The Messenger

Voodoo Totem is a pretty simple boss with only one attack being slightly tricky to avoid.

First phase the Voodoo Totem will place three heads in a staircase like fashion for you to climb up and attack him. It will also place three heads stacked on top of each other against the left hand edge of the room with spikes running up and down in an attempt to push you against it with bursts of small tornadoes coming at you from the right. And finally three heads will appear above you and one by one slam down on the ground and two fireballs, one on each side, will fly out along the ground. Don't get squished by the head or else it's instant death and you'll want to jump on top of the head closest to the totem's main head to ride it up and slash it when the attack is over.

Climb up the staircase formation and hit the totem enough for it to blow you away with a tornado.

Spike wall and tornadoes. Jump and duck under them.

Three birds appear. If you're quick enough, jump on their backs and get enough hits in to cause the totem to blow you away with a tornado, starting the next attack.

Fireballs along the ground. Make sure to climb the head closest to the totem to get enough hits in to get blown away by a tornado.


During the second phase, Voodoo Totem adds a new drill move. If you're under it when it comes down, you're killed instantly. The trick here is to stay as far to the right as you can and let the down destroy part of the ground by the totem. This makes the next two attacks much, much easier to deal with.


After the drill destroys part of the ground, staves will rain down from the sky that act as lightning rods. Lightning will strike from both sides simultaneously and moving inward, leaving you trapped unless you get to the gap in the staves that is your safe spot.


After the staves, the three faces will appear in the air but this time have spikes on them, so climbing them won't be as easy as before. You'll need to jump on the lowest one and hook shot your way to the other and then hook shot your way to the totem's face. Chain your jump attacks until you're blown away by a tornado.


The tornado attack is up next and thanks to the tornadoes moving right to left, the hole in the ground doesn't add an extra obstacle while avoiding the tornadoes coming at you. Make sure to jump on the bird's back to avoid being pushed back by the stack of 4 tornadoes. If you can't avoid it, try to throw your windmill shuriken to trigger cloudstep jump and get above it before being pushed into the spikes.


As soon as the tornadoes are done the main totem face will now fire down a beam and move from right to left. Take cover underneath one of the three faces and let the attack finish or make your way up and attack the main face if you're feeling confident. If you do intent to hit the main face just be ready for its movement speed to increase drastically and most likely hit you.