Colossus Eleven - Flame Guardian
The lake that the Flame Guardian overlooks is in map square F1, directly north of the Shrine. Follow the elevated bridge's pillars to the north, and you'll eventually come across a large canyon in the ground. On the east side of the canyon, you'll find the altar you were referred to; there's a stone path leading down into the canyon, so dismount and start your descent. The beginning of the path is near the border between F1 and G1.
Attacks
The Flame Guardian is by far the smallest colossus you've yet encountered, being perhaps twice the size of your horse, albeit a fair bit wider. Its favorite attack is a straightforward charge attack, where it'll try to ram its head against you; dodge-jump to either side to avoid this. If you stand right in front of it, it'll also often try to slash at you with one of its first claws. The first attack oddly doesn't deal a huge amount of damage to you, but it will stun you for a good long while.
Killing It
In order to hurt this guy, you'll first need to find a way to access its vital points, which are currently covered by its shell. In order to do that, you'll need to take advantage of its fear of fire. Guess it's not much of a Flame Guardian.
Anyway, the sequence of events here is kicked off by you climbing atop one of the four large braziers in the Guardian's lair and waiting for the beast to come after you; it'll charge the brazier and ram it with its head, knocking down a wooden ember from the fire, which is big enough for you to pick up. Hop down to the floor and grab the ember by holding the R1 button, then climb back up to the top of one of the braziers and attack the fire there to set the end of the ember alight. Try to do this on one of the braziers closest to the edge of the cliff.
Now that you have your flaming pyre of justice, do the only smart thing left to you and run up to the beast and start waving the ember in its face. Position yourself so that the colossus is between you and the cliff face, then start walking slowly towards it, staying far enough away to avoid its claw attack. If you can back it up far enough before the ember goes out, you'll be able to back it off the cliff, where it'll fall down and crack the shell on its back, exposing its weak spot.
Video Walk-through
After disabling the Guardian's shell, jump onto its back from a brazier and take it out.
At this point, all you have to do is go after the colossus and start attacking its weak spot. We chose to drop down to the canyon below and try to hop on the Flame Guardian's back, but that's not really the optimal way to go, since it's very difficult to get onto the back, and it'll shake you violently while you're on it. If you just wait for it, it should start running back up the path and jump down to the brazier area again.
When it returns to its old haunting grounds, the Guardian's back will be well exposed; it's just a matter of getting onto it. The key here is, once again, the braziers. Climb onto one of them, wait until the Guardian is about to charge, then jump onto its back and hang on for dear life. Since the Guardian doesn't have a lot of room to run, it won't be able to shake you easily, and you'll be able to unleash some pretty devastating strikes. After a couple rounds of this, the beast should be dead.
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