Guardian

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NaN Guardians are ancient machines created by the BotW:, originally created to aid in the battle against BotW:. Most NaN Guardians are under the control of BotW: during the events of and are scattered across Hyrule, attacking those who approach. NaN Guardians that are not possessed by BotW:'s Malice, such as those that reside within NaN Ancient Shrines, in the Trial of the Sword, at Upland Zorana, and in the Final Trial, glow orange and blue instead of the pink that corrupted NaN Guardians display. Despite not being possessed by any evil force, they will still attack BotW: as they were tasked by the Monks to fight him as part of the trials that he must undergo. Completely inactive NaN Fallen Guardians are also located around the majority of BotW:, though they will not attack BotW:.

While NaN Guardians are formidable opponents, they have multiple weaknesses. A BotW:'s eye is its weak spot; shooting it with an BotW: causes extra damage and stuns the BotW: for a brief period of time. While sufficiently strong weapons can deal a fair amount of damage to a BotW:, it is especially weak to Ancient equipment, which deals much more damage to it. The BotW:, which doubles its attack power near a BotW: that is corrupted by malice, is another effective weapon against it.

Guardian Stalker
A BotW: is an agile BotW:, sporting 6 legs, high health, high resistance, and a laser beam attack that deals up to 15 Hearts of damage. If a target is too close to it, the BotW: will attempt to distance itself in order to fire its laser; otherwise it will relentlessly pursue the target until it loses track of the latter. When defeated, it may drop any combination of NaN Ancient Screws, NaN Ancient Gears, NaN Ancient Springs, NaN Ancient Shafts, NaN Ancient Cores and NaN Giant Ancient Cores. BotW: can sever the legs of a BotW:, temporarily stunning it.

Decayed Guardian
A BotW: is a BotW: that has lost its legs. It is found buried in the ground, unable to move due to its aforementioned lack of legs. Most NaN Decayed Guardians appear inactive until BotW: approaches one, where it will activate and aim its laser at him in preparation to fire. NaN Decayed Guardians are found in numerous locations, including BotW: and the BotW:.

BotW:
NaN Fallen Guardians are NaN Guardian Stalkers that have been left completely inactive after being bested in combat. Some areas, such as BotW: and the BotW:, are choked with NaN Fallen Guardians as a result of the conflict that has taken place there. Unlike NaN Decayed Guardians, NaN Fallen Guardians can remain in possession of any number of their legs or other components.

Guardian Scout
A BotW: is a smaller variant of the BotW: that can be found within Ancient Shrines and NaN Divine Beasts. It comes in four different variants, ranging from I to IV. Depending on the variant, it can be equipped with different weapons, increasing in damage the higher the variant. The stronger variants found within the "Test of Strength" shrines can also use their laser to repeatedly burn the floor surrounding them, sending BotW: back if struck. Additionally, when near destruction, they will charge a stronger laser attack that cannot be interrupted.

Guardian Turret
A BotW: is a stationary BotW: that fire powerful lasers at BotW:. Upon spotting BotW:, a BotW:'s head will begin to elevate and it will charge its laser in preparation to shoot. Several NaN Guardian Turrets guard the entrance to the Sanctum of BotW:, where BotW: resides.

Guardian Skywatcher
A BotW: is a flying type of BotW:. It scans its environment with a red searchlight and will begin charging its laser upon locating a target. Many NaN Guardian Skywatchers patrol around BotW: and the BotW:.

Sentry
A Sentry is a type of flying BotW:, similar to a BotW:. In the "BotW:" BotW:, Vah Rudania dispatches Sentries as BotW: and BotW: approach Death Mountain to hinder them as they attempt to disable Vah Rudania. Sentries use red searchlights along the path up Death Mountain which, should BotW: or BotW: be spotted, will cause Vah Rudania to furiously unleash Magma Bombs at them.

NaN Guardians are automatons created by the ancient HWAoC: civilization to combat the original BotW:. 10,000 years later at the onset of the second HWAoC:, the NaN Guardians are are infested with HWAoC:'s HWAoC: causing them to attack the forces of the HWAoC:.

A HWAoC: named HWAoC: was activated by HWAoC: as young child. After being confiscated away for many years by HWAoC:'s father, HWAoC:, HWAoC: travels back in time to aid HWAoC: after the fall of HWAoC: during the second HWAoC:. HWAoC: has the ability to bring and send others through time and remotely activate other ancient HWAoC: technology.

Hostile Guardians present are additionally infested with HWAoC: from the future, creating new forms such as NaN Electric Guardians, NaN Fire Guardians, and NaN Malice Guardians.

In the first DLC pack, Pulse of the Ancients, a battle worn Guardian can be unlocked as a playable Warrior, an older but more powerful model that had not been infected by Malice.

Trivia

 * Guardian Stalkers were based on the NaN Octoroks from, which to people on the development team seemed huge in comparison to Series:, leading to the cephalopod-like design of the Guardians and the technological theme of the game.

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