Emperor Ing

The Emperor Ing is the eldest and strongest Ing in the Horde, their Alpha and Omega. The Emperor is pure evil, not caring about anything besides himself. He resides in the Sky Temple, with the main Ing energy controller. Samus Aran's battle with this evil monstrosity is depected in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

In the first stage of battle, Samus can scan the Body, Head, and Eye as seperate creatures. To defeat this form, Samus must attack the tentacles the Emperor sprouts, preferably with the Lightblast. After all tentacles are blasted, the eyelid on the Eye that is the Head will come off, revealing the shielded Eye. The Eye has two shields around it, and the player must fire weaponry in the extendings and retracting crack in the middle, reminescent of Spore Spawn from Super Metroid. If Samus does not lower all of the Emperor's health in that round, she must once again damage the tentacles, et cetera. The Emperor's attacks in this round include a variety of Dark Energy attacks and swining of the tentacles.

In the second stage of battle, the Emperor swallows his body to become encased in a chrysalis. Samus must then use Spider Ball to attach to the cocoon and Bomb the small yellow holes on it. The Emperor Ing will retaliate in the form of swinging tentacles. The Power Bomb can be used as well. After the chrysalis breaks, the true Emperor will emerge, mutated by Phazon.

The final form of the Emperor is the easiest to damage but has the most devestating attacks. With a whole new health bar, the Emperor Ing's only weak spot is its very large eye, which it can close at will, and can change to protect a variety of beam attacks. Annihilator Beam hurts all shades, but can quickly cut through ammo. As an alternative strategy, Samus can use Super Missile for the organge eye, the Dark Beam for the white eye, and the Light Beam for the purple eye color. His attacks in this stage include beam attacks reminescent of Warrior Ing and a shockwave move similar to the Jump Guardian encountered in Dark Agon. A small hole on his back side is also damageable.