Breath of the Wild Player Discovers Cool Way to Block Guardian Lasers

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As a very resourceful Breath of the Wild player is roaming around Hyrule Castle and comes across a Guardian Skywatcher that is about to shoot him with a laser, he quickly uses the Magnesis Rune to block the Guardian's laser and take no damage whatsoever. Hyrule Castle is one of the most dangerous places in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and is absolutely infested with deadly Guardians, so it is great that Link has many ways to defend himself as he goes forth to try and save Princess Zelda from Calamity Ganon.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has many deadly enemies, and the iconic Guardians are some of the worst. Link needs to use everything at his disposal in order to overcome them, especially early on in the game when his arsenal is sparse and he doesn't have the health or stamina to keep up quite yet.

Zelda: Breath of the Wild Fan Makes Incredible Real-Life Replica of Link’s Soldier Armor

Reddit user RoyalGuardLink posts this video of Link creating a new and improved usage for the Magnesis Rune. He uses it to lift a nearby metal chest out of a pool of water and into the path of the incoming laser from the Guardian. The metal chest takes the hit, Link is unshaken and undamaged, and the chest doesn't even have a scratch. Not only that, after the first laser is fired, the Guardian Skywatcher loses sight of Link because the chest is blocking its sight line. So, it looks around for a while, but then goes on its merry way.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an inspiration for so many games and developers, and fans get excited when a new game is compared to Breath of the Wild because it means that it will have many of the great features that Breath of the Wild does. One of these great features is the