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(Please forgive my bad drawings. Windblight Ganon shown.)
Boss Name:
Blight Ganons
Game of Origin:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
What Does This Boss Do?:
The Blight Ganons are four individual bosses that make up a sort of miniature gauntlet. They show up in a random order, and each of them is fought one at a time, but to make up for it, the Blight Ganons have less health than normal. The player can Perfect Shield to throw them off and leave them open to attack. Additionally, if you time a dodge perfectly, you gain a boost in the speed of both your movements and your attacks. They have the total health of your average boss, but the health is divided amongst them.
Fireblight Ganon:
The Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Rudania, Fireblight Ganon, is the largest of the Blight Ganons, between the size of Dracula Phase 2 and Galleom. It is the slowest of the four, but it makes up for it with raw power. Fireblight Ganon holds 30% of the total health.
Fireblight Sword: Fireblight swings its sword either horizontally or vertically. The attacks have long range and immense power, dealing 19% damage on hit, however this attack is very easily telegraphed, giving the player plenty of opportunity to Perfect Shield or dodge. When 50% of its health is depleted, he channels fire into the blade, giving it the ability to create trails of fire that deal 1% damage over time. These fire trails last 4 seconds overall.
Fireblight Spin: Fireblight charges up and does a spinning slash, hitting 3 times for a total of 21% damage. It is well advised that the player stays airborne while the attack is being used, attacking overhead.
Fireblight Sphere: Fireblight gathers energy in its good hand and shoots a cluster of 7 small fireballs at the player. The spheres themselves spread out as they go farther, and individually deal 4% damage. When 50% of its health is depleted, Fireblight Ganon will start sucking in air for a few seconds before releasing a larger fireball that deals 28% damage at once. As a bonus, if you fire a projectile at the opponent as it’s charging, it will deal double the damage and be prone to damage for 10 seconds.
Fireblight Protection: Fireblight hunkers down with a fiery barrier around itself. Countering Fireblight Sphere can take the barrier down easily, and temporarily disable it for an additional 10 seconds after it recovers from being prone. This can only be used at 50% of its health.
Waterblight Ganon:
The Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Ruta, Waterblight Ganon, is slightly smaller than Fireblight, but has the farthest range of the Blight Ganons with a large spear. Waterblight Ganon holds 25% of the total health.
Waterblight Spear: Waterblight reels back and extends the spear before performing a horizontal sweep with it. This has the longest range of any melee attack in the entire game, but it deals only 16% damage because of it.
Waterblight Toss: Waterblight, at long ranges, will reel back the spear before throwing it at the player’s location. This deals 20% damage on hit, but is easy to dodge.
Waterblight Stab: When standing mere inches from it, Waterblight will raise both its arms into the air with the spear, then stab it downwards on top of the opponent. This is heavily telegraphed, but deals a whopping 36% damage if it lands.
Waterblight Frost: When 50% of its health is depleted, Waterblight will gain the option to summon 5 ice blocks about the size of Ridley and slowly throw them towards the opponent. Attacks can easily break the ice blocks, but being hit by them will cause you to take 17% damage on hit.
Thunderblight Ganon:
The Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Naboris, Thunderblight Ganon, is the smallest of the four, standing a few heads taller than Bowser. It’s also very frail, holding 20% of the total health, but it’s also the fastest of the four.
Thunderblight Shield: Thunderblight raises its shield when the player is close enough to it, negating all damage. Deal enough damage to it, however, and you’ll put it in a ‘shield break’ state, stunning it and leaving it open to attacks. After breaking it, the shield will regenerate at a decent pace, giving Thunderblight the option to use it again.
Thunderblight Blitz: Thunderblight will dash to three random locations on the map, the last location dealing a large sword strike that deals 14% damage on hit. After dealing the strike, he will dash back to his initial position. This can be easily Perfect Shielded or dodged.
Thunderblight Orb: Thunderblight will fire three slow-traveling orbs of lightning that deals 8% damage each and stun on hit. If the player is hit, Thunderblight will promptly use Thunderblight Blitz on them. The orbs can also bounce off surfaces once before disappearing.
Thunderblight Spikes: When 50% of its health is depleted, Thunderblight Ganon will scatter four metal spikes across the stage, randomly destroying them with lightning strikes one by one. If the player is within range of one of the spikes when it’s zapped, they will take 15% damage. There is a way to work this against him: the player can pick up one of the spikes like the Barrel or the Crate, and throw them at Thunderblight Ganon when it’s about to be zapped. When a spike zapped near Thunderblight, he will take increased damage and be prone to damage for 12 seconds. The zap radius isn't that big, and the spikes are spaced in such a way that you can avoid them.
Windblight Ganon:
The Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Medoh, Windblight Ganon, is similar slightly larger than Thunderblight Ganon. It specializes in long-range weaponry thanks to the blaster on its arm. Windblight Ganon holds 25% of the total health
Windblight Blast: Windblight will fire three large blasts of energy at the player’s position, each dealing 9% damage on hit. Windblight can take increased damage from being hit in its blaster while it’s aiming.
Windblight Gust: Windblight will summon a couple tornadoes on the battlefield. The tornadoes are just large windboxes that propel the player upwards.
Windblight Drones: When 50% of its health is depleted, Windblight will summon four drones from its back that will fly around the area. Windblight can shoot these drones with Windblight Blast to redirect the shot to other drones before redirecting it to the player. The drones themselves can be destroyed by dealing 10% damage to each of them.
Shared Moves:
Blight Warp: All Blight Ganons have the ability to teleport to another part of the map. However, the four are different in the frequency of use: Windblight > Waterblight > Thunderblight > Fireblight is the order with Windblight being the most frequent.
Guardian Laser: When reaching 25% damage, a Blight Ganon will constantly track the opponent’s position while slowly locking on over 6 seconds. When 6 seconds have passed, the Blight Ganon will fire a powerful laser that deals a whopping 40% damage to the player. However, the player can Perfect Shield to reflect the laser and send the damage back at them.
Boss Setting:
The boss takes place in Hyrule Castle’s throne room, as it does in Breath of the Wild if you decide to face Calamity Ganon early on. The battle begins with the player witnessing an accumulation of four separate spheres of Sheikah energy, which condense into the four Blight Ganons, who screech at the player to intimidate them. When each one is defeated, their bodies will start leaking with Malice before they burst. As a player is fighting one Blight Ganon, those that aren’t defeated will be in the background, watching the battle unfold. The song that plays during the battle depends on who you’re facing.
Where Are They Found?:
In World of Light, after you defeat Galeem for the first time, you gain access to a new area in the form of Hyrule Castle, which serves as a gateway to Dharkon’s World. The layout is largely the same as the one in Breath of the Wild, except you don’t have a Paraglider to cheese your way up to the throne room. Many BotW Spirits reside here, ranging from the genius Robbie to the whimsical Master Kohga to the dreaded Magda.
In Classic Mode, the following characters can face off against the Blight Ganons:
: The penultimate boss before Ganon, The Demon King.: Their nightmarish appearances make the Blight Ganons reminiscent to Giygas.: Referencing how the Sheikah and the Blight Ganons are tied.: The Blight Ganons are of similar appearance to the crystalline appearance of : Toon Link faces off against the Blight Ganons as a new penultimate battle. Ganondorf has been relegated to being fought alongside Ganon, The Demon King, similarly to Zelda’s final boss battle.: Fought before Ganon, The Demon King.: A reference to the Dragon Quest Heroes’ ongoing goal to prevent the world from being plunged into darkness.
