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jviggy43

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I am so sick of Guardian Ape. Even if I get to his second half I just don't understand his moveset enough to get through the fight. The flailing, indiscriminate slash attacks are impossible to parse. Why did they have to make THIS boss mandatory for progression?
One of the best bosses theyve ever made, hands down. His second form really isn't too bad if you figure out how to defend against the scream. Even with his weird slithering around his tells for when hes actually going to attack aren't too bad.

UM. So. Uh. Morrigan, I dunno if you saw this yet, but...

In the room after the Corrupted Monk, in front of the altar where you get the Shelter stone...the ground is carpeted in Phantasm slugs from Bloodborne.
Hughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 

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Hidden Boss related question:

Without telling me the specifics, is the Headless boss I ran into in the cave that causes me to move slowly something I need an item for to offset that effect? Or is that just the gimmick of the fight?
 

chipperrip

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I'm so close to the end now. Breaking my sanity on
Demon of Hatred optional boss
before moving on to the final boss. This thing is seriously hard.

Loving this game so far. I think it might be their best game yet. My only gripes have been the lock on randomly disengaging coupled with some camera issues, and for all the hitbox porn in the game, there's serious hitbox gore as well.

Also, playing it on pc with the unlocked framerate mod is pure joy.
 

Swiggins

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Hidden Boss related question:

Without telling me the specifics, is the Headless boss I ran into in the cave that causes me to move slowly something I need an item for to offset that effect? Or is that just the gimmick of the fight?
There's a confetti item that can dispel his 'Fear' status effect.
 

Sandersson

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I am getting uber triggered by the writing in this game. It seems to include the absolute worst parts of every Dark Souls and Metal Gear games.

You have to get the Mortal Blade.
-The.... Mortal Blade....?
Yes, the Mortal Blade.

Jeeeesus. Whatever From does next I hope they hire some decent people write and voice this stuff
I think I might try to japanese WO.
 

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Don't give up.
Did you beat Lady Butterfly yet? The boss attack boff from her made it more manageable for me.
Be aggressive, llet himpull out his bow as few times as possible.
When he transforms into his second form you can immediately mikiri his lunging attack that always comes out first. He's way more prone to posture damage since he doesn't have his armor anymore, the fight won't go that much l

It really is a bitch lol. Also to your other question, no you didn't miss it.
You can skip it however, depending on a decision you have to make. I also find it wird they put the illusion first, doesn't make much sense to me.

Yea, I beat Butterfly first.

Got through the boss I posted about, after about halfway through my attempts I really started to hone in the parry mechanic due to practically memorizing his patterns. Got really aggressive in my later attempts and that was basically the only way to beat him. Once I got the first phase down, it was pretty amazing how fun the combat is when you get a grip on an encounter. It's very rhythmic in timing attacks and instantly timing a parry, followed by timing a dodge and counter attack.

It's too bad you basically throw away all you learn from bosses when the next one hits due to the completely new movesets you need to master.
 

Wamb0wneD

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Hidden Boss related question:

Without telling me the specifics, is the Headless boss I ran into in the cave that causes me to move slowly something I need an item for to offset that effect? Or is that just the gimmick of the fight?
If you have divine confetti and hit him often enough the dust goes away.
Zoom in with the monocular.
They have scales but they have little phantasm heads.
Ohhhh shit. Oh shit oh shit oh shit.
 

Clocian

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holy shit at
Genichiro
fight. Sooooooooo good. Once you figure out his patterns it's a crazy good fight. The only problem I had was that I was unable to get the counter for his
lighting
attack.
 

iFirez

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Which of the two "main" bosses did y'all do first? I've died on both many times!
Lady Butterfly was my first actually, got her on my 15th or so attempt. I hadn't even met Gyobu aka Horse Boss until after I beat her, and I beat him on my third try. But then you run into the bull mini-boss and I was stuck there for a good 40-45 minutes as I felt that fight was a harder challenge than the bosses before it.
 

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Haha, literally just read the confetti description while waiting for you guys to respond and wondered if that was it. Thanks!
 
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holy shit at
Genichiro
fight. Sooooooooo good. Once you figure out his patterns it's a crazy good fight. The only problem I had and was unable to get was the counter for his
lighting
attack.

I think you're supposed to get hit in the air and then press R1 to "return the lightning"
 

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Zeta Ori

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A few questions for anyone who might know:

What am I suppose to be doing with this Shelter stone?

What am I suppose to be doing with this Precious Bait?

Is there suppose to be a key for the door behind the sub boss in Sunken Valley, by the Gun Fort shrine?

Is the fight on top of Ashina Castle the final boss?

Thanks in advance!
 

Papercuts

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UM. So. Uh. Morrigan, I dunno if you saw this yet, but...

In the room after the Corrupted Monk, in front of the altar where you get the Shelter stone...the ground is carpeted in Phantasm slugs from Bloodborne.

I feel like I haven't seen much mention of...whatever the fuck that instrument playing slug thing was in the forest that produced all the fog.

That thing felt straight out of bloodborne.
 

Jyrii

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Almost killed Lady Butterfly. I wish the game would give just a bit more slack, it takes ages to get her hp down and that means way too many opportunities for me to get hit.
 

ASilentProtagonist

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I've been following impressions of this game, and what seems striking to me is that it doesn't sound like a lot of these boss fights are fun.

Is that the case? Is that different than their other games in that regard? I only played Bloodborne once through because it literally gave me headaches, but there were a number of bosses I would have loved to fight again.
The mini bosses and bosses are fantastic. sooo fun to fight
 

Morrigan

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I do think that specifically for OT2 it should be "Prepare to 死 2wice" or something

A pun on 2 and all
 

Makeno

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Bought the game last night, made it to the
Drunken Guy
and got my ass whooped like 20 times in a row and ragequit. Just had 2 coffees back to back and I beat him first time.

Now I gotta fight
old lady

Christ.
 

Mirage

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Hmm, are we doing OT2?

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | OT2 | *Not* the Dark Souls of Games
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | OT2 | The Tenchu of Dark Souls
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | OT2 | The Dark Souls of Tenchu
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | OT2 | Prepare to Die (More Than) Twice

>.>
I like "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | OT2 | The Dark Souls of Tenchu"
 
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So I got a question.

I think I'm fairly late in the game, but I have never encountered that twirling and jumping Monk boss From showed off in demos. Did I skip an area in the game somehow?

HOWEVER
I just encountered a ghostly "corrupted monk" version of that boss, with the same attacks I remember from the demos. The fuck? This normal or did I skip over an area in the game?



I ended up using shurikens on the thing, I got down more than half its health with them, that helped a lot. It was a bitch tho.

You're probably farther than I am so I'm not reading your spoiler, but she must be a mid-late game boss because...


You need the Mortal Blade to m
kill her.

Also obviously I have no idea if she's optional or whatever.
 

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anyone know a way inside the hut in the hidden forest? Someone is playing a flute
 

CHC

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Yeah the Japanese voice acting is the way to go here. Fits the setting beautifully, and is a lot more expressive than the English. It definitely feels like the one they prioritized, hence why it is the default, I'm assuming.
 

Xiaomi

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I feel like I haven't seen much mention of...whatever the fuck that instrument playing slug thing was in the forest that produced all the fog.

That thing felt straight out of bloodborne.

Late/endgame spoiler:
You will see a lot more of those guys. The nobles who drink the divine waters to turn into those things remind me a lot of the Bloodborne scholars who became obsessed with the celestials.
 

antitrop

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I've been following impressions of this game, and what seems striking to me is that it doesn't sound like a lot of these boss fights are fun.

Is that the case? Is that different than their other games in that regard? I only played Bloodborne once through because it literally gave me headaches, but there were a number of bosses I would have loved to fight again.
After defeating any boss, I've felt like I could go back and do it again no problem. None of them felt like overcoming unfair and cheap bullshit, I could always feel myself learning their attack patterns with every continued encounter and all of their moves have proper counters. Every encounter has been fun.

At least so far.
 

CHC

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anyone know a way inside the hut in the hidden forest? Someone is playing a flute

If you're facing the front of the building, turn to your left (7 / 8 o'clock position) and look for a branch. From there, you can drop down into an area with
some monkeys and a (familiar) mini boss,
then you shimmy across the cliffs and reach a tree that lets you enter the place from the second floor.
 

BearPawB

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I love the Genchiro fight.
It is the ultimate distillation of what makes sekiro great
 

motherless

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If the special attack icon pops up and they use an attack that thrusts forward with a stabbing motion rather than a swing or a grapple, use the Mikiri Counter. It won't actually activate under any other circumstances.

You could technically normal parry those attacks too but it's not nearly as useful as the massive posture damage the Mikiri does.

Any other situation just use the normal (L1) parry.

Thank you! I must have not read those details clearly when training with the undead guy.
 

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The Gif That Keeps on Giffing
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Hole in the second floor lets you get in.

Pretty sure you have to grapple up to a spot earlier in the area and fight a miniboss to get around there.
If you're facing the front of the building, turn to your left (7 / 8 o'clock position) and look for a branch. From there, you can drop down into an area with
some monkeys and a (familiar) mini boss,
then you shimmy across the cliffs and reach a tree that lets you enter the place from the second floor.


Thank you both! Is this story-related because I still haven't been to Ashina Castle Tower yet? :P
 

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Can you deflect the spells that are cast? Cause trying to do any type of physical damage to him seems pretty pointless
 
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