| abstract | - El Gigante must be defeated by doing enough damage to their Plaga. This will sprout out of their backs and the monster will fall to its knees after it has taken a set amount of damage. They will only stay down for a set amount of time. When their Plagas are exposed, the player can opt to use the command prompt "CLIMB" to climb onto their backs and begin slashing at the Plaga with the character's knife via quick time event involving rapidly pressing one of the face buttons. The player will be given a set amount of time to inflict damage. If the player is too slow or presses the wrong attack button during this action, they will be thrown from El Gigante's back and the player lose their chance to inflict any more damage. The player can also simply shoot at the Plaga - however, it will retreat after set amount of damage (as opposed to time). Once the Plaga has returned into their bodies and the process must be repeated. All drop 15,000₧ when defeated in the main game and the one in Separate Ways drops 10,000₧. During the encounter with the first one in the main game, if Leon helps the dog that was stuck in a bear trap near the beginning of the game, it will come and help him fight El Gigante by distracting it from attacking him. But in Professional Mode, the dog is useless. The El Gigante here can also use the three trees in the area to use for the "Large Tree Swing" attack. The three huts in the same area also contain items, but can be destroyed by the enemy if it comes in contact with them in any way. If destroyed, the items inside disappear. During the encounters at the Road below the cliff as Leon and Ada, the player can shoot the suspended boulders to either drop onto them (thereby reducing their health) or block their path. El Gigante will need to pause to attack the boulder and break it to continue pursuing the player. During the encounter at the Furnace in the main game, the Gigantes will use the "Scaffold Swinging" move if the player is standing on the scaffolding. The player can also use the switch in the area to open up a lava pit in the middle of the floor. If they cause one to fall into the lava, it will sink for a while. During this time it may use the "Fellow Traveler" move. The other Gigante will always walk around the lava pit. If the player does kill one of them via the lava pit, it does not drop any money. However, there is a bug in the GameCube versions which causes re-entering the room to spawn the money on top of the closed pit.
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