Perfect Guard

A is a recurring ability in.

Overview
A Perfect Guard can be performed with any BotW: the moment before an enemy's attack lands by pressing the A-button. Executing a Perfect Guard temporarily stumbles the enemy, allowing for Link to quickly counter the attack. It may also disarm the enemy. It also works on certain projectiles to be deflected right back at them, such as BotW: laser beams.

In, characters with shields (such as Link and Urbosa) can perform Perfect Guards in the same manner as in , albeit with the Y button instead of the A button. Simply using a Perfect Guard will damage enemies slightly, even if an attack is not parried. Perfect Guarding a large enemy will slightly damage their HWAoC:, and cause it to appear for a short time, allowing the player to damage it further and attempt to perform a HWAoC:.