Name: Shiekah Wraith
Location: Shiekah Temple
HP:
Gerudo Scimitar - 6 hits
Noble Blade - 4 hits
Master Sword - 2-3 hits
Description:
The Shiekah Wraiths are a byproduct of a bloodstained culture and centuries of experimentation with dark magic. They are beings trapped in a dark void between worlds, and are usually visible only as glowing whisps of vapor, and invulnerable. Without the shadow cloak, they will ignore Link unless he gets too close, in which case the whispy wraith will glide over and attach himself to Link. Link will only be able to see the whisp and notice that he is walking slower and beginning to take damage, similar to the ghost rats from Twilight Princess. Link will take a quarter heart damage every two seconds (we can adjust this later) as the Wraiths cling to him and siphon his health. To dislodge the wraiths, Link can do a spin attack, which doesn't hurt them but makes them float away, or leave the room.
Upon donning the Shadow Cloak, Link enters the same realm as them, and as a reaction to Link's presence in their plane, the Wraiths enter a different mode. They appear as huge, white, glowing, spindly figures, levitating slightly off the ground. (I imagine them as a combination of Poes from TP and Chozo Ghosts from Metroid prime.) Or maybe they look more like ghosty dementors.
To clarify their reactions to Link and the cloak:
Without the Cloak, Link can see them only as whisps, and the wraiths can only see Link as a whisp. They will cling onto him if he walks close by, but will otherwise ignore him.
Once Link dons the Cloak, however, he and the wraiths can see each other. Any wraith currently attached to Link will realize Link needs to be destroyed, and back off so it can attack. Wraiths that aren't currently attached to Link will notice him, even if without the cloak he'd be too far away to notice. All the wraiths will begin to circle Link, attacking him one by one until he takes the cloak off or leaves the room.
Behavior (When Wearing Shadow Cloak):
- Any attached wraith will immediately glide back away from Link, but other wraiths in the area will take note and join the attack. Basically, all the wraiths in the area will abandon their previous behaviour and start circling Link. With the cloak on, Wraiths will follow Link, but keep their distance, except when attacking.
- If Link takes his cloak off, the wraiths will loose interest and return to whatever they were doing. Floating around, I guess.
- Shiekah Wraiths are quick, and will dodge many of your attacks, like jumping Stalfos (not by jumping over your sword, just by moving back).
- They can be defeated by timing your sword slashes so you hit right after they dodge, or by hitting them with fire arrows, which burn them. Ice arrows freeze them, and any concussive hit will shatter them after that. The sword techniques mostly work, with a couple exceptions being the shield attack, which they dodge, and the barrel ambush. I don't think you can use items like the shadow cloak while in a barrel.
- They will be attracted to the shadow clone, however, they will only spend several seconds trying to siphon its health before realizing they've been duped and focusing back on Link. They will be tricked by every shadow clone.
Attacks:
Wraiths, while visible, will have two attacks:
Charge - They will periodically charge at Link. Their charge is preceded by a brighter glow and an unearthly, redead-like scream. If they hit Link, they latch on and Link is frozen for a second, taking 1.5 to 2 hearts damage. The only way to counter this is by dodging or attacking them before they get you. The wraiths can go right through an attempt to block their charge with a shield, so shields are ineffective.
Magic Attack - This attack is preceded by a brighter glow. The wraith shoots a ball of energy at Link. Contact with the ball will cause Link's controls to be reversed. Unless we're doing that too much already, in which case, it will just hurt, I guess. The only way to avoid this attack is to dodge.