Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity

Guides

• https://game8.co/games/Hyrule-Warriors-AoC
• https://www.zeldadungeon.net/wiki/Hyrule_Warriors:_Age_of_Calamity

Glossary

• Flurry Rush - attack you do with Y after successful Perfect Dodge.
• Perfect Dodge - Dodging an attack with B at the right time, giving an option for Flurry Rush.

Characters

Link

• https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/299971-hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity/79135133 Best build for Link / Zelda.

Impa

• https://www.thegamer.com/hyrule-warriors-age-calamity-impa-tips/ (best guide / set of tips so far)
• https://game8.co/games/Hyrule-Warriors-AoC/archives/309393 (list of combo)
• https://www.knowll.com/g/1592/hyrule-warriors-age-of-calamity-impa-guide (some screenshots of attacks).

Move	Name	Description
B while (L)	Sprint	Start sprinting
X X, or X (hold), or (repeat)	Strong Attack 1	Impa performs a stealth jump forward to (the possibly far) target and slashes it once, then follows up with a second forward stab. The whole sequence can be repeated, either by pressing repeatedly X, or by holding X, then release and hold again.
X while sprint	Dash attack	Impa throws her blade like a boomerang, while keeping sprinting. Very efficient against distant group of monsters that we encounter while sprinting.
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y	(repeat)	Standard attack	(1st Y) Impa slashes upward from right to left, then (2nd Y) horizontally right to left in a wide horizontal arc. She then (3rd Y) holds her hands together to cast 4 runes in mid-air, which she then (4th Y) sends forward in a damaging whirlwind. She continues (5th Y) with a long and wide forward horizontal slash that gather all monsters in front of her (seems very effective against aligned monsters), and then (6th Y) a succession of several oblique attacks in all directions. Finally (7th Y), she concludes with a forward jump, hitting the ground with her blade. The whole sequence can be repeated.
B+back after combo	Stealth retreat	At the end of any combo (eg Y Y Y Y, or X X), Impa may retreat in a stealth jump back to safety by holding (R) backward and pressing B.
ZR	Special Action	Attach a symbol to an enemy in front of Impa. This can be done several times to attach several symbols.
		} Tips To quickly max out symbols, attach three symbols at once when reaching a group of monster (by pressing ZR three times), then slash through it with Dash attack. When attached, a symbol can also be absorbed by doing standard attacks only Tips Use two-player mode for divine beast Vah'Naboris Use 1st player to control, and 2nd player to shoot. The 2nd player is not rate limited (firing doesn't impact the gauge).