Discuss. I'll give thoughts after work.
The downfall timeline is the most plausible.
Do you seriously think a boy with a swordwould be capable to kill a demon monster from the depths of hell (Ganon) that only knows one thing, how to kill. Link would be slaughtered by the monster or if lucky escape with his life.
The Adult timeline is a what if scenario. What if Link was sealed away for 7 years, what would happen to Hyrule in the mean time and after Link wakes up. Kind of like Back to the Future 2 but in reverse. Events in the past creating a new altered timeline.
The Child timeline is the cosy alternative universe, where Link was free to travel all over the place, like to Terminia and other places, free from the inital threat of Ganon. It's the utopia or dream state.
Is he really? That's debatable.I'm guessing you don't realize just how skilled Link truly is at combat.
Is he really? That's debatable.
But that's the thing, there's no right or wrong answer. It's all our own opinions. It's very interesting to discuss this from all points of view.
He is, he's been praised by multiple characters, and SS Link even impressed Demise during their battle. Demise calls him a paragon of his kind, and refers to his fighting prowess as extraordinary saying that he fights like no demon or man he's ever seen. TP Link is also perhaps the most skilled with a blade after SS and OoT Link.
(apologies for double post didn't see the next post down til after)
We're speaking of the timeline split not SS which is the beginning of it all. So we're literally talking OOT, MM, TP, WW the games central to the split.
OoT Link would benefit from the spirit of the hero, and the Triforce of Courage which would protect him in battle. He's an extremely competent swordsman, we know he is because of his tutlege to TP Link who in my opinion would be the most skilled outside of the original hero, SS Link.
Realistcally speaking the Triforce would cancel itself out, all 3 parts so you'd still only have a sword swing maniac and a being who knows enough magic to level hyrule. And we see the Ganondorf literally uses the power of the triforce to change into pigbuttform and actually disarms link partway into the fight, i think at that point links dead period, which'd lead straight to the downfall timeline.
Also Hero's Shade is a form of link After MM and we see he's become a very competent swordsman by that point so i'd agree insofar as the hero's spirit would enable him to be equivelent to SS Link in Swordplay but in all honesty out of ALL the links i'd say it's a toss up between MM and TP link for master swordsman. SS link was a master swordsman no doubt to literally go toe to toe with what amounted to a demonic demi god and succeed but that ability would dwindle over the centuries just from the fact that there's no other foe to act as worthy sparring partner.
OOT Link has virtually no protection against magic and even less against sheer crushing weight (which let's be real would likely be the real reason he dies, not from being stabbed by a massive 3 pronged sword but just having it dropped on him)