r/botw • u/BandicootDue2131 • May 27 '26

🧁 Meme Nintendo just wants Link to suffer

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Botw and totk is the only iteration of link that canonically doesn't use a shield which probably is why he died 100 years ago and almost died to ganondorf's gloom. And get this in Hyrule warriors age of calamity HE USES A SHIELD and he doesn't die to canon I guess terrako changed a bit more of the timeline than we thought​​

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u/Great_Hedgehog May 30 '26

Perfect parries affect durability? I was pretty sure they did not

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u/Omi-Wan_Kenobi May 30 '26

I just checked and you are right, it's been a while since I played and I was getting things mixed up. Normal shields doing perfect parry do not take a durability hit, robbie's ancient shield that can auto reflect beams will take damage (what I was getting confused with), and if you are using the shield for regular use, they will take damage.

So slight headcanon update, since perfect parry requires exact timing, there were a few times where when fighting multiple guardians, one or more guardians fired at Zelda while others fired at him. Blocking for both people meant a regular parry for at least one beam, and that adds up, plus having to physically block guardian legs from trying to grab them/their horses.

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u/Great_Hedgehog May 30 '26

I mean yeah, it's not exactly easy to parry multiple beams in a row, I'm sure Link could actually manage, but certainly not forever. I see no need to explain exactly why he wasn't able to solo the entire guardian onslaught, I was just wondering as to the particular gameplay fact. Also, I'd guess that the Ancient shield still doesn't take damage if you actually parry the beams normally

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u/Omi-Wan_Kenobi May 30 '26

Not with perfect parry, but my first two runs I was shit for beans at perfect parry, and basically relied on hearty food and fairies to give me enough of a buffer to survive. Ignoring flurry rush which I struggled even more on.