Resident Evil 4 - El Gigante Boss Fights Guide

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Survive all the El Gigante encounters in Resident Evil 4.

By Jason Rodriguez on

Resident Evil 4 has numerous bosses for you to battle and eliminate. One of these is the El Gigante, the giant, a behemoth that packs quite a punch, and you'll have to fight its other variants a few times, too. Here's our Resident Evil 4 El Gigante boss guide to help you defeat these types of opponents.

The first Resident Evil 4 El Gigante boss fight occurs after you finish the Mural Cave Puzzle and claim the Church Insignia Key. As you make your way back to the Quarry, the gates will close, and you'll be trapped with this monster.

After the first sequence, the friendly dog from the Village Chief's House will aid you, as long as you rescued it from the bear trap when you first leave that area. It will distract the beast for a time, so you can do some well-placed headshots or parasite shots.

There's also a portion where it will bait El Gigante into charging the cliff wall, causing it to collapse. With the parasite exposed, you can blast it with more Rifle shots for extreme damage. Soon, you should be able to clear your first Resident Evil 4 El Gigante boss encounter.

The above won't be the only time you face the El Gigante in Resident Evil 4. When you reach the Castle Battlements after solving the Lithograph Puzzle, a heavily armored version will show up. You have to avoid its boulder toss by running behind obstacles, or this attack will cause tremendous damage. At the very end of the ramparts, you can raise a cannon to blow it up.

The third and final Resident Evil 4 El Gigante boss fight occurs later in the Castle zone. Once you've reached the Mines, Leon and Luis will have to contend with a pair of giants: one unarmored and one that's heavily