As quickly as you reveal the Lightning Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the sport introduces you to Queen Gibdo, the dungeon’s boss. You battle this moth-like creature as soon as earlier than you enter the dungeon and once more when you full it, each occasions utilizing Riju’s lightning means to render her susceptible. In case you select to play by way of the ultimate boss sequence with out having completed the principle Gerudo questline, nonetheless, the sport expects you to take down Queen Gibdo with out Riju’s lightning to assist you. Though Queen Gibdo presents extra of a problem than many of the different dungeon bosses, she remains to be greater than beatable even on this state of affairs, which this information will make it easier to accomplish.
Preventing the Queen Gibdo
Major Weaknesses
Normally, Queen Gibdo will begin the battle by skittering round whereas intermittently firing concentrated blasts of sand in your route, an assault much like the fundamental beams that the Gleeoks use. Fortuitously, this assault doesn’t pose as a lot of a risk because the Gleeoks’ beams, permitting you to simply keep away from it by operating to the aspect.
Just like the common Gibdo enemies, the Queen Gibdo stays utterly impervious to wreck by default, and you may solely bypass this invincibility utilizing elemental assaults. Though the sport lists hearth and electrical energy because the Gibdos’ major weaknesses, any elemental assault will do the job simply superb. Even the flashbang impact produced by Dazzlefruit will work, though it doesn’t trigger harm immediately.
You should utilize melee weapons with elemental properties should you’d like, however Queen Gibdo’s quick motion velocity implies that it’s simpler to make use of arrows with elemental supplies connected as an alternative. Even with the boss’s large dimension, although, you’ll nonetheless have to purpose fastidiously. Attempt to purpose when she briefly stops in her tracks you probably have hassle hitting her as she strikes round.
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Dealing Harm
When you land an elemental assault on Queen Gibdo, she turns into susceptible to common assaults for a restricted time. It’s not fairly time to go for an all-out assault, although, because the Queen Gibdo will now often slam down and generate large sand tornadoes whereas she limps away from you. In case you had Riju with you, this could mark the time once you would use her lightning means to immediately stun the boss and dish out as a lot harm as potential earlier than she recovers. With out that technique to lean on although, you’ll have to land a number of assaults to stun her as an alternative.
You’ll be able to go for the melee strategy, though from my expertise, it’s a lot simpler to do that with one-handed weapons or spears somewhat than the slower two-handed weapons. The Queen Gibdo will nonetheless go for the twister assault as you do that, nonetheless, so after you hit the boss just a few occasions, run away from her to keep away from the preliminary slam after which circle across the tornadoes to proceed your assault.
Beautiful From Vary
Alternatively, you may simply use arrows as an alternative, which I discovered to be by far the better strategy. Common arrows will ultimately stun her on their very own, however you’ll accomplish this sooner should you equip your arrows with Bomb Flowers or different highly effective attachments. Simply keep in mind that the tornadoes will block your photographs, so transfer to the aspect once they spawn earlier than you resume firing.
When you stun and wail on the boss for a bit, she’s going to stand up and restore her invulnerability earlier than retaliating with a cost assault. Merely transferring out of the way in which will hold you protected, however be aware that after this occurs, she can be utterly invulnerable to even elemental assaults till she stops charging. Keep away from attacking till then to save lots of up on assets.
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Second Section
As soon as the Queen Gibdo’s well being is depleted midway, the 4 mushroom-like Gibdo nests will spawn hordes of grounded and flying Gibdos that may all transfer to swarm you. Moreover, the Queen Gibdo will keep up within the air whereas firing extra sand blasts at you. Whilst you can give attention to Queen Gibdo whereas avoiding the enemy hordes, doing this may possible make the battle extra harmful until you will have excessive well being and protection. And in contrast to within the Lightning Temple battle, the Gibdos right here will inflict gloom harm, which might turn into problematic should you don’t have meals that may heal it. Due to all this, you’ll wish to discover a strategy to cease the Gibdos from spawning.
In case you did this battle as a part of the Gerudo questline, the sport may have already taught you to make use of Riju’s lightning on the Gibdo nests’ glowing purple weak factors to destroy them. What the sport doesn’t let you know, nonetheless, is that Bomb Flowers work simply as nicely if not higher, particularly since they don’t have a cooldown tied to them. Be sure that to fireside Bomb Flower-infused arrows on the purple weak factors every time the nests speak in confidence to spawn extra Gibdos. In any other case, the nest will merely shrug off the explosion.
Upon destroying the nests, the sport presents one other complication. When preventing Queen Gibdo exterior of the Lightning Temple, the nests don’t depart behind beams of sunshine when destroyed. These gentle sources immediately killed Gibdos once they bumped into one, however with them gone, you’ll have to take out the remaining Gibdo hordes by yourself.
Focusing On the Gibdos
The entire methods that usually work towards Gibdos will work right here too, with Bomb Flowers coming particularly in useful. Personally, I discovered Dazzlefruits to be the best objects to make use of on this scenario. Though they don’t immediately hurt the Gibdos, their giant areas of impact can render swaths of them immobilized so you may decide away at them with arrows.
As soon as all the Gibdos are handled, you continue to must take care of Queen Gibdo correct, who will possible nonetheless stay airborne. Oftentimes, although, should you attempt to hearth an elemental arrow at her, she’s going to rapidly dart proper out of the way in which. I discovered that ready till she darted on her personal earlier than letting the arrow free labored as a rule. There additionally exists the off-chance that she’s going to attempt to divebomb you, however I’ve hardly ever gotten this to occur.
When you get her out of the sky, the battle mainly performs out the identical as earlier than except for her means to provide 5 tornadoes as an alternative of three. In case you hold utilizing the above methods towards Queen Gibdo whereas taking care to keep away from her assaults, then you should have conquered one in every of Tears of the Kingdom’s trickiest story bosses with out using Riju’s sage means.
