If they're regular Guardians, attack the legs to cut them off or use a special attack to knock off all their limbs in one goThere's gotta be a better way to fight guardians than what I'm doing. I thought the game would mimic BOTW in making reflecting beams the big thing, but that seems foolish with the framerate being what it is.
You will acquire the ability to remove seals later, and even extend level limits on weapons, so feel free to experiment!So should i be saving upgrades to the Master Sword and other Champion weapons for when I know what I'm doing with upgrades and when I have better materials?
Cheers, thanks!You will acquire the ability to remove seals later, and even extend level limits on weapons, so feel free to experiment!
There's gotta be a better way to fight guardians than what I'm doing. I thought the game would mimic BOTW in making reflecting beams the big thing, but that seems foolish with the framerate being what it is.
If they're regular Guardians, attack the legs to cut them off or use a special attack to knock off all their limbs in one go
The barrier moves have more than one combo: Orange works with YX and with YYYYX, red works with YYX and with YYYX. Yellow I think only works with X, but I haven't tested it much. Also, these attacks can stagger everything, even Lynels or the Calamity Ganon Shards (and I think Hinox as well), but for a very reduced time, so it's more a tool to stop the enemy from attacking than to open weak point gauge opportunities. They even break through special enemy attacks that require rune counters. I managed to beat Wind Ganon without letting him do more than three or four attacks. Yunobo reminds me a lot of Lana's Portals in HW1 which were one of my favourite weapons because you have to adapt on the fly to what the barriers/summons randomly give you, but if you manage to do it the reward is amazing.Drilling down on some (spoiler) characters and learning how to use them efficiently is really entertaining.
- Yunobo's different barrier shields supercharge a different move: yellow is the raw strong, orange is weak-weak-strong, orange spikey is weak-weak-weak-strong. I think if you hit with a supercharged move it staggers most moblin-sized and below captains.
I didn't know this, thanks for sharing! The characters are so awesome and different that I'm having trouble putting enough time into each of them to learn their ins & outs.- Monk is interesting. Use the weak-strong combos to summon items onto the field then hit them with the ZR hammer to make them do wacky shit (mostly bounce in place etc).
I reflect the beams back no problem with Link. If you want to find an easier solution, use Daruk, he's the safest character to use against guardians.There's gotta be a better way to fight guardians than what I'm doing. I thought the game would mimic BOTW in making reflecting beams the big thing, but that seems foolish with the framerate being what it is.
On the topic of Guardians - is there a way to interrupt their beam attack? I haven't figured it out yet and end up eating it 95% of the time lol
She's definitely up there with Impa as my favorites. They're both speedy and devastating.I'm definitely meshing the most with Mipha out of all the characters so far. Her combos are so easy to set up yet so devestating, and she heals herself too.
On the topic of Guardians - is there a way to interrupt their beam attack? I haven't figured it out yet and end up eating it 95% of the time lol
When I did the Hyrule Castle mission earlier that has a ton of them, I just used a special at the start of every Guardian encounter and steamrolled them. Instantly severed all their legs and permanently exposed their weak point gauge. Hardly any of them even got a chance to attack. It felt... pretty weird, honestly. The game was trying to sell them as a huge threat I should be fleeing from but they died more easily than most other enemies you can lock on to.There's gotta be a better way to fight guardians than what I'm doing. I thought the game would mimic BOTW in making reflecting beams the big thing, but that seems foolish with the framerate being what it is.
They become a problem when there is more than one. Good luck keeping track of more than one redicl pointed at you at once, you only have so much shield to cover your body. Unless you are DarukWhen I did the Hyrule Castle mission earlier that has a ton of them, I just used a special at the start of every Guardian encounter and steamrolled them. Instantly severed all their legs and permanently exposed their weak point gauge. Hardly any of them even got a chance to attack. It felt... pretty weird, honestly. The game was trying to sell them as a huge threat I should be fleeing from but they died more easily than most other enemies you can lock on to.
0% chance. post launch support for this game will have wrapped by the time BotW2 comes out. at best you get crossover costume unlocks so you can get short-hair Zelda and whatnot.
Found the first challenge mission I'm really having some trouble with, it's
the winged escort mission with Teba
And the trouble is with controlling the character, not with the stage itself.
The tiny narrow corridor maps have a hard time with these super mobile characters
Teba, Riju, airborne Revali
and the camera itself goes cross-eyed in every combo. These characters/movesets would have fit better in the first HW, where the maps were more open and combat wasn't as focused on 1v1 time trials where these characters are kinda weak.
You can also just guard against Guardian lasers with ZL -- you don't even take chip damage. I survived being mobbed in a corner by four Guardians at once this way, blocking until there was a brief opening in their targeting cycles. Granted, this tactic doesn't work as well on timed missions.Another guardian beam evading tactic is simply to throw up a cryonis block and hide behind it, for when you have no partners to switch to
You're using the rods, right? Those instantly expose and prolong weakpoints (multiple foes at once if you aim it right, even spreading across pools of water or nearby metal boxes in some cases), and the game regularly gives you ammo for them.Up to the Blights in CH5, and Hard mode is starting to become a majorly tedious damage sponge fest. Not sure what I could be doing differently -- spamming flurry rushes (for like 2 wedges of weakness, super great /s), have my weapons forged up with matching symbols, etc.
This might be my least favorite musou in terms of pacing and balance.
You're using the rods, right? Those instantly expose and prolong weakpoints and the game regularly gives you ammo for them.
slice off their legs and they'll stagger while they're charging it up, and if you have a character with a shield you can reflect it back at them to also cause them to staggerOn the topic of Guardians - is there a way to interrupt their beam attack? I haven't figured it out yet and end up eating it 95% of the time lol
The elemental rods are basically required for many missions, especially anything timed, if you aren't overleveled. Because of that, I think it's kinda silly that you don't start with full rods each challenge (not a super problem for most maps, but noticeable for the ones that are "just beat this Hinox and Lynel in two minutes, go!" and no Wizzrobes to restock on).
. . . i'm so mad i never bothered to try before. i thought there was nooooooo way the beams wouldn't be unblockable if you didn't do the perfect reflect or whatever it isYou can also just guard against Guardian lasers with ZL -- you don't even take chip damage. I survived being mobbed in a corner by four Guardians at once this way, blocking until there was a brief opening in their targeting cycles. Granted, this tactic doesn't work as well on timed missions.
The elemental rods are basically required for many missions, especially anything timed, if you aren't overleveled. Because of that, I think it's kinda silly that you don't start with full rods each challenge (not a super problem for most maps, but noticeable for the ones that are "just beat this Hinox and Lynel in two minutes, go!" and no Wizzrobes to restock on).
. . . i'm so mad i never bothered to try before. i thought there was nooooooo way the beams wouldn't be unblockable if you didn't do the perfect reflect or whatever it is
live and learn
They're probably not as necessary if you have the parry rush timing down and can break their meters that way. But I can't do it consistently (the timing seems variable) so I'm stuck blasting them with rods.I rarely use rods, even up to post game. I just rely on powering up my combos and weapons.
Same, my dodge builds make Rods useless, my Link now has Flurry Rush Damage+30%, let's just say that weak point gauge doesn't last very long that's for sureI rarely use rods, even up to post game. I just rely on powering up my combos and weapons.
I think I kind of get weapon fusion now...got same shape plus normal attack and plus strong attack on my Master Sword.
I'm kind of confused when it comes to which weapon I should use as the base, like what weapons are "ranked". Like for the Champions I'm levelling up their starter weapons which are unique, but eventually I imagine a dropped weapon will end up being better overall? Don't see Star ranks like HW had.
They're not unique - more copies start dropping in high level missions.Like for the Champions I'm levelling up their starter weapons which are unique, but eventually I imagine a dropped weapon will end up being better overall?
Based on what I've collected, it looks like the Royal Guard set are his top tier.And in Link's case, he has so many weapons available and I'm not even sure I've found the most powerful weapon types for him.
They're not unique - more copies start dropping in high level missions.
Based on what I've collected, it looks like the Royal Guard set are his top tier.
Huh, my impression was people generally find that character to be one of the stronger charactersNearing 100% completion but I'm burnt out being forced to use this trash tier character.
Terrako
Having to kill the 4 blights with that character is annoying. I don't even want to use him to level up or get better weapons to make it easier.
Huh, my impression was people generally find that character to be one of the stronger characters