Midna

Midna (ミドナ, Midona) is a playable character in Hyrule Warriors. A character that debuted in Twilight Princess, she is the ruler of her own kingdom and close friends with Link in her initial incarnation.

Her true form is a separate playable DLC character called Twili Midna (真のミドナ, Shin no Midona; literally "True Midna").

Role in Game
Having her original appearance altered by Cia, Midna seeks the corrupt witch's whereabouts in order to undo the transmogrification.

Development
Eiji Aonuma stated on Miiverse that when designing Midna's true form for the end of Twilight Princess, he felt sad that such a beautifully designed character would make such a minor appearance in the game. He claimed he was happy to see Koei include her in Hyrule Warriors, as he had always wanted to have an excuse to have her appear in another Zelda game, but could never figure out how to do so due to the ending of Twilight Princess.

Personality
Midna is a sarcastic yet kindhearted individual. As Princess of the Twili, she is capable of acting prim and proper when need be. However, her brazen streak causes her to do what she wants most of the time without thinking of the consequences.

Gameplay
Shackle=
 * X: Grabs nearby enemies in front of her with her hair and crushes them. Temporarily infuses her attacks with the darkness element if the grab connects.
 * Y, X, X, X: Grabs an enemy and slams them on the ground, summons two wolves to knock enemies into the air, then jumps into the air to slam the group back down with her hair. Will fail if there are no enemies to grab.
 * Y, Y, X, X, X: Summons two wolves that dash forward in an X pattern, then again backward, and ends with Midna throwing the one she's riding directly forward.
 * Y, Y, Y, X, X, X: Grabs an enemy and throws them around in a circle before summoning two wolves to run in circles, creating a whirlwind that sucks in and damages enemies, ending with a large explosion. Will fail if there are no enemies to grab.
 * Y, Y, Y, Y, X: Charges forward on her wolf steed while wildly slamming her hair on the ground around her, picking up enemies and knocking away others before throwing any gathered enemies forward. Midna can be controlled while she's dashing forward. Temporarily infuses her attacks with the darkness element.
 * Y, Y, Y, Y, Y: Charges forward with her wolf steed, slams the ground with her hair, summons two wolves to dash out in front of her, and ends it with a straight forward punch with her hair.


 * A: Creates a massive ball of twilight energy and throws it to the ground some distance in front of her.


 * Focus Spirit + A: Summons the other fused shadow parts from Twilight Princess and combines them with the one she wears on her head, transforming her into a massive spider-like creature. She then pulls out a trident and stabs into the ground.
 * Focus Spirit Finisher: Poses with her wolf steed, which then runs in a single circle around her while Midna slams the ground with hair to create a large magic explosion.


 * Weak Point Smash: Winds up her arm like she's getting ready to punch, but instead uses her hair for the hit, sending the enemy flying.

Midna is essentially a grappler. Half of her moves will not work if there is no enemy to grab, which limits her moveset slightly against larger enemies if no smaller ones are around. She is very effective at crowd control while at the same time having ways to infuse her attacks with the darkness element. This lets her make easier work of single enemies, as darkness increases damage the more a single target is attacked.

Midna's ability to summon wolves is a direct callback to her riding Link in his wolf form in Twilight Princess. Her attack with the fused shadow is how she destroys the barrier preventing Link from entering Hyrule Castle. DLC only.
 * -|Mirror=
 * X: Midna creates a slowly expanding field of dark energy that greatly damages all enemies caught in it. Filling up the Twilight meter makes it charge faster.
 * Y,X: Midna summons her giant hand to slam the ground, then uses her mirror to summon it again to attack enemies from below.
 * Y,Y, X: Midna slams the ground with her giant hand, does a wide 360 spin with it, and finally summons a small ball of light from a portal to finish enemies.
 * Y,Y, Y, X: Midna summons a large cannon to fire three large shots at enemies.
 * Y,Y, Y, Y, X: Midna telekinetically swings a broken bridge around to attack enemies.
 * Y,Y, Y, Y, Y, X: Midna makes several wide swings with her giant hand, has it fire five green energy blasts, then summons three Twilit Wolves to charge forward, the one she rides on growing to giant size.
 * Y,Y, Y, Y, Y, Y, Y: Midna makes several wide swings with her giant hand, has it fire five green energy blasts before charging forward, and finally uses her mirror to fire a beam of light. Midna can rotate while doing this to attack surrounding enemies.


 * A: Midna summons the spear used by her Fused Shadow form and slams the ground with it, damaging all enemies caught by the shockwave.


 * Focus Spirit + A: Midna sheds a tear and uses it to shatter reality like glass. All enemies caught in it will take damage.
 * Focus Spirit Finisher: Midna creates a wave of dark energy to damage all surrounding enemies.
 * Weak Point Smash: Midna summons her hand and punches the enemy.

Weapons
Shackle=

DLC only.
 * -|Mirror=

Badge Materials

 * See also: Hyrule Warriors/Badges

Gallery
Images=

Trivia

 * During Nintendo's E3 2014 Nintendo Treehouse event, Midna was shown having two separate weapon slots, hinting at her having an additional moveset. Yet in the final product she only has one. It is currently unknown why her second weapon was removed.