MIPHA MIPHA MIPHA MIPHA MIPHA MIPHA MIPHA MIPHA. Urbosa is also awesome but I can’t remember a Zelda character’s story that affected me as much as Mipha’s did. She totally sets the bar for all characters in future Zelda games and did an excellent job of separating herself from all princess Zeldas and all previous Zora royals. I’ll also throw in the entire Zora royal family of botw was totally on point and sets the bar for all future Zora royal families as well.
Urbosa does a great job of representing the gerudo but she seemed kinda one dimensional, it would’ve been nice if she’d had some obstacle to overcome in her life that might’ve showed another side to her. I do like how she’s an Impa figure to Zelda, that was a pretty cool idea. I kind of wish they had shown the champions fall in battle cause I just don’t know how Urbosa lost.
Still she does a much better job than Daruk, my opinion of him went up after the dlc where he’s shown to have bonded with Link over their enormous appetites and I love how they snuck in some personality of Link in there as well. He doesn’t have the cool factor of Urbosa or the feels factor of Mipha and could’ve benefited from having more to his story to separate him from Darunia. He’s likeable in a typical goron way but that’s not a lot.
Revali is a selfish loser. I think they could’ve made him a rival to Link without being so in your face and serious about it, he already had Zelda at odds with him and didn’t really need the added taunting. He had the potential to be a cool rival and I think giving him a sense of humor and maybe some hint of a soft/fun side would’ve gone a long way towards it.
I was only asked for my favorite champion but I felt the need to rank them.