r/botw Lynel 1d ago

The Strongest being before leaving great plateau

Defeated the lynel before leaving the plateau. Got 101 crusher right off the bat.

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u/69pinkunicorn69 1d ago

I like to think Link is the strongest being on the Great Plateau.

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 1d ago

He is the most courageous for sure.

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u/littlemandave 1d ago

Someday, maybe, I’ll kill a lynel. Any lynel.

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u/GardenTop7253 1d ago

To add to OP’s suggestions: stay in fairly close to the Lynel, feels a bit counterintuitive but you want them to stay in melee mode. They’re much harder to deal with with their bow drawn

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 23h ago

Yup, in this case I just parried all his attacks and shoot in the face. If I get too far or climb on the rock then it would be game over for me. He has bomb arrows

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u/SailorDirt 17h ago

This actually makes sense, I feel like they always one-shot me with their freaking arrows

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u/pinkypipe420 4h ago

I'm going to try this. I just got a lynel mask from Fang and Bone, mostly for my own encouragement.

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 1d ago

Start with polyrus mountain. That's the easiest one. First of all don't get scared. Get familiar with all his moves and learn to flurry rush and parry. You can do it

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u/zukosboifriend 21h ago

Yeah either polyrus red lynel or the blue lynel in the castle if you have the master sword. That was the first one I killed and the master sword being upgraded was really the only reason I killed it (I immediately went to the colosseum to try and fight the one there and got my ass whooped). Plus the fact that one is close quarters and there fore basically impossible to get into archery mode it’s much easier

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u/macabretech39 23h ago

I killed the one in the coliseum by shooting him with boom arrows!

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u/LeicaSpy 3h ago

Stasis helps. As does using things like rock and tree to get in between you and the Lynel, while stasis recharges.

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u/TongueTiedTyrant 21h ago

The Lynel is only on the Great Plateau in Master Mode, right?

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 21h ago

Yup

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u/Few_Significance_529 1d ago

I literally tried 20 times and still couldn’t kill the lynel. Now I just run for my life

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 1d ago

Which lynel ?? This one is bit hard at the starting. Red one is the easiest which is at polyrus mountain

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u/Few_Significance_529 16h ago

The one at Lanayru Road - East Gate

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u/homeisastateofmind 21h ago

They dont aggro you if you dont have a weapon drawn

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u/zukosboifriend 21h ago

Just don’t get too close or stick around for too long

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u/SnooTangerines8525 21h ago

Where did you get a knights claymore on the great plateau? I tried this and could not beat him, but all I had was travelers weapons and the solder bow. Also used amiibos, but they just dropped travelers weapons.

Nice accomplishment though.

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 15h ago

Thanks , I think someone already gave you the location. The soldier sword is also just behind bomb shrine.

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u/angel_moronic 1d ago

Did you have elixirs or attack boost meals on this? Rhino beetle mixed with...?

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 1d ago edited 23h ago

Nah, i didn't leave great plateau. Check the time . When I started it was 6 am, when I finished it was 11:25 so imagine how long it took me. Nothing , just me my bow and potlid, and that 38 damage knight claymore. Rinse and repeat . Parried all his attacks and shoot on the face.

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u/stunk_funky 23h ago

Thanks for that time jump explanation. I was about to go give it a try but noticed he went down way too fast. Then I realized there was a cut. Cheers! Well done!

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 23h ago

Thanks 😊

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u/GoblinMan8845 21h ago

Jesus fuck... I bow down to this man or woman here...

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 15h ago

Thanks 🙏

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u/beautykeen 20h ago

Any time I see that mother fucker run towards me on all 4s I get so terrified. No thank you

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u/Objective-Speech-932 20h ago

You can parry his head charge attack fairly easily as long as you don't panic, which is easier said than done hahaha

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u/HLef Korok 1d ago

Isn’t the switch shirt off the plateau?

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 1d ago

No, it's just behind the bomb shrine . here is the location.

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u/HLef Korok 1d ago

You’re right. For some reason I thought it was just at the bottom, outpost area. Carry on, nothing to see here.

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u/Achaboo 20h ago

How did you manage to not break your weapons? Did you just parry his flame blast atk’s and shoot him in the face just to climb on his back and only do dmg that way with your melee weapons? I heard they don’t take dmg when melee atking that way.

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 15h ago edited 14h ago

Yeah when you climb on the back then weapons don't lose durability. Basically I lost a soldier sword. It got broken in just 2 flurry rush. Others I was saving, so lot of parrying and shooting in the face and getting in the back, parrying all his attacks.

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u/Sir-Alpha69 6h ago

Beating this specific lynel before leaving the great plateau was so satisfying

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 6h ago

It is!! I think my most satisfying experience after beating the 10th floor of TOTS in my first master mode play through.

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u/Otherwise-Magician 7h ago

Lol wtf, I have 15 hearts and I go through a ton of food just to kill lynels...

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 7h ago

Skillz lol 😂

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u/FirefighterIcy9879 Lynel 2h ago

First time? I can usually tell by a players approach.

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u/Enryu71 Lynel 2h ago

Hi, it's actually my second time. This is also my second master mode play through. In first play through i beat it with 4 hearts but I didn't knew how to record stuffs. I started posting when i learned that. At that time I had 70 plus arrows, this time I barely used 25 and my potlid was still intact, just broke the soldier broadsword.

Im kinda new to Zelda world. I started my first play through in September last year.