Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <zelda-skyward-sword>
Title: How do I kill the Staldra?
Question: I have gotten killed by the Staldra four times tonight. I have no idea what I am doing wrong.   I know I have to hit all three heads in one stroke, but they never seem to line up so I can. If I wait to strike until they are in a diagonal line, it attacks me instead.   Is there some trick to this that I am missing?

Answers:
sents: text: There are 3 different approaches I have to go against them with varying degrees of success.
text: The best and easiest way to handle them is to use a shield and Shield Bash them as they attack.
text: That will daze them for a while so you could counter.
text: Their heads should be lined up by then.
text: Note that if your shield is weak and about to break, a shield bash will not damage it.
text: Another way is to use the Skyward Strike on them.
text: You just have to slash in the orientation that their heads are in.
text: This one isn't too reliable as you have to anticipate their moves (and need some luck).
text: Probably the hardest way to deal with them is to fight "head-on."
text: When they're about to strike, their heads will be oriented in a certain way.
text: If you have a fast enough reaction time and close enough to attack, you could slash in the same orientation to kill them off.
text: A more cautious approach would dodge back first when they do attack and counter.
text: I don't remember what their orientations are after they attack but it will probably be in the same as when they attacked or horizontal.
text: You may have to experiment with that.
text: Probably the least successful way to deal with them would be to randomly attack them.
text: Their heads will mostly be not lined up so you won't be able to kill them that way.
text: Wait for them using the tips above to kill them.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/8995/Jeff Mercado
score: 7
sents: text: They line up just before they're about to attack, as you've no doubt realised.
text: What you might not have noticed is that, if you don't hit all the heads, there's a small window while it's regenerating where you canfrantically swipe at the remaining head.
text: If you get it before the other heads grow back, it'll die just the same.
text: I think I've killed them the proper way once.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/2734/Merus
score: 6
sents: text: Just use bombs.
text: They're a one-hit kill.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/17669/HSO
score: 2
sents: text: Right before they strike, their heads line up.
text: One way to cut them off all at once is to be quick enough to go for a side slash just at this moment, but it's tricky.
text: Another way is a diagonal slash when the heads are in diagonal alignment.
text: You can also shield bash, although you need a good strong shield to make sure it doesn't break.
text: Hope that helped!
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/14061/Pwopa Grrl
score: 1
sents: text: Take out a head or two, then horizontal spin attack when they reform. works like a charm.
text: If you mess up, hit em again then take it from the top.
text: Don't bother trying to counter, it's not worth getting hit (I tried.)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/18573/user18573
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
You should use a shield and try the Skyward Strike. Try using bombs. The hardest way is to fight head-on. You could try a more cautious approach by dodging back when they attack. 
While it seems to be a difficult feat, players list plenty of ways to deal with Stalkdra.