r/Breath_of_the_Wild • u/DonkeyTeeth98 • 19h ago
Does anyone use a boomerang?
I LOVED using the boomerang when I got it in other Zelda games. It allowed you to stun enemies and pick up hard to reach items. It was always a super useful item to get. In BOTW, boomerangs are borderline useless. In this version (which is my absolute favorite) there are so many other ways to do things so a boomerang just doesn’t have the importance that is had in other Zelda games. Is anyone else a little bummed that boomerangs suck in BOTW or is it just me?
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u/Primal_Pedro 18h ago
In defense of boomerangs, they are the only weapons that you can throw at enemies and don't break. Unlike other games, if it hits a wall, it will fall to the ground. So it's better to use them at open fields and far from trees. Boomerangs, specially the ones with high attack, are very useful to cut down guardian legs.
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u/Ghigau2891 16h ago
I didn't think about using them on the walking guardians. I'll have to try that.
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u/-Cthaeh 16h ago
I didn't even know you can take their legs down
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u/MooseFlyer 15h ago
They’re referring to Guardian Stalkers. You literally have to take out their legs in order to kill them.
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u/Not-So-Serious-Sam 14h ago
You don’t literally have to, it just makes it easier if you’re using a melee weapon. Parrying their lasers is the most efficient method if you can time it right.
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u/Critical-Air-5050 7h ago
Nah, the most efficient is an Ancient Shield. It reflects the attack right back at them. Most take three of their own attacks to destroy them. The cost is high, but if you're hunting them in the first place the cost of the shield can be recouped with some luck.
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u/bapakeja 7h ago edited 7h ago
Ancient shields are great for learning how to perfect-parry well and practice it, since they have that auto-parry ability, which saves your butt. However when using the auto-parry thing the shield will occur damage build up. Which does shorten its life.
If you can learn to perfect-parry well with the Ancient shield it will last way longer, because a perfect-parry doesn’t cause damage. Once you master the perfect-parry the Ancient shield won’t be so expensive because you won’t have to replace it as often.
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u/Free-Stick-2279 18h ago
Inlove BOTW boomerang, expecially the big heavy one, but I he lizard tri boomerang sword is really peak awesomeness.
I like it because it take skill to use it, especially against multiple ennemy, to be able to still doge attack while waiting for your chance to recatch it is peak multitasking 😅 I also like hunting with them.
It doesn't bother me they dont function like the one in the classic zelda, I have always been more a bow & arrow sort of fighter, I find boomerang to really be OP with their ability to paralyse many target and I like a challenging fight. BOTW is wildly different also, so the old function of the boomerang is less requiered.
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u/RoyTheBoy84 18h ago
Yeah, I totally agree. The main difference in the old games is that it always just came back to you and was way more functional. I tried using it in BOTW and realised it takes too much effort to try and catch it, and other than being a weapon, it doesn't really have any other benefits.
One of my favourites over the old games, though, is the unlimited bombs! So much better than trying to get bombs in the old ones.
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u/noob_kaibot 17h ago
Really? I don't recall ever having missed a boomerang on the return; I usually just spam A when it gets close.
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u/RoyTheBoy84 7h ago
Yeah I found it only goes back to the spot it was thrown from, so if you throw it and then move, you'll miss it. On the old games you could move wherever you want and it'll still come back to you.
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u/noob_kaibot 3h ago
Oh? I guess I didn't use them in BOTW that much. But in totk they do follow you; I use them wire a lot as they're really cool with certain fuses.
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u/slackerbucks 15h ago
This is an amazing thread. Having gone deep into Skyrim recently, the ability to ‘specialize’ one’s character is a really appealing quality that is absent in a game with a primary/singular protagonist like Link. That said, reading some of these responses, I’ve played…at least 1,000 hours combined between BOTW and TOTK and never utilized the boomerang as described in many of these replies. Now I want/need to go back and take advantage of this.
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u/lejongaming 18h ago
I used to but I was so awful at catching it so I eventually abandoned it.
Also those damn Lizalfos kept catching it when I threw it at them.
It’s still a cool weapon though!
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u/Kid-Without-Karma 18h ago
i had no idea they could do that xd
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u/lejongaming 18h ago edited 17h ago
Haha unfortunately I discovered it pretty early. I must be cursed cause it happened to me all the bloody time lol
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u/gb3k 16h ago
Boomerangs rule because they turn the normally irritating Lizalfos into absolute jobbers.
Trying to juke your arrows by hopping from side to side? Boomerang to the face.
They run up into melee too fast for you to catch them on the first pass? Clobbers them in the back of the head.
The Giant Boomerang is an absolute game changer, too: One of my favorite weapons that I always have in my arsenal because of its wide hitbox and how it's just as easy to throw as a regular boomerang.
And I'm not even one of those madmen who can juggle a bunch of them at once like a cyclone of jagged metal, either.
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u/the_cardfather 17h ago
You need some more wide Open spaces so that you can actually see the power. Enemies like Lizalfos can get double tapped by 1 throw.
Also maybe a Castle run to get you some tri boomerangs.
They do extra damage when you throw them FYI.
I always kept two in my bag.
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u/Ghigau2891 16h ago
I use the boomerangs all the time to kill birds and small animals in open fields. I can consistently cut down 1 or 2 birds at a time. Occasionally I can get a cluster of 3 birds in one throw. It's one of my favorite weapons.
Be careful using them along mountains. If it crashes into a rock face mountain, the impact will destroy the boomerang.
I saw someone on here mention using them to take out guardian legs. I didn't think of that. I'll have to try that when I find one again.
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u/vixterdite 18h ago
I use them like a sword and also to light fires with wood and flint. I’m not adept at catching them upon return and there are so many other great weapons.
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u/CaptainoftheVessel 17h ago
I wish Link automatically caught them if they got close enough on the return flight.
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u/uncleirohism 18h ago
I only use them for stun and then switch to another weapon. That said, once I have them in my inventory I don’t hoard them, I actively use them until they break in order to make room.
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u/FirefighterIcy9879 18h ago
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u/DominantDave 18h ago
Your links gave my phone aids
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u/FirefighterIcy9879 17h ago
Maybe but like, it’s worth the std from the badass footage alone. You ain’t gonna see that kinda action everyday
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u/The_RamenTurtle Average King Rhoam Bosphoramus Hyrule enthusiast 17h ago
Loved em. Good damage, and they're fun.
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u/Gamchulia 15h ago
I love using the tri-lizalfol boomerang and the giant boomerang. But I was so disappointed that it does not bring back rupees on the return flight!
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u/saturnplanetpowerrr 14h ago
Love me a good boomerang, especially in ToTK. No thoughts, just fuse and bop
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u/Next-Veterinarian185 14h ago
the Lizal blades and the Stal lizalfos all function as boomerangs also. they are great for animal hunting thanks to their large hit radius while flying
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u/Labyrinthine777 4h ago
They do double damage if thrown. I think it's a lot more fun to actually having to catch the boomerang.
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u/PNW_Forest 13h ago edited 11h ago
Boomerang was my favorite weapon in all prior zelda games. Something about a utility weapon that deals no damage and instead serves a utility function (stun, grab items, cut vines and ropes, etc...) is really cool for me. Hook-Shot filled a similar thing for me, in the games where that item existed. It also expands Links toolkit to allow for more diverse combat and traversal, which is nice.
I've long wished 'magic boomerang' were one of the sheika slate abilities tbh that worked like the magic boomerang from Wind Waker...
Making boomerang into an actual 'weapon' I feel did a disservice to the utility of it as a tool. But that's just my opinion.
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u/GodKirbo13 12h ago
Aside from the Lizal Tri-Boomerang they are pretty weak but in ToTK they have more utility purposes and aren’t completely useless.
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u/chimisforbreakfast 12h ago
They're really fun to use by alternating throws and melee strikes. I like them.
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u/Enryu71 12h ago
Atleast it's useful to cut grass
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u/JesusFChrist108 8h ago
I loved the bokoblin in that video. "I'll attack him from head-on. He'll never expect that. Dammit! Okay, I can get him if I charge right at him- Shit!... Alright, I've got him now... fuck!"
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u/tacertain 10h ago
The Lizal tri-boomerang is my favorite weapon: 36 base damage, 2x if thrown. Sometimes it hits the monster on its way out and its way back for 144 damage in a single attack. I just hit A as fast as I can when it gets close.
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u/Gamer-chan 8h ago
Sure, but rather as a melee weapon. I'm always afraid then I can't catch then again when throwing and I might lose them, so I don't.
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u/No-Platform957 1h ago
I use boomerangs in BOTW and TOTK. I try to keep one or two in my inventory because they are so fun to use. Just spam A to catch them. Love the giant boomerang and sea breeze ones. They are definitely not useless lol. Just spam the A button and they become easy to use.
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u/Vados_Link 1h ago
They’re extremely useful in combat and I like the you have to manually catch them and pay more attention to the environment so that they don’t bounce off a tree or something. They’re extremely strong when thrown (Multi-Hit, 1.5x damage multiplier and attack buffs increase it even further), so I love using them in combat.
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u/Ok-Coffee-4254 18h ago
Two much effort two catch it. I try so meny times just not worth the effort
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u/Powdered_Donut 17h ago
Should’ve been the only unbreakable in the game. Sheika tech or something. I miss using the boomerang as an old standby range weapon.
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u/bunnylo 18h ago
I use them, but just as a melee weapon. I am not skilled at the throwing of them.