Lone Shadow Longswordsman Guide - Sekiro
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- How to beat Lone Shadow Longswordsman in Sekiro.
You can also start the encounter by stealth attacking from above instead of hitting him in the back and running away. I made a video showing that here: • SEKIRO - Lone Shadow L...
You can also start the encounter by stealth attacking from above instead of hitting him in the back and running away. I made a video showing that here: th-cam.com/video/0J9RIIbryo0/w-d-xo.html
Want to say the same. Good that you mention it by yourself ☺
@@Nickstolenbysomeone Would have mentioned it in the vid had I known ... but I mistakenly assumed you had to talk to him to start the encounter. Oh well, live and learn.
yeah
No shit!.. You mean like everybody does it?
Why does this never fucking work for me!? Shit pisses me off
Camera is the real enemy here
It's the real enemy nearly everywhere imo. I love the game, but holy crap I do not like the camera!
It's the worst area for camera jank I've ever seen I think, shame because it's a good fight
@@MrSmoore77 Oh god the camera. I love Sekiro, but damn I have a real issue with the camera!
@@MrSmoore77 blazing bull(shit) is a close second i'd say, if not even
camera is the final boss
These mini bosses are tougher than main bosses.
Exactly but he is pretty easy just dodge all of his kicks
@@dakotariddle6944 he just killed me while his toe touched me. Wow.
@@dakotariddle6944 I can't dodge any of his attacks, because they're homing. He just turns during his kick to me again, and I'm instantly dead, no matter what I do. I'm struggling on those mini bosses more than on any other Dark Souls or Bloodborne boss.
@@DeathStoneCore I know what you are talking about try to go back and get and upgrade stuff
@@DeathStoneCore yo don't know if you're still on this boss but I just defeated him my second time (don't know how I did it the first time) I find out that if you deflect his last chain attack he will also go for the move where you can just stomp his head. In the second phase most of the time when I do this he automatically goes for the chain attack so I used the firecracker to stop and get some breathing room. Hope this helps ya ☺️
Watches video, gets prepped up to fight now, still gets ass whopped.
Cries in a corner.
Join the club !! Every time i beat a boss and think I'm finally getting the knack for this game i fight a new boss and get kicked around the place 😭
@@FreyofKtau Got passed him after a good few trys i got pissed off and just burnt him cause the camera is just God awful in that fight !!! Stuck on Genichiro now 🤪
@@stephen.s5089 I struggled a lot with the purple ninja in Hirata estate, good thing that this guy has exactly the same moveset so when I encountered him it wasn't a problem because I learned all his attack patterns by then. But because the camera is restrictive, it's good training for working on your timing, and not relying too much on dodges unless they're needed.
I just beat Genichiro earlier. I found that staying very aggressive made the fight a lot easier, since if you give him too much breathing room he tries to use his bow a lot. But his second phase annoyed me because in the first phase you could Mikiri all his unblockables but in phase 2 he randomly either thrusts or does a sweep attack. Also didn't spam attack too much in phase 3 because if you're not ready for the lightning strikes, they freaking hurt.
😂😂😂💔
*Dies in corner
I find that the enemies in my game behave far less predictably than in your videos.
What's harder to convey is positioning. Enemies tend to have high percentage chances of doing certain attacks depending on your range and relative left/right position to them. They will also have higher chances of performing certain moves based on the moves you do. While they still have a lot of RNG to their actions, you can guide them to do what you want some of the time simply by staying on their right, or staying just at the tip of their sword range, or by moving beyond their range to a point that will instigate them running or leaping in, etc. I pretty much try to watch what they do when I do certain things, or when I move to certain spots, and then I try to repeat that allowing me to expect their moves a little better. Of course, this can get you into trouble if you expect a certain thing and they don't do it, so it's a juggling act of trying to bait them into what you want while not expecting them to completely listen.
THATS WHAT IM SAYING
No demon bell
Killed him on my 43rd try. Definitely was tough, I died a number of times due to camera. While I was on my 40th try with this dude, my husband came to complain about how he hates Bloodborne, cause the game didn't tell him that you need to go to a special place so you could equip some awesome items that he found. And I am all stressed due to constantly dying to this guy. It felt like he's complaining about some first world problems.
Your doing the same thing tough complaining about first world problems
@@dcgameboy2344 It was a joke. Don't take it seriously.
Girl. I am on my 10 tries, and I am already mad as I was always so close to killing him.
Another great video. I love the block only approach where you help us learn the opponent's attacks. I also enjoy the multiple approaches you show. Thanks again!
Thanks for that, I appreciate it.
Out of the other 10 I’ve watched, this actually was easy and worked. Nice
Awesome!
Tried the parry method & it worked my first try at it. Thank you for the tips! Definitely keeps one level-headed which you need in this game.
Something i used that really helped is the combo of firecrackers and then the overhead smash you can unlock from the Ashina book. It really hurts his stamina, and is a good way to get out of a pinch
The camera is the enemy in this fight lol
My strategy is to attack twice, then deflect his standing kick or standard slash. If he uses the aerial falling kick, pause for a little then dodge to the side. This should allow you to hit him twice (he likes to follow this one with a leg sweep but you can interrupt if you hit him). If he is using the aerial flurry kick, also dodge to the side. Keep in mind this is a flurry of kicks, so dodge more if you are in the way of the rest of the kicks. The final kick in the flurry is always the thrust kick, mikiri counter it for posture damage and follow up with another two attacks.
This boss taught me to keep the pressure on even if the enemy can block you.
this was 2 years ago but that made the boss easy a f*ck I'm now understanding why the hell did i got stuck with this boss
Great vid man! I just want to add that you don’t have to attack him, at least not anymore. If you talk to him once, you can go up top and perform the backstab.
Thanks and yep, there's a pinned comment linking a video on how to do that. Cheers!
god damn you make it look easy, trying to kill this guy for hours now
I'm sure you guys have won by now but I developed a way to cheese him:
If you attack him, he'll probably follow up with a fast snapping kick or an upward slash from the sword, both of which are very fast, so you can deflect by blocking about half a second after you recover to build up posture, then follow with a single swipe for good measure. After the pattern is exploited enough, he'll immediately use a drop kick which is better to dodge than deflect. After the kick, he'll try to use a perilous attack which won't matter since you can hit him out of it.
In other words, as long as you don't give the guy time to attack you first, this exploit should lead anyone to victory. (Also, stay away from the walls. They can mess up your dodge against the drop kick.
Close to end game Spoiler:
Those ninja types become mormal enemies and you have to fight a poison type and several at once. The one you fight in the hirata estate has the exact same moves the others will use besides the poison types. I suggest using him as a sparring partner amd he can seriously help you learn how to properly fight since he has very unpredictable moves at first.
Jago Nexus yea, good tip. I used him as a sparring partner before Juzuo the Drunkard and it changed the way I played going forward. Basically, taught me how to parry.
There's one very simple tip that helps a lot with this guy - each time you make a well-timed parry, make sure you follow up with a single counter attack with R1. Doing this rewards you for your parry by giving bonus posture damage. I suck at the game but got lone swordsman down quickly after realising this.
imma give it a try. I have the bell demon. I do okay in other fights but this dude is kicking my butt. No joke I tried beating this guy for like 4-5 hours yesterday, maybe longer. I beat seven spears in maybe about 10trys.
I got so tired I was jest getting worse and worse and worse so I quit and went to bed. About to try again here soon.
doesnt work
Thanks a lot this helped
It’s the camera that pisses me off
Jump on his head when he sweeps, mikiri the thrust kick and keep hitting him and then deflecting when the orange flash happens. Posture broken in no time.
Thanks, this is the one which worked for me perfectly. Though I still can't beat Lady butterfly. It doesn't matter how many times I watched your video. She is my nemesis!!!!
It's a shame they did patch the Nighjar Slash cheese.
@@TheMrCHELL I defeated her and I got so good in beating her that I defeated her 10 more times in reflection of strength. Just to relive some stress.. That old hag really gave me Pain.
You're still a puppy
Ty just got this game yesterday and your idea of always being in front of him and basically hugging him while deflecting worked! I finally was able to kill him in about an hour of practicing against him haha ty so much
Awesome, cheers!
You don't have to hit and run. Remember the cut scene where lady Emma drops the pamphlet down a hole where it lands infront of Sekiro, at the beginning of the game? Well you can just drop down that same hole yourself and land death blow right on top of the lone shadow.
Every fight is so epic in this game. They make you learn every fight in this game. There is no getting in massive damage it's all about one two hits back and forth deflect deflect deflect it takes so much lol. I love this game though. Got it for 30 on sale for elden ring hype.
Thanks man if you hadnt told me that i could mikiri counter this mans kicks i would have lost my mind tonight
Happy to help :)
Subscribed, best channel for learning sekiro
Lmao I'm over here in his face just getting my posture destroyed sooo
One technique I used is that whenever he does the Perilous weep, instead of going for a mid-air kick in the head, I use the raven feather to get behind him and follow with an immediate Ichimonji.
1. When he charge on your left he always use 1 sword attack then the unblockable sweep kick, so you can ALWAYS cancel the unblockable sweep kick if you hit him right after you deflected the sword attack.
2. When he go for the air kick attack at 0:42,2:28 he always folow with the same unblockable sweep kick in the previous situation. You can again cancel it if you dodge the air kick attack when he is higest and start to land, because if you do it too soon he can still folow you. At the moment he lands you should be behind him and you can always hit him and cancel whatever is starting to do. Dont do that next to the wall he might still hit you because you cant make full circle around him. As you can see in the video is harder, because he block the air kick at 2:28, then he dodge the unblockable sweep kick attack, instead you can dodge the first and cancel the 2nd with hits.
3.When he attack on your right with sword he ALWAYS folow with sword attacks, its 2 or 3 hit combos.
4. When you need heal better run away in the corridor, because probably you will die from him if you heal near him, he really like to attack when you heal.
5. I found that too but its a bit hard to time, i did it by accident - Ichimonji Double is somehow counter to his air kick attacks and if timed while he is in the air it does big posture dmg and knock him on the ground.
6. The most secure deflects are the his sword attack from left its always only 1 hit when he pass you, the sword attacks from right are aways 2 or 3 hits sometimes repeated and when he does full charge for mikiri its 4 kicks before you mikiri.
7.Use dodge to circle to avoid near walls, dont jump around him its suicide.
1. and 2. are the best to reduce time, avoid 100% the nasty sweep kick attack and do him 1 or 2 secure hits in both situations.
Thanks man
Thanks after 5 years, this enemy gave me such a hard time
thanks i died to it 50 times after i watched this video i died 20 more times and im still trying to kill it now.
Mustafa Tosun u do it yet?
@@zyphen665 nah i gave up
Mustafa Tosun i gave up at mist noble. I cant with him. His combos are too intense
I lost over 10 times before I watched this video. Now it took me 2 tries to beat him, and I actually had fun doing it
no joke, spam block is the way to victory here. Makes it so much easier than trying to time his attacks and fight the camera.
ohh... my god. This guy was so hard to beat for me. It's really just a matter blocking him and sticking to him like glue. Instead of Mikiri countering his kicks, I dodged around him, as this was easier for me. I was also a little more aggro with him and I got in slices when he missed the kicks I dodged. Definitely a worthy adversary. this battle is absolutely winnable if you are persistent. You will die a million times, but the million and first time YOU WILL MAKE HIM REGRET HIS SHIT TALKING! :D
You can go further up the alley above him and there's a hole in the ground. Just drop in after you lock onto him and get that first steath attack. No need to bug him and run away at first
Yep. There's a link to how to do that in the pinned comment and in the description.
im late but thanks for vid. didnt realize if you let go of the block it helps regain posture. that little tip helped me kick his butt
This is the hardest game I have ever played but also the most fun I have ever had.
But HOLY SHIT, the camera in this game fucking sucks especially for this fight.
Also I knew I could mikiri counter the straight kick but not the others. Wicked
Edit: Decided to try the fight again after watching this. Got it 2nd try. You have the best sekiro guides bro and its not cheesing bruh.
Subbed a few days ago but you are amaziiing
Thanks mate!
Wow bestever.. after watching your video I managed to kill him on 2nd trial
Awesome!
I admit it i was wrong about what i sd about sekiro.. it really is a good game what my problem was is that i just didnt understand the fighting mechanics of the game... but im figuring it and im having a better time with the game.
That's great to hear. It does have it's issues (camera, I'm looking at you!), but once you get in the flow of combat it's sensational.
I can't i can't i can't i can't i physically CANNOT with this mini boss
For anyone coming across this, you don’t have to bait him in the opener. Go down the path a bit above ground past the first opening down to the well. There will be another hole and he’ll be standing right below it. You can stealth take down from there for his first bar.
thanks i struggle for ages on him then straight after watching i killed him youve saved me hours of pain
Brilliant!
I smashed my head multiple times .... and while your video help me a lot, I had to smash my head some more b4 finally beat him after ....
I lost count of attempt but that was a frustrating 4 hours
If it's not for your vid this will go on for days -.-
He's really tough early on, but he's kind of a training dummy. He's meant to make you struggle to learn deflection properly...to prepare you to have a chance at the enemies that come next. Don't worry, you're not alone with how hard it was to beat him. But the more you practice on enemies like him, the easier you'll find enemies later. Hopefully...
yea I mean .... the boss is really good, I appreciate the complex move sets he has but the camera ....
If only this arena is slightly wider
Yeah, the camera is a boss in and of itself.
Something that really helped me when he drove me to the other edge of the camera is to jump across from him a few times. Shuriken and follow up slice can bring you back in the game fast so ypu can escape the opposite wall for some time too
Very well explained brother. Thanks.
"The players critizied our camera? Well...NOT THEY GET CAMERA!!!!"
This must be some weird joke by from software :-D
I didn't even know you could mikiri counter him right there, definetily a bug difference, thanks
You can also stealth attack from above, throw oil on him, set him on fire, run back toward the entrance, he can't jump up there, hit him with oil again, run to the other side with the fog, set him on fire again and repeat. If you have enough of those little crosses you can just keep torching him or maybe you will have to fight him with the small amount of energy he will have left. I used the spring loaded fire but I don't think it makes a difference. Cool video though but I still have trouble blocking that well.
Sounds like a hilarious strat. I also pinned a comment with a link to a vid of stealthing him from above (I only learned that after I made this video lol).
the other lone shadow MB was better.
but what i did was first the deathblow from above n then deflect n dodge(shift n be aggressive)
Thank you, I didnt knew his moves could be mikiri countered. killed him first try after watching this vid lmao
jesus i beat him first try thank you so much!
Brilliant!
This is very late but in my journey i found out that dousing in oil and lighting him on fire brings down his posture all the way to orange. Good luck you guys.
I'm such a fucking idiot. I WASN'T AWARE OF THE BIG HOLE ABOVE, I suffered by this guy.
I was, but I made the mistake of assuming you couldn't stealth kill him since you needed to speak to him to initiate the fight. Turns out that wasn't right.
Spam Dodge while staying close to him until you get behind him then hit him once. I used this way.
great tips, man! took me 2 tries after watching this vid. subbed :)
Glad to hear it helped, and thanks for the sub, cheers!
Ngiyabonga....thank you my guy
i beat it after maybe tenth attempt, wail on him any chance you get, definitely deflect, and mikiri counter does quite a bit. i healed a few times as well.
Well done. Pretty damn satisfying when you beat him!
This method is patched as of may 2020. His posture bar recovers very quickly and he has a sweep attack.
This dude is fast and dangerous.
Nope, this was never patched. He always had the sweep, but if you position yourself like I do in this video, he is less likely to do it if at all. The thing about Sekiro is enemies have counters to your attacks and positions. You can work out what triggers certain attacks by taking note of what you were doing at the time and what your position was. Also, if a posture bar recovers faster, it means you didn't parry correctly. In Sekiro a block means they can recover posture faster, a parry means they can't. As long as you parry with correct timing, it won't happen. Also, if you parry correctly, it doesn't matter if your own posture bar fills up. Your posture can't ever be broken no matter what if you parry correctly.
Easiest way:
Just stealth mill him on the first phase and on the second trap him onto edge and then spam mortal blade
Killed him on my 6th attempt, you will start to get this guy's moves. I'd suggest taking a very conservative approach one or two slashes is pretty much all he allows you after his attacks. block hard and heavy if you see you meter filling run away and jump up the stone wall.
Man it took me 1 whole week to defeat Jinsuke Saze.. 4 trails to defeat that General.. now this dude is a real pain in the ass 😂
The camera angle in this game is aids
After a few dozen of tries I actually managed to defeat the camera.
Incredible
Yeah nah. 1 or 2 blocked kicks, my posture is through the roof, and his is fine after 2 seconds of standing there doing nothing.
You can keep going up the road and you can deathblow him from the top.
The camera sucks in this fight BUT! It does give it a chaotic ninja anime feel.
To bate more easily just run up the hill past the hole. Theres another right above his head and you can just drop down and start thr fight with a stealth kill that way
ugh i kept getting cornered and couldn't see anything
I was super concerned about this boss being in such a small area and the camera messing up but it only took two attempts and I learned the more aggressive u are the less the camera messes up
Yep, that's true and a good tip. It's the case for the whole game in fact.
@@fuzzybearbarian yeah it's funny because many times the camera screws up it's our fault. By now we should all know stat away from backing into walls because guess what we can't see anything. It's dark side Phil's favorite excuse but still hasn't realized it's u doing it to yourself
@@sablemae8853 Sometimes. Sometimes it's just bad camera design. Can't even count the number of times the camera has chucked a wobbly on me mid-fight for no reason, or where an enemy hits so hard they've knocked me back despite a deflection, putting me in a position where the camera can't do anything, or where the enemy goes behind something (a rock, a pillar) causing the camera to de-lock and I press lock to re-lock but instead of re-locking it spins me 180 degrees around so now my back is to the enemy, or like phase 2 of True Monk when you try to de-lock and lock onto the tree but it re-locks onto the dead True Monk at end of phase 1, then you have to de-lock and re-lock onto the tree, then you do that but it grapples you to a lock-on point you didn't focus on and .... I'm rambling. But yes, can't blame the player for the camera being shit. All the player can do is try to take actions that minimize the chance of the camera going bad.
@@fuzzybearbarian oh yeah. It's far from a great camera but I do think it's a better camera than bb or D's 3
@@sablemae8853 I honestly can't remember complaining about the camera in BB or DS3. But then, my memory sucks so yeah, you could be right.
thanks broo
My block button stops working. This game doesnt accept controls very well. It cherry picks buttons you press to actually work.
I thought it was just me, it's fucking aggravating
Pissing me off
If only I had space for my camera, this could have been a decent and fair boss.
the mortal blade destroys this guy
yes cuz u can get that early game
@@tanomations3300 yes cuz you can fight this boss early game
I watched this whole video in confidence then this nigga kicked me to death at the very start
Thanks man did your way beat em 1st try
Maximum fights in Sekiro are purely deflection and Aggression based
Honestly, just fight thr guy at hirata estate as a "sparring" partner several times and your fighting skills will increase alot.Spoiler: Because later on they become regular enemies snd You have to fight several at the same time. In this game you can cheese alot, but eventually you really need to learn how to properly fight because your emblems will run out eventually.
Yep, better to get learning the proper way early for sure, or much frustration will be had later.
@@fuzzybearbarian Im on Ng+ and fought genichiro again. I lost a few times, but then I remember to stoo running and just face him man to man, I wiped the floor with him without cheesing.
@@hidan407 Nice, and while I have no problem with people cheesing to get through if that's their mission, for me personally the head-to-head battles are why I play the game.
@@ohias the attack on the castle you have to go on the rooftops and there is about 5 of the ninjas guarding the opening to the save point and with their strong senses, it easily became a 1 v 5 fught for me when i first was over there
@@fuzzybearbarian Yeah I kept practicing alot and now I can fight more bosses way easier without using cheese methods. Fighting the 2 ninjas at once( even though you can stealth kill amd possess the purple one ) in the dojo was pretty fucking fun honestly :D
Dodge and attack, use firecracker. Its the best option, believe me :)
I'm having a blast with this game so far, but that camera can REALLY get on my nerves.
You can mikiri counter his kick? That's a surprise
ya, thats the biggest surprise for me too. didnt knew in first playthrough. but he n others are pretty easy. just deflect n mikiri counter
sekiro is accutally so hard to enjoy when its this hard
LATE TO THE PARTY: U can also drop down on him to take out his first health bar. Instead of dropping down the first hole, walk ahead a bit further and there will be another opening overhead
This boss looks f****** harder than Isshin
I came here after defeating lady butterfly 😂😂.
Killed him in 1st attempt.
Can't belive I died to this same purple ninja in hirata like 30 times when I had just discovered that area to get that mist from temple.
I think I probably fought this guy between 60 and 100 times yesterday.
*i do have the bell demon, but still.
Lol bell demon I removed that coz it's already too much difficult no way gonna use that shit
@@mrlazy2343 its really not that bad. but that fight in such tight quarters and tricky timings is a b***h. the bell demon isnt what was hurting me in that fight....i just suck.
I dont suck so bad im scared of the bell demon though. git gud scrub.
You say only mikiri counters are in the fight, but at 1:53 you can see him use a sweep attack.
His move at 1:53 is a mikiri counterable move. Mikiri works 2 ways - one, it will push down on the enemy attack, or two it will dodge the enemy attack. So at 1:53 I am doing the exact same thing as any mikiri counterable move - simply pressing dodge as the red kanji symbol fades away and the game then dictates which counter it will do.
@@fuzzybearbarian - I don't have NewGame+ yet so I can't fight him again to make sure. But the only way I could counter that move was with the sweep counter. The Mikiri counter works on his stab-kick combo, and the step doge works on everything.
@@buddyrem9917 I have a save and I just tested it 1 minute ago. Simply pressing dodge as the red kanji symbol starts to fade just like any mikiri counter dodges you out of the way, nothing else needed. I even tried it with no hand on the controller except pressing dodge button like any other mikiri counter. Funny thing was, I had to deflect him to a deathblow icon 3 times in a row before he even pulled out the move haha. I was like, come on dude... Also, reloading that save reminded me just how bad the camera is in that confined location. Not fixed with patch 1.03 I'm afraid :(
This might be a stupid question but is he optional or do I have to go against him to progress?
Finally im able to win. You guys can use ugraded flame vent
The most annoying enemy, especially when there are 2 or more.
hmm i think this strat only work in your 1st playthrough ... Cause in NG+ if you hold that block button or not deflect perfectly .... you gonna get wreck (cause block in NG+ will lose HP and posture dmg is through the roof).
Btw you don't have to do all that hassle to get a stealth deathblow from him. Just run pass the 1st tunnel ... you will find a hole not so far from it. Jump off and stealth deathblow him. Another thing is, try to equip shuriken when you fight him, when he jump throw it or when he's too aggressive just throw it at him to reset
Yeah, I pinned a comment about that (video is here: th-cam.com/video/0J9RIIbryo0/w-d-xo.html). Also, spam tapping block doesn't mean not deflecting. When you rapid-tap block you do it in the rhythm of the enemy attack, thereby increasing your deflection ratio. While tapping block you should be able to get a more than 80% deflection ratio just from spam-tapping once you get in tune with doing it. I can almost get a 100% deflection rate now from spam-tapping block. It just takes a little practice and thinking about enemy attacks as being like music, as in, they have a rhythm and you can tap along to it. It's kind of fun thinking about it that way.
yeah you got to stick in his face or else he recovers his posture. Also do that mikiri counter.
Thank u for the videos
I destroyed him in my first in one try on my blind run,
However, on new game plus, he was challenging as hell, mainly due to the arena
You can assassinate him from above there is similar hole just after first one
Very helpful video, thanks. I could never get singular parries and a counter out of this guy though. Pretty much had to parry entire 4-6 hit combos of kicks and sword attacks to get a mikiri counter. Then get a couple strikes in and repeat. I think I ended up using mist raven tool once or twice to beat him. Took some damage, but needed no healing. I wonder if their move sets depend on the amount of skills you have unlocked.
Their movesets are actually quite reactionary, in that what they do depends on what you do, when you do it, and your position when you do it. All enemies work in the same way too. They have a reactionary AI so to speak. To follow a guide on how to beat an enemy you have to try to take note of everything you see in the guide and try to replicate it all pretty much exactly, including when to attack, when not to, and distance to stand etc. Making guides is tricky for Sekiro like that. Often someone will say, "He never does that for me!" and instantly I know that the player isn't doing what I'm doing in the video. That's why you'll see nearly all of my guides focus on counter attack strategies, as only with counter-attack strategies can you get enemies to pretty much repeat what you see in a guide. There's an exception though - full on aggressive strategies will also work, however, they require pinpoint timing and memory of enemy movesets to work. Speedrunners are usually the only players who have that level of aggressive play memory because they practice over and over and over.
@@fuzzybearbarian Looks like their reactions are more intricate than I realize. I most definitely didn't copy every single thing from the guide, besides just having the confidence that I could parry his attacks. Definitely not precise positioning. It's actually pretty hard to get past your own game style or habits carried over from other game it seems.
@@kirillivanov1874 For sure. I've never liked guides people post where it's just them beating a boss however they could that was their playstyle, only for them to post it later with the title "how to" in it. I try to make my guides for most players, so I play-test tons of different methods and pick the one I think will suit most people - and only after I can use that method to consistently no damage a boss. Takes more time though.
Time to take his sword! 🤣
Yeah, i know doesn't happen but it would been cool to get souvenirs of defeated mini bosses.
And one other thing you can just jump down from top of the hill-cracks to get first stealth blow easily.
My camera is what kills me
I think I could be the worst Sekiro player. Ever. At this rate Lord Kuro will be getting Dragonrot from my deaths to this guy... What makes it a harder pill to swallow is how easy you tutorial chaps make it look, and sound. Bloody hell I suck. I think I might have to throw the towel in and just stay in the FPS domain before I shut myself in a cupboard uncontrollably shaking and crying.
Nah man, we only make it look easy because we play and practice a lot. Stick with it, even though it all seems really hard it's just patience and practice.
Keep trying. I died to Genichiro so many times I couldn’t tell you the number. Eventually I was just fighting him for half an hour a night to see if I could take him. I started regularly getting him to his final phase and after I saw fuzzy’s video - explaining it so well - I realised trying the Mikiri counter was going to get me owned by him (after getting owned trying it 3 times). I’m just not good enough to pull that off. So I used a different prosthetic that suited me (gouging top). Killed Genichiro first time using the idea I came up with. But without fuzzy’s video I wouldn’t have had the idea.
I’m About to knock of the longswordsman and the guardian ape now. Been really enjoying it since I realised I can do this (with help from fuzzy). By the way, if you’re freaking a bit turn off the sound. Helps you concentrate.
@@tileux Turning sound off is actually a really great tip. I turned the music off after a while and that helped, but sometimes I actually play in total silence while listening to other videos or music. Great tip not to be underestimated!
@@tileux Cheers chaps! I actually, and somewhat guiltily, cheesed this guy a while ago using the ledge jumping technique. I didn't want to, but I just wanted to progress at that point! Genichiro is now my new sticking point. At least I can still explore new areas whilst being stuck here. Turning the music down (or off) is actually a great tip. I think next time I square up to ol' Genichiro will be to the soundtrack of some trance to guide me through.
Update from the year 2029: still stuck on Genichiro.
spectro I am the world’s crappest player. I learned from fuzzybears video on Genichiro and came up with a way that turned out to be pretty easy. The trick - for me - was to get to the lightning phase and hit him with a gouging top as soon as he jumped the first time. Then I just parried until he did a lightning jump and I jumped and reversed the lightning. When you do that you can beat the crap out of him for ages. In the end it took me about 1 minute to kill him in the lightning phase. The first two phases of Genichiro were just patience - only hitting him when he did the thrust after the single arrow (although I also got pretty good at jumping on his head when he tried that swooping grab attack, but that’s just me)
Ps I never play with the music. It annoys me. But when I’m in a bind I turn the sound completely off.
bro there is also a hole if you go up you can jusmp and deathblow to him.
He keeps running and his bar goes down so fast
This mini boss was really cool. Sword skills combined with Muay Thai kicks. Fighting him was fun
i found firecrackers very helpful against him
really helpful .. thx :👍👍