Link thinks about this a moment. Where the Champions his team?

In some ways, yes. They had been, before the Calamity. They still helped him, with their Divine Beasts and the gifts their spirits gave to him.

But in other ways...no.

They weren't there. Not really. They were dead. Any help they could give was limited.

So in the end Link scratches his head a little, shrugs. And then shakes his head, just slightly - even if the gesture looks more like a question than a statement.