Defeat the Omega Griever in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Understanding the Omega Griever

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has officially been released, offering players a new hostile alien planet to explore. This game introduces a mystery to unravel and plenty of creatures trying to tear you apart. One of the toughest enemies you'll face is the Omega Griever, a boss located in the depths of the Great Mine. This foe can hinder your movements and deal a comical amount of damage if you cannot avoid his plethora of attacks.

Key Attacks of the Omega Griever

Before we get into actually taking down the Omega Griever, it's important to first know what this boss can actually do. Here's a full list of all this boss's attacks throughout the fight:

• Acid Balls: When the boss fight starts, the Omega Griever will skitter around the wall and spit Acid Balls at the player. If these hit, they will not only do quite a bit of damage but also force you to mash A to break free. Since he fires these in quick succession, getting hit by this means you'll probably take the full force of this move.
• Claw Swipes, Ground Pounds, Tongue Grabs: Once the Omega Griever takes enough damage, he will expose the glowing red weak spot on his stomach for you to shoot. Damaging this will knock him to the ground.
• Acid Beam and Giant Acid Ball: Upon reaching a little under 50 percent health, the Omega Griever will introduce its Acid Beam and Giant Acid Ball attack. The latter is slow and pretty easy to avoid by dodging left or right. The former requires you to turn into a Morph Ball and roll a little bit towards the Omega Griever so you're out of the beam's radius.

Strategies for Defeating the Omega Griever

Here are some strategies to help you defeat the Omega Griever:

• Dodging and Positioning: Keep dodging when he launches the Acid Ball attack, as once he stops firing, he will hang out in that spot for a few seconds. This is your big window for shooting him—specifically the legs and arms, which don't have any armor.
• Sticking to One Side: Try to stick to one side of the boss the entire time. Not only will this let you keep shooting its exposed legs, but you'll avoid a lot of the moves. However, when the Omega Griever performs a ground pound, be ready to jump over it.
• Using Elemental Shots: Focus on using any of your elemental shots to damage the legs, as they come out quickly, do a decent amount of damage, and are perfect if you've been gathering a ton of Shot Expansions.
• Morph Ball Technique: Once the Omega Griever takes around 30 percent damage, it will jump back onto the wall and summon a wave of normal Grievers. Deal with them quickly so you don't need to try and avoid the Acid Ball attack while fighting them.
• Freezing Enemies: I really like the Ice Shot for this, as it will freeze them in place to keep you from getting overwhelmed.

Final Steps to Victory

Once the Omega Griever takes enough damage, it will stagger and remain in place with its weak point facing the ground. When this happens, turn into a Morph Ball and roll under the boss. Drop a few bombs to damage him and quickly switch back to your normal mode so you can shoot the exposed weak point for several seconds.

Upon killing the Omega Griever, you will earn both the Psychic Power Bomb ability and the final Teleporter Key. Congratulations, you defeated probably the most annoying boss in the game!