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Ah yes the four elements Fire Ice Lightning *Explosion*

I would always beat the major test of strength challenges by freezing them with a great frost blade then breaking them out with a lightning blade which keeps them stunned then frost again then lightning etc... Super efficient!

What about ancient arrows? I have a theory that because an ancient arrow does 500 damage to a guardian then a triple shot bow can insta kill a guardian.

The shock arrows are instrumental in my favorite attack on a non-lynel armed foe: 1) zap monster 2) grab its weapon and shield 3) watch for tantrum 4) throw weapon in monster’s face during said tantrum

0:42 "so naturally in order to maximize damage output with these arrows *shoots moblin's crotch*"

Something unmentioned, a frozen enemy will also conduct electricity when shocked

I realy like these stat type videos, they are very imformitive!

Me: *gets any elemental arrow* This looks powerful, I'm going to save it. Also me: *never uses arrow again*

Imagine nintendo infodumping this stuff durring the tutorial.

A great tip for anyone still watching this video. Freezing an enemy works for a conductive surface, that means you can shoot them with shock arrows to get AOE damage dome. BUT, it still applies when the frozen enemy is in stasis. So, freeze an enemy, stasis them and bullet time with a multishot bow and shock arrows to deal an insane amount of damage per arrow to all nearby enemies. You can melt through camps of golden enemies instantly

This is super helpful as I’m currently doing my 3rd playthrough, and with hundreds of hours, never knew all these details

One of my favorite elemental combo is to freeze an enemy and repeatedly use a thunderstorm wand on them. Because the thunder shots from the wand don't break the ice, the frozen enemy becomes a source of AOEs that will melt it's health bar as well as other surrounding monsters'.

Do you think you could do a video similar to this on horses. On topics such as how the stats actually scale (e.g. how much faster is a 5 speed horse than a 4 speed horse), how fast all the different gates are comparing to each other (galloping, cantering, trotting, walking), if horses are faster flat out than the master cycle and what the best stats on a horse you can get. You could also go over the damage output and combat techniques with horses. Just a suggestion if you want to. Love your vids! edit: I also am not really sure what the strength stat even means, as all horses have a damage output of thirty when galloping into something except for the giant horse whose damage output is double.

It's insane how dense and deep the content in this game goes. 3 years after it's release and so many people are still playing it, and they are constantly discovering new things about it, BOTW is easily one of the best games out of the last decade

These are some of the best BOTW videos I’ve found.

Electricity is super useful to steal weapons. Just with one hit the enemys drop their weapons and you can use this to get powerful equipment from Hyrule Castle at the start of the game.

I kinda figured out some of the multishot bows not working as straight forward as it seemed some time ago, but what I like to do is when there is a large group of enemies, get one of them with an ice arrow on the head and then follow with a shock arrow to get the AOE damage before actually getting to them, or if they are closing in on me use spears as they are faster to use than swords. Really good video, btw.

Almost 800 hours in this game and I never knew this stuff...

In my fifth playthrough, I kept walking around with an inventory full of 5-shot lynel bows ( with an exception of one ancient bow) because of my lynel farms. Miraculously I never went out of standard arrows and since lynels don’t take any elemental damage, I started going around with an 999x shock arrows, 760 ice arrows and 610 fire arrows. I never used these arrows that much so I figured I could try them out. Then this video came and saved me a ton of wasted arrows, thanks!

Croton: Uploads video Me: Drop everything I'm doing you say?

Honestly I’m loving these stat videos SO MUCH!! The work you put into them is crazy, and they help me a ton with my game!! Thank you!! 😁😁😁

Just a little tip you could put in future videos, in early Master Mode I found most enemies a huge hassle until I got an ice rod, then I just froze the enemies and pushed them off cliffs. I personally don't think ice is that bad, it made some enemy-flooded areas possible to fight, rather than a sneakfest.

There is a way to maximize your damage and try to be as efficient as possible with these limitations, but do require a couple of things. You need a Stasis+, a multi-shot bow, one single shot bow, some ice and electric arrows, enemies that can be frozen, and a place high enough to enter into bullet time mode (when u shoot arrows in slow mo). First get onto a high place in order to set up for the trap. Next shoot the weakest enemy in the group with an ice arrow and a single shot bow, then immediately stasis them and quickly jump to enter bullet-time mode, then switch the bow to a multi shot one and switch to electric arrows, then keep shooting electric arrows at the stasis-ed enemy. This technique will override the triple-damage trick because the enemy is stasis-ed, but 1. We know that enemies that are frozen, that then get shot or hit with an electric effect will release an AOE thunderdome giving us an extra 40 damage. 2. We also know that the elemental damage or headshots will not be factored in damage when the enemy is stasis-ed 3. Stasis-ing an enemy while frozen, will still allow us to make an AOE thunderdome without breaking the ice on the frozen enemy. 4. Using a multi shot bow with an electric arrow will allow us to maximize the number of Thunderdomes we get. 5. Using bullet-time mode, will slow down the timer of which the stasis effect lasts, giving us more time to create more thunderdomes. 6. The only thing limiting you is the height of which your falling from, and the amount of stamina you have. So let’s calculate the numbers to an individual enemy and to a group surrounding him. Starting off with the individual- -let’s assume that you have 5-shot lynel bow, one normal royal bow, and a 3 tier attack buff. We freeze the enemy with a 38 damage royal bow and an ice arrow, dealing 48 damage. -Next we stasis the enemy and shoot... let’s say 4 volleys onto the enemy with the 5-shot lynel bow with the electric arrow, resulting to damage 640 (remember that Stasis-ed enemies will not experience any elemental damage including the AOE thunderdome damage) - now factoring in the 3-tier attack buff will only effect the the bows damage output, not the elemental effect of the AOE thunderdome. So the bow itself will deal 240 damage instead of 160 with the 3-tier attack buff. And multiply that by 4 volleys will result in 960 damage -now let’s finally add up all the things mentioned, the 48 damage from the ice arrow and royal bow, the 960 damage from the 5-shot lynel bow and the 3-tier attack buff, will result in a whopping 1,008 damage to the single enemy your directly shooting at. (Keep in mind that stasis-ed enemies can’t experience elemental effects, so unfortunately we can’t have the enemy be shocked by the thunderdome) For the surrounding enemies in the Thunderdome, the math is a bit easier... -just factor in the number of times the enemy gets electrocuted by the AOE thunderdome, which is about 20 times (4 volleys with a 5-shot lynel bow) so 800, which is nothing to scoff at lol. This technique is very situational, and shines brightest at enemy camps with big groups of enemies. But you can also use metal items, like metal boxes and chests, to release Thunderdomes, which imo is more effective to use. If your wondering where the idea came from it’s was from this m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qq-dq5WYzcXNdI0.html (This Zelda KZfaq specializes in combat tutorials, which I learned from and from using my own experience too, make sure to watch all of his videos) I also believe that if you stasis a neutral chuchu jelly, you can also release Thunderdomes too, making it easier to set up traps for enemy camp. What I recommend to set up this trap is for you to do is to start off from a high place, without the enemies spotting you or by using majoras mask, dropping the jelly on the ground and stasis it, and quickly get into bullet time mode and shoot the jelly really fast. Edit: extra info and grammar fixes

Just something that I want to point out, you will still deal more damage per arrow with multishot bows. These downsides are obviously still useful, such as knowing when so many arrows per shot arrows start becoming drastically less effective, allowing you to preserve durability on you best multishot bows. However, when going for raw damage output, your savage lynel bows will still be the best.

that's nice [uses a five shot bow paired with a bow to cheese lynels anyway]

This explains why my combo weirdly didn’t worked, now my child as I tell you my sad story, “I got to the Zora domain, as and they told me to fight a lynel to get some arrows, I had a bunch of bomb arrows, the Revali’s arrow and the champion tunic, I see the Lynel health and run some numbers, and I see that if I headshot it various times with the 3 bomb arrows of the revali bow I should take away at least half it health, I go, use Raviolis gale, headshot it like 5 times, and I see, It health dropped a laughable amount, then I remembered I used all my stamina with the slow motion bow shots so then I fell and died, disappointed. The next try I was ready to fight it just to get my ass handed in like 3 seconds, then I was like “Fuck It” and shot it with an ancient arrow, and I was like “HAHAHA! Now give me your loot” But the damned lion horse shit just disappeared, poof!, became dust, and that’s how I had to buy a shit ton of shock arrows to complete the mission” Thanks for coming to my TED talk, I hope you learned something

Thank you for the awesome tutorials. I'm 26 years old and haven't played a Zelda game since Twilight Princess released on GameCube back in the day. I recently picked up a switch and have been loving the nostalia. I even found my old game boy color and DS and they both still work! I put in my oracle of seasons/ages and still had my save files from 2001 - 2002 on there! Also ordered an r4 cartridge for my DS, as I want Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks but it seems impossible to find original working DS games in my area without paying a fortune!

"But since there's nothing we can really do about it-" BOTW modders, I'm looking at you.

Link: ATTENTION ALL LYNELS!!! YOU HAVE BEEN CHEATED AND LIED TO!!! Lynel: I knew it! (*slaps other lynel in the face*)

i always thought it was weird how ice arrows didn’t freeze enemies when used with a multi shot bow

Multishot with fire works exactly how I want it to most of the time: it lets me set everything in the general area on fire. That extra spread is amazing against Link's true enemy: grass.

I still use Savage Lynel bows because they're the only bows in my inventory.

“Fire is the least useful element in combat” haha, someone didn’t play the trial of the sword in master mode PTSD of level beginning trials

I keep coming back to this video because it is just so informative and helpful. You’ve changed the way I play this game and I mean that as compliment. Thank you for this and all of your stat videos. The hard work you do is appreciated

Had me a little worried. Fortunately, lightning arrows are way more plentiful than normal ones as I start hunting Lynels to extinction every blood moon as early as possible. And once I have enough rupees to start mass producing ancient arrows, normal arrows become even more scarce. I even use lightning arrows for korok puzzles sooner or later. And also luckily for me, I barely use bomb arrows except as crowd control for large groups of weaker mobs, which you said is the optimal way to use them with the multi-shot bows.

Yay! Another great stat video! Keep up the good work, Croton, and stay safe! (I normally use ice arrows first, then bomb arrows)

You should be an NPC in the next and every future Zelda game. Imagine being able to visit Croton's house in Link's home village, or visiting Old Man Croton in Hyrule Castle to learn all this combat info

Great work! This is definitely the most comprehensive video to cover the topic. Glad I could help you out with some of the research! The bomb explosion only doing 24 damage with multishots was a big surprise to me.

Thank you for the information, I always wondered about ice arrows and now I have the info. Can't wait for the next stat videos to come out so I can learn more.

You are doing such a good job listening to your community, that's so lovely, I hope you are doing well and keep up the good work

Thank you for making all of these hidden stat videos, they really help me in game and are genuinely fun to watch. 👍

Your channel is by far the best informative about weapons and stats by far that I've found. Keep up the great work 👍

this is so helpful when i saw the one about the number on shields i couldn't wait till we got one on arrows since i used to try and calculate the damage for each arrow type

These stat videos are awesome! So much amazing info!

Awesome! I knew about the elemental effects and damage but had no idea they nerfed Bomb Arrows. I don’t use them much. Then again, I moved away from using Multishot bows in favor of Royal.

Great video. I watched a lot of other videos by you just now. All very concise and well layed out. Some of this knowledge might be helpful for tears of the kingdom too !!

SOOO HELPFUL! It helped me so much and I really think this will help me along my master mode 100% (including seeds)! You got my sub and bell. Honestly thank you for doing this research it helps more than you would think

Bruh, now i feel like ive wasted so much... Anyways, this helps so much! I'll be using duplex bows from now on...

Alternative title: Statistical proof that Shock Arrows are overpowered

Thank you for this, it's so helpful. So much detail and thought put into your videos :)

These stats videos are absolute gold. Fantastic work, as always

I've used lightning in the rain against Lynels for some crazy damage (and visual effects) but didn't know about these other nerfs and hidden mechanics. Igniting the grass an enemy is standing on is a tactic I'll have to try! The other day I was using the information from your shield surfing video to have a nice ride down the Akala Tech Lab hill

Man you are so dedicated no wonder these vids are so good

thanks for the video, I had no idea there was so much more to the damage of elemental weapons and arrows in combination to lynel bows. this definitely changes how I fight now.

Oh I understand now. That’s why when I use my savage lynel bow on enemy, I’m like it’s not going hit in my mind but it does. Really nice vids Croton. Keep it up.

This was really helpful. It must have taken a ton of time researching.

I found something while playing botw Everytime we headshot an enemy with a thunder arrow we make a aoe lightning trap even with out the rain

haven't played BoTW in over a year, yet I still love watching your stat videos

Thanks for the info your videos are always very helpful!

Seriously, these video's are great, specially for those who have already basically conquered this game in every way shape and form. This is basically the last bit of knowledge that we didn't yet have on what the game has to offer. Thanks a ton for making these!

The only person who disliked was the lizalfos at the beginning

This video is amazing! It helped me get through my master mode trial of the sword, so I thank you for that!

Awesome video, per usual! I appreciate your work!

Well, I’m STATUsfied! Couldn’t help it!! AWESOME VIDEO!

I love these videoes

i think its still important to remember tho that while multi shot bows arent as effective as they seem, they still only consume one arrow each for all that extra damage rather than 3 or 5 for a single shot arrow. At least when it comes to ice, thunder or of course ancient arrows

The research you do is very fascinating and the end product is polished. It’ll be exciting to get my stuff back from college and play again with this stuff in mind.

Yell the yiga bow might be good in non combat related staff with elemental arrows

thanks for this as i am working on the best load out as i would like to leave breath of the wild proudly

Thanks for always working hard to make these videos!!

Thank you so much! These videos are my personal favorite.

Dude... game changer

an explosives video would be cool (Don’t feel obligated to make one)

This video should be shared to anyone who plays BotW, it’s very important because arrows are a commodity in this game, nice video!

Great and very helpful video, as expected!

throughout all of this, I had thought that, based on the info here, the best bow to use for elemental arrows was in fact the duplex bow(no dud arrows for ice), but then a question comes to mind... The duplex bow doesn't fire two at the same time, it fires one then another. That leaves the question: does each bomb arrow shot count as a single shot each, or does it count them like the multishot bows?

Wow, I’m early for once!

This is such a well made and incredibly informative series. Thanks so much!

Your videos are amazing! Thank you!

Basically, Fire weapons = utility Ice weapons = crowd control Shock weapons = raw damage and some crowd control

My biggest question is how does the game inventory sort weapons and bows, It makes no sense. With either sort method. Not sorted by Damage, Apparently not by Type, Effect, or even Name. It's really been bugging me.

hey brother, I just came across your videos, and I fucking love them. I liked all that I watched, subbed, turned on the notification and have been on a roll watching them. Your videos have started to make me like botw more than I did. Thank you for these amazing contents.

Wow! What an incredibly in-depth and useful video! It gives me a headache just thinking about the time and effort that went into researching all of this; much less actually making the video. Anywho, please know that I sincerely appreciate it. Do take care, and please keep the info coming!

Like this man's video! You cannot begin to understand how much work very likely went into the research, and overall construction & production, of a video like this... Awesome, useful AF info as always, bro. What's even better is how many of us were hundreds of hours, or multiple runs through the game already, and likely very comfortable in our techniques, have been in the comments of these in-depth videos praising the info with blown minds, before promptly re-evaluating and reconstructing large portions of how we play, travel, attack, or even, of course, just view what we're being told and shown of the world with some deeper understanding, or belief of such... Again, just outstanding all you Zelda theorist/fact finders ❤️❤️🤘🤘🤙

If you freeze an enemy, do fire weapons do extra damage on top of the 3x multiplier?

Pretty informative! Thanks for uploading!

I found this quite intriguing, I had no idea that multi shot bows are not as good as you would think. Good thing I always hoard my elemental arrows and only use them if I know I stand a very little chance of coming out on top!

So then is it actually effective to switch between hitting enemies with an ice arrow then a shock arrow, then ice again etc.?

Ok, are you doing research for weapon’s hidden stats (as in buffs, durability, throwing and little stats behind the scenes) or am I just asking for that video in vain?

Damn, this is some absolutely quality content. Nice work!

You did a great job. Got my support!

Hell yeah. Awesome video

Super well done!! Thanks bro

Insanely useful. You have my like and sub.

I missed the notification for this vid so I didn’t watch it until it came on my home page which was just now, but it’s a great vid 👍

Very helpful and intuitive! Looks like I’ll have to be more careful now when I use multishot bows! Probably the best way to use them is with the shock arrows in the rain or on a metallic and a surface of water.

Well done. The stats are interesting to know.

dude the fact that you only have 22k subs is shocking- you’re so underrated and these statistic videos are so helpful!! thank u for putting out great content (:

Really helpful info since I'm planning on replay the game on master mode once I buy it