EVERY Boss Fight in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom Ranked from Worst to Best

My jaw dropped all the way to the depths when his health bar just kept going on. They did Ganondorf justice and I love how everyone had a collective „Did he just Flurry Rush me????“ experience

That scene when Ganondorf’s health just kept going I laughed out of fear

The best part about the Ganondorf fight is that if you try it as soon as you begin the game, you need to go through his army AND a 6-boss gauntlet without anyone there to help you. And even after you go through all that, Ganondorf hits you with his "I wish I had a worthy foe" line

the moment I saw Ganondorf perfectly dodge my attack for the first time, man, I haven't get that feeling since shadow link in the water temple

You forgot to mention how Ganondorf can permanently take away your max health, not just gloom it but take it away completely. The most menacing Ganondorf fight in the series!

I love, love, LOVE when a final challenge decides to mess with your HUD and do something that is highly illegal and cursed. Give me more 200% health bars, dammit!

The long, mysterious ascention up to the Wind Temple, the incredibly atmospheric music, and fighting Colgera with the skydive strategy is what made the Rito questline the best one in the game for me. Funnily enough, the skydive method was the first thing I thought of during that fight. The idea of just shooting it with arrows somehow never occured to me lol

(FINAL BOSS/POST GAME SPOILERS) I found it really odd that Dragon Ganondorf doesn't attack Link but thinking on it, I do have a theory as for why: Draconified Ganondorf doesn't attack Link directly is because, according how draconification is described by Zelda and Mineru at various points, it's no longer really Ganondorf fighting at that point. It's explicitly stated that swallowing a sacred stone takes away everything about the consumer to make it into a more 'pure' spirit like the original trio of dragons so the Demon Dragon is just pure violence and evil and malice without caring who or what it goes after. This is also supported by the fact that post-game Zelda notes that she doesn't remember anything that happened while she was the Light Dragon despite playing a direct role in that battle herself and basically being the only reason Link stood a chance against the Demon Dragon So why is that relevant? Because assuming Ganondorf's mind went into a similar state Zelda did after swallowing the stone, post-Draconfied Ganondorf wouldn't actually remember the threat that Link poses to it, because it's no longer aware of the master sword or the prophecy, or basically anything that happened up to that point that distinguishes Link as anything more than just a tiny Hylian riding on a much bigger/more instinctual threat in it's antithesis: The Light Dragon.

ganondorfs healthbar was amazing, it gave me chills when it kept going and i was like "NO YOU NEED TO STOP THATS TOO FAR THAT DOESN'T FIT STOP NOOOOOO"

Colgera is not a tough boss, but that's actually kinda what makes it a fun boss, the faster you can speed run kill it the better you feel.

Honestly, part of what makes the final Ganon fight so good is the build up to it. Fighting through the underground portion from the opening of the game, fighting his army (with or without friends) helps make it all that much better.

That one moment when Ganondorf did the "come at me" gesture, it reminded me of the Gamecube's Tech demo of the 1v1 demonstrated. We've gone full circle 22 years after that Gamecube tech demo, and I'm extremely happy

Honestly Demon Dragon tops everything for me purely because of spectacle. I think we get too caught up in difficulty and stages and different attacks and things and forget that spectacle is one of the pillars of boss design, especially when used well. Demon Dragon is 11/10 on spectacle, and 10/10 on use of the skydiving mechanic. The two fights before it are where the challenge is at - Demon Dragon is "you pretty much won, here is your gift and your power fantasy." But I also consider all three phases to be the final boss of the gameso all of those together make pretty much the perfect final boss ever in my opinion.

Just the fact that Gannondorf could also flurry rush made my jaw drop

I cannot put into words, how absolutely giddy I was when the Dragon Roost theme started going through my headphones! I was hyped enough that Molgera got a callback in the Rito dungeon, but then they start playing the theme of the Rito's original home! I very nearly started crying!

Master Kohga was the most fun I've had while fighting a boss, his music was always a bop and just felt like a breath of fresh air, while Gannon at the end made me get good at parrying instead of dodging

Ganondorf was impressive. You truly felt that he was a skillfull warrior such as Link. Of course we were expecting a second phase with how easy was the first one. However when you use how stupidly high the health bar goes, you ask yourself "okay, surely I will get some help right?!", And you do, the sages come in, however Demon King Ganondorf make copies of himself to distract them, showing how powerfull he is. And you still have to 1V1 him, with two deadly surprise, the first is that he dodge your attack just like Link can, this force you to learn his attacks and not just block attacks with your shield and hit him when he is not about to attack. But the second most interesting was the fact that he can BREAK your heart, reducing your max hp. And honestly for a game like Zelda, it's a great surprise, sure it hinted that he could reduce your max health since his first appearance in Totk. But you could assume it was for gameplay reason to force the player to get stronger. And gloom effect only locked your heart until you eat the right thing or went to the surface. But no, Ganondorf shatter litteraly your life, meaning you can't just tank every hit and heal yourself. You HAVE to be carefull, you CAN'T use simple game strat like tou can against almost every ennemies. It's a zelda's final boss that truly require skill to beat.

i loved ganondorfs fight soooo much. when he did that cmon gesture i was like alright dude this game is sheer greatness

My favorite was the underground Colgera fight, the atmosphere felt so much cooler than the Wind Temple variant. Especially since I then realized you can fuse a Colgera leg to any weapon for a +60 attack damage. insane.

Ganondorf’s fight was spectacular. The presentation, the mechanics, the fact that he hits hard enough to completely chew through a durability up + Hylian shield in a single encounter.