Samus encounters tough boss fights throughout Metroid Dread, including the fourth boss, Drogyga. The fight against Drogyga is not as difficult as some other boss fights in the game, but it still poses a challenge without the right know-how. Drogyga is an underwater boss fight, which means players have to contend with the effects of the water to defeat it.
Players must defeat the first three bosses before encountering Drogyga: Corpious in Artaria, Kraid in the hot zone of Cataris, and Chozo soldier in Ferenia. Drogyga lies in Burenia, at the end of the passageway opened by the Chozo soldier. Players will stumble upon Drogyga before the area containing the elevator to Ghavoran. Players are taken underwater to Drogyga, where their movement is hindered by the weight of the water.
Since the boss fight against Drogyga is underwater, players cannot use Samus’ speed in her Morph Ball form to their advantage. Instead, players must focus on proper timing to dodge Drogyga’s attacks and deal damage in the process. Samus moves extremely slowly in the water, so players must use the spider magnet pad to cross between sides of the stage. The player’s main objective is to drain the water from the stage and do damage to Drogyga while it’s dry.
Beating The Drogyga Boss Fight In Metroid Dread
To begin doing damage to Drogyga in Metroid Dread, Samus must shoot the glowing tentacle at the top of the stage to activate the draining process. After the glowing tentacle takes enough damage, players must shoot a charge beam at the glowing buttons on each side of the stage. The water will be drained, and players can shoot Drogyga with Samus’ arsenal of weapons to drain its health. Before Drogyga fills the stage with water again, it attacks with a tentacle strike that can be countered to gather health and ammunition.
Players must constantly dodge Drogyga’s attacks to stay alive. The boss has two attacks: wisps that fall from above, and tentacles that swipe and stab Samus. The wisps can be destroyed with weapons, and, since players are shooting at the glowing tentacle anyway, it is easy to shoot down wisps. Red wisps take longer to explode compared to blue wisps, so players must target the wisps carefully to maximize damage. Drogyga’s tentacle attacks can be dodged by jumping and using the spider magnet pad. However, Samus’ movement underwater is significantly slowed. Because of this, players must time their jumps correctly to avoid getting hit by repeated tentacle strikes.
Players must repeat the process of shooting the glowing tentacle, draining the stage, and shooting Drogyga to finally beat the fourth boss in Metroid Dread. From this fight, they can take the elevator to Ghavoran to continue the main story.
Metroid Dread is available on Nintendo Switch.