Zola is a bitch. Or zora. Whatever you want to call he/she/it. They suck so much.
At the outset, you have 3 heart containers, a wooden sword, a janky shield that might as well be made of crispy bacon, and a propensity for ramming oktoroks from behind as you learn to manipulate a controller that was built neither for ergonomics or adult hands. Any map with water has a zola, and no creature has killed me more times. While you're running around trying to dodge leevers, zolas are casually hurling flaming balls of death in your general direction, which you can't block without the magic shield. While you could, in theory, avoid the fiery artillery bombardment, it is difficult to do in practice.
One thing in your favor is the fact that the AI that aims the fireballs is piss poor. Seriously, if you just stand still, zolas will miss you about 10% of the time (I know because I did it).
However, by far the most frustrating thing about these fishy bitches is Link's inability to do anything about their existence. They pop up in random locations, so you can't sit and wait. Unless you have full hearts (unlikely if you're on a map with a zola), you can't zap it at range with your magic-sword-throw power. Even if you do manage to hit, it takes 5 strikes with your toothpick to kill it off. At that point, it's not worth waiting around and dodging its multicolored balls (unlike your typical Saturday night in the Castro).
I will say the most satisfying achievement I've earned to date is picking up the White Sword, which does double damage, which means you can kill zolas with one strike.
So my advice to you, novice LoZ player, is to get the White Sword and become a zola sushi master ASAP. You only need 5 heart containers to get it, so you can do this after beating levels 1 and 2 (or even finding some of the random ones in the Overworld). Save up for the magic shield first. Zolas become a non-issue pretty quickly.
Fig. 1 - Fuuuuuck, I hate you!
At the outset, you have 3 heart containers, a wooden sword, a janky shield that might as well be made of crispy bacon, and a propensity for ramming oktoroks from behind as you learn to manipulate a controller that was built neither for ergonomics or adult hands. Any map with water has a zola, and no creature has killed me more times. While you're running around trying to dodge leevers, zolas are casually hurling flaming balls of death in your general direction, which you can't block without the magic shield. While you could, in theory, avoid the fiery artillery bombardment, it is difficult to do in practice.
One thing in your favor is the fact that the AI that aims the fireballs is piss poor. Seriously, if you just stand still, zolas will miss you about 10% of the time (I know because I did it).
However, by far the most frustrating thing about these fishy bitches is Link's inability to do anything about their existence. They pop up in random locations, so you can't sit and wait. Unless you have full hearts (unlikely if you're on a map with a zola), you can't zap it at range with your magic-sword-throw power. Even if you do manage to hit, it takes 5 strikes with your toothpick to kill it off. At that point, it's not worth waiting around and dodging its multicolored balls (unlike your typical Saturday night in the Castro).
I will say the most satisfying achievement I've earned to date is picking up the White Sword, which does double damage, which means you can kill zolas with one strike.
Fig. 2 - Thanks for the sword, old man. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a date with a mer-asshole.
So my advice to you, novice LoZ player, is to get the White Sword and become a zola sushi master ASAP. You only need 5 heart containers to get it, so you can do this after beating levels 1 and 2 (or even finding some of the random ones in the Overworld). Save up for the magic shield first. Zolas become a non-issue pretty quickly.
We need way more frequent updates! How did you find so many hearts? Where were levels 1&2? Did you bomb secret passages ways to find hidden stuff. Aren't some hearts hidden under trees that you have to burn. Need a review on sword upgrades. Is blue the highest? You should really think about updating this blog once a day in the initial phases. Fans are starving for this information!
ReplyDeleteI don't get a chance to play that much, otherwise I'd be updating this blog every 2 hours.
ReplyDeleteThe heart containers are scattered all over the place. You need magic items to get some of them, like the raft and the step ladder. You need to burn some trees and bomb some rocks to get at others. I managed to remember where a few of them were, but there are a ton I will have to just discover. If I can't find them towards the end of the game, I'll probably look it up online. Most of the trees you burn have a moblin inside who says "Pay me for the door repair!" and they take 30 rupees from you.
Magic Sword > White Sword > Wooden Sword
I will try to provide more context, but it takes too long to explain everything. That's why I'm LINKing (Get it? GET IT?) to various Zelda wikis to explain.
Links.. Nice. Listen, go easy on the links. I want to relieve the experience mainly through this blog. If I wanted to click on all the links and do research then I would get a job.
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