Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - FINAL TIER LIST

[@HEX33C1FF]

It's endlessly hilarious to me that the S-tiers are up there just because they essentially brought an orbital air strike and a machine gun to a medieval setting.

[@travisalexander6440]

I mean, he did said the S-Tier characters feel like they are playing a different game than everyone else. Is that not the case with those two? He even mentioned Impa just missing on S due to sometimes being slower to set up than the two above her. Musou games are supposed to be one Elite Unit against an army: Impa brings her own army, with their own bombs (Special Attacks).

[@MorrisPXG]

Teba just Doing what America done in WW2

[@Happy_Nacho_Mystery]

I thought this video was an ost tier list because the music is so good. 😂

[@StevenUlyssesPerhero]

I still believe Impa's downsides don't outweigh her strengths enough to keep her out of S Tier, and she'll always be there in my book. If Paya hadn't been such a gentle soul and followed in her grandmother's footsteps, they wouldn't have even needed to wait for Link to wake up.

[@cheeseburgerowl937]

Imagining Paya smacking the tar out of the Blights while flustered and embarrassed XD

[@jcook7408]

Impa is hands down my fav character

[@travisalexander6440]

I don't disagree since with enough Special Attack Charge Seals playing Impa feels like playing a different game (or at least out-of-place with the setting: BTG has an Orbital Laser, Teba has a minigun, Impa has a Bomber), but even in his opinion, she tops A. Based on his list, would you argue there is a wider gap between her and Sidon than there is between her and BTG?

[@iwantallthesmoke3286]

Yeah I think Impa is out of S for pretty reasonable logic. Unlike teba and BT Guardian she takes time to set up and can be slow given the situation when there isn’t large clusters of weak enemies. Teba takes a simple Y combo to get in the air and then set-up done. BT guardian only needs you to hold ZR for a few seconds for free aimbot, simple set-up. She wasn’t in S because as stated S means “Overpowered” and teba and BT guardian have excellent damage, good defense, and really easy to setup therefore they are indeed OP without any downsides to pull their already OP style down. Impa doesn’t have the same “easy to setup” which overall drags down her other good traits to make her not so overpowered.

[@Cecil1213]

LMAOO The end of this comment is so funny 😭😭😭😭😭

[@theultrasceptile]

The fact that the guardian can compete in the miss vai contest kills me for some reason

[@aidenlosee]

They be a beautiful woman

[@lajugadorasuprema9454]

yea same I guess its a robot so I guess but one thing why is Daruk allowed and in my opinion makkosh is an s tier and at first I thought teba was bad but after I saw the reasons now I see only god Ima test him out again.

[@faceless1434]

@@lajugadorasuprema9454 If you speak to the Gorons in Gerudo Town in BotW they say that although they're male they're still allowed entry into the town though I can't remember if a reason is given or its just for player speculation regarding Goron anatomy

[@alsinakiria]

​@@faceless1434I think it has more to do with the fact that not even the gerudo can tell male and female gorons apart. Either they don't want to be rude or they just think "well, if their gender differences are so subtle, are their males actually voe?"

[@faceless1434]

@@alsinakiria I mean gorons exclusively refer to one another as "brother" so I don't think "female gorons" exist hence why I think its more likely a biology thing

[@paukah064]

I think one of the best things about this game is how no one is truly bad enough to where they are just unplayable. If you love a character, you can play them and do well (with enough investment and skill), and that's something that leads to a lot more enjoyment from the game in general.

[@warriorsdojo6044]

100% agree. I am really worried that people will take this list the wrong way, even though I try to express that the lowest characters in my list are only average, and still have some awesome abilities. The difference from the lowest in my C tier, to the highest in my A tier, is honestly not that much overall.

[@vellie-nari]

Yeah. When the game first came out, Daruk was one of my main characters.

[@alfonsogamer0075]

Pretty true i use darok withou the ex and i literally kill all tipes of guardiand with ease because of his c4 being habble to reveal weak points.

[@WoolliestGaming]

I can totally agree. I use Mipha a lot, love her move set. Her, Urbosa, one hand/flail Link, and Teba are among my favorites to use.

[@marshal_8769]

There are no bad characters, only bad players

[@NinF37]

Gotta love how no one remembered Teba from BOTW, and then he’s the most busted character in AoC

[@Nosretep]

They were too busy trying to kiss Sidon.

[@L0ngsword]

@@Nosretep Guilty as charged

[@ryx5111]

@@Nosretep …Let’s be honest, we were all a little horni for the shark man-

[@megamannt125]

Well let's be honest, the entire Rito questline felt pretty unfinished and lackluster compared to the others. Like they did that one last and ran out of time.

[@raviolibirb8009]

I.... like teba more than sidon... So of course i remember him

[@Jeikobu]

I have just one note of complaint about your list, and it reads opposite to every other tier list I've seen. At glance this one would read as Daruk is the highest of C tier for example

[@RaGiNgBaNaNa101]

Yeah I had the same thought. I was confused why he was going backwards at first.

[@cameronsmith1229]

This was my only issue too, otherwise awesome video

[@Balthazar228]

What always floors me is that they gave Teba, a character who already does massive damage, the midair attack damage seal, probably the strongest single damage multiplying seal in the game. It drives his damage from good to insane. His C1, C2, and even C3 on crowds become ludicrous, not to mention his C6. I even bought a turbo controller just to see what max damage he pumps out

[@ToyKeeper]

Yeah... turbo is kind of a necessity if you don't want to spend the rest of your life dealing with repetitive strain injuries. That stuff never fully heals. So it's unfortunate that turbo has become such an uncommon feature on game controllers. Last time I looked, I only found one good Switch controller which had it (8bitdo Pro 2). If it was common, millions of "Nintendo thumb" injuries could be avoided.

[@shayminister4922]

Not to mention giving him the longest lasting stasis rune in the whole game, allowing Teba to just decimate weaker guardians in one combo and do 1/3 to 1/2 damage on all other tougher bosses

[@juanjosedelpinorivas7099]

Funny stuff is he was nerfed in the last patch because of how ridiculously overpowered he was. In my opinion he shouldn't be at S tier but still a solid A class character, basically because Teba and Revali lack WPG reveals but on the other hand they have a massive advantage using the midair seal which also buffs the bombs, magnesis and ice by 132% which is simply obscene. I don't want to destroy my fingers using him anymore.

[@ToyKeeper]

@@shayminister4922 It's always funny to me when people say "decimate" in that type of context, like you implied it's greater than 1/3 or 1/2... but really, what it literally means is... reducing by 1/10th. The word is typically used to speak of great destruction, like killing 10% of a population, a.k.a. genocide. Or seizing one tenth of the resources. Either one is catastrophic at a societal scale. But when the target is an individual, it's more of a minor effect... like a 10% tax decimates a person's income, and that's a pretty low tax rate. If Teba decimated the opponent's HP, it would take at least ten cycles to reduce the HP to zero. Except if we're being strictly accurate, decimation would be 1/10th of the remainder each time... so it'd take way more than ten cycles. The HP would go to 90%, then 81%, then 72.9%, then 65.6%, 59%, 53.1%, 47.8%, 38.7%, and the tenth cycle would reach 34.9%. I understand what the comment meant -- Teba can kill almost anything in a single combo cycle. But if you want a word which is _accurate_ while still retaining the same feeling of severity, perhaps try annihilate or obliterate. Or of course there are more common words like demolish, destroy, kill, slay, etc.

[@travisalexander6440]

Yeah, Teba was the one of the characters I had zero problem with removing a Hidden Seal from his weapon just to put another "common seal," and I cared even less about the Attack Bonus for matching 2 "off-seals." My Falcon Bow for him has 6 Midair-Attack Seals. That is a hill I have no problem dying on. Although with the high ground and boosted further just by jumping, it's more like a hill I have no problem killing on.

[@BryGuyJohn]

Also for some reason Teba’s Stasis Rune freezes enemies long enough for you to make yourself a sandwich, eat it, go take a nap, wake up, and then STILL deplete a weak-point gauge from full with virtually any move. To this day I still don’t understand why they gave him that. lol

[@weirdfreak98]

Thank you for making my day with this comment because it is so true

[@uberlord983]

Run up next to the enemies with their Weak Points exposed, then mash X like its Mario Party. You'll see how fast he tears enemies a new one.

[@seansean792]

"I fed your cat, I took a nap right there- I even ate one of you're NUTRIBARS."

[@BryGuyJohn]

@@seansean792 lmaoooo underrated reference

[@mingofishygaming8684]

I don't know if this is common knowledge or not but here it goes. With Link's one-handed weapon special ability (the bow) if you pull it out in the middle of his backflip/back dodge you will go into bullet time, making the bow significantly better.

[@FlameUser64]

I personally feel that Mipha should be higher than C simply because of the healing on her special attack. Oh, not for _herself,_ although it's nice there too. The real advantage of that healing is that it is pretty much the only way to heal NPCs, and many missions require keeping other characters alive, which is sometimes easier said than done. I don't think her spear play is bad enough to stuff her in C despite that. Like, yes it's frustrating that her unique action is a little unreliable, but you just have to be a bit careful with the camera: usually, when it's onscreen, she'll actually jump to it, and her aerial abilities are incredible.

[@ria_artsymw1841]

thank you! I'm glad I'm not the knly one who sees her incredible ability. Mipha has never been to slow or hard for me to control. in fact I rely on her special attack heavily during tough battles. she's saved my warriors countless times and gotten me through so many levels when I thought it was impossible to win

[@corcor1122]

I just started the game yesterday, so far she's my favorite to use. And like the person said above me, I've found that as long as she's facing the spring with the camera behind her she never misses the teleport.

[@man-iz4ml]

I'm going to have to do the disagree for a a lot of reasons first of all the healing and npcs is not as useful as you think there's rarely a case where like keeping an NPC alive is the hard part the only time I've ever gotten use out of it is like my first time going through trying to unlock Suga and she just has lackluster combos the don't show weak points easily they don't shred weak points easily and another downside is her stasis is really bad it's one of the shortest in the game she just doesn't have anything that good really she's not good at single Target she's not good at multiple targets she's not going to shredding weak points she's just kind of mid and as said there's a shockingly small amount of characters you need to protect that are actually in any sort of danger by that I mean like most of the NPCs that you need to protect that don't follow you are most likely in a home base where if that gets taking you lose and most levels that have that you have four characters and the other NPCs most of the time are by you they follow you which if they follow you they rarely get attacked by enemies because you're the Agro Overall I honestly feel like she should be in c tear even though I disagree with most of these points because some of them in this video are brain dead like I will not forgive Calamity ganon's placement I do honestly agree because she's overall underwhelming compared to most of the cast and I feel like she's right next to terico And aside from that I'm using a speak into text cuz I have autism in ADHD I do not know how to spell words so if you try and correct me I am going instantly die on the spot

[@FlameUser64]

@@man-iz4ml Mipha is good at hitting giant enemies' weak points without the gauge exposed, and healing NPCs matters a lot for all of those missions where you have to escort a hylian captain or zora captain who's already at 2/3rds HP to a base. Once he's _in_ the base he's safe, but getting him there is a bit of a tough ask.

[@man-iz4ml]

@@FlameUser64 I'm going to save for the first point that yeah she's in the air most of the time so she can hit natural weak points but the only problem is that it's a bit too slow and sometimes risky and yeah her healing does have some benefits but honestly like on my to play Frozen because yes I did a 100% run and I'm on a second playthrough and I'm like 68% through the game I haven't really encountered that much like areas where it would be that important it's a good feature to have I rather have it than rather not but I feel like that shouldn't really be a selling point of fish lady and more of just an added benefit

[@wellberightback4861]

My major thing missing in this game isn’t really something that affects gameplay that much… But I would’ve loved to see all characters have unique weakness takedown animations for bosses like link has in all the hyrule warriors Feel like it would be so cool to see the ingenious ways characters would find to defeat bosses

[@MarcDaNomad]

They tried for a few. Like Urbosa does this thing where she stabs her sword in the boss then strikes herself with lighting. And seeing that on a Hinox looks so great, but doesnt really make sense for something like a Lynel really.

[@samsungrefrigeratorcondens4354]

@@MarcDaNomad Sheikah Slate Zelda also does that. She takes a cart using magnesis and then uses stasis, then she detonates a ton of bombs until stasis releases. Looks cool on guardians.

[@dustythebeasttamer9350]

The great faries punch, they also blow a kiss, and all 4 spawn in and explode out of their flowers showering sparkles everywhere. Princess zelda in with her light form shoots her bow, explodes light from herself, and summons a giant bow in the sky to slam a bolt of light on an enemy, master kohga has three he does too. All the characters have 3 different weak point smash animations I think but I know those 3 do

[@wellberightback4861]

Yes they all have about three unique takedown animations But as is the usual case Link is always the only one to have a unique one for almost any boss type ennemy which is a bit too bad because they've given us the proof with some gameplays like sheikah slate zelda or even yunobo, that they can be really creative with animations and movesets

[@LordTyph]

I would have loved Link to interact more in general in this game. It's clear they INTENDED for him to but...

[@Lanoman123]

Teba, Revali, 2H Link, and Sidon are my absolute favorite playstyles. Absolutely love them

[@Sonickeyblade00]

I'm sad to see this game (and series) come to an end, but it definitely ends on a good note. The best selling "Warriors" game of all time (as of Jan 2022). Congratulations, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.

[@zx-dx719]

hey don't worry the events that start BoTW 2 can happen in the AoC world. so AoC 2 can also happen. (unless the weird butterfly effect terraco made somehow killed Ganondorf)

[@probenfetchak8076]

@@zx-dx719 BOTW 2 events is only happening in the BOTW timeline AOC can start its own spinoff series

[@legomaster2538]

The big question is if Three Hopes will surpass Age of Calamity or not.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@legomaster2538 in sales? Big N-O. Other? Find out in 2023

[@legomaster2538]

@@therealjaystone2344, no by marketing, I meant advertisement.

[@nick3805]

For me, Kohga is one of the best characters. I've had situations where I had to fight against 5 bosses at the same time, situations where any other character would have failed, but with Kohga, I just had to complete a full attack string and then - boom! Each and everyone of these bosses had his weakpoints absolutely destroyed.

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

You see, when he says “I’m your best guy!” whenever you pick him, _he means it._

[@man-iz4ml]

Honestly as paylaying him as one of my mains I 100% agree His weak point shredding potential and damage is unparalleled

[@megaman37456]

"Well would you look at that! I've improved on perfection!" - Master Kohga

[@user-bl6oj1hl8i]

​@@megaman37456With you on that

[@stylishgaby]

King Rhoam is one of the most fun moveset in my opinion. I absolutely love playing him and 2Handed Link, guess I just like big swords lol.

[@LUCKYgrebo]

Bruh your sus

[@firenze6478]

Bet you use a great sword in monster hunter. -fellow admirer of comically large swords

[@stylishgaby]

@@firenze6478 Well to be fair, all weapons in Monter Hunter are huge! I do quite like the greatsword, but funnily enough I also really enjoy the double shortblades.

[@kewpiemayobaby]

I was shocked to see Mipha in C tier. I’ve mained her through the majority of the game and have found that eventually her waterfall special ability is rather reliable once you get the hang of it. She’s super good with fighting Hinox and moblins!

[@kewpiemayobaby]

@@shayneaustin9866 That’s what I’m saying lol

[@powerfulberry237]

She isn't as good compared to the S tier chars but C tier is still very good, especially considering how some chars had been F tier before in his musou list. Ur one of those salty kids who would cry about how ur main is ranked "worst" even when there are only 3 chars and someone has go be the 3rd and hence be the worst among the cast. If you don't understand what worst means in English or ur only seeking validation over ur mid waifu, maybe look elsewhere or I can make a pointless tier list that you desire. Here you go: *Perfect Tier List for Snowflakes* S-Tier: Everyone

[@kewpiemayobaby]

@@powerfulberry237 why would you even take time out of your day to type that, I didn’t criticize this tier list at all. Just expressing my surprise. Welcome to the internet, people have opinions. I know, it’s difficult to hear :(

[@HACSSuperbMiner]

@@powerfulberry237 Damn who hurt you?

[@megaman37456]

Yeah Mipha is easily A tier. Especially with her bomb ability. But yeah if you upgrade her abilities she's definite A Tier material.

[@Gragthor]

Never got around to playing the DLC, but I will say the character that clicked with me immediately was, of all people, Maz Koshia. He was so much fun to play, and never left my team. Overall, I'd say this is a fair and balanced list.

[@ironwraith852]

Ah man, Max Koshia is my favorite! There’s something so fun about just beyblading everything into oblivion!

[@partialplanetpluto]

-"All hail the King" King in C tier. I kid, I love how each character brings something unique and fun to the roster. Great video and an end of an era. I look forward for your future vids. Cheers!

[@warriorsdojo6044]

The king is dead. All hail the king!

[@aidanschmidt]

the gaurdian makes teba look like a pheasant to an emperor

[@TheChampionLion626]

I find it hilarious that all the future champions have near the opposite placement of their corresponding current champion

[@probenfetchak8076]

You know what else is hilarious the so called future champions are not the future champions since the divine beasts will no longer have a huge role to play in BOTW 2 which means that the future champions are just your average champion descendants that will play a smaller role in BOTW 2 than they did in BOTW remember Link and Zelda are going up against the real Ganon not a phantom of Ganon that the real ganon created the differences between ganondorf and the calamity is that for Ganondorf you actually need the master sword to beat him and the wielders of the other two pieces of the Triforce for the calamity you can use anything against it Ganondorf did a very great job of creating that allusion that only the Princess of Hyrule needs to unlock her powers to seal the calamity away and that you need the knight who seals darkness and that you need the guardians and divine beasts with its pilots to beat the calamity and I bet there would be a cutscene where the spirits of the champions would go back into their divine beasts to weaken Ganondorf then the moment they think they weaken him “Ganondorf just starts laughing and then says you think that you can weaken me with your toys I created those things that you pilot you and the rest of the kingdom feel right for my trap

[@yorickvlt1021]

I'd consider reading this if you put like, a single comma in there, but bro my brain is melting right now

[@probenfetchak8076]

@@yorickvlt1021 Bruh your not my English teacher so I can do what I want

[@aperson6562]

@@probenfetchak8076 bruh that’s so childish

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

@@probenfetchak8076 it’s a matter of courtesy man. Sure go ahead and forgo grammar, but don’t get mad at people (who are just more accustomed to proper grammar) have trouble, not to mention people who have trouble reading.

[@RancidRiki]

Sooga is better than low b. It's not only his counter but the number of ways he has to reveal a weak point and in a scenario where you are fighting more than one boss or larger enemy the fact that you can put your counter while attacking and continue the combo means you can fight back much better against several bosses than you would with most other characters as you can attack one while countering the other. And the fact that his stasis deals so much weak point damage while still being dodge cancellable after the attack is done to allow more damage. You've undersold his capabilities by having him down as solely a boss killer

[@RancidRiki]

And also putting the guardian in S tier with the reason of being such a good boss killer a damage dealer but holding sooga back to B tier despite according to him being "the best 1 on 1 boss killer" is kind od a double standard when sooga can break down weak points similarly with his fast weak point revealing c5 and busted stasis not to mention the other things in his kit that reveal weak points

[@CopShowGuy]

@@RancidRiki The difference is that the Guardian is a long range boss killer. Sooga is a melee range boss killer. Guardian doesn't involve a fraction of the amount of risk Sooga has to take to do what he does. If there are multiple bosses/elites around Sooga when he's fighting, it can be hard to focus on one and build up his counter gauge. Guardian can just sit back and laser for days regardless of enemies present.

[@RancidRiki]

@@CopShowGuy sooga doesn't really need the counter gauge buff though, it's simply a helpful bonus. And simply having a counter that can be done mid combo makes him much better against multiple bosses as he can counter attacks from one without pausing an assault on another. That and his stasis is stupid powerful and gives a good length of stasis time remaining if you dodge cancel after the slashes, added onto the fact that he has several ways of revealing weak points including his c5 which slows down enemies before revealing their weak points making it quite safe to do compared to other risky weak point revealers. It undersells sooga if you treat him as just a duelist with a good counter as he has many other busted things at his disposal

[@man-iz4ml]

@@CopShowGuy there is a few things you can say about certain characters that will instantly be known as a marker for not playing that character enough and that one about sooga is definitely one of them saying he relies on building up his counter meter is one of the most wrong takes a man could have stupid does not need to rely on that hell I just look at that as a bonus and the whole thing of comparing Guardian to funny ninja man in your way I can bring up a couple counter arguments but I'm just going to say this sentence the main difference is that yeah one close range one's long range with the difference of one having more risk and the other one having way more reward the guardian has an orbital strike which can show weak point gauges which then you can stasis and do a combo the main drawback to this is how slow it really is sure you can do it at a safe distance but a lot of characters will have projectiles a way of rushing down so quick that it's going to be hard to get that whole combo down not to mention I feel like the guardian is not really good when it comes to fighting multiple targets the way of having his main boss Shredder attack being a C6 on a relatively slow character that can only really focus on one I feel like he's s tier or on the verge of s tier though and the dual wielding Katana anime man more focuses on getting up in the enemy's face Google has the ability of insane offense and the counter provides a surprising amount of Defense if you can use it effectively having the ability to basically deny a hit and stop the enemy's combo wow leading into a paper shredding attack with a stasis with a really good attack that you can dodge cancel the useless filler at the end to still have half of the time to do your own thing not to mention suga's C5 is probably one of the most reliable weak point showers out of basically anyone in the cast and hell with the C5 and stasis you don't even need two counter my unique action broken my controller and Suga was my main character and even then he made the entire levels I played look like a joke to wrap this all love which I don't even know if it's coherent anymore I feel like the guardian has really good shredding but it takes a while to get up a bit of a head start to said combos and sooga has some of the best fundamentals ability to start combos and ability to shred weak points while being surprisingly safe

[@CopShowGuy]

@@man-iz4ml Gonna be honest. That's pretty difficult to read. Whatever you're trying to convey, I think Rancid Riki is saying the same thing. I'll just say I didn't say Sooga RELIES on his counter gauge. Rather it's difficult for him to use it with multiple boss enemies.

[@pdiddlers3268]

I'm my opinion (as a filthy casual...) I disagree with the placement of One-handed Link. You explained him very well, don't get me wrong; however the fact that he is built to handle every situation the game has, makes me think he should be out of top "B" and put into bottom "A". I feel like "B" tier should be for competent fighting in most scenarios, where as Link has proficiency in all scenarios. I love the video btw. You put hard work and effort into what you do and it shows.

[@G_Knee-S]

One-handed Link has one more trick up his sleeve that doesn't seem to be mentioned here: If the unique action is triggered in mid-air, you'll shoot more arrows, with a higher rate of fire and a higher damage output. This can be done in the middle of his back dodge, so you can dodge-cancel a combo after landing the heavy hit and follow up with the arrows immediately after, making especially his last combo even better.

[@RichardFisting]

@@G_Knee-S Here’s one other thing about one handed Link, his final combo is probably the best in the game for chaining into itself. The only other characters I can say are better for that are King Rhoam and Sidon

[@travisalexander6440]

There is also the simplicity of his playstyle (there is substantially less set-up with 1-Hand than even the top-Tier characters) while having no glaring weaknesses, which makes him easy to pick up and easy to master. He loses a little on the top-end for it, but still gets a chainable WPG-exposure with C6-2 and C7-2, can Perfect Parry with Shields, and gets a bonus in his Unique with Bullet-Time and more damage. I think this is just a value thing, because he mentions most of this as to why 1-Hand Link tops B-Tier, but I see them as reasons he should be in A. All that said, we are arguing over maybe a couple of spots. It's not like he had 1-Hand Link in his Mid-B or Bottom-B.

[@gamingrat91]

i highly disagree with Revalis placement. i play very aggressively and rarely, if ever have issues stayingin the sky

[@Marnige]

Yeah, seems like his only issue for him was that he was unable to dodge enemies attacks. I guess if you're skilled enough or this guy is just bad at dodging, then its unfair to place him THAT low.

[@jakelott6520]

I agree with you Revali is busted.

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

Same, i was surprised to see him there

[@firenze6478]

@@jakelott6520 hes super fast, has amazing crowd clearing and a combo that destroys wpgs. Yet hes always rated so low…

[@man-iz4ml]

I'm not going to argue with balance because like I personally agree with ravali's placement and think he's bad but I'm just going to talk about my opinion on his game feel and I hate it I hate how you're so sluggish in the air when you would expect to be fast I hate having to deal with the constant struggle of going down and up down and up for his attacks his movement in the air is not on the directional which means you can only move where you're looking and you turn slowly I personally think he's bad but like maybe he's not I don't play him because he gives me a migraine every time I play him but maybe he's good but my opinion on this one character is one of the most invalid because every time I play him I feel like I'm being drilled in the skull

[@ObsessionistVideos]

Even as I stopped putting time into the actually game, I've still be psyched to see another video of yours pop up, and it always goes to the top of my watch-later list if I can't get to it right then. Thinking about this game's design is just a lot of fun, perhaps even more so than the actual game, and I appreciate how thoughtfully you make your tier lists. It helps that Koei Tecmo is so bad at communicating how the characters actually work! You've done a lot for my enjoyment of the game both as I was playing and after.

[@shineegg2823]

I feel like monk mas Koshia should be in S for one reason: if you use his extended c6 and fire the laser, the laser will use up the charges THEN the balls will explode, instantly refilling it. He might be the fastest killer in the game

[@samildelarosa9297]

Oh yes... I found out about this killer combo and it's amazing... And since his regular a attack string has rather long reach to space out the enemy, It is safe to do to.

[@ironwraith852]

What’s a C6?

[@shineegg2823]

@@ironwraith852 5/6 y’s and a x

[@ironwraith852]

@@shineegg2823 oh, Combo 6. I get it now. Thanks!

[@broodypie2216]

Alot of his moves render him invulnerable at just the right time to avoid being stunned, usually leading to him smashing the weak points of everything on screen, if not outright killing multiple boss monsters with this combo

[@ArdorG.]

Something interesting I’ve come to realize is I feel like the tier list varies wildly between single player and two-player. I almost exclusively play Warriors games with my friend, so a lot of time we consider how well our characters work together, as well as how the A.I. changes to compensate for two players. If one character isn’t fast enough to make use of their stun gauge breaks, it doesn’t matter. The other player will get it. We pretty much had two modes: Divide and conquer or stun lock the enemy to death. Since pretty much day one, we have both agreed that Mipha was hands down the best character in the game due to her healing, speed, and ability to easily reveal stun gauges on Talus and Hinoxs. My personal top 3 characters after her are Two-Handed Link, Sidon, and Sooga. For him, it’s Koshai, Guardian, and Slate Zelda. Impa would be on the list… but Impa and two-player do not mix well. Frame rate drops to unplayable levels real quick.

[@RhapsodyHC]

My brother and I played Co Op and we agreed Mipha and Impa were the best.

[@ultrakitten1604]

Kohga is op

[@NovelteaJ1228]

comment so big it got an mf scrollbar

[@legend_of_ozzy2525]

With Mipha, it really depends on who’s using her. For those that have mastered her(I.e. me) she’s easily an S tier character. Speed, good power, and healing ability would easily land her in S tier

[@mikeystorm8124]

Yep one can literally teleport across the field whiping off monster and easily swiping 300 cunts in like 1.5 minutes

[@docterinker]

yeah same here

[@stephendavey9924]

Sames

[@man-iz4ml]

Honestly I'm going to have to disagree first of all there's a surprisingly lack of applications the healing ability is useful for especially because this Warriors game mainly focuses on single targets with just you also damage I'm going to have to say no she does not have good damage she has very few attacks that can show weak points she doesn't have a good shredding move to shred weak points and her stasis is one of the shortest in the game and honestly I do not know what to talk about about speed she's fast I guess but I mean what's that going to get you when you can't rack up damage

[@beckhampang191]

Nope. Why they are S isn't dependant on you or whoever mastered them. Why they are S is because they are simply fucking broken. S is for broken. A is for mastered

[@Cooler7328]

Mipha is easily top A tier. Heals aside, which are lifesavers, she can easily clear mobs and perform an infinite combo loop on bosses. She tears them up and keeps them from even attacking.

[@Pizzaman-jf2rg]

I honestly thought Link's two handed weapons would be A or S tier. The single target damage you can rack up with it is just absolutely insane

[@thenonexistinghero]

This list is still just an opinion though. The guy who created this doesn't know everything, so maybe you know enough about handling this weapon to push it to A-tier or better. Wolf in Smash was generally seen as a bad-to-average character, but I knew from the start he kicked ass and now he's consistently high to top tier now that people learned him properly, for example.

[@janrosa7243]

Problem is the amount of risk involved and how easy they are to cancel in and out of. Two handed locks you into a lot of animations till they complete and they drain your hearts. If playing on apocalyptic that's a huge risk for not as great reward that S and S link doesn't face yet still probably deals about the same amount of damage (through weak point chains) while also working better for crowds. Even then Sword and shield link has the issue of being too slow on the special charge which makes it so it takes too long to beat a lot of damage sponge enemies in a reasonable amount of time. A tier is pretty solid because those are all characters that carry little to no risk in gameplay style while also working well against multi and single targets. Two handed is nice against single targets but very few high level challenges will ever have you focus exclusively on single target enemies which is why it's generally better to just bring a character or weapon that can do both.

[@NottSaying]

something that I haven't seen anyone mention really is that whenever you are in a unique ability animation all damage is converted to temporary damage, so you can rush in, perform a c6, tank all the damage, and then heal to full. it even works in the one shot kill rounds, they still leave you with a quarter heart to spare

[@coldgiga9140]

I always enjoyed your videos and they helped me a lot! The only change I would make to the teir list would be the fact that master kohga should be a little higher. He has an infinite loop against almost all of the big bosses and his stress metre really isn’t a downside at all. The loop makes the boss rushes at the end of the game completely trivial. But apart from that, great video and series! I’ll be looking forward to more videos in the future!

[@RJSF9]

I'm glad I finally gave Teba a fair try. For me he's around level 50, with an average bow (~62 damage), and I don't have his enhanced bomb arrow ability yet. But already, he completely freaking shreds EVERYTHING. One of the few characters I didn't feel the need to "over level" at all.

[@HoytTheMage]

I just want to say thank you for all the work you put into this video and your guides as well, I can honestly say that your content elevated my enjoyment of the game by letting me experience every character to their fullest, thank you so much! Also bruh all my faves are in C tier lol

[@warriorsdojo6044]

C tier is respectable!

[@kristianderekball2538]

I personally think that Sooga is middle of A tier to low S tier because of how much it can destroy bosses. His tornado can destroy so many enemies and if you can hold his counter ability, all of the attack get a huge buff.

[@RancidRiki]

Yes and he put the guardian in s for the same reason he undersold sooga as he claimed they're both really good boss killers

[@shadedergu9921]

I mean, Revali is still an infinite combo boss shredder But he was put in C because him taking damage while midair has a long stun I don't think he was counting how good one is at shredding bosses alone cause then a few characters who can one combo any boss in the game (Revali) via weakpoint exposure and stasis combos would all be S

[@Magic_Ice]

@@RancidRiki The difference is that 1. The Guardian can do it against any boss while Sooga is best for big bosses. 2. The Guardian can do it at a super safe distance.

[@RancidRiki]

@@Magic_Ice the counter makes sooga considerably better than most at situations with more than 1 boss as you can counter one whilst attacking the other. Sooga is also quite good against smaller bosses if you learn the timings too, hence me saying he deserves at least an A tier

[@Magic_Ice]

@@RancidRiki Maybe. I haven’t played in a while and I am just going off what he said in the video.

[@AbeM.]

I love Hestu, the attack where he goes onto a leaf just destroys weak point gauges.

[@plazat-rex9039]

I hope you're doing well and that you're able to enjoy the new Fire Emblem Warriors game!

[@claydolmaster2644]

I’ve finally decided to play through the entire game, and thanks to your guides I’ve finally been able to enjoy it. It took me a long time to understand this game. While I still prefer the original hyrule warriors, I still love this game. It was thanks to your guides I found the game fun and not annoying and boring. Thank you for helping me love a game

[@Khalilwilliep]

The only thing I hated about hyrule warriors is grinding and the cluckiness of getting better weapons vs me just getting the seals in hwaoc

[@CatvonTiny]

For the most part this tier list is fairly accurate for me, but I heavily disagree with Mipha's low placement. While she's certainly not the best character, once you get a feel for the weirdness that is whether or not she will place a new fountain or go to an already placed one (or just use a c that acts as fountain), her aerials are absurdly powerful and tear through weak point guages. You can get pretty consistent with getting these off. It requires quite a bit of investment into learning her, but I think that places her at roughly a mid b tier. Sad to see this series come to a close, but it was a really great ride nonetheless. Thanks for your great content! (P.S., Impa can force WPGs with her aerial unique action, firing the kunai. She's always gonna be an S tier in my heart.)

[@jaysonjackson3455]

It's a shame we never got to play Astor. I could see another Young Link/Fierce Deity mechanic between him and a Calamity Ganon form.

[@PerfectDarkly]

There's a handful of characters I think got undersold here, but Sooga's the one I have to defend really. When the man can expose everybody's weak points with a single button press _and_ has bar-none the hardest-hitting Stasis in the game, it's difficult to imagine how he's rated weaker than Bow of Light and Master Cycle at least. (I also think Daruk gets better at breaking weak points if you fall back on Remote Bomb instead of Stasis. Bomb always does solid damage to pre-exposed WPs and his is quick and strong)

[@RancidRiki]

Yunobo can reveal weak points at will with his power, and he gets into A tier. Sooga can do the same without rng and in several different ways (such as his counter, magnesis, cryonis, c5 and c6) and has a powerful stasis and overall in my opinion a better moveset, and only gets into low b

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

The catch is you have to get hit... and if you're able to use the counter then you can flurry rush. Something everyone can do. Everyone can do this at a press of a button. Compare this to lets say the Cycle coming built in with Attack Speed so you can use different seals and a large AoE on its revealing attacks which can infinitely lock multiple bosses at once so they never attack you. Sooga's strength is when he is slow but once you start getting Attack Speed he ends up weak. In a non-meta environment he is probably S-Tier.

[@PerfectDarkly]

@@Buglin_Burger7878 The counter has a slightly easier timing window than Flurry Rushes though, and following it with Stasis lets you do more weak point damage in one opportunity than a Flurry Rush could (unless you stacked FR damage seals). It also makes him one of 5 characters with an answer to Guardian lasers, which cannot be perfect dodged. It also sounded to me like this tier list was written assuming all the weapons had base stats, or else I'm sure certain slower ones like Daruk and Rhoam would've been placed higher. Rhoam's spot on this tier list is also kind of a can of worms for me

[@RancidRiki]

@@Buglin_Burger7878 flurry rushes can't convert into a stasis however, whereas sooga's counter can. And sooga's stasis shreds

[@liamburgess1335]

A character I want to defend is Terrako. Patience is key with the benevolent bot. Wait for an enemy to reveal a weak point, then charge a laser beam while using Y Y Y X.

[@justinthyme5263]

I’d agree with your revali placement if it wasn’t for dodging. I played revali and only found myself getting hit once maybe twice per game.

[@justinthyme5263]

@purplerains you just compared Revali to impa. Wonder why I said he doesn’t deserve C tier?

[@alfonsogamer0075]

Btw one thing that is a bit situacional from 2 handed sword link is that when he use his Zr all the damage is transfer to temporal one which is pretty good for me :V .

[@awakenedcrowl]

Lol, I didn't even know Teba was THAT broken. I used and mained him right away when I got him, cuz... I like birds. And Revali was kinda bothersome for multiple reasons. But I always had a feeling like he had to be top tier, with all the crazy barrage moves he got. Funniest thing however... I never even used the attack that I just saw to be the main reason he's broken.

[@Gamer1288]

20:47 The reason the Master Sword was so Powerful in Hyrule Warriors 1 is due to the LORE around it. In that Context it makes perfect sense for that to be OP. Same with the Fierce Deity.

[@isaacperry8266]

I just got Battle-Tested guardian and Sooga today. Im so happy

[@sheepsalesman9331]

Hestu belongs in D tier. Not because he's bad but because he gives us that stupid golden turd.

[@andrewbara3507]

I think Terrako deserves a little more credit. Not only can his vacuum attack wreck mobs, but the way it builds up his Special Attack Gauge almost gives Impa a run for her money. On top of that, you can dodge cancel amidst the vacuum attack to perform additional combos.

[@bonkdonk297]

If you play 2p mode mipha is literally BROKEN! lets say p1 is Mipha, p2 is Link, and theres a third playable character present (Zelda). P2 link is on 3 hearts, and no more apples. If p2 switches to Zelda and then mipha uses her special near Link, it treats him like an npc and practically FULLY HEALS HIM! You can also get Link to follow Mipha and put down her healing fountain, if 2p was Link it would heal 1 quarter heart each time but when they switch to Zelda it heals Link SO FAST. Mipha is incredible in long missions in 2p mode, if you are playing in 2p and especially in Hard difficulty or higher, i would say Mipha is an A tier character.

[@princesspeachgaming4162]

Lmao i really haven't played the game charas enough because all i do is play godess zelda, urbosa, impa & link. It was really cool to see the different combos and gameplay footage of the diff charas! Cool vid 💅🏼💅🏼

[@pikamaxi]

I personally think Kouga would be in A rank. He has a really neat "weak point" lock where you force the weak point to appear with the attack where he fights with his clone in a smokecloud. This has really huge stun chance through the entirety of the move. Going through the entire duration once or twice fills up the stressmeter, granting you the big laser to even further destroy the weak point. Rince and repeat, you can just continue by stunlocking them, removing their weak point gauge and their HP!

[@123leoc3]

Now that you have finished covering age of calamity, what will be the future of your channel? What game will the next videos be about?

[@hankpeterschmidt8626]

Personally I’d put Sooga in S tier, those counterattacks are strong! And his cryonis rune is devastating if a monster breaks his master Kohga statue

[@bonkdonk297]

Absolutely, I played the entire campaign in hard mode so wpg were super tough, and his cronus literally took out half of it every time. And his yyx just SHREDS wpg. He's incredible

[@Kokorisu]

I favor beefy brawler/tank archetypes and fell in love with Yunobo's moveset the moment I unlocked him (after much frustration trying to main Daruk) and my boy never disappoints.

[@foxywoxy0w068]

So that's why Teba is replaced by his son in Tears of the Kingdom, dude would have straight up beaten Ganon by going full machine gun on him.

[@absolutetr4sh551]

-Be most forgettable champion in BOTW -Travel back in time for AoC -Be most broken, unfair, and overpowered character in game -Get replaced by son in ToTK, the only champion to be replaced -Refuse to elaborate The Teba grindset

[@leedlelel2373]

A true feathered enigma

[@spyrochick101]

Your videos helped me learn about characters who I didn't understand how they worked (like Riju). And you're right, there is no bad character. Players can pick up any character and see who they like and who works for them. I personally love Revali and yes getting knocked out of the air is annoying, but I try to counter this flaw by dodging if I see it coming, allowing me to stay in the air and continue raining down damage. I am very glad to see someone finally put Urbosa up in a higher spot than C or D, and Teba is just insane, wasting hordes of enemies and boss weakpoint gauges is quite frankly exhilarating lol. Your videos on Urbosa and Teba helped me improve my skills with them and appreciate their playstyles a lot more. Thank you for putting so much hard work into making those videos details every character.

[@skybricksgaming8392]

I think this tier list shows to me more than most how versatile like all of these characters are. The characters I love using were strewn all about this list (I think there was at least one of them in literally every tier) showing that if you want you really can make anyone work for you

[@IamCanadian3333]

Teba gang, let's go!!!!! The true king of birds (I always smile when in cutscenes, he acts like he's inferior to Revali, and I'm like, "dude, don't sell yourself so short!")

[@Ivy64_]

Yunobo's c7 also has a no barrier version. It summons a bunch of rocks to fall from the sky.

[@samildelarosa9297]

That's my favorite part of the attack for it chews up their gauge rather quickly and even against the vicious enemies with a defensive tittle like "Rock solid" and so on!

[@EliasProphet]

Impa does infact have a easy to acces weakpoint revealing move. Pressing ZR while in the air lets you aim a Kunai at an enemy which teleports you to it and reveals its weakpoint.

[@cameronfield7313]

I highly agree that Sidon is such a powerhouse and that he's the Lu Bu of the game (which explains why I play him a lot XD). His combos are already really good, but with the add-on buff of his ability just makes them even more devastating.

[@tanguydubos]

Thanks for all the guides and the objectivity overall, the honesty about the characters. Every time I had a question I looked up a guide and you covered it so it's really complete, truly great! I also used your advice for some weapon builds sometimes mixing what I'd prefer to your suggestions. Great great videos ; if they end up doing more HW games I hope you keep making videos. All the best!

[@hambughrr8186]

I'm glad you consider Urbosa and Sidon Top 5, but I also think a lot of these characters are ridiculously underrated, here are my justifications why. All strategies are tested on Apocalyptic difficulty BTW. All of these characters can easily clear gauges without Stasis, resulting in faster clear times. Revali: The biggest offender of characters you underrated. His Remote Bombs deal inhumane damage if you have tons of Midair Attack Damage Up seals. His Bomb Arrow Trap (EX Ability) allows him to stagger and expose WPG without touching the ground, which gives him 2 activators for this destructive attack. He is also better at cleaning Outposts than most characters. At least an A Tier. Cycle Zelda: C5 + Remote Bombs ALONE is enough to break most boss' WPGs without Stasis, and with her Overdrive mechanic, she can speed towards objectives with ease, just like Riju. You'll want to maintain good spacing so that you can land as many explosions as possible. Easy A Tier. Monk Maz Koshia: Extended C6 + EX Ability is the end of all bosses, free. Top 5. Riju: Riju's Dick Kick WPS may have gotten nerfed in one of the DLC patches, but her EX Dash Attack is absolutely ridiculous. She also has a parry, and her Stasis lasts longer than Link's, the character whose Stasis is considered the average. Easy A Tier. 2-Handed Sword Link: C6 is BROOOOOOKEN, and his recoil is so pitiful relative to how much damage he outputs, A Tier for sure. King Rhoam: Hermit Guise C5 + ZR still remains supreme, no need for any fancy EX abilities. Also has great Bombs and above average Stasis duration to finish off remaining chunks of WPG in a pinch. Easy A Tier. Sidon: Best C6 in the entire game alongside 2-Handed Link and Purah and Robbie , C5 turns Outposts into free gauge, easily Top 5. His Remote Bombs and Stasis suck, but the Bombs can still blow off Stone Talus arms fairly reliably, and that's fine enough for me. Master Kohga: Big Glowy Blast, extended C4 + Bombs= DIE. Thanks to his vastly superior Runes and Stress Gauge, Master Kohga is everything that Bow of Light Zelda wants to be and then some, given how both characters want to fill up a gauge and spend it on giant death lasers. A Tier. Mipha: Fountain Cancels allow for deceptively good clear times, her real issue is that her Stasis lasts shorter than Link's AND actively hinders her Fountain Cancels. Despite this, her Special Gauge and Rods will still enable proper Fountain Cancels. She can always run 2 Special Attack Charge Rate Up seals for extra gauge, and most maps contain loads of elemental bosses for free rod refills anyways. At least an A Tier character. Sword and Shield Link: C6 + backflip + Arrow still reigns supreme, no need for any fancy EX abilities. Easy S Tier. Calamity Ganon: Needs more testing, but if his EX Ability lets him break WPGs without his broken ass Magnesis OR Stasis... then he's gotta be Top 5. Slate Zelda: Easily the best character in the entire game. Faster recharge on all Runes, all of which are some of the best in the game, Boosted Magnesis staggers and exposes with ease and can melt the entire thing in 1 go with the right set ups, can Rune Counter using her normals, her whole kit benefits from Sheikah Slate boosting recipes, meaning that she doesn't have to eat Monster Food for damage boosts, turns Outposts into free gauge.... she is absolutely insane.

[@firenze6478]

Revali also has one of the best stasis in the game. Let him fire his arrows before dodge cancel to his c4 then follow up with the regular ground attacks to demolish wpgs.

[@alexu658]

In my opinion, sooga should be higher. Because with the way i play him, his only weakness are smaller enemies armed with bows like bokoblins and yiga footsoldiers, and they aren't that common in most missions. Because his unseeing counterstance can be activated in the middle of his combo and then continuing the combo if unseeingis successful, i use him like you use the guardian. Every time i get off a weak point smash, i go straight into his attack string, and if I'm attacked i use unseeing. Not only does this damage any bigger enemies, it also means that any smaller melee enemies get caught up in his attacks if they get too close. Just like with other characters, if you learn the timing of enemy attacks, sooga becomes nearly impossible to take down.

[@elvisdoit]

The final tier list you made is fair and reasonable only for how strong the character is or what they can do and offer. However if the tier list is made specifically for apocalyptic difficulty it would honestly be a different story and make some of the C tier characters become A or B tier because of their survivability, effectiveness and playstyle uniqueness but thats just my opinion. Just making this bold statement or opinion makes me realize if I were to make my own tier list it would heavily be on apocalyptic difficulty which would focus on character survivability, utility and comfort for playing long periods of time. The reason why I came to this conclusion is obviously because of the difficulty but also having over 700+ hours in the game. Overall I don't want to specifically state who should be higher in my opinion because my reasoning is clear enough to give you a general idea whos up there. In conclusion I am glad this game exists because it redeemed the Hyrule Warriors series since the original was abit too cringy or sometimes too much for me even as a zelda fan like myself. I mean this is a fact but Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity is the best-selling warriors game of all time with currently over 4 million units sold and with that being said the sales speaks volume itself whether the game is good or not. Of course Breath of the Wild or Zelda fans helped with this all-time record, but you cannot deny that this game is actually good because of how every character is unique and good in their own way to the point where no one on the cast is actually bad.

[@lyndenyee6511]

I find it funny how (except for Riju) the "successors" to the champions are better than the champions themselves.

[@GUSTAVznjh]

Was literally just jamming out to this games top tier soundtrack half the time. Great vid!

[@jamesk2325]

My only problem with this game is that it needs more for me to do! I've "only" played around 70-80 hours, come on! Glad the tier list is here! With all respect I hope this isn't the final list, because I want them to make more for this game. I waited so long for Sooga and now there's hardly anything to do on him!

[@firenze6478]

Still need astor and harbinger ganon. Also zeldas royal attire. Id also like them to add a couple of classic characters like ganondorf, midna and ghirahim. Hopefully the game will get an expansion after botw 2 releases.

[@megaman37456]

@@firenze6478 They won't add any non-BoTW/Non-AoC characters. At best we get one more patch with Astor and Harbinger Ganon and MAYBE the Blights, but that's it.

[@brandonhelcher3691]

I'd say the the one I'd disagree most with is Revali. He was my main for awhile before the sheikah slate, never had much trouble keeping him in the air and his basic attack string has fantastic range and speed.

[@yu-bj1he]

I believe Mipha belongs in at least b tier, if you build her seals to focus around attack speed and midair attack damage on the serene champions spear, she's quite the powerhouse

[@rockowlgamer631]

I feel like Link's Flail versatility is still top notch due to being able to copy weapons and use the spears as weakpoint destroyers

[@thedemonicorangefridge1930]

I agree with most of the spots on here, but I don't think Zelda's shiekah slate is as good as its cut out to be. Don't get me wrong, infinite stun lock is incredible, but it's the only thing it's outstanding at, the rest is just kinda eh imo. Anyway great list! Gutted to see my main Sooga low down but I'm so glad that Yunobo is getting the respect he deserves.

[@Nosretep]

It is good, she gets an 85% Attack Buff from Ancient Rune Recipes.

[@jd57653]

Link would probably be an A or even S tier for me. The tradeoff of losing health with attacks doesn't really matter all that much because most strong attacks grant super armor, and the damage taken during said super armor is counted as temporary health loss. It does a good job with crowd control, and it's really easy to get stronger enemies in a never ending loop of exposing weak point gauges, especially when paired with stasis and special attacks to recover health

[@_nRool]

Honestly, theres only one character I disagree with the placement of, but even then, I would've only put him a few spots higher into the lower B Tier, Rhoam I mean, obviously. Following your content for this game has been brilliant, as always, and really helped me out with a couple of the wonkier characters like Hestu and Yunobo.

[@AsianMoriarty]

I'd personally put Kohga either on S or A as he is ridiculously powerful all things considered, and while there is the chance at self destruction via failing to manage his stress, it's also very easy to cancel out of tumbling into the draw back and immediately shooting out a laser instead. The only times where it's truly too late to fire his laser is when he's halfway through the floor already.

[@ardain984]

It hurt a little to see you put Rhoam and Sooga so low, seeing as they're probably my favourites. I understand why, at least for Rhoam, but eh. It is what it is. I feel like you underestimate Daruk a little bit. As powerful as a good Stasis is, I honestly feel like he doesn't need it. I've found that his bombs and the magma pillars they spawn do hefty damage to weak points, and anything left can be chipped away by a quick follow up with his light attacks. Either way, thank you for all the work you've done regarding this game. I don't think I'd have realised how useful several of the movesets are without your guides, especially the Monk, who I initially wanted to love, but couldn't understand.

[@MrAwesomeMatty]

The only thing I really disagree with on the list is putting Daruk at the bottom of the C tier, just because his Statis isn't able to be used like most characters. While he might struggle with destroying weak point gauges in that way, I feel like him having the strongest guard and blocking all attacks before launching right into a counterattack and his magma attacks to chain damage should keep him a bit higher than that. While other characters are required to either run or dodge certain attacks, Daruk can just guard through most of enemy attacks and then go on the offensive right after. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed your list!

[@CopShowGuy]

But isn't dodging just another way of guarding? Daruk is very safe with his block, but really most other characters can get a lot more effectiveness compared to him. I'd say his placement is fair even though I also love using the guy.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

While Daruk stands there blocking the attack without flinching... everyone else jumps to the side and gets a Flurry Rush. Daruk does well when you know something is coming and do nothing. It is like seeing something catch on fire and waiting for the sprinklers to start. You could've just poured water on it.

[@angry9420]

the only downside to teba is that he requires you to sacrifice your fingers and the x button (strong attack)

[@JesusChrist-pd9py]

Not putting Impa in S is vile

[@leviong6269]

I main Hestu, people say he sucks but his crowd control capabilities are GODLY and his runes are decent, I get that people don’t like his 1v1 strength but he still has good moves for it like how his y y y y x is really good for bosses

[@captcardinal7082]

Kinda hoping they make a sequel to this with TotK characters

[@sahazra]

Strong disagree with many C tier placements, and it shows that you really haven't learned to utilize their individual kits to the fullest. Stop. Using. Daruk's. Stasis. Daruk doesn't _need_ a conventionally good stasis because his bomb rune is one of the best in the game; C6 -> Bomb -> mash ZR absolutely destroys WPG just as fast, if not faster than anyone you placed in B. If you're getting knocked out of the air as Revali, either you've left ranged mooks around you alive or you're flying too close to the boss you're fighting, neither of which should be an issue in the first place because of how much range you have and how easily you can clear crowds with your regular combo. Not to mention how much he benefits from Midair Attack seals, boosting, among other things, his bomb rune damage so he can make giant boss WPGs disappear in the blink of an eye. Terrako's strength lies in his non-EX 1st strong attack with his fully-charged laser and, surprise surprise, his bomb rune. This little egg can put out so much burst damage that stasis literally means nothing to him. Timed properly, you can dodge-cancel his C5 and have his C1 ready by the time the enemy's WPG is exposed. King Rhoam can do pretty much everything 1H Link can do so I'm extra confused why he's in C. TL;DR use bomb runes more.

[@anthonyk3952]

I'd also like to add that Riju's EX Rampage isn't as difficult to control or aim as he says. He makes it seem as if the timing on it is strict, but it's honestly pretty generous with the hitbox being shockingly disjointed in relation to Patricia. Much of the control issues can also be mitigated by releasing ZR during the attack to return to a normal rage-dash as soon as the attack ends. Plus hitting it will stun a boss out of ANY attack they were using, with even the strongest bosses not having stun resistance against it making Riju even safer than before. Seriously, Patricia's rampage attack is the single most consistent WPG attack up there with Guardian's orbital laser. No required rune cooldown (bombs/Slate Zelda). No conditional meter attack (Urbosa/Monk/Khoga). No internal cooldown (1H Link Bow). Don't even need to waste time building up to C5/C6. Literally just keep running at them head first. Slowdown from having the rune menu up also trivializes the timing on using Stasis out of Rampage, along with her normal strong dash attacks being an amazing weak point breaker.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

It doesn't matter if Daruk's C6 destroys weak points. Most characters have a move that does that. So Daruk can do what everyone else can but also lacks Stasis. Even if the Bomb 1-shots a weak point congrats... you have a solution to Stasis but less options now. Don't get me wrong Bomb is good, but it isn't good enough.

[@FoxIord]

Poor Mipha. I can't disagree with her placement, but she's always going to be my favorite to play as. I really do wish her fountain tracking was better. All that needed to be done to fix it is make ZR not spawn a fountain ever, just have you travel to your current one. Seeing as it's just her C1, I don't know why they didn't do this.

[@kode-man23]

She's S-tier fun. I don't care what anybody says haha.

[@andyhoang9639]

21:23 hey here’s a battle tip for one handed sword link, when you use his normal attcks, on his third and last normal attack it counts as air time so when you use his bow attack you can brake enemies shields quickly and force out your enemies shields if you manage to get a headshot, sry if this sounds nerdy but it helps and yes it can be abused

[@myau9912]

You forgot to mention that Yunobo's Barrier YYYYX has a bug where, if you press ZR to cancel it right before you land then it will, for some unexplained reason, do MASSIVE amounts of extra damage. The timing is a tiny bit strict, but far from difficult to do. I dont think they ever patched this out last I checked, though I havent checked in a good while.

[@williamhowells806]

might be cool to see another tier-list but this time on how fun they are. obviously a very personalised tier list but could be fun. also free views so.

[@trollman_2345]

I kinda sorta understand kohga’s placement (even if i think he deserves at least low a tier just because of the face laser) but… sooga on b tier? The “as long as you press one button i literally can’t die” sooga? The “i beat the battle-tested guardian on maniac difficulty without taking damage with a low-level weapon in less than four minutes” sooga? The “i can cancel a stupid strong stasis rune into even more stupid strong combos” sooga? The “my low potential against big groups does not matter if i get my three parry stacks, wich i can get even _easier_ against big groups by just staying still” sooga? I really, REALLY disagree with that placement.

[@bigwave1713]

Just curious now that this is over do you have any plan to go over Persona 5 strikers? You only did the character preview and it be interesting to see what you think of each

[@ryantaylor7026]

I know it doesn't particularly matter so long after this video was released, but there is one thing about Daruk that I've never heard anywhere else that makes him much stronger than people give him credit for Even though he has a Stasis that isn't particularly good, the one thing I found is that his C6 detonates magma pillars as if you used a ZR on them, even if they were magma stubs. This makes his C2, in which he summons three tiny magma stubs, significantly more useful, because it ends up exploding and dealing immense damage to weak points. This applies to every pillar he summons, be it from his bomb rune, his strong attacks, or the last hit of his combo string. If you counter with his EX ability, it does something similar, and causes his magma pillars to explode (or raise from the ground) as if you hit ZR once. This essentially allows you to deal a ton of damage to weak points the moment they're revealed, making him significantly more effective at damaging weak points than people give him credit for, and essentially making him more of a "trapper" character when you learn him (especially if you have Attack Speed)

[@CopShowGuy]

Excellent video. I've been watching your character guides after I unlock them to gain a better understanding of how they work and I could agree with your opinions and placements in this list. I recognize the power the Great Fairies and Hestu have, but I just...don't like them. I still think it's understated at just how much damage Impa can do to enemies in stasis when she has her clones out. It does even more damage than her WPG breaks and special attacks to the point of being absurd. Not as absurd at Teba, but it's always easy for Impa to remain in control of things with her special attacks and her Stasis rune.

[@mcbanana1473]

imo i think you’re underrating link’s two handed and one handed. one handed, with just 1 attack speed, can perfectly stunlock every single boss in the game (i tested) thanks to the bow and charging up the 2nd attack of the final combo. plus for most of the story it’s your strongest weapon two handed, on the other hand lmao, can stack up 5 or 6 “dmg up at low health” skills safely because of the unique damage mechanic. if you’re at minimum health, during the extended final red combo, link is completely invincible, and you stun enemies at the end. you don’t die if you can correctly time the red attacks to tank through damage, plus all the aoe of the weapon naturally, plus you’re doing double damage if you’re running a weapon with copies of that skill. it’s really hard but it makes it my favorite moveset by far just the 2 things that surprised me, great list & video have a good day mwah

[@Soulknight-jw8ht]

Nice job! You did this very well. I love all the characters, and while people may have some Disagreements, I think you placed everyone fair, and you did so without bias. I get that people are angry that you didn’t place Impa or Mipha in S tier, but if they weren’t so quick to judge, this guide would’ve helped them just as much as it helped me. (Which it helped a lot thank you.)❤

[@TheRealMerbirb]

my only two changes would be to bump Revali and Daruk higher, at least higher than Riju. While both of them struggle with their weaknesses, at least they're usable and you aren't fighting against the controller on top of every other enemy. In addition, Revali actually does have potential with things such as aerial C5 allowing him to alternate between air and ground combat quickly in order to evade aerial attacks, and Daruk can essentially produce pillars that give him free wall jumps wherever and whenever he wants, allowing him to get headshots on enemies at any time if you can line it up properly.

[@Cynner009]

My take on this (From worst to best left to right) D:Great Fairies, All Versions of Zelda, Revali C-:Yunobo, Spear Link, Kohga C:King Rhoam, Claymore Link, Purah&Robbie, Daruk B-:Hestu B:Terrako B+:Monk Moz Koshia A-:Sidon and Mipha A:Flails Link A+:Battle-Tested Gaurdian S-:Riju S:Teba, Impa, Urbosa, Sword and Shield Link, Calamity Ganon S+:Sooga

[@Nosretep]

Calamity Ganon is S Tier. He has an easy time with hordes. Good Bomb Rune. Fast Attacks with good range. He doesn't need to fight defensely either. His close range attack gave good range.

[@FoxIord]

Try him on a harder difficulty. You'll see he does need to play defensively. And none of those things make him S tier anyways. Mipha (my favorite) does all those things, and she definitely ain't S.

[@Nosretep]

@@FoxIord Ganon has a better Runes in general. Doesn't need to dodge cancel for Stasis either. Ice cover a wide area. Bomb has a long reach, which makes any sniping enemies like Oktoroks,Archers and spitting Lizafos a joke. Magnesis is literally a free Thunder Rod always reveals a free Weak Point guage.

[@FoxIord]

@@Nosretep Those are much better points. I concur.

[@Nosretep]

@@FoxIord But I will say Mipha is an excellent Healer on harder modes. While Robbie can grant free cooked apples which means you don't have to intentionally get hit by fire attacks.

[@princesscadance197]

I think Sooga’s Remote Bomb is easily the best in the game, especially when used on a boss’s trigger. Whenever I see a Wizzrobe do his little dance in the air with the Remote Bomb icon, all I can do is lick my lips and enjoy the instant and complete depletion of the entire WPG.

[@ToyKeeper]

I'm finally* playing through this, and your guides have been a huge help. Thanks! * The game was given to me when it first came out, by the person I played Hyrule Warriors 1 with. We played the first few chapters together, but it didn't work very well. Between the extra-low frame rate, the way Musou attacks and weak-point smashes interrupt everything for both players, screen/camera issues, and the amount of time required in 1-player modes (menuing, divine beasts, 1-player missions), it wasn't fun for us. So we stopped. But now 14 months later I'm doing it in 1-player mode, and it's much better. It still has the Quidditch Problem though -- the game has rich, detailed mechanics, but most of it doesn't really matter because it all pales in comparison to the impact of a single move -- weak point smashes. So the game mostly boils down to a single repeating loop -- expose WPG, freeze it, melt it, smash it, repeat. And extensive menuing between missions. Your guides have helped make the game more enjoyable though, and have saved me a ton of time. So... thank you!

[@ToyKeeper]

But yeah, Teba is pretty OP. He slaughtered Calamity Ganon by himself on the first try, and it wasn't even difficult. Didn't have to do the intended song and dance with runes and such... just dodge a couple times while waiting for stasis to charge, freeze, C2, repeat. Maybe throw in a Musou once or twice to force the WPG out before freezing. I thought it would be harder, after seeing a streamer fail over and over using 2-handed Link, but nope. Super easy, barely an inconvenience. The end boss wasn't even as hard as, like, two lynels in a room together.

[@travisalexander6440]

@@ToyKeeper I agree both your points, but in particular your second. A single super boss in this game is much easier than fighting multiple strong lieutenants when can act independently and not always be in range to be affected by your attacks and Runes. The Malice Guardian and all the Wizzrobes or the two Malice Lynels in Ex The Final Battle come to mind.

[@Gamer1288]

1:36 Wait, what? Ideally every Character should be S-Tier not B-Tier. WTH kind of games do you play that you enjoy substandard play-styles?

[@nicolausaguillon3659]

I love how the way to start off the best of the best S tier is a freakin gaurdian, it tells you something about this game.

[@pandie8026]

As much as it pains me to see mipha so low, her inconsistent waterfall mechanic is definitely a problem and most of the tier list I agree with except with revali. I don’t think he’s above c tier but I don’t think he deserves the second worst character in the game although I do understand where you are coming from but I feel like the forcing switching is more of an annoyance rather than an actual hindrance. But overall I definitely agree with this nice work!

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

It doesn't help her attacks sometimes just do not work if objects are near meaning the big final pay off doesn't happen.

[@lucabonilla06]

Loved your list! Gotta say I would’ve but Sooga and Ganon higher but i understand your points and the list was solid! Great work! :D

[@Coolio1321]

I’m, idk about the expansion, but uh, I think mipha should be high B bottom A, and a lot of my friends agree. Her geysers help you always hit the weak point of larger bosses. her ult heals herself. Also her bomb ability is remarkable for taking out weak points. This all might be for larger bosses though. Also I hate Sidon, mostly because idk why they put a rhythm game into his move set and I never got a hold of it. He does have powerful moves, but his bomb ability makes me cringe hard.