Darunia Gameplay Details

Siliconera recently unveiled some details about the recently announced Darunia for the upcoming Hyrule Warriors. While we have have been covering a lot about the game lately, information about Darunia has been relatively scarce. Even his section of the new trailer we showcased earlier today was short compared to the rest of the roster.

Here are some bullet points highlighting the details of Darunia, and a few other parts of the game, that Siliconera pointed out from their hands on experience:

– About the same speed as Link

– His attacks appear to have more impact on screen, but since most enemies fall after a few hits it’s unclear how much more damage Darunia does

– Can use a speedy rolling attack in which he bowls enemies up

– Darunia will continue to roll and scoop up more enemies if you keep mashing the attack button

– Darunia can also use a giant hammer with a wide swing

– His special move is an over the head slam

– Demo starts off with Darunia, Link and

Impa in the Eldin Volcano which is full of baby Stalfos

– Regular enemies pose little to no threat in Hyrule Warriors; instead you knock out the leader

– In this case, the leader is a larger Stalfos classified as a Keep Guard or a

Lizalfos

– After a leader falls, morale for the Hyrulian Army rises and the small fry enemies just wander around

– Darunia had bombs equipped

– These can be used to open a secret path

– The path is obscured by a wall which looked like any other wall inside the volcano

– Breaking it down makes it easier to roll to the next checkpoint

– Main goal in the level is to escort Bombchus to stone spires

–

Bombchus automatically move to their destination

– They do stop if they run into a wave of enemies

– After bringing one Bombchu to the right spot Hyrule Warriors played the classic

Legend of Zelda puzzle solving chine and the Bombchu detonated

– Another area has you fighting a

Poe

– The Poe can teleport out of danger

– You’ll also find a

Wizzro enemy

– Wizzro throws a spread of purple orbs

– When you fill the focus meter with Darunia, your attack power goes up and Darunia gets “super armor” since he can’t be hit stunned by enemies

– Focus also changes your special attack into a more powerful move

– Darunia does a little dance at the end

–

Sheik shows up and talks about going to Faron Woods

– Darunia has a treasure chest animation where he peeks inside and holds the item towards the sky just like Link

– Weapons like the bombs and boomerang can be powered up by picking up an item drop

– As previously mentioned, the powered up boomerang is the

Gale Boomerang

– Throwing this will knock out smaller enemies

– The regular boomerang only stuns enemies

– The bow fires a single arrow that does a small amount of damage

– It is possible to kill a leader by sniping

– The powered up bow is the

Light Bow and it shoots five arrows in a spread

– This build won’t be playable at Comic-Con, but attendees can try

Midna

Given this new bit of information, are you excited to play as this

Goron leader? Let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Source: Siliconera (via Nintendo Everything)