Demon King Ganondorf: Difference between revisions

| related  = [[Ganondorf (Ocarina of Time)]]<br/>[[Ganondorf (The Wind Waker)]]<br/>[[Ganondorf (Twilight Princess)]]<br/>[[Demise]]<br/>[[Calamity Ganon]]<br>[[Phantom Ganon (Tears of the Kingdom)]]<br/>[[Demon Dragon]]

When Demon King Ganondorf is first encountered towards the end of the game, he still resembles his mummified "phantom" self, resting in a nest made of Gloom where his power is being restored. He fully reappears after slamming his fist down into the nest causing a tremendous Gloom eruption, which fully restores his original [[gerudo]] form as it was before the game's [[Imprisoning War]]. In battle, he will often attack [[Link (Breath of the Wild)#Tears of the Kingdom|Link]] with his [[Gloom Sword]], but can at any point switch over to a [[Demon King's Bow]], a [[Gloom Spear]] or a [[Gloom Club]] and can unleashes with his bow and club some swarm of gloom wraths that upon making contact with Link ''permanently'' take away one of his hearts, though it will deal standard damage if Link is down to just 1 Heart Container (this damage would otherwise be fatal, but it can be withstood with 1-hit protection). Unlike any previous boss in ''Breath of the Wild'' or ''Tears of the Kingdom'', Ganondorf is the only other person capable of executing a [[Perfect Dodge]] besides Link, and will perform a counter-dodge if Link attack first. It is recommended to wait for him to dodge your attack, and then perform a Perfect Dodge on his counterattack, which will leave him vulnerable to a [[Flurry Rush]]. He has 2500 HP in this phase.

When his health bar is depleted, Ganondorf will activate his [[Secret Stone]], transforming his clothes into a glowing red fiery texture, growing his now glowing red hair tremendously long, and restoring his health bar, extending it all the way to the edge of the screen, effectively doubling its max. This massive health bar contains 5000 HP, though there is a stopper halfway through (where normal healthbars stop), effectively creating 2 more phases with 2500 HP each. A pool of gloom now follows him almost everywhere he navigates in the arena, and he will spawn multiple [[Phantom Ganon (Tears of the Kingdom)|Phantom Ganons]] to attack Link at the same time. At this point, the other [[Sage]]s join Link in the battle, each fighting one of the Phantom Ganons while Link battles the real Ganondorf himself.  

 

When Ganondorf reaches half of his new max health, he will dispel his Phantom Ganons and shove all the sages away, effectively stunning them and turning back the battle to a duel. During this effective third phase, hil unleashes much more gloom wraths with all his weapons and can even Perfect Dodge Link's Flurry Rush. It become more recommended to now doing [[Perfect Guard]] or at least attack him first to have to deal with only one Perfect Dodge instead to wait to dodging his attack first. When his health has been fully depleted, and nearing death, Ganondorf rips his Secret Stone from his forehead and swallows it, effectively turning into what becomes the fourth phase of the boss battle, the [[Demon Dragon]].