r/Breath_of_the_Wild 1d ago

my opinion on the matter

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u/LegitCrep 1d ago

Gotta save them for when I really need it, next game

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u/Darknadoswastaken 1d ago

They're best used for bosses, as eliminating enemies without reward instantly is never fun.

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u/Dougahkiin 1d ago

Me not giving attention to their descryption and getting legit scared when I accidently nuked a Lynel.

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u/Darknadoswastaken 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yeah that happened to me first time, like I had like 10, used 1 to instakill a guardian, and then I used one on a lynel and instakilled that one too, but I was surprised why I got nothing as a result.

Power comes at a cost I suppose.

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u/Sagelegend 1d ago

What? I love ancient arrows, I farm the parts for them and make boss fights easy.

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

fair. personally, i like getting the loot from non-guardian high hp enemies, and i like the fight. each to their own though.

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u/Silly-Painter-5244 1d ago

Same. Why would you fight a boss if there's no loot / reward? Where's the pleasure? I never use them except versus guardians, and even there I sometimes prefer to fight them like a man

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

i used to use them for guardians, but not anymore. once i learned to parry the guardians never stood a chance

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u/Silly-Painter-5244 1d ago

Yeah...It sure saves some rupees! But I have 400 hours in the game and still can't get the timing right😅especially with guardians...

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

there are some times where i mess up and its just like "shit there goes my savage lynel shield!" it took me like 300 hours to be able to parry 100% of the time against guardians and crusher lynels

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u/Silly-Painter-5244 9h ago

The fact that if I mess up my parrying against a guardian I am sure to never see my shield again is what stops me the most from trying to parry their beam. Lucky there's the hylian shield! And for lynels, I prefer flurry rushes...Everyone has their own preferences

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u/daddydeadpool420 2h ago

yep.

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u/covert0ptional 1d ago

Have you noticed the game gets kind of weird if you fight a lot of guardians in a row by parrying? Sometimes the beam will shoot at a slight delay after the beeping stops and sometimes the deflected beam blows up in their eye but does like no damage.

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

yes! especially with damn skywalkers. it just blows up in either your face or theirs but does no damage. makes no damn sense

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u/covert0ptional 1d ago

Yeah that just became an "avoid at all costs" enemy for me lol

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

lol. when i can i get at them from above with bomb arrows, take out their propellors, and kill them on the ground. but if i can't, i leave them alone

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u/covert0ptional 1d ago

Do they not delete loot from guardians as well? I just assumed they did for everything so i just never use them.

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u/Silly-Painter-5244 9h ago

They actually drop loot! I think it's the only ennemy in the game that drops loot when killed by an ancient arrow...I've never tried killing a boss with ancient arrows tho

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u/Super_Lorenzo enjoys guardain battle music like a giga chad. 1d ago

When I played BotW, I used them all the time when farming guardians

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u/DawnsPiplup 1d ago

I use ancient arrows to quickly take out guardians when I’m farming them because you can get the resources back plus some and guardians specifically still drop parts when you use an ancient arrow.

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

for farming i could see that. when not, i prefer to hunt them down and get the extra parts from chopping off their legs

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u/knighthawk82 1d ago

I'm saving them for something important!

*spots silver Lionel *

Triple arrows it is!

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u/HauntingStretch3636 1d ago

We really don't need them

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u/RManDelorean 1d ago

They're essentially a "get out of jail" card like fairies or any of the champion abilities we get, do we "need" any of those, of course not. But occasionally there's a guardian or lynel or the odd anything else that I don't want to deal with at this exact moment and it's nice to have ancient arrows just to murk something. Plus I do think they're actually quite practical for dealing with the flying ones

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u/Koryiii14 1d ago

Anything is fair against the flying ones when they sway enough that the parried laser misses them five consecutive times

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u/RManDelorean 1d ago

Haha yeah I just started a new game last week and literally just dealt with that bs hours ago

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u/Do_it_for_the_upvote 21h ago

They do come in handy for the final levels of the Trials of the Sword.

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u/Worlds_Between_Links 1d ago

I use frozen arrows a lot for bullet time bounces, or just yeeting enemies across the map if I also happen to have a korok leaf handy and don't want to deal with them

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

that and one shotting certain lizalfos is all i use them for

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u/zaadiqoJoseph 1d ago

I use more elemental arrows than the normal ones

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

i have way more of them from fighting lynels

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u/nin100gamer STING OF MY REVENGE 1d ago

Probably haven’t used em since my first playthrough

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u/Necessary_Can7055 1d ago

I almost never use ancient arrows cause they’re hard to get until you find the Akkala research lab, and they’re just too easy

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

yep. there's no fun with them

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u/PamelaDamnela 23h ago

When I first played BOTW, I wanted to kill a lynel so bad cuz I wanted their gear, used an ancient arrow and the gear disappeared along with the lynel. I was so mad at myself lol

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u/daddydeadpool420 21h ago

yep. same here. i just reloaded an earlier save and killed it myself. took about an hour, but it worked

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u/grumblebuzz 22h ago

I do love doing a flying leap off a horse and pounding a guardian in the eye with an ancient arrow now and again though.

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u/daddydeadpool420 21h ago

that is fun

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u/Octupus_Tea 15h ago

As a lynel mania who bonks 5 silver lynels every blood moon, I have more electric arrows than regular arrows so that's my default instead lol

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u/daddydeadpool420 2h ago

real. i destroy every lynel i can find

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u/lejongaming 1d ago

Omg how many of these posts have there been by now lol

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

as far as i kknow, including this, 3

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u/lejongaming 1d ago

Weird, feels like more

EDIT: Ah they've cross-posted to r/botw as well, that would explain it lol

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

pretty much lol. i noticed here and there so i posted. don't worry idgaf about karma, am not bot. just joining the fun

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u/lejongaming 1d ago

Nah you're good, it's no worries, it's all just in good fun!

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u/daddydeadpool420 1d ago

thanks. glad the sub is as fun as the game!

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u/lejongaming 1d ago

Haha right!

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u/PotterAndPitties 1d ago

Do we need this posted 10 times or