Huh. I played through the entire game on Xbox X. No issues at all once you get used to the framerate.
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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice |OT| Prepare to 死
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Huh. I played through the entire game on Xbox X. No issues at all once you get used to the framerate.
Spam dodge (left or right) + attack button. The sweep like attack animation and you'll loop her. She won't hit you again
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Genichiro Ashina is giving me fits in his second phase. I have his first phase down pat and can basically get through it using one gourd, give or take. I've been reversing or dodging his lightning attacks with relative ease too, he just hits so hard, it's basically one perilous screw-up and game over. I feel like "this is it", but then I get demoralized. Gotta walk away for a bit.
He has a regular enemy confused with
Endgame optional boss:
demon of hatred
I know what it is, that's not what I meant. I thought I killed him, and I don't have any yet. Guess I'll go see if he's still alive.
OK. I just killed the lead up boss to that fight, so I haven't encountered him just yet.
are you using the firecrackers? You can get a lot of free hits
Don't run away from him. Constant attack on him amd when he deflects, he'll either throw consecutive attacks (if you defelct all his attack he might end with an unblockable deflect), jump above your head, or go behind you to do an unblockable sweep. Hope that helps
So today Lady Butterfly fell (and quite fast), the second meeting with the samurai took place and I discovered the city roofs up to the meditating guy (didn't really try him yet), another temple with a way down up to the second Budda, two extra gadgets for my arm and a lot of shortcuts. Still feels good, but it's opening up to a point where I'm loosing track of where I could still continue.
The old grave for example seems to be a spot where only 1 kinda important person sits but it's not an area that's otherwise going into a new direction. At least not that I've found one.
The old grave for example seems to be a spot where only 1 kinda important person sits but it's not an area that's otherwise going into a new direction. At least not that I've found one.
For me, personally, it falls a little bit short of Bloodborne's greatness, but I just reached the castle, so it might change. It's an incredible game and I think it's From's best level design yet.
I spend the whole day thinking about the game while at work :(
When the illusions come out run to the pillars on the far side of the room and just wait. When they get close, run to another pillar. When she snaps and turns them into projectiles shield and stand behind a pillar, you should avoid them all and block any that get past the pillar, just be mindful where Lady Butterfly is.
Other than that, nightjar slash her to death. You can get into a rhythm where you nightjar slash her almost indefinitely. Once you hit her with one, immediately activate it again, and continue. If she rolls away or jumps into the air back off and wait for another opportunity to start it up again.
I will try those on my next have at it, had been mostly using Shurikens and Chasing Slice. I don't even use my prosthetic tool in the first phase I'm so used to getting through it now.
I didn't have luck with the dodge then attack method. Took me about 20 tries but what finally worked flawlessly is exchanging blows and parries, making sure to jump when the kanji comes up and not dodge. When she is in air or on wire use shurikens and you will knock her to ground sometimes. Phase 2 illusions just run around the place until they disappear and either hide behind column when butterflies come or just keep running around. Firecrackers helped some if you are careful.
Firecrackers are also a great tool for any beast type enemy.
Beat him last night after being killed by his third phase a few times. The most important thing for this phase is to not overthink it. The vast majority of his moveset and the rhythm at which he moves is almost 100% identical to the first two health bars. The lightning can be countered (I could only pull it off once...) or dodge by jumping laterally. I found that I was getting panicked by his slightly larger moveset and trying to rush through his more basic familiar attacks.
My gf has been wanting to hang out so much I haven't been able to finish the final boss fight but TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!! Also, I might try and fight the
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DEMON OF HATRED
Nah you need to keep pressure up and never ever leave his side. You can't win a battle of attrition against human bosses in this game.
Nightjar spamming is definitely a cheese for that fight though. Stunlocking a boss with a single attack is definitely outside of how From would have imagined people would beat the boss.
Not saying not to do it though. Just, you miss out on some of the fight by doing that.
Thanks to everyone with the
. I was also able to beat the follow-up boss on my first or second try. I still love that design.
guardian ape tips
The first time I fought the ape, I was completely taken by surprise when the headless body got back up to use the sword. There's something particularly disturbing about headless monsters in fiction to me - and this one has a particularly gross animatino where it looks like he sucks up air through the neckhole and then puts the head back in place to do the scream attack. FROM is grotesquely creative.
Yeah, the music is great. I think it's one of the best "gimmick" fights they've done, overall.
The animations in this game are ABSURD. From's animations have always been godlike, but they really stepped up their game this time.
I'm gonna have nightmares about the tree that's standing in Seven Lances garden, that's for sure!
No, you don't need them to beat her.
She's pretty good to counter - I tried to be aggressive, attack her whenever possible and if she takes air, just use your shuriken to take her back down. Should she be able to summon her ghosts (won't happen if you stay aggressive), you can hide behind a pillar, once she turns them into projectiles. She spawns always in the same place for round two, so you can just attack her once she's there for a few free hits too.
I don't think i'm enjoying Sekiro as much as I enjoyed Bloodborne. Still early on but i'm going to keep going a bit more.
It applies to all enemies right? Snake Eyes was giving me a lot of grief last night and I figured it might be the damn bell.
well, i used them a lot to keep the pressure, worked like a charm
Thanks guys
Wow, did not know you can deathblow her by using shard. Thanks for this tip.
He's such a jerk and the area you fight him can be super irritating with all the clutter that can break lock on. The first few times I fought him, he kept running up the steps towards the moon view tower and jumping down off the ledge to attack me. I was like, "Is this guy trying to use an Asylum Demon plunging attack on me?".
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Slowly chipping away at this. Came across two new roadblocks in Lady Butterfly and the
For LB, I can reach her 2nd phase somewhat consistently but I just fall apart with some of her attacks in that phase. I might resort to the cheese method if I can take her down in a few more tries.
I don't even know what to do about GA though, I can deathblow him once but around that point I'm out of gourds. Are there any skills that are helpful against him?
Genichiro Ashina
For LB, I can reach her 2nd phase somewhat consistently but I just fall apart with some of her attacks in that phase. I might resort to the cheese method if I can take her down in a few more tries.
I don't even know what to do about GA though, I can deathblow him once but around that point I'm out of gourds. Are there any skills that are helpful against him?
So I'm explaining the game mechanics to a Dark Souls buddy of mine that hasn't jumped on Sekiro yet, how the game is focused on successful parrying and blocking over dodging and attacking after getting a whiff, and also how you're not depleting the enemy's health bar so much as you're filling their posture meter to stagger them and take them out in one hit...
And he hits me with:
"It's amazing how much the system hasn't really changed from Mike Tyson's Punch Out. It just works."
Holy shit, he's right. From stuffed Punch Out into the Souls formula. I mean it's just like that, except that your basic enemies are Soda Popinski, everything else is Mike Tyson, and there's no Glass Joe equivalent...
Seriously, every time I think I have a handle on this game, some random cannon fodder enemy knocks me to the ground and steals my lunch money...
And he hits me with:
"It's amazing how much the system hasn't really changed from Mike Tyson's Punch Out. It just works."
Holy shit, he's right. From stuffed Punch Out into the Souls formula. I mean it's just like that, except that your basic enemies are Soda Popinski, everything else is Mike Tyson, and there's no Glass Joe equivalent...
Seriously, every time I think I have a handle on this game, some random cannon fodder enemy knocks me to the ground and steals my lunch money...
You gotta hit with it a couple times for the poison to build up, yeah. It doesn't do a lot of damage on its own - it would probably be pretty broken if its attacks did a ton of raw damage AND inflicted poison.
There are enemies in one area, (late-game spoiler) Fountainhead Palace, that just can't deal with the poison. One or two swings of the Sabimaru and they'll not only get poisoned, but they'll stagger too, letting you score a bunch of free hits. Outside of them, I haven't found many good uses for it.
Yeah including bosses. They hit harder and have more health. Maybe also better posture too
Is it just me... but I find this game way more easy then Souls game, mainly due to the bosses isn't as stressfull (aka music isn't hectic and the bosses are humanoid, so far while in souls game they are monsters where you don't really know how they will move).
Some normal enemies are legit harder than half the bosses. Especially when they're paired up. Thank fuck for stealth kill cheese lol
Nope, you just gotta get used to his patterns and keep deflecting. Once you do, you won't need more than 1-2 gourds tops (or any, really).
Also, once he does his jump slam, don't dodge, deflect and either double jump on him (of he does a slash perilous) or mikiri him (if he does a thrust perilous). You also might want to play very aggressively, stay right next to him and interrupt his bow attacks (slash him when he starts jumping).
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yeah this makes sense actually
good to know!
yeah that's what i have been doing. i managed to get her to the second phase once, but i'm still getting hit somehow doing this method. i must be doing something wrong. this sucks lol
I'm currently stuck on his second phase but in his first, just stay right on him. Keep blockspamming, and he will close the distance to you, and if he fires arrows you can hold down block. Circling to his left when he's in your face can get you can get cheap swipes at his head when you get his hip. Just be ready to dodge his grab or jump-thrust, jump his swiping attack, or Mikiri his stab. The wind-up telegraphs each attack pretty clearly once you've been through the fight a few times. I hold down block during his flurries. One or two hits at a time, don't get greedy. It takes time, but I can get through his first phase with a single gourd, sometimes less.
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