Yes I know some of you might say this is easy. You might have mastered this but some might want some advice on this. So I will share how I beat Lynel. I did a lot of practice to get a good way down pat.
What Are Lynel?
I have only seen 3 types. There might be others.
Red hair ones (as in the picture with spears).
Red hair ones with a metal club.
White hair ones with a metal club.
The three listed here are mostly the same with the one difference being the white hair one does a lot more damage and takes a lot longer to kill.
Why kill Lynel?
Sone of their loot is needed to upgrade your clothing pieces and the metal clubs / tripe shot bows are very good weapons. The spear is not that flash but in a pinch it's better than nothing. The White Hair'd one's metal club is very good and high damage.
Also the Lynel are quite hard to beat till you know what you are doing. A good challenge in the game.
What gear / loot do you need to beat a Lynel?
For clothing, the Barbarian set is perfect because of the extra damage. I could not use it vs the White Hair Lynel because I was fighting it in the cold mountains. But any place you don't need cold or hot weather gear, then use the Barbarian set. Why that set? Because you're not getting hit (and winning the fight) You might survive a hit from the Lynel spear but without lots of hearts the metal clubs will one shot you dead. That's ok. With a little skill you can do this. Practice really does make perfect.
My point here is you are practicing till you can beat the Lynel without gettlnig hit by it's weapon. Just save before you fight the Lynel so you can repeat the fight over and over till you win.
For weapons, you want the strongest melee weapon you can find. 40+ damage is ok. 50+ damage is ideal. I used a 50 weapon and it worked out fine. For the bow any triple shot bow will do. Damage on it doesn't matter. You can get away with a single shot bow if you are good. A triple shot just makes it slightly easier.
How we Kill Leynel
Perfect block one of his attacks to stun Lynel.
While stunned shoot Lynel in the face with an arrow to knowck hin down.
While knocked down run to his rear end and mount him and spam attack to damage him.
When you are bucked off, repeaat the first 3 steps over and over till you win.
Most of thew damage comes while Link has mounted Lynel with a few arrow shots to the face being the rest of the damage. Not a singe standard weapon swing.
For this fight practice makes perfect. You will have to keep at it till you workout the timing to perfect block every attack you can perfect block..
Lynel's moveset, how to deal with every move and other details
The first point of note is your shield and weapon will not degrade in this fight. Since you are not directly attacking and not using any flurry attacks, you are not using your weapon directly. Also perfect shield blocks don't degrade your shield.
For most of this fight you want your shield out. Not your weapon out. With your shield out and locked on to an enemy, press A to do a shield bash. This shield block when used just before an enemy attacks you, stuns the enemy. This is called a perfect shield block. The shrine near Kakariko village explains this as part of a tutorial.
Rule 2. Stay locked on to Lynel till you perfect block an attack. Then use the gyro in the controller to arrow his face. Then mount and attack. Then lock on Lynel again and back off somewhat. You want some distance between you and Lynel but not too much.
Now for Lynel's moveset.
With practice you will get to know which move is coming a few seconds before it hits you so you know what to do.
Pinpoint accurate elemental arrow - Do not fight this. It is suicide. This means you need to close the gap between you and Lynel so it enters the melee set of attacks.
Leap into the air and slam into the ground with a little AOE - Spear Lynel seem to do this the most. You can shoot Lynel in the face after the attack but it's just too tricky to pull off. My advice is to back off diagonally so the attack AOE does not get you. Stay locked on though.
Side smash - Lynel will ron at you and use a side on forehand smash to Link. You want to perfect block this. It's tough. My best way of doing this is to stay straight on Lynel and perfect block it at the right moment. Takes practice. This perfect block does not stun Lynel for long. Experts can race in a face arrow shot while stunned but if you can't then back off while still locked on ASAP after the perfect block
Overhead Smash with AoE - Spear Lynel do not do this. Just before you get smashed, perfect block the attack. Then shoot it in the face with an arrow. This attack can't be reliably perfect dodged for flurry attacks. Many times you perfect dodge but then the AOE still kills you. This is why we don't use flurry attacks vs Lynel. This can and should be perfect blocked.
Charge - Lynel will charge you face first to bowl you over. Don't attempt to shoot Lynel in the face during the charge. I guess that is possible but much too hard. Just perfect block the charge just before it hits you.
Whirlwind - This never happens with the spear Lynel. This usually happens when you don't move away enough from Lynel after being bucked off or perfect blocking without shooting the face. If you try to keep enough distance but nut too much because of the lethal arrow accuracy Lynal has, you should never bothered by this attack. I don't bother shooting face after this attack is over, not enough time to do so.
Fireballs - Lynel shoots 3 fireballs. One after the other. For this attach drop the lock you have on Lynel and just sprint around him to avoid the fireballs. A few stamina upgrades makes this easier but you can do it without any.
What Are Lynel?
I have only seen 3 types. There might be others.
Red hair ones (as in the picture with spears).
Red hair ones with a metal club.
White hair ones with a metal club.
The three listed here are mostly the same with the one difference being the white hair one does a lot more damage and takes a lot longer to kill.
Why kill Lynel?
Sone of their loot is needed to upgrade your clothing pieces and the metal clubs / tripe shot bows are very good weapons. The spear is not that flash but in a pinch it's better than nothing. The White Hair'd one's metal club is very good and high damage.
Also the Lynel are quite hard to beat till you know what you are doing. A good challenge in the game.
What gear / loot do you need to beat a Lynel?
For clothing, the Barbarian set is perfect because of the extra damage. I could not use it vs the White Hair Lynel because I was fighting it in the cold mountains. But any place you don't need cold or hot weather gear, then use the Barbarian set. Why that set? Because you're not getting hit (and winning the fight) You might survive a hit from the Lynel spear but without lots of hearts the metal clubs will one shot you dead. That's ok. With a little skill you can do this. Practice really does make perfect.
My point here is you are practicing till you can beat the Lynel without gettlnig hit by it's weapon. Just save before you fight the Lynel so you can repeat the fight over and over till you win.
For weapons, you want the strongest melee weapon you can find. 40+ damage is ok. 50+ damage is ideal. I used a 50 weapon and it worked out fine. For the bow any triple shot bow will do. Damage on it doesn't matter. You can get away with a single shot bow if you are good. A triple shot just makes it slightly easier.
How we Kill Leynel
Perfect block one of his attacks to stun Lynel.
While stunned shoot Lynel in the face with an arrow to knowck hin down.
While knocked down run to his rear end and mount him and spam attack to damage him.
When you are bucked off, repeaat the first 3 steps over and over till you win.
Most of thew damage comes while Link has mounted Lynel with a few arrow shots to the face being the rest of the damage. Not a singe standard weapon swing.
For this fight practice makes perfect. You will have to keep at it till you workout the timing to perfect block every attack you can perfect block..
Lynel's moveset, how to deal with every move and other details
The first point of note is your shield and weapon will not degrade in this fight. Since you are not directly attacking and not using any flurry attacks, you are not using your weapon directly. Also perfect shield blocks don't degrade your shield.
For most of this fight you want your shield out. Not your weapon out. With your shield out and locked on to an enemy, press A to do a shield bash. This shield block when used just before an enemy attacks you, stuns the enemy. This is called a perfect shield block. The shrine near Kakariko village explains this as part of a tutorial.
Rule 2. Stay locked on to Lynel till you perfect block an attack. Then use the gyro in the controller to arrow his face. Then mount and attack. Then lock on Lynel again and back off somewhat. You want some distance between you and Lynel but not too much.
Now for Lynel's moveset.
With practice you will get to know which move is coming a few seconds before it hits you so you know what to do.
Pinpoint accurate elemental arrow - Do not fight this. It is suicide. This means you need to close the gap between you and Lynel so it enters the melee set of attacks.
Leap into the air and slam into the ground with a little AOE - Spear Lynel seem to do this the most. You can shoot Lynel in the face after the attack but it's just too tricky to pull off. My advice is to back off diagonally so the attack AOE does not get you. Stay locked on though.
Side smash - Lynel will ron at you and use a side on forehand smash to Link. You want to perfect block this. It's tough. My best way of doing this is to stay straight on Lynel and perfect block it at the right moment. Takes practice. This perfect block does not stun Lynel for long. Experts can race in a face arrow shot while stunned but if you can't then back off while still locked on ASAP after the perfect block
Overhead Smash with AoE - Spear Lynel do not do this. Just before you get smashed, perfect block the attack. Then shoot it in the face with an arrow. This attack can't be reliably perfect dodged for flurry attacks. Many times you perfect dodge but then the AOE still kills you. This is why we don't use flurry attacks vs Lynel. This can and should be perfect blocked.
Charge - Lynel will charge you face first to bowl you over. Don't attempt to shoot Lynel in the face during the charge. I guess that is possible but much too hard. Just perfect block the charge just before it hits you.
Whirlwind - This never happens with the spear Lynel. This usually happens when you don't move away enough from Lynel after being bucked off or perfect blocking without shooting the face. If you try to keep enough distance but nut too much because of the lethal arrow accuracy Lynal has, you should never bothered by this attack. I don't bother shooting face after this attack is over, not enough time to do so.
Fireballs - Lynel shoots 3 fireballs. One after the other. For this attach drop the lock you have on Lynel and just sprint around him to avoid the fireballs. A few stamina upgrades makes this easier but you can do it without any.
