Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (new From Software game)

Yes. Wiki no trustey, there definitely doesn't seem to be a way around that area that isn't that path

Unfortunately the purple gourd is purchased in the fog forest which is a bit yikes

As an aside, I am pretty sure that every boss is super duper vulnerable to 1 out of the tools and there's probably a really sick strategy involving all of them but I cbf to use every single tool on every single boss all the time.

 

Elfriede SL4 The Game.

 

This boss I'm at is hard as hell

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anybody far enough got tips for demon of hatred?

 

Also, for people having trouble finding divine confetti, several merchants start selling them after a certain point in the game for 300 sen, at least the one by the dungeon entrance, and the one in the hat who goes back to the temple. So far, I've only seen 5 minibosses that need them.

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The headless you can ignore till later, they dont drop prayer beads, but reusable items that give you buffs, underwater headless are pretty easy and don't require confetti to do bonus damage. Shichimen warriors don't drop prayer beads either, one just drops a consumable, and the other drops endgame crafting material. Finally O'Rin can easily be beaten via posture damage without confetti, she does drop a bead.

 

okay, this is bullshit

 

there's a prosthetic tool you can use that can trivialize the helper, doesn't work on the big fella

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firecracker

 

You're suppose to sneak kill the guy on the left.

 

Genichiro is fucking me in the asshole. First boss fight so far that's been getting me actually frustrated, but I know it's my fault and not the game's. Was doing well and getting in the groove, getting him down close to the end of his second phase, then 10th death rolled around and my eyes kind of glossed over and I had a really hard time focusing on the fight after. Kept making stupid mistakes and not timing my blocks well. I think I'm just going to have to come back to it tomorrow with some fresh mental vigor. I want to keep playing though, so I'm going to continue exploring as much as I can in the meantime. Man that guy is a fucking bastard.

 

Jinn i thought you're pretty deep into the game, Genichiro is only third major boss?

 

Yeah you need to do the first 2 phases without consuming too many resources, preferably none.

 

I've spent a lot of time meticulously exploring, as exploration is one of my favorite aspects of the game. Also fighting mini-bosses, fishing carps, etc. I take my time with these types of games. Genichiro is supposed to be about the halfway mark of the game, so I don't really see the problem here.

Yeah, I don't use anything in those first two phases, and definitely don't resurrect. Think I'm just tired today after a long day of work.

 

nah no way. lore and atmosphere are ok, but worse than DS and not even close to BB in my opinion.

what they nailed is the gameplay

 

Finally done exploring every single side passage, now just two grueling boss fights ahead. Maybe I'll take another break, just really frustrated at the moment. I'm at 15 vitality, 5 attack power.

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It's either the gorilla or the monk with the black knight halberd looking thing. Just killed the apes and the snake.

 

I've given up on lord Genichiro. My leet skills may have taken me through Friede and Gael, but this is just too much.

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Does anyone know if there's a point to jumping in combat outside of using the enemy step when an enemy does a sweep?
You can execute a quicker 2-hit combo mid-air than if you were on the ground, but enemies will block it all the same and I have no idea whether the air attack string deals more burst damage to make it more useful over the ground attacks.

 

You can sometimes jump on an enemy which leaves them stunned for half a second, and use that opening for say, firecrackers. It's less effective than against a sweep of course.
It's also situationally a better dodge, especially against groups of enemies.
And at least the "spiders" can be killed instantly by lock on + jump + r1, doesn't need stealth.

 

I gave both Friede and Gael 30+ attempts, never could beat them. I beat Genichiro in 10, with 3 gourds left. Unlike Friede and Gael, who are all about fast reflexes and generally being gud, Genichiro is all about staying aggressive, beat his ass constantly and only side step away when he does his jumping attack.

There's a whole mid-air combat school but I can't figure it out for the life of me. There's a point in the temple where you even get a prompt for the mid-air deathblow (for the jumping ninjas near the Main Hall) but I just don't know how to do that. Apparently you have to jump in combat and press RB but I've spent an hour trying to pull it off but it's either bugged or it needs some superhuman fucking skillz.

 

should i bother throwing shurikens while he's shooting at me mid-air?

 

The spectral monk is THE STUPIDEST FUCKING FIGHT in all videogame history. It fucking takes like 20 minutes because you can only do damage when she turns her back towards you, so only after certain rare-ish moves. OR you can farm the confetti for 2 hours for a single boss run. What a gigantically idiotic fight. Fuck you From.

 

The shooting mid-air move is very hard to deal with, it's so fast I almost never blocked it. I just accepted the damage, he doesn't do it that often.

 

I gave up on a sper guy. Very bad game.

 

Just rekt the Headless Ape and his bitch boi friend on the second try after a good night's sleep

 

Btw, shortly before fighting Genichiro there is a guy called Ashina Elite (sits right after the bonfire).
How can you predict whether his next move is going to be a lunge or a swipe? Asshole strikes almost instantly.

 

Most of his attacks are those quick draws. His hilt flashes whenever he is going to attack so just watch that and deflecting should be easy. I don't remember how fast his swipes were exactly but aren't all unblocakbles slow enough to jump over?

 

OMG that late game thing with the big snake Big spoiler:

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Just killed him. If you haven't figured it out and want a hint, send a PM.