the
gauntlet of Zeus will bring
these enemies down quickly.
Mini-game kill: continuous 360 rotations
Not to be mixed with the lesser Harplings, these fully
grown Harpies like to
stay at a distance then suddenly swoop toward Kratos.
The dive attack is
unblockable, so roll away from it whenever a Harpy suddenly
glows red then
flies backward to strike. In order to take down these
enemies, hit them once
or twice with any weapon then grab them. As long as
any hit connects then the
following grab will most likely connect as well. Grabbing
them will make
Kratos tear off their wings for a one-hit kill.
Mini-game kill: N/A
These Cyclops arrive into the battlefield with armor
on their bodies that may
be broken through charge attacks with the gauntlet of
Zeus. Destroy their
armor then defeat them like you would any normal Cyclops.
They still have the
same unblockable Cyclops attacks while their armor is
on them.
Chargon's Wrath works well for stripping these enemies
of their armor rather
quickly.
Mini-game kill: 4 random button presses
Much like the armored Cyclops, these enemies are the
same with or without
armor. Use the gauntlet of Zeus or Charon's Wrath to
strip them of armor then
defeat them as you normally would.
Mini-game kill: 3 random button presses
Despite their blue color, the gorgon queen is much
like the standard gorgon but
they have a very slippery unblockable stoning attack.
They will coil up then
strike toward Kratos. If they grab your character, then
they will instantly
turn Kratos to stone. This move cannot be blocked -
you must roll away from
it. They still fall much like the standard gorgon. Hit
them with charge
punches from the gauntlet to defeat them quickly.
Mini-game kill: 1 random button press, 1 Circle button tapping
Well, these technically aren't enemies. Kratos is more
of the enemy in this
case. Pure souls will move about the Elysium Fields
in their white ghostly
appearance. Kratos must simply run up to each one and
grab it or attack it
(once his blades of chaos have been restored). Kratos
must kill all of the
souls in the field to gain his powers back once again.
Mini-game kill: N/A
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