Thunderblight Ganon

Thunderblight Ganon is a recurring Boss in The Legend of Zelda series.^{(BotWBreath of the Wild | HWAoCHyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)}^[5]^[6]

Characteristics

Breath of the Wild

156 (161Master Mode) Thunderblight Ganon	Description This phantom of Ganon attacked the Divine Beast Vah Naboris and was responsible for the demise of the Champion Urbosa. It specializes in quick, lightning-based attacks.
	Common Locations Divine Beast Vah Naboris
Recoverable Materials None

Thunderblight Ganon is one of the four Blight Ganons, phantoms of Calamity Ganon that took control of the Divine Beasts.^[7] It is found either inside the Divine Beast Vah Naboris or in the center of Hyrule Castle if it is not already defeated. It is responsible for bringing Urbosa to her demise.^[8]

Thunderblight Ganon, unlike others are extremely fast while dealing high electricity damage. Link can use Food or Elixirs with high-level electricity resistance to prevent taking too much damage during the fight. Thunderblight Ganon has three phases. In the first phase, Thunderblight Ganon will speed towards Link and attack him.^[9] Link can simply block its oncoming attacks and then retaliate. Once Thunderblight Ganon's health is halfway down, it will change its strategy and stay levitating out of reach. Thunderblight Ganon will drop metal pillars all over the room and strike them with electricity. Link must use Magnesis to grab one of the pillars and shock Thunderblight Ganon with its own electricity. For the third and final phase, Thunderblight Ganon will behave as it did in the first phase but it will attack much more aggressively than before.

Once Link has defeated it, Thunderblight Ganon will explode and Link will be rewarded with a Heart Container. Urbosa will thank Link for defeating Thunderblight Ganon and freeing Divine Beast Vah Naboris by gifting him Urbosa's Fury.^[10]^[11]

Other Appearances

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

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Non-Canon Information

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Thunderblight Ganon appears alongside the other Phantom Ganons in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. It appears in the Scenario "Air and Lightning". Its appearance is different than in Breath of the Wild, as it now has Electrical orbs behind him and green weaponry.

In the Movie "Rescue Across Time: Air and Lightning", which plays at the beginning of "Air and Lightning", Thunderblight Ganon fights with Urbosa for control over Divine Beast Vah Naboris. Although it manages to gain the upper hand, a Gate of Time opened by Terrako appears, allowing Riju and Patricia to pass through and help Urbosa.^[12] Later on in the Scenario, Thunderblight Ganon is defeated by the Warriors after they manage to board Vah Naboris.

Thunderblight Ganon appears again in the Scenario "Each Step Like Thunder". During the Movie "At Last, an Awakening", Astor summons Thunderblight and the other Phantom Ganons at Fort Hateno to attack Princess Zelda, Link, Impa, and Terrako.^[13] Link stays behind to fight them while Impa attempts to flee with Zelda. However, Zelda refuses to leave him behind, and she manages to awaken her sealing powers to save him, weakening Thunderblight and the other Phantoms. It later reappears to disrupt Purah's technology, and it must be defeated by the Warriors.^[14]^[15]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language	Names	Meanings
Japanese	雷(かみなり)のカースガノン (Kaminari no Kāsu Ganon)^[17]
Chinese^{TRTraditional}	雷咒加儂 (Léi Zhòu Jiānóng)
Chinese^SISimplified	雷咒盖侬 (Léi Zhòu Gàinóng)
Dutch	Ganons bliksemfantoom^[22]	Ganon's lightning phantom
French^EUEuropean	Ombre de foudre de Ganon^[18]	Ganon's thunder shadow
French^CACanadian	Ombre de foudre de Ganon
German	Ganons Donnerfluch^[21]
Italian	Ira dei fulmini di Ganon^[16]
Korean	번개의 커스 가논 (Beon-Gaeui Keoseu Ganon)
Russian	Лже-Ганон Грозы (Lzhe-Ganon Grozy)^[20]
Spanish^{LALatin American}	Ira del rayo de Ganon^[19]
Spanish^EUEuropean	Ira del rayo de Ganon
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Gallery

Thunderblight Ganon's second phase from Breath of the Wild
Concept art of Thunderblight Ganon from Breath of the Wild
Thunderblight Ganon from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Thunderblight Ganon's introduction from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
Promotional screenshot of Thunderblight Ganon and Urbosa from Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

Notes

↑ Only if Link has not freed Divine Beast Vah Naboris.
↑ Thunderblight's HP depends on when Link faces it. The first Blight fought in a Divine Beast has 800 HP, the second has 1200 HP, the third has 1600 HP, the fourth has 2000 HP. Any Blight challenged in the Illusory Realm has 1500 HP. Any Blight fought in the Sanctum always has 2000 HP

References

↑ Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Naboris
Thunderblight Ganon — Game Screen (Breath of the Wild)
↑ Avatar of the Calamity: Thunderblight Ganon — Story (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ Shard of Calamity Ganon
Thunderblight Ganon — Game Screen (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ Creating a Champion, Dark Horse Books, pg. 84
↑ Thunderblight Ganon — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ Thunderblight Ganon — Game Screen (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ This phantom of Ganon attacked the Divine Beast Vah Naboris and was responsible for the demise of the Champion Urbosa. — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ This formidable adversary was made by Ganon and brought me to a warrior's demise 100 years ago. — Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)
↑ This thing is fast! Watch yourself. — Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)
↑ Thanks to your valor and skill, my soul is free and Naboris is ours once again. — Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)
↑ Please accept this gift, which has come to be known as Urbosa's Fury. — Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)
↑ Revali and Urbosa are both locked into pitched battles against the powerful phantoms Calamity Ganon created. Just as all seems lost, however, mysterious figures from the most unlikely of places arrive to save them. — Gallery (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ Astor, who had orchestrated the attack on Fort Hateno, sets Blight Ganon's Phantoms on the party as revenge for their intervention. As Link struggles to hold them off, Zelda refuses to flee again, and her strong desire to save Link finally awakens the power she had long been seeking. — Gallery (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ That monster! There must've been more... — Princess Zelda (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
I bet that's why my devices are on the fritz. Hurry up and get rid of these bozos! — Purah (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ Defeat Thunderblight Ganon in order to activate the devices! — Battle Log (Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity)
↑ 159 Ira dei fulmini di Ganon — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ 159 雷のカースガノン — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ 159 Ombre de foudre de Ganon — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ 159 Ira del rayo de Ganon — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ 159 Лже-Ганон Грозы — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ 159 Ganons Donnerfluch — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)
↑ 159 Ganons bliksemfantoom — Hyrule Compendium (Breath of the Wild)