Anybody who has performed Breath of the Wild for a good period of time remembers the Lynel. These fearsome centaur-lion hybrids functioned as simply essentially the most harmful enemies from that recreation in addition to essentially the most satisfying as soon as realized. As one would count on, Lynels have made their grand comeback in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, though they present up right here noticeably much less steadily than within the final recreation. And even when you do discover one, it gained’t at all times seem in its White-Maned type. If you want to learn the way to each find and defeat the White-Maned Lynel in Tears of the Kingdom, then check out our information beneath.
White-Maned Lynel places
To have an opportunity at assembly the White-Maned Lynel, you’ll have to have interaction with the enemies’ “stage up” system, so to talk. As you defeat extra enemies throughout the land of Hyrule, foes will typically spawn in several colours, which alerts a extra highly effective variant. Regardless of this, the primary Lynel you meet will most likely are available its base red-maned type. However when you beat that Lynel and proceed to defeat different enemies, the Lynels will finally improve to their blue type after which additional into their White-Maned type. White-Maned Lynels aren’t essentially the most highly effective variation—that honor goes to the Silver Lynels—however they’ll nonetheless simply overwhelm you if unprepared.
As for particular places the place you will discover the Lynels’ totally different variants, I’ve solely managed to come back throughout two as far as of the time of this writing. I managed to search out one in every of them instantly east of Rito Village and shortly to the southeast of Tama Pond.
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In a while, I discovered one other Lynel in Rabia Plain, situated to the northeast of Kakariko Village.
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In all, Tears of the Kingdom includes a whole of 12 Lynel places, round half of the overall in Breath of the Wild. Notably, the Hyrule Compendium entry for the White-Maned Lynel states that you will discover it each within the Faron Grasslands Depths and the Central Hyrule Depths. So you may also try to discover these places to see when you come throughout one. However if you want a rundown on the precise coordinates of all 12 places, you possibly can go to our Silver Lynel information right here.
Combating the White-Maned Lynel
The White-Maned Lynel and its three different variants boast a large arsenal of assaults, every of which may devastate you if not cautious. Moreover, the Lynel’s moveset adjustments primarily based on whether or not it wields a sword and defend, spear, or membership. Listed here are the strikes you can count on from the sword and defend Lynels particularly.
Sword and defend strikes
Three-hit combo – When up shut, the Lynel will often rear up its proper arm and are available at you with three swipes of its sword. As quickly as its arm begins to come back down, you possibly can time your backflip and set off a flurry rush for a good quantity of injury. In case you dodge too early on its first swipe, instantly backflipping once more can nonetheless activate the flurry rush on the second swing, though it’s safer to study the timing of the primary swing. Moreover, you possibly can parry this assault to briefly stagger the Lynel, offering one other opening to reap the benefits of. You’ll be able to parry practically each assault the Lynel has, so when you desire parries over flurry rushes, be happy to depend on these as a substitute. Double-arm assault – In shut quarters, the Lynel may also deliver each of its arms up earlier than swinging them down in a hug-like movement. The timing of that is barely delayed in comparison with the three-hit combo, so wait ever so barely earlier than backflipping or parrying. Working slash – When at a distance, it might often rear again with its sword up, run straight at you, and swing proper when it will get near you. This assault has a moderately particular timing for the flurry rush and parry. Attempt to hit the button proper when the Lynel comes into melee vary to land the counter. Identical to with the earlier two sword assaults, a well-timed backflip will activate the flurry rush.
Spear strikes
To this point, I’ve solely come throughout the sword and shield-wielding Lynels in Tears of the Kingdom. Having stated that, the spear and membership variants undoubtedly carry over their movesets wholesale from Breath of the Wild very like the sword and defend ones do. So listed here are the remaining weapon-exclusive strikes primarily based on my experiences with Breath of the Wild.
Leaping spear slam – This serves as the one spear-exclusive transfer that the Lynels have. The creature twirls its spear earlier than leaping excessive into the air and slamming its spear on the bottom as soon as it lands. Merely working away from the assault will simply permit you to keep away from it, however you even have the choice of parrying it proper when the Lynel lands. In case you parry from a brief distance away, you’ll deflect the small shockwave emitting from the spear, however nothing else will occur. Nonetheless, when you stand shut and parry the spear instantly, you’ll stagger the Lynel for a quick opening.
Membership strikes
Primary vertical slam – The Lynel will raise its membership up excessive and slam it down, which may happen as soon as or thrice in succession. Though you possibly can sidestep the assault for a flurry rush, doing so leaves you liable to getting hit by the follow-up shockwaves. There’s a variation of this assault with out the shockwave, however the distinction in telegraphing is delicate, so it’s greatest to both run to the facet or parry the membership proper when it comes down. Spin assault – For this transfer, the Lynel will wave its membership round within the air earlier than spinning it on the bottom. Working away from the transfer or parrying it’s going to function your greatest plan of action right here. The hitbox of the membership whereas it spins is pretty correct to the mannequin, so press the parry button proper because the membership is bodily about to hit you to efficiently deflect it. Working slam – When distant, the Lynel might deliver its membership up excessive earlier than sprinting at you and slamming the weapon down. This transfer at all times leaves behind a shockwave when the membership hits the bottom, making sidestepping for flurry rushes fully unviable. It is best to as a substitute parry this transfer proper when the Lynel enters melee vary.
Miscellaneous strikes
The White-Maned Lynels can carry out all the beneath strikes it doesn’t matter what weapon they wield, so at all times look out for them.
Jousting assault – After working round a bit from a distance, the Lynel will come towards you with its weapon within the air and swipe you. You’ll be able to anticipate and time your dodges or parries way more simply right here than with the faster working assaults for each the sword and the membership, Simply bear in mind to backflip for the flurry rush. Cost – One other long-distance choice, the Lynel will get on all fours and cost shortly at you. You’ll be able to parry this, in fact, however the timing window for the flurry rush is definitely extraordinarily beneficiant right here, so stick with sidestepping it. Bow and arrow – If you find yourself distant or up within the air, the Lynel can draw its bow and fireplace both instantly at you or towards the sky so that they rain down on you. This assault appears a bit simpler to dodge than it was in Breath of the Wild, so merely working or gliding to the facet will do the trick. Fireballs – The Lynel jumps again, prices up fireplace in its mouth, and breathes three fireballs in your path. Working to the facet will work, though doing so up shut is a bit simpler than doing it at a distance. The leadup to the assault additionally leaves the Lynel completely susceptible to a fast headshot. In case you battle the Lynel in a grassy space, the fireballs will burn the grass and trigger an updraft, permitting you to glide up and land some simple headshots. Parrying the fireballs additionally serves as an efficient technique, though it is best to primarily do that up shut, as that can stagger the Lynel and interrupt the assault. Horn assault – It is a new assault unique to Tears of the Kingdom. At melee vary, the Lynel will lean its head again and swing it to the facet to assault with its horn. The transfer features equally to the double-arm assault that the sword and defend variants have, because it has a considerably delayed timing and will be dodged with a backflip. Explosion – This assault is unique to the White-Maned and Silver Lynels, at the least in Breath of the Wild. They appear to carry out it much less steadily right here, and I by no means obtained it to set off throughout my sole battle towards the White-Maned Lynel. However I assume that the White-Maned variant nonetheless has this transfer, so right here’s the way it works. The Lynel will belt out a strong roar, deliver its weapon up, and slam it down, inflicting an enormous explosion to set off inside the creature’s neighborhood. Both run distant as quickly because the Lynel roars or interrupt it with headshot to take care of this transfer. Imagine it or not, you possibly can really parry the explosion by timing the button a break up second after the weapon hits the bottom. After all, solely do that when you really feel assured sufficient to attempt it.
Different issues to notice
Basically, touchdown headshots will serve you effectively throughout Lynel fights, as they go away the creature open to a singular interplay. As soon as the headshot stuns the Lynel, you possibly can run as much as the edges or the again and mount it very like you possibly can a horse. Though you clearly can’t journey it round, this does function an ideal alternative to take out your strongest weapon and hit the Lynel with repeated strikes earlier than it flings you off. In Breath of the Wild, doing this fully maintained the sturdiness of your weapon, though I’ve not but discovered if this stays true in Tears of the Kingdom.
Both means, after it flings you off, you possibly can enter bullet time and land much more headshots when you nonetheless have stamina remaining. Different strategies for mounting the Lynel embody gliding on prime of it from an updraft or a high-up place and sneaking up behind it earlier than the battle begins, though word that the Lynel has exceptionally good listening to in comparison with different monsters.
Defeating the White-Maned Lynel will drop among the greatest gadgets you will discover in Tears of the Kingdom. The Savage Lynel Protect can harm enemies by parrying with no need to fuse first, and the Savage Lynel Bow can concurrently fireplace three and even 5 arrows at the price of one. Moreover, the horns it drops give extraordinarily excessive assault boosts to weapons as soon as fused, which ought to assist immensely when combating different powerful enemies. However though these awards are nice on their very own, those supplied by the Silver Lynel are even higher.
