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There are lots of mini-bosses inThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Molduga, Lynels, Taluses, and more are designed to test your resolve and dedication, as well as your mastery of the game’s mechanics. Can you parry at just the right time? How will you handle an elemental variation? What will you do to adapt to new attacks and motivations?
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The Lynels are particularly tricky opponents, infamous among fans. Some players avoid them entirely, while others go out of their way to hunt them down. Wherever you fall on the spectrum of dealing with Lynels, we’ve written this guide to prepare you for the worst.
Types Of Lynels
There arefour kinds of Lynels.Red Lynels are the easiest to tackle, whileSilver Lynels are the hardest.
The developers have increased the difficulty by giving the Lynels more health and the ability to do more damage, but also by letting them use new moves and making flurry rushes harder to achieve. Each type of Lynel could also be wearing armor.
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How To Take On And Beat A Lynel
Lynel are challenging opponents to beat, but not impossible by any means. Here, we’ll give you the best tips we have.
First, try to get a sense for the attacks a Lynel will use.These are the attacks you can expectfrom a Lynel (that we have observed):
Lower-tier Lynel variations may not use all attacks.
To beat Lynels, it’sessential that you learn to parry and evade these attacks perfectly,so that you’re able to go in for flurry rushes. You won’t be able to parry and evade the same way for every attack, though, so watch out! For example, when a Lynel starts to charge at you, you can only evade to the side. If you try to evade backwards, you’re still caught in the Lynel’s charge and will take damage.
Werecommend using a one-handed weaponto take on a Lynel! That’s because they can deliver the most blows during a flurry rush; you’ll get the most bang for your buck, so to speak. Fuse your strongest items, like Lynel horns or dragon claws, onto your strongest (preferably buffed) swords or sticks. Make sure you have a couple prepared going into the fight, too! Trust us: you’ll break a few weapons during this endeavour.
If the Lynel is wearing armor,you’ll need to attack first with a weapon that has been fused to a rock or some other heavy object. The yellow bar covering the Lynel’s red health indicates how much armor it has left; once that’s all gone, the Lynel will be momentarily stunned and you’ll get an opportunity to deliver a lot of attacks.
Other than flurry rushes,one way to get the Lynel to stop in its track is to stun it with an arrowto the head. It’s easy to accomplish this before entering the fight, giving you a window of opportunity for an opening attack. In the middle of the fight, though, it’s not so easy to get distance from the Lynel. If you try, it will often start chucking fireballs at you.
Did you know thatyou can mount a Lynel? Between attacks, it will sometimes need to take a rest: it will slump forward and lean on the ground. This also works when it’s stunned from an arrow to the head, or if you just manage to sneak up behind it without its notice. Just mount the Lynel when you’re prompted; it’ll never know what hit it! you may get quite a few attacks in before it bucks you off, and the thrill is unparalleled.
The bonus headshots are the reason whyyou should probably have the Avatar of Tulin activefor Lynel fights. You receive Tulin’s Avatar uponfinishing the Wind Templeand handling the Rito’s regional disturbance. The Avatar of Tulin will attack your enemy at a distance with its bow and, occasionally, manages to land that crucial headshot.
Everyone has different preferences aboutthe Avatars. Some prefer to have all their companions active most of the time, while others don’t appreciate the distraction.In boss fights, it doesn’t hurt to have all of them active(or, whichever ones you’ve earned), because they distract and attack enemies. However, if they’re distractingyoumore often than they’re distracting the bad guys, just turn them off; the minimal help during a fight isn’t worth it.
If you’re struggling to defeat a particularly challenging Lynel,don’t forget the power of items!Lynels aren’t affected much by elemental damage, so don’t bother withFire Fruitsor anything like that. These are the kinds of items we recommend:
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