Helios
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| Helios | |
|---|---|
 Helios appears. | |
| Featured in | Metroid Prime 3: Corruption |
| Location | Elysia |
| Attacks | Various formations of Swarmbots |
| Weakness | Hyper Beam |
| Reward(s) | Hyper Missile |
Helios is the guardian of Elysia's Leviathan. This mechanoid looks like a small round sphere with four tentacle-arm like appendages. He is the prime robot of a group of Swarmbots, also inhabiting the Leviathan. Helios has seven forms. All but the final form are invulnerable, and he only takes this form after being hit in his other forms many times.
[edit] Battle Tactics
The first form he appears in is his neutral form. He has a large sphere of Swarmbots surrounding him that act as a shield. He will just float in the middle of the arena. He may change into any of these:
- Bowling Ball: He will fall to the ground and try to roll at Samus, who can strafe out of the way, and fire at the core in between the Swarmbots.
- Disc: He will arrange the Swarmbots into a large disc which has 5 weak points, which must be shot all at once with the Seeker Missiles. If he remains in this form for an extended period of time, the disc will increase in size, making it harder to dodge.Also the disc can charge a large beam of Phazon.
- Beam Array: He will arrange the Swarmbots into many small groups that will in turn charge up and fire at Samus. The glowing groups can be destroyed before they fire.
- Tornado: He will arrange the Swarmbots into a large tornado with him at the base and start spinning toward Samus, sucking her towards it to deal contact damage. Morph Ball Bombs and the Hyper Ball can strike this form.
- Humanoid: Helios will split the Swarmbots into 4 groups which will become "arms" and "legs". These will sometimes hurl giant orbs (that create a small, horizontal explosion) at Samus. Once Samus destroys the joints at which the limbs are connected, Helios will collapse.The legs also can make a powerful shockwave.
- Exposed: Once he's been hit enough in the previous forms, he will open his core and dispel his Swarmbot backup. His mechanical arms will extend blades and he will charge repeatedly at Samus, who must go into Hyper Mode and fire her Hyper Beam into the front of his core to deal damage to the mechanoid.
He leaves the Hyper Missile upgrade behind after his demise.
[edit] Logbook entry
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption: "Helios's exterior armor is well shielded, but still vulnerable to Beam weaponry. Inflicting enough damage will cause him to overheat and expose his Phazon-enhanced core. This core can be overloaded with Phazon-based energy. Destruction of the core unit should prove fatal, but is difficult to achieve. Target is the prime bot of a large group of Swarmbots, all of which have been energized by Phazon. Helios will use the Swarmbots for both offensive and defensive measures. Assuming different formations will allow for various forms of attack."
[edit] Trivia
- Since Helios is the commander of so many Swarmbots and seems to connect with them it is possible Helios is a corrupted Swarmbot.
- He appears to be part organic, as evidenced when damaged or at the beginning of the fight.
- This is the music heard when battling Helios: [1].
- Helios might have been the last Elysian. He might even be the Elysian who put the entries into the Databots.
- In Greek mythology the sun was personified as Helios (pronounced /ˈhiliˌɑs/) (Greek: Ἥλιος, Latinized as Helius). Homer often calls him simply Titan or Hyperion, while Hesiod (Theogony 371) and the Homeric Hymn separate him as a son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia (Hesiod) or Euryphaessa (Homeric Hymn) and brother of the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn. The names of these three were also the common Greek words for sun, moon and dawn. The best known story involving Helios is that of his son Phaëton, who attempted to drive his father's chariot but lost control and set the earth on fire.
- He can be easier to defeat than some bosses, as he stays completely still when exposing his weak point and effective use of Hypermode weaponry can quickly wear down his health and defeat him.
| Phazon Creatures | |||||||
| Native to Phaaze | Leviathan • Jelsac • Liquid Phazon • Phazon Grub • Phazon Leech | ||||||
| Corrupted Creatures | Phazon Hopper • Phazon Nightbarb • Phazon Shriekbat • Phazon Puffer • Phazon Pillbug • Tangle Weed | ||||||
| Space Pirates | Aurora Unit 313 • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Berserker Knight • Berserker Lord | ||||||
| Phazon Metroids | Fission Metroid • Phazon Metroid • Hopping Metroid • Metroid Hatcher | ||||||
| Leviathan Core Guardians | Metroid Prime • Emperor Ing • Mogenar • Helios • Omega Ridley | ||||||
| Born of Phazon | Phaazoid • Red Phaazoid • Ing • Dark Samus | ||||||
| Bosses in Metroid Prime series | |||||||
| Metroid Prime | Parasite Queen • Hive Mecha • Plated Beetle • Incinerator Drone • Flaahgra • Sheegoth • Thardus • Elite Pirate • Phazon Elite • Omega Pirate • Meta Ridley • Metroid Prime | ||||||
| Metroid Prime Hunters | Kanden • Spire • Weavel • Sylux • Noxus • Trace • Cretaphid v1 • Cretaphid v2 • Cretaphid v3 • Cretaphid v4 • Slench • Fire Spawn • Arctic Spawn • Gorea | ||||||
| Metroid Prime 2: Echoes | Dark Alpha Splinter • Bomb Guardian • Jump Guardian • Dark Samus • Amorbis • Boost Guardian • Alpha Blogg • Grapple Guardian • Chykka • Spider Guardian • Power Bomb Guardian • Caretaker Class Drone • Quadraxis • Emperor Ing | ||||||
| Metroid Prime 3: Corruption | Berserker Lord • Meta Ridley • Rundas • Korakk • Mogenar • Steamlord • Defense Drone • Ghor • Helios • Gandrayda • Mining Cannon • Pirate Commander • Omega Ridley • Metroid Hatcher • Dark Samus • Aurora Unit 313 | ||||||
