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Enclave posted...

and you spend far too much time just standing around letting your summons fight for you instead of doing stuff yourself.

This is a common misconception with this game. You definitely don't have to wait around during combat (and no I'm not talking about Swordfighter mode). When you're locked on to an enemy, many of your summons come out while immediately attacking. There are also no penalties or wait times to using more summons than you're allowed (besides the oldest one disappearing). So you can lock on and spam summons as a method of attack. Try it with a Sword Moblin or Lizalfos - it's literally like fighting as Link but with way more melee range. Plus if you spam Rope, Caromadillo, Mothula, etc. they immediately dart out so it's like spamming a bow & arrows or other ranged attacks