Ganon/Strategy: Difference between revisions

This page lists the strategy to defeat [[Ganon]] in each of his appearances.

=={{ALttP|-}}==

Ganon begins by throwing around his [[Trident]] while teleporting around the room. Link must evade the flying Trident and, when Link has a chance, must hit him with his sword. However, in order to hurt Ganon with the [[Master Sword]] or [[Tempered Sword]], Link must hit him with a [[Spin Attack]]. Eventually, Ganon will begin to emit fireballs from himself which will expand and then turn into [[Blazing Bat]]s after they contract, which will come charging towards the young hero.  

=={{OoT|-}}==

===Great King of Evil: Ganondorf===

[[File:Light arrow shot.jpg|thumb|right|Link must shoot Ganondorf with a Light Arrow, causing him to fall to the ground]]

After beckoning Link into battle, the Evil King's throne room metamorphoses into a spacious, open room. Ganondorf drives [[Navi]] away with strong, dark waves and then creates a shock wave that will damage Link if he is too close. This wave knocks much of the floor blocks away, creating an open square cavity around the main pillar. If Link falls into this pit, he can climb back up or use the Longshot to reach the top again.

Once Link reflects Ganondorf's magic upon him, he will be stunned. Link must shoot him with a Light Arrow, and Ganondorf will fall to the ground where the young hero can attack with the sword.

===Ganon===

After Link defeats Ganondorf, the castle will start falling apart and he will have to escape with Princess Zelda. When he reaches the bottom, the tower will completely collapse. The young hero will then approach the pile of rubble, and Ganondorf will erupt from it and use the Triforce of Power to become Ganon, knocking the Master Sword away from Link's hands. The [[Megaton Hammer]] or [[Biggoron's Sword]] must be used to damage Ganon. In this battle, Ganon's only vulnerable spot is his tail, but he guards it well, so the only way to get to it is for Link to stun him with a Light Arrow to the face, or have the young hero roll between his legs while Ganon raises his swords to attack. If Link gets low on health, magic, or arrows, he can lure Ganon into destroying a nearby pile of rubble to reveal a few refills.

After Link causes enough damage to him, Ganon will kneel down, stunned, and the wall of flames separating Link from the Master Sword will temporarily disappear. Link must use this opportunity to  grab it and then repeat the earlier attack pattern to get Zelda to pin Ganon down so Link can finish him off. Only the Master Sword can deliver the final blow to Ganon; the Biggoron's Sword or Megaton Hammer can deplete Ganon's health, but even when his health is gone Ganon will keep fighting until his tail is struck with the Master Sword.

As Ganon teleports around the room, he will use various attacks against Link. These include:

To inflict damage, Link must charge the [[Wooden Sword|Wooden]] or [[Noble Sword]] and perform a [[Spin Attack]] on Ganon. Alternatively, if Link has the [[Master Sword]] or [[Biggoron's Sword]], he can damage the King of Darkness with normal strikes.  

Throughout the battle, Ganon will constantly teleport around the room while spinning his [[Trident]]. As he is teleporting, he will be invulnerable to the [[Links|Links']] attacks, and only when he reappears will the young heroes be able to inflict damage on Ganon.  

Eventually, Zelda is freed and upgrades the Links' [[bow]]. She will then begin to charge a ball of light as the young heroes try to keep Ganon at bay. At this point, the King of Darkness will shoot green fireballs that can be deflected with the use of the sword to deal damage. Should Princess Zelda get hit by Ganon's attacks, she will have to start charging the energy ball again. Once the Links have inflicted enough damage to Ganon and the ball of light is ready, the princess will fire it at the King of Darkness and, as it is circling around him, the Links must shoot it with an arrow to strike Ganon and thus finish the battle.

===Ganon's Puppet: Zelda===

Because Ganondorf takes over Zelda's body, Link must fight Ganon as [[Possessed Zelda#Twilight Princess|Puppet Zelda]] first. Puppet Zelda attacks similarly to [[Phantom Ganon]] in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]''. Her first attack will likely be the electricity ball. When she throws it at Link with his sword, the young hero must hit it back using his sword, taking both Link and Zelda into a match of [[Dead Man's Volley]]. Link is also capable of using an empty bottle instead of his sword in this sequence. As soon Zelda gets hit by the energy ball, Puppet Zelda will try a new attack. She'll try to charge Link with her sword, forcing Link out of the way or she will make a glowing Triforce under Link's feet, which Link must step out of to avoid damage. Following this, Puppet Zelda will eventually revert to tossing her signature energy ball at Link.

===Dark Beast: Ganon===

Once Puppet Zelda is defeated, Ganon transforms into his beast form. One of his first attacks is that he will try to ram into Link. As soon as Ganon warps away, he will either fall down onto Link from above (given away by the beast's shadow that forms around the young hero) or come through one of the Twilight portals that appear and reappear around the room. With the latter, Ganon will surface via the portal that stays blue after it appears, and when he does, Link must immediately shoot him with an arrow. He'll slide on the floor, and Link will get a chance to attack his weak spot, which is the glowing spot on his chest. After taking enough hits this way, when Link tries to hit him with an arrow as Ganon appears from a portal, the beast will disappear. Link now has to turn into [[Wolf Link|a wolf]] and stop him with Midna's hand as Ganon approaches, tripping him over. When the Dark Beast is tipped over, Link must attack as quickly as he can, repeating this until Ganon is defeated.

[[File:Zelda LightArrow.jpg|thumb|right|Zelda getting ready to shoot a Light Arrow at Ganondorf]]

===Horseback Battle===

After the cut-scene, Link and Princess Zelda will be fighting Ganondorf on horseback. The young hero must chase after the Dark Lord and get close enough so that Princess Zelda can strike him with a [[Light Arrow]]. When Ganondorf is hit, Link must catch up and attack him with the Master Sword. If Link is too slow, Ganondorf will knock Link off of Epona with his sword, Ganondorf will also summon [[Phantom Rider|ghostly henchmen]] to charge Link.

===Dark Lord: Ganondorf===

Now Link is face to face with the Dark Lord himself. Although his attacks are not as strong as Ganon's, it is much harder to avoid them. His most often used attack is a stab, which can be avoided with a back flip. His second most used attack is a slash, and although this attack has the same amount of strength as the previous one, it has a larger range. His strongest attack is one that is taken from Link: he'll bash the young hero and then perform a spin attack. If Link gets hit by the bash, the spin attack is almost impossible to avoid, but he will delay the spin attack if he hits Link into the electricity wall with the bash.

The easiest, and more preferable, way to defeat the Dark Lord is to back away, and when Ganondorf charges at Link, the "chance" icon will appear at the bottom of the screen. Pressing A will cause Link to lock swords with him, and by rapidly tapping A, Ganondorf will be thrown off balance. When stunned, Ganondorf can be attacked with the Master Sword until he falls back. After taking enough hits, Ganondorf will collapse to the ground, where Link must perform the [[Ending Blow]] to finally put an end to the Dark Lord.

Ganon is joined with Yuga in the final battle. In the first phase of the fight, Yuga Ganon attacks in a similar way Ganon does in {{ALttP}}. He is vulnerable immediately to any attacks, but his own attacks are very powerful, and surprisingly fast. He also frequently warps around the arena, and does so more often as he takes damage. In the first stages of the fight, he attacks by thrusting his [[trident]] at Link, or slashing the young hero with it, much like a sword. Both attacks can be avoided by running out of the way fast enough, but extra caution should be taken when attempting to attack Yuga Ganon with the sword, as it will make Link more vulnerable to Yuga Ganon's slash attack. Eventually Yuga Ganon will start throwing his trident at Link, and occasionally warp out of the arena to launch energy balls from the sky. These energy balls appear immediately above Link, so the young hero must keep running to avoid them all. Eventually, the fight will end, and the second phase will begin.

In the second phase of the fight, Yuga Ganon has transformed [[Hilda]] into a painting to absorb her power and the [[Triforce of Wisdom]], and is at his most powerful. He will initiate the fight by throwing a blue ball of energy at Link, which the young hero must reflect back at him in a game of [[Dead Man's Volley]]. Yuga Ganon will be stunned, and retreat into the wall as a painting. Zelda will then give Link the [[Bow of Light]], so he can continue to fight. Link must merge into the wall and shoot Yuga Ganon directly with the Bow of Light. The evil beast will block the arrow and try to stop it in its track, but this exposes his back. Link must take this chance to merge out of the wall, get behind Yuga and shoot him in the back, forcing him out of the wall and rendering him vulnerable to the young hero's sword slashes. Yuga will then warp out of the arena, and cause numerous fireballs to shoot out of the walls. These fireballs will turn into bats, which Link must avoid. This strategy must be repeated twice more during the fight, but with key differences: Yuga Ganon will respond to the second arrow fired at him by charging violently and rapidly at him. Link must quickly merge out of the wall and back in to shoot him before he ends the charge. The third time around, Yuga Ganon will instantly block any arrows fired at him, and turns around too fast for Link to quickly merge behind his back. Link must in fact shoot behind him: the arrow will fly all the way across the wall and hit Yuga Ganon, forcing him out of the wall one last time and rendering him vulnerable to the finishing move.

===Scourge of Hyrule Castle: Calamity Ganon===

Calamity Ganon takes the appearance of ancient technology covered in [[Malice]]. Its face bears a minor resemblance to Ganondorf. If any [[Divine Beast]]s are freed before the starting the battle, the spirits of the four [[Champion]]s use their Divine Beasts to fire their beams into [[Hyrule Castle#Breath of the Wild|Hyrule Castle]], which damages Calamity Ganon for up to half of its health. Calamity Ganon will often use its multiple weapons to attack Link. Ganon will also use its tracking beam to shoot at Link, which will create fire upon impact and allow Link to use the fire's gusts to glide upwards. Using [[Urbosa's Fury]] will knock Calamity Ganon over and stun it temporarily, allowing Link to attack Ganon unopposed.

===Hatred and Malice Incarnate: Dark Beast Ganon===

==CD-i Games==

In ''[[Zelda's Adventure]]'' Ganon attacks by teleporting around the room and firing energy balls in the area in front of him, Zelda must avoid the energy balls and attack Ganon with her weapon, after enough hits Ganon will be defeated.