Just make sure you destroy every clay pot you can possibly see, and I think you can pull off the true roleplaying aspect to this character. Diving into Link for Legend of Zelda
A he should definitely be a fighter B he would be better against fiends since HIS MAIN ENEMY IS THE DEMON KING! C if fighter seems too average for the hero of hyrule then do paladin the way the master sword glows is very similar to how i would imagine divine smite lol D he could even be an artificier he could make himself a bag of holding to fit his arsenal of weapons and then get the radiant weapon infusion and make the master sword and then multiclass as a fighter lol
That's totally a solid way to go. I definitely see plenty of elves and non-elves mingling in the games so definitely a good choice if you want sleepy Link
I would say instead of going with Favored Enemy you should go with Favored Foe, Link fights a wide variety of creature types and this would help with all creature types and save on a spell with Hunter's Mark. However if you do decide to go with Favored Enemy, Beast is not the type you should choose, instead take Monstrosity, the vast majority of creatures Link fights are Monstrosities. Good Video nonetheless
I understand the whole Favored Foe vs Favored Enemy idea, but I did want to replicate the "Lock on targeting" feature from Orcarina of Time, and you usually only get that from the actual spell (even though the tracking isn't a one-to-one comparison). While I like the fact that the feature doesn't require a spell slot, it does still require concentration, and does less damage at early levels, so unless you really need to use that spell slot elsewhere, and plan to do a lot of casting, I tend to lean toward the classic Hunter Mark spell. But that's just personal preference. And I agree with you about changing to Monstrosity, I realized it a bit too late in the editing process and thought "Damn... that would have been a better choice"
I will say... the Master Sword being the only weapon that can banish evil really feels like Holy Avenger Longsword, requiring at least 1 level in Paladin, which makes sense for Link. His deity could be Hylia from SS as She made the Goddess Sword which is later upgraded to become the Master Sword, or Farore as Link is the bearer of Her Triforce of Courage and Her flame is 1 of the 3 flames required to upgrade the Goddess Sword into the Master Sword.
I'd say it depends on the game. Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask/Wind Waker Link would definitely be of a Valor Bard/Archfey Warlock multiclass, using music to make magic, and getting extra enhancements from Great Fairies (Archfey). Minish Cap/Twilight Princess would be Battle Master Fighters, with Twilight Princess having a few levels of Druid baked in for the Direwolf transformation. Four Swords would be an Echo Knight Fighter. Skyward Sword would be a Champion Fighter. Spirit Tracks would be an Artificer/Fighter mix.
Link could be a series on his own think about all the different interpretations of him throughout the games. Breath of the wild: he's foraging for items, weapons and food. That's a ranger Skyward sword he harnesses the power of the goddess in the skyward sword and uses it to attack his enemies with divine power. That's a paladin Spirit tracks: He's operating a train which is a bit too futuristic for most d&d campaigns and Zelda possessing. The phantoms is like a steel defender that's a battle smith artifier. Hyrule warriors. He's a knight armed a longsword. Just Trying to save the day that's a fighter
Weird he said for Survival and Animal Handling for the Ranger skills, since they're the Folk Hero ones. I would of picked Insight and Nature in their place, seeing as Link is quite a explorer or the wilderness and obtains Maps over time.
I think the build is slightly off because of the Moonblade Legendary item. You can have one with finesse quality, so you max out dex instead of strength, then upgrade gauntlets with belt of giant strength. It makes your bow and arrow attacks better, too. Also those swords are made by elves and are hand me downs so they are always around
If you have the item early on, that would definitely be more optimized. But I wanted to make sure the build worked even if you couldn't get your hands on some magic items. But that's a totally solid option
I like the idea of starting off with like a “goddess sword” something that starts off weak and your whole side story is upgrading it like in skyward sword. But if you could get your DM to let you start off with like a home brew a weaker longsword to essentially be a rapier I could see that working
For general "link" builds i think shield master is a good feat to take. Altho, i say invest in dex since Longswords can be used with dex or str and dex also increases bow damage. Link doesn't always get the biggoron sword. It's a pretty rare weapon that's entirely optional in any game that has it. And i'd prefer fighter for link rather than ranger since link doesn't always have magic. Particularly in botw & totk the magic arrows are enchanted arrows, not spells that you get like in OOT & WW and just homebrew the hookshot type stuff as a sort of gun/grapple hook. Hookshot does do damage and can stun enemies in some games.
@@dndbuilds i would say since Link is an Elf the master sword could be whatever you want it really to be. If you go 1 level in paladin for a holy avenger it can be a shortsword at which you don't need strength at all giving the gauntlets of ogre power have meaning to the character instead of just in the beginning of the character creation. As for the boots that you are looking for. You could always make the boots customized for the game. You can use the spell immoveable object which is a spell from the gravity wizard domain. Instead of the effect applying to just the boots it can apply to the character wearing the boots. Activation can be a word or thought.
Alternative Build: *Twilight Link* Half-Elf Ranger (Beast Master Conclave) (Archery Fighting Style) Fighter (Champion) (Dueling Fighting Style) Druid (Circle of the Moon) Link is a Half-Elf really. Ranger allows us to excel in Archery. Beast Master Conclave gives us a Riding Horse (aka Epona). Fighter is to excel in Sword Fighting. Champion, because he is the Chosen One. Druid is for Werewolf (closest thing to his wolf form). Druid Spells, like Entangle, can also be nice. Best Build though: Half-Elf Race 8 Levels in Bard (College of Lore) (Take Find Steed and Destructive Wave.) 12 Levels in Cavalier Fighter (Superior Technique Fighting Style) Totally not a Link build. Find Steed for Epona, and Destructive Wave for Sword Beam. Cavalier for the horse back combat. Superior Technique Fighting Style allows you to excel in Archery and Sword Fighting. Now just get a green suit and smash pots…also play the Ocarina. (Favored Enemy could be Monstrosity. When using Find Steed, make Epona classify as a Fey.
For armor, Chain Shirt's description matches Link's outfit perfectly. A chaimail shirt that's worn between layers of clothing, as in over a white shirt but under a green tunic. And, since it's between layers of clothing, the chain is muffled so it doesn't give you disadvantage on stealth. Also, unfortunately you can't choose all humanoids as your favored enemy, you would have to choose two specific humanoids to be your favored enemies. Also, some of the later spells you chose aren't on the ranger's spell list at all, so you'd have to either sacrifice an ability score improvement for a feature, or multiclass to get them
This was a fantastic video! I am a huge Zelda fan, and I know lots about it. DnD Builds, you got Link perfectly 100%, amazingly right!!!! Thanks for a one of a kind spectacular video!! 👏👏👏👍🙂😀😁👍 🗡
Just take the Tough feat instead of the extra boosts to Con. I'd also probably go for a Dex build since, as you say, Link's strength comes from magic items. With Dueling and a short sword you still have a nice damage output and if you take a level of Fighter you can get Defence as a second fighting style. Much better than the Ranger's capstone ability.
Yeah there's definitely a few things I would tweak about this build overall, but actually I would still stick with strength for the most part, just because I feel like the master sword is a long sword no matter what, and you can only really utilize strength for a longsword
Depends on the Link. Breath of the Wild Link is able to canonically stop charging Lynels and Twilight Princess Link is able to out wrestle Gorons with pure physical strength and no magical assistance.
Here’s a request: How to Build Characters from The Red Dragon Inn in D&D. Maybe this could be its own series, each video focusing on a different iteration of the game, or maybe you just focus on certain characters, but I’d at least love to see the main six associated with RDI: Deirdre the Priestess, Fiona the Volatile, Gerki the Sneak, Zot the Wizard (and his “rabbit” familiar, Pooky), Gog the Half-Ogre, and Eve the Illusionist.
@@dndbuilds To get an idea of what could be implemented, Deirdre is an elven cleric, Fiona is a brash human warrior maiden, Gerki is a sneaky halfling rogue whose pockets are always filled with gold, Zot is a human wizard and the de facto leader of the team, who is bound to his chaotic and usually rabid “rabbit” (heavy quotes, that thing is a monster sometimes) familiar, Pooky, Gog is a clumsy, oafish, but well-meaning (and powerful) Half-Ogre, and Eve is a powerful human sorceress, able to create so many advanced illusions that no one really knows what her true form looks like (in the stories, she’s revealed to look like a typical peasant woman).
Ranger makes sense. Gives Martial Weapons, a little bit of magic for some of its items. The only difference is that instead of Dueling I would have taken Druid Fighting Style for Produce Flame (Bombs) and Thorn Whip (Hookshot).
@@dillonchaddick695 yeah I was tempted to do a bit more fighter just because of breath of the wild but since that's the only game where there's that much variety I didn't want to lean into it too hard. But I'm excited to hear how it goes
@@dndbuilds I'm going with it right now, and it's a lot of fun! Especially if you can start with the Chef feat, really make sthe character come to life. I am going Fighter right now, level 3, gonna multiclass to bard soon as I actually am learning an ocarina, and I want to become good enough with it before I incorporate it into my character. Later on I may ask my DM if he will let me switch my fighter levels into paladin levels if the campaign goes that way, but I love this basic fighter type character that covers all bases, it's fun to roleplay for sure.
I would also have accepted halfling... But that may work better for skull kid. Something about Bladesinger on the silent protagonist seems fitting, or a few levels wildfire for an annoying fairy. If youre goin modern, maybe battlesmith. Kensai may also be doable if ya multi.
The only issue with using link in any other media is he is left handed most games are tailored to right handed so if being accurate you are kind of stuck with just off hand attacks if the game does allow you to put sword in left hand
I say that link should get more to use fighter since he can fight with a lot of different weapons and carrying bullet time, or artificer if you love to torture koroks
What Artisan's tools should I pick? Cartographer's tools for maps, Cook's utensils for cooking, or maybe alchemist's supplies for potions? Or perhaps even Potter's tools to replace all those pots that you break?
I would say usually he has other people make his weapons, or they are found. And he doesn't care about making pots just breaking them. So I would definitely go with cooking supplies
I realize that you probably won’t read or respond to this because it’s so long after the video was uploaded but here it goes. First, it’s OCARINA not orcarina. As with the build, I like that you kept him as a straight ranger the whole time but given how bad its capstone is for how you’re building him, I would have thought at least two levels of fighter to give him second wind (simulated extra life or continue from game over screen) and action surge as well as a 2nd fighting style. Plus at 3rd level (depending on how deep you take it, you do champion which can increase his crit chances. I realize you lose a couple ASIs with that, but honestly that last ASI should have been the Tough feat anyway. Overall though, I really liked the video and build. Great job.😊
Will jokes on you cuz I did read it and I am responding, lol I never even thought about my pronunciation of ocarina, but you're definitely right. And I did consider doing a fighter build, but it's so rare that people want to go with a straightforward ranger, so I kind of wanted to just go with it. I'm glad you like the video
I'd say this is really good. But, I think there are some holes. As someone before me, link should be a half-elf. But in addition, I feel like fighter (the one with magic) should be a better class. But this works too!
Yeah I could totally see that, I just feel like the ranger doesn't get enough love, and I felt like he fit well enough to finally be able to use a ranger in one of my builds
@@BJGvideos really well actually. Our group is level 7 now. Ganondorf was cured from his „curse of Demise“ and link is now a victim of that curse. Ganondorf is now the head chef in gerudo town since they brought the current queen back to life and Ganny wasn’t interested in a leader position. Zelda also developed into an antagonist who ended up manipulating link and turned into the true bbeg while link has the same cr but is kind of just a pawn. We also have a running gag of a cuccoo that turned out to be a strange cuccoo wizard who follows the group and ended up turning into this badass saviour. I have a very open world „decisions affect the greater world“ kind of campaign which is why many plot points changed around a lot. Especially since one of the players is now a central figure in a Rito civil war plotline. Really developed out of their backstory.
I've been pondering on that one for a bit lately... It would be a little tough but I might try to pull that one off closer to when the new bleach movie is coming out
This actually sent me a bit down the rabbit hole, if you wanted to focus on melee but still be a fire caster, you could get pretty tricky with it. Especially if you focus entirely on the melee, but with some fun fire mixed in! Human Variant - Grab the feat Elemental Adept to ignore Fire Resistance Go with the Stats STR 8 DEX 14 (including racial) CON 14 INT 9 WIS 13 CHA 16 (including racial) Grab 1 level of hexblade warlock, to be able to use your charisma for all your melee attacks, and grab Green Flame Blade. Also giving you access to Hexblades curse, boosting damage Then grab 6 levels of Draconic Sorcerer bringing your CHA up to 18 along the way and allowing you to add your CHA to fire damage dealt Then grab 6 Levels of Wildfire Druid (big downside here is no more medium armor unless you find something without metal) bringing maxing out your CHA along the way, and allowing you to add 1d8 fire damage to fire rolls, and giving you access to Elemental Weapon, so you can always have a flaming sword Alternatively - You could Focus on Wisdom Go with 6 levels Wildfire Druid and 14 Levels of Forge Cleric, you'll still need to manage to grab magic initiate for Green Flame Blade, and you can use Shillelagh to use Wisdom for Melee but Forge Cleric gets additional fire based spells and at 14th level they can add 2d8 fire damage to every melee attack for a total of 3d8 with the Wildfire Druid plus the additional 3d8 fire damage you will do to the first target with Green Flame Blade, and 3d8 + spellcasting mod to a second target, Leading to the first target hit with melee, to take 1d8 Magical Bludgeoning + 5 Wisdom + 7d8 Fire from Cleric and Wildfire and Green Flame + 3 Elemental Weapon + 3d4 Fire Elemental Weapon Total for 1 melee attack being MAX 13 Magical Bludgeoning and 71 Fire Damage Which isn't terrible, but if you can sacrifice the extra 1d8 and take some fighter levels, you can get a couple levels of fighter for Action Surge, or go for some Sorcerer levels again, mix and match all you want I really went on a spree lol
You could also go with the Way of Ascendant Dragon Monk from Fizban's, then maybe multiclass into sorcerer and take the Dragon Origin. Take the level split you'd prefer.
the Classes, and rase I think the Links I've play would be SS Link = Paladin Oath of the Ancient/Battlemaster Fighter Half Elf OoT Link = Battlemaster Fighter/Valor Bard High Elf WW Link = Valor Bard/Fighter Half Elf ST Link = Fighter/Valor Bard Half Elf MM Link = Valor or Spirit Bard/Berserker Barbarian High Elf TP Link = Battlemaster or Cavalier Fighter/Moon Druid/Beast Master Ranger Wood Elf FSA Link = Champion Fighter High Elf ALttP Link = Champion Fighter/Wizard/ Monster Slayer Ranger High Elf or Half Elf LoZ Link = Champion Fighter/Monster Slayer Ranger Half Elf AoL Link = Champion Fighter/War Magic Wizard or Divine Soul Sorcerer Half Elf AoC Link = Battlemaster Fighter/Paladin Oath of the Ancient High Elf BotW Link = can be anything you want depends on how play BotW for how I play was more like a Swashbuckler Rogue/Monster Slayer/Artificer/Paladin Oath of the Ancient High Elf
@@dndbuilds Yes, Ranger or Fighter are the most straighforward since he uses tools or divine weapons he finds, not spells on them, except "call" the horse
@@chrimedina yeah the only reason I leaned ranger over fighter was because we do see that magic meter available pretty regularly, and I wanted to lean more towards wisdom with a ranger because it is close correlation with the triforce of wisdom being Zelda, rather than going something intelligence-based like an Eldritch Knight.
I did do an Elden ring video, but most of the bosses were mostly treated as variations of existing creatures, outside of a few exceptions where I actually pointed out how they could be real character builds. But if you'd like something beyond that I'm sure I can figure something out
Martials can be fun. Spells are OP, yeah, but a fighter with the right equipment can be just as or even more useful. (Don't be limited by normal weapons, Martials can AND SHOULD have some wands, maybe even more than Spellcasters)
I have so much fun with Martial characters, some spells to enhance them a bit is nice, but really focusing on getting into the middle of the fighting is just so much fun.
“Human” is just what Hyrulians call themselves, like how other planets’ races probably call their planets some variant of “Earth”. This distinguishes from the other sentient races, like Zora and Gorons.
I got to disagree on a few of these choices first off hylians have been explained as being very similar to humans including life expectancy and their need for sleep. Next we as the player never hear link speak but it has been shown throughout the franchise that he is a very good conversationalist and is very strong-willed like in Majora's Mask where every time he puts on one of the transformation masks he has to overcome the sheer pain of Two Souls merging and every time he takes it off he has to feel the pain of his soul being torn in half.
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Just make sure you destroy every clay pot you can possibly see, and I think you can pull off the true roleplaying aspect to this character. Diving into Link for Legend of Zelda
A he should definitely be a fighter B he would be better against fiends since HIS MAIN ENEMY IS THE DEMON KING! C if fighter seems too average for the hero of hyrule then do paladin the way the master sword glows is very similar to how i would imagine divine smite lol D he could even be an artificier he could make himself a bag of holding to fit his arsenal of weapons and then get the radiant weapon infusion and make the master sword and then multiclass as a fighter lol
Unlike the other guy I'm fine with ranger but I'd focus on hearts and get strength through the items you mentioned
Instead of an elf, Link could be a half-elf. Same pointy ears, more needing to sleep.
That's totally a solid way to go. I definitely see plenty of elves and non-elves mingling in the games so definitely a good choice if you want sleepy Link
Half elves don't sleep either
@@christopheradams9173 They do sleep.
I'm pretty sure the hylians are all human, just some have pointy ears as a racial thing
Does Link have dark vision though? I remember some of the Zelda games having candles to navigate through dark places.
I would say instead of going with Favored Enemy you should go with Favored Foe, Link fights a wide variety of creature types and this would help with all creature types and save on a spell with Hunter's Mark.
However if you do decide to go with Favored Enemy, Beast is not the type you should choose, instead take Monstrosity, the vast majority of creatures Link fights are Monstrosities.
Good Video nonetheless
I understand the whole Favored Foe vs Favored Enemy idea, but I did want to replicate the "Lock on targeting" feature from Orcarina of Time, and you usually only get that from the actual spell (even though the tracking isn't a one-to-one comparison). While I like the fact that the feature doesn't require a spell slot, it does still require concentration, and does less damage at early levels, so unless you really need to use that spell slot elsewhere, and plan to do a lot of casting, I tend to lean toward the classic Hunter Mark spell.
But that's just personal preference.
And I agree with you about changing to Monstrosity, I realized it a bit too late in the editing process and thought "Damn... that would have been a better choice"
Link fight more often bokoblins (goblins), lizalfos (dragonborn, kobolds) and other fiends such, perhaps his favored should go in that direction.
I will say... the Master Sword being the only weapon that can banish evil really feels like Holy Avenger Longsword, requiring at least 1 level in Paladin, which makes sense for Link. His deity could be Hylia from SS as She made the Goddess Sword which is later upgraded to become the Master Sword, or Farore as Link is the bearer of Her Triforce of Courage and Her flame is 1 of the 3 flames required to upgrade the Goddess Sword into the Master Sword.
a level in paladin works, maybe 2 levels in druid for nature based stuff, like thorn whip or produce flame.
@@willsword8100 Druid especially makes sense for TP & ALttP.
TP Link has to be able to be a wolf.
ALttP Link has to be able to be a bunny.
it even looks a lot like the master sword in most art pieces!
Link is well known for using musical instruments, using light armor, a sword, bow, shield, and most importantly magic.
Link is a bard
Ah maybe a college of swords bard I could see that, though no cutting words or anything
Ah yes link the iconic story teller with an iconic singing voice
@@MagicMaster997 no link the bard with his iconic musical instruments
I'd say it depends on the game. Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask/Wind Waker Link would definitely be of a Valor Bard/Archfey Warlock multiclass, using music to make magic, and getting extra enhancements from Great Fairies (Archfey).
Minish Cap/Twilight Princess would be Battle Master Fighters, with Twilight Princess having a few levels of Druid baked in for the Direwolf transformation.
Four Swords would be an Echo Knight Fighter.
Skyward Sword would be a Champion Fighter.
Spirit Tracks would be an Artificer/Fighter mix.
@@dakotahmay6746 I'd say Valor Bard. Swords Bard doesn't use Shields.
Link could be a series on his own think about all the different interpretations of him throughout the games.
Breath of the wild: he's foraging for items, weapons and food. That's a ranger
Skyward sword he harnesses the power of the goddess in the skyward sword and uses it to attack his enemies with divine power. That's a paladin
Spirit tracks: He's operating a train which is a bit too futuristic for most d&d campaigns and Zelda possessing. The phantoms is like a steel defender that's a battle smith artifier.
Hyrule warriors. He's a knight armed a longsword. Just Trying to save the day that's a fighter
Weird he said for Survival and Animal Handling for the Ranger skills, since they're the Folk Hero ones. I would of picked Insight and Nature in their place, seeing as Link is quite a explorer or the wilderness and obtains Maps over time.
That's actually a really good call, I must have totally forgotten about that.
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Glad I could avoid the disappointment
I enjoy this. Honestly, link is perfect for a 1 on 1 dnd campaign.
Yeah, I've done a few one on one campaigns before, and this would be a perfect build for that. Well rounded, and able to deal with many situations.
@@dndbuilds awesome. That would be cool to see.
I think the build is slightly off because of the Moonblade Legendary item. You can have one with finesse quality, so you max out dex instead of strength, then upgrade gauntlets with belt of giant strength. It makes your bow and arrow attacks better, too.
Also those swords are made by elves and are hand me downs so they are always around
If you have the item early on, that would definitely be more optimized. But I wanted to make sure the build worked even if you couldn't get your hands on some magic items. But that's a totally solid option
@@dndbuilds fair enough. I guess it isn’t guaranteed your DM would let you quest the master sword early or let you quest upgrade enhancements to it.
@@WellManNerd that would be an awesome quest line to build
I like the idea of starting off with like a “goddess sword” something that starts off weak and your whole side story is upgrading it like in skyward sword. But if you could get your DM to let you start off with like a home brew a weaker longsword to essentially be a rapier I could see that working
For general "link" builds i think shield master is a good feat to take. Altho, i say invest in dex since Longswords can be used with dex or str and dex also increases bow damage. Link doesn't always get the biggoron sword. It's a pretty rare weapon that's entirely optional in any game that has it. And i'd prefer fighter for link rather than ranger since link doesn't always have magic. Particularly in botw & totk the magic arrows are enchanted arrows, not spells that you get like in OOT & WW and just homebrew the hookshot type stuff as a sort of gun/grapple hook. Hookshot does do damage and can stun enemies in some games.
Shortswords can use strength or dex long swords can only use strength. So unfortunately you have to deal with multiple abilities scores no matter what
@@dndbuilds i would say since Link is an Elf the master sword could be whatever you want it really to be. If you go 1 level in paladin for a holy avenger it can be a shortsword at which you don't need strength at all giving the gauntlets of ogre power have meaning to the character instead of just in the beginning of the character creation.
As for the boots that you are looking for. You could always make the boots customized for the game. You can use the spell immoveable object which is a spell from the gravity wizard domain. Instead of the effect applying to just the boots it can apply to the character wearing the boots. Activation can be a word or thought.
Alternative Build:
*Twilight Link*
Half-Elf
Ranger (Beast Master Conclave) (Archery Fighting Style)
Fighter (Champion) (Dueling Fighting Style)
Druid (Circle of the Moon)
Link is a Half-Elf really. Ranger allows us to excel in Archery. Beast Master Conclave gives us a Riding Horse (aka Epona). Fighter is to excel in Sword Fighting. Champion, because he is the Chosen One. Druid is for Werewolf (closest thing to his wolf form). Druid Spells, like Entangle, can also be nice.
Best Build though:
Half-Elf Race
8 Levels in Bard (College of Lore) (Take Find Steed and Destructive Wave.)
12 Levels in Cavalier Fighter (Superior Technique Fighting Style)
Totally not a Link build. Find Steed for Epona, and Destructive Wave for Sword Beam. Cavalier for the horse back combat. Superior Technique Fighting Style allows you to excel in Archery and Sword Fighting. Now just get a green suit and smash pots…also play the Ocarina. (Favored Enemy could be Monstrosity. When using Find Steed, make Epona classify as a Fey.
For armor, Chain Shirt's description matches Link's outfit perfectly. A chaimail shirt that's worn between layers of clothing, as in over a white shirt but under a green tunic. And, since it's between layers of clothing, the chain is muffled so it doesn't give you disadvantage on stealth. Also, unfortunately you can't choose all humanoids as your favored enemy, you would have to choose two specific humanoids to be your favored enemies. Also, some of the later spells you chose aren't on the ranger's spell list at all, so you'd have to either sacrifice an ability score improvement for a feature, or multiclass to get them
This was a fantastic video! I am a huge Zelda fan, and I know lots about it. DnD Builds, you got Link perfectly 100%, amazingly right!!!! Thanks for a one of a kind spectacular video!! 👏👏👏👍🙂😀😁👍 🗡
Glad you enjoyed it!
Just take the Tough feat instead of the extra boosts to Con. I'd also probably go for a Dex build since, as you say, Link's strength comes from magic items. With Dueling and a short sword you still have a nice damage output and if you take a level of Fighter you can get Defence as a second fighting style. Much better than the Ranger's capstone ability.
Yeah there's definitely a few things I would tweak about this build overall, but actually I would still stick with strength for the most part, just because I feel like the master sword is a long sword no matter what, and you can only really utilize strength for a longsword
@@dndbuilds Fair. You can always claim that it's a different Link. :)
Depends on the Link. Breath of the Wild Link is able to canonically stop charging Lynels and Twilight Princess Link is able to out wrestle Gorons with pure physical strength and no magical assistance.
Here’s a request: How to Build Characters from The Red Dragon Inn in D&D.
Maybe this could be its own series, each video focusing on a different iteration of the game, or maybe you just focus on certain characters, but I’d at least love to see the main six associated with RDI: Deirdre the Priestess, Fiona the Volatile, Gerki the Sneak, Zot the Wizard (and his “rabbit” familiar, Pooky), Gog the Half-Ogre, and Eve the Illusionist.
I'm not actually not at all familiar with Red Dragon Inn, I would need to do some heavy investigating to see if I can pull that one off.
@@dndbuilds To get an idea of what could be implemented, Deirdre is an elven cleric, Fiona is a brash human warrior maiden, Gerki is a sneaky halfling rogue whose pockets are always filled with gold, Zot is a human wizard and the de facto leader of the team, who is bound to his chaotic and usually rabid “rabbit” (heavy quotes, that thing is a monster sometimes) familiar, Pooky, Gog is a clumsy, oafish, but well-meaning (and powerful) Half-Ogre, and Eve is a powerful human sorceress, able to create so many advanced illusions that no one really knows what her true form looks like (in the stories, she’s revealed to look like a typical peasant woman).
It's a D&D type of board game. Like Heroquest or Descent, they aren't very known among RPGers because they don't have the flexibility of actual D&D.
A Black Panther build would be awesome.I can see him with some levels of warlock or cleric since he does have connection to Bast.
Yeah, I've been considering doing one of him for a while now, it might be time to finally make that jump.
Ranger makes sense. Gives Martial Weapons, a little bit of magic for some of its items. The only difference is that instead of Dueling I would have taken Druid Fighting Style for Produce Flame (Bombs) and Thorn Whip (Hookshot).
While I haven't used it in a campaign yet, I have a Link build I made that is Ranger/Fighter class.
That's usually a very solid mix for a class, I'm curious how your build actually goes in a campaign, let me know when you get to use it.
@@dndbuilds I will. I specifically was thinking about BotW link with Survival skills and weapon variety.
@@dillonchaddick695 yeah I was tempted to do a bit more fighter just because of breath of the wild but since that's the only game where there's that much variety I didn't want to lean into it too hard. But I'm excited to hear how it goes
@@dndbuilds I'm going with it right now, and it's a lot of fun! Especially if you can start with the Chef feat, really make sthe character come to life. I am going Fighter right now, level 3, gonna multiclass to bard soon as I actually am learning an ocarina, and I want to become good enough with it before I incorporate it into my character. Later on I may ask my DM if he will let me switch my fighter levels into paladin levels if the campaign goes that way, but I love this basic fighter type character that covers all bases, it's fun to roleplay for sure.
My friend is going to run a Breath if the Wild dnd campaign, so thanks.
Missed opportunity! You should make all of these builds free downloads in your descriptions include the links (pun intended).
I wound up making these builds character sheets available on Patreon after a recommendation from a commenter, but I like the pun 😁
I would also have accepted halfling... But that may work better for skull kid. Something about Bladesinger on the silent protagonist seems fitting, or a few levels wildfire for an annoying fairy. If youre goin modern, maybe battlesmith. Kensai may also be doable if ya multi.
The only issue with using link in any other media is he is left handed most games are tailored to right handed so if being accurate you are kind of stuck with just off hand attacks if the game does allow you to put sword in left hand
I say that link should get more to use fighter since he can fight with a lot of different weapons and carrying bullet time, or artificer if you love to torture koroks
Hey would you do Sheik and/or Impa
I've had Sheik up for a vote a couple of times because I want to sneak her in, but I will get to her soon, I'm determined lol
I think you did a Pokémon Trainer already, but how about a specific one of the creatures. DnD build for Lucario.
Now you need to do Fierce Deity. That's gonna be a tough one.
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Please do a punisher build!
I know lol, he's on the list, and I'm going to build him soon
I feel like he would not dump charisma. Because he would multi class into a Paladin of Hylia
What Artisan's tools should I pick? Cartographer's tools for maps, Cook's utensils for cooking, or maybe alchemist's supplies for potions? Or perhaps even Potter's tools to replace all those pots that you break?
I would say usually he has other people make his weapons, or they are found. And he doesn't care about making pots just breaking them. So I would definitely go with cooking supplies
I definitely would have gone artificer in order to attend to all your nifty magic items.
Yeah, but outside of the more recent games most of his magic items are more "found" items
I realize that you probably won’t read or respond to this because it’s so long after the video was uploaded but here it goes. First, it’s OCARINA not orcarina. As with the build, I like that you kept him as a straight ranger the whole time but given how bad its capstone is for how you’re building him, I would have thought at least two levels of fighter to give him second wind (simulated extra life or continue from game over screen) and action surge as well as a 2nd fighting style. Plus at 3rd level (depending on how deep you take it, you do champion which can increase his crit chances. I realize you lose a couple ASIs with that, but honestly that last ASI should have been the Tough feat anyway. Overall though, I really liked the video and build. Great job.😊
Will jokes on you cuz I did read it and I am responding, lol I never even thought about my pronunciation of ocarina, but you're definitely right. And I did consider doing a fighter build, but it's so rare that people want to go with a straightforward ranger, so I kind of wanted to just go with it. I'm glad you like the video
Would love to see your interpretation of Mega Man
I was hoping someone would request that one at some point 😁
@@dndbuilds I have a couple ideas of my own, but I think you do a good job and would be interested in seeing how much we agree or disagree
@@WellManNerd well when that build video comes out, I'll make sure to look out for your comment and see how close we are on a build idea
I'd say this is really good.
But, I think there are some holes. As someone before me, link should be a half-elf. But in addition, I feel like fighter (the one with magic) should be a better class. But this works too!
Yeah I could totally see that, I just feel like the ranger doesn't get enough love, and I felt like he fit well enough to finally be able to use a ranger in one of my builds
DnD Builds you should check out Tabletop Nephilim's Link video.
I haven't seen any of their stuff yet, I'll have to check it out
I’m gonna run a Homebrew Zelda DnD 5e campaign this year. Gonna use Link as the BBEG.
How did that go?
@@BJGvideos really well actually. Our group is level 7 now. Ganondorf was cured from his „curse of Demise“ and link is now a victim of that curse. Ganondorf is now the head chef in gerudo town since they brought the current queen back to life and Ganny wasn’t interested in a leader position. Zelda also developed into an antagonist who ended up manipulating link and turned into the true bbeg while link has the same cr but is kind of just a pawn. We also have a running gag of a cuccoo that turned out to be a strange cuccoo wizard who follows the group and ended up turning into this badass saviour. I have a very open world „decisions affect the greater world“ kind of campaign which is why many plot points changed around a lot. Especially since one of the players is now a central figure in a Rito civil war plotline. Really developed out of their backstory.
@@patrickzantomaster Oh neat! That sounds amazing
At spells I would choose gust of wind and feather fall for the glider.
i have only seen 3 episodes and every single time they are goddamn rangers! Trevor Belmont, Goblin Slayer and even Link, come on!
@@thecreep7147 you must just be lucky, I feel like I don't make a lot of rangers lol
A soul reaper from Bleach would be cool but there’s so many characters to choose from
I've been pondering on that one for a bit lately... It would be a little tough but I might try to pull that one off closer to when the new bleach movie is coming out
Nice Vid, I'm using DND beyond for my charecter sheet and can't find deft explorer anywhere, do you know if deft explorer is on the website?
You have to select the optional features for the class
@@dndbuilds looks like I have to buy the book digitally again or homebrew it, bummer but thanks
How would you make a fire caster melee build? I was mostly thinking of sticking with Druid for the wildfire archetype and multiclassing into wizard
This actually sent me a bit down the rabbit hole, if you wanted to focus on melee but still be a fire caster, you could get pretty tricky with it. Especially if you focus entirely on the melee, but with some fun fire mixed in!
Human Variant - Grab the feat Elemental Adept to ignore Fire Resistance
Go with the Stats
STR 8
DEX 14 (including racial)
CON 14
INT 9
WIS 13
CHA 16 (including racial)
Grab 1 level of hexblade warlock, to be able to use your charisma for all your melee attacks, and grab Green Flame Blade. Also giving you access to Hexblades curse, boosting damage
Then grab 6 levels of Draconic Sorcerer bringing your CHA up to 18 along the way and allowing you to add your CHA to fire damage dealt
Then grab 6 Levels of Wildfire Druid (big downside here is no more medium armor unless you find something without metal) bringing maxing out your CHA along the way, and allowing you to add 1d8 fire damage to fire rolls, and giving you access to Elemental Weapon, so you can always have a flaming sword
Alternatively -
You could Focus on Wisdom
Go with 6 levels Wildfire Druid and 14 Levels of Forge Cleric, you'll still need to manage to grab magic initiate for Green Flame Blade, and you can use Shillelagh to use Wisdom for Melee but Forge Cleric gets additional fire based spells and at 14th level they can add 2d8 fire damage to every melee attack for a total of 3d8 with the Wildfire Druid plus the additional 3d8 fire damage you will do to the first target with Green Flame Blade, and 3d8 + spellcasting mod to a second target,
Leading to the first target hit with melee, to take 1d8 Magical Bludgeoning + 5 Wisdom + 7d8 Fire from Cleric and Wildfire and Green Flame + 3 Elemental Weapon + 3d4 Fire Elemental Weapon
Total for 1 melee attack being
MAX 13 Magical Bludgeoning and 71 Fire Damage
Which isn't terrible, but if you can sacrifice the extra 1d8 and take some fighter levels, you can get a couple levels of fighter for Action Surge, or go for some Sorcerer levels again, mix and match all you want
I really went on a spree lol
You could also go with the Way of Ascendant Dragon Monk from Fizban's, then maybe multiclass into sorcerer and take the Dragon Origin. Take the level split you'd prefer.
I would probably would give him a fighter level just to give him to do more damage or something like that
the Classes, and rase I think the Links I've play would be
SS Link = Paladin Oath of the Ancient/Battlemaster Fighter Half Elf
OoT Link = Battlemaster Fighter/Valor Bard High Elf
WW Link = Valor Bard/Fighter Half Elf
ST Link = Fighter/Valor Bard Half Elf
MM Link = Valor or Spirit Bard/Berserker Barbarian High Elf
TP Link = Battlemaster or Cavalier Fighter/Moon Druid/Beast Master Ranger Wood Elf
FSA Link = Champion Fighter High Elf
ALttP Link = Champion Fighter/Wizard/ Monster Slayer Ranger High Elf or Half Elf
LoZ Link = Champion Fighter/Monster Slayer Ranger Half Elf
AoL Link = Champion Fighter/War Magic Wizard or Divine Soul Sorcerer Half Elf
AoC Link = Battlemaster Fighter/Paladin Oath of the Ancient High Elf
BotW Link = can be anything you want depends on how play BotW for how I play was more like a Swashbuckler Rogue/Monster Slayer/Artificer/Paladin Oath of the Ancient High Elf
Can u do a Paul atriedes from dune build
Could you do rayne from the game bloodrayne if you haven't done her yet
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There are ways to multiclass or not with ranger, fighter, valor bard
Yeah there's plenty of ways to multi-class, but to me link feels so much like a pure ranger for the most part
@@dndbuilds Yes, Ranger or Fighter are the most straighforward since he uses tools or divine weapons he finds, not spells on them, except "call" the horse
@@chrimedina yeah the only reason I leaned ranger over fighter was because we do see that magic meter available pretty regularly, and I wanted to lean more towards wisdom with a ranger because it is close correlation with the triforce of wisdom being Zelda, rather than going something intelligence-based like an Eldritch Knight.
I hear some Taylor Davis in the background. ;)
Yes there is
Can we get some elden ring bosses as character builds?
I did do an Elden ring video, but most of the bosses were mostly treated as variations of existing creatures, outside of a few exceptions where I actually pointed out how they could be real character builds. But if you'd like something beyond that I'm sure I can figure something out
I'm going to say link is a........ Fighter
Edit: I can't believe I didn't think of Ranger
Martials can be fun.
Spells are OP, yeah, but a fighter with the right equipment can be just as or even more useful.
(Don't be limited by normal weapons, Martials can AND SHOULD have some wands, maybe even more than Spellcasters)
I have so much fun with Martial characters, some spells to enhance them a bit is nice, but really focusing on getting into the middle of the fighting is just so much fun.
I think I would've gone with paladin or fighter
Make a Pain Build from Naruto
Link is a bard paladin change my mind
Can you make YU-GI-OH soon?
Ooohhhh... That would be an interesting one... Definitely a slight challenge but I can give it a shot
Link is canonically a human.
“Human” is just what Hyrulians call themselves, like how other planets’ races probably call their planets some variant of “Earth”. This distinguishes from the other sentient races, like Zora and Gorons.
I got to disagree on a few of these choices first off hylians have been explained as being very similar to humans including life expectancy and their need for sleep. Next we as the player never hear link speak but it has been shown throughout the franchise that he is a very good conversationalist and is very strong-willed like in Majora's Mask where every time he puts on one of the transformation masks he has to overcome the sheer pain of Two Souls merging and every time he takes it off he has to feel the pain of his soul being torn in half.
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@@dndbuilds Bro, so am I. Moon Knight, Joker - So, SO awesome. Gonna watch those next.
@@LMNtaLXicon binge all you want, I'm happy you're here, and I've got plenty more to come 😁
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