Flare Dancer

The Flare Dancer is a miniboss that appears twice in the Fire Temple in Ocarina of Time. Link's first encounter with a Flare Dancer activates a volcanic lift which leads to a new area of the Fire Temple, one where the Megaton Hammer is enshrined. The second encounter leads to a room where a one of the imprisoned Gorons and the Boss Key are kept.

Strategy
Link will sustain damage if he is hit directly by a Flare Dancer while it is ignited, or if he treads on the fire trail that is left as the miniboss circles the room. A Flare Dancer is defeated by removing the core from its 'body' composed of fire which can be done with the Hookshot, Megaton Hammer, or by throwing Bombs. Once the core is exposed it will attempt to avoid Link by running around the room; when blocked by Link, it will quickly skid to a halt, and begin to run in the opposite direction. At this time the core may be damaged by any sword strike, though jump attacks are difficult to land due to the agility and mobility of the core.

After Link damages the core it will jump back into the flaming platform to restore its flaming body, each time changing color from yellow/orange to blue/purple then finally to two shades of green. When a Flare Dancer is defeated, the core rapidly expands and explodes, dropping bombs.

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