Defeat Metroid: Other M's Goyagma Boss

Q: How to beat Goyagma in Metroid: Other M?

Goyagma attacks with its arms and lava. Freeze its neck with Charge Shots, hit it with a missile, then repeat. For a faster win, freeze its hand, missile it, then Charge Shot its forehead three times. Dodge its follow-up attacks and use the Morph Ball to speed up your exit.

Q: Goyagma attack patterns Metroid: Other M?

Goyagma attacks with its arms and lava. Freeze its neck with Charge Shots, hit it with a missile, then repeat. For a faster win, freeze its hand, missile it, then Charge Shot its forehead three times. Dodge its follow-up attacks and use the Morph Ball to speed up your exit.

Q: Metroid: Other M Goyagma weak point?

Goyagma attacks with its arms and lava. Freeze its neck with Charge Shots, hit it with a missile, then repeat. For a faster win, freeze its hand, missile it, then Charge Shot its forehead three times. Dodge its follow-up attacks and use the Morph Ball to speed up your exit.

Q: How to use Overblast on Goyagma?

Goyagma attacks with its arms and lava. Freeze its neck with Charge Shots, hit it with a missile, then repeat. For a faster win, freeze its hand, missile it, then Charge Shot its forehead three times. Dodge its follow-up attacks and use the Morph Ball to speed up your exit.

Q: Fastest way to defeat Goyagma?

Goyagma attacks with its arms and lava. Freeze its neck with Charge Shots, hit it with a missile, then repeat. For a faster win, freeze its hand, missile it, then Charge Shot its forehead three times. Dodge its follow-up attacks and use the Morph Ball to speed up your exit.

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Stats / Weaknesses:

Weak Point: Neck (after freezing)
Attacks: Arm slides (slow/fast), lava geysers, follow-up arm slides.

Phases:

Phase 1: Goyagma slides its arms at you. The first swing is always slow, but the second can be slow or fast. Listen for a crashing sound when it slams its hand down – that means a slow attack. No sound means a fast one. Use Sense Move to dodge the lava it throws.
Phase 2: Freeze Goyagma's neck with a couple of Charge Shots. Immediately fire a missile at the frozen neck. Repeat this process. The second missile should destroy its weak point.
Phase 3: Continue to Sense Move to dodge its hands. Keep a Charge Shot ready. A fiery geyser will erupt beneath you, even if its hand isn't near.
Phase 4: Freeze its right hand when it gets stuck. Jump on its frozen wrist to perform an Overblast. Press 1 as soon as the Charge gauge fills, or Goyagma will throw you off.

Strategy:

To finish this fight very fast: once you freeze its hand a second time, fire a missile at the hand, then Charge Shot its forehead three times.
If you do another Overblast, Goyagma might start a smashing attack, but it will slide its other arm toward you for a followup. Avoid this fakeout or its regular attacks a few times, then freeze Goyagma's hand, fire a missile at the frozen hand, then its head. You can also Overblast it, but this takes longer.
After the fight, go all the way down the crater by travelling left. The Morph Ball can make this trip much faster. Avoid the Dessgeegas and enter the door at the bottom. Get the Sovas out of your way, and continue right, passing the elevator. Be aware of the Heat Bulls here, then go into the next room with the Zebesians. Ignore them and kick climb up. Take the unlocked door. Kill the Mellas and do what you can to get past the Dessgeegas. Save at the Navigation Booth.
To proceed, step into the next room for a moment (the door won't need to close, but the camera angle must pivot), then run back into the Navigation Booth. Adam will tell you to go to Sector 2. Go back to the elevator room to get to the Main Sector and take the elevator to Sector 2. There will be an Asborean where the Zebesians were, but clear out the Sovas first. Take it out just like before, then leave the Pyrosphere.

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