There's a super consistant way to never miss the Lynel's face with an arrow. It doesn't work on spear lynels and you have to land the first shot legitimately, but after you mount the lynel and jump off, if you keep holding the button to lock-on while walking straight backwards and drawing your bow, for some reason the lynel will charge towards you once without attacking, everytime. Use this window to aim the easiest shot in your life. Rinse and repeat. You'll never use durability on your weapons, but the lower damage the weapon, the more arrows you'll need. I killed the lynel on the plateau using a soldier's bow and a spiked moblin club in a few worry-free minutes using this strat. Just remember: Never let go of the lock-on button. (This is the result of 3 hours of research and dying to the lynel on the plateau.)
Yeah lmao, master mode wasn't that difficult so I think I might do this (I felt master mode was actually easier since you get better weapons a lot faster)
Alternatively, Stasis+ is great for avoiding detection in the first place. Just time stop the Blademasters, and run right past, or Sneakstrike immediately once Stasis runs out.
I started a "nuzlocke" of my own 2 days ago but with a few different rules. 1. Permadeath. Falling in lava and drowning also count as permadeath. Since those things would be a guaranteed death irl. 2. No bombs in the overworld since bomb camping makes the game way easier and weapon hoarding way too easy. 3. No food since its OP. I can only heal from completing shrines, and by resting at an inn. No fairies either. 4. No champion powers.
Fun fact, lava is actually so dense that you can just walk on it. It even takes a few seconds for your shoes to catch fire. There's vids on TH-cam check it out
This is the kind of challenge I want to see. Rules like "can only use a weapon once" don't make any sense at all. Yours kind of makes it more realistic.
You could also mount them everytime the lynel does the charging attack, albeit you have a very small window to do it, but at the very least you won't have to use arrows.
Also after mounting them, when they shrug you off, you can bullet time and get a bunch of headshots in the back of their head. Super helpful technique that I never see people use.
20:58 reminds me of doing the middle trials and having to land 30+ successful parries in row with a badly damaged shield. And then finding out there's two more scouts on the same floor.
@@aarusharya5658 It's been a while since I played the trials, but in master mode I'm pretty sure the weapons you have at that point literally don't have enough hit points to kill three scouts without breaking.
@@jacobg5122 its far easier than trying to parry all of them to death, plus you have way more than enough weapons. the beginning trials are the only ones where you have a weapon shortage. or did you not get the secret chest by using magnesis on the wall in one of the floors? that might change your opinion
It depends on how you interpret the "No repeat weapons" rule. If you mean you aren't allowed to use a specific weapon type spawned from a specific location again, then it would be fairly easy. On the other hand, if you interpret it to mean you are not allowed to use any of that weapon type again, this run, it would make every weapon you pick up precious (as losing it could cost you the run).
Hey Ant, love your speedruns! I kind of have an interesting idea for a run. Complete the Great Plateau as you would normally. As soon as you get the para-glider, set a timer. Maybe an hour or so? That is your time to prepare. You can use that hour to get whatever you want to fight Ganon. After that time you must immediately head to Ganon, without picking up anymore items and fight him with what you collected. I'm curious what you would prioritize getting and how you would handle it.
@@yukisetsuna1325 well yes, but I would assume that would be considered cheating if this were to become an actual challenge. (this is not a real challenge so your strat would work, but what I'm saying is this became a real challenge.
The pole at 12:20 can be climbed with 1 stamina wheel. You have to jump at the pole then link will do a extra wall jump and grab for free. If you then climb till you have a sliver of stamina left and jump he will make it to the top. I was bored last night literally spent 20min practicing it... lol
31:41 Never, even after more than 500 hours of BOTW, has it even once occurred to me to try and parry the spear throw. Holy shit. Learn something new every day ig
"Oh man, it's already 2 am and I gotta wake up in like 7 hours. Barely gonna go enough sleep at this point." *Smallant uploads 30 minute challenge video* "...Make that 6 1/2 hours."
Smallant impresses me beyond words sometimes haha I’ve had botw for a few years now and haven’t completed it even once ! so it’s really awesome to see someone just make it so much harder and still succeed! the dedication is amazing
I’ve played Breath of the Wild for so long I’ve memorised every type of lynels attack patterns some day fighting them has become addictive and I don’t disagree
Huh I feel like at 25:17, it would have been better for Ant to shield parry the lynel, because that would stun him for enough time for Ant to launch an arrow into its face and then mount it.
The editing of these videos just keeps getting better, that Lynel fight was intense! Why stress over botw 2 when you just watch smallant1 singlehandedly make the game more entertaining? :D But for real tho, when's part 2 of this run coming out?
Another challenge you could do: The Assassin Challenge You're only allowed to use Swordlike weapons (daggers,greatswords etc) and bows, but you can use as many as you want. No Shields (except for shieldsurfing). You MUST use the shiekah armor. You MUST play on Master Mode. No Combat Bombs. You can use your rules too, like permadeath and such. I did this challenge and it was pretty fun especially the atmosphere that comes with playing as a assassin shiekah! Would love to see you try this one ! :)
Dying the second chat asks how perma death works. I absolutely admire your dedication to explain stuff to your chat, to the point of wasting 20 minutes for demonstration purposes! Much love!
MY NEW TWITCH USERNAME IS JUST "SMALLANT"
USE: twitch.tv/SmallAnt
THE LINK AT THE END OF THE VIDEO WILL NOT WORK
Ily mr ant
Smallant1thank you for this new mode I will now turn this into a versus ruleset against my older brother cause we enjoy suffering
Trust me I’ll be there
Smallant1 how can this be harder😂
Your power is too much for humanity.
You forgot one big thing: you must NAME the weapons, get a strong emotional connection to the weapons, then cry in a corner when you lose them.
do a 10min video for every weapon
Why did this comment make me laugh so much 😂
oh, like nintendo made half of the community do with a fish
3:27 Someone suggested naming the Boko Club as Boku No Pico LOL
Corn the boko club
If Link dies, he dies forever. You can only catch the first Link of any region.
Ryan Sonic lmao and the profile makes this all the better. Take my TH-cam gold🏅
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) nice
You have to nickname all Links you find.
Farooq Leghari minecraft good Keane reeves good fortnite bad
Also because I use reddit I am infinitely most smarter than all of you
There's a super consistant way to never miss the Lynel's face with an arrow. It doesn't work on spear lynels and you have to land the first shot legitimately, but after you mount the lynel and jump off, if you keep holding the button to lock-on while walking straight backwards and drawing your bow, for some reason the lynel will charge towards you once without attacking, everytime. Use this window to aim the easiest shot in your life. Rinse and repeat.
You'll never use durability on your weapons, but the lower damage the weapon, the more arrows you'll need. I killed the lynel on the plateau using a soldier's bow and a spiked moblin club in a few worry-free minutes using this strat. Just remember: Never let go of the lock-on button.
(This is the result of 3 hours of research and dying to the lynel on the plateau.)
Mythril's Glory thank you. i'm shocked this only has 9 likes smh
@@starredd ikr
Knowing my terrible aim I’ll shoot the sun and explode everything 😅
That helped alot, thanks even though this was posted a year ago
im commitining this to memory
Smant: "So let's get the stealth armor"
Also smant: *Dyes it bright white making it very noticeable even from far away*
It's always been white. They just recolored it to purple for some reason.
Hiding in plain white. Oh shi-
@@DooDooWater9732-n5z that was hilarious
I made mine neon pink cause stealth armor + bright color is funny
"his name starts with a k... he was a school dj..."
me instantly: kk slider
Plays Animal crossing?
Same
Ok yiga
@@Noone-gk6cr For Master Kohga...!
KaRappa the Krapper
If a game is ever too easy for you, tell Smallant, he knows how to make any game into a massive trial.
Pokémon X & Y
Yeah lmao, master mode wasn't that difficult so I think I might do this (I felt master mode was actually easier since you get better weapons a lot faster)
Mystic Mageus
Don’t need Smallant to tell you that a no healing in battle Wedlocke works wonders for XY
Mystic Mageus My thoughts exactly
@@Bruh-ev4pl especially with DLC like majora's mask and trial of the sword
Alternative Breath of the Wild Nuzlocke: every time you die you have to buy a new copy
How to go bankrupt:
Bank nuzlocke
69 likes
Nintendo: Write that down write that down!
Alternatively: Breath of the Wild, but every time you die a piece of your soul also dies until you're completely dead inside.
“I haven’t had any practice” he says after playing hundreds of hours of breath of the wild
More like thousands
He meant on that challenge
Edit: Thank u guys for the likes
@@kyocool1289 r/whoooosh
I mean, yeah, i get the joke but tbh, theres a big difference between having speedran one aspect of the game than another
Euclid Hunter what the fuck is the point of woooshing people? It’s just so unfunny you fucking Redditor
Tip for Yiga hideout for all those loud peeps who die: if you get caught, Blizzard Rod freezes EVERYTHING for a long time
I JUST did Yiga, how did I not think of this?
I used ancient arrows bc they don’t notice when I miss the shot
@@wargodyuki7254 I wasted 7 or so ancient arrow to get rid of them when I can just freeze them!
Tbh if u miss for me I could pick up the arrow I missed with
Alternatively, Stasis+ is great for avoiding detection in the first place. Just time stop the Blademasters, and run right past, or Sneakstrike immediately once Stasis runs out.
Smallant: *invests entirely in stealth armor*
Also smallant: "Ima fight the lynel"
Everyone: When is botw 2?
Ant: Watch me struggle until the sequel comes out.
Theres an ant in your room
Thanks man
Delta hell yeah im like number 420
20 minutes
Still holds true 2 years later
Person in chat: So how does permadeath work?
Ant: *dies*
The guy asked during Link death cutscene.
@@RGC_animation chats delayed dumbass
@@mookieleibs *sigh
@@eeveefennecfox What's wrong with you guys, no wonder you have no friend
@@RGC_animation I mean, chat IS delayed on stream
The editing on the boulder part is hella good, same with the parries on the shrine guardian, it's the little things
it’s a new editor, check the description
@@angelinas8262 they did a great job
The Boulder part is pretty good, but the guardian parries are a bit strobe-y. Which may not be good for epileptics.
time stamp?
20:49 Did this master of video editing just pitch shift the parries to the mario theme?
I thought it was the Luigi mansion theme
wait they are the same but Luigi mansion is just toned diffrent
Omg I was watching the video at 2x speed so I didn't notice it
@@Mintflowour y you watch it at 2x speed? 😅
Yes
4:54 that was a 100% intentional death. He was just showing that guy in the chat how the perma death works
I started a "nuzlocke" of my own 2 days ago but with a few different rules.
1. Permadeath. Falling in lava and drowning also count as permadeath. Since those things would be a guaranteed death irl.
2. No bombs in the overworld since bomb camping makes the game way easier and weapon hoarding way too easy.
3. No food since its OP. I can only heal from completing shrines, and by resting at an inn. No fairies either.
4. No champion powers.
Browking are you ok?
I’ve never encountered your existence before yet already I’m worried about you
Please let us know how long it took you when/if you finish. Maybe edit this comment or something.
Fun fact, lava is actually so dense that you can just walk on it. It even takes a few seconds for your shoes to catch fire. There's vids on TH-cam check it out
This is the kind of challenge I want to see. Rules like "can only use a weapon once" don't make any sense at all. Yours kind of makes it more realistic.
Just a heads up for mounting Lynels: You can easily headshot them every time you land a parry. Much easier than trying to hit them while moving.
I mean,this challenge is already completed...I guess it's nice to know though
You could also mount them everytime the lynel does the charging attack, albeit you have a very small window to do it, but at the very least you won't have to use arrows.
I think he knows, it’s just risky as fuck when you’re on permadeath. we might see him do it more now that he’s got mipha’s grace to fall back on.
Also after mounting them, when they shrug you off, you can bullet time and get a bunch of headshots in the back of their head. Super helpful technique that I never see people use.
I usually headshot them when they use the fire ball attack
Ant: *says 'milk'*
Everyone in chat: *ruthlessly makes fun of how he pronounces 'milk'*
"Melk" I had a friend growing up who said it that way too. Not sure why.
@@ralcogaming7674 maybe because that's the word for milk in Dutch and German
@@louisvanwouw7022 he was American though. Like we grew up together. His accent is the same as mine
@@louisvanwouw7022 Nah, in German it's *Milch*
Melk! I KNOW A FELLOW CANADIAN WHEN I HEAR ONE EH!
20:58 reminds me of doing the middle trials and having to land 30+ successful parries in row with a badly damaged shield. And then finding out there's two more scouts on the same floor.
ever heard of weapons
@@aarusharya5658
It's been a while since I played the trials, but in master mode I'm pretty sure the weapons you have at that point literally don't have enough hit points to kill three scouts without breaking.
@@jacobg5122 its far easier than trying to parry all of them to death, plus you have way more than enough weapons. the beginning trials are the only ones where you have a weapon shortage. or did you not get the secret chest by using magnesis on the wall in one of the floors? that might change your opinion
Master trials kicked my ass HARD and I never even got around to doing them on Master Mode rip
Ant: So this is a very difficult Breath of the Wild challenge, we need to strategize, be sneaky...
Chat: FiGhT tHe LyNeL
To be fair, he didn't specify it had to be a good strategy.
Yo, Devine absolutely killed it on the editing. Still feels like a Smant video but has little touches that work really well. Fantastic job!
Thank you :D
@@devinecmd very good job :)
i feel the no repeat weapons rule would end this challenge really quickly.
It depends on how you interpret the "No repeat weapons" rule. If you mean you aren't allowed to use a specific weapon type spawned from a specific location again, then it would be fairly easy. On the other hand, if you interpret it to mean you are not allowed to use any of that weapon type again, this run, it would make every weapon you pick up precious (as losing it could cost you the run).
the man already broke a tree branch and got 2 by 6:08
Hey Ant, love your speedruns! I kind of have an interesting idea for a run. Complete the Great Plateau as you would normally. As soon as you get the para-glider, set a timer. Maybe an hour or so? That is your time to prepare. You can use that hour to get whatever you want to fight Ganon. After that time you must immediately head to Ganon, without picking up anymore items and fight him with what you collected. I'm curious what you would prioritize getting and how you would handle it.
just get a savage lynel bow and dupe it
@@yukisetsuna1325 well yes, but I would assume that would be considered cheating if this were to become an actual challenge. (this is not a real challenge so your strat would work, but what I'm saying is this became a real challenge.
would you be able to get stuff inside hyrule castle?
thats basically an any%
Idk its just not that hard there are speedruns with like 10min before your fighting ganon
“You can’t kill what’s already dead”
Stalkoblins: *sad monster noises*
"We've got the Nintendo Switch shirt...
...obviously we're gonna switch to this one"
_laugh track_
It the Nintended way!
@@RGC_animation omg this reply made my day
@@rioranger5268 :)
@@rioranger5268 that reply was good
@@RGC_animation That was a great reply. :)
of all the videos I've watched, this is definitely one of them...
of all the comments I've liked, this is definitely one of them...
of all the replies I’ve liked, this is definitely one of them…
@@phillup2117 out of all the chains I’ve contributed to, this is definitely one of them
Out of all the sentences I’ve wrote, this is definitely on of them…
Of all the lives I’ve lived, this is one of them
The formatting on those rules at the beginning is beautiful
Graphic design is my passion
The pole at 12:20 can be climbed with 1 stamina wheel. You have to jump at the pole then link will do a extra wall jump and grab for free. If you then climb till you have a sliver of stamina left and jump he will make it to the top. I was bored last night literally spent 20min practicing it... lol
31:41 Never, even after more than 500 hours of BOTW, has it even once occurred to me to try and parry the spear throw. Holy shit. Learn something new every day ig
I’ve only learned that yesterday watch a different video from small ant
Remember kids: Don't forget to eat, or else you'll have to reset.
Elijah Dage the like to comment ratio is wack
Everyone just knows it's a fact. What else is there to say other than stats for nerds?
Forgot to eat breakfast this morning and now I have restart life, god damn it. Should’ve taken your advice
@@philorgneopolotin8762 It's alright. You know sometimes it just happens. The important thing is to learn from your mistakes.
Elijah Dage welp I just woke up as a small boy in Vietnam, much different than the life I had yesterday. We’ll see how this one goes
a game: is pretty chill
smallant: *allow me to introduce myself*
And PointCrow
"Just send me some garbage in a box" I didn't realize ant was sponsoring pointcrow merch
o o o f
pintbird
Oof size large
Wait pointcrow and smallant are the same person. I'm subbed to both channels and I wasn't even aware.
DoggerX I’m pretty sure they aren’t
4:55 love the guy in the chat asks "how does perma death work" and ant just dies xD
22:00 “right that’s probably enough to go fight mipha”
Excuse me?
Love the new editing style, it's different but really good. Good job Devine!
cjya2016 hey cj
Thanks ^^
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20:51 That Mario reference though😂
Eyy, someone got it :D
Its a me Mario!
19:21 I sure do love M E L K
32:10 stuff like this is why I love BOTW so much, you can do anything, even the dumbest thing you can think of
This is a really cool way of translating a nuzlocke to Zelda! Also Link is a Pokemon trainer with a team full of Honedge and you can't prove me wrong.
Trueee
3 years of playing this game and I never knew you could parry Waterblight Ganon's Spear.
Press (X) to s⬛ame
'you can't kill what's already dead right?'
*Blood Moon enters the Chat.*
22:50 "Special K" is how some people call Ketamine (a drug) would be funny if he named himself like this 😂
I was so confused when he said cereal
I didn’t even know there was a cereal called special k
13:59 SMALLANT TELL ME HOW THE HELL YOU CAN SPAM THAT BUTTON SO FAST
20:06 is the quality content I subbed for
I can barely even tell that the video wasnt entirely edited by ant! The new editor is good
"Oh man, it's already 2 am and I gotta wake up in like 7 hours. Barely gonna go enough sleep at this point."
*Smallant uploads 30 minute challenge video*
"...Make that 6 1/2 hours."
Must be nice to get so much sleep
Must be nice to get sleep
Must be nice to not be dead
Samallant1: you can’t kill what’s already dead, right?
stal monsters: *are we jokes to you?*
Undead is different to dead
0:25 “Do you ever get collector’s anxiety in huge open world RPGS?”
10:30 new editor is great ant 👍🏻 20:50
The zoom after the stupid switch joke was SO good lmao
I remember you talking about someone new editing this, and they did a great job! :)
at 18:59 you can actually trigger the korok in the lily pad circles by creating a cryonis block in it, standing on it, and breaking it
Smallant impresses me beyond words sometimes haha I’ve had botw for a few years now and haven’t completed it even once ! so it’s really awesome to see someone just make it so much harder and still succeed! the dedication is amazing
I’ve played Breath of the Wild for so long I’ve memorised every type of lynels attack patterns some day fighting them has become addictive and I don’t disagree
I know what you mean. I also remeered the patterns and can easily kill 5 in a row without taking sage.
I've been fighting gold lynels because they're so fun! Granted I'm also trying to 100 percent master mode.
Is the editing of the perfect counters into the mario theme really going to get unnoticed? That's dope man it actually made me laugh so hard
bruh I opened youtube and saw this, clicked on it without even realizing it's been up for like a minute
me too
Same
Literally same
Huh I feel like at 25:17, it would have been better for Ant to shield parry the lynel, because that would stun him for enough time for Ant to launch an arrow into its face and then mount it.
4:53 literally as he's dying, from stream delay, someone asks, "How does permadeath work?". He has just seen it work.
I can’t even finish the Great Plateau on normal mode without dying twice and Smallant just does this.
I actually took some of your rules to make my own version. I don't think it's harder but I very much enjoy the challenge.
1:28 you can collect _used_ arrows shot from enemies or from your own bow. Pretty sure that’s what the question was about.
I love at how right as he dies at 4:50 someone says “how does permadeath work?”
Fighting a Lynel: I sleep
Fighting Thunderblight Ganon: I sleep
Stealthing the Yiga hideout: [R E A L S H I T]
10:43 / 10:41 when my siblings sneak up behind me and I get scared af
6:43
Thank you Smallant1, for everything that you do
“Maybe we’ll use milk to dye our clothes”
Nah bro use *STAR FRAGMENTS*
yeah star fragments - and maybe even some big ancient cores while you're at it
13:00: "The shield of the mind's eye has a lot of stamina"
I like this guy because he doesn’t just plays brand new games and gives a nice twist on older favorites
I was playing BOTW at the same time and literally entered the "power of fire" shrine at the exact same time 20:21
Should do a Master cycle% you could call it vroom% or emersion breaking% also a video showcasing other cool ways to abuse wrong teleport
The editing of these videos just keeps getting better, that Lynel fight was intense! Why stress over botw 2 when you just watch smallant1 singlehandedly make the game more entertaining? :D
But for real tho, when's part 2 of this run coming out?
Fun fact: the more monsters (except zora lynel and else) you kill, the stronger some mobs will get as long as their weapons
SmallAnt: "You can't kill what's already dead!
Stalkoblins: **malicious laughing**
Wow this game came out years ago and I'm still learning new things, I never knew you cold parry waterblight's lance back at him
6:44 me when I try to laugh at my dad’s horrible dad joke
When Smallant posts his video at midnight
Braeden Asbury it is not midnight
@@jermo1470 Different timezones.
@@Otaku03494 no shit
Jermo Films your the idiot for saying that in the first place
Jermo Films are you that stupid?
Another challenge you could do:
The Assassin Challenge
You're only allowed to use Swordlike weapons (daggers,greatswords etc) and bows, but you can use as many as you want. No Shields (except for shieldsurfing). You MUST use the shiekah armor. You MUST play on Master Mode. No Combat Bombs.
You can use your rules too, like permadeath and such.
I did this challenge and it was pretty fun especially the atmosphere that comes with playing as a assassin shiekah!
Would love to see you try this one ! :)
I was today years old when I found out the old man gives you warm armor. I just cooked a bunch and brute forced it.
Same
Good job to the editor, I really like what they did
nobody:
smallant: "oh no
link dyed"
>Nuzlocke
>"no running from battles"
Nearly every single Nuzlocker: "Uh...that's not part of the rules. Way to make it harder on yourself."
Oh smallant, you charming boy. I like your little isms that you propogate. I never get tired of your enthusiasm saying "xd skip!" Or "boomiezoomies"
10:41 *DIJINDNDNO JESUS.* whYyyy
The editing has improved a lot
New editor.
He said during his stream that he edited part and an editor edited the other parts
@@bagua465 I edited the entire thing first, then ant added the VO at the beginning and did some finishing touches like cutting out certain sections
Devine CMD good job
Such a cool and unique challenge, never would have thought of it
Ik right
I'm honored that you nicknamed that branch after me (even though I wasn't there)
Ant's chat's ability to not read fucking anything and ask exceedingly stupid questions never ceases to baffle me
Someone in chat: How does permadeath work?
Ant: Dies
It's like that.
i mean he’s not wrong
fast
fast
gg u first
*seconds before death reset* *person in chat* “how does perm death work?”
By the early logic that “we can’t kill what’s already dead”, he doesn’t have to fight Stal enemies
4:53 "how does perma death work?" is mentioned in chat right as we see firsthand how it'll work lmao
Dying the second chat asks how perma death works. I absolutely admire your dedication to explain stuff to your chat, to the point of wasting 20 minutes for demonstration purposes! Much love!
Guy at 4:53 asks how permadeath works and Ant purposely dies to demonstrate.
"...can't pick up arrows."
5 seconds later:
*Just got 5 arrows*
He was being sarcastic. Like "Yeah I can pick up bows but not arrows, makes TONS of sense."
Its called being sarcastic. Why would he be able to pick up bows and not arrows?
you're on thin ice with the "link dyed" joke
26:00
You made flurry rushes look easy on lynels
ITS HARD
6:41 that pun though
I clicked on this so fast the tip of my finger burns-
*a small sacrifice for greatness.*