BotW Windblight Ganon: How to Beat It, HP, Updrafts, Drones

Windblight Ganon is the phantom of Ganon on Divine Beast Vah Medoh, the one that killed the Champion Revali a hundred years ago. In Breath of the Wild’s Hyrule Compendium it “specializes in long-range wind attacks,” and this fight is almost all archery. This page covers how the fight starts, its HP, both phases, the rewards, and the rematches in Hyrule Castle and the DLC. For all four side by side, see the Blight Ganon overview.

Where is Windblight Ganon and how does the fight start?

In Divine Beast Vah Medoh, activate the five terminals to unlock the Main Control Unit. It is on Vah Medoh’s back, reached by riding the updraft on a wing or in the middle; touching it starts the fight, with “Scourge of Divine Beast Vah Medoh — Windblight Ganon” on the health bar.

The arena is the open platform on the Beast’s back, with stone pillars and several updrafts. It is cold up there, and without cold protection you keep losing health; the walkthrough recommends Level 2 cold resistance. See the Snowquill set and the cold resistance guide.

How much HP does Windblight Ganon have?

The game’s actor data gives it a base of 800 HP, the same as the other three Blights. What it actually has depends on where you fight it and how many Blights you have already beaten:

We found no data that gives the Blights different HP in Master Mode, and the game files have no Master Mode version of them. Master Mode enemies slowly recover health during a fight, and the Blights are said to do the same, so try to land your damage in bursts. More on the difficulty in the Master Mode guide.

What is Windblight Ganon’s weakness?

Its eye. It teleports after every attack, so your sword almost never reaches it; shoot the eye instead. Several hits in a row from the air knock it to the ground, and that is your chance for melee. If you have the Master Sword, its attack rises from 30 to 60 near a Blight.

How do you beat phase 1?

Its attacks:

• Cannon lasers: it raises its arm cannon and fires a volley at you. Run or jump sideways, or hide behind a stone pillar. Pillars that take a laser get destroyed.
• Tornado: a swipe of its free hand sends a tornado zigzagging across the arena, wrecking any pillar it touches. Keep well away from it.

The updrafts are the whole plan: step into one, open your paraglider to rise, and draw your bow in midair to slow time, which makes aiming far easier than from the ground. After a few hits it falls; switch weapons, run in and attack, and head back to an updraft when it gets up.

How do you beat phase 2?

At half health it releases four small flying objects (the game does not name them) that circle it and bounce its lasers down at you.

• Bounced lasers: keep running or jumping; do not stand still.
• The drones: shooting them down softens the attack, but they reappear after a while and never attack you directly. Your arrows are better spent on Windblight.
• Other attacks: it is said to also send two tornadoes at once, blast a tornado straight from its cannon, and use an aimed laser when its health is low. Run, or take cover behind a boulder.

The plan does not change: ride an updraft, shoot the eye, and hit it while it is down.

Video walkthrough

WINDBLIGHT GANON AND VAH MEDOH | Zelda BOTW #10 — YouTube

What should you bring for Windblight Ganon?

What do you get for beating Windblight Ganon?

When you use the Main Control Unit, Revali’s spirit is freed and gives you his ability. Revali’s Gale makes climbing and exploring much faster; see the Champion abilities page. Once Vah Medoh is free, it fires on Calamity Ganon at the start of the final battle, taking 1,000 HP off him.

Do you fight Windblight Ganon again in Hyrule Castle?

Only if you enter the Sanctum without freeing Vah Medoh. Any Blights you have not beaten appear before Calamity Ganon in the order Windblight, Waterblight, Fireblight, Thunderblight, so Windblight comes first. There it always has 2,000 HP; the battles run back to back, you cannot save in between, and you should bring plenty of arrows. Beating it in the castle does not free Vah Medoh, so you do not get Revali’s Gale. The route is in the Hyrule Castle walkthrough.

Windblight Ganon in The Champions’ Ballad (DLC)

In the quest “EX Champion Revali’s Song”, after the three Champion shrines, go back to where Divine Beast Vah Medoh stands. The monk’s voice takes you into a realm built from your memories, where the health bar reads “Illusory Realm — Windblight Ganon” and it has a fixed 1,500 HP. The Adventure Log tells you to “complete the trial using only the tools provided”: your gear is swapped for a fixed set.

There are also a few ingredients. Arrows are plentiful, so the usual updraft-and-eye plan works. Reportedly you get a Fairy after three failed attempts, and an extra elixir after six. Winning upgrades your ability to Revali’s Gale +, which recharges three times as fast. The whole quest line is in the Champions’ Ballad guide.

See also

The other three: Waterblight Ganon, Fireblight Ganon, Thunderblight Ganon. Which Divine Beast to do first is in the Divine Beast order guide.