Zelda BotW’s Brilliant Turn Disarms Leunen And Suddenly Makes The Villains Dumb

Not only do golden lions look menacing, but they are also some of the toughest enemies in Zelda BotW.

In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, you can play with the Leunen. They are much harder to fight than, say, Ganon, especially in their golden master mode form. But if you want to make your life a little easier or have trouble with other opponents, you can just get rid of their weapons with a simple but ingenious trick. Then they look pretty stupid.

Zelda BotW: How to disarm Leunen and other enemies

How it works: In order to be able to disarm an opponent of your choice, you must first lure the bad guy into the Gerudo Desert. Or at the city gates Gerudo. There, you must talk to the guards and trigger the cutscene that denies you access. If the adversary is in sight, then he is unarmed.

For this you need to consider the following: If you’ve already disguised yourself as a Vaai with the appropriate clothing, the whole thing won’t work. Then you can just walk into the city. But you must be recognizable as a Vooi to trigger the cutscene that disarms enemies. They also need to be within sight for everything to work.

Here is what it looks like:

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It’s really a huge satisfaction to see this Leunen dumbfounded like that. The creature really seems to be wondering where its massive weapons are all of a sudden. Splendid!

On the other hand, the trick also has drawbacks: Of course, the best part of defeating a lion is getting their weapons back afterwards. Leunen wields some of the best and most powerful weapons in the entire game. Letting them disappear only makes sense if you already have deep pockets anyway.

On the other hand, if you’re really good, you don’t really need weapons to defeat a heavily armed Leuen. Some can even do it naked, just with a shelf, or you can do it with weapons in insane record time:

While we’re still beating Leunen in Zelda BotW, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom sequel will finally arrive in six months: