User:O85jbird/Leviathan Cores and Their Protectors

Leviathans and Their Protectors (Along with Phaaze stuff)
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Samus is tasked with eliminating Phazon corruption on two planets, Bryyo and Elysia, and eventually the Space Pirate Homeworld. Each planet has a seed, or Levithan, that spreads Phazon throughout each planet. Samus (you) has to destroy these Leviathans. After the Pirate Homeworld Seed is destroyed, Samus must go to Phaaze with the rest of the Federation and infiltrate alone while a Federation vs. Space Pirate war goes on overhead. This is an article on how to do all of the above. CAUTION, THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS SPOILERS!!!

Bryyo
In the Bryyo Leviathan, which is protected by an energy sheild you must destroy, contains an old war golem called Mogenar. Mogenar's power is fed through four red spheres, which must be overloaded with Phazon energy. Mogenar will try to regenerate his spheres, but shooting them will destroy them. Overloading all four spheres is the only way to bring Mogenar off-line. When he explodes, he will imprint further corruption into you. Once he is destroyed, he will reveal a pick-up called Hyper Ball. This is the ability to release Phazon energy through the Morph Ball, and can only be used in Hypermode. Use Hyper Ball to destroy the plant-looking things surrounding you, and the core will be overloaded with Phazon, causing the core to open up, and look at you creepily. After a short cutscene, you must repeatedly press the A button to release Phazon energy towards the core. After another short cutscene, you will fly into space, and be debriefed and briefed again by AU 242.

Elysia
The Elysia Seed is protected by an energy shield which you will drop the Theronian bomb on, destroying the shield. Once at the core, you will engaged by Helios, the prime bot of a group of Swarmbots. The way to defeat Helios is rather simple: Just shoot him until he exposes his Phazon-enhanced core, and overload the core. Do that enough times, and he will die and explode just like Mogenar, implanting further corruption. The pick-up Helios reveals is called Hyper Missile, which a super-fast, super-powerful, Phazon-enhanced missile that is also used only in Hypermode. Then you must destroy four spiky Phazon things, once again overloading the Leviathan core, and another cutscene. Rapidly press the A button and destroy the core. Just like last time, you will fly into space, and be debriefed and briefed again by AU 242.

Pirate Homeworld
At the Leviathan core, which can only be reached by a Transit Station, you are greeted by an old friend, Ridley. Only this time he has armor which can be pulled off with enough force. Once this armor is open, attack his chest (the most heavily armored spot) with Phazon energy. He will start flying around and bomb you from above, but just wait until he's back on the ground and attack him again. Once he's dead, he'll explode and further corrupt you like the last two times, and reveal Hyper Grapple. This is basiclly Grapple Voltage, but Phazon style (Keep in mind, Hyper Grapple will come in handy on Phaaze). Same as last two times, the core will come out after you overload those things, and you destroy it by mashing the A button. Then you leave and have to go to the Valhalla for the pirate code, then you have to upload it to the Leviathan battleship orbiting the Homeworld, and then you go to Phaaze, assuming you're willing to risk it.

Phaaze, Dark Samus, and AU 313 (Now you know where it went)
Once on Phaaze, you will acquire a yellow bar that shows how long you have until you die (You are permanently in Hypermode, so you're normal weapons don't work. You get to a certain room, I think it's the third room, where you meet a bunch of pesky Phaz-ings. Instead of ripping them apart, try overloading them with Hyper Grapple. It kills them and lowers your Phazon level. Keep in mind, as you progress through Phaaze, you should eliminate all enimies and collect as much Phazon-absorbing things as possible. If you see those floating things that absorb Phazon but attack you with it, stay as close, then when they're about to attack, destroy them. When you get to the Leviathan birthing room (not actually what it's called, but that's what happens, Leviathans are born.) Destroy the young Leviathan and the whole thing explodes, and Phazon-absorber things will be everywhere. Collect them all and jump down the hole. After a lovely cutscene in which Dark Samus challenges you, the first battle begins. Dark Samus will produce "echoes" to distract you. Use the X-ray Visor (which you should now have) to see the real Dark Samus and shoot the echoes. Once you have done she will be repulsed and you now have to take on AU 313. his opitc arrays once shot can be overloaded and he will fall down stunned. Run over to where it falls and pull off its cover. Stupidly enough, it will lean its head towards you, allowing you to attack with 1-2 Hyper Missles before it realizes you're still there. Do this repeatedly and its neck will sever. Good news is, that's another boss down. Bad news, you have to kill 313's head, too. He will employ many attacks, and each one exposes his weak spot where his neck got cut off. Once this weak spot is attacked enough, he will explode and reveal Dark Samus, who starts to have seizures, and she explodes, too. All Samus's corruption leave's and she escapes the planet (but you don't have to do that), right as it blows up. After that, a neat, but long, cutscene follows where Samus shows up and says "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED". Then you have to wait for the credits.