6999 DAMAGE - How to Stack Damage Multipliers in Tears of the Kingdom

[@alexirby2892]

10:08 - Lynels can't be staggered with a crit while they have their bow out. I learned that the hard way.

[@FallicIdol]

I thought I was going crazy, but I have 'discovered' that too.

[@HowlingWolf0]

Tnx for point it out

[@CatManDoom84]

yup just realized that today too hahaha

[@coolnickles3306]

Same

[@da_boiz_r_bak4508]

Same

[@caspergradin]

Because you break the weapon with a sneak strike you could also use a gibdo bone for maximum damage, then its 178 base damage * 2 for break * 1.5 for attack * 1.8 for bone prof. * 1.05 two-handed bonus * 8 for sneakstrike = 8074,08 which the game round up for a total of 8075 damage in a single hit. Enough to oneshot calamity ganon in botw if he could be sneakstriked

[@conorb.1901]

So in Breath of the Wild, sneak strikes did not stack with the breaking hit because both are considered critical hits. The same goes for the triple damage from smacking a frozen enemy. Honestly, the game in general would greatly benefit from being more transparent with its number crunching, and that applies to all games, not just this one.

[@t3hpwninat0r]

@@conorb.1901 That's why Guild Wars is still one of my favourite games. They explained the behaviour of every skill in the game (i think there was like 250?) in perfect detail while still being concise enough that you WANT to read all the skill descriptions and make a great build, and then it just works! Exactly as you planned! Back to this game though; is there any in-game explanation at all about what the armour set bonuses do? Like does it explicitly say what "Disguise" means?

[@conorb.1901]

@t3hpwninat0r I don't think there's any in game explanation, as helpful as those would be. Most of the effects are pretty on the nose though, for instance the stamina down on the climbing set is fairly self explanatory. But then there are things that aren't listed at all like how the royal guard armor lowered stamina consumption for pretty much everything but running and gliding, or how the Ravio hood made you climb faster when moving horizontally, or the Wind Waker lobster shirt literally changing the direction of the wind while you're sailing on a raft. Personally, I really want to test the attack up set bonus from the various legacy hero sets, but not being able to see enemy hp values makes getting concrete numbers really annoying.

[@anothergenericyoutubename]

Are we sure the break bonus still applies if it's only the fused part that's breaking?

[@HerMi.T]

you can use it with arrows anyway.

[@djr4840]

2017 Austin John Plays was there….2023 he’s still here. Zelda guru

[@jayreyes3963]

I was here for the “Mulipliers” thumbnail We’re now hitting Monster Hunter levels of damage stacking and I’m loving every second of it

[@conorb.1901]

Monolith Soft helped quite a bit with BotW and TotK, and the two most recent Xenoblade games have lots of multiplier stacking. I don't know if Monolith decided on how combat calculations would work or whoever, but it's just kind of funny that we've got four switch titles that Monolith was involved in all having lots of multipliers to stack.

[@OurHeroXero]

It turns out the damage numbers are a little misleading as there's a hidden multiplier depending on whether you're using a one-handed, two-handed, or a spear. (100% for one-handed, two-handed are 105%, and spears are 75%) This is likely why the Champion Leathers don't display health numbers Red Bokoblins have 25 health. you'll need a spear with 34 damage to one-shot Red Bokoblins, 25 for one handed, and 24 for two-handed.

[@mold7530]

Nice, makes sense why my spears seem to be doing less damage than they should be

[@fernandodiazayala6003]

Thiiiiis, I was testing damage and the numbers didn't made sense, now, finally someone mentions it

[@Ask-Ali]

So what would be the best to maximize damage? Lightscale trident with modulga or scimitar of the seven with molduga? Also does this apply to bows? So if the trident says 154 it’s actually 116 damage? Then you take into the extra 2.7x multiplier from the triple attack and bone proficiency buff?

[@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210]

​@@Ask-Ali you can you can use pristine one handed Zora sword, probably better than scimitar of the seven

[@anothergenericyoutubename]

@@mold7530 I'm assuming it's meant to balance the fact that spears attack far quicker than the other two.

[@theawesomecatmom8315]

I can't say this enough but THANK YOU so much for turning the arrow attack white range down. You are the only KZbinr who I've seen do this (and genuinely care for/about) for their photosensitive viewers and I (among others) really appreciate it.

[@aquaflair4031]

I don’t know if anybody will see this but if you use this trick for killing lynels you can also farm arrows with it since most lynels drop 10-30 per death.

[@wilsonnguyen9481]

i mean arrows aren’t necessarily a rarity in totk

[@elGonho]

​@@wilsonnguyen9481I know people have hundreds but until I started farming lynels I was always running out somehow

[@DynamicMagi]

​@@elGonhowait really? I haven't farmed arrows at all and I'm at 440+

[@mr.penguin305]

yeah i know that everyone has hundreds of arrows but when i fought the final boss i only had like 20

[@anothergenericyoutubename]

@@mr.penguin305 Vendors and breaking crates. unlike in BotW vendors restock their arrows each day even if you have more than 50. You can take a few minutes warping to each town for upwards of like 100 arrows. Each day. Beyond that, breaking every large crate you see while exploring. They almost always have at least a couple single arrows, and actually drop bundles fairly often.

[@AZUREPHOENIX777]

I really hope there's guardian DLC where we can get the ancient gear again, I love the way it looked.

[@averyarabosa9413]

There is an ancient blade drop from the botw archer link amiibo that looks cool af fused onto weapons!

[@illusionaryheart3325]

@@averyarabosa9413you can get those without amiibo too!

[@kingrandom8212]

I hope so, yet don't think so.

[@SquidgeM0seec]

Yeah, I want the bucket on my head again!

[@kmcneil0220]

That’s so cool. My gaurdian amiibo hasn’t dropped any gaurdian weapons. Usually just drops the boxes and a chest with a knights sword. Hopefully when I get a little further I can get those drops too.

[@scruffd0g193]

Once you kill your first Lynel, u then kill like 10 in a row with ease.

[@bob12688]

true

[@nthgth]

My first Lynel encounter was in the colosseum in the Depths.. that was not a good time

[@alexn8833]

Nah if you good you always kill them easy

[@dragnus12]

Or you could get some bubble gems first and get a free White Lynel Mace from Kilton's bro.

[@JoshArtisto]

@@nthgth Same. I was happy killing the first one and killed the next few by pure adrenaline. I couldn't beat the last one because I ran out of food and arrows, but I somehow got away with half a heart

[@themissionslayer]

This game (and Breath of the wild) has so much combat potential. It’s pretty amazing how layered everything is.

[@4g3nt06]

you can shoot, strike, or Tower defense

[@walkereisenhauer6598]

Imagine if there was a balanced pvp mode for this game…

[@themissionslayer]

@@walkereisenhauer6598 I would be so down for that!

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

Yeah, I like playing stealthy and stabbing monsters. There’s a lot of different ways of combat, especially now that you can build things that kill monsters as well. And cook Koroks.

[@vanceschneider4925]

For anyone who is concerned about using durable on a shield because of a rocket, you can use and octorock balloon to get air and not use durability and stop it at any time

[@HollowPoint20]

Good idea, you can also fuse a bomb flower to your shield and then shield surf to get up quickly. It still damages the shield, but it looks epic!

[@vu_derArchitekt]

octorok flying very slow

[@HerMi.T]

Things you missed here is frozen enemy attack multiplier. when you hit a frozen enemy, it multiplies damage with 3x. Also for sneakstrike, you can use pristine version of eightfold sword which deals more damage in sneakstrikes.

[@Mightylcanis]

The decayed version of the eightfold sword also has buffed sneakstrike, but I wonder by just how much it's buffed by. Up to x16 from the normal x8 maybe?

[@HerMi.T]

@@Mightylcanis Also breaking weapon doesn't work along with sneak strike multiplier.

[@teroblepuns]

You can't sneak strike a frozen enemy though

[@HerMi.T]

@@teroblepuns i am not saying to sneakstrike frozen enemies. i am just reminding him other multiplier he forgets.

[@kirby.9601]

​@@Mightylcanis 16x sneakstrike damage for eightfold blade. You can get the 3x freeze on top of that if you throw a boomerang with ice damage and initiate the sneakstrike while the boomerang returns to you for x48 damage without any other buffs however max damage pristine eightfold blade one shots everything with normal sneakstrikes anyways

[@Soulessblur]

Fun fact: Stalnox Horns are also considered bones. Yes, they're called a horn, but they have skulls on them, and their description has the word bone in it, proficiency works. It's not as good as the Molduga, but they're easier to farm early game and are the only other material I'm aware of that works.

[@mouthshovel]

Thank god

[@fiatmortem5128]

Dazzle fruits are devastating to stals, making them cheap and easy to take down.

[@Meta-Wah]

Other items are gibdo bones (always break in 1 hit), stal arms, and Eldin spiky bone parts.

[@matthewsaenz5080]

​​@@Meta-WahDo they break on a Lynel's back in one hit? Can I get a molduga jaw before clearing the sand storm? I just want to get Majora's Mask from the gauntlet of Lynels already! I would use ancient arrows but, I also want the monster parts they drop.

[@mikethehunter5212]

@@matthewsaenz5080 I believe they do, but I started a fresh game and can't confirm atm. I think they're used primarily on arrows for that reason.

[@marinmarinhola]

The lightscale trident is a better everyday weapon that doesn't limit your armor. With sidon's ability and a sylver horn, you get 154, 231 with attack up. Then a sneak strike that is 1848 and the trident has a durability of 70 of I'm not mistaken. And that is without the bonus elemental damage sidon's ability provided, which increases it even more.

[@Krakain]

Gerudo weapons are way better. They automatically double the power of your weapons and you don't even need to be wet or have armor on.

[@rthan1868]

​@@Krakain I think they also have really low durability though

[@jpod]

@@rthan1868 not the champion weapon, scimitar of seven is a game breaker, amazing durability

[@rthan1868]

@@jpod it doesn't say that it has that effect in the description so I didn't know that it did

[@ymars9973]

A super usable sneak weapon would be a pristine eightfold blade with attack +10 (25) + molduga jaw (32)=57. With full Evil spirit armor, you get sneak lvl 3 bone prof, and you can eat an attack up 3 meal. This gives you 57*1.5*1.8=154, and whatever the multiplier is for the eightfold blade passive ability with a sneakstrike. I would love to find out the final damage number if anyone knows what that multiplier is. My guess is sneakstrike is x8 and the passive ability is x2 which would make it x16. If so, final damage number would be 2462. That would be insane, but since you're doing sneak strikes, using a gibdo bone (if you have the stock) would be viable since you have time to actually fuse one everytime you use it. Edit: did some testing and even with a decayed eightfold blade attack +10 I am one-shotting Silver Boss Bokoblins which have 1200 hp. Set up was eightfold molduga jaw for a total 48 damage, evil spirit armor (1.8) and a sneak strike. 48*1.8=86.4 and 86.4*16=1382.4…. 1200/86.4 is 13.89 so the passive ability is doing at least x14 damage. This is without an attack up lvl 3 meal and to my knowledge boss boko and captain 4 are the highest hp enemies you can sneak strike both have 1200 hp so you can 1 shot any monster with an eightfold blade and molduga jaw as long as the base damage is 42 👍

[@Mightylcanis]

Chad eightfold blade appreciator

[@aurumarma5711]

I love how professional your guides and tutorials are. And that you still pause to say "Nice". Always makes me chuckle.

[@misterbacon111]

Another really good weapon I found yesterday was by attaching a silver lynel horn to the scimitar you get by finishing the side quest in gerudo village. Gerudo weapons have a fusion bonus so the weapon I created has 130 something base damage. Attaching a bone fusion with the bone prof. armor might do even more damage

[@denialtucker]

4:05 i'd give a million thumbs up for every single time Austin John says: NICE!

[@JTREY72]

Dude, your videos are so well made. Great info, super detailed, the editing, the flow of the information, all of it. Thank you!

[@keithtorgersen9664]

Even though the stal enemies don’t attack you, they still follow you out of curiosity. Can be annoying at times if you are needing stealth.

[@psyffee3755]

Throw a dazzlefruit and it insta kills them

[@dracojoule]

Hey Austin, great video as always! I was doing some experimenting with the bone proficiency, and apparently you can get the royal guard claymore on low durability AND have the gibdo bone attached at the same time. When you try and wear a claymore down and then attach the bone, it brings it out of low durability, but if you fuse something like a bokoblin horn to it, then bring it down to low durability, then destroy the fused material, then attach the gibdo bone, you will be on low durability and have the highest damage bone fuse possible at 178 base damage with a + 10 attack pristine royal guard claymore base. Obviously only useful for Lynels but it should provide higher attack than the molduga jaw!

[@jtsjdhftdrszllhzwrr2]

So how do you destroy the fused bokoblin horn without destroying the weapon? You mean in Tarrey Town?

[@TheRegret]

this is why i wait for the ajp video, none of the other youtubers explained that it was the "on break" damage, they just thought it was extra damage. for some reason the lynel mounting still counts it even though the weapon isnt breaking. always more comprehensive than the others.

[@daemoneko]

The jawbone 46 multiplying to give 69 was unexpected...nice

[@sea34101]

Loooool. With your guide lynels are becoming so easy! You arrive in bullet time mode, one round of hits and you're done! Thanks for the tips.

[@Thephoenixofstories]

6:19 in botw, damage multipliers from freezing enemies or sneak striking them overrode the critical hit making them only *3 or *8

[@Mightylcanis]

Possibly different in TotK

[@Thephoenixofstories]

@@Mightylcanis this isn’t the case as the claymore just doubles damage again when at one durability

[@fernandodiazayala6003]

The OG set bonus atk up (x1.2) stacks with food, it doesnt help to outdamage bone, but its important to consider for future dlc weapons or monster parts like golden lynel horns

[@HerMi.T]

does it? i think every green tunics attack up can be stacked with food but only reaches 1.5x. Or does it reaches 1.8x or something?

[@Mightylcanis]

@@HerMi.T I'm pretty sure it only stacks up to 1.5

[@averywinters6018]

Unless the formula has changed from BotW, I think you got some things wrong here. Sneak strikes (and hitting frozen enemies) did not stack with other critical actions like headshots or breaking your weapon. Sneak strikes instead become the only critical modifier in the formula. Also, BotW bone proficiency applied to bone and dragon bone weapons, not just stal arms. Source: Croton's video What is the Maximum Possible Damage in Breath of the Wild

[@samuellavoie5833]

Fun way to make 249 damage every hit, get scimitar of seven in gerudo village, fuse molduga hammer to it and you'll get a damage output of 92 because the scimitar of the seven doubles the fused item damage so moludga horn would go from 32 dmg to 64 dmg so in total you could do: 92 dmg * 1.5 atk up * 1.8 bone weap. = 248.4 dmg which rounds to 249 every hit without the hastle of having your weapon break on last hit.

[@tomrees82]

A Zora weapon with the Molduga jaw attached will also get this bonus when wet, & it won't be as fragile as a Gerudo weapon.

[@HirschyKiss]

When he has his bow out, for some reason, he's unable to be stunned

[@cupofjoe1785]

I have a question, small spoiler to one of the bosses if you don’t want that don’t read more If you refight a Colgera in the depths, it drops a Colgera jaw, which adds 36 damage. Is that considered a bone? It isn’t an item you can pick up, so it doesn’t have a description that would say if it is a bone or not.

[@xiii_link_xiii]

Thank god Austin out here showing the math and information. I’m tired seeing vids that show the big numbers but no info how too. Heck, this is better then math class 👌🏼

[@aceofaces0007]

One thing to add, especially in the context of Sneakstrikes, the Eightfold weapons double the damage of Sneakstrike so instead of a 8x multiplier, it's 16x. A pristine Eightfold Longblade (with +10 Attack) + Molduga Jaw = 65 base power (not as high as the RGC's 81 base power before entering the breaking state, but stay with me here). 65 x 1.5 x 1.8 x 16 for Sneakstrike = 2,808 damage, which is 1.6 times more powerful than the RGC (pre-breaking point), a 60% increase in damage from the RGC. And this is without having to worry about your weapon being in low durability. When the Eightfold Longblade does break, it will deal 5,616 damage. Not as high as the final hit of the RGC being just under 7,000, but you're dealing more damage in the long run over the lifespans of each weapon since the RGC will only deal more damage than the Eightfold blade in Sneakstrikes during its last 3 hits of durability.

[@PotatotheTroll]

The longblade has a completely different bonus though. It creates a blade of wind that can deal damage.

[@MrGhosta5]

It would be nice to include the other damage multipliers like hot/cold/thunder attack boost, desperate strength, water warrior, improved flurry rush, etc.

[@azuresong7]

Hi, From what I have read bone proficiency does not affect bones attached to arrows. Because you were hitting the lynel on the head he is actually taking double damage

[@HerMi.T]

no, it does work on bone attached to arrows, you have wrong information. Bone Proficiency only applies to bones not bows damage. So weapons along with Bone Proficiency and Attack up of 3rd level create the strongest arrows. The misleading calculation austin did was multiplying Bone Profieciency to whole weapon instead of only gibdo bones. Attack up on the other hand applies to whole weapon.

[@cherrybarcia7712]

@@HerMi.T after further research it seem that OP was correct. Bone weapons and bows receive the bone proficiency bonus but arrow with fused bone material do no receive the bonus. As such a dragonbone boko bow would actually be the strongest bow

[@wade7939]

Cant speak to other items, but the stalnox horn def counts in the bone profic category… 4 shots vs 7 w/o evil armor, tested on the hinox outside of lookout landing

[@funforall9741]

The lightscale trident will double its power when wet, so you can have WAY more hits at full multiplier

[@X_Potato]

14:14 you can do better, the scimitar of the seven does 92 with the molduga jaw because it doubles fuse damage, so if you want a weapon with durability that can deal high damage the royal guard weapon is not the go to choice. since its only 81 at base.

[@jamesbrandon5162]

Which is amazing for regular mob use. But the RGC is better for Lynels simply because you can spam last hit bonus while on its back.

[@HerMi.T]

lightscale trident is even better since it doubles both weapon and fuse item attack power. And being wet is very easy, use sidon power or fuse hydrant to your shield.

[@X_Potato]

@@jamesbrandon5162 yes but its ONlY good for Lynels and nothing else, I usually dont use it for Lynels anyways because the scimitar is good enough for that too, and the RGC would just suck up inventory space.

[@jamesbrandon5162]

@@X_Potato I carry one RGC +MJ for Lynels, a Boulder Breaker with a Black Hinox or higher horn for mining/boulder clearing, a Frost Gleeok + Gerudo Claymore for crowd control, and an axe utility - everything else is Zora, Gerudo, etc... + whatever I decide to fuse to them. I also keep the Hylian Shield with a Zonai wing for bullet time strats, a sled/cart shield for traversal, and the rest are rocket shields for Gleeok farming. Not all of us always want to obliterate everything with a glance - some of us enjoy the combat lmao. Once you reach a certain power level, all of Hyrule cowers in Link's presence already.

[@American-Jello]

I have never learned as much about gaming strategy as I have from this man. Thank you so much for teaching me how much more I can enjoy playing video games.

[@TheArcangel912]

What is the video you’re talking about to find all 4 Molduga?

[@Jacob52606]

I bet he’s recorded the Medal of Honor(s) video already but hasn’t posted it yet and forgot that. He works ahead of himself (and we love him for it!).

[@TheArcangel912]

@@Jacob52606 yea we do I watch all his videos but I don’t remember seeing that one. That’s why I ask.

[@catalyst539]

There are no medals of honor in this game. If there were, many people would’ve already made videos on them.

[@shreesayajha]

@@catalyst539 there are wdym? just talk to 1 of the guys in the bunker under lookout landing after iirc 1 reginoal phenomena

[@Nicholas-dm8qb]

Nice tips! Just want to add more to the bow section. If you do a bow modifier transfer from a savage lynel bow (5x shot) to a demon king's bow (assuming you have 30 hearts so it has base damage of 60) and with attack up +3 (x1.5) and bone proficiency (x1.8), shooting it with Gibdo bone (+40) and critical shot (x2) will give you a damage of (60+40)x5x1.8x1.5x2=2700 per shot.

[@the_Acaman]

How can you do a modifier transfer?

[@romanfuchs1932]

Hey Austin Quick Note. On a sneakstrike, the shatter multiplier doesent apply. It doesent matter if the Weapon breaks during a Sneakstrike its only the 8x multiplier. Awesome video other than that though!

[@facade11663]

Lynels have a couple special mechanics --first is they are only mountable if they have their melee weapon drawn --second as you have just experienced here 10:06 they are immune to staggering while they have their bow equiped

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

I love this channel. The fact it mostly survives on one or 2 big releases throughout the year. Pokemon, zelda, smash, mario. Pokemon is probably what keeps this channel alive the most but AJP gets a ton of subs and views during the first month of a game then it trickles off. Then a new pokemon game comes out and it repeats. Then we might get a big title like zelda, or mario, or smash and then its the big influx and fat paychecks and slowly trickles back down. AJP probably has to be fairly good with investing and money management to survive off this.

[@craciunator99]

The dude has over 2 million subs and his vids get plenty more views over time as people play the games. The dude is plenty well off and probably makes so much with each of these game releases he doesnt even have to think about money. The passive income overtime is a big bonus.

[@WTFaxe]

survive?.... he's doing just fine ;)

[@Mightylcanis]

​@@craciunator99 But that over-time passive income is a trickle compared to a video's first few days, once you're a relatively big channel, no matter what kind of videos you're making. Pretty much any career KZbinr will tell you this.

[@funforall9741]

Using zora weapons also double damage further while wet from sidon... you can double damage even further and get higher damage

[@cikhik]

There's a force blood moon glitch that you shoud cover. Just get a 5 shot lynel bow and go in bullet time, fuse an opal to the arrow and shoot a breakable rock (not an ore) two times. Only in the depths. When you land the blood moon effect starts and boom. Blood moon. Works in the newest version

[@tadeusz7732]

You can cause enough lag with any gem (besides amber and diamond obviously), but opal is probably best

[@enniemeanieminnie]

This man always looks so worried. You’re doing great, I’m really enjoying your totk videos.

[@Bob-gz8yj]

If you were to only use this weapon while on the back of lynels, would you get more damage by using a Gibdo bone instead of a molduga jaw?

[@shreesayajha]

gibdo bone breaks even on lynel's back

[@hudsonmartin9052]

there is a theoretical possibility to do 1620 dmg with multiple use. The demon kings bow does +2 damage for every heart you have (not counting the extra ones from food) so if you are to get the max hearts which is 40, the bow would do 80 damage. If you add the gibdo bone the arrow would deal 120 damage. If you do the weapon effect duplication glitch to get 5-shot it will do 600 damage. The radiant and evil spirit armor give bone proficiency, which is a 1.8 times multiplier which equals to 1080 damage. An attack up meal gives a 1.5 times boost which the bow will now do 1620 damage. although this seems correct it is all hypothetical so sorry if I am wrong.

[@slowguy9]

cool

[@JoshuaHardyArt]

This is really cool! How do the multipliers for the Eightfold blades compare? I was operating under the impression that the eightfold blade's sneakstrike was the x8 Crit (hence the name), and that normal sneak strike critical hits were smaller. I Love how much pummel DPS you get from mounting. And obviously the royal guards claymore is probably best for that. But What is our Eightfold bonus? It's a shame that the eightfold two hand weapon has a wimpy wind effect, and doesn't have the same effect.

[@Mightylcanis]

Yeah, the Longblade's wind wave is a callback to BotW. I'm thinking the Eightfold Blade's sneakstrike is x16, or x64 possibly- 8+8 or 8*8, but I have literally zero testing to back this up. *Maybe* if the Champions Leathers or Tunic of Memories showed HP numbers, I'd try testing, *Nintendo.*

[@cytosine6870]

​@@Mightylcanis It is a x16 multiplier. With a silver lynel saber fuse against a silver moblin (1080hp) it almost kills it 61x16=976. If it has at least a +7 modifier it will oneshot 68×16=1088

[@tomrees82]

​​@@cytosine6870Use a Molduga jaw with bone proficiency to one-shot Boss-bokoblins & Captain IV constructs. These have the highest HP of enemies you can sneakstrike.

[@hibachiie]

It’s nice to see his subscriber count just keep going up, every time I watch his subscriber counter in the back just keeps going up! Working hard Forsure lol

[@sovelis7727]

Has anyone done testing on weapon durability? Curious what weapon bases / fuses have the highest durability, and how durability up affects those numbers

[@sharky255]

Zora spear is op, after the regional event you can get one and double damage when wet for a power of 154. (Even a puddle works) but something else is more convenient. That’s all I’ll say The gerudo quest unlocks the scimitar of the seven (single handed) which double whatever fused so that has 138 with silver lynel saber horn and has better durability than the scimitar you need to build it And then the pristine royal guard with Lynel horn is the best double handed weapon that I know of I like the spear because it keeps enemies at a distance and is super easy to get Multiple hits off in succession

[@haotianxie6684]

You can also stack freeze on top for another 3x. Throw a boomerang with freeze out before initiating the sneak attack, since the animation is long, when you land the sneak the freeze would’ve happened. That would bring your damage over 20k

[@haotianxie6684]

@@Hylian_Explorer start the sneak strike animation before freezing them by throwing a freezing boomerang

[@Zenith_YT]

That works?

[@ericmauk9022]

From my testing (same bow with gibdo bones) the fierce deity did consitently more damage than the phantom armor so either the bone proficiency only counts the gibdo bone not the arrow or the multipliers have changed Also if i remember correctly the 2x on the last hit was for the guaranteed crit multiplier in botw which gets overwritten by the sneak strike multiplier so the very last hit with a sneak strike should not do more damage than the 2 before that

[@Joe-cp5ud]

Please someone try to prove this wrong because I get similar rest

[@j189512]

Tested the same (royal guard claymore as a base), fierce diety with lynel sword, fierce deity with molduga hammer, radiant with lynel sword, and radiant with molduga hammer, and fierce deity with lynel blade consistently did more damage

[@ericmauk9022]

​@@j189512 that is to be expected from the calcs austin did in the video Only lynel plus atk up is superior to only molduga plus bone prof The advantage comes from the ability to stack the multipliers The real detail to be tested is which buff actually effects which part (for me for example the bone prof only seems to effet the fuse part of the arrow not the complete damage of the shot) I think for weapons it is at least is the complete weapon but stacking the buffs requires you to eat food every time you go into a fight Also unteated as of know and my knowledge Do multishot bows actually multiply the effect of the fuse material or are there hidden nerfs (in botw for example the multi bomb was nerfed so heavily bomb arrows actually did more damage if shot from a single shot bow if the arrows connected while the explosions which did not connect still were calculated singular so by missing the target the multishot could do more damage and so on)

[@HerMi.T]

@@j189512 did you use attack up food? because without it, fierce deity definetly going to deal more damage. use it along with evil spirit or radiant armour for more damage.

[@HerMi.T]

from what i read you didn't use attack up food buff. without it fierce deity will deal more damage. it is food buff and bone proficiency which make it deal great damage not just bone proficiency. Even if it only applies to molduga jaw or gibdo bones, it is still going to deal more damage than fierce deity with silver lynels weapons along with all food buffs.

[@orange5423]

Immediately pressed the notification! Still wonderful that these things can happen in this game

[@deletelater4202]

would an eightfold blade deal more damage than a low durability royal guards claymore while sneakstriking?

[@fernandodiazayala6003]

They have a sneakstrike multiplier?

[@Evenmoresteven]

@@fernandodiazayala6003 Yeah they do

[@fernandodiazayala6003]

@@Evenmoresteven :0 do you know the number?

[@SutekkaGhost]

It'll be a sad day when Austin stops uploading. His videos are always so comprehensive and I always learn so many things about my games that I otherwise wouldn't have. He's like the Prima strategy guides from back in the day, but better

[@LargeHawaiian]

Just a thought, but don't some of the temple boss rematches drop things that can be fused? IIRC they can't be picked up, but they can be fused to things, maybe one of those is classified as a bone (The Colgera one comes to mind, it's just it's big jawbone)

[@KlockoArt]

From what I've heard, people have done tests with the colgera jaw and it doesn't actually count as a bone for the sake of bone proficiency. I don't know if that's intentional or if it's a "bug" of sorts, but currently the molduga jaw is the strongest bone thing you can get that isnt a gibdo bone (which of course, gibdo bones only have 1 durability)

[@branhern92]

Not really a bone since Colgera is an insect.

[@thedavidalopez]

it don't work isn't bone

[@Poopy146]

Can we all just appreciate how good the background music is for his videos

[@whsc9515]

What about colgera? I think it dropped a jaw item in the depths when you fight it a 2nd time

[@MrJuice10]

Colgera jaw isnt a bone

[@darthdodge]

not classed as bone

[@JoBure10]

is there not also an additional x2 Multiplier for headshots with the bow?

[@Helionx-qr9ff]

Hey just wanted to let you know a new dupe has been discovered for 1.1.2. To do it you need 5 shot Lynel bows. Spoiler warning now. Then go to where you entered the cave to get fifth Sage. There is a loading zone and you go just passed it. Use auto build to create a barrier to catch items. Personally I use carts attached to the scaffold. Then use the bow and attach an item. Shoot up into loading zone and it will freeze. Walk up to zone and duped items will fall. Have fun!

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

7:43. Wow, lynels still scare me but your setup would make me feel a lot braver. 😀

[@RRBread]

why is austin like the god of glitches lmao

[@AustinJohnPlays]

i covered like 4 glitches. the other 40-something are real strats

[@seraphimsforge-master5433]

​@@AustinJohnPlays Ayoo have you found out how to see enemy's HP bar ? Champion Tunic doesn't do that anymore huh? Have you found another way?

[@RRBread]

@@AustinJohnPlays thats still damn amazing

[@c1arex]

I was expecting a *(patched)* in the title… but then as I watched more and more I realized Austin really was gonna get to that 7k number legit. Outrageous.

[@TheTallestGiraffe]

He just switched out his Great Fireblade with the decayed master sword 😭😭

[@NCRranger11]

Could you do a video on everything you need to know about using the master sword?

[@lavaluffy]

Quality and quantity this man is like god

[@KwehShiro]

and evil spirit has sneak lvl 3, which make it even better to sneak attack. that's nice, ty for the tips! i didn't actually know what are the multipliers of everything lol. also very thoughtful of you for the flashing image stuff, rare are people who think about that, even for someone who doesn't have issues with that, it is very tireing for the eyes, so win win to have added that imo

[@Danivus]

Apparently the jaw from the Rito boss, when you fight it again in the depths, counts as bone and is higher than the molduga jaw. Can't pick it up but you can fuse it.

[@AscendAndSee]

I've seen testing, and the Boss drop (Colgera jaw) doesn't count as a bone and won't benefit from bone proficiency.

[@Mightylcanis]

@@AscendAndSee That's such a shame, especially for relatively high effort to farm it, since you can't pick it up.

[@HerMi.T]

It is not a bone. Colgera is an insect and its jaw is just a normal insects jaw which is not bone.

[@Arctheicecube]

@@HerMi.Tits chitin.

[@jackmartini2718]

Use the gibdo bone instead of the molduga jaw for the last hit royal guard's clamore, as it has more damage and it's one durrablility effect wont matter.

[@Mightylcanis]

Is that enough to matter on lynels though? Silver mane lynels already go down cleanly in 5 mounted hits, using a tarnished RGC with molduga jaw. I suppose it's way easier to get a gibdo bone, at least.

[@amirsingh8788]

I thought Gibdo bones broke after one hit even on lynels?

[@girthwndfire8863]

When he paused and says “nice” after 69 I was dying. I rewound it a few times it was so good

[@SethFey]

Thank you for being the first to explain the thumbnail thing i new what was happening but i see it all the time now and you are the first to say what it actually was

[@Shallot3745]

Ofcurs 6999☠️💀

[@itstyatcarme06]

👌nice👌

[@andyiscool8325]

Thank you so much man, you're video just helped me beat the lynel coliseum, and get the materials I needed. All your videos have helped me. So thanks past, present and future Austin John, I appreciate all the hard work and hours you've put into helping us. Thank you.

[@conner9842]

Bone proficiency 😏

[@snoopsnet8150]

I think you can increase this slightly using the jaw of one of the air temple bosses (flying centeped...can't remember the name). It drops it on the ground and can't be picked up, but it CAN be fused. It has a fuse damage of 36 compared to the mulduga, which has a fuse of 32.

[@silksong6596]

Colgera jaws don’t actually count as bones, unfortunately, but good thought!

[@snoopsnet8150]

@@silksong6596 really?! Very interesting 🤔. Thanks for the heads-up! Dang you inconsistent game 😂

[@Ghoastie_toastiez_animation]

The game isn't inconsistent since colgera is a big and bugs don't have bones they have an exoskeleton

[@cyndimiller1953]

Oh my Link, Austin John. I love how you explain details in your videos but my head is spinning. It’s hard for me to take all this info in and retain it for actual usage. I am an avid long time Zelda fan/player and let me tell you that I suck. I never knew any of this til I searched you tube. Thank you very much.😁❤️👍

[@MrCadrigar]

You can also use trident as base and get wet which may be less powerfull than one hit claymore but you can actually use your weapon

[@MikeB_UK]

Super informative. Love all your videoa. In Breath of the Wild the Phantom Ganon outfit plus dragonbone moblin club (50+ damage) was an awesome combo with attack up food. Fly directly at a Lynel with max stamina and all those equipped, get some head shots in from a high power bow to stun him and knock some HP off. Land directly behind him, replenish stamina, then wail away with the dragonbone club on his 2 back legs from the middle. He doesn't know what's hapening. You get double hits each circluar swing of the club with one on each leg and he's dead before he knows what happens. If he moves either left or right to try to see you, just go the opposite way whilst hitting him. Works every time after a few practices. Ditto for Hinox. Sort of cheating but I'm rubbish with combat!

[@takG6]

Hey Austin, you should try combining this with a sneak build. Using the yiga sword which gets a sneak attack bonus. Then all the other bonuses (minus the RG weapon bonuses obviously) and see what number you can pull.

[@takG6]

@Heath Lew the pristine version is stronger. And if you fuse something onto it then it’ll be much stronger.

[@tomrees82]

​@@heathlew The damage multiplier is 16 & that applies to the fused material, so the base power is negligible anyway.

[@cormacstuart5765]

at 10:30, the lynel did not get knocked down because he had his bow out. a little funky mechanic there but yeah if they got their bow out they will not be mountable after a headshot

[@LokkerG]

Gibdo bones have something more like negative durability, as even riding a Lynel doesn't stop it from breaking fused to a sword. I imagine the hits still register while on a Lynel's back, but doesn't lower the durability, so the Gibdo bone breaking regardless might mean it's programmed to do so by making the durability a value of 0 or -1.

[@HungryWarden]

Also, out of curiosity, if you repeatedly jump slash with the Decayed Master Sword before cutting the vines at the beginning of the game, can you softlock yourself?

[@ooodatsgottahurt1625]

Your videos are so helpful and informative. The biggest issue for me farming lynels is burning through my resources and low damage so this will help a lot.

[@PabloGST]

Awesome! What about Eightfold’s Blade bonus Sneak Strike multiplier? Is it better than RGC’s?

[@HerMi.T]

It has a passive ability of 2x. So it makes a sneak strike multiplier of 16x higher than normal 8x multiplier with any other weapons.

[@invghost]

Can we get a cooking guide for TotK? I've been finding your guides really handy and I would love to see more information about cooking.

[@sealswimswim354]

Austin is becoming the final Boss Demise! The extra calculations are appreciated. 🤓 Nice numbers indeed.

[@RockieOnly]

I would love to see some damage number explained for zonai devices. Like exactly how much canons vs beam emitters do, if they are effected by multiplyers of there owns and so on.

[@jamiegerrish3800]

Appreciate your channel, been my go-to since botw launch. Thank you !!

[@jAfr0Thunder86]

My hope for DLC: Go back in time and do the 8th Heroine quest line, but at the end you are sent back to the present without material rewards (which you get via the 8th Heroine side quest anyway). Make it so you can do this before the present day side quest so you can go do the statue hunting quest later and get the rewards after time travelling, for the lols.

[@davidm6384]

Great info!! I'm using the best overall combo I found: shiny gerudo sword/cimitar of the seven + silver lynel horn =140 damage

[@brandon9689]

If you're debating whether to get the Radiant or Evil Spirit set, just get the evil Spirit set. With smart travel medallion placement you can blow through the 3 Labyrinths in no time, and you get the bonus out of the box.

[@JrShark.12]

Another brilliant video of many🥳 Keep up the great work Austin !!!

[@White-Wing]

I appreciate this video, I found it helpful. Thank you AustinJohn. 💚

[@supersoapdropper1826]

the gerudo weapons give a serious boost when you fuse something to it aswell

[@jamief7079]

Your boy is killing it. Great vids

[@feraldrgn]

What about if you use the Lightscale Trident instead? Since you can use one of the powers to keep yourself in an almost permanent state of being wet so you'd do that x2 damage on top of the bone proficiency & all of that other good stuff.

[@renfried7255]

Awesome explanation on multipliers. I don't know if I missed it, but what is the bonus on the eightfold blade for sneakstrikes?

[@roxtechs]

Really hope we get the trails of the sword back in TOTK. Master sword should be the strongest weapon in the game.

[@bflbflbfl]

2:20 69 damage followed by BONE proficiency. Nice