Which Hyrule Nation Would Win a CIVIL WAR? - Zelda Theory
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The people of Hyrule have always worked together to take down an evil threat, but what if they didn't? What if instead they each wanted to rule the kingdom, and turned against each other! Today I'll be comparing the armies of the Zora, Goron, Gerudo, Hylians, Sheikah, Rito and Yiga to see who would come out on top! Is it who you thought it would be? - Hry
I don't think I ever could've imagined someone saying "a well-placed arrow could easily break the skin, piercing vital organs!" with such cheerful enthusiasm.
If they're not careful, they might get skewered and bleed out. 😁😁
I was fully expecting the Koroks to win since you didn't mention them when listing the races and you giving them a symbol like the other races in the simulation. Like, there's over a thousand of them, and they're clearly immortal considering they've survived everything Link has thrown at them. Not to mention the Great Deku Tree with it's mass amounts of wisdom and it's energy to protect the Master Sword.
I don’t disagree with this… would have made for a short video though haha
@@youraveragehylian don't you mean yhahaha
@@youraveragehylian would've made a perfect plot twist after the gerudo took over, thinking they won. and then...
YA. HA. HA.
They can't be seen by everyone which would give them an advantage, but they are the least likely to do WAR
* Creepily * YA HA HAAAAA
They aren’t killable because they aren’t hostile, Link can’t kill people either.
In Age of Calamity, during the Mipha quest, we can see the Zora soldiers using a technique where two soldiers block a strike with two spears and a third stabs another spear past the two spears guarding. It seems to be effective against monsters that use swords.
Weapon triangle advantage
Spears generally have an advantage over swords because of their reach
probably works on hylians too, because they have no experience fighting skilled warriors
but they have skilled warriors, one that wiped out all the guardians in hyrule field, no one seems to remember him now, only the leaders of their own villages remember him, and purah, who moved out of hateno to live somewhere else, presumably in the new "lookout landing"@@arcticpossi_schw1siantuntija42
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I saw some Yiga fighting Link one time, and they did something with terrifying implications; when Link had given one of them serious wounds, they were teleported back, presumably to a safe location where their wounds could be tended to.
This means the Yiga would suffer almost no casualties compared to their enemies, something that would make them a force of terror during an all-out war.
We're just lucky they're wasting their time trying to fight Link, who, from what I've seen, could probably take everyone else in Hyrule on his own.
My dad was in Ka’KaraBazaar one time when he saw Zelda rushing through the sand, my dad said she was running from yiga soldiers, then out of nowhere, her knight cut a yiga’s hand and head off in one big slash. He did not teleport back, but that is just a story my father tells us, I don’t think it is true
Yeah sounds a bit far fetched
@@Everything_Was_Takenas a yiga I don’t think its true
(I hope its not true)
@@youraveragehylianI do believe that the Satori does exist, the matter at hand is finding it, that would make a good documentary when I think about it
@@Froggycolouring that sounds like nightmare fuel, i kinda hope it was true, when the people asked link, he did not seem to remember, i saw him headed to the desert. He came back the next week to get some mushrooms and i asked what he did in the desert, yknow, some small talk. He then told me he remembers the events we were asking him about, the guy has been through a lot, i don't blame him for going a little cuckoo crazy
I think Link alone almost guarantees a Hylian victory, so nerfing him may have been a good call. Tarrey Town, though, would be harder for the Zora to take than demonstrated here because the island is pretty elevated and the Zora would have to attack by land. I could see them maybe laying siege to Tarrey Town, but I think Tarrey Town could probably resist an attack pretty well, especially from the water-based Zora.
Except for the Construction Area, they can deploy troops through the northern lakes and into Akkala Lake, which leads straight to the newly-developing area of the town.
Zoras might struggle taking over Tarrey Town, but I'm pretty sure Gorons can blow the bridge back to land and the Town is forced to surrender.
I think the zora can completely destroy their supply chains though. The town itself has no way to gather resources other than wood from the torin wetland. But I think the zora could easily capture the wetlands. So i think Tarrey town would have to surrender pretty much immediately considering they also do not have anyone with proper fighting ability other than 1 Gerudo and maybe the one rito there (whom I assume would side with tarrey town rather than their own nations)
It would really depend on just how advanced the Sheila tech is. If they can produce more guardians or at least re activate enough of them then the rest of the nations are toast.
100% we saw what happened during the calamity the other nations would stand no chance without help from the others
During the flashbacks in Botw, we saw them reactivate Sheikah technology, which means that the Sheikah would at least have all guardians on their side, and perhaps even the divine beasts
But, where did those things go anyway? The only one I know of is on top of that research center above Hateno Village
The korok forrest in the middle of the gerudo kingdom is quite comical
I think the Rito have it in the bag. In the video, most other armies played to their strengths, but the Rito barely took advantage of their mobility and air advantage, instead making the stupid decision to attack the largest force head on with their entire army. They could use guerrilla tactics and send small groups of Rito to do various things at the same time such as blowing up supplies with bomb arrows, stopping the larger Gerudo army from properly functioning. They can do the same to the weapons of the Sheikah/Hylian alliance which prevents them from really being able to fight back enemies in the air effectively - they can only use untrained archers except for Link and Zelda, who can't be everywhere at once. The Gorons have nothing to reach the Rito with, so they would eventually lose in a battle of attrition. The Zora's fare even worse, with shock arrows rained from above absolutely debilitating them in their most advantageous terrain. The Yiga probably stand the best chance if they could deceive the Rito and mess up chains of command, It really depends on how easily the Rito would be fooled and how good the Yiga are at pretending to be birds.
The Rito would not be able to take all of Hyrule - they’d easily be able to hold Hebra, Tabantha, the Gerudo Highlands, and parts of the Gerudo Wastes, but without any real elevation toward the center of the map, they’d be useless to press further. I believe it is stated that the Rito can’t technically fly, but that they’re just really effective gliders, which is why Revali’s ability to generate upward lift was so well respected. Without areas to launch from in Hyrule’s center, they wouldn’t be able to take it. They only have the ability and numbers to keep and hold the highlands, and with some strategic work they could potentially besiege and blockade the Gerudo by blocking off the mountain passes out of the wastes.
my money is also on the Rito. If they made their way down to the Depths (Which they can easily do given they can fly) and start harvesting bomb flowers en masse, they turn their soldiers into WW2 bombers
@@Anime-Controlif they hijack a skyview tower or two, they’d easily have the height to dive down on other nations and rain hellfire on any group out there. Add in the fact that they are hunters and marksmen who could likely shoot a bow from a further distance than any other group could with great accuracy, I doubt even the sheikah could stop them. The only real threat is the Yiga, since they could teleport and assassinate key members of any nation or pretend to be sheikah messengers and make attack plans on a specific enemy of the sheikah or make negotiations on supplies when they really are there to make plans to pit the nations against each other or remove all sizeable chunk of resources and ambush the now crippled nations.
@@SunshineRey Good point, I was still thinking with my BOTW brain so I didn’t consider that. As long as they can get Purah Pads, they could get footholds in any captured towers.
There is proof ingame of the Rito being able to fly and that comes in the form of Penn whenever he Soars Long he flies away to the newspaper place near rito village not to mention without their bridge rito village would only be accessible to their race and maybe link with ascend or vote link with Revali’s Gale Purah also used the help of the rito to make the skyview towers meaning they should be accessible to them or they can just climb up dropping bombs luring monsters to camps is a good strategy they could even use muddle buds if they don’t only work on monster to cause other factions to attack each other RITO WINS
I feel like the yiga should have taken the win. They are shown to resist the temptation of bananas both in battle, and in dialogue bubbles when you pull one out in front of a disguised one. With this taken into account, the yiga should win. Also, master Kohga's zonai construct could have probably been included. Also, we never see an injured yiga die, they always teleport away to safety. This means they can tank the strongest of Link's attacks and survive, or at the very least a few bombs, as those don't even knock them out in 1 hit.
FINALLY!!!! Someone noticed!!! The video here was great, but MAN. There were a lot of inaccuracies, especially with the Yiga.
That a great point, my only thought being that they have worked on any amount of world domination and have failed severely throughout, not just by Link’s hand (if it was just Link stopping them then they would have been able to take over during the 100 years he was asleep). That being said, they did manage to take over the great plateau, a chunk of the depths, and have soldiers throughout a good amount of lower Hyrule. I feel like they have a little chance against the gerudo or the Sheika, but that’s just based on personal thought process. I would be interested to see a more in-depth analysis on the Yiga fire power
I think it's worth noting that (at least as far as I interpreted it), Mipha is still the only BotW-TotK era Zora we know of who could heal. We see Sidon, Yona, and her assistants purifying water of the sludge, but that's just water manipulation, a much more common Zora trait, and probably part of why Sidon's ability is using water as a barrier / projectile, rather than to heal. The way they help the Zora who are sick from sludge is essentially the same as Link throwing splash fruit, they're just washing the sludge out.
All-in-all, the idea of a civil war is really interesting, because I think basically all of the races would be unbeatable in their own terrain, and none of them really have the numbers to do an all-out attack except maybe the Hylians, since all the other races would probably need to leave at least 1/3rd of their fighting-age members back to provide for families / children, if not more to defend them.
This would especially effect the Gerudo, whose home would almost certainly be ransacked by the Yiga if they ever moved more than a few members of their forces away. The Gerudo might be able to win on the frontline with their full military prowess, but they'd come back to find that, despite "winning" the war, they were the only ones to have their home destroyed, since the Yiga are also likely the only faction that would go to the extent of killing those who can't fight back.
Another thing worth noting is that while we do see some named Rito use a bow while flying, it's implied to be something very few Rito can do - part of why Revali was so legendary (and also probably part of why Tulin has some ego problems). I think the biggest way flight would help the Rito wouldn't be through archers but through bombers. They've already been exploring tons of nearby caves for food, so assuming they know what bomb flowers are, you'd probably see them flying bombing runs to create some really one-sided battles.
It’s confirmed in dialogue before completion of Sidon of the Zora and the water temple that he is “needed up here” due to his healing abilities
@@conabe Are you referring to the conversations with Yona before / after the Sludge Like? I checked those dialogues and while it’s true he gets cold feet, healing is never mentioned, and we only ever see him purifying the water at Ploymus that flows down into the domain, he never even uses his powers directly on another Zora.
We do see Yona and her assistants doing that, but they don’t heal any of the people there, just provide some temporary relief. I’m not even sure if a healer would be able to do anything, tbh, since the problem is literally magic sludge inside of their bodies. Water manipulation is probably more useful in this situation, even if it’s not a perfect answer.
Edit: Think I found what you’re referring to. When you first reunite with him he says he can’t leave because he’s “uniquely qualified to deal with the sludge here.” Again, no mention of healing, he’s just cleaning the water flowing from Ploymus down to the Domain, he’s never even seen using his magic to purge the sludge from the affected Zora.
I think this is a great analysis of yours that accounts for the fact it is implied that these civil wars HAVE happened in Hyrule's past, and the hylians might have the overall advantage, it's never been enough to fully overwhelm the different people groups in their own territories. I FULLY agree that this type of fully committed warfare ignoring leaving your home and supply lines undefended is not very realistic to the way "war" goes and not just what the video scenario seems to describe as basically "a week's worth of battles".
I was disappointed the video seemed to severely underestimate the Rito and the power of air superiority for the Rito, think it's a bit strange as to why the Sheikah were singled out for analysis only to just completely faithfully ally with the Hylians the whole time, and I'm unconvinced of the Gerudo being so formidable as to have been able to handle engaging literally every other faction on the map besides the Gorons and still win without having suffered enough losses to have been neutralized... The Gerudo don't seem to have the numbers for that.
i like how much thought you put in this
@@johnxina-uv4sl I feel like I’m always writing essays in CZcams comments 😅
I kinda just noticed the Zora healing thing and started typing and more and more stuff kept coming lol
My money is on the Rito. Air superiority and a population of trained archers means they can always fight from a safe distance. Flight also means communication is faster, safer, and easier overall. And, living in the mountains means they have a good defensive stronghold.
Their weakness might be in being able to secure supply lines. If they end up in a war of attrition, they might be forced to surrender.
The arrows wouldn't do much against the gorons, and even adding more points to the gorons, they have caves were there is lava and no one else can really enter unless they have the armor that the gorons make or have elixirs, but the recolection of bugs for the elixirs for an entire army would take probably almost a year and that the orni can't use their advantage of the sky in caves
@@sin-nombre3434they probably would outlast the other races and win by default
The only rito weakness is night time as they cant see properly. Rito has clear superiority iver gorons and zora. Also they would avoid gerudo as much as possible, and when push comes to shove.. Bomb arrows unleashed
@@sin-nombre3434the rito can just pick up bomb barrels and bomb flowers and drop them on the goron
@@sin-nombre3434In this story the Gorons were destroyed with bombs; The Rito can definitely craft bomb arrows.
Ganondorf: I didn't even needed to do anything, they killed eachother... now what do I do?
Uhhh...wait for the next reincarnation of Link and Zelda to kill you I guess?
the kingdom's free, take it over
@@DiaomBayetbut there’s no fear anymore
“The gerudo also have a cannon”
Hylians: *laughs in hundreds of canons*
The reto trying to "invade" too
Hylians: with beams that are targeted at the sky with battery packs from the Stewart "hmmmm I'll wonder who would win."
I think given the underpowered Link and Zelda for this video, it was mostly accurate. I do think the Yiga, might have put up more of a fight, even in the Banana chaos, but otherwise. All made relative sense.
Tho yeah with lore accurate Zelda and Link there would have been no contest. Fun video. Love to see more.
Zelda can't really do much given how her powers can only affect evil. Link is ridiculously powerful, but he can be taken down. Besides, just because Link is a Hylian, doesn't mean he'd fight on their side.
@@coryfreake9070 for the sake of this scenario all hylians fought together as decided by the their headcount so therefore he would
@@PhoenixAscension554 Link is a special individual, he's going to ally with whoever's in the right. He shouldn't even be included.
Link fights with zelda/hyrule, and the goddesses or whatever@@coryfreake9070
@@coryfreake9070 i wouldn't say that, i think he would rather join whatver army has Zelda in it since it's his job to protect her lol
Hylians : “ we have this guy named link and he’s a tad overpowered .”
Other nations : “yes he’s the hero but he can’t possibly kill an entire army right ?”
*link in the background building a precise replica of the us air forces*
“Hm hm haha”
I don't know if they'd "win" a war, but the gorons are ten foot tall walking tanks. That built their own cannons that fire themselves.
I don't think they'd ever start a war but I can see them easily ending one
If you've ever read Mistborn, they are just koloss
The Gorons could singlehandedly take over the entire kingdom if they had the willingness, smarts and commitment to do it. Seeing as they're all basically manchildren and gentle giants with hearts of gold no one in Hyrule is afraid of what they could against the kingdom.
Also, they can’t drown. And they win the battle of attrition due to literally eating rubble.
The only issue is that it’s gonna shoot one at a time since according to one of the Gorons, only Bludo knows how to use it and even Yunobo was surprised Link figured it out
I call bs know botw link was to be able to take on an Army of Demon's to save Princess zelda In a cutsence
Amazing video! Please analyze the locations of battle! An error I noticed is that when the Rito get defeated, the Gerudo claim the territory. What do they do to the non-military rito? How do the Gerudo get there through the cold without getting interrupted? I personally believe that the Zora don't even have a chance against the hylians at Tarry Town, because they have to climb the walls sides of the Tarry Town plateau. Or cross the bridge. Assuming that they get everyone up from the construction site, all they have to do is destroy or blockade the land bridge, which shouldn't be that challenging. I also don't think Purah would teleport away from the Hylians, since Zelda and Link were still there. Unrelated to that fight, I think that the Rito wouldn't leave their mountain right away, since no one could easily get there. The Rito also know how to make bomb arrows, which would decimate the Gerudo. The Yiga would also beat the Gerudo since the Gerudo don't actually know about the Yiga's banana weakness.
All hail Frederick the korok
YAHAHA
Well, the one Gerudo who was captured does know about the Mighty Banana weakness in BotW.
Pfft...! Hahahah! Of course this is just a simulation. The Yiga would have decimated the Gerudo in no time! Plus, the genius of the Great Master Kohga would have made us victorious, as well, maybe they would have distracted us for just a minute but the Mighty Bananas would have made us stronger! Still, I have to give props to you for including me at 09:28
Uh, why is this tree talking? Oh wait...NOT A TREE, NOT A TREE, NOT A TREE, NOT A TREE!
Funniest reply ever
I mean to be fair Yiga have been known to be tempted by Bananas, though the ones in the Upheaval Era are slowly learning to resist.
That said, this video massively overlooks much of the Yiga's potential. While sure, many of their members can be eccentric, what cannot be understated is that they are masters of disguise, and able to teleport as well. Their mastery of Zonai technology is also impressive, but the ability to sow chaos and retreat on a dime is even more valuable.
Rather than a single ambush with all their might, the Yiga's talents are best used for subterfuge, undermining the other factions, infiltrating their ranks. The Yiga do not have the sheer numbers for a traditional battle, but they are freaking ninja assassins, who cares about "tradition"? The darkness is their ally, no reason to step out into the spotlight.
And if worst comes to worst and the Yiga Clan Hideout falls, the Yiga can retreat to the Depths, a place that they pretty much have every advantage in, thanks to that pesky Hero casting Kohga down there years before the rest of Hyrule knew there _was_ something down there.
This Message For Yiga Eyes Only
Glory to Master Kohga
@@brolytriplethreat What I've retrieved from this is that we win. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH!!!! TAKE THAT YOU "Hero of Hyrule", GET BANANANA'D!!!!!!
And then the Korok army appears from the Lost Woods. Tens of thousands, under the command of General Hestu, sweeping across the land and destroying the world of Men.
id love to see maybe a nature documentary like the one about bokoblins?? or a travelers guide on villages?? like if youre planning to travel to lurelin, what places to stay at, who to look for, tourist locations, hiking paths, shops to buy from??
or videos on the towns, like mimicking a reality tv show! u could call it "keeping up with kakariko" (keeping up with the kardashians) or "the gerudo bachelor" (the golden bachelor) lmaoo
i just love these types of botw/totk videos, theyre so engaging 🤭
Personally, I think the Rito went down far too quickly. Given they have the best mobility of the bunch (besides maybe the Yiga and the Sheikah through teleportation,) Guerilla Tactics are their best bet. They are more geared around archery than the mainly spear-fighter Gerudo, so them getting overhwhelmed while in the sky also feels a bit unlikely. Plus, the fact that the Gerudo _have_ to traverse either mountaneous or canyon regions to reach any of their foes gives them a massive disadvantage against flying foes who could either pelt them from above, or have Tulin wind-gust them off cliff-faces.
Honestly, I'd have put the Gerudo dead-last if anything, possibily even typing with the Zora, who are even worse off due to the natural weaknesses of being mainly aquatic creatures in a land dominated by...well...land.
As for the Goron, due to Death Mountain going dormant, they lack the home-field advantage innate to a fiery landscape, so they could do quite well holing themselves inside superheated caves, but trapping themselves in a corner holds its own disadvantages. Their relatively low speed also makes them easy pickings for the rest of the factions besides the physical-attacks of the Gerudo and flimsy Hylian makeshift weapons. Hell, even the Zora could perhaps hold their own since the Goron have little in the way of ranged attacks, and any Goron who falls in the water will likely sink like a rock.
As for the Yiga, they're skilled enough to certainly make a good showing, but they're also really...REALLY dumb. They'd be awful when it comes to strategizing, and would probably perish during the ambush in Gerudo Valley. (Though certainly thinning their numbers with advanced Zonai tech.) They're also unique in that they can weaponize tools only available in the depths, and could theoretically use chasms to move about completely undetected.
The Hylians meanwhile perhaps have sheer numbers advantage, wider versatility in weapons, and some decent training and soldiery through the monster control squads. They're also so similar to the Sheikah I see little reason for them not to ally, so that still checks out. Link alone _would_ essentially solo each army, but assuming he's not involved and Zelda is put in full control, Recall can still put in some serious work when playing defensively.
I'd personally give it to either the Hylians or the Rito
Ik AoC isn’t canon but in a cutscene where it shows Soogas backstory; they are actually vicious murders. They were about to kill him when Master Kohga showed up. Like sickle to his neck close. It took them 3 seconds
This is a solid assessment, I could see it shaking out like this too!
Haven't watched the entire video yet, but I reckon the Gorons take this one. They have immense physical strength and durabilty, and are resistant to pretty much all elemental magic (immune to fire and heat in general, rocky body is non-conductive so lightning is useless, and the Zora's water attacks would do very little also). Additionally, by curling into a ball and rolling around they can move pretty quickly, which is a huge advantage. Their biggest weakness is probably a lack of agility.
in fact since they make all the anti fire equipment、they just need to stop production and hide in the hottest cave.since they are born without biological parents,they are invincible.they'll never be beaten
Fair points, but lightning definitely destroys some rocks and at least cracks stronger rock. There's a _huge_ difference between the max temperature of lava (~2,200 F) and lightning (~50,000 F). It's not likely that the Goron can withstand the temperature of lightning. They'd undoubtedly be less affected than the other races, but it wouldn't even take a direct hit to incapacitate them, if not kill them.
But all things considered, I'm with you. They're enormously powerful, and despite their gentle nature, they would obviously fight like hell to save their people. Urbosa/Riju/whoever would have to recharge, and the Goron could just unload on her during that time at which point the Gerudo's best chance is gone and it's pretty much game over.
@@BassByTheBay “unload on her” 💀
@@aratherbritishdinosaur 😀
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What if the sages were fighting each other?
I think Sidon would lose first to Riju because he's vulnerable to lightning and hes not that fast. I dont know if gorons can take lightning since they technically are rocks, and arrows probably wouldn't hurt them either. And if Yunobo had the advantage he wouldn't kill the other 2 sages cuz he's Yunobo, so he would probably roll away fast from Riju's lightning (if he was vulnerable to lightning)
So now its Riju vs Tulin. Riju is strong but she needs to charge her power to attack with lightning, meanwhile Tulins head shots are quick and he can fly away and dodge her lightning, So Tulin wins from Riju. But while Tulin is busy celebrating, Yunobo, who rolled back at the speed of sound, sneak attacks him from behind and Yunobo wins.
Great points. I wonder since Riju’s lightning can break rock walls and ores if she could actually do damage to Yunobo. It’s fun to think about!
Ain't no way you're claiming Yunobo is the strongest of the modern day Champions.
I refuse to believe it.
@@remixtheidiot5771 i didn't say he's the strongest 💀💀
@remixtheidiot5771 the winner isn't always the strongest, and gorons have natural armor, with their backs being a shield. And only weapons that can break rocks are the one that gorons use, so the other sages weapons would not work on yunobo
This would be an interesting fight to watch!
I feel like the rito would have more of an advantage against the gerudo since, while they do have bows, I haven't seen any of them wield them
Maybe, but in this scenario you also have to consider that they are fighting in the middle of the desert (I think in one of the warmest regions of the desert too) which would quickly give them a disadvantage with their feathered bodys not being able to handle heat very well as oppossed to the desert dwelling gerudos. After a bit of fighting and taking down a few of the gerudos, they would probably be suffering from heat exhaustion and have to either surrender or fall back and retreat
@@thephantomdriver7210 They can probably use heat resistant potions and such. Plus, they could block the only routes to the desert and besiege them, since the Gerudo highlands have a similar climate to Hebra. And you cant really plant food in the desert, so the Gerudo would loose over time against the Rito
@@za1duYeah, there is a rito in Kara Kara Bazaar (Guy, I think), who talks about it being hot in the desert but in Breath of the Wild says that rito can use heat-resistant elixirs
@@thephantomdriver7210The Rito could use hit and run tactics. They could spend most of the battle high up where the temperature was cooler and fly down to launch a quick barrage of arrows before flying back up to cool off.
It’s important to note that the yiga have been able to set up branches all around hyrule and have the ability to teleport back before getting severely injured, and they were also able to survive in harsh environments such as the depths which have lots of resources like bombs, and they also, being “evil” are allied with ganons forces which include mighty lynels and large bosses
Yiga are also the only ones with large stockpiles of food kept in caves/other safe places(aside from gorons) meaning they’d be able to survive more food shortage
Hylians and sheikah would also most likely be allied too, making hylians one of if not the strongest civilisation, plus the fact that like the yiga they have many bases across hyrule(lurelin,hateno), as well as having link in their army
Hylians also run a majority if not all stables in hyrule, allowing them to have horses as well as other farm animals
Gorons are also immune to a lot of attacks, fire proof, spear, sword, and bow proof, electric proof, just to name a few, and the only weapon good at harming gorons(hammers/pickaxes) aren’t wielded commonly by other civilisations. Gorons also have abundance healing hot springs in their area, making them one of the only civilisations able to heal easily if their were a shortage of food, and they also eat rocks which are easy to find in caves(though oot showed that famine could still be an issue for them).
Rito although being skilled they’ve mainly been used to cold weather in the hebra region would struggle in areas like death mountain and gerudo desert, plus being birds means they’d be significantly weaker to arrows or misfires from their own army, and if a rito is on the ground they’re as good as dead
Gerudo, though wielding the power of lightning(which could be deadly to zora) they(as you mentioned) wouldn’t have many if any allies but are already fighting with the yiga, who would most definitely ransack the kara kara bazaar or gerudo town if given the chance. Gerudo also wouldn’t be able to repopulate during war(for obvious reasons) compared to other civilisations and would have trouble farming being in a desert and most likely having all their food imported
The koroks also would be a surprising threat, they’d be almost completely immune to zora water and spear attacks, and their small nature allows them to easily hide and invade enemy bases(not that they’d need to since few can see them) The deku tree also is considerably strong, though it can’t move or leave the forest, but the forest is defended by lost fog making it difficult for anyone to attack, they’d be extremely weak to fire though, one bomb flower could decimate hundreds
You should totally make another video featuring zonai and koroks though!
This is a great perspective! Would be interesting to explore it all again
@@youraveragehylianyeah we definitely need a part two with all the civilizations you left out.
Zelda would still be nerfed but she could attack the yiga with link protecting her cause the yiga are evil, seeing as they work with ganon and the lore and stuff
While Yiga and Monsters are, ostensibly, on the same side, I don't think the Yiga have any actual authority or sway on the Monsters, who, in the abscence of the Demon King, seem to largely just be hostile to anyone they see(though do have a surprising amount of intelligence in certain areas
7:49 Hylians have 2 very major strength that cant be overlooked, they use armor and horses. Don't downplay the militia either, monster elimination squads are effective
GLORY TO MASTER KOHGA
Cringe
I think the gorons win because of their natural armor
You forgot that the Rito have a tactician that knows the best way to defeat opponents
The yiga migbt actually win in this case. For 1 they never actually die, they just get injured and teleport away. Which is super powerful in both them healing and sneak around. They also have The entirety of thd underground that they can use to sneak around, yeah the other nations know about it but the yiga have been using for way longer than anyone else there since their leader discovered when he almost died. The only one that might compete with them in the depths is the hylians because they're the only other group investigating the depths.
Then theres also the fact that Kohga, even tho he's bad at combat himself, he's a good planner when it comes to overarching plans. For exsaple in tears, at each mine he's not only trying to figure out how the hand thing works, he getting all of the charges to make a mech suit thats even better than the one that mineru/link made.
I dunno I feel like the Gorons would've lasted longer given that when Death Mountan was cooling off Yunobo was able to organize the Gorons to start mining operations on the new land. Then the Zora using flooding tactics on both the north, south, and west of Hyrule given there need of water to be fully efficient in combat with there village naturally producing the source of water for all of Hylian field.
My only thought with that is that they aren’t really trained soldiers, they’re miners. We rarely see them in a fighting aspect. While their brute force to be a power to reckon with, I feel like they would succumb to the lack of organization. It felt like it was wayyyy too easy for all of them to fall apart to the rock roast, and if something similar was to happen again and link wasn’t helping, they’d be done for.
The Gorons can easily out-sustain other races. Their Death Mountain offers abundant ore deposits, providing them with an abundant source of materials for crafting weapons and tools. They can also use lava as a potent fuel source, ensuring their energy needs are met in even the harshest environments. In terms of food they can straight up consume rocks to survive, granting them the ability to survive in regions where other races would struggle to find food sources during war. In combat, the Gorons can yeet themselves as living projectiles, which means infinite ammos.
And since they eat rocks, death Mountain is a limitless food supply.
Plus, Gorons can make tunnels by eating the mountain, which will both give them more energy to fight and new networks to use as an advantage.
also remember that the hylians have a massive fort they could use
yeah they have the entire freaking castle
between botw and totk I doubt the Castle is much use for defense. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if it collapsed after totk. Having a large hole opened up beneath it and a huge chunk of the castle ripped away from the rest can't be good for structural integrity of a place that, face it, was already not doing too hot.
I feel that the hyleans, and Zora would probably make an alliance along with the shika and the koroks thanks to link
I feel that the hylians, zora, gerudo, sheikah, rito, goron, and yiga would make an alliance because of link
@@numberforkwell the Yiga hate Link more than someone like Buliara or Roku so I don’t think they would.
Although you’re joking.
I personally believe that without link or Zelda, the Hylians would be screwed. Also, I believe that because of Yunoboco, the Goron’s could ally with both the Hylians and the Sheikah. Also, the Goron’s have one of the very best locations to live in because it’s on high ground, the Zora would not be able to go to death mountain even when it isn’t erupting, and if they’re in trouble, they can just hide in the hot caves. Also, the Goron’s could stop all production of flame breaker armor and fireproof elixirs for every species except for their allies. The main drawback of the Goron’s is their lack of ranger weaponry, but because of their literally rock hard skin, arrows basically do nothing. Another thing is the fact that they have a high amount of precious gems which can be used in combat.
YAH entering the Yiga hideout after saying Master Fatass was charismatic :
THREE COMMENTS WTH
I think the Yiga defeat was extremely accurate. Later, though when the Gerudo were fighting the Hylians, you said Riju couldn’t aim her lightning without Link. I think it would still work, she just might need to get a Gerudo archer.
Gerudo for some reason are never seen wielding the Gerudo Bow.
“Yiga”
I've wondered about this for a wile too.
I've been doing a challenge run for fun were I must change the game language for each region and only fuse curtain things to weapons, I decided to do this because I wanted to see how each race would use their weapons, heres the rules if anyone wants to try it for themselves
(Bows are the fuse executions, along with things that wont be used in combat oh ya, SPOILERS AHEAD)
The Rito speak Italian and can only fuse the first two lowest level material and I cant use claymores
The Gerudo speak Spanish and can only fuse elimental things (anything that can weaken gibdos)
The Zora speak French and can only fuse non-elememtal lizalfos parts
The Gorons speak German and can only fuse blunt objects (anything that cant cut down a tree)
The Yiga speak Russian and have no special fuses
The Hylians (Hyrule field and Hateno) speak English and have no special fuses
-(they speak Netherlands in Akkala)
-(they, along with the Sheika and the rest of Necluda speak Korean)
-(and speak Portuguese in Faron)
And The koroks (in the forest) speak Chinese (simplified for the koroks and traditional for the great deku tree and use Japanese voice acting) and cannot fuse
The Zonai also speak Japanese and on the great skyland have no special fuse but for the spirit temple cannot use ANY weapons
The ancient Gerudo (+ ganon, the floating castle, and forgotten foundations) speak Spanish Latin America with the castle and foundation counting as its own region
You cannot leave the region untill the regional phenomena is done, you must drop ALL your weapons between regions, and you must use what can be found in the region. You also must get all of the regional clothes and armor and, after all of the dungeons are completed, get amd use the champion weapons for the final fight
(When playing it myself, I did bend/break some of these rules but thats because I'm doing it for fun and not for the challenge of it)
Russian Yiga make me imagine them doing slav squats all through the canyon.
Why do the Gerudo speak Spanish? Wouldn't Arabic be more accurate to them?
@@Fiucha8893 Yes Arabic would be a better fit but sadly that isn't any of the languages
@@Gyashonav Wait, there isn't a translation to Arabic? In find it quite surprising that Nintendo didn't bother translating the game to Arabic considering how many speakers it has.
@@Fiucha8893 Could be Arabic Spain.
That battle the Yiga had with the Gerudo was just a test to see their abilities. We'll be back with greater numbers, better devices, better strategy, and we will win in the- I mean, yes, we would definitely lose here. Yep. You have nothing to worry about. Nothing at all! Just relax and ignore your missing bananas
Glory to Master Kohga
How to win against the Zoras
Step one: get a toaster
Step 2: a hair-dryer
Yesss, I thought the gerudo would win, although they did lose some numbers, so right now a lot of them would be dead, also if it was just them left, how would they get kids? I understand Sidon surrendered, but he can’t create all the kids, right?
In wars there are a lot of prisoners, so they would probably just take a few scattered survivors and use them for reproductive purposes.
personally i feel it'd end up up a 3 way split between rito, zora, and gerudo
gerudo dominating land battles like they did in this video
rito having a monopoly over being able to set up nearly untouchable outposts on the sky islands where they could bolster themselves endlessly until a stalemate is met
and the zora would likely make quick work of the coastline by making similar outposts by using their ability to exist deeper under water than most races could even get before the air is pressed out of their lungs by the water above
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Purah would have just created Vah Medoh again.
You again ? Two comments?
i disagree. If Gerudo were this mighty, they would win in the ancient era when they had Ganodorf to lead them
That was thousands of years ago though
2:34 this got me lmao. They way you said pierce their vital organs had me dying
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I'm guessing that during peaceful times, Link would've started to train at least a small number of knights/soldiers for safety against whatever might happen next. I mean, this is Hyrule; there's eventually gonna be something else. Most of their forces would be largely untrained, though. Normally, I'd probably say it's a toss up between Hyrule and Gerudo. But if we're talking TotK Link with Rauru's arm and Zelda with her time and light powers, I think Hyrule wins.
I was almost fully expecting the yiga to win at the end, so here's a picture I was painting in my head (it's a bit long so bear with me):
The yiga DID fail the ambush on the gerudo, but instead of being slaughtered, they teleport away to safety as they always did when defeated by link, retaining their manpower. Then, master kohga (who faked is death as that's kinda his thing) returns to the depths where entire LEGIONS of yiga clan members (which, btws NO ONE knows of their existence except for link) resides, and ordered them to stay put and sharpen their skills while the clan member above, disguised as trees, feeds information of the war to their main troops down below. Once the gerudo had taken over and lowered their defenses, the elites of the yiga clan rise from hyrule field chasm with zonai rockets and balloons (these are quite abundant at constructing stations in the depths so the yiga had no trouble obtaining them) heading for lookout landing, where riju and the higher-rankings of the gerudo resides. Once there, the yiga clan AMBUSHED the gerudo, who were caught by surprise and couldn't harness the yiga clan's banana weakness or put up that much of a fight, taking over lookout landing in the process. With their leaders killed or held captive, the rest of the gerudo are at a loss and were faced by the rebelling forces led by Link, Yunobo and Sidon and backed up by Purah and Zelda. I'm not sure if the yiga can dispose of the rebels that easily after the gerudos were defeated, but at least they could've got a way better and longer campaign than they did in the video.
Tempted to make this just because of the epic comeback factor haha. Seems feasible to me!
Wow!
@@nat1935 Glory to Master Kohga🙂
Really love the vids, keep it up man!
Putting age of calamity footage would have been perfect
I think gorons would win, jusst because of brute strength.
In all seriousness, the situation in the depths with the gerudo is extremely concerning to me. I have seen at least two from a distance, but there have been reports of more. The yigas position in the world, with the depths being their literal fortress also puts them in an adventagous position. The capabilities they have with zonai technology puts them at an alarmingly equal technological capability as the sheikah. What are the chances that they could gain power in the near future?
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Cool video, specially second part. Hoping to see something similar in the future.
That wouldn’t be good. Especially due to Ganondorf’s doings right now.
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The Gerudo wouldn’t win because of one thing transportation. The Hylians and Sheikah have a monopoly on horses, the zora are fast swimmers, the Gorons can roll and the rito can fly but the Gerudo only have sand seals which will only take them to the edge of the desert the rest of the way on foot until they acquire enough horses to accommodate most of their forces.
That’s true, I believe that the only way the gerudo could win is if they stay in the desert and wait until there is one enemy left
You forgot the yiga, who have the fastest form of transportation in the form of motorcycles.
@@Meta-Wah and tanks
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You army sure has grown these past few months Mr. Average Hylian! Glad to have you back and good video :)
The rito can literally fly and are also extremely proficient at shooting arrows, plus even wounded rito have been shown to be able to fly to safety, they win easily
yessss been waiting for this for so long
I reckon that, if the Gorons were to face the Zora, they would absolutely decimate them. As the Gorons can also breath underwater and don't have the disadvantage of electricity, they might even beat the Zora in their own domain. (Source: Majora's Mask).
i think if the Rito attached stuff to their arrows, they have a really good chance of winning even with their small numbers. i mean, they could basically fly around and shoot bombs at people and since it’s with arrows they would have a lot of precision in where the bombs would land too. although, i still don’t think they’d be any match for link. that guy is crazy.
Listen. Sheikah can build autonomous walking laser cannons. They can even revive Link.
So...using the knowledge of bones taking so long to decompose, and especially the colossal fossils, they can find the remains of actual Zonai.
Therefore, using DNA sampling, and Sheikah technology...boom, big green fuzzy man. So, I'd say, they should not be out of the question. Your opinion though.
Always a treat to see these videos pop up in my notification
I am the maker of the NPC spreadsheet referenced in the video! I made it when I was 12. . . was planning to make a better one for TotK but never got around to it. Wonderful video, brought back memories haha
This was a great video, and I’ve now fallen down a complete rabbit hole of analysis over who might win, but with all due respect, the amount of hypotheses that was applied (especially with the idea that the Sheika would be able to just pull together bomb sky view towers bc that was insane to just pull out) was wild. I was cackling through this.
Honestly, the Sheikah would create tanks real quick and like, no other army can defeat that with their resources
Personally I think nobody will be able to touch the Gorons even. They clearly should win.
1) They can always just Stay in Goron City and stop selling Fireproof Armor.
2) Their mines will really come in handy to make new and better weapons.
3)They literally have all the artillery required: Canons placed all over the place? That sounds too easy.
4) Even if the situation gets dire, all of them can easily take refute in Death Mountain.
5) Terrain adaptation: I think they are the most versatile. The Gerodos can easily be swept by Gorons, I think.
Every word you say has that 2000s kid's commercial energy
"Piercing vital organs!"
"Suffer devastating losses!"
Wonderful video! I watched with my siblings and we loved it.
Thanks for the watch party :D
I have to disagree about the Zora being able to take Terry Town easily. It might be surrounded by water on all sides, but its way up out of the water and there's no waterfalls for the Zora to gain altitude without moving too far away to be effective. The Zora would either have to take the land bridge or climb up the cliff faces, both of which would put them in vulnerable positions and make the fight like shooting fish in a barrel for a militia stationed in TT, especially considering how much they've been experimenting with Zonai devices. The much bigger threat to TT is its diverse population making it vulnerable to its own mini-civil war.
I also want to point out that Rito village is in a very easily defensible position. If they just destroyed the bridge and focused on hit and run fly by attacks before returning to their inaccessible to all but them home base; they'd easily have a massive advantage.
It should also be acknowledged that being able to successfully retreat with no major casualties IN NO WAY represents a defeat nor a surrender. The Sheika and the Hylians could easily regroup and fortify locations like the Akala Citadel or the Great Plateau to launch a counter offensive and drive the Gerudo back into the desert.
im not suree an average hylian should be talking about this. dont let zelda notice
Great video. I don’t think I’ve seen any other channels take on this hypothetical.
Tarrey Town isn't exactly Hylian Territory, I would consider it it's own independent state as it was build by the work of all the races
That's fair. I mostly attributed it to Hylians because it was founded by a Hylian, but as the town has grown it has certainly shown to have a diverse population, and I would almost wonder if they would try to stay neutral in a wider conflict.
Gerudo: WE HAVE AN ARMY
Hylians: we have a Link
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Arent gorons supposed to resist fire and explosions? I think they would have gotten at least a little further since its nearly impossible to kill one from what we have seen. They are able to resist bomb flowers in oot as they roll down a mountain with them to open the cavern, and in mm they have massive powder kegs that dont hurt them barely at all.
I think an interesting factor that could play in the Zora's favours are that they are scaled, so that could provide a bit more toughness in place of armour. i think they have these scales (You get a kings scale in game), but you cant see them due to the stylised visuals of the game
And back again! I cant wait dor this article, I have always wondered if I should move...
I think the Rito got extremely shafted here, im not sure theyd even win but theyd certainly not lose to the gerudo in a head on fight
For starters, bows and arrows are actually not going to be very effective against the Rito on their own. Theres several reasons for this;
1. Ritos have the most experience of any of the armies for bow fighting by a lot since its the main weapons we see them with and this means theyll know more basic bow on bow tactics than other nations, which makes the other points here relevant
2. Their ability to fly makes it way easier for them to both use cover and negate enemy's cover. They can use cover that no other army can really use and they can get from cover to cover the fastest due to being the most mobile, and most cover is not suited for protecting someone who is directly above you. Cover is extremely important for fights between ranged weapons, so this is a huge deal
3. Gravity exists. This is honestly the biggest deal of these three advantages and I dont think its something that was even considered. Arrows are useless if theyre never able to reach their targets in the first place, and without advanced tech(from sheikah or yiga), gravity will send the arrows back down to earth before they reach the height of a rito. The rito, on the other hand, would not have this issue, as gravity would not be limiting their range. Even if the rito were to fly lower, gravity is still going to make it significantly harder to hit them, and theyre already fast moving flying targets, meaning the fight is still very heavily in the ritos advantage.
But also, in regards to the gerudo, even if bows and arrows were more effective against the rito, the fact that riju needed link to shoot arrows to help her aim her lightning heavily implies there is not a skilled archer within the gerudo, as why would she need link if there was one? Im pretty sure we also never see a gerudo warrior wield a bow, which further supports this.
The only thing I think the gerudo have that can actually even touch the rito is riju's lightning, which, as said in the video, is inaccurate against even targets standing still, much less fast, flying targets, and if riju falls the gerudo auto lose.
I dont think the rito win though since the hylian/sheikah alliance is kinda the perfect counter to them. Sheikah have shown to have bows that make arrows not effected by gravity in BOTW, and that means theyll be able to hit the rito, and plus 22 rito may just run out of arrows when fighting 250 hylians with armor before they actually manage to kill them even if they werent able to hit back. The yiga also notably outnumbers the rito, are known bow users, and have flying machines, so they can probably beat them too.
The nation "Calamity Link" wins single handedly. While experimenting on "enthusiastic volunteers" for the Link Space Program.
Suddenly link commits a war crime and everyone’s dead
Personally, I don’t think any of the kingdoms would be able to fully conquer Hyrule without using diplomacy like the Hylians. They’re each best suited to certain regions - the Rito would probably sweep the west of the map taking the Tabantha region and Gerudo Highlands, the Gerudo would avoid the mountain passes and cross into the Taobab flatlands, the Zora could travel waterways and establish footholds near Necluda and Faron, and the Gorons would probably take Deep Akkala and the ridges East of Hyrule forest. The Hylians could feasibly push up to the edge of Tanagar and could maybe contend with the Gerudo south of Lake Hylia, but the Zora could possibly blockade them in Central Hyrule by guarding the rivers around it. In the end, Hyrule would probably be fractured instead of conquered.
i tbh interested to know how's your life going when everything starts to change. from the castle floating, falling rocks, floating island starts to appear, gloom, and the random hole on the ground
Hey, I watch some of your videos every now and then, and there kinda good! I’ve been in these things called sky islands there name kinda explains what they are.. islands, in the sky. So I’ll tell you some about them more next video you make
Also you forgot about me and Zelda in the battle with the geroudo ( I still don’t know how to spell it )
- link.
this was such a good watch
While a little disheartening to see my nation fall first, I have an interesting hypothetical:
What nation would make the most profit from tourists/become a tourist trap? The extentive cuisines and games of the varying nations could be very fun to learn about, especially taking into account their location, climate and accessibility!
9:27 this had me balling (you’ll need subtitles on) ( 15:33 HOW DARE YOU DO MASTER I mean koga like that)
This would make for a great spinoff game.
They sealed the darkness, and everything is fine. But then things go wrong with the nations as there are many reports of theft, murder and more. Eventually a full on war has broken out. This would work well in the age of calamity style gameplay.
This is a great video. Using those bows in the games, the Gerudo have insane accuracy with it. And even without accuracy, the blast radius of that lightning is deadly if it is even just close enough.
I think if the morals were off the table, Zelda would have been a bigger threat with time magic amped by her secret stone to send back multiple objects back on the opponents. This on top of a giant light singularity that subsumed a building-sized Calamity Ganon.
Link is a whole different conversation and I personally agree with just not including him for how game changing he is.
I feel like we just ignored the koroks like they have teleporting ability’s, ability’s to expand their inventory slots and have the ability to make themselves invisible
Also the fact that only Link can see Koroks
@@fibonacci430 really?
Missed point on the Gerudo. They only bare female children (Ganondorf aside), so a prolonged war would be impossible for them to win, as they would have no way to replenish their population without allies
I hate to say it but...prisoners of war.
even so,eventually they'll all become hilians and the only races in hiral will be the gorons and slightly gerudo ish hylians.
What if Mineru managed to rally all the constructs to make her own army? There are many constructs including the flux ones and the steward constructs could help gather resources and assemble zonai vehicles. They also have access to the sky islands, meaning the only real opponents they’d face up there would be link (from skyview tower), the rito, and the yiga. I think if they hid in the sky and let everything blow over then attacked when the weakened winner emerged then they’d definitely have a really good chance.
How do you plan on getting constructs down from the sky in large numbers efficiently?
@@SplatBlobby we’ve seen link do some insane things with zonai devices before, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they’d be able to fashion a bunch of sort of air drop pods while everyone else was fighting to drop all at once at the end. Or perhaps the flux constructs could be used as a floating platform to deploy the rest of the constructs. Even if it doesn't seem like many, there are quite a lot of flux constructs and if they're all loaded to capacity and dropped at the same time, that's a pretty sizable army when compared to the numbers of the other races of hyrule.
I literally had this idea, and thought I would make a video on it but here we are.
Terray town should not have gone down easily, it may be water locked but the Zora would not be able to climb the high cliffs and the only way in would be the thin strip of land which the hylians could easily control by throwing things like shock fruit and chuchu jelly the only ones that stand a chance against tarray town are the rito who can just fly above them and rain down arrows
I think it's a good decision that the 4 tribes didn't have their respective Divine Beasts or the champions. If the hylians/sheikah also had the guardians, a lot more deaths would have happened. And if Sooga was around, the Yiga would have been a much larger threat.
The Yiga pretty much own the depths. That is a major advantage considering they can pop up where ever they need to
You should do a lore video, where you start to realize that Hyrule is just a simulation for you to make some videos