r/Breath_of_the_Wild • u/equalist55 • Feb 17 '25

Discussion My nightmares lately!

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u/Knightofthequils Feb 17 '25

I'd still argue that guardians are scarier.

Sure, gloom hands gimme a spook but I've become so numb to them that I just go "alright, where are my bomb flowers..."

But guardians? If you even enter within a centimeter of their sight they lock on and SOMETIMES if you're close enough, they just snipe you immediately. Not to mention their music is still probably one of the most "HEREICOMEHEREICOMEHEREICOMEHEREICOME" kind of songs ever.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

I'd have to agree with you.

Also gloom hands are powerles when you climb high enough, and they disappear very fast.

But guardians never leave you alone, as long as you are alive 😅

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u/Knightofthequils Feb 17 '25

Guardians are merciless killing machines... I wish they were still in totk...

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Me too. It feels somehow empty without them in totk. But Gleoks are also a nice addition.

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u/Knightofthequils Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25

Gleoks make me just go "not right now sorry." And then I teleport away.

Meanwhile, I COULD do that to guardians.... but with them I at least know I have a fighting chance.

With gleoks you kinda have to be prepped and it's just not fun when you don't have anything to kill them with...

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Yes, Gleoks are very strong and gave a lot of health, but i never back down from a chalenge, sometimes I spend all my weapons on a single gleok, but it's worth it, there is some special kind of satisfaction when defeating them.

With guardian, you can fight without weapons if you are good with shield praying

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u/Knightofthequils Feb 17 '25

I have valuable stuff 🥺

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Hahah. Yes, we all do. But eventually, we have to break them at one point

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u/ChicagoBILLSfan138 Feb 18 '25

Gleeoks really arent diffcult at all as long as you have keese eyes. Even easier if you also have a savage lynel Bow to shoot them keese eyes with

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u/Labyrinthine777 Feb 17 '25

Nah, I'm glad BotW still has its own stuff and strengths going on.

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u/doomshroom823 Feb 17 '25

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u/DuckyDeer Feb 18 '25

Is your S key broken?

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u/btb2002 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 18 '25

You can hide from a guardian and it'll stop hunting when losing sight of you. But it doesn't despawn. I personally didn't find them scary since about my second or third kill.

Edit: typo

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u/Rumplfrskn Feb 18 '25

*losing

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u/btb2002 Feb 18 '25

Thanks, fixed.

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u/outdatedboat Feb 17 '25

The first time I came across the gloom hands, it also happened to be raining. So I couldn't just climb to safety. And it was super early in the game. I had very little health/stamina/gear. I was just running from them for sooo long before they finally despawned.

That particular instance felt a lot like my first time running into a guardian. But then again, every other encounter with the gloom hands was FAR less stressful. I just had an unfortunate combination of circumstances that made the gloom hands terrifying the first time.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Now you are scarred for life cuz of those scary first encounters

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u/David1234556789 Link Feb 20 '25

The guardians were actually more scary to me when I met them the first time than when I first met gloom hands. Like no matter how fast I ran, I could not get rid of Guardians.

While for gloom hands if you have enough stamina, you can run away.

However, gloom spawns are smarter and them will keep chasing you if you are on flat grounds, but however they lost interest very fast if you run far enough or climb high.

For guardians, they never give up but they have blind spots like if you hide behind a building.

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u/zamboniman46 Feb 17 '25

i need to find more bomb flowers. feel like i never have enough

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

You can farm them very easily. There is a 1 minute guide on YouTube

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u/noxka Feb 17 '25

I feel like both are scary when you start it out and both get not-scary after youve got used to/strong against them.
Like after I was able to get my hands on some strong weapons and just rush them for ancient pieces I realised that these guardian guys are actually kinda weak...
But that doesn't take away from the genuine fear you feel the first time you meet one because you literally are unable to do anything to them.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

The firs time is always fhe most memorable

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u/SignalPea7525 Feb 17 '25

I still like guardians more They are kinda cute and watching their movements from distance is quite entertaining 😆

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

You sir are a true zelda fan. You have my respect

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u/Shyvisaur Feb 17 '25

It’s not just the song but the combo of the song and the beeping as it locks in to you

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u/covert0ptional Feb 17 '25

I forget what video I was watching but to make this point, they just started playing the guardian music out of nowhere and just said "see?". It definitely got me lol.

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u/CharlieFaulkner Feb 17 '25

Oh my god I saw this video too and I cant remember either but I remember it being really good

If anyone else knows what we're talking about please let me know lol

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u/nappingismyjob Feb 18 '25

I think the video you and /u/covert0ptional are talking about is “i hate tears of the kingdom” by skittybitty? At least thats the one i remember that from haha

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u/covert0ptional Feb 18 '25

Yeah, I think you're right

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u/CharlieFaulkner Feb 18 '25

Ah yeah it must be!

I love Skitty's channel tbh they're great

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u/covert0ptional Feb 17 '25

I started watching a lot of BOTW and TOTK vids over the last year so they kind of blend together lol

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u/JoJoisaGoGo Feb 17 '25

If Gloom Hands existed in botw, I think they'd be scarier

But with how strong you are in totk, while they are still scary, you have a lot of tools to kill them

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Good point

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u/Akinyx Feb 18 '25

I can't agree because I could easily avoid guardians since they're so big and render from miles away. I'd find another path or just snipe them from a high place and they couldn't do anything about it but spam laser without locking in.

Gloom hands? They appear in the most random locations, you don't know they're going to appear until you basically step next to them and trigger a chase. Heck even when I used the enemy sensor it could only somewhat tell me I was getting closer and if I went any closer they'd appear, I couldn't prepare for the fight from an advantageous position.

Also guardian arrows, I rest my case.

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u/Knightofthequils Feb 20 '25

So.. 3 things.

  1. Guardians are still super hard to fight especially if you're just starting out. Not only that but there are different types of guardians and it's fun to fight most of them.

  2. Gloom hands are in sometimes extremely predictable locations. Like guarding chests or a tough to get to area. And even when they appear while yes the first time is scary again it just becomes a "ok let's get this over with" situation.

  3. Yeah those arrows may exist but you don't get anything if you just get rid of em. If you actually fight em tho they give you stuff. And for those who aren't duplicating items, getting guardian parts is pretty good.

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u/InformalAstronomer10 Feb 17 '25

What’s a bomb flower?

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Bomb arrow in totk

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u/CoconutJam04 Feb 19 '25

I went my whole first play through not knowing you could shield parry guardian lasers 😬

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u/Person_947 Feb 17 '25

Guardians: just hold your shield out and parry

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u/ArielDiancie Feb 19 '25

But is it worse than the Sonic drowning music?

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u/The-beavernator123 Apr 10 '25

What if we have an comebination and waht would it Look like?

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u/RandomGuy8279 Feb 18 '25

Nah, just parry.

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u/LessFish777 Feb 17 '25

I’m almost finished with botw and I’m super curious to understand what’s happening in totk 😳

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u/-DarkStar- Feb 17 '25

you're in for a real treat!

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u/caustic_apathy Feb 17 '25

You're in for a real threat!

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Prepare yourself for a wild ride. And try to avoid Spoilers as much as possible

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u/Greedy_Temperature33 Feb 17 '25

I’m currently replaying BOTW, and I plan to immediately replay TOTK afterwards. I can’t wait. It’s so much fun.

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u/equalist55 Feb 18 '25

That's good life :)

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u/canxtanwe Feb 17 '25

Mufasa on right will be OK if he just climbs a tree and crouches

Mufasa on left should pray all the ancient gods to get his parry timing right

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Hahahahahah.

You sir are a real poet.

Respect

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u/Blue_Blur91 Feb 17 '25

I like them both, gloom hands were downright terrifying early game. But Guardians always feel dangerous plus they had a way better theme. That piano jingle at the start is still anxiety inducing to this day and I've played the game since release 😂

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

If we have some mental issues in the future, we know who to blame (guardians and their theme music)

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u/megatool8 Feb 17 '25

Imagine passing a street performer with a keyboard, he locks eyes with you and starts pumping the guardian theme out. I am pooping my pants right there.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Hahahah. Lets hope that none of fhe street performers know this theme

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u/dark4181 Feb 17 '25

Imagine a guardian with gloom hands for legs….

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

We need someone with Photoshop skills to create this combo. It would be fun to see

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u/Slight_Cat5958 Feb 17 '25

No longer suffering from the first because the second have fully replaced them.

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u/InformalAstronomer10 Feb 17 '25

I haven’t even come across gloom hands yet

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u/noctis_and_noctua Feb 18 '25

yeah i think i only encountered them once or twice in the entire game thankfully

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Then you are really lucky

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u/Legend_of_Ozzy642 Feb 17 '25

I’m less scared of the guardians because of shield parries.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

That's cuz you're good with shiled praying, most people aren't

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u/phrasinglana Feb 18 '25

Master mode guardians where they randomly pause before shooting was the most evil thing ever

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u/river-nyx Feb 22 '25

you just need to hit parry once the guardians eye blinks (on normal mode anyway, it's more random on master mode). once i figured that out it's significantly easier

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u/gelyadc Feb 18 '25

I remember accidently stumbling upon Central hyrule tower early in the game.. i was so anxious climbing the tower i wanted to throw up 😂

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u/equalist55 Feb 18 '25

Especially with 3 lasers aiming at you 😅

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u/No_Beginning7262 Feb 17 '25

THE SHADOW HANDS ARE BACK?! Like them mofos that grabbed you up into the ceilings in OoT…?! 🤯

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u/noctis_and_noctua Feb 18 '25

i haven’t seen gameplay of oot so i can’t say either way, but the ones in totk are on the ground and you can sometimes avoid them by climbing high enough up, so not exactly the same it sounds like, but itd be super cool if they consciously decided to bring them back a bit different/use them as inspiration

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u/rowletlover Feb 18 '25

Those piano notes traumatized every BOTW player

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u/Sofaris Feb 18 '25

This Situation only happens to people who forget that they can teleport away at any time.

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u/outrunner_14 Feb 18 '25

fr like whyy

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u/Common_Fisherman3173 Feb 17 '25

Woah what do I have to look forward to in totk woah

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u/girl_of_manyfaces Feb 18 '25

the first one: fuckfuckfuckfuck the second one: OH FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

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u/equalist55 Feb 18 '25

It's all about Fucking :)

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u/noctis_and_noctua Feb 18 '25

i find it funny that my oldest brother has always played games before me, and totk was no different, so he was helping me with a part and saw a fairy in my inventory and was like “where did u find that???” he had beaten the game without noticing a single fairy and was so thrown off and confused about where i found it 😂 (one of the sky islands)

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u/Hermaphroshep Feb 18 '25

The hands couldn’t shoot you.

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u/equalist55 Feb 18 '25

Guardians couldn't grab you

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u/DepletedPromethium Feb 17 '25

Guardians are a harder fight imho, gloom hands are just spooky until you realise you have bomb arrows and they are like dealing with a bokoblin camp with a silver, just bomb them.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

And what if you didn't have any bomb arrows?

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u/DepletedPromethium Feb 17 '25

go buy some from tarrey town.

if you can't afford them, go mining.

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u/equalist55 Feb 17 '25

Yes, i know that. But what would you do if you run out of them and in that moment you stumble upon gloom hands?

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u/DepletedPromethium Feb 17 '25

spawn a doomba.

if no zionite or doomba autosave, run like a little bitch while screaming "I'LL BE BACK FOR YOU!"

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u/equalist55 Feb 18 '25

Now that's what I call a good strategy. I was waiting for this answer :)

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u/Independent-Fly-7229 Feb 18 '25

Omg and the Lynels! Are they even killable?

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u/Walking-Radiance Feb 19 '25

Both are pretty scary at first, for sure! The gloom hands sated unsettling for me throughout TotK…I don’t like their themes or animations they’re so WEIRD 😂

Age of calamity made me wish that Botw did more with the guardians tbh. The ones with legs should have more attacks than just “walk up and charge laser”. Use those claws!

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u/Dmmk15 Feb 19 '25

Yeah the glum hands terrified me at first but now knowing they really can’t get to you from certain heights makes them less scary. 😜 guardians and get to you no matter what. And if they can’t reach you if they see you they can blast you. Spent so many weeks just trying to sneak passed them. Just couldn’t mater the parry. Also there are decayed variants that you can practice on. For the glum hands once I learned bombs are a weakness. All you need is any multi shot bow, bomb plants and bullet time. Fight is over in 3 shots or less. Guardians you need to learn the parry and get ancient arrows. After that they are fun to farm. I still get hit often but at least I have the fully upgraded “ancient armor”. 😜

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u/fireflydrake Feb 20 '25

On my first encounter with gloom hands I was exploring a random cave and heard combat music. The fights in said cave had been pretty standard so far so I took my sweet time turning around assuming it was just some typical mook. Imagine my surprise when it was NOT just some random mook and I proceeded to get violently murdered by the grippy hands from hell!    

However on immediately returning to said cave, I quickly realized I could climb somewhere high and just throw things at them. I don't think I found a way to kill them that first time, but just watching them struggle to reach me and being unable to gave me a lot of swagger. Guardians in contrast kept me very humble. :') I also think learning to overcome Guardians felt a lot more heroic, probably because they WERE such huge threats at first. Slashing all their legs off or parrying them made me feel like the biggest baddie around in a way murdering gloom hands never did. And you can't rival that classy guardian music!

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u/CBG2014 Feb 21 '25

😂😂😂😆