Grab your FP often, and when you do, don’t pummel — just throw, and toss it to the nearest ledge! The AI has some hard-coded combos, but again, as long as it knows to grab it’ll teach itself the rest of the combos. No need to worry. You can always trust iMore. Our team of Apple experts have years of experience testing all kinds of tech and gadgets, so you can be sure our recommendations and criticisms are accurate and helpful. Find out more about how we test.

At mid-range, fire off a Boomerang or two for good measure. It can be angled as well, and it does a great job of harassing opponents off-stage. The AI might occasionally combo a Boomerang into an arrow and then an aerial move, which is cool to see!There are still some unique items only available by tapping the Zelda series amiibo, though — namely, unique paraglider fabric. You can change your paraglider fabric by heading to the Kochi Dye Shop in Hateno, and there are some rather lovely ones too. Mix in some grabs as well, and toss your FP towards the nearest ledge! Link’s AI will eventually teach itself to use down throw aerial combos. Banned bonuses: Link has a rather limited number of viable Spirit builds when compared to the rest of the cast. Super Armor doesn’t suit him very well due to his average weight and recovery, while Autoheal doesn’t always appeal since he has to get up close to finish off the enemy. In contrast, Armor Knight is ridiculously strong on Link — especially when paired with Trade-Off Ability ↑.

There really is no true best stat spread for any given FP, but we usually include a recommendation here anyway. For Link, that recommendation would be a balanced setup (2100 / 2100). Make sure the FP’s Spirit-type is Neutral before you begin its training! As with the competitive section, you’ll want to avoid using Bow and Arrows and Remote Bombs. FPs aren’t very good with items; they’ll get distracted and walk towards the item but then won’t actually do anything with it. If your Link FP fires off a Remote Bomb, try to avoid getting hit by it. Even with a down special value of 0 (which trainers can only see by decrypting amiibo files), Link will still pull out Remote Bombs every once in a while. Try to minimize the number of times it hits you! True to his title of Hero of Hyrule, Link makes for a strong Raid Boss! His traits are well-balanced, as he’s got respectable range, power, and speed. Since you’re training a Raid Boss, you’re welcome to dash and jump as often as you’d like (since just walking is very predictable for human opponents). You might want to be careful with teaching Link to go off-stage against humans, because a competent opponent will be able to intercept his recovery. Here are the moves to focus on: More rarely, you can use a forward smash to punish a botched landing or to KO outright. As mentioned in the previous section, your FP might only use the first hit of forward smash when it’s at an early level. This problem will correct itself given time, so don’t worry!