Iron Knuckle

The Iron Knuckle is one of the toughest sub-bosses Link will have to defeat. It swings a mighty axe that deals devastating blows to whatever comes in its way. In Ocarina of Time, Iron Knuckles are Gerudo. In Majora's Mask, they are a part of the Ikana tribe.

To defeat an Iron Knuckle, you must wait until it swings and gets its axe stuck in the ground, then either do a jump attack or slash as many times as you can, and then back flip. After substantial hits, the Iron Knuckle will lose its armor and begin fisting you; as the Iron Knuckle's armor comes off, it will gain the ability to block attacks and run after you, instead of walking, but you will now be able to shoot it with arrows.

The Iron Knuckles appeared in games such as Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. In The Adventure of Link, they are frequent enemies in the dungeons, and an Iron Knuckle astride a floating horse appears as the boss of the third dungeon. A pair of them later appear in the sixth dungeon as sub-bosses. The easiest way to defeat Iron Knuckles is probably throwing bombs.

At their core, Iron Knuckles are exactly like Darknuts, except that the Knuckes use axes.