A Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Tier List 

Daruk may be “bad” and “ineffective” but have you considered: I love him

Link’s two handed moveset feels like what Daruk’s should be like, basically an unstoppable force

"Personally, Revali prefers the air" Me: I understood that reference 😄

I love how Sheikah Slate Zelda is just a perfect encapsulation of her character. You can't rely on just rushing into things like other characters, so you really need to think ahead and strategize. Fitting for a character who's greatest asset is her brain, not her brawn.

7:49 "Oh boy don't let him find out I put him down here" That line killed me 🤣🤣🤣

"You can't always rely on 2 attacks" Great Fairy: How Cute.

I still love that as Impa I can look at a group of like 5 Bokoblins and think "Yeah, I can get a Special from that"

I had no clue there was so much going on with the Great Fairies. I saw their hurt box and how slow their combos were and I yeeted them to the back of the party. Now I have to break the game back out to see what they offer

Here is an extra tip for sheika zelda : her regular moves have damage increases with "increase dagame from runes" food. Also, Impa can get more than one rune after a special attack if you mash the "add rune to enemy" before triggering the special attack

Mipha deserves to be in S she is a great damage output character, she has great range, she can heal all around a good character

Honestly every character is a blast to play. But I love playing as the Great Fairies. My favorite in the original Hyrule Warriors and Age Of Calamity is no diffrent. I just always get hit because of her massive hurtbox. And some camera angles suck and clip through walls or ceilings with her giant height. I accidently got stuck behind a Korok in the Yiga Hideout and couldn't get through because she was so big. Still a fun character though.

Great video. I personally find Urbosa my favourite to use (though I haven't unlocked all characters just yet!). I'm surprised by what you say about her weaknesses when surrounded by a lot of enemies. Her stasis rune attack is brutal in those situations, and she can take out a lot of enemies with a well-timed strong attack when her scimitar is charged.

I personally think Revali should be A tier. He's practically invincible when in the air, his Stasis is great, and while he doesn't do as great of single-target damage as other characters, his movement options negate that for his survivability.

Awesome video with excellent explanations and editing! Definitely learned a few things about Slate Zelda and the Great Fairies.. Another sweet bonus for two-handed Link is that he's an excellent choice for missions where you die if you get hit once - his combo finishers have some degree of super armor on them, and in those missions, if he gets hit during one of those moves, he'll actually survive with 1 HP that he can heal off! He's definitely pulled off some seriously clutch wins for me

My main man Kohga is one of my favourites since he’s a one man army when it comes to dealing with bosses and mini-bosses. I love watching their weak point gauge vanish when using his laser.

Oh, dang. I'm like 40 hours in and still haven't finished the story but some of the surprise characters I have unlocked have been...surprising!

Link and Impa being S rank feels right. After all they defend Zelda and are thus the best of the best

Great tier list, Del! It's pretty much what I anticipated for the most part especially when taking staggers into account

It's crazy that the first 2 characters you get (Link and Impa) are the 2 best characters in the game. Definitely my mains.

My boy Kohga in A tier! I like this tier list and commentary dude, well done

One thing you didn't mention about Link's great sword is that he can use his unique action super finishers in order to tank damage from enemies and then eat to recover the damage taken. This can allow him to fight multiple Guardians at one time with ease, even if he's constantly being blasted with lasers, as he can just eat at the end of his combo, or enter into more quick combos to take out the enemies before they are able to get a blow in while he's out of the super attack mode. This way he can recover all of his HP no matter how much damage he takes, as long as he avoids getting hit between the supers. He also has the best dash attack for farming materials from grass and dealing heavy damage with multiple cutting hitboxes and zero loss of momentum when starting or ending the attack. If you need to take down a hord of powerful enemies and would like to do some dash attack item farming while you run from area to area, there is no better character. He won't be as good as sword and shield link for cutting grass with a standard combo, but the dash farming is insane with this guy, even allowing him to charge into battle with a boss while being able to avoid an initial enemy attack thanks to the constant momentum. Seriously though, there is a mission where you can fight something like 8 Malific Guardians on a bridge at once and and one super 6 combo can allow you to knock most of the guardians over while tanking lasers from the guardians that are farthest away, and then you can heal up all of the damage at the end, as if nothing happened at all. Great stuff. I hope they release a Switch Pro just so I can replay this game at 60fps, or at least over 40

I feel like Calamity Gannon is criminally underated. If you pull off his fireblight combo on an enemy while their weak point bar is exposed, YOU PRACTICALLY INSTAKILL THEM!!! Honestly if it weren't for Gannon I would have gone crazy fighting the EX encounters

Personally I do like to have Riju on the team in certain missions - with Patricia rampaging she can cross the map faster than anyone else, so it's often useful to have her race to objectives. And I like the idle animation where she feeds Patricia. Nobody said my faves had to be viable.

Terrako is REALLY good at breaking Shields, with him, I get so many kills, and shred through bosses so much faster than any other hero. He a good egg

Not to dismiss the work you put into this video, but this isn't the AoC tier list I was waiting for. Warriorsdojo did a tier list of the OG Hyrule Warriors after he made a character guide for all of the characters, and he's in the process of making guides for all of the AoC characters, and he's gotten through most of the more frustrating characters like Fairies, Maz Koshia, and Slate Zelda among others so far.

I really feel like king Rohm is the best in the game. Just the raw power that you get is kinda overwhelming. Great list though

22:00 "Use his stasis to make weak point gauges dissapear"... or just stasis as the opener and pump so much raw dps in that even a full health guardian is going down in one string, or 70% of a malice-lionel. Teba doesn't care about weak point gauge, he doesn't need them.

I used to be part of the cult of Sooga and Guardian, and while I still love the two, I've recently gotten big into Kohga and Teba. I never knew the overweight napper and the one bird man who actually curses in his debut game would be so good!

Usually the main characters from this kind of games are never top tier but I'm glad to see a change finally

I liked Zelda's game plan before I got a hold of the game. I was right, she's very cool and fun. Her other moveset is giving me Young Link vibes, and that was absolutely busted before

perfect channel, this game had me hooked during its initial launch window. Can’t wait for your Fire Emblem Three Hopes videos.

Normally, I dont care about any tierlists, but this one was interesting to watch. As for any DLC-Fighter I want: definitely Suugah! The moment I saw him I was like: "I wanna play as this guy!"

Calamity Ganon has an unbeatable kill cycle (except against electric enemies) when at max leve for himself and weapon: Magnesis to force the weak-point gauge, C2 for the multihit punch-barrage (just enough to open the weak-point smash), deal some quick melee damage and use the weak-point smash, repeat (waiting before using the smash allows the Magnesis to recharge for a continuous lockdown of boss enemies). Thus, although I respect your opinions about him, I believe that Calamity Ganon is S-tier due to his immense strength and ability to softlock enemies in a cycle which spells their assured death

I guess my choices were right. Your S tier ranked are the ones I consistently use in the game. I'd personally like to see Linkle and Wolf Link be added to AoC.

Kohga’s is my favorite to use. I just find his moveset to be the most fun to use. Doesn't help that have a crush on him at the moment

Honestly each character in my squad has a purpose and that’s why Revali is in there cause he is super fast and great at taking out hoards. Plus he is a beast against slow bosses like Hinoxes and Taluses as they are too slow to hit him and he can obliterate them from a far with great speed

Daruk's stasis being bad is completely nullified by his c5/6 and his bomb. Using them together is pretty much a guaranteed WPG break.

Although I love mipha, and a healer playstyle in general, I can’t break weakpoints on anything so I feel like it’s a bit ineffective. Also, if you stasis an enemy and use a combo, the stasis automatically ends which lowers her effectiveness

Daruk and Impa are the best characters. Daruk has an infinite combo that bodies bosses without giving them a CHANCE to fight back. And impa is amazing if you have a weapon that focuses Ultimate charge. When her clones come out you can max out all 3 of her ultimate bars after about 10 seconds.

I spent most of the time spamming specials with Impa, I can agree on this list

Finally someone notices that master kohga can basically spam big glowy blast with the right combos

Now I want an Arena PvP mode against like 30 players

When you have to finish the game because you'll get spoilers if you don't...

You forgot one thing about sword and shield Link after doing a combo with him if you hold X afterwards, he does unique attacks for each of his grounded combos.

I would move Urbosa up but otherwise Great Tier List!

The only characters I really used were Link, Sidon, King Rhoam, and Teba. They are all so GOOD they all do soooooo much damage and can stun lock like crazy.

It's funny because Hestu and Daruk (My 2 favorite characters) are in C tier, but Teba and Sidon (My 2 second favorite characters) are in S tier

I feel like Ganon should be higher. He doesn’t have a regular weak point opener, but you can hold absorb and dodge cancel c1 into itself a bunch to fully charge calamity in about 40 seconds. Not very long for the payoff imo. Good crowd control with awesome stun loops thanks to canceling calamity with smashes, and his INCREDIBLE runes letting you choose who you want vulnerable and when. Also Great Fries are broken.

I'm liking these ranking videos of unconventional games. You wouldn't think tier analysis would be that interesting for a hack n' slash or baby's first platform fighter (i'm just kidding kirby you are precious), but your way with words works wonders.

Age of calamity impa for smash

my main is urbosa, i've gotten really good at her lol

I feel like two handed weapon links should've been higher because any of his combos with the red power or strong combos absorb damage taken without canceling the attack and can be healed with the food so if you just need to use an attack and also absorb any damage (besides elemental attacks I think. Like they stagger you) it does it and I'm pretty sure all of his red power attacks or whatever stagger bosses so you can use stasis immediately after and get a big attack string

Me, who uses Daruk 90% of the time: omg so excited to see what schmucks feet out on the lowest tier Video: yeah so first and last is Daruk Me: *nervous sweat*

Only change i would make is Urbosa in A tier, otherwise great video!

Now i understand this is an older video and most likely alot if not all if this has changed im just finna say that rhoam and gannon are absolutely s tier gannons malice gauge fills up rather quickly just by simply using his entire light attack string as well as his spirit gauge filling up faster than even impas one spirit gauge fills almost fully when using his entire light string on any group of enemies and ganon may be on the larger side but getting flurry rushes against 90% of the enemies in this game with a fair amount of practice (which if you have unlocked this character should be second nature by now depending on your play style) as well as ganons block being able to withstand even the blights *takes deep breathe* now on to rhoam he is in my personal opinion the best character in the game hands down his versatility and just shear amount of raw damage and weak point gauge obliteration to name a few reasons his stance switching isnt even the biggest factor he brings to the table his single target damage in both stances is phenomenal to to mention his large aoe crowd control when i first started the game i played link and only link till daruk was unlocked then i played him exclusively until i ran into miphas fine self then proceeded to play mipha and only mipha until rhoam out of nowhere apeared into my roster then it was rhoam and mipha exclusively (now dont go thinking i never played any of the other characters i played each and every one tested just about every move set i could) but now its gannon and rhoam exclusively with mipha as a side piece for battlefield healing if needed now dont get me wrong this list in every aspect is accurate except for where gannon and rhoam are respectfully and maybe not the fairies honestly i like move versatility and the fairies dont have enough variety in their move set and what i mean by that is that there is four of them and they could have had two stance switchers in the game is all im sayin but anyways recap gannon is s tier rhoam is s tier fairies are c maybe b and the only reason id give them b is because they are the only character that can freely administer status ailments thank you for coming to my ted talk

I know this is EXTREMELY late, but watching this video makes me think i am the only one who always locks on big targets and prioritizes on said large targets.

My go-to squad was Link, Kohga, Sidon, and Teba! Now I know my gravitation to these guys had a reason. I never understood the Impa hype though... maybe her moveset never clicked with me.

My only problem with daruk is after seeing the Champion’s Ballad cutscenes, you would think his knock back is through the roof, sending bokoblins and lizalfos flying. He’s the typical bruiser so he’s gonna be clunky and slow

slate zelda is also good because her standard string cryonis, bomb and stasis also count towards weakpoint counters

Ganon's magnesis is at least an A on its own. The only flaws are electric enemies, it's good but not extremely range, and being attached to a big character and his stasis is better link stasis.

The only problem I have with this that Urbosa is so low and Yunobo being so high up. 1. Urbosa I think should be at least A tier because with her electricity attacks she's absolutley killing it in the rain or in the water. With her C5 or something (not really familiar with those C-thingys) or when she makes a storm of lightning, that attack is EATING weak point guages as well as dealing HEAVY damage. Maybe I'm a little bit of a simp but I still think she should be higher than B tier 2. I don't like Yunobo. I think he's like the worst character in the game. In my opinion Daruk is SOOO much better than him, maybe cus I haven't learned how to play him properly but I still think he has weak normal attacks and he doesn't deal that much damage either. If I got to rank him I'd give him a C in this tier list

Hestu gets a HUGE point for me for having a weapon whose hidden skills are chest and korok detectors so he is almost necessary for 100% (there are other weapons that do separate things but his is the only one with both)

Hestu, Riju and terrako were are my mains but get personally they are amazing for me or at least my play style

would like to see an updated listed with dlc taken into account

welp the first DLC was interesting cause Flail Link is VERY strong, and the Master Zero bike for Zelda is unruly but interesting to say the least

I feel like overall the risk behind Link's greatswords is too little to be anything except S-tier, especially when the damage of it is outweighs by a long shot the sword. Still, the SnS is better, but there's a reason I personally love two-handers, especially with the stylish whirls and spins that will make Teba blush. Revali's flight makes him evasive enough that just doing bombing runs to wipe out. Teba, however, is the superior bird archer by far. Also, you not using the finishers on broken bosses makes me stress out.

Will you make an updated tier list when the second dlc releases in November? I imagine the changes that are made to the characters (and the new ones) will alter the tier lists ranks

Honestly Urbosa was my second most played champion. To be honest I think she dose amazing with crowds. Her…. C2? (The little roll forward with a triangle of lightning or 2 normal then spam special attack) works great for a lot of crowds and is usually how I clears a lot of them… also it’s fkin urbosa if we we’re gonna off wifu material for the championships she’d be on s++ for me ngl

If you can’t make good use of Daruk… you’re not using him right. Though he IS a pain where speed is needed, but I would definitely choose him over Yunobo… or Revali, for that matter. I can’t figure out how to use that bird to save my life (or his). Crowd control with Urbosa is best done by mashing X with a full gauge, then switching to combos to recharge it. Bow of Light Zelda does have a slight crowd control problem… but it’s easily solved by refraining from her luminescent form in favor of aiming her Special Attack at large hordes. Urbosa is also good at murdering crowds with her special.

There is absolutely no way that Impa is better than Calamity Ganon. Calamity Ganon's Magnesis is so damn broken, that it can stunlock bosses without any Attack Speed seals, and I think that says enough about how much better it is. Granted, it is less effective against Electric bosses, but that's what your Malice form is for, and it clears hordes more efficiently as well.

Terrako's power is spamming his unique action along with mashing combos. He is like hitting twice as hard and wpg vanish soooo fast, much like with impa. As for daruk he has the best defence in the game with his protection only being able to be penetrated from 1-2 attacks from the whole game... Mission with one hit fail or with a grp of minibosses at the same time, daruk has them for breakfast... also since his stasis is not good, spam bomb on cooldown... his bomb is broken! He is A tier for sure if judged for what he is good at or what he is Intended to do by design!

See once Revali is air born its game over is special action puts him in the air for a reason just do that before any fight and then you're golden. He can rarely be hit, and slap some Midair damage seals on his bow and he's set as soon as the boss has its weak point gage up stasis, doge cancel as soon as he fires the volley, and just spam basic attack. I think he should have been A tier at least

My preferred method of combat is: Idk,mash some buttons with Rune Zelda. I'm not good at strategy planning. Not a good character trait.

Also revali,if played right goes right into s tier levels of power

I think daruk should be higher yes he is slow but his shield is unbreakable with that it could make him good with dealing with multiple bosses and guardians Like for example fo Most of block only focus on the front meanwhile daruk could make a barrier on all side so it make an advantage for him to deal with multiple bosses in a fight like hell i could even make him 1v5 like no issue when using daruk But i think the best for beginner is daruk,mipha and link because they are the most simple character to be use inside this game

Daruk is only good to have when you can select 4 characters, he does a really good job at taking out smaller enemies and tanking damage from bigger ones

I agree mostly but i feel like rune tablet zelda needs to be in s tier because normally you can only increase a characters damage by 35% max, but since zeldas tablet counts as the shikah rune, you can increase her damage by 100% not only that but knowing how to utilize her moves along with making them faster just makes her DEMOLISH bosses!

Honestly, I would just switch Sidon and King Rhoam. King Rhoam just has REALLY good range overall. To the point where even the stone taluses doesn't stand a chance. Also, he's quicker than you expect. Not easy to exploit compared to Sidon imo. Second, Impa is just number 1. How is she better than the hero of Hyrule himself? Seriously, it feels like a combination of dynasty warriors and Marvel vs Capcom. With Zelda mixed into it. It's easy to get the three clones, and SAVE your meter for the bosses. That's without mentioning the fact that she gets 3 meters and the special attack charge rate seals. Lastly, I would put Revali around the same place or lower. Attack power isn't that great. Also, he is even exploitable in mid air. Tbf, if he couldn't be hit when he's in mid air, even Impa wouldn't stand a chance I'm afraid. I also would put him there for personal reasons. He talks trash but he just doesn't prove his worth to me. I don't understand why Teba isn't a champion, yet Revali is. I understand what kind of character he is, I just hate him all the same. I love the Zelda franchise more than any other. But I just can't stand Revali for the life of me.

I like all the characters but I put Hestu in last, and Teba is my favorite

I have to disagree with Terrako, because if you're an anxious player like me you can just hack away with ZR at all times and cause consistent additional damage. Also when you learn to combo that with Terrako's strong attacks, you have a teeny tiny murder machine in your hands. Also his special attack gauge fills up pretty quickly. And also the greatest thing about Hestu? His existence. The first time I shaka-shaka'd a Lynel's ass while consistently hearing "yahaha!" and seeing Koroks throw random shit on A LYNEL, it made me laugh so bad I had to pause for a while.

I have just one complaint about this tier list. Why in the Goddess Hylia's name is Hestu higher than Dark!?!?!?!

Also fun fact about Ganon: he has a built in JoJo reference with his flurry punches

terrako is broken as hell mass lazers charge lazers `lawn mower giant ball that can pulse (with small lazers) and exploding into little balls (with charge shot) takes out tons of mobs quick then his helicopter with full spam lazer while keeping them in place that anchors them in place and stuns then he just tears through shields 100% S tier also terrako loves his stasis bombs and ice he tears through everything when used right

Only thing daruk is good for are the hair-whith trials. Oh, and he’s the only character that can permastun lynels with his 6 strong attack (that i know of).

Hey Delzethin, have you heard of McLeod Gaming's new project Fraymakers? The game looks good and ik it's in good hands since it's being made by the people behind SSF2

Honestly, my only real gripe with this list is that Revali isn't higher, especially given how broken he is with the right build. Slap some mid-air damage buffs on that bird and watch him eat lynels for breakfast.

Thanks for this list, Norm Mcdonald. 💙

My link has a Lucky Ladle, Boat Oar, and Pitchfork for weapons. Nothing can stop me

I disagree with your placement of Daruk and Yonobo. Yonobo is far more clunky, imo. I’m playing through the game for the first time right now, and I am having the HARDEST time trying to figure out his moves and how best to use them. It’s making his level in the DLC really difficult, especially since he’s still new and doesn’t do anywhere near as much damage as the characters I’ve been training for the entire game.

WILD LINK IS MY FAVORITE!

The champion descendants are a mixed bag. Some are worse than the original, some do their own thing, and some do what the original is trying to do but better. Riju is all around worse than Urbosa in my opinion. She can get from point a to point b really fast, but can’t do much when she gets there. Yunobu is better than Daruk overall, but doesn’t even have a similar moveset or gimmick. Sidon is just a very powerful character, and though he is slower than his sister, he makes up for it with his immense strength (and his winning smile). Teba does what Revali is trying to do (be the ranged character) and totally obliterates him. He’s a fucking machine gun with some of his moves, and overall just does everything better than Revali.

I don't really see how slidon is a S teir because a lot of his combos really depends on how u time that ZR press and right there that can get annoying

Daruk while not the greatest, feel really good as a safe pick for less experienced player

My favorite character to play is Urbosa, she is so badass!

Alright. I'm gonna come to Terrako's defence here. I'd argue he has some of if not the best pulling moves in the game and his Statis can break weakpoint gauges in a single stasis. As well as having seperete guardbreaks that can PULL people into them. As well as being delayed allow you a few seconds to recharge your slate. Spamming his ZR allows him to output ABSURD DPS. And fully charges his beams with his X orbs up allows you wipe entire groups of enemies off the map along with Weak point gauges. And his Bomb rune breaks the slate counter on the INTIAL hit allowing all the bombs to connect for full damage to weakpoints. I'd argue he is the BEST if not ONE OF THE best in the game.

Your voice sounds similar in tone and style to the late Norm MacDonald! Not exactly but VERY reminiscent.

Why do you kill Gerudo, Rito and Hylians in this game? If you are supposed to save them? (I haven't played so I don't know the story)

WILD LINK IS SO STRONG!

I am so happy that my favorite people got in fourth fifth Place

I dont know why u put spear link at b tier even tho he has a little flaw And he doesn't even have that flaw when I use spear link I use his c6 glitch to kill bosses in seconds and i use his c6 to kill enemies so he should be the highest tier