Breath of the Wild: Monk Maz Koshia

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The Monk at the end of the Shrine of Resurrection in LoZ:BotW

The Maz Koshia Monk is a Monk in the game The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

You meet them at the end of the Shrine of Resurrection, after successfully completing the EX The Champions' Ballad.

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  Great Plateau
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  Shrine of Resurrection
  Shrine

Dialog

You have proven to possess the power of a true hero.

In the name of the Goddess Hylia... I offer this final trial!

Let us begin.

You faced that challenge with great courage. You have erased all doubt from my mind. You are a true hero. As such, you were destined to take hold of this ancient masterpiece.

That which you have obtained... is a masterpiece of innovation, created for the one true hero. Hero of Hyrule... May the Goddess smile upon you.

Fighting Maz Koshia

• Maz Koshia is a tough opponent with a 3 phase fight that you need to survive.
• Stay alert because Maz Koshia can open with a quick jump into the air followed by shooting a Shock Arrow.
• During this phase, Maz Koshia's attack are: Elemental Arrows, Teleportation, Gylph Counter (Teleport attack that can be parried), Blurred Rush (moves very fast with a single attack using his Guardian Sword, and Homing Ground Burst.
• When you are being rushed, dodge backwards to possibly trigger a perfect dodge or simply defend with your shield.
• Dodge as you hear the third whoosh from the Monk's high speed movement.
• When Maz Koshia uses the ground burst attack, you can jump into the air and use the surrounding updraft to get lift.
• This allows for a great chance to get numerous arrow hits in.
• Getting Maz Koshia down by 1/3 of his health will trigger the second phase of the fight.

• Maz Koshia is now fighting with numerous shadow clones of himself.
• These clones can still hurt Link but vanish after a single hit.
• They will maintain the usage of the Elemental Arrows, so keep moving!
• When you do find the real Maz Koshia, try to lock onto them immediately.
• You will be able to get in several hits before the Monk will teleport away.
• There are times the Monks will create a straight line to rush in.
• They will then start running at Link to take a single swing before scattered nearby.
• You can charge up a usage of Urbosa's Fury to quickly hit all of them and instantly reveal the true Maz Koshia.
• Using weapons with some Area of Effect, like a Frost Blade or Flame Blade can help a lot.
• Sometimes from the straight line, the lead will get a red glyph around it.
• This will lead to at least 2 of the Monk vanishing from the line to attempt to ambush Link.
• The rest will scatter to surround and attack Link.
• Another attack during the close phase is the Monks forming a large circle around Link.
• They will then all rush in to attack Link.
• Use of Urbosa's Fury is recommended here to quickly stop the attack
• A circular charged attack can do much the same effect if Fury is recharging.
• Just keep going through the cycle and fighting the clones.
• Another another third of Maz Koshia's health is gone, he will teleport into the area to begin the final phase of the fight.

• Even within the third phase there are 2 parts to it.
• Maz Koshia will grow to Talus size to begin.
• Koshia will likely begin with a Guardian Laser Burst.
• Focus in on this and attempt to reflect it back to do some damage and stun him.
• The second attack that Koshia is likely to use is to summon in 6 massive Sheikah Metal Bombs and hurl them at Link one at a time.
• These Bombs can be grabbed with Magnesis.
• While the platform is level, there is a very good chance the Monk will then infuse the local area with Lightning.
• Grab one of the metal bombs and bring it over by Maz Koshia to do damage to him and cause him to fall to the ground.
• Maz Koshia will demonstrate that he can move the platform itself, tilting it heavily in one direction or another.
• He will normally use large circular movements with both his arms before doing this.
• Run upslope and watch out for the appearance of more bombs that will come sliding at you.
• Remember that you need to drop the bombs (released from Magnesis) onto the Monk for them to do damage.
• If a large red glyph appears behind the Monk, the Ground Burst attack is being used.
• Jump and use the Paraglider to gain altitude which will allow you to use Focus Time and pelt the Massive Monk with arrows.
• When reduced to the Middle of the "O" in Monk, or in that area, Maz Koshia will start to fight on the ground a bit.
• This part will have him moving toward Link and trying to crush him.
• He can also summon 2 Shadow Clones from a swirl of talismans that he throws toward Link.
• These Shadow Clones use the same techniques and methods as before.
• Eliminate the clones quickly so you can focus on Maz Koshia.
• Keep up the attacks on the Monk and you will eventually beat him.

• For defeating Maz Koshia, Link will be rewarded another rune: Master Cycle 0 is added.
• Link can summon this motorcycle any time using his Sheikah Slate.
• You can distract Koshia by throwing bananas.

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Video Walkthrough

Maz Koshia Fight Video Walkthrough