Echoes in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom are the primary new mechanic needed to solve puzzles and defeat enemies and bosses. From the beginning, you'll be able to collect Echoes by defeating enemies or finding inanimate objects to copy. However, not all Echoes are created equal.

Most Echoes have a straightforward, useful mechanic, such as the Crawltula helping Zelda scale sheer cliffs. However, some Echoes have interesting interactions with others, or can be used in unexpected ways. Here are the 10 best Echoes and tricks to make them more effective.

10 Pot Echoes

Unlikely Armor Options

Early on, Zelda can obtain Echoes of various pots, with the Hyrule Castle Pot Echo obtained at the very beginning of the game. These pots are usually used to help Zelda be more stealthy. You can climb inside and sneak past guards or enemies, hiding inside if you're about to be spotted.

However, as PhillyBeatzU shows in his video, pots also have the unique ability to protect you from Redeads. Like other entries in the Legend of Zelda franchise, Redeads scream when spotting you, causing you to freeze in place. However, while in a pot, this effect doesn't occur. Instead, you can continue to walk past them and use other Echoes to attack, or just by them entirely.

9 Flying Tile Echo

Soaring To New Heights

The Flying Tile Echo is obtained from the Gerudo Sanctum, and is used to cross gaps or holes. This Echo allows players to place a tile, jump on top, and ride it a short distance before it despawns.

However, as long as Tri has enough levels, you can spawn more than one tile at a time. By spawning one tile, then another, and jumping to the second tile, you can chain together multiple tiles to climb virtually infinitely into the sky.

There is no fall damage in the game, so don't worry about missing a tile and falling a long distance.

The usefulness of this technique is somewhat limited, as you do not have much control over which direction you're heading. Regardless, it can still be an effective way to quickly ascend a long cliff or path.

8 Wind Cannon Echo

Extra Boost For Running & Swimming

The Wind Cannon Echo is found in a cave in the Gerudo Desert, and is normally used to push around enemies or other echoes. However, you can set up a Wind Cannon and then repeatedly drop a damaging Echo into the wind, like a Buzz Blob or Ignizol, to 'fire' them at enemies.

The most effective use, though, is to propel Zelda across Hyrule, both on land and while swimming. By summoning the Wind Cannon and binding to it, you can head in the direction the cannon is facing to receive a significant speed boost. Just drop and re-bind the cannon if you need to change directions.

7 Crow Echo

Farming Rupees & Flying High

Crows are an Echo that can be found early on, just to the East of Hyrule Castle. These inexpensive birds can be summoned to attack enemies, dropping Rupees with each attack. If combined with the Silver and/or Gold Brooch, the rate of Rupees dropped will increase even further.

However, Crows can also be used to fly or glide across Hyrule using two different methods. For the first method, you'll need to summon a Crow and bind it to you, then summon a Meat Echo and pick it up. Then, switch to the Reverse Bind to bind Zelda to the Crow, and the Crow will now take flight. This method only allows gliding at a single height, but can be very useful if starting from a high cliff.

Other bird echoes can be used for the flying and gliding methods, but Crows are the earliest and cheapest to use.

The second method requires summoning two Crows, and can be a bit hard to follow. This YouTube video by umbra shows a great example of how to pull it off. First, you'll need to summon a Crow and bind to it. Then, summon a second Crow and grab onto it.

Switch to the Reverse Bind, which will lift Zelda into the air. Swap back to bind, and you'll glide forward in the direction you face. Alternate between the two binds to periodically gain height and soar forwards.

6 Ball And Chain Trooper Echo

Harnessing The Power Of The Flail

The Ball and Chain Trooper Echo is an overall powerful, offensive Echo that can be used to defeat normal enemies and bosses. It can be obtained from the Hyrule Castle Dungeon. Once summoned, the Trooper will walk around swinging his flail, and will deal decent damage to enemies.

Not only this, but the Trooper will extend his flail to reach distant enemies. He also resists being staggered due to his armor. The best method of using him is to summon him, then bind to him, moving him around the battlefield into enemies you want to defeat.

5 Sea Urchin Echo

Multiple Uses For Massive Damage

The Sea Urchin Echo can be obtained by defeating one at Suthorn Beach, and can be used in many different offensive ways. Besides just dropping them onto enemies, you can also bind to them and simply walk into enemies to deal damage.

Besides this, you can again use the Wind Cannon Echo to face enemies and drop multiple Sea Urchin Echoes into the wind, blowing them toward an enemy. Lastly, you can simply make a prison of Sea Urchins by arranging four together, with a space in the middle. Bind to an enemy and move them into the center, where they'll be trapped and eventually die from running into the Urchins repeatedly.

4 Deku Baba Echoes

Automated Offensive

The Deku Baba Echoes can be placed on the ground to automatically attack enemies. There are several different levels of Deku Baba that can be found across Hyrule, and each one works with these methods. Besides placing them on the ground, you can also attach them to moveable objects, like a Table or Boulder Echo, to control where they attack.

Keep in mind that some Echoes, like the Table, can be broken by enemies. Using a sturdier Echo, like a Rock or Boulder, is recommended.

You can also place them on moveable objects, such as the Pathblade, that heads in a line towards the nearest enemy. However, the best combination for the Deku Baba is to place them on a Tweelus. Not only do these baby Taluses move towards enemies, but they also attack them directly. Combining these two Echoes creates a powerful autonomous turret that chases down enemies and attacks them in two different ways at once.

3 Water Block Echo

Extremely Versatile & Surprisingly Deadly

The Water Block Echo is one of the most useful Echoes in the game, and a compelling argument to complete Jabul Waters first, before the Gerudo Desert. On the surface, the Water Block can be used to solve numerous puzzles and reach platforms that are otherwise too high. It can also be used in a pinch to escape from enemies by quickly hopping over obstacles.

However, the most surprising mechanic is that many basic enemies can be drowned by using a Water Block. Simply place a Block and bind to an enemy, then carry the enemy into the water. If they can drown, they will begin to struggle, and will quickly perish. It's a shockingly effective method of defeating even strong enemies.

2 Any Bed Echo

Plenty Of Healing, Puzzle Solving & Flying

From the moment you obtain a Bed Echo in the game, you'll be using it to solve just about any puzzle that requires climbing or crossing gaps. As an additional effect, beds can also be used to recover hearts without smoothies or potions.

You can heal even faster by lying down, and then standing up as soon as you gain a heart. Lay back down, and stand up again, repeating this until your hearts are full. Zelda's Bed provides the maximum healing rate of any other bed.

Wearing the Silk Pajamas while resting makes hearts recover faster than the standing up method. You can simply lay down and rest, instead.

There is a unique interaction when using a Bed with a Tornando Echo, though. By standing on the side of the bed in the direction you want to go, you can summon a Tornando on the opposite side to launch your bed onwards and upwards in that direction. Continue to drop Tornandos opposite the direction of your choosing, and you'll soar extremely high. PhillyBeatzU's video shows this clearly, for reference.

1 Zirro Echo

Overwhelming Damage Against Enemies & Bosses

The most powerful offensive Echo is the Zirro Echo, which can be obtained in the Elden Volcano region. This Echo seems straightforward at first, as you simply summon one of these flying creatures, and they'll throw bombs at your enemies. Thankfully, these bombs do not damage Zelda.

The real trick, though, is that Zirros will throw a bomb as soon as they are summoned. Because of this, you can summon them constantly, with the first Zirro despawning when you reach the maximum. Summon them repeatedly, and you'll bombard your enemies with endless, powerful explosions from their bombs. This method can trivialize many of the bosses that The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom throws at you, and makes some of them a walk in the park.

Sources: PhillyBeatzU/YouTube, umbra/YouTube