Yeah it's insane. I can reliably get through the first two phases no problem but the third kicks my ass every time. I know i'm gonna have to throw myself at it another hundred times until i've learned the attack patterns.
Hesitation is defeat.......
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |OT| Prepare to 死
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Hesitation is defeat.......
Yeah, they can be really tough. One thing you should do if you haven't already is obviously clear out any nearby enemies and get a stealth deathblow on the miniboss. Pretty much all of them are open to this and only having to take down one red dot is helpful.
Also once you get the firecracker prosthetic tool things get easier. It's a good way to stun the enemy to reset your posture or get extra hits in.
You do but I don't think that's it. I take my time through areas, exploring and killing as many with stealth as I can, and the save points seem extremely generous.
Some grabs its better to jump, some its better to dodge. Most important thing is that jumping is your main dodge tool, unless your goal is dodge->counterhit.
Whilst jumping you can attack/block/go further/charge arts/use tools etc.
I dont think it has any, it just looks like it does sometimes cause sekiro crouchess. Slows these gifs down and you can see its just cause he moves under/to the side, but would look like iframes if you didnt realize this. Similarly you can use combat arts to dodge underattacks.
Make use of the sparring partner at the dilapidated temple. Spend time strictly practicing parrying. Dont be greedy with your hits. Get what you can but always be ready for the return fire to parry instead of quickly pressing attack in succession. One thing that made the game alot better for me was moving attack and block/deflect to the triggers instead of L1 and R1.
The Umbrella works fine against the roar lol. At least the first upgrade, didn't try the base version.
Easily. I'm not joking when I say this boss is hell. You'll need to execute everything perfectly over a long period of time. That's the problem lol
There are probably people that had few problems too, so don't take my experience so far as gospel
It's an amazing fight overall, takes a lot of time to practice
Aaaand it's time to go find it. Had a feeling I was missing a tool. Thanks!
Fucking hold me gang...
I just managed to whiff the first stealth kill on Seven Spears McCunterson and STILL killed him with only three gourds used and straight up boss level deflection for TWO FUCKING ROUNDS. I only threw fire crackers once somehow.
If anyone is doubting their skills, if I can learn this shit to this degree after wanting to rage-sell it two days ago, please don't stop.
I just managed to whiff the first stealth kill on Seven Spears McCunterson and STILL killed him with only three gourds used and straight up boss level deflection for TWO FUCKING ROUNDS. I only threw fire crackers once somehow.
If anyone is doubting their skills, if I can learn this shit to this degree after wanting to rage-sell it two days ago, please don't stop.
Yeah that was dumb because the smoke signals lead everywhere lol. He's in the tower directly to the right of the window you go out of. You'll notice there's an opening up there. You may have even come through that tower on the way to the boss (like I did), but he wasn't in there yet.
Haha, no problem. If you want I can tell you where to find it, too.
You can just stealth through that area and come back later if he's proving that difficult. I went on and killed the boss of the area before going back to him.
Am I crazy or does this boss actually have a unique attack animation that triggers every time you use a healing gourd. Basically saying "Nope your not healing in this phase".
Isshin first phase "Shura Ending" and Isshin first phase "Immortal Severance & Return Ending"
So he has upper body invincibility? That would explain why you can't dodge through sweeps that are low to the ground.
There have been times where I have been able to dodge through gun shots though.
See, I honestly feel like this game is very, very restrictive in terms of how it wants you to play it. It has a very specific, very strict set of rules and if you don't want to (or can't) follow them, you die. There is no real flexibility or freedom, it's just...play it on their terms.
Bloodborne and Souls allow you way more flexibility by way of how you solve problems, whereas almost every single fight in Sekiro boils down to "you better be really really good at parrying". Now you could say that it's a more DISTILLED version of the format, and I'd agree with that, but I also think the utterly singular focus works against it in some ways.
It's not mandatory. If you beat it it drops an upgrade material for the Finger Whistle prosthetic. That's it.
Do you have the Old Grave idol unlocked? It's in Ashina Castle. Just go down to the left, there should be a roof with a hole in it. There's one of those small rat dudes hanging around in there with a black hat. He's friendly, don't attack him. He sells it to you.
This gif has me more excited as a reward than the lame prayer bead and $100 :/
I feel like every time I sleep and return, I've gained like +10 Insight and suddenly do crazy skilled shit I didn't know I had in me. I mowed down the blue guards in the castle in like 10 seconds each somehow farming just now...what is happening!?
Any tips against that dude?
I've been trying to fight against him for an hour, I'm having a blast but I'm open for words of wisdom.
Anybody got any tips for the boss below?
I'm only a few tries in, but I can already tell this guy is a fuck.
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I'm only a few tries in, but I can already tell this guy is a fuck.
I discovered the corrupted monk like two days ago.
I just had my first legit attempt at him.
Well, I'm done for the day, I'll come back to this fucker tomorrow :P
I just had my first legit attempt at him.
Well, I'm done for the day, I'll come back to this fucker tomorrow :P
HOLY FUCK IM SO MAD RIGHT NOW
Fighting butterfly lady for 3 hours. Finally, FINALLY get past her second bar and get the second death blow with ONE HP left. I'm super pumped and reach for my keyboard to press my shadowplay hotkey because it was so close... not knowing I need to do a "final deathblow". You can guess what happens next.
God damnit.
Fighting butterfly lady for 3 hours. Finally, FINALLY get past her second bar and get the second death blow with ONE HP left. I'm super pumped and reach for my keyboard to press my shadowplay hotkey because it was so close... not knowing I need to do a "final deathblow". You can guess what happens next.
God damnit.
I can't fight any of the bosses I have encountered.
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Some reason this game I can't remember names at all.
Also before the cave to see the
there is a bamboo forest, anything worth it? I kept getting wrecked by two dudes with spears (mikiri counter pleasee why).
Dude on horse and the drunk guy
Some reason this game I can't remember names at all.
Also before the cave to see the
drunkard
Just completely stuck on third phase Genichiro. Beginning to realise that not only are my runs dependant on the RNG of his tracking arrow shots just catching you, but also the fucking awful framerate of the third phase on base PS4 completely throwing my rhythm off.
In many ways this game is some of FROM's best, but the difficulty curve and blockades are their absolute worst they've ever made. The sheer cheapness of some encounters is flatout not enjoyable. You're playing against a fruit machine at times with how certain characters just bust out no wind up one hit kills.
In many ways this game is some of FROM's best, but the difficulty curve and blockades are their absolute worst they've ever made. The sheer cheapness of some encounters is flatout not enjoyable. You're playing against a fruit machine at times with how certain characters just bust out no wind up one hit kills.
Lol, you'll apprechiate that additional health and posture later on though. Also for me, beating these assholes has always been the most rewarding part.
Mikiri counter reks those blue guards real good. I find those really fun to fight in general, and they area good example of how much better the core combat is. No base mob in BB was as much fun as these dudes. And getting better at mowing them down feels rewarding too, doesn't it? :P
So you're holding down guard and then tapping guard again before the sword clash?
Bamboo forest leads to a story-critical item. You won't be able to finish that area without going all the way to the end of the bamboo path.
That's what I needed, I rage quitted on him last night.
I'm going to fuck him up now.
The best way to fight him is to
redirect the lightning back at his stupid face. When you see him doing a lightning attack jump straight up and let it hit you (you'll take reduced damage), then hit attack before you land to send the lightning right back into his stupid face.
Always stay on his ass. Never let him use his bow. Attack, attack, attack until he deflects -> deflect, rinse and repeat.
1. Health bar, he only uses thrust as a signature move. Use mikri to counter.
2. Health bar, he uses only sweep. Jump on his head.
3. Health bar, always stay near him. If he jumps up, use jump + sidestep. Mikri his lunging thrust attack.
Stay close to him, and jump to the left whenever you see him crackle with lightning. His arrow and downward lightning slash have very narrow hitboxes, and his lightning sweep is avoidable by just jumping over it.
These are the best posts. Nice work. I wish more people took this mentality.
Be aggressive B E Aggressive
Honestly you're just gonna have to learn his combos and get the parry timing down. We're talking like getting 3 to 4 parries in a row, getting a strike in, hitting again that gets deflected, then following up with another parry of his counter attack, followed by another hit of your own.
You literally will be repeating patterns like that the entire fight, it was the only way I was capable of keeping his posture meter filled, but it took hours and hours to learn his move set to get to the point where the first faze no longer took healing and I could get through it in a few minutes.
You want to be very aggresive. He can be staggered quite fast. You can hit him out of his quick bow jump. Parry everything else. When he does the "flurry" attack, just parry everything and for the last hit, wait a split second and dodge right, that way your stagger won't be broken and you have a few free hits instead of the long "block" animation. Jumping > dodging in this game for most unblockables. If you have the Nightjar Reversal (best attack move in the game imo), you can close the gap quite easily too. Miri-Counter his obvious fly-attack. Parry or at least block his bow stuff... DO NOT DODGE IT. Bow beats dodge for some weird fucking reason.
The key is really to not stand idle in front of him and parry air. Keep attacking and parry when you have to. Stay aggressive.
His 3rd life is the easiest. Just jump when he does anything lightning and use the lightning counter move, you learn from the dojo mini-boss (if you haven't beat him yet, there is a tactic that works 100% and everyone can do it),
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