How do you beat demise in skyward sword?

Answer 1

First, walk up to Demise and stay at an average distance from him; if too close, he will keep attacking, if too far, he will dash attack. Second, trick him into blacking with his sword by hitting him with yours. Third, slash the sword at an angle where Demise is not guarding himself with his own - beware, if you hit his sword or too slow, he will fight back unexpectedly. (It is recommended to slash from left to right if you are too slow or constantly miss him.) Fourth, eventually Demise will fight back with his sword and you must Dodge or shield bash to counter-attack him. Fifth, quickly slash from left to right after each successful dodge or shield bash to take him down and /or continue repeating the above steps to do so. Sixth, Demise will bow on one knee, allowing you to attack freestyle; use everything you've got to give damage during this free time. Seventh, rinse and repeat steps four to six three more rounds to damage him even further. (Demise will become angry and summon lightning to help him kill Link by gathering the lightning as his own Skyward Strike.) Eighthly, charge up your own Skyward Strike to steal and use the lightning against him - stay at a farther distance to avoid the lightning from electrocuting you when he charges his sword up, but close enough to avoid him from using dash-attacks. Ninth, quickly unleash your Skyward-Strike to paralyze him, or dodge his own as you cannot defend against the lightning no matter what (if he uses a dash attack, simply dodge or shield bash quickly to prevent electrocution.) Tenth, release it if you haven't already and slash your sword away with all types of sword attacks to bring him on the ground. Eleventh, time to end it off - immediately perform an ending blow to kill Demise and beat the game once and for all ( if you fail, repeat steps eight to eleven once or twice more.)