Guardian Stalker

, also known as, are recurring NaN Enemies in.

NaN Guardian Stalkers are a type of BotW: found throughout Hyrule, most commonly in the area surrounding BotW:. They were built by the ancient BotW: to be used as a powerful weapon against BotW:. During the events of, they are an enemy to BotW: under Calamity Ganon's influence. NaN Guardian Stalkers have 1500 health and can fire powerful blue laser beams from their eye that can deal up to 58 points of damage. If a target is too close to them, they will attempt to distance themselves in order to fire their lasers; otherwise, they will relentlessly pursue the target until they lose track of it. Sometimes when firing their lasers, they will fire in rapid succession if their health is low enough and BotW: has not moved too far from when they fired their last laser. These rapid lasers will stop if BotW: gets hit too far from their last firing point, if BotW: is no longer within their range, or at a random stopping point.

BotW: can inflict 500 damage to NaN Guardian Stalkers by deflecting their lasers back at their eye with a Perfect Guard, mainly known as a parry. When defeated, they may drop any combination of NaN Ancient Materials. BotW: can cut off the legs of a BotW:, which temporarily stuns them and results in NaN Ancient Materials being dropped. This can also topple them, rendering them helpless. However, a disarmed BotW: will attempt to recover its footing and distance itself from BotW: while attacking, making it difficult to land further hits. If BotW: hits a BotW: in it's eye using a bow, it will temporarily stun it in a similar fashion that cutting off it's legs would do. Sometimes when doing this, the BotW: may move sideways in order to mess up Link's aim. Using Stasis + on a charging up BotW: will stun them afterwards, even if not hit during stasis.

In BotW:, NaN Guardian Stalkers will sometimes take slightly longer in their charge up phase before firing their laser to throw off Link's timing.

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A Guardian appears as an Advanced Support Spirit in. When used, it increases resistance to weapons.

NaN Guardian Stalkers retroactively debut in, running roughshod over HWAoC:, just as they did in. One is prematurely recruited by Ganon's Malice in order to kill Zelda before she can awaken her powers in Road to the Ancient Lab. Later in the game, they are properly faced as enemies after Ganon awakens on Zelda's 17th birthday and recruits them to his army. In gameplay, they attack the same way as in with a few new attacks, such as slamming down into the ground and spinning their bodies. In addition, Fire, Ice, Electric, and Malice variants make their debut as stronger variants. In addition to the enemy NaN Guardian Stalkers appearing in the game, the DLC Pack Pulse of the Ancients includes a playable BotW: under the name of Battle-Tested Guardian, a nearly decayed BotW: free of Calamity Ganon's influence (indicated by its yellow body lights in place of the purple ones and a brighter blue light for its eye) where one of its attacks featured is the signature optic laser beam which it can hold and sweep across a wide range.