Evolution of Lynels in The Legend of Zelda Games (1986 - 2023)

[@alvaroperez2349]

They went from being just Lion Men on Horse bodies to actually the second scariest thing to see in the open.

[@flamango8047]

Gloom? Gloom.

[@Chris-gx1ei]

Rather Lion Heads with a man Torso on a Horse Body

[@DyranUnown]

I saw the Lynels in the first game and thought, “Wow they were easy.” And then breath of the wild and tears of the kingdom gave me PTSD.

[@thesergalladaf6902]

From mere tough enemies to literal boss tier threats.

[@MSLBRAWL]

Silver and Gold Lynels feel boss enemy tier! Also please tell me I am not the only one who thinks the Gloom hands remind me of Floor Masters in Wind Waker, those things are creepy asf

[@TurquoiseStar17]

Lynels do have a long history alongside Darknuts of being one of Zelda's beefiest enemies. I'm surprised they never appeared in a 3D game until Breath of the Wild.

[@camzilla603boy12]

Link between worlds is 3d

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

@@camzilla603boy12 3D Zelda refers to a very different type of game

[@LoquenderoInazuma]

@@camzilla603boy12 They don't mean 3d as 3d graphics, but 3d as a game that plays like ocarina of time, not one like a link to the past

[@noahthet.]

its because lynels are in the downfall timeline and no downfall timeline game is 3d

[@howlerr08]

Thats because canonically lynels only exist in the fallen hero timeline and later

[@Pokemonmasterz]

I never knew about lynels until botw, and honestly, that’s my preferred version

[@lysilia7523]

Well, I played ALTTP, but I never realized that the "lions" on Death Mountain were Lynels until after I played BotW^^

[@Davian2073]

​@@lysilia7523The first time I found a Lynel was on the Death Mountain in The Legend of Zelda. It was one of the first Zelda games I ever played, and so I didn't know how to beat them (I died 😭) Btw, because I didn't know their names, I called them "Weird Unicorns" because idk, I was just a kid

[@ChrispyBoiYTP]

Keep in mind, a link between worlds had really strong lynels, if I remember correctly, with the max master sword they took 6-8 hits to kill, keep in mind it is strong enough to one shot late game enemies and even the first boss of the game

[@magnolt]

yeah they were pretty scary to wander into by just going into a side path next to the third dungeon pre master sword

[@astralbirthvoid0]

they were so powerful that the only time the harder versions of lorule could be fought was before the last room of the hardest tower, even fully upgrade I rarely try to beat them just because they're too strong especially because they're always severals at a time.

[@Doodle1678]

It’s crazy how little the lynels appeared until after Link Between Worlds when they returned and Nintendo made sure to make them threatening and tough

[@Whocares-mg5bl]

And they dealt a lot of damage.

[@actung4044]

Nintendo was developing breath of the wild after its release so I would understand if they were preparing us for the sheer terrifying look of the lynels there

[@empire0]

I love Lynels. They're a perfect level of difficulty, and the way they stare you down before engaging you is intimidating as hell.

[@sadistdog]

death 🤘

[@averageadventurer1644]

Hero of Hyrule is just built different, facing multiples lynels at once, defeating Ganon without the master sword, reuniting the triforce, defeating the thunderbird as well as dark link, and roaming around a larger hyrule comparable to botw due to sheer size, and he was only ten to twelve at the start of his adventure.

[@aaroncunningham8307]

I still can't comprehend that we never got one of these as a cross-over boss in Monster Hunter Rise.

[@Bionic_Cross]

Nintendo's pretty stingy with their characters, so it's not likely to see a Nintendo character in a non-Nintendo game. Especially a game that will appear on other game systems

[@annoyingPoe15]

​@Ya Boi Incineroar reasonable considering the zelda cd incident

[@SmilesEdgeworth]

@@Bionic_Cross This is part of the reason MHGen was the GOAT On top of Nintendo IPs like Mario, Metroid and Animal crossing, we got, like, 3 different versions of link and if THAT wasn't good enough we got a bunch of Capcom IPs AS WELL AS a bunch of Shonen Jump crossovers too! I love Sunbreak and World, but Gen will probably always be my fav just because of all the crazy, wacky things you could do/see in that game.

[@SmilesEdgeworth]

Tbf, the ONLY times MH has ever had custom-tailored monsters in any of the games were with World (The Behemoth from FFXVI and Leshen from The Witcher), Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (With Gear REX) and the Japanese exclusive Monster Hunter Mobile game, which had a BUNCH of awesome crossovers including a uniquely textured Deviljho that was made to look like the Colossal titan from Attack on Titan and a Diablos that had an Alfonse mask for the Fullmetal Alchemist collab. They're rare, but when they do happen, they typically don't skimp on the effort, so it's not really surprising, but hopefully we'll eventually get more Nintendo crossovers with Sunbreak.

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

​​@Ya Boi Incineroar Depends; they allowed exclusive Link-related content into the Switch port of Skyrim If Nintendo are happy for the Dragonborn to go slapping the cheese out of Sheogorath's mouth with the Master Sword, then they should equally be happy to allow 2nd party developers put similar references in their games

[@Wyattoons]

First time I saw one in BOTW I honestly thought it was a new creature. I wasn’t used to them looking like these massive lion centaurs, I got used to their dorky little sprites from the 2D games. 😅

[@-lord1754]

Same tbh. Ive been a Zelda fan since well before BOTW and i was like "huh, they are in older games?"

[@Sleep1331]

First experience was in Breath of the wild. Haven't played the older games. Watching this video now and i'm thinking "hey, that pretty neat! They only had ONE attack"

[@manydelmal]

My thoughts honestly xD I've been playing Zelda for ages and it was hard for me to make the connection. In the spanish version of Botw is named Centaleón

[@johngoldfield6602]

giga chads fused to horses

[@TheDerpyDolphin]

That was me with the Hinoxes. They look so different compared to the older games, which is for the best considering how goofy and unintimidating they looked

[@magetsalive5162]

I honestly prefer the parry method to the Flurry Rush method for fighting BOTW/TOTK Lynels. If you get the timing down, you can parry and quickly pull out your bow to do a faceshot for a quick stun, then mount them and get in a bunch of free hits with your weapon that cost no durability. Incidentally, BOTW is a little easier to stun this way, as the stunbox is mostly just the head - in TOTK, the addition of the horns means that you have to specifically aim for the face. Also, I appreciate that the addition of the horns in TOTK means that Lynels actually have a new attack using them. It can still be parried, but it was a surprise the first time I saw it!

[@mothmanafterdark5924]

That new attack was made to destroy your sheild i swear

[@elgamerpenca]

0:16 4 lynels at the same time. That NES Link was a badass.

[@CatManOfTaste]

The Hyrule he fought thru was basically the post apocalypse, dude was crazy

[@WillyLongLegs]

Well yeah but BOTW,AOC And TOTK lynels are on steroids compared to NES lynel

[@jamesfloyd6693]

Those might as well be baby lynels compared to the modern ones

[@Giovfunny]

He's even more badass when you've seen official art works for the first game

[@minecrafter3448]

He was 10

[@matiaspereyra9375]

OG Link fought 4+ lynels at the same time. Now thats OP

[@lx5323]

Well to be fair, they were far easier to defeat than in BotW

[@WillyLongLegs]

Its like talking about WW floor masters And saying they are as easy to beat as gloom hands,i Would like to see you beat gloom hands And PG without using a bow.

[@TrinityCore60]

BOTW Link can too. Just not when we can play as him (IE, when he’s at full strength). Which only really further sells how strong this Link canonically is.

[@vortigaunt_gaming]

@@WillyLongLegs Just use a Claymore fused with an Ice Gleeok Horn

[@jdavis2430]

​@vortigaunt_gaming who tf you know killin gleeoks for fun

[@alexandergaona9879]

Lynels went from: “Oh no I’m getting attacked” to “IM GOING TO END YOU”

[@justsomeguy1691]

Shoulda used one wearing rock armor for the TotK one, first time I ran into one of those it was pretty cool

[@bigtacotime4382]

imagine if they still had sword beams. scary stuff.

[@garlicbread8105]

In the most recent games, BOTW/TOTK, their fireballs are pretty close to it.

[@Doodle1678]

@@garlicbread8105 well they had that in Link to the Past so it’s pretty close

[@DT-yw4ob]

There's a special Lynel in TOTK Armed with a 2h mace with a giant hitbox, armor and Gloom. Plus Fireballs and Bow.

[@projectpitchfork860]

​@@DT-yw4ob Where is it?

[@fnsdjkovnsdkvn]

there's one like that in that depths coliseum with all the lynel varieties you fight one after another. that type is the 4th and final fight.

[@Izanami037]

Just realized why Lynels are harder in TOTK than BOTW. No Stasis cheese to freeze them and keep them from attacking while you get that perfect headshot.

[@joshcoy6748]

And they sometimes come with armor to boot!

[@hachihiraga]

i feel like they did something to their head hitbox too. I was way more accurate in botw. I guess it doesn't matter since there's autoaim with the eyes, but darn, i swear it wasn't that hard

[@DulyDullahan]

You do have puffshrooms to help give you time though.

[@vivil2533]

Fuse a wing to your shield. When you initiate a shield surf you'll get just enough extra air in the initial hop to enter slow mo. Easy head shots.

[@zeldalink1855]

@@DulyDullahan it doesn’t work on Lynels, as in, they can’t be sneakstriked

[@Comkill117]

Kinda crazy to think it took 31 years before we saw this enemy in a 3D game.

[@lightyoshiman]

what's amazing is that this also shows how much of a badass link had become in BOTW the Lynels in that game were more intelligent as in they weren't portrayed as just mindless creatures they were powerful and effect fighters yet link killed them on a daily basis hell the first one he killed earned him the love of the zora princess Mipha when she told him how a Lynel was tormenting her race against her word's he went up to the top of the mountain and dealt with it swiftly and with easy

[@indumatipngtuber2790]

I enjoy seeing old classic enemies in the modern games, especially when they take them from zero to 11.

[@NFITC1]

The Lynels from AoC are ridiculous. They take almost no damage outside of weak point smashes to which they don't open up very often.

[@floppa_gamer1111]

skill issue.

[@WillyLongLegs]

Yeah skill issue i 100% AOC And i farm lynels ez,i Can Do a silver lynel damageless no problem

[@floppa_gamer1111]

@@WillyLongLegs well i dont have the time for 100% i still beaten the game on hard for most parts

[@Critick3000]

@@floppa_gamer1111 I would say Age of Calamity is pretty easy to 100% but I did that within the month it was released so I wasn’t swamped by having to do base game *and* DLC content That being said, it is much easier to 100% then HWDE or both Fire Emblem Warriors games

[@leaffinite2001]

​@@WillyLongLegs woooow good for you buddy!

[@dominitian94]

Imagine actually trying to fight 2-5 at the same time like in early days

[@WillyLongLegs]

Well with mods WE have an anwser And its chaos And lots of flurry rushes

[@finnfiasco]

BotW Lynels are so intimidating that I honestly didn’t remember them in any of the prior games., and I’ve played all of them.

[@GuardianSonic2000]

The Lynel is my favorite monster in the Zelda series.

[@springbonnie5249]

Mine too

[@cheerstothat8089]

Certainly one of the glow-ups of all time.

[@the_dead_knight3]

They went from being no stronger than a mobin to one of the strongest normal enemies

[@TheCow-j1l]

Remember this being the 2d monster I mostly wanted to see in 3d

[@redryan2000]

Any regrets?

[@TheCow-j1l]

@@redryan2000 nope, they nailed it

[@TarossBlackburn]

When I was a kid I always felt the Lynel sprite was like this big dog with huge teeth that shot swords...

[@minecrafter3448]

You can see so vividly the progression of difficulty. At first you could fight multiple at once with relative ease, then it became challenging to fight just one, and then one just spotting you became a death sentence.

[@chewtag]

you clearly never played zelda 1

[@minecrafter3448]

@@chewtag notice the “relative”. If you can take something out in like 4 hits, it is not as difficult as something that can be taken out in one hundred hits

[@vivil2533]

​​@@minecrafter3448 that really depends, on how hard it is to get hits in. BotW you can get flurry rushes, or head shot for stuns allowing for large batches of hits. In the og Zelda it is very hard to hit a lynel without getting countered. Personally I have more trouble with old lynels rather than botw, since flurry rush is op. And I'm more of an action game player so timing just dodges is my specialty. The timing on links hops are quite generous.

[@damiencouturee6240]

This is so weird. I've beaten almost every Zelda game (never had a Wii so I missed a few) and I just don't remember lynels in any of them at all. Just strange that there's an entire enemy type that's just not in my memory lol

[@DulyDullahan]

To be fair, they look very different in the older games

[@Doodle1678]

@@DulyDullahan they really hadn’t appeared that often until after Link Between Worlds aswell compared to a lot of other enemies they’re first 3d appearance was Breath of the Wild

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

​​​@@Doodle1678 The reason for that being that they're canonically exclusive to the Fallen Hero timeline, which relegated Lynels to appear only in select 2D games and the BoTW/ToTK saga It's quite possible that Zelda fans could grow up playing (for example) OoT, MM, Minish Cap, Link's Awakening, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, and Skyward Sword and *never* see a Lynel until BoTW

[@Doodle1678]

@@InhabitantOfOddworld yeah that was their first 3D appearance weird it took them so long to appear in one

[@InhabitantOfOddworld]

@@Doodle1678 Like I say, mainly because the other 3D titles aren't in the FH timeline. OoT is before the time split. MM and TP are in the Child timeline. Wind Waker is in the Adult timeline. Etc. Lynels only appeared in Hyrule between OoT in the Fallen Hero timeline and ALttP, the next game in the timeline. I guess it suggests that BoTW and ToTK are the Fallen Hero timeline, especially since ToTK refers to the imprisoning war which only took place in the FH timeline

[@rngsomeone1003]

That Royal Guard Bow in BotW seems like it got durability transfer on it. A normal one would've broken after that many shots.

[@lucyspencer9752]

I don't know if everyone's come across this but there's a meta joke in Tears of the Kingdom about people trying to ride lynels in Breath of the Wild.

[@The_Seaman]

Would be great to have more videos like that one on more zelda monsters

[@mcfloridaman2192]

If you wait, it will usually take Lynels a hot minute to take out their weapons in Botw/totk. They will almost never initiate the fight

[@alex1vid]

I liked this because there is NO TALKING!! Thank-you. Some KZbin really ha e the worst voices and the music of the games is perfect. Also... love the music for the TOTK lynel (i won't spoil where it is...)

[@StinkFalco]

Lynels then: I take few hits to kill and fire sword beams Lynels now: I could kill you in 5 seconds, with me bare hands!

[@leaffinite2001]

I feel like in totk the running slash attack is way harder to get a flurry rush on, not bcuz of the window being tight, but bcuz the lynels initiate the attack so late it wont even hit you if you stand still half the time. It did that in botw but i feel like it happens 90% of the time in totk

[@isaiahjoseph7352]

Yeah honestly with TOTK it feels like lynels are easier to just parry spam then flurry rush since they constantly use the charge move

[@leaffinite2001]

@isaiahjoseph7352 i still just flurry rush cuz of the extra damage with royal weapons you can kill them in like 3 or 4 with a good weapon

[@isaiahjoseph7352]

@@leaffinite2001 same here but I've gotten pretty good at parying the rush

[@josheaster1547]

I had a nightmare about totk lynels trying to kill me irl. Freaking scary.

[@A..D..D]

Also how about that underground music in the depths , beneath the castle . The atmosphere is just one of fear , such a scary sounding music and aesthetic.

[@dwightdeisenhower53]

Lynels then: Yeah can I get a cheeseburger- OH SHIT THAT'S LINK Lynels now: Ay Link come ova heya ya wanna piece a' me?

[@dawsonglawe3203]

Link at the start of BotW/TotK: "Oh no, a lynel! I either have to prepare sufficiently to face it, or avoid it altogether." Link at the end: "I need nine silver lynel horns to upgrade this armor set and you're about to be number seven."

[@joshcoy6748]

​@Dawson Glawe what happened to the other 6?

[@SpinoMedia]

The lynels in totk are safe until the player decides other monsters are “too easy”

[@fancychuproductions3916]

Imagine what a Lynel would look like in the CDI games

[@stormy2049]

This video really said remember when lynels where weak?

[@ligeringspirit1133]

I wonder who is in the right mind to create a normal minion harder to kill than the boss in the game?

[@fi7959]

There are also armored Lynels in TOTK, those are fun...

[@CarlosAtwell]

Remember the cutscene in BOTW when Zelda was patching up a small wound on Link's arm after he dispatched an army of enemies, which included multiple Lynels? Link is a beast. Too bad his skill level goes way down when I'm in control of him. Oh well.

[@HolyFlare484]

we went from "oh, im gonna stab ya. I'm a devilish little creature" to "I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds"

[@markobyrne8388]

I’ve been playing the original since the 80s and have now just today learned that those are not centaurs; they’re Lynels

[@swoluigi3828]

i like to think they didnt evolve much in the timeline, and chronologically earlier links are just weirdly skilled

[@minecrafter3448]

Ah yes, basic sword slash, the most skilled attack

[@swoluigi3828]

@@minecrafter3448 its difficult to animate skilled swordsmanship with a small medium. Ocarina of Time Link is possibly the most powerful Link period (in hyrule historia's revelation at least,) but he had a basic sword slash, some minor gameplay abilities, and his shield

[@misterfister5810]

Lynels are always said to be the most intelligent monsters out of everyone, they stare you down when they see you (some of them at least) unless you take out your weapon or get too close, and are very skilled in combat Another thing I liked was how confused it looked upon seeing baby Sidon trying to face it, and instead focuses on you, a more worthy opponent

[@mr.magnificent7374]

The Gold Lynel with a Mighty Lynel crusher behind death mountain can drop its weapon with 116 damage in BOTW. Be careful though, it can two hit the player with Max armor stats. It also more than likely drops a star fragment. So it’s more than worth the rewards.

[@richcast66]

Imagine a field full of lynels in botw/totk...

[@byzantine5761]

that was once fully realized with a mod that turned every enemy into gold lynels you can tell that it took a LOT of death

[@Link-Link]

There's legit one in TotK which have gloom in order to get a certain mask

[@johnospina1953]

That is my dream as someone who's late in the game. I wish I could find one easily before, now I just go down to floating colliseum (sorry if I misspelled it) and Hyrule castle depths for the silver lynel supermarket.

[@Kickinit-7]

Biggest glow up in the franchise

[@noragreen109]

I always thought the oracle lynels were just 4 legged cat people LOL

[@danielc9509]

Missed opportunity to include the armored Lynel from The Depths

[@hunterbennett757]

It sounds like they're belching in A Link Between Worlds.

[@Darkstar263]

I didn't know they were in some of the older games in the series.

[@pillowsoft4444]

See kids, THIS is how you have a glow up

[@juicemanofficial6151]

Idk if Ive ever watched someone dominate a Golden Lynel in BOTW like this before lol truly impressive

[@patrickquinones2533]

It's scary to know after 10,000 years (correct Me if im wrong) an enemy that was in packs and was weak evolved into a one shot beast if you don't play your cards Right

[@arandomstarter119]

It's even more than 10,000 years

[@ChicagoRetroGamer]

Oh man, the first time I faced a lynel in BOTW I was completely shell shocked. Now I am farming them to get better bows haha. Cheers!

[@Iamtiredthanks]

I think Lionel‘s evolved over time mostly because of the fact that they were little and population, and they required more strength if they wanted to continue going on meaning becoming the most menacing thing in breath of the wild

[@goopi_eh]

Funnily enough, they're only found in that one spot in ALttP and nowhere else.

[@Cranbearry_YouTube]

I didn’t even know Lynels existed before BotW. I played most of Link to the Past & I never saw one. But, maybe I did & didn't recognize it.

[@Chris-gx1ei]

Imagine what Chat the Original Link was, fighting multiple lynels on one screen

[@PrincessSunnyoftheSandWings]

Wait… what i didn’t know that lynels… amazing

[@julianmitchell5776]

What is that green heart rectangle thing by the ultra hand symbol ????

[@Astrovite]

Could you possibly make an "Evolution of Zelda items" video? I know that's a big ask but like showing the evolutions of the items that show up in multiple games. Like all the variations of the mirror shield, Link's swords (like non master sword ones). The megaton hammer, the Hookshot/claws/grappling rope. There's probably more I'm not recalling but you get the idea.

[@bossrunner]

you literally guessed the video i'm working on right now haha

[@Astrovite]

@@bossrunner That's awesome!! Can't wait!

[@ryukoros]

So they went from normal mobs to mini bosses! What an upgrade.

[@Dustdustdust6948]

Remember when lynels were jokes ya I miss that

[@KaizerHuter]

I mean, in the Original Zelda, Lynels still WERE pretty much the hardest non-boss enemy the game had to offer, besides maybe Darknuts. (Which makes me feel like TotK's failure to include them is a missed opportunity) Hell, they were probably still the single enemy that dealt the highest amount of damage per hit. The player in the video made it look easy, but coming across a room with more than 3 of them was something to be scared of. Back then, Link's limited movement, and attack range made it pretty hard to successfully attack enemies while avoiding taking damage. It was easy to swing and miss, and it was east to bump into enemies by mistake.

[@gv82089]

They were never a joke lmao what are you on

[@byzantine5761]

@@KaizerHuter BRO TOTK brought back the Gleeok, Gohma (marbled I guess), and Like Like, if there's one thing ToTK got wrong, its not having the Darknuts. Maybe a Lynel + Darknut tag team room would be kinda epic

[@byzantine5761]

@@KaizerHuter Also yeah, you can like, really snuggle up to the enemies in BOTW/TOTK and the only thing you have to fear is if it starts throwing hands. if there isn't a weapon actively being swung, its basically just moving terrain

[@Demondudelol]

Biggest glow up in history

[@LordTyph]

I am very disappointed that you didn't show off the armored Lynels.

[@orichalchem]

NES link is the strongest Link im the series Taking on several Lynels and killing them in a few hits

[@minecrafter3448]

Likely the lynels just got stronger. There’s a whole quest about the most terrifying enemy in the game in botw, so unless everyone else got weaker alongside link, the lynels just got stronger

[@yeetskeet3]

This might be a bit random but the red mane lynel in botw/totk remind me of Akuma in SFV and now bro looks like a white mane lynel😂

[@WindWerehog]

5:54 as a fanatic (not gonna say expert, I doubt I am) of the Necrodancer games, let me tell you how to avoid all that damage. the Lynel moves every second beat. if you're in the way when it's about to move... it's gonna hurt. if you know the Lynel is about to move, steer clear of it's adjacent tiles (he can't move diagonally, so just moving to the side is enough.) if you are somewhere on a straight line from it, it will ready an arrow. move out of that line immediately. if you can't but are playing as Link or anyone that can use the shield, hold it out and move towards the Lynel so the shield points towards him, the arrow shouldn't hit you. as Zelda or Shadow Zelda using Nayru's Love here will reflect the arrow, so, yeah, do that. depending on your weapon, the easiest strategy varies. Dagger/Shortsword/Spear/Rapier: if youre adjacent to it while it's not doing anything, attack once, step sideways, step back where you were, and then back to where you dodged towards, and repeat. this movement is known as the Dragon Dance from Necrodancer. Broadsword: attack every beat until you're adjacent to it, attack once, sidestep, and attack until you're adjacent again, repeat the process. Longsword: hold it out with R and poke at him from two tiles away, projectiles cant go through the sword, nor do they affect you lol just keep him out of range, turn as necessary.

[@babycakes5339]

I wonder if the Lynels ever feel so violated when they get mounted by Sneaky Links

[@LoliiShota]

Reminds me of the demons on Doom, regular monster minions turned into a miniboss. Final boss of botw was a joke compared to a lynel tho

[@anijay64]

Lynels went from one of the easy Zelda enemies to one of the most fierce and powerful enemies in the franchise.

[@jamesfloyd6693]

Lynels went from respectable challenges to peoples nightmares. Ive never beaten one, but Ive murked Ganondorf/Ganon in botw about a dozen times. BotW and TotK got the enemy balance majorly jacked up if you ask me...

[@nikozanoyblequy4636]

If you beated ganon multiple time, you definitely have the ability to kill an lynel

[@Goomyx1492]

Lynels aren't THAT difficult...

[@jamesfloyd6693]

@Travis Mattson For you maybe. I don't parry or flurry rush well at all.

[@youtubepay7588]

True, somehow Ganon is much easier…. (P.S. You should really practice those skills, just do it with the first Lynel,once you did it, is not that tough)

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

They're total nightmares in Link Between Worlds.

[@figal2356]

神トラのあの敵はライネルだったのか、昔からいたんだなぁ

[@TheManThatsGotaPlanVR]

lynels are technically the weaskest in totk because of the radiant armour and Molduga jaw set up

[@Shirodragoon]

Armored silver lynel would have been a better final showcase, however you're way better at taking them down than I am.

[@ProfChaos1985]

Lynels, in my opinion, are the only enemy to get more difficult with each new game

[@fbomb7184]

Dang TLOZ Link handled 5 Lynels in one screen like it weren’t nuthin.

[@Reepicheep-1]

Short version, BOTW, AOC, TOTK have given us a truly terrifying Link. All the foes had to up their games or get 1-shotted.

[@GarboCakeMuzz]

I didn’t know these guys existed until i saw this video

[@dlausactor6373]

So, Lynels didn’t make their full 3d debut until Breath of the Wild??? That’s crazy!

[@douglassheridan8497]

Lynels are the most toughest and most dangerous of Ganon’s Minions.

[@theperfectbusiness8903]

I find it interesting that in botw, they do short range attacks instead of long range, like they've been doing in every 2d game

[@Trainer_Red.....]

I really think BOTW and TOTK are set in Fallen Hero timeline only. The other events in the other timelines can still happen but its definitely in the Fallen Hero timeline. I mean what games that Lynels and Gleeoks? The ones in the Fallen Hero timeline.

[@Creature_of_the_Land]

That’s a massive stretch of logic

[@Trainer_Red.....]

@@Creature_of_the_Land what I'm saying is the main timeline for these two games is possibly Fallen Hero timeline.

[@Trainer_Red.....]

@Man Of the land not only that but Hero of the wild set is awfully close to the original Hero (LOZ NES)

[@Trainer_Red.....]

@@Creature_of_the_Land honestly I'm thinking this could be the same Link from LOZ II.

[@Trainer_Red.....]

@@Creature_of_the_Land that chamber Zelda was sleeping in has to be the Resurrection Chamber.

[@xervantezxvi5022]

I’m so glad Zelda Breath of the Wild is one the best game and good graphics came around in all Zelda games now I am even more happier Tears of kingdom is also Super good game I hope we see more Zelda games like this in the future

[@guccifer764]

Fun fact, aside from BOTW and TOTK, Lynels only appear in games set in the Downfall Timeline

[@swavebeatz]

Would that make them downfall? Or is it all shite now

[@guccifer764]

@@swavebeatz BOTW and TOTK all have aspects from all 3 timelines. For example, it is the first time that the Rito and the Zora coexist in a single world. The Rito are explicitly stated to be an evolution of the Zora in the past. The theory that makes the most sense to me is that there was a timeline convergence which acts as a soft reboot of the franchise. And no, I don’t think it was Hyrule Warriors.

[@kanden27]

“Get up on the lynel’s back!”

[@PKshockwave]

They are the best thing in the game. I want a keyring of the savage lynel bow sooooo bad!!

[@realLuigi-official]

Lynels had an insane glow up in BotW

[@reikomacchiato]

Question for clarity: Why weren't they in Wind Waker? Though it would be terrifying to see one there too haha.

[@stwbmc98]

They weren’t in a 3D game at all until BotW. BotW used them because it was heavily based on Zelda 1’s design philosophy, and they wanted to update a classic enemy

[@TheGift137]

Whoa really? I thought Lynels were new monsters to the series in BotW. Turns out I've alrdy fought them in Link Between Worlds

[@samflood5631]

1986 Lynels-Pixelated Centaurs with Horns Link to the Past/Link Between Worlds Lynels-Fire Breathing Lion Centaurs Oracle of Age/Season Lynels-Dual Wielding Lion Demons Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom Lynels-Lion Centaurs that Link (the players) decide to hunt like animals.

[@Kkiirrbbyykkiirrbbyy]

The fact that botw hw and totk took so much of the video is hilarious

[@vincentdeluca4485]

I didn't realize the enemies in the OG Zelda were lynels lol

[@butterman59]

Zelda 1 link: fights 4 lynels easily Hero of the wilds: 👁️ 👄 👁️

[@xxthesarcasm]

once you figure out the strategy in beating lynels, i find them extremely easy to beat in totk and botw.