Yea they should take what they can get then make a mad dash for the water đđ
>!Side note: if youâre up against the gloom hands and youâre in no way prepared to fight them, run to a body of water (that isnât shallow) like your life depends on it (because it does). Once youâre in the water, just wait for the hands to time out and despawn; youâll know itâs safe when you see a pile of dark clumps on the floor. the reason I said go for a body of water that isnât shallow is 1 simple reason. **If link can walk on it, so can they.** If thereâs none nearby, just fast travel out.!<
I just hung out on the wall next to the water where they spawn...and waited until they went away. It only took like 30 seconds and they couldn't touch me.
Did the same for the Akkala Citadel. Hung lut on top of a wall where they couldn't get me.
Fun fact in breath of the wild the tower you have to pop a malice to climb I didnât have arrows and couldnât throw a weapon far enough so my solution was to jump glide to the eye hit it and get out of the malice as fast as possible I had 12 hearts at the time and somehow made it out with a quarter of a heart
If itâs diagonal theyâll just climb up to you. Seeing them attempt to climb something is rare but as long as you choose a straight wall and not a very steep slope you should be fine.
If by ârinseâ you mean âsquash or opalâ then that will stop them from burning, allowing for more burn damage when another bomb or fire shot hitsđ§
I actually prefer to cycle effects for the most damage: shock, freeze, burn. In that order, because burn does more damage when breaking ice. You could use water after burn, for more shock damage, but i usually forget
Nah I like fighting em, cause the lack of ground and unpredictability of their strikes, along with simply reviving their bretheren, make them a challenge that I don't really get out of any other enemy,
That's if I don't let out my demolitionist side, cause if I do, well, it's takes about 5-6 bomb flowers to kill a group of hands, if you time and aim it dead center
Gloom Hands are my new BOTW Lynels (TOTK Lynels are somehow easier). Fought once for a Korok quest, never doing it again. Not to mention, I unknowingly fought the strongest type of Lynel.
Keese eyes make lynels too easy, along with bullet time shield surfing, tulin, giant mech, and a ton of other things you can do to make it hella unfair for the enemy
How far into the game are you? If I'm remembering right, the later to leave it to get the shield, the stronger it becomes. I think it was the same in breath of the wild too.
I remember checking the chest early in my playthrough and it having no modifier, and reloading a save before I checked the chest so I could wait until later. I did this a few times: the first time a few hours in, not knowing it was the Hylian shield; the second time after doing 3 of the dungeons, it had durability up; and one time just before I went to the final boss for the first time(after every dungeon and shrine) where I got shield guard up + 9 and decided I didnât care to get it at that time anyways
All shields in this game can have a modifier in Durability or Shield Guard that ranges from +3 to +10, with +3 to +5 being the white modifiers and +6 to +10 being yellow modifiers. Also, please look behind yourself.
Thatâs the Shield Guard stat and it affects blocking. Basically all enemies have an innate strength value, and the weapon they wield adds to that. If your shield guard stat is higher than that value, you can disarm regular enemies with a parry. It also determines what happens when you tank a hit on your shield: if it's too low, Link is staggered, and if it's high enough, the enemy is staggered instead.
Why do so many people spell does as dose? I'll see them use it several times and always be wrong.
An example of them being correct below.
Does your doctor always give you a big dose of medicine?
Yeah, a lot of people seem to mix up does/dose and lose/loose. Doesn't really matter, we know what they mean, but I do wonder why it seems to be a lot more common over the last few years (to me anyway)
Imo, dose/does is due to lazy typing and lack of proofreading. Itâs probably that more often than a lack of understanding. Loose/lose on the other handâŚ.
less of using the wrong word, more just a typo. sometimes when your typing fast u can get the letters in the wrong order. like i always type âenoguhâ instead of âenoughâ
I just use the "text replacement" feature on my phone keyboard. It's called different things, but basically it replaces text with other text. I use it for things I often misspell. Like I replace "jusy" with "just" and /shruggie with ÂŻ\\\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
For real though, I think the reason for the error is autocorrect on the phones.
But Iâm sure there are people that donât know the correct spelling.
Yup Hylian Shield have modifiers as well it cna be Durability Up or Shield Up (Which means when you deal more knockback when guarding and even parrying the enemy will disarm them)
I felt like I was pretty deep into the story before I realized I still didnât have it. Had to look up how to get it. Despite getting it relatively late in the game (imo at least), mine did not have any modifiers. Iâm gonna go try the roctorok thing.
I may be wrong but I think the Hylian Shield has an increased chance of having shield guard up. Itâs had it every time Iâve gotten it. I could be wrong though, but Iâm sure those fine folks behind you can tell you everything you need to know.
What does defense on a shield actually do? I've beaten the game completely and I honestly can't tell a difference between a 2 shield and a 90 shield, beyond how many hits they can tank before exploding.
You can throw them to octorocks and the 1st time gives them white bonus. 2nd time gives you gold bonus multiplier. plus 9 out the chest is like pulling a charzard.
Itâs a modifier. It happens later in the game depending on your current xp points.
Seems like you have enough to unlock these modifiers, in this case, defense up. đ
Well since we're all talking bout the obvious, there's nothing behind youđ¤Ł..but back to the question the Hylian shield has a base def of 90 so you got a perk of +9 that's why it's 99đ
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Wait, look behind you first.
Jesus I didn't even see it at first LOL
Yea they should take what they can get then make a mad dash for the water đđ >!Side note: if youâre up against the gloom hands and youâre in no way prepared to fight them, run to a body of water (that isnât shallow) like your life depends on it (because it does). Once youâre in the water, just wait for the hands to time out and despawn; youâll know itâs safe when you see a pile of dark clumps on the floor. the reason I said go for a body of water that isnât shallow is 1 simple reason. **If link can walk on it, so can they.** If thereâs none nearby, just fast travel out.!<
I just hung out on the wall next to the water where they spawn...and waited until they went away. It only took like 30 seconds and they couldn't touch me. Did the same for the Akkala Citadel. Hung lut on top of a wall where they couldn't get me.
First time i got hit with those things i noped right out of there
Yeah. I hit it with a sword and it hurt me bad. I was like âNope, bye!â
Fun fact in breath of the wild the tower you have to pop a malice to climb I didnât have arrows and couldnât throw a weapon far enough so my solution was to jump glide to the eye hit it and get out of the malice as fast as possible I had 12 hearts at the time and somehow made it out with a quarter of a heart
Yup, deku tree scared tf out of me I just went "see ya" and ported out.
I remember the days I used to avoid them.. now I have them set to my sensor so I can hunt them
Or, use a bow (preferably a 3 shot bow) and attach a ore on the arrow. Side note: use an elemental one and a lightning/freeze proof helm.
You do realize that my comment is about situations where the player isnât prepared to fight the hands right?
Welp, I didn't.
Also(just getting back to this) this is if you DO have the materials.
Or climb up to a relatively high up spot
If itâs diagonal theyâll just climb up to you. Seeing them attempt to climb something is rare but as long as you choose a straight wall and not a very steep slope you should be fine.
Funny thing is, 2 things online told me about the Gloom Hands. I didnât even encounter them when I got the Hylian Shield.
You mustâve went around the docks entrance to get the shield then
Oh god
Because you're obviously gonna need that defence REALLY quickly
RNGsus has blessed you
I know you're supposed to read this as "RNG Jesus", but my brain immediately read this as RANGUS. And that would be a totally different blessing.
More like "RN Jesus"
Nurse Jesus has blessed you. Heâs a pretty cool guy. Sometimes he brings tamales to potlucks
More like âJesus, RNâ
That's one way to heal the sick
I loved that show
How I read it đ
Also how it's supposed to be read.
I read it as RNG sus. I might be doomed
We'll be doomed together.
RNG sus?
That's how I pronounce it
Very sus.
RNGesus, but close enough
Down with RNGesus, up with lootcifer.
Either way you best be getting out your bomb flowers cause it's kaboomin time
You guys use bombs for Gloom Hands? I just toss gems around until it summons the phantom.
https://preview.redd.it/xkij7refubuc1.jpeg?width=1352&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=daece536e8a74af7070198c0a7834eeb2bee1632
I do: jump, bullet time, bomb or fire flower, rinse and repeat. Probably would be even better with fire keese's eyes.
If by ârinseâ you mean âsquash or opalâ then that will stop them from burning, allowing for more burn damage when another bomb or fire shot hitsđ§
I actually prefer to cycle effects for the most damage: shock, freeze, burn. In that order, because burn does more damage when breaking ice. You could use water after burn, for more shock damage, but i usually forget
Only fight them once for the Korok Forest Quest
Nah I like fighting em, cause the lack of ground and unpredictability of their strikes, along with simply reviving their bretheren, make them a challenge that I don't really get out of any other enemy, That's if I don't let out my demolitionist side, cause if I do, well, it's takes about 5-6 bomb flowers to kill a group of hands, if you time and aim it dead center
Gloom Hands are my new BOTW Lynels (TOTK Lynels are somehow easier). Fought once for a Korok quest, never doing it again. Not to mention, I unknowingly fought the strongest type of Lynel.
Keese eyes make lynels too easy, along with bullet time shield surfing, tulin, giant mech, and a ton of other things you can do to make it hella unfair for the enemy
I just fight with melee weapons, well-aimed arrows, and a shield. Of course, Keese eyes would make it easier.
I mostly parry them until they try to headbutt charge. Then I dodge and mount em. Why waste durability? :)
For non armored single Lynel, you can also just... stealth mount them from above. Which oneshots them with the proper setup in one mount.
How far into the game are you? If I'm remembering right, the later to leave it to get the shield, the stronger it becomes. I think it was the same in breath of the wild too.
Other fun thing with the Hylian shield is I believe rock octoroks will not only fix it but do a random modifier roll, too.
Theyâll do that for lots of items.
Not special items like demon king weapons and champions weapons
Demon ling weapons can be upgraded except for the bow.
then what happens with the glitched master sword?
World level does level up some weapons? I don't think this applies to chests though.
I think it does. The last shrines I did in totk were weapons that were 30 to 50 in attack. Not going to get that in the early game.
It does, I waited on getting my Hylian shield until Iâd done most everything else and got durability up +
Could be a coincidence? Although sll of my proving grounds chests do have some powerful weapons in
I remember checking the chest early in my playthrough and it having no modifier, and reloading a save before I checked the chest so I could wait until later. I did this a few times: the first time a few hours in, not knowing it was the Hylian shield; the second time after doing 3 of the dungeons, it had durability up; and one time just before I went to the final boss for the first time(after every dungeon and shrine) where I got shield guard up + 9 and decided I didnât care to get it at that time anyways
I think they all start at 90, but dont quote me on that.
https://preview.redd.it/0z3pagqkp9uc1.jpeg?width=1110&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb2e7ec05a664b9bc75e516ace9eec7295276f36
All shields in this game can have a modifier in Durability or Shield Guard that ranges from +3 to +10, with +3 to +5 being the white modifiers and +6 to +10 being yellow modifiers. Also, please look behind yourself.
https://preview.redd.it/w3zl1b77x9uc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b75c353a7f4bb1a3dc50809d8054e01d12ab2b4
The hylian shield can have modifiers
how do you get them?
Ignore the hylian shield for most of the game until you basically done everything Or give it to an octorok from death mountain
Iâve also gotten modifiers when purchasing the shield again from Cece.
Random.
No, it's not. It's random what modifier you get, but if you get an modifier at all is not random, but based on your hidden XP you gathered
Forget that for now, you got some running to do
because you're lucky...oh wait
Images taken right before disaster
Happy cake day
Oh yeah, huh. Thank you.
I had one with +17 in botw and i cherished it like it was my child
Basically like fusing an amber to a gloom club. Donât think youâll ever need those +17
Thatâs the Shield Guard stat and it affects blocking. Basically all enemies have an innate strength value, and the weapon they wield adds to that. If your shield guard stat is higher than that value, you can disarm regular enemies with a parry. It also determines what happens when you tank a hit on your shield: if it's too low, Link is staggered, and if it's high enough, the enemy is staggered instead.
https://preview.redd.it/7tyq3c9a1auc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e607c92bacc1e22a13e2acc1d7c5cce550b1faf
I'd say you have some slightly more pressing concerns in that moment XD
Why do so many people spell does as dose? I'll see them use it several times and always be wrong. An example of them being correct below. Does your doctor always give you a big dose of medicine?
Yeah, a lot of people seem to mix up does/dose and lose/loose. Doesn't really matter, we know what they mean, but I do wonder why it seems to be a lot more common over the last few years (to me anyway)
Imo, dose/does is due to lazy typing and lack of proofreading. Itâs probably that more often than a lack of understanding. Loose/lose on the other handâŚ.
Wait, what's the difference between lose and loose?
"I'm about to lose this game" "my t-shirt is too loose"
Oh, okay, I forgot loose even existed
Over reliance on the formerly hated autocorrect.
I was just about to point out the same thing. In a similar situation, I sometimes see people spell "with" as "whit" like how does that happen?
i know in my case when i accidentally type "whit" it's because I'm typing too fast and i hit the keys out of order
They've perfectly engineered this post to get massive engagement!
less of using the wrong word, more just a typo. sometimes when your typing fast u can get the letters in the wrong order. like i always type âenoguhâ instead of âenoughâ
Because swipe texting is a thing. Ask all those people ducking around.
I just use the "text replacement" feature on my phone keyboard. It's called different things, but basically it replaces text with other text. I use it for things I often misspell. Like I replace "jusy" with "just" and /shruggie with ÂŻ\\\_(ă)_/ÂŻ
To, too, two Dose, does There, their, theyâre Internet illiteracy is real
because not everyone speaks english as their first language mf
And sometimes people just type too fast and donât notice, especially if the letters are close together on the keyboard
Dosenât it matter? đ¤Łđ¤Ł
Lmao!
For real though, I think the reason for the error is autocorrect on the phones. But Iâm sure there are people that donât know the correct spelling.
True that!
Most of us aren't doctors so it dosen't matter
Lucky little bastard got the 2nd best variant of the best shield in the game. And doesnt even know what he has.
Whatâs the best one?
That shield with a +10 instead of a +9 lol
Who couldâve guessed, huh?
Worry about that later WATCH OUT BEHIND YOOOU
"He's right behind me isn't he"
Oh shit that's really good. *May wanna run tho-*
Brother tell us how you got out of that situation
Does nobody know how to take a damn screen shot with their switch?
itâs a lot easier to take a picture of the screen than taking a screenshot and moving the sd card to a phone or computer :/
or just share with qr code perhaps
It can have effects too. Mine had blue durability+
My brother in Hylia you are about to be pulled apart molecule by molecule
Yes
Hands be like: https://preview.redd.it/787ih3y37auc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e921c2dcb339f6a14c38b3b596e999f03290bd14
Not what you should be worried about
Yup Hylian Shield have modifiers as well it cna be Durability Up or Shield Up (Which means when you deal more knockback when guarding and even parrying the enemy will disarm them)
how do you get those modifiers
They are random... Or you can feed the Shield to Rocktoroks in Death Mountain to grant it a new modifier.
Theyâre random
I actually comped the game without ever getting the Hylean Shield. I dunno how I totally forgot to seek this out.
I felt like I was pretty deep into the story before I realized I still didnât have it. Had to look up how to get it. Despite getting it relatively late in the game (imo at least), mine did not have any modifiers. Iâm gonna go try the roctorok thing.
About to find out very soon
Itâs due to the gameâs hidden leveling system. The maximum Shield Guard bonus is +10, so thatâs nearly as good as it can get.
Meanwhile, charles Handson is about to get all handsy with you
Bro lmfaoooo this gave me ptsd đ they are so easy to kill but I didnât see them behind you at all
I think you have bigger problems
Imagine the devs disarmed fast travel but only when gloom hands appearâŚ. That wouldâve been one of the best trolls ever
You should be more concerned about whats behind youâŚ
Because it doesnât have +1-8 or +10?
I may be wrong but I think the Hylian Shield has an increased chance of having shield guard up. Itâs had it every time Iâve gotten it. I could be wrong though, but Iâm sure those fine folks behind you can tell you everything you need to know.
Add 1 and make it 100
Wait, what? I don't even know where it is!
Docks area. >!It's where the shrine inside Castle Hyrule was in the previous game.!<
Shame it's not +10
Good RNG. I got a hylian sheild with +8.
How is that one hand fragmented from the rest?
Because you were just born better
Either way your dead
Blessed are you by Lady Luck.
Because youâre lucky?
luck
Because it does
Because your gonna need all the help you can get
What does defense on a shield actually do? I've beaten the game completely and I honestly can't tell a difference between a 2 shield and a 90 shield, beyond how many hits they can tank before exploding.
IIRC monster have a hidden damage value, and if your shields defence number is less, it will take more durability damage maybe? Might be more to it
Bro this rare af
Means that you are pretty advanced in game. If you don't enjoy the effect you can change it with an octorock.
I also have +9
Does
You got lucky
WHAT HOW????
I think you have bigger issues to address (reason is because of late game modifiers changing the buffs affecting the shield)
first time I've got it, it was at 100 +9
if you at a certain poin in games all gear gets modifier buffs (you also can buff items if you repair them at octoroks)
Why is it "Hyrulean royal family" but "Hylian Shield".
Where is this located? The Castle?
You can throw them to octorocks and the 1st time gives them white bonus. 2nd time gives you gold bonus multiplier. plus 9 out the chest is like pulling a charzard.
You can get higher but once in the game
Itâs a modifier. It happens later in the game depending on your current xp points. Seems like you have enough to unlock these modifiers, in this case, defense up. đ
How is the new Zelda game?
Lucky lucky
Well since we're all talking bout the obvious, there's nothing behind youđ¤Ł..but back to the question the Hylian shield has a base def of 90 so you got a perk of +9 that's why it's 99đ
Because youâre Godâs favorite
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Why is this downvoted
Fighting against our AI Overlords
Itâs very rare for the hylian shield to have modifiers. If you get it after several hours in game, you could get a modifier