... Just Don't Throw DRAGONS At Them. (Rito Village Defense Analysis feat.

Today I am joined by The Bread Pirate, as we explore the defensive capabilities of Rito Village!
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Chapters:
00:00 - 00:45 Intro
00:46 - 03:08 Natural Fortifications
03:09 - 08:55 Surrounded by Mountains
08:56 - 11:55 Weak Points
11:56 - 14:52 Access to Resources
14:53 - 25:24 Military Analysis
25:25 - 33:54 Battle Scenarios
33:55 - 35:51 Outro
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[@TheBreadPirate]

Thanks for having me Draken!! Now I am in the mood for some KFC, I'll see you later. 🍖🐔

[@Drakenwild]

Have a nice chicken!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

Ok

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@Drakenwild hi

[@AddictedToBloxFruits865]

@@Drakenwild McD or Kfc?

[@J.-1xL]

@Drakenwild Cool Vid!!!

[@Wildspeck]

The rito are even shown to be willing to destroy their bridges during an attack because revali destroys one in age of calamity

[@Drakenwild]

It's a good defense tactic in a setting where you are (or used to be anyway) the only military with an airforce!

[@supersmily5811]

@@Drakenwild Particularly when literally almost every ally can fly nigh effortlessly!

[@S_Phoenix-059]

But I have a question: How does destroying a bridge prevent an Arc Titan from using Thundercrash to turn the Ritos into skeletons. Because I can tell you this, nothing stops an Arc Titan, I know this because my bones have been turned into ash, and I was shoved into a box. Also I fear Arc Titans, they are my worst nightmare (besides Tormentors and Gloom Spawn).

[@Wildspeck]

@@S_Phoenix-059 Arc Titan? I can not find anything with that name that is related to legend of zelda or Hyrule.

[@S_Phoenix-059]

@@Wildspeck because they are from a place called Destiny, where a giant golfball gives people magic, and smokey megamind wants the giant golfball, where I learned fear (until I relearned fear in TotK)

[@masterofdoots5965]

I love how the solution to "How to beat the Rito?" is just to throw dragons at them, honestly good strategy for any enemy you want to beat.

[@Drakenwild]

Reminds me a lot about that one document from Mass Effect, where one can read how to deal with Kroagans.

[@sp10482]

I mean the solution of destroying every village is to throw a dragon at them, I don't think any tribe will survive a Gleeok attack.

[@adamstanton5313]

Same with zora

[@nightfrostbreeze]

One thing about the Gleoks is that they all have glowing heads when awake (be it fire, frost or electricity), so they would have a hard time sneaking up on anyone at night.

[@Drakenwild]

It really depends on how bad Rito's nightvision is. Like, they have lanterns around their town but it is still considered too dark for them to leave their houses past sunset. So it's not farfetched to think the guards wouldn't spot the Gleeoks until it was too late.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

I think she was talking about the likes of Naydra, Farosh, and Dinraal.

[@petrie911]

​@@Drakenwild Poor night vision doesn't affect your ability to see bright objects from far away. It just makes it hard to tell the difference between dark objects and darker objects. An approaching gleeok would be visible for miles.

[@FlRE_1]

@@petrie911 But during night most of them would probably be sleeping.

[@johnfarr8292]

Who else is here from the bread pirate

[@Drakenwild]

I can tell you with confidence that it is most people watching right now.

[@imanobody6029]

Me

[@KAIDUDE64_YT]

Me

[@user-zw7tz8yo8p]

Me

[@space_dragon3455]

Me

[@Redhd500]

No matter how detailed these videos are, with so much stuff going against any race, add link and the defenses are beyond perfect.

[@Drakenwild]

Link is OP, which is why we banned him from this discussion, lol

[@AngryCoward]

Or the divine beasts. Only if they've kept them...

[@semajniomet981]

If you have Link then you must also have Blood Moons to have even the faintest chance of evening it out.

[@generaltechnomage306]

@@AngryCoward The problem with keeping the Divine Beasts is that Ganondorf could easily create more Blight Ganons to possess them again; that's probably why Hyrule dismantled them.

[@owlboy8x469]

Thats a cool pfp, I solute you.

[@Lillyluri]

If i was the rito flying squadron commander, i wouldn't split up to fight three dragons at the same time - I'd focus them down one by one in a barrage of arrows so tight and fast that those dragonettes would never open a single eye between the beginning and the end of the fight.

[@Drakenwild]

On one hand, yes. On the other, the fear is that the other two will get to the Village before the Rito can make the trip, fight, and get back (and then do it two more times, likely resting in between).

[@Lillyluri]

@@Drakenwild Ha, you saw the weak spot right away. Indeed it entirely depends on the time window. Except if you evacuate the village, forsaking the buildings for the people? 😱 It could be more safe, but the scars would be so rough.

[@castonyoung7514]

@@Drakenwild I have to agree with Lillyluri, if a single gleeok shows up everyone is flying the other direction. I'm sure the children are even told not to alert anyone and just fly away the moment they see one.

[@Trixie_Lavender]

These two videos were fascinating! What I gathered is we, the Yiga Clan, shouldn't have too much trouble with Zora's Domain, but Rito Village is... We may need to mass produce our ultimate weapon. I mean, of course both places are perfectly safe, nothing to worry about. The Yiga pose no threat. None at all! 👀 Glory to Master Kohga

[@Drakenwild]

Perfectly safe yes. Let's just carry on.

[@moxiewatts]

Glory to Master Kohga

[@BOOGIEMENGAMING]

Glory to master kohga

[@penguin_reader_yt9510]

HYAHT

[@javieramezcua6294]

GLORY TO MASTER KOHGA

[@Meta-Wah]

I'd say that IF and only IF lore-wise gleeoks could drown in deep water, (but gameplay-wise they don't since they don't want us cheesing the lake hylia gleeok) the rito could potentially fend off the gleeok attack by headshotting them 3 times into Totori Lake.

[@Drakenwild]

Provided they can hit the eyes, which will be difficult for them at night.

[@GogetaLife_ITS_FUTILE]

@@Drakenwildassuming if keese eyes don’t only work if attached by fuse they can just use some keese and aim in that general direction and that would be good enough

[@fubjuice]

@@GogetaLife_ITS_FUTILEoh god now im just imagining a rito catching a keese right out of the air and impaling its head through an arrow and then proceeding to shoot a gleeok right in its eye

[@boneman9751]

They could aim for the wings to drop the beast into the water which would absolutely kill it. If not, the fire would ruin the village like how American firebombing campaigns ruined japans wooden cities. This also doesn’t factor in how incredibly crippling a stealth operation would be. Plant a few explosives and drop the entire spire, with anything not falling being burned.

[@kidsphone1170]

There is something that you missed both the only monsters who could attack them in the middle of the night glow So even at night It would be easy to see them

[@Drakenwild]

It really depends on just how bad Rito's night vision is. From BotW we know that Rito don't normally come out at night even though they have lanterns around the town because even with them it is still too dark for them.

[@rigure]

​@@Drakenwild Well, atleast they could see the glowing enemies. I think. I believe even if you don't see anything around illuminated, you'd see glowing specks moving around, at the very least! =D

[@laimer9236]

If the monsters somehow got close to the rito and the rito couldn't use their bows for some reason, they could use their claws.

[@Drakenwild]

It is also a valid option! Less safe than dropping stuff from high up but valid!

[@Neshoba1337]

Something I noticed about the lake and spire that Rito Village is built on. The lake it's self may be inspired by Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, I say this because the area looks like an ancient and collapse caldera, with the tall spire(and other spire jutting out from the lake) looking like eroding volcanic throats. With that said volcanic throats are particularly sturdy do to being not only igneous rock but also do to the mixture of pyroclastic ash that makes a sort of natural cement. All this to say, the structural integrity of the spire might not be that big of an issue and also I just wanted to point out the interesting idea that Tabatha was once geologically active at one point.

[@Drakenwild]

Ooooh, I love that idea! That's super interesting, thank you for sharing! :D

[@cheesusgaming1769]

we also know the spire was strong enough for a massive flying vah medo to LAND on it and using it to stop its momentum@@Drakenwild

[@moxiewatts]

anytime ive accidentally fallen in the water and tried to climb up, I have always died

[@Drakenwild]

It's really, really deep

[@gamingonfire11]

Don't forget, you can teleport. I do the same occasionally as well.

[@cupkelpie4656]

Those paper cutouts in the battle scenario where hilarious, they really made my day :3

[@Drakenwild]

Hah, I'm happy you liked them! :D

[@marquezmartinez7580]

Something that I’d like to point out is that wizrobes have the ability to summon keese and chuchus corresponding to their elemental abilities. Granted, said elemental summons do glow in the dark so they would be pretty easy to spot. However if the wizrobes are smart, then they will use the keese as a distraction. Not to mention that they could also summon a bunch of chuchus on the village in order to flush out the rito so that the rest of the monsters can pick them off.

[@Drakenwild]

I feel like this still would result in Rito trying tet Wizzrobes first. They are smart enough to figure out where the keese and chuchu are coming from. It would be a pretty destructive attack though!

[@shakedwald]

I think that the monsters will attack by: Step 1-swnding the wisrobs at night with ther invisibility Step 2- sending the gliooks to stop the rito from flying away and attacking from the sky Step 3-using the talos as catapults Step 4-sendig bokos at the village with the airakoda

[@Drakenwild]

Sounds like a pretty good plan! Provided Wizzrobes can stay invisible for long enough for everyone else to move into position.

[@Magnicentrabbit]

You know it’s good when you need 3 flying tanks to take down your village

[@Drakenwild]

Yep!

[@MeeBacon]

3:20 I could see the Rito winning against three gleeoks if know how to fight them, and they knew the attack was coming. As the gleeoks are over the water, the Rito shoot the eyes stunning them, and when the gleeoks fall into the water they will drown.

[@MeeBacon]

It may or may not need to be day though.

[@Drakenwild]

Pretty sure it would need to be day.

[@masterofdoots5965]

​@@Drakenwild Keese Eyeballs still make arrows home in on monsters even in pitch black

[@Spiggle25]

I’m interested in Gordon city, as the location seems abysmal but the fighters very effective- and basically everyone can fight

[@Drakenwild]

They are also very tough to bring down!

[@copperfish8816]

A Goron could cave in the skull of a lynel with his bare hands.

[@christopherstephens2849]

with lava or without? would seem to make a pretty big difference.

[@generaltechnomage306]

Plus, Goron City no longer has molten lava in it; it used to limit the kinds of monsters Ganon could send.

[@Zagreat-Dragon]

​@@christopherstephens2849 i would go without, as that was the work of the devine beast

[@user-ko1mq7eg2p]

If you didn’t’t know lynels can teleport. This might let them teleport directly into the village or across the bridges even after they’ve been destroyed. Lynels also have a odd ability to shoot up and have there arrows land where ever they need (for some these arrows can go though ceilings).This probably wouldn’t do that much but if the scaling one was silver it could do a lot.

[@Drakenwild]

Yea, I didn't account for Lynels having their arrows land wherever they want because that feels like the game cheating to make them more dangerous rather than some sort of in universe magical ability. Lynels are by all means extremely skilled archers but bows have a limit on their range.

[@TSOD-Pr.]

This only happens in their own territory, nothing else. (Late)

[@ScarPoke]

Damn, Bread rly chose a good partner to work with🤩

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks! :D

[@Mochikiit]

I thought the Rito had the WORST defense, until this video!

[@Drakenwild]

:D

[@airdutemps8363]

Same!

[@SunshineRey]

That’s the fun thing about the Rito, they don’t need a real defense, they have nature on their side. They could live almost anywhere due to their feathers regulating temperature and flight so they could move places no one else can and can fight off any enemy with their superior aerial prowess. Everything else is just a bonus for them.

[@Treetall.]

I think the Gordon’s might have the best defense

[@castonyoung7514]

@@Treetall. Who's Gordon? Although I have to admit he sounds tough, and I don't see why anybody in his family wouldn't know how to handle themselves. I guess not even bodies made of stone couldn't protect the gorons from autocorrect. Also, there shouldn't be an apostrophe there.

[@M2DaZi]

I always thought the Rito home mountain structure was an old monument that's been weathered with time

[@Drakenwild]

I dunno about that. These types of rock formations can and do happen naturally. But now that you're mentioning it, I wonder if Lake Totori is a natural thing or was it created specifically as a moat...?

[@M2DaZi]

It does feel like the spire's been carved into, in a way that looks like the village was greater and taller than it is currently? I think you could be right about the moat idea... they could have at least spent time isolating themselves, maybe even knocking down a few spires.

[@Eric188092]

Interestingly, I think season would also be crucial for the monster attack. As we see in Tears of the Kingdom, Rito village can run into food and supply issues, as the bridge being down and the harsh cold freezing over everything made it necessary for almost all the adult Rito to focus on gathering food. The Rito were not able to do this completely un-harassed (Tulin running into monsters and getting his bow stolen like a noob), and in-game dialogues suggests that even without the monsters organizing into a single army, the Rito could not hold out indefinitely if the weather conditions did not improve. Of course, winter would also pose the issue of the monsters being able to resupply as well, so a prolonged traditional siege would still not be the best option. While leaving the Rito completely alone would not be the best choice (since their aerial support would need to be dealt with or at least hindered in a wider campaign), an outright blitz attack on the village itself would be suicide without bringing in the big hydra guns (or Divine Beast Medoh). Instead of a prolonged castle style siege or storm/assault, I'd suggest a scorched earth approach for the surrounding areas, and maintain scattered forces in enough numbers to hinder the Rito from easily using the surrounding areas to forage for food. Travel only under the cover of darkness in winter, destroy as much of the surrounding forest, tundra, etc. as possible to force the Rito to have to go out of Tabantha region for reliable resupply. The only areas to be spared would be caves for the monster raiders to use, which the Rito would not risk entering into in this scenario as their greatest advantage, flight, would be entirely negated. They could use bomb arrows to collapse these caves, but those caves would also be the only sources of local food too if the monsters succeeded in this scenario. The Rito would then have to prioritize between keeping warriors to fight off raids/invasions and logistics support of Rito village. Rito village might not be in danger of being assaulted with this approach, but it would still be threatened.

[@Drakenwild]

That's an interesting thought, thank you for sharing!

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

2:10 I mean, the enemy could pull an Alexander and bring engineers with them to straight up build a solid bridge to get to them. It would take a few months, but it would work.

[@Drakenwild]

The point is, while they could do this in theory, they have wood readily available, they also would be left wide open to getting shot by the Rito flying out of range of their weapons.

[@CaptBurgerson]

Fantastic work you two!! The production value, the analysis, this was TOP TIER CONTENT

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks Cap! :D Doin our best ^^

[@jedimarioe]

Im glad for your collab with the bread pirate. Its led me to your awesome gem of a channel. Will absolutely start binge watching your content!

[@Drakenwild]

:D Welcome aboard and have fun!

[@mayalonde1138]

Nice to have an analysis about my favorite race! Out of all the settlements in hyrule, the Rito village gives me the most peace

[@Drakenwild]

I know, right? The music! The views!

[@mitchellcui4072]

Y’all forgot the ultimate defense… link

[@Drakenwild]

Well, that would be no fun if we just said "Link did it".

[@duskgaming18]

"Our last line of defense will be Link." Zelda:"...Oh sh-" Meanwhile Link: *Blowing himself up with Bomb Arrows, Stubbing his toe a little too hard and dying. Carrying explosive barrels over his head, blowing up, and falling down a chasm. All while a poorly played Kazoo version of the Main Theme plays*

[@brandonashby6206]

RELEASE THE HYLIAN Link dive bombs off a Rito.

[@U.S.A_America.]

I’m pretty sure the rito could just go down INTO the chasm as a last resort. Anyone can go into the depths, and since they can fly, it would be easy way in, and an easy way out.

[@thod-thod]

There’s plenty of caves around, keese eyeballs on the arrows to drop the gleeoks even at night shouldn’t be hard to come by. If they can make fire and bomb arrows, they can make eye-arrows.

[@Drakenwild]

Good point!

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

12:10 fun fact! the way I learned that from learning the etymology of the word. Siege literally means "to sit." in reference to what the defenders were doing.

[@Drakenwild]

That is a very fun fact actually, thanks for sharing!

[@FanaticChain]

You know it’s a good day when draken drops a rito video

[@Drakenwild]

:D

[@Apple_Sauce_Zelda]

Truly a drakenwild moment

[@Drakenwild]

It took forever to make but it was worth it!

[@confused_dudee]

I cannot be the only one who thinks Draken’s voice is comforting

[@Drakenwild]

You are not! In my catalogue, I have an hour long ASMR-ish video consisting of older scripts if you wanna.

[@BOOGIEMENGAMING]

Just discovered this channel from bread pirate. You're awsome, keep up the good work. :)

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! :D

[@dek4714]

I love the video! I think the analysis of strategy is always nice to see and you did it very well. It would be cool to see a Zelda strategy game where you have to plan your attack and defense of the major settlements as well!

[@Drakenwild]

Heck ye! I'm always down for a strategy game ^^

[@Nanaimo__Bar]

love the moonlighter background music! definitely a personal favorite

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks! Gotta love me some David Fenn music ^^

[@kindral5859]

Maybe we can have the gerudo next 🗿🦔

[@Drakenwild]

Maybe c:

[@jlco]

9:04 If Vah Medoh landing on that perch didn't break the rock... you're going to have a tough time doing that in the timespan of an attack.

[@Drakenwild]

That is a very good point! We didn't consider that.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

Here from Bread's channel. Can I say I love your accent.

[@Drakenwild]

I'll allow it, lol. Thanks! :D

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

​​@@DrakenwildWhat is it, if ypu don't mind me asking? My first guess was German, but the way you roll your 'r's is throwing me off. Finnish?

[@Drakenwild]

@@mitwhitgaming7722 nope and nope. I'm Polish!

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@@Drakenwild Ahh. That makes sense

[@rivergamingandmore1577]

Yeah i also have to say the same thing

[@kom6241]

I'm here from breadpirate and I gotta thank him cause this is one of my new favorite channels. Loved watching some of your videos draken, I plan on watching more

[@Drakenwild]

Glad to have you here, have fun! ^^

[@MoblinFanLikesMoblins]

nice video! I loved it! You are pretty damn underrated, you deserve more subs!

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! :D

[@atlantic85]

You're so underrated. Your content is great!

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! :D

[@moxiewatts]

the best

[@KAIDUDE64_YT]

Amazing collaboration Awesome video editing

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks, doing my best ^^

[@FailureProfessional]

4:40 it would also be REALLY easy to flank from behind, if the monsters are on the path. The rito could just fly over the cavern with supplies etc.. and the monsters would have to walk all the way back to combat the rito. Throughout history fighting on to sides has been proved to not be good for the enemy surrounded, so the monsters are pretty much screwed if the travel on the road.

[@Drakenwild]

Yep!

[@myleswelnetz6700]

The Rito: are the most resiliant species in Hyrule, even to the point where they may as well have been the sole survivors of the Great Calamity. Their village also has the strongest defenses. Also the Rito: could have been driven to extinction PERMANENTLY by the demon dragon just as easily as any of the other four species if Link failed to act while he still could.

[@pj_spirit]

I saw the wood bridges leading up to the village and immediately thought of letting monster forces march along them and then bombing the first and last ones as they monsters make their way along, dropping many of them into the water below and stranding the others on the plateaus. Anything that isn't a lizalfos or maybe chuchu will just die from falling in the water. You'd likely want to be picking off a lot of them along the way if you don't think they'll retreat. As for the night time gleeok attack, those things produce light. While not enough for me to think that the Rito can pull off a complete reversal, but enough that I think that any night time scouts would spot them coming and be able to set the alarms to get people moving before the onslaught.

[@formulafoogs773]

If the rito wanted to deal with the gleeoks, why don’t they lure them over the massive lake at rito village and stun them, making them drop from the sky into the water where they’d drown

[@Drakenwild]

It's not guaranteed they'd follow them away from the Village. Also, if battle is taking place at night, Rito will struggle to hit the eyes.

[@Wiimonkey2]

Very enjoyable video Draken! I really like how the later half of a video took a storytelling approach to how a conflict between the Rito and the monsters would play out. Additionally, I like how you and Bread provided multiple scenarios for the conflict. It gave me a lot more to think about, and made the whole situation a lot more nuanced. As a 3D artist, it was also a pleasant surprise to see you incorporate 3D models into your storytelling scenarios. Those were a lot of models you had to pose. I imagine it must have taken quite a lot of time and effort to get that all done! Can’t wait to see more from you in the future! (Also, side note, I really the design of your dragon avatar. Very wholesome, lots of personality. :) )

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! Yeah, just posing those models alone took up two weeks of work, I think I ended up with like 70 frames? At the start I didn't even really know what I was doing, too, never did anything with 3D modelling before ^^'

[@laggianput]

I think a good sign of how powerful the spire really is, is that it can hold up the weight of divine beast vah medoh roosting on it, something that likely weighs thousands of tons

[@Drakenwild]

That's true! Village itself is also heavy. Though with the weight of the Village resting on it, being hit with force from the side would probably not be good.

[@shirokatta4051]

9:24 held a Devine beast up just fine so it’s probably fairly durable stone. Plus the Rito are likely the best mobility wise and likely could change locations to their shooting range in the mountains if needed. There are very few flying monsters that would be an actual threat here. the fact they use bomb arrows and specialize in archery makes them basically able to make improvised bomb runs on the spot. So they can use hit and run tactics very easily not to mention they do make swords, spears, and shields so chances are they have some skill at fighting on foot. So they’re actually fairly capable of protecting themselves. Chances are most monsters wouldn’t be able to get close to Rito village because if tulin can make head shots on a regular basis as a child imagine what a trained adult can do. They would get to the first bridge and then promptly have said bridge broken before getting stuck on the village or plummeting down a good few stories and either die, or be stuck down there. And even if they sent something like a gleeock I’d bet they have ancient arrows specifically for dealing with them somewhere if not bomb flowers lots of bomb flowers will work

[@Mr._Leaf]

I understand for the purpous of the video you don't count link but realistically it wouldn't take too long before they have to deal with the equivalent of two armys

[@Drakenwild]

Yeah, including Link and everything he can do would defeat the purpose of this video.

[@cryolitegem]

It’s worth mentioning that in age of calamity, the only ones actually able to beat the Rito defenses are party members. Not nearly enough regular soldiers, if any at all, can make it. The rito even bomb their bridge as a defensive maneuver.

[@princesscadance197]

It's all fun and games until the monster army hears 'The Only Thing They Fear is You' growing louder as Link approaches.

[@Drakenwild]

Both Link and Blood Moon were banned from this discussion for being OP.

[@EPadraigM]

I always thought the Rito had the best homebase, nice to see you go in depth about it!

[@Cliffordlonghead]

How

[@EPadraigM]

@Cliffordlonghead The Gerudo have access to few resources and important areas, the gorons had the flame of death mountain as their protection, but now that's gone and they have a bridge right above their city that enemy archers could make great use of, the zora could be surrounded on all sides if their foes went up the mountain paths (plus, any electricity would be lethal where they lived, even without their inherent weakness,) and the bread has an entire video about how bad lookout landing is.

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@EPadraigM never mind

[@Cliffordlonghead]

@@EPadraigM I'm not talking about the comments I'm talking about how u got here before anyone else?

[@EPadraigM]

@@Cliffordlonghead Idk

[@QuizzicalSoup]

12:00 i hear macadamia mayhem and this makes me happy. Also golem king at 26:00

[@Drakenwild]

Moonlighter music

[@justtes1961]

I just started watching your channel and I can barely figure out what you are saying half the time but this video is amazing 🤩

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! And sorry about that ^^' It is precisely why every video is subtitled, so you can always turn that on if you need it!

[@LukeBowman-oe9iv]

Great vid draken, I'm glad bread helped me find your channel!

[@Drakenwild]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@aguyontheinternet8436]

hello! Here from Mr. B Pirate, glad to be here and happy to stay :D

[@Drakenwild]

Happy to have ya! ^^

[@superl8296]

This was such a comfy watch. Such a fresh perspective to Zelda content!

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you!

[@Amey_Wolff]

You make a lot of videos about the Rito. They must be your favorite race, eh? I mean they are pretty awesome!

[@Drakenwild]

They are though the amount of content I made on them isn't really because of that, it's just happenstance. This here idea came up while I was making Rito Biology back in winter but it didn't fit the topic of that video so I shelved it for the time being. Bread's Lookout Landing video reminded me of it, so it felt like a natural choice for the subject!

[@Amey_Wolff]

@@Drakenwild Ah! Interesting! Well, I must say I learn a lot from your videos. I actually apply it to the stories I write about the Champions. I mean the facts are irrefutable!

[@Drakenwild]

@@Amey_Wolff damn, that's awesome! Very happy to hear it

[@ValidFish]

what the monsters could do is use planks from boko camps to float on the lake being pulled by the lizalfos, use them to bring horriblins to the base of the rito village pillar and, because horriblins are great climbers, they could climb up into the village and wreak havoc there.

[@Drakenwild]

As long as Rito don't manage to sink them on their way there, yes.

[@1.red.panda.1]

32:20 this bit implies that Bread just has the following information just off the top of his head

[@phangler-fandemonium1216]

why haven't i seen this channel before? this is awesome! new sub!

[@Drakenwild]

:D Nice to have ya!

[@myleswelnetz6700]

The Rito: live in the flimsiest village. Also the Rito: have the strongest defenses.

[@Cosmic-Clod]

29:28 After the battle story I legit applauded. My whole life has been altered by hearing such a enthralling tale

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you! I'm happy you enjoyed it

[@general.catallion_8054]

the victory or downfall of rito village absolutely come down to the tactics of the gleeoks, if the rito strike first, they probably win regardless, if gleeoks strike first, their is no way their isn't significant damage inflicted at the least, the best that the rito would want for would be the gleeoks to come one at a time in the day, some houses would probably get sniped in the battles but i think they come out on top, if the gleeoks came in at the the same time, i don't think most of the village would survive, they are simply too destructive to prevent major damage even if the rito win.

[@Drakenwild]

Yeah, if Gleeoks come to the Village it gets burned down regardless of the time of day. If it's at day time, Rito could be able to fend them off and retain control of smoldering ruins but that's about it.

[@aipcsaipcs3524]

Great Video , love The combo of u 2

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks ^^

[@knellycornnan5132]

I really love your accent. Is so beautiful! Great video. Would love see more videos like this.

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks!

[@amendersc1650]

Slightly unrelated but heck yeah music from deaths door! The most underrated video game ever imo

[@Drakenwild]

I loved it! And the OST is just amazing, David Fenn is super talented ^^

[@amendersc1650]

@@Drakenwild me too! It’s basically my go to comfort game, like the one I go back to, start a new save and play the game in its entirety. And the music is insanely good, David Fenn did an incredible job with it!

[@dungeononion]

Those Gleeoks aren't getting murdurded by birdies as easily as you make it sound.

[@InvalidOS]

33:29 you might even call it... dragon roost island

[@Drakenwild]

That would be one hell of an origin story!

[@torterraplays]

This my first time on your channel and may I just say I love your accent!

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks! :D

[@tvtrexrexbean2094]

this is the first video from you that Ive seen, and can I just say I love your accent?

[@Drakenwild]

You can! xD And thank you! :D

[@tvtrexrexbean2094]

@@Drakenwild Lol

[@polvidalfarre5180]

Nice video!!! Only one appointment: if Rito Village were attacked by gleeoks at night, ritos would be safe as long as they make the gleeoks fall into the water by shooting their eyes. It would be difficult because of the bad vision, but it wouldn't be necessary to consider the 8000hp points.

[@Drakenwild]

That's true. The primary issue is actually hitting all three heads fast enough between it being dark, the chaos and there being three of them.

[@LeetleToady7]

If a besieging army manages to get, say, 3 lynels surrounding the village, there is a possibility that Rito villiage's supplie line may at least become thinned. Lynels can shoot strait up, and can most likely shoot down any Rito with one hit, especially with electric or ice arrows. So, theoretically, if the lynels were able to fire fast enough, they could shoot down any supply missions the Rito sent out possibly cutting off supply.

[@Drakenwild]

We were assuming that Lynels would abide by the laws of physics there since they like to cheat in the game, meaning that their shot straight up would only go so far before falling.

[@LeetleToady7]

@@Drakenwild Correct, but considering how strong lynels are we can assume that it's going up for a while

[@DarkLunarWolfOfLight]

I may be late to get a response but I love the use of the moonlighter OST in this ^^

[@genericname108]

the central spire is terrifying, but……… remember its name “Vah Medoh’s perch” SooooOO, yhea👍

[@Average-Joe851]

Actually the best way for the Rito to defeat the Gleegloks is to stun them while they are over the lake because for some reason 90% of Ganon's forces instantly die if they get in contact with deep enough water.

[@thexdfacedgamer2306]

**The Aerocuda bomb-flower bombardedment of the Rito village**

[@Drakenwild]

Sound the alarms! They have the flowers!!

[@user-sk2ty7jz8v]

I personally think that, even if the rito have terreble vision at night they still could see the lights of the gleeok heads. And with some luck they could hit them and the gleeoks would fall in the water ending their lives directly. (Thank you both for the cool video btw)

[@Drakenwild]

Idk about that, in BotW Rito in Gerudo Town mentions that the lanterns in Rito Village are too dim for them to leave at night. Gleeok heads don't glow much brighter and they'd be at a distance, so they would likely still be fairly difficult to precision strike.

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

My theory on kite shield is that they’re only used to make bombastic landings to use in tandem with the swords, like link can use by shield surfing. Or in other words, not like the usual use of the shield (protection).

[@Drakenwild]

Hah, I like it!

[@ugandianos_]

Considering how many chuchu there are in hyrule, and the fact that you can change the form of chuchu jellies, we could probably plunge the town back into eternal winter.

[@Drakenwild]

It's a Yiga spy! Get him!!!

[@cheeeeeesewithbadmouseandk1044]

Goron: rock men live in hot big rock and eat rock TLDR: r o c k

[@Drakenwild]

r o c k

[@fizzworks]

Hearing that Deaths Door music made me happy. Such a good game.

[@Drakenwild]

I love Death's Door! It was such a nice experience.

[@thod-thod]

Gleeoks in fight can be dropped to the ground; dropping one into big lake could be very good

[@Drakenwild]

True, as long as Rito can hit their eyes which would pose a bit of a problem at night.

[@rubixcube9132]

Realistically, the fact there are so many monsters is probably a gameplay thing as much as a lore thing. Not to mention that if the Rito wanted to they coukd drop a single bomb fruit on a camp and cause absolute chaos

[@Drakenwild]

Yup, as long as Rito can keep a healthy supply of Bomb Flowers it's gonna be pretty scary for the monsters.

[@lordofglencoe6205]

This is for the algorithm, you deserve more subscribers

[@Drakenwild]

Thank you!

[@koboldparty4708]

The part about the Rito’s lack of nightvision probably comes from an older Japanese belief about birds having poor nightvision.

[@Drakenwild]

I mean, it depends on a bird. Eagles genuinely see badly at night.

[@Spygirl812]

So out of all of the villages that go analyzed 2/3 would survive. 1/3 if Ganon had the tiniest amount of foresight with the zora.

[@Drakenwild]

2/3 provided Gleeoks don't get any wise ideas. Massive three-headed dragons are pretty OP as it turns out.

[@atlantic85]

Depending on how many monsters attack Lookout Landing. Any more than 100, and they're doomed.

[@Drakenwild]

@@atlantic85 pretty sure that's why Spygirl said 2/3

[@atlantic85]

@@Drakenwild Oh, my point was it could be 3/3 surviving depending on how many monsters take on Lookout Landing.

[@Spygirl812]

@@atlantic85 Fair

[@saintbatman]

There’s just something about her accent that makes me enticed in her videos!!! 🎉❤❤

[@OCTO_NUMBER8]

I saw this because of the zora one my first time watching also hi draken and bread

[@Drakenwild]

[@ZitaUdrys]

We need to get drakenwild to 100k. Keep going draken!!

[@Drakenwild]

:D Thank you!!

[@somerandomwizard5799]

One counterpoint; link only weighs 7 apples and 2 peppers, so the fact a ruto can carry him doesn't actually mean much.

[@Drakenwild]

We assume normal human weight because even if scales show that in BotW I'd consider that more of an interesting quirk of the physics engine than his canonical weight.

[@arielbenton7786]

I watch breads videos and discovered your channel so just yes I love your channel

[@Drakenwild]

Thanks!

[@ggholdengo]

I have an idea: remember the hidden chasm located underneath the village? the ritos can use it as some kind of emergency bunker (considering master kohga already got his butt kicked out of the nine realms) where they dive into the depth and somehow seal the opening. Once their last line of defense (link) has arrived, they can easily fly out of the chasm and rebuild the village or join the fight if needed.

[@Drakenwild]

Provided it was cleared of Yiga beforehand and Rito can bring enough food and water supplies down with them, then yes, it is a viable option.

[@Null82085]

Side note, if Tulin puts the time in, due to his status as sage he could probably pilot the Storm Wind Arc aka the literal wind temple and drive it overt above the village, the canons seem to automatically lock on to things they deem as threats so he could easily get the cannons to just rain hell on monsters or even intercept the Gleoks or Taluses.

[@Drakenwild]

If he figures out how to get it to move, maybe! Though it doesn't seem like a combat vessel, it has only like 6 tiny cannons, only 3 per side.

[@Null82085]

@@Drakenwild while that is true, those canons do seem very destructive and could help a lot, and if worst comes to worst he could probably get all the Rito into the ship itself to keep them safe since Rito Village itself doesn’t seem to have many places to hide from arrow fire

[@totkzeldagaming]

well, the fact is that even if the Rito break the bridge again, they have arocudas

[@Drakenwild]

And we did account for that.

[@splatoon280]

Aerocudas can be oneshotted by rito

[@faithfulbrook]

Me, the Queen of dragons: *Multiverse hops to botw* Revali: *sees the light fury from httyd3 murdering Windblight* Me: *finishes and brings Revali back to life and to my world along with the other champions and Link* In summary, do throw dragons at them.

[@HylianSwordsman1]

Here's something you didn't consider in terms of threats: Rito are resistant to cold, and most of their threats are ice based. The full Rito armor gives you immunity to being frozen, so likely, Rito themselves are not freezable, or at the very least extremely resistant to cold. So most of the otherwise most threatening enemies are at an extreme disadvantage if not outright useless, including the breath of one of the dragons. I'd think the fire gleeok would be the biggest threat, except its fire would make it more visible at night, and anything it lit on fire would only help with the night vision issue. Also keep in mind that the Rito lit up nearby caves, so their escape route at night is visible. Worst case scenario, I'd say they'd just use that to prioritize evacuating vulnerable children and elderly and just regroup to retake the town from the dragons in the day, where again, the fire gleeok is the biggest threat. I'd give them roughly even odds to win with that regrouping strategy.

[@Drakenwild]

With the ice gleeok, something we also were accounting for is that while it may not be able to freeze them, it can still create and drop giant blocks of ice mid air. Getting hit by that is dangerous and would also damage the Village itself. We weren't considering just the survival rate of the residents but also how well the structure as a whole can sustain the attack.