Minish Cap Bosses

Big Green Chuchu
Found: Deepwood Shrine
Strategy: This giant green blob creature is your first major boss, and luckily it's actually fairly simple. It just might seem confusing at first as to what you need to do. Use the Gust Jar to gradually pull its bottom apparatus apart. When you do that, get out of the way since the boss will fall over temporarily. That's your cue to run up and strike with your sword. The boss also moves around the room and attempts to jump on you from above, so be ready to move. It should take about 4-5 sets of using the Gust Jar, then the sword, to win.

Gleerok
Found: Cave of Flames
Strategy: The boss here is a dragon who sits in a fire pit in the middle of the room, with a path going around the perimeter. It will move around as you do, spitting fireballs to attack. You can cut the fire left on the ground to find hearts and such, should you need them. To attack, you need to constantly run around so that you're to the side of/behind the boss, then use the Cane of Pacci on the middle shell. This will stun the monster temporarily. When this happens, run across its body and attack the center directly with your sword until the small core retracts. That's when you should run off before you fall into the lava and take damage. After an attack, the dragon will cause rocks to fall from the ceiling, so watch out. It will also start using a fire spray attack to cover an entire area with flames you can cut down. Also, so you know, when you get done attacking the dragon, stay against the walls since the fire pit swells outward. You will probably have to repeat this whole process 3-4 times in order to win.

Mazaal
Found: Fortress of Winds
Strategy: This particular boss fight is rather unique in that it makes use of your shrinking ability. The boss itself is a floating head and two hands, each one with an eye on its palm. Both hands will be moving to attack you in various ways, so keep moving to avoid them. To retaliate, shoot an arrow into one of the hand's eyes, then cut it apart with your sword. Repeat this for the other hand. Doing this will send the head crashing to the ground inactive. Now you have to shrink down and enter the head via the small hole up front. Inside, find the pillar with an eye on it, and just hack away at it. After you clear it, let yourself get pulled back outside. The boss will be active once again. Repeat the same process to get back inside it. This time you can't just run to a pillar; instead you have to use the Mole Mitts to dig your way up. Dig around until you find the flashing pillar, then attack it until it explodes. When you're outside again, resize yourself and repeat the same pattern of attack. Be careful since the head will shoot a shrinking ray at you to hinder your progress. After you cut down a pillar inside for the third time, the battle will end.

Big Octo
Found: Temple of Droplets
Strategy: This giant boss starts off by moving around, spitting giant rocks at you. To cause it damage, hit the rocks back at it with your sword. After you hit it 3 times like this, the boss will turn into a block of ice and the floor will become slippery. Now, it'll spin around and try and suck you in, so be careful. To attack it in this state, run around it and use your Flame Lantern on its dried up tail. This will revert the room and the boss back to normal. Probably by this round, the Octorok will employ a new attack: turning the room dark and sending rocks to fall from the ceiling. Be careful during this attack, keeping your lantern powered on at all times to avoid needless damage. You only have to do the whole process 3 times to win, though.

Gyorgs
Found: Palace of Winds
Strategy: You start this battle atop a smaller, blue creature flying around. When the main red body flies by, use Roc's Cape and jump southward onto it. After a few moments, 3 small orbs will appear in a specific pattern; make clones based on that same pattern and attack all 3 at once. This will cause all 8 balls to pop up; hit them repeatedly with your sword until the platform starts to explode. When the blue one appears again, jump on to be carried to the next one. As you ride the blue one this time, small eyes will open up from one of four spots; hit the one with your sword that opens, then jump when the tail swings around. When the red body is in reach, jump to it and the same pattern as before will commence. This time it'll be MUCH harder, since the blue component will dash at you, then constantly shoot projectiles your way. That alone will make it difficult to maintain clones long enough to attack the boss. It is doable though; once you pull it off a second time, hop onto the blue part. This part is the same as well, only this time small green ones will try and interrupt your ride. Back on the red one after you inflict enough damage to the blue part, repeat the same pattern again. This time is easier since the blue one dashes back and forth shooting energy balls at you, but it isn't as bad as the second wave in my opinion. After this part, hop on the blue piece and do that part, then back to the red half once more to win.

Vaati
Found: Dark Hyrule Castle
Strategy: This first round against Vaati really isn't that bad; just make sure you have Roc's Cape equipped. Vaati will move around the room while small eyes orbit around; hit them with your sword until you clear them, then run in and attack the flashing spot on Vaati to cause damage. While you do this, watch out for the fireballs he shoots at you. When he shoots a black hole your way, use the Gust Jar to suck it up. Do this 4 times or so, and Vaati will change forms; also a circle of glowing tiles will appear. The idea is to attack the 8 eyes surrounding Vaati by shooting arrows, causing the eyes to either turn red or blue. After you reveal 4 reds, you'll have to split into 4 via the glowing tiles. Take note of what side the eyes are on, and clone on the appropriate tiles, then run up and sword strike the eyes simultaneously, then attack the big eye in the center that opens up temporarily. Be sure to cut apart the spikes on the ground so you don't take damage when touching them (they drop arrows in case you need them). You'll have to do this a few times in order to defeat Vaati in this form.

Vaati (Final Form)
Found: Dark Hyrule Castle
Strategy: For the second form, Vaati will take the form of a center body with 2 spiked arms. Simply move around until one of the arms goes into the ground and comes back out; at this point shoot the Cane of Pacci's beam at it to flip it over, revealing a small opening. Next, use the platform to the north to shrink down, and enter that arm. You'll find many eyeballs moving around in here; look for the one with the lighter eyeball and attack it with your sword until you kill it. At this point all the eyes will vanish and the arm will begin to shake, so exit it and the arm will be destroyed. Revert yourself to normal size via that platform, and repeat this for the second arm. In the second arm though, you'll need to use the Flame Lantern in order to see anything, so be careful. After you clear both arms, you'll have to go after the small eyes protecting the body. You will notice the strip of glowing tiles along the bottom area. Charge up and walk across 3 of them, but wait with your charge until the front eyes start to glow blue. Then, split into 4 Links and stand in front of those eyes swiping your sword. They will shoot 4 energy balls; knock them back at the 4 eyes and the body will become vulnerable; at this time run up with your clones and attack the big eye. Note that in between these attacks, Vaati will shoot energy balls in your direction, so avoid those. Then, just repeat the same battle plan like before until you ultimately defeat him for good!