While making your way throughSplit Fiction’s first major fantasy level, you spend the best part of two hours hearing about the unstoppable Ice King. A being so powerful that he has slowly begun to cover the entire realm with a thick blanket of frozen water.

Nobody is capable of stopping this menace, so when Zoe and Mio step into his lair and find an adorable white feline with shining orange eyes ready to say hello, it feels like the Ice King has been an elaborate setup. Don’t be fooled, however, since after giving you a stern talking to, this domesticated animal will transform into a towering horned menace.

The Ice King breaks through a mirror platform in Split Fiction.

How To Defeat The Ice King - Phase One

The battle begins with the Ice King blowing Zoe and Mio onto a central platform that houses a mirror in the middle. Seconds after regaining your composure, the Ice King will break parts of the platform until only the centre remains.

Avoid these attacks by following the on-screen prompts andpaw-print signsuntil a cutscene is triggered, and our heroines change into theirMonkey and Tree formsto begin fighting back. Now the real fun begins…

The Ice King uses his ice pillar attack against Zoe and Mio in Split Fiction.

You will now find yourself on alarger circular platformwhere the majority of the boss battle will take place.

The Ice King will begin by throwingtall pillars of icetowards you that players candodge by stepping or dashing between them, which will be followed by yet another ice-based attack that spreads across the arena.Jump over this oneand stay alive.

Zoe traps the Ice King using her vines in Split Fiction.

The Ice King will soon stand on his hind legs and leave himself vulnerable, revealing acrest wrapped around his mid-section that Zoe can grapple onto by using her tree form. Pull him to the ground and open him up to a barrage of attacks fromMio’s monkey form.

Whoever is playing as Zoe needs to bevery quickin this situation, as failing to pull the Ice King down in time will result in him repeating his first pattern of attacks.

Zoe and Mio slide down an ice amp during the Ice King boss battle in Split Fiction.

Now a solid chunk of his health has been depleted, the Ice King will begin dolling out yet another sequence of attacks.

Beginning with abunch of molten ice spikesthat dominate much of the boss arena, followed by himrunning through the centreand crushing any player unlucky enough to be standing there. Much like before,avoid this by dashing right when the attacks are about to land.

Mio and Zio try to navigate an ice tornado in Split Fiction.

Watch out for his returning ice pillarstoo, this time with additional icicle projectiles.

Dodge about the place for long enough, avoiding these attacks, and the Ice King will stand up andopen himself up to yet another grapple from Zoe. Rinse and repeat the previous steps to deal even more damage.

Mio’s otter form interacts with a green flower in Split Fiction.

Soon, another cutscene will triggerin which the ground beneath everyone is split open as it sends Mio and Zoe plummeting down an ice slide filled with all manner of obstacles.

Avoid them byjumping and then walk through the corridorand into what will be the final boss arena for this encounter.

Zoe and Mio defeat the Ice King in Split Fiction.

How To Defeat The Ice King - Phase Two

This part of the battle is considerably more complicated and requires both players to be on guard when it comes to avoiding attacks and reacting to environmental hazards.

The Ice King will immediately plunge both Mio and Zoe underwater before spawning anice tornadoright in the center of the screen with a flurry of smaller tornadoes spinning quickly around it.

Hang in there andthe tornadoes will eventually vanish to reveal a small pool of water with a glowing red flower inside.

Transform intoMio’s otter formand swim down there to activate a flower which can be hurled to the surface forZoe to grapple and hurl into the Ice King’s face.

Mio must now return to the surface to deal out some punishment by punching the Ice King in the face several times.

Much like before, the window of opportunity is very small, sodon’t stay in the water for too long, or you’ll need to repeat the above steps.

The Ice King will nowfreeze the pool of waterand begin a new sequence of attacks that will send out aflurry of explosive balls that you must ensure detonate on the icein order to crack it.

He will also unleash yet another tornado, but like before, the key to victory is tododge and dash to your heart’s content until it disappears, and you can finally break the ice.

Once it is,transform into Mio’s Otter form and use Zoe to hurl the flower at the Ice King’s facefor one final beatdown. Congratulations, you saved the kingdom!