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As the title says, do you prefer to upgrade hearts or stamina at any given moment?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hearts take priority

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hearts until 8 or so to keep me from being too squishy. Finished second ring of stamina, then hearts from there. I very rarely run out of stamina compared to BOTW because of all the new ways of getting around.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way I approach it too.... Enough hearts not to be one shot and down and that second stamina wheel is so welcome ! It's enough to do almost anything I need to paraglider wise / climbing wise etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Over the course of my playthroughs, I usually upgrade stamina about once per two hearts - though I've gotten good enough at the game at this point that I could probably do one-to-one instead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I like stamina to make exploration more comfortable, and you don't need hearts if you don't get hit! Of course, I do get hit so after filling out the first stamina wheel I went up to ~10 hearts, then another stamina wheel. I don't remember what I did in BotW but probably something similar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think I did 6 hearts, then rushed stamina to full. I'm at something like 10 hearts right now, with a bunch of unclaimed.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Always hearts. The one time I actally need stamina I'll just eat a meal or two.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Stamina until 2 full rings, then hearts till 10 hearts, then fill out 3rd ring of stamina

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Stamina all the way until full, both games. I hate failing to get somewhere due to lack of stamina and food to compensate.

However, since I hit max stamina, I never actually need it all in totk, so if there's a master mode down the line making me replay the whole game, I'll probably stop at 2 wheels then hearts to stop getting one shot earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hearts until I have 6, then one extra stamina wheel, then 4 more hearts, then the rest of stamina, then the rest of hearts.
By the time I got to 10 hearts, I could start upgrading armor and cooking full-heals, and I wasn't taking many hits, so stamina was more important.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

When I first started, I figured that getting better armor and beating dungeons would get me heart containers so I opted for getting a full second stamina wheel first. After I did that, I picked up heart containers until I was at 12 hearts (two dungeon ones and the rest from shrines) before I went for the third stamina wheel. I think it worked out pretty well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I get a second stamina wheel so I can traverse the map, then go all out hearts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like stamina first but I keep dying

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I might die in one hit, but I can sprint for 10 seconds!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Starting with heart I alternate between the two of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hearts first. I think you only need 8-10 of them though before you go full stream ahead on stamina until it's full

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

In BotW, stamina bc nothing can really kill you early game, but there are some steep places you'll wanna get

In TotK, hearts bc with the slight overworld adjustments, you can get pretty much everywhere with 1 wheel now and even basic mobs can one hit you at the start