I played Sekiro before Dark Souls. So I got reverse treatment. I would sit right in front of every boss to just parry everything in Dark Souls. It did not work out well
I came from playing a lot of the witcher where if you versed a big boss you couldnt block so everytime i vs a larger opponent i have to remind myself to deflect not dodge.
One thing to note about tip 15, if you spam block, your deflect timing window will stagnate temporarliy (less frames), meaning you will be much less likely to land a deflect if you use this method than if you were to try timing it properly. I would recommend holding block, and then releasing it and re-applying it quickly when you think an attack is going to land, that way you're safe from fast attacks that could catch you off-guard. Great video though!
@@ClassicKrusty Apart from the loading screen, I can attest to this as well: spamming block/deflect against the Corrupted Monk whirly-twirly attack lets me deflect on average 2/5 hits (usually the first and the last), whereas trying to time it correctly gets me on average 3.5/5 (I'm not very consistent on the 4th attack).
Yup. As someone who was block dancing from the get-go cause i needed something to spam other than r1 (i still do both sometimes against bosses), I can confirm its true especially against bosses
The Genichiro fight on the top of Ashina Castle was one of the greatest boss fight experiences I’ve ever had. I had been struggling and struggling for days against him. Then one day the whole game just kind of clicked. I had to stop rushing through the fight and take it more like a dance, and I had to start treating my dance partner with more patience and let him make the mistakes. This game is awesome and I love it.
It truly does feel like you’re dancing with them, following a single rhythm once you got it. I lost easily 30 times in a row to Genichiro and after being absolutely blown to pieces in the last round I respawned and entered almost god mode I deflected all the deflectable attacks and only got hit once. I was shaking at the end of the fight I wasn’t expecting a 2nd phase and the last cut scene almost gave me a heart attack lmao
I agree, it was probably my favorite boss fight in the game, it's (for the most part) the only fight I have gone back to in reflection of strength just to master it to the point I can no hit the entire fight, it really does feel like a dance, and of course, silly me thought that me mastering that fight would be applicable to the inner genichiro fight....I was humbled quickly.
Sekiro's combat feels like a dance. Once you realize this and play by the game's rules, the combat becomes more satisfying and interactive than any other Soulsborne title, and for me personally, any other game at all. Magnificent design.
Not really, it's just a lot of deflects. There are no actual combos, no creative ways to fight bosses. Also you only have one weapon that is the Katana so that means only one form of attack.
@Dark Zer9f I felt that way sometimes, took days to beat bosses for me. Sekiro is hard and I'm not good at games 😅 only beat the game because I didn't give up.. when I did it felt soo good 😌. Then I found out the game could be harder.. wtf like seriously 🤣
@Dark Zer9f It doesn't need an easy mode, it needs more options to make the game easier. In Sekiro you can't find a better weapon, level up, or summon friends to help, that's one of the things that makes the game hard.
Thank you to all who joined the stream - felt like I was laughing the whole way through. Love you guys. Love covering Sekiro for you all. Feeling pretty damn blessed
You're great man! I started watching you about BB stuff, but I'm elated that you're still making videos about current FS games! Keep it up! We love you!
@@thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535 I beat Gyobu in the first ten tries, and for Guardian Ape I stomped his ass on the fourth. Genichiro was nothing after killing almost every miniboss, and then Owl in Ashina Castle with his Ministry soldiers said "hey, you're not that guy, pal."
@@Retro49 oh no no no. The only boss who has killed me more times than him is I think blood starved beast or Rom the spidy from BB. I quit BB after rom lol gonna start again
One thing that really helped me in this game coming from DS is realizing that you have to play more aggressively defensive. As in, you want to be up in your enemy's face but once you're there, you want to play more defensive and counter your enemy's hits compared to the souls games. Hesitation is defeat.
Patience can also make things longer than they need to be. If you're not deflecting attacks you should be attacking. Don't let the enemy's posture go down.
@Pharoah M it is a thing, if u cant comprehend it, then u dont gv ur respect enough. (maybe cz u die a lot from this game too, then turning to insult it, lol)
This makes more sense then it should, historically Japan had short people. The ogre is probably just a regular 6ft guy askasking for a lawyer and saying Denmark is a beeter country.
Even when there is no PvP, FromSoft still included Blockdancing so you could gesture and teabag the AI. Felt great doing it to the Shinobi Hunter once I mastered the spear-parry xD
Little tip (you probably already know) is that you can practice at the training guy in your home base. Did that for 20 min or so non stop and now I never mis it's one of the best moves in the game !
One I was expecting but never saw Is the fact that the contact poison item, and ghr mist raven prosthetic tool have a very powerful combo Usually you can only use the mistraven feathers either right before or right after taking damage. But when you are using the contact poison, which is like the weakest poison ever. You can use it whenever you please. Even midair
Another thing you can do, is use the Feathers when you're about to get hit by lightning, I don't remember if it automatically jumps you upwards or if you have to jump manually, but then you can still use the lightning to strike back. It gives you a MASSIVE window to strike back instead of possibly messing it up.
Ok. Sabimaru’s poison and speed are no joke. I used the massive combo to punish the long recovery times of certain Enemies such as the guardian ape and get a lot of damage off with minimal effort.
@@Adamzki55555 for sure. I have never thought to do my 4th run on sekiro and I have never thought to do my second in ER. I will do my second when DLC comes and maybe I have forgotten enough of the game to make it fresh.
@@apashehab5026 short? Bro, you’re playing every boss tenths of times before you beat it. That’s the whole point of the game. You can spend days before you beat it once.
@MeesTheSame the axe is actually good anyway. if you unlock the follow up skill for it it can bust through anyones guard pretty much. enemies you;d usually have to deflect, you can just beat them down with the axe. the spear might be better later on, but it's easy to get the axe right at the start.
@MeesTheSame The tough early mini-boss down the well was giving me problems until I decided to tank through him with the axe, which worked on the first attempt. It's not my fave prosthetic, but there are some non-shield situations where you can go effectively use Dark Souls heavy weapon style strats.
After about 40 hours and finally beating the 4 first bosses and understanding the game in depth I have to say it's even better than I expected...from software are true artists for taking the risk to do something so different and amazing when they could just do bloodborne 2 and play it safe
yeah, I can say that this is the only game that i like from them because in dark souls you rely mostly on I-frames. like, in dark souls you can literally roll in some of the bosses attacks with no damage taken, while in this game you need to read the bosses attacks and react accordingly if you want to beat them.
Come back after you've cleared NG+/++ and realized that the game is actually goddamn empty aside from its great combat and severely lacks content for a major AAA title, from a known company with the backing of a huge western publisher.
Yeah the combat is the best they've made to date. It's unique and is so fun and cool sounding. The sounds of clashing your blade and attacking when an opponent is open is perfect
the creative design decisions in this gane when it comes sound design is so satsifying, like every de^thblow has the super loud blunt noise which is so unnecessary and makes no senese but regardless exists purely for further stimulation and therefore enjoyable af. every kick, sword slash, deflects, shuriken , st^bs, slit etc sound so damn satisfyimg
No kidding. I'll say even more. Sekiro has the best and the most satisfying combat (once you git gud in around at least 70%) from every game I've ever played. Everything makes sense and just clicks.
That jump kick allowed me to beat a miniboss I had no business fighting at my current progression level... Excellent video and may the flames guide thee.
I had it worse today. Did a bit of stuff in Sekiro, then switched to Nioh and oh boy, was I confused for some minutes. Especially when it comes to attacking and blocking. Took me 5-10 minutes til I could play it flawlessly again. That's what 3 days or so of Sekiro do to you.
i love watching the enemies in sekiro let down their guard when you die, and go into "oh shit" mode when you pick yourself up bonus points for fromsoft for making enemies aware that you have dragon's blood keep their guard up as you lay there
Honestly loved how they manage to change the combat from being R1 spamming to trying to time your blocks. Although this will lead to the opposite change of being an L1 spam now where people try to constantly block in order to get the deflect in.
Sekiro: There's no stamina, but posture, which recovers faster when blocking Players: Play this game exactly the other way how you played Dark Souls and Bloodborne and don't dodge! Me: THERE IS NO STAMINA??!! * runs the whole boss fight against the blazing bull and Lady Butterfly and only stops to deal single HP blows from behind * After the first two tries, those two bosses were actually among the easiest for me. I know this is not how I'm supposed to play, but I think the game is the easiest, if you consider a wide variety of gameplay styles matching your individual situations. Blocking and parrying for most enemies, outrunning huge and fast enemies, using prosthetics against enemy gadgets, using prosthetics as gadgets it situations get out of hand, dodging sideways for enemies who mainly rely on strong vertical attacks, mikirin counters against spears, etc. ... If you add the stealth, I think this game actually offers the most variety in minute to minute gameplay over any souls game.
Yeah I keep rage quitting cuase I was playing this like dark souls but I decided to change and play how the game wanted me to play , to be more defensive and for some go full dark souls and I now appreciate the game more lol
@@milesinwyatteandcora Some fights you should be more aggressive like the Genichiro fights. It's how I won tbh. But for that Guardian Ape fight? I kept running in the second phase trying to bait him into doing that stupid little dive attack.
After I switched to an SSD most games load too fast for me to even be able to read the tips. But they actually explain a few of these very well when you first encounter something new or if you train with the undying samurai.
I did too... but not because I wanted to, it was because of dying too damn much. Now I can safely say, its much less reading and more skipping to a tio I havent read or have known. Still loving the game, but damn, never though I could be scared to get into random fights with NPC's till Sekiro. Still not too far in (but total time mupst be over 15 hours atleas)
Personally if you want to grind early game, do so in the area before the Genichiro fight. The statue just after the window when you first enter the castle. You can stealth kill half the enemies in that area and they give you a lot of xp in the early game
I’ve played Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 3, and some Dark Souls 2/Bloodborne. Sekiro has to be one of my favorites by far. I’ve never felt so satisfied and badass after beating a hard enemy, mini boss or boss. This video also was helpful with things like “the bell” where it’d increase the difficulty. I’ve been playing the game at 1 curse ever since around the Corrupted Monk and the Guardian Ape, and even if it’s supposed to be harder, it’s still very fun.
I learned after fighting Lady Butterfly a million times that after the enemy deflects your blow the sound is different and it signals they will usually attack afterwards, sometimes dodge away.
@@oger3225 He is saying that the enemy after deflecting sometimes he will go away from you. Genichiro does this a lot. After deflecting, usualy he will attack with this sword or take a step back with a high chance of a bow and arrow attack .
@@TheMrCHELL you dont need to be a genius in video games to be good. even average skill player can beat the games and everyone can reach that level. you just too lazy to learn.
Whoah didn't know about the map, that's cool! Most of these combat tips can actually be learned from the practice combat with Hanbei the Undying right outside of the sculptors temple. There's helpful training baked right in to the game
Yup, hanbei is pretty helpful but more as a tutorial of a certain mechanic rather than actual training/mastering of it. He is pretty slow so his lessons wont prepare anybody for a real fight with enemy which is using certain mechanic which u want to learn
I know most people didn't play it that way, but I turtled my way through the Souls games. Like literally put on the heaviest shield/armor I could find and play more through blocking and spacing than dodging. It does make more sense to me that Sekiro as a ninja game offers more mobility and requires more precision
If you played kindom come the best medieval game the best way to defend is deflecting or parrying to and is more accuracy then guys with heavy weapons and armors rolling endless in the floor...
I beat the game 7 times and levelled attack power to 99. One thing I would like to add is I usually spam block button until I get the first block. Then I can follow it with the rhythm of remaining attacks. The first block is the hardest, rest of the attacks has very identifiable rhythm.
trikZ Ji it does! I struggled so much against lady butterfly but after I think like 100 deaths I finally conquered her and I felt like a bad ass. I just wasn’t playing aggressive enough.
Played this back in '19 when Lady Butterfly and Flaming Bull made me think this might not be a game for me. I really wanted to like it but the constant frustation took its toll. Then came Elden Ring, teaching me the way of the Souls games. And so I picked it up again a few nights ago and when the good Lady suddenly didn't even manage to pull any of her 2nd phase tricks ... yeah, that felt good :D
That’s dope I bought this bc Elden ring was dope still ain’t finish that bc I started this shit I’m on the flaming bull and some fat ass motherfucker the deflecting is fucking dope🐐
Reason why it's harder than Dark Souls: DS you ONLY focused on pressing dodge by timing the enemy's actions. Sekiro you MUST focus on the correct actions, from Dodging/Block/Jumping, or else you will be punished. Therefore your brain has to learn to prepare & react to all variety of actions at the right time. Dark Souls you can lay back and just think about pressing that Dodge button only.
Yeah, this game is kicking my butt harder than any Soulsborne game has done before. I'm making it, but it's tough to know when the attack's going to be a sweep or a thrust for example until you've faced an enemy a few times.
@spown93 I'm starting to get the hang of it. I got lady butterfly, killed 3 headless enemies, (they're tough) the 2 apes were also tough. But like I said, Bloodborne & DS felt more instinctive to me. Depends on the player, but lately I have been making good progress.
I knew most of these, I've progressed and learned so fucking much. I feel like with every fight, I just get stronger mentally, or just wiser. While Dark Souls was more physically. Sekiro is a fucking gem, truly.
i think i like this way more. Where in DS you had to have the right stats to even be on par with a boss or have an advantage i like how standard everything is for this game.
The most useful tip right here. I started playin a few days ago and noticed that when an enemy deflects, their next attack is usually more easy to deflect cause you can see it comin more slowly!
Awesome tips! Figured most out on my own but that Lady Butterfly tip about her dodge attack weakness was on point. Literally went and tried it on her and demolished her. Thanks!
This really helped me change my mindset and realize why I was so bad. After I watched this I basically went Super Saiyan. I finally understood why I was dying and stopped being mad.
I never used the meta prosthetics I just sticked to my axe from beginning to end. My favourite combo is mikiri axe and praying strike exorcism. I shredded Isshin and Genichiro with this
Getting the Ashina skill tree early on will also greatly help, considering its passives are all about reducing psoture damage taken, and increasing posture damage dealt.
There's no guilt with grinding in this game, since you can't increase your health, damage output, or posture by grinding. All you're doing is gaining the sweet ninja moves earlier.
@@royalblue5367 than why would they add the ability to grind in a game? That's what just about every video game Is, a grind that gives you a reward in the end. Like the whole basis of video games lmao
@@royalblue5367 don't get mikiri counter or any of the skills while you're at it or use your prosthetic arm, fuck might as well not be allowed to use a healing item either because being anything more than one hit is too much hp.
I learnt this skill when fighting Lord Genichiro at Ashina Castle when he does his long combo :D I call it the "high risk, high reward" deflect skill x'D
This is one of my most favorite From games I’ve played, maybe just a tiny bit below Bloodborne. I really like the combat. I find it to be a bit of a combination of Bloodborne’s aggressiveness and Dark Souls’s defensiveness. Some parts you gotta keep swinging, others, blocks and parries are your friend. Then there are some parts where you have to balance the two out. It’s so much fun.
The Genichiro fight taught me trading offense/defense. I love how Sekiro uses bosses to train you for the next part of the game by only allowing one way of combat and punishing others
I ended up almost beating the entire game with that demon Bell thing in my inventory. After beating the final boss and almost losing my mind from dying so many times, I checked my inventory before ng+ to see if there was anything left to do and saw I still had it but just forgot. On one hand (heh) I feel pretty godlike at the game now but I still wish I woulda just not had it instead and kept some of my sanity
I feel you. Forgot the thing, removed it after several endboss-attempts... kinda feels like cheating now. I mean phase one went from "every mistake will be your last and you have to deal vitality damage to get anywhere" to "guardbreak him in less than a minute" On the other hand - thanks to demon bell - I have way too much upgrade material. Like WAY too much. But hey, now I know the patterns, right?
You can take another difficulty modifier by giving kuros charm back to him in new games plus, when you combine it with the demon from the bell it really makes for a challenging game, the kuros charm makes you take damage from any non deflected attacks, and since posture goes down slower in new game plus its really something :D
@@Sharethepain i thought that dmg after blocking was the instant you go to NG+. Im in NG+4 and didnt do that but im still taking dmg after blocking an attack.
I always thought of souls games as like rhythm games- it's like your enemy is tapping a drumbeat that you have to tap between the beats of without them overlapping.
seriously i do think that sekiro is way easyier than ds 3 , cause you can parrie and combat feels more like you are in control , in other hands ds is finding the right time to atack and not beeing greed
Honestly I think deflecting is a lot easier in this game, except maybe for DS3's caestus. What annoys me to no end is that this time around that makes the game even harder to keep up with, since bosses will casually eat a perfect parry like it's nothing and continue their 10-hit combos, or even worse, just melt 60% of your HP with a single hit.
Also in this game they went out of their way to make more animations and make them look smoother so players could tell when an animation was triggered.
A major tip for people grinding away at a boss and don’t want to lose their experience is the exp only reduced on death to the beginning of the exp point. If you have 5 points, then unless you spend them it cannot go below 5 points. So if you are grinding between bosses grind to the very next level and then no more to avoid wasting exp.
Love the axe. I was always a slow and heavy weapon kind of guy in DS. I don't rely heavily on it. But it gives me some comfort in an unfamiliar combat system.
PVP in souls pissed me off. I had this character with powerful armour and weapon. I was wrecking bosses. Then in pvp, a naked guy just stands in front of me. I attack, he uses parry, and back stabs me for like 500 damage and i die.
Tip: In Senpou Temple there are Monks that are seeking Immortality some monks successfully reached Immortality while others are still trying when you kill these Immortal Monks they cant die because there immortal *BUT* if you come back with the Mortal Blade you can sever there ties with Immortality with another deathblow and the mortal blade
The amount of times I’ve died trying to dodge is embarrassing 🤣 but i agree the combat is BY FAR my favourite of any souls game its so satisfying to hear swords clang when you time a block perfectly 👌
Freshly Memed finishing a boss fight having deflected most of their attacks, especially after a hard fight is the most cinematic and satisfying thing I've ever experienced in gaming. I think I'm at end game now, I've got the visit all areas trophy, so I'm hoping I've still got more optional bosses to fight
Yeah seriously! Dark souls 3 was easy for the most part because I'm so trained in rolling, but sekiro is such a fresh experience combatwise with the same spirit in the game's design. It's so cool having to balance attacking and defending, instead of roll left 3 times and attack. And although I hated jumping to dodge perilous attacks at the start, I've now come to love the depth it brings to combat. Absolutely my favorite FromSoft game.
Your video is literally the only video on TH-cam that I could find that offers actual helpful and not-completely-obvious tips for people who have already spent several hours in the game. I appreciate your time, great job.
@@arbiter- Against normal enemies (until late game when their useless again because the enemies recover and attack to fast for you to use them), against bosses they'll just get you killed
@@robertpendli340 This is absolutely not true. Sekiro makes you pay attention, if you do you'll find that almost every boss and miniboss has dead moments where you can get behind them and attack. This can't be blocked and you usually have enough time to get off a thrust attack. If you have the presence of mind though, Ichimonji has the same wind up as a thrust, does more damage and posture damage, and recovers your posture. Nightjar reversal has the same wind up and lets you make enough distance that most bosses can't hit you. Senpo leaping kick is just- really good. It's just good, in fact it might be the best combat art int he game. Because it comes off instantly, takes you out of most enemy's attack arcs and to my knowledge no enemy can parry out of the wind up for a thrust or sweep attack so as long as you don't wiff you will do damage to an enemy doing a sweep, which almost every boss does at some point in their patterns. Combat arts are awesome and you should be using them.
@@ketherga All of the hardest bosses in the game except the secret one, are fast humanoid types who have enough down time for exactly one attack, 2 if you got behind them and stun them with the first. There is not a single combat art fast enough to hit the final boss of the game, who is by far the hardest (not sure about the one route that has a different final boss than the other three, from what I saw he's a easier as he doesn't have 4 god damn health bars). Against the slow bosses and minibosses, they're fine, but they're easy enough that you don't need the arts anyway and it's just styling on them. Except for Ichimonji (as its free, though so god damn slow(if it didn't deal bonus posture damage when blocked it would be the worst of them all)), none of them deal enough damage to either posture or vitality to justify their time cost or their spirit cost, you'd be better of dealing standard hits in nearly every instance, as even when you can hit with them, they are too slow and will cause you to miss the sweet spot where you can deal full damage, and instead deal heavily reduced damage.
After 1 year or so after completing the game the first time (cheesing and cursing my way through) I got back into it and had such a great time. Got the platinum trophy few weeks back and 6 playthrough later. Awesome game, new players are gonna have a hard time but its literally one of the most rewarding game out there!
0:14 "They tried to rip-off Nioh (...)" Oh my, this is hilarious, when Nioh was a Dark Souls rip-off in the first place. Great video and tips, by the way. It was amazing to see you destroying Lady Butterfly like that; the bitch gave me so much headache.
I started this game and quit 4 times before I finally buckled down and now I’m at Ishiin The Sword Saint. This game infuriated me in the beginning but now it’s one of the greatest video games of all time imo
You made the light bulb in my head come on several times in this video. You Actually helped my game skill out tremendously with this, bc I instinctively want to dodge/ dash most every attack, & it took me weeks of playing just to get to the elite monk in the dojo, but could never come close to beating him. But now, combat actually makes sense and it feels possible to beat this game! *So a Big THANK YOU is in order!!!*
8:30 I'm fairly certain blockdancing will guarantee you just get a regular block instead of a deflect. To prevent abusing the lack of recovery frames that come with a parry system like in dark souls.
I feel like I missed something with him. I played it, this knight turned up, and then I killed him, and I stood there on the bridge for a minute just thinking 'what?' Where is the lore on him?
I like this so much more than rolling around in circles; the trend Demon's souls began. I just wish they would keep enemies normal sized - this isn't a dwarf simulator.
I almost returned this game, I died over 100 times on the Seven Spears, and then took me three days to pass Genichiro, but after him, I find I play it a lot better. Now I am glad I kept it last Sunday...
I just saw the design at the end of the video and it blew me away. Gonna buy it as well, looks amazing. I think this is the first time I see merch from any youtuber that is done right.
@@Projectarchan Nah, both got their ups and down. But yeah, if anything. I don't even get why people think it ripped anything off. They might be new to FromSoft and their games. They probably only compared it with Nioh due to the Japanese style and it being hard. But I gotta admit Nioh feels quite a lot easier and way more predictable after playing Sekiro and I finished Nioh on the first two difficulties on console.
@@Sapphire_Jack The same way ds1 was "just backstab fishing" and ds3 was "just panic rolling". If you need to blockspam to get a parry you should git gud
the moment that I decided that I'll forget everything I know on bloodborne and Dark souls and play as a shinobe that's when the magic of sekiro kicks in....
100% agree with that. I got through the first part of the game playing it like a Souls game and it was tough but then I hit a wall and couldn't get any further. I went back and did a bunch of farming focusing on trying to be aggressive and parrying rather than rolling and spamming R1 - suddenly it clicked. Everything seemed so much easier after that!
Agree, I wanted to play like a Soulsborne game and it sucked. I wasn't happy about Sekiro, but then I learned to play how are you supposed to play, and I started loving it. I love how some enemies and bosses are designed to screw Soulsborne strategies.
I never played Dark Souls or Bloodborne, so i wasn't familiar with this kind of gameplay. A friend of mine once showed me dark souls, and i liked it but i missed something about it, like something i vibe with... Maybe knights, undeads and other creepy looking enemys just weren't my thing, when it comes to shinobis, samurai and ninjas im always the first one who jumps on the hype train so i think its just really based on taste. I just love the optic part and the whole enemy & map concept of this game, thats what motivates me at all to to play it so much and keeps me to learn about the fight mechanics of this game. I just love it.
Man, I watched this video late but I just gotta tell this story of what made me love this game. I accidentally went to the first corrupted monk boss before fighting the first Genichiro. I spent maybe four hours straight on that fight and at some point I naturally found out the block dancing thing mentioned here while panicking. And then when facing Genichiro, I learned how to go from panic mashing block to finding the rhythm of an enemy's attack string, thus changing a hit on me into massive posture damage for them. It's incredible how naturally you can learn techniques in Sekiro.
just found your channel. you're voice is so soothing and i love the pacing of your videos. i know it's not much but i subbed and liked because i really enjoy your content so far. i appreciate what you do and how you do it. keep it up, brother. :)
Wow a tips and tricks video that's actually useful lol thanks man, this should help a lot. My tip is use the firecrackers on Gyoubu. His horse will freak out and you can get some hits in.
@@velo836 ah cool I didn't know that! I figured it worked on Gyoubo because of his horse and hadn't tried it on anything else except the Roosters lol loving the chasing strike with shuriken too, its way more useful then I expected.
I played Sekiro before Dark Souls. So I got reverse treatment. I would sit right in front of every boss to just parry everything in Dark Souls. It did not work out well
same lol
SAMEEEE!!!! Even Nioh feels odd for me
lol, same. F
Lol yeah DS and bloodborne is all about spamming dodge roll
I came from playing a lot of the witcher where if you versed a big boss you couldnt block so everytime i vs a larger opponent i have to remind myself to deflect not dodge.
One thing to note about tip 15, if you spam block, your deflect timing window will stagnate temporarliy (less frames), meaning you will be much less likely to land a deflect if you use this method than if you were to try timing it properly. I would recommend holding block, and then releasing it and re-applying it quickly when you think an attack is going to land, that way you're safe from fast attacks that could catch you off-guard.
Great video though!
Is that factually proven?
@@ClassicKrusty yes, it says so in one if the loading screen tips
@@ClassicKrusty Apart from the loading screen, I can attest to this as well: spamming block/deflect against the Corrupted Monk whirly-twirly attack lets me deflect on average 2/5 hits (usually the first and the last), whereas trying to time it correctly gets me on average 3.5/5 (I'm not very consistent on the 4th attack).
Yup. As someone who was block dancing from the get-go cause i needed something to spam other than r1 (i still do both sometimes against bosses), I can confirm its true especially against bosses
There are some bosses where you kind of need to spam parrying at some point like the centipede giraffe thing or Genichiro.
I felt like a badass beating long arm giraffe centipede the first try by constantly parrying him. Guardian ape put me back in my place
His moves I found are all parry able
Albert sotomayor all of them?
X Caliber yes
Albert sotomayor even the unblockable?
X Caliber no that’s unblockable
The Genichiro fight on the top of Ashina Castle was one of the greatest boss fight experiences I’ve ever had. I had been struggling and struggling for days against him. Then one day the whole game just kind of clicked. I had to stop rushing through the fight and take it more like a dance, and I had to start treating my dance partner with more patience and let him make the mistakes. This game is awesome and I love it.
A swedish girl streamer just beat genichiro with a dancepad hahahha
It truly does feel like you’re dancing with them, following a single rhythm once you got it. I lost easily 30 times in a row to Genichiro and after being absolutely blown to pieces in the last round I respawned and entered almost god mode I deflected all the deflectable attacks and only got hit once. I was shaking at the end of the fight I wasn’t expecting a 2nd phase and the last cut scene almost gave me a heart attack lmao
It was Great Shinobi Owl in the same place for me. It is definitely the greatest and most fun boss fight in Sekiro.
I agree, it was probably my favorite boss fight in the game, it's (for the most part) the only fight I have gone back to in reflection of strength just to master it to the point I can no hit the entire fight, it really does feel like a dance, and of course, silly me thought that me mastering that fight would be applicable to the inner genichiro fight....I was humbled quickly.
“Clicked” what is it with this word and Sekiro
Sekiro's combat feels like a dance. Once you realize this and play by the game's rules, the combat becomes more satisfying and interactive than any other Soulsborne title, and for me personally, any other game at all. Magnificent design.
Sekiro is OSU! mod combat mode.
and also more fun to watch, im tired of the same dodging motion over and over again
exactly
BagOfTricks I absolutely agree. It’s my favorite single player game out right now
Not really, it's just a lot of deflects. There are no actual combos, no creative ways to fight bosses. Also you only have one weapon that is the Katana so that means only one form of attack.
Imagine thinking Sekiro needed an easy mode, and then realising you've been playing in easy mode.
@Dark Zer9f I felt that way sometimes, took days to beat bosses for me. Sekiro is hard and I'm not good at games 😅 only beat the game because I didn't give up.. when I did it felt soo good 😌. Then I found out the game could be harder.. wtf like seriously 🤣
personally i dont really care whether they add an easy mode or not, but if they did it would probably still be too hard for game journalists.
@@nevamoth3384 true 🤣🤣
@Dark Zer9f must be your first From Software game
@Dark Zer9f It doesn't need an easy mode, it needs more options to make the game easier. In Sekiro you can't find a better weapon, level up, or summon friends to help, that's one of the things that makes the game hard.
Thank you to all who joined the stream - felt like I was laughing the whole way through. Love you guys. Love covering Sekiro for you all. Feeling pretty damn blessed
Vaati best boi. Great work as always dude. Remember: rice is precious.
Keep em coming bro! I'll stay tuned :)
You're great man! I started watching you about BB stuff, but I'm elated that you're still making videos about current FS games! Keep it up! We love you!
@@scattershotshow praise the Divine Child of Rejuvenation
Would you say this is your favorite From(or soulsbourne) game by far? If not, then which is your favorite?
From dying 25 times to Chained Ogre to killing Drunkard Juzou and Gyobu The horse guy in 1 hour time span, this has become my favourite game.
Gyubou was easy as hell i was surprised he was an exceptional foe or something
@@thelegendarysupersaiyanbro6535 I beat Gyobu in the first ten tries, and for Guardian Ape I stomped his ass on the fourth. Genichiro was nothing after killing almost every miniboss, and then Owl in Ashina Castle with his Ministry soldiers said "hey, you're not that guy, pal."
@@jackj.pelletier1666 😂 man im on owl father rn i make it to his second phase every now and then but shit thats the farthest i have made
So I wasn't the only one having a hard time with the Chained Ogre
@@Retro49 oh no no no. The only boss who has killed me more times than him is I think blood starved beast or Rom the spidy from BB. I quit BB after rom lol gonna start again
One thing that really helped me in this game coming from DS is realizing that you have to play more aggressively defensive. As in, you want to be up in your enemy's face but once you're there, you want to play more defensive and counter your enemy's hits compared to the souls games.
Hesitation is defeat.
Shut up old man
Patience can also make things longer than they need to be. If you're not deflecting attacks you should be attacking. Don't let the enemy's posture go down.
Yeah I am coming from 3DS to play this as well
Disembodied Michael You mean DS3 or are you coming from the 3DS to play on a console? Lmao
@Pharoah M it is a thing, if u cant comprehend it, then u dont gv ur respect enough. (maybe cz u die a lot from this game too, then turning to insult it, lol)
im 100% sure that the chained ogre is a western captive.
hes blond
uses wwe style attacks
mumbles nonsense
This makes more sense then it should, historically Japan had short people. The ogre is probably just a regular 6ft guy askasking for a lawyer and saying Denmark is a beeter country.
Western? Mumbles nonsense? Blonde? The only thing even funny about this comment is the WWE style attacks.
That’s the guy from Nioh.
@@Moneyman-33 snowflake triggered reee
And there is robert’s father. He is a loveletter to darksouls.
Even when there is no PvP, FromSoft still included Blockdancing so you could gesture and teabag the AI. Felt great doing it to the Shinobi Hunter once I mastered the spear-parry xD
Honestly once i got the spear parry i just wanted to use it for everything cuz it was so much easier than the regular deflection
The Mikari Counter or whatever its called
Little tip (you probably already know) is that you can practice at the training guy in your home base. Did that for 20 min or so non stop and now I never mis it's one of the best moves in the game !
You gotta spam the stealth crouch for maximum disrespect
@@francisdimaano2350 Mikiri
One I was expecting but never saw
Is the fact that the contact poison item, and ghr mist raven prosthetic tool have a very powerful combo
Usually you can only use the mistraven feathers either right before or right after taking damage. But when you are using the contact poison, which is like the weakest poison ever. You can use it whenever you please. Even midair
Oh wow really? Never knew that thanks
Omg
Another thing you can do, is use the Feathers when you're about to get hit by lightning, I don't remember if it automatically jumps you upwards or if you have to jump manually, but then you can still use the lightning to strike back. It gives you a MASSIVE window to strike back instead of possibly messing it up.
That wealth balloon run tip alone is worth my like. Arigato!
Jokes on you vaati already been doing blockdancing my entire playthrough
Great vid as always
Vaati: the suriken is the best prosthetic for combat
Firecracker: hold my beer
😂😂😂👏🏼
owl father: watch this
I prefer the mist raven
I prefer sabimaru.
Ok. Sabimaru’s poison and speed are no joke. I used the massive combo to punish the long recovery times of certain Enemies such as the guardian ape and get a lot of damage off with minimal effort.
Now that I played elden ring I think that THIS is from's masterpiece combat wise. 10/10 for sekiro unlucky for its length and replayability
Pretty sure its designed to be played more than once, thats why its so short.
@@apashehab5026 i've can't imagine not running through the game a second time, it was so good the first time
its more replayable then elden ring
@@Adamzki55555 for sure. I have never thought to do my 4th run on sekiro and I have never thought to do my second in ER. I will do my second when DLC comes and maybe I have forgotten enough of the game to make it fresh.
@@apashehab5026 short? Bro, you’re playing every boss tenths of times before you beat it. That’s the whole point of the game. You can spend days before you beat it once.
Finally an actual tips video lol. All the other ones are like "did you know you can BREAK SHIELDS WITH THE AXE???!!!??!?!"
That would be IGN.... "Guys COINS ALLOW YOU TO BUY STUFF". WE MAKE MILLIONS EVERY YEAR AND GIVE THE BEST TOP TEIR REVIEWS *🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮vomits*
@MeesTheSame the axe is actually good anyway. if you unlock the follow up skill for it it can bust through anyones guard pretty much. enemies you;d usually have to deflect, you can just beat them down with the axe. the spear might be better later on, but it's easy to get the axe right at the start.
Leprosy is best album xdd
@MeesTheSame The tough early mini-boss down the well was giving me problems until I decided to tank through him with the axe, which worked on the first attempt. It's not my fave prosthetic, but there are some non-shield situations where you can go effectively use Dark Souls heavy weapon style strats.
Hahahah
After about 40 hours and finally beating the 4 first bosses and understanding the game in depth I have to say it's even better than I expected...from software are true artists for taking the risk to do something so different and amazing when they could just do bloodborne 2 and play it safe
yeah, I can say that this is the only game that i like from them because in dark souls you rely mostly on I-frames. like, in dark souls you can literally roll in some of the bosses attacks with no damage taken, while in this game you need to read the bosses attacks and react accordingly if you want to beat them.
@@petkofuchalski9809 exactly...most immersive combat ever
Come back after you've cleared NG+/++ and realized that the game is actually goddamn empty aside from its great combat and severely lacks content for a major AAA title, from a known company with the backing of a huge western publisher.
@@IlluvatarPaladin you have to keep in mind that dark souls/bloodbore have some sort of DLC's. ofcorce this game will be emty compared to them.
@@petkofuchalski9809 I am comparing on the "base game" basis. DLCs do not factor into this until Sekiro has one of its own.
Dark souls : praise the sun !!
Blood borne : praise the good blood
Sekiro : PRAISE BUDDHA
old blood*
Praise the cheese
Someone wasn't paying attention throughout their Bloodborne playthrough
PRAISE THE SNEK
Praise the Divine Heir.
Yeah the combat is the best they've made to date. It's unique and is so fun and cool sounding. The sounds of clashing your blade and attacking when an opponent is open is perfect
the creative design decisions in this gane when it comes sound design is so satsifying, like every de^thblow has the super loud blunt noise which is so unnecessary and makes no senese but regardless exists purely for further stimulation and therefore enjoyable af.
every kick, sword slash, deflects, shuriken , st^bs, slit etc sound so damn satisfyimg
No kidding. I'll say even more. Sekiro has the best and the most satisfying combat (once you git gud in around at least 70%) from every game I've ever played. Everything makes sense and just clicks.
Bro...this video decreased my stress level by 2000 points. Much love
That jump kick allowed me to beat a miniboss I had no business fighting at my current progression level... Excellent video and may the flames guide thee.
Orin? xD
Did you catch the bus to Yoker?
@@uberethair AM NO FAE YOKER IVE NAE BUSINESS BEING IN YOKER
Les porter?
@@Capablanca42069 aye??
The muscle memory when you try to talk to an NPC you instead jump.
Mister Depresso I know right 😂😂
Preach.
When you hit square when trying to heal
I had it worse today. Did a bit of stuff in Sekiro, then switched to Nioh and oh boy, was I confused for some minutes. Especially when it comes to attacking and blocking. Took me 5-10 minutes til I could play it flawlessly again. That's what 3 days or so of Sekiro do to you.
@@stebowo i hit triangle xd i was playing bloodborne
i love watching the enemies in sekiro let down their guard when you die, and go into "oh shit" mode when you pick yourself up
bonus points for fromsoft for making enemies aware that you have dragon's blood keep their guard up as you lay there
Every boss gives me major "oh, youre approaching me" vibes whenever they do this
Vaati: Don’t play this game like Dark Souls...
Me: *Still being an R1 Crusader*
And dodgeing master
Honestly loved how they manage to change the combat from being R1 spamming to trying to time your blocks. Although this will lead to the opposite change of being an L1 spam now where people try to constantly block in order to get the deflect in.
Sekiro: There's no stamina, but posture, which recovers faster when blocking
Players: Play this game exactly the other way how you played Dark Souls and Bloodborne and don't dodge!
Me: THERE IS NO STAMINA??!! * runs the whole boss fight against the blazing bull and Lady Butterfly and only stops to deal single HP blows from behind *
After the first two tries, those two bosses were actually among the easiest for me. I know this is not how I'm supposed to play, but I think the game is the easiest, if you consider a wide variety of gameplay styles matching your individual situations. Blocking and parrying for most enemies, outrunning huge and fast enemies, using prosthetics against enemy gadgets, using prosthetics as gadgets it situations get out of hand, dodging sideways for enemies who mainly rely on strong vertical attacks, mikirin counters against spears, etc. ... If you add the stealth, I think this game actually offers the most variety in minute to minute gameplay over any souls game.
Yeah I keep rage quitting cuase I was playing this like dark souls but I decided to change and play how the game wanted me to play , to be more defensive and for some go full dark souls and I now appreciate the game more lol
@@milesinwyatteandcora Some fights you should be more aggressive like the Genichiro fights. It's how I won tbh. But for that Guardian Ape fight? I kept running in the second phase trying to bait him into doing that stupid little dive attack.
Am I the only one who knew most of these because I actually read the loading screen tips?
After I switched to an SSD most games load too fast for me to even be able to read the tips. But they actually explain a few of these very well when you first encounter something new or if you train with the undying samurai.
OVERLOOKED IF YOU DIDN'T PLAY THE GAME AND READ
Hahaha same
I did too... but not because I wanted to, it was because of dying too damn much. Now I can safely say, its much less reading and more skipping to a tio I havent read or have known.
Still loving the game, but damn, never though I could be scared to get into random fights with NPC's till Sekiro. Still not too far in (but total time mupst be over 15 hours atleas)
The dragon cancer in your game is an epidemic
"You dont take damage when blocking"
*cries in charmless*
Headless has entered the chat
*screams in charmless + demon bell*
Git gud and perfect deflect
*you guys have charm?*
@@SinisterSurge Exactly. Git gud to the point where there is no block only deflects, sweeps and mikiri.
Personally if you want to grind early game, do so in the area before the Genichiro fight. The statue just after the window when you first enter the castle. You can stealth kill half the enemies in that area and they give you a lot of xp in the early game
12:22 THE FUKIN RAGE QUIT AT THE END THOUGH! xD love ya vaati
on the EASIEST 2nd phase boss ever (no spoilers unless asked hehe)
I’ve played Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 3, and some Dark Souls 2/Bloodborne. Sekiro has to be one of my favorites by far. I’ve never felt so satisfied and badass after beating a hard enemy, mini boss or boss. This video also was helpful with things like “the bell” where it’d increase the difficulty. I’ve been playing the game at 1 curse ever since around the Corrupted Monk and the Guardian Ape, and even if it’s supposed to be harder, it’s still very fun.
I learned after fighting Lady Butterfly a million times that after the enemy deflects your blow the sound is different and it signals they will usually attack afterwards, sometimes dodge away.
Or.... you know.... deflect their attack?
@@oger3225 He is saying that the enemy after deflecting sometimes he will go away from you.
Genichiro does this a lot.
After deflecting, usualy he will attack with this sword or take a step back with a high chance of a bow and arrow attack .
That sweet sweet high "ding" sound instead of the regular clanging
I dont notice the sound actually i just see if a ring forms instead of just a sparke
@@akumaszn its when the enemy deflect our attack
"Its not exactly hard, just requires a lot of skill"
one of the best games I've ever played. the gameplay is so fluid and fast and satisfying once you get the hang of it.
No. It's hard, and it can get super hard for many people. People that say it's not "exactly hard" are arrogant.
Not everyone is a videogame genius.
@@TheMrCHELL people that say the skilled ones are arrogant, are, first off, arrogant, and second, wrong... also unskilled
@@TheMrCHELL you dont need to be a genius in video games to be good. even average skill player can beat the games and everyone can reach that level. you just too lazy to learn.
@@TheMrCHELL youre the real arrogant player here
Whoah didn't know about the map, that's cool! Most of these combat tips can actually be learned from the practice combat with Hanbei the Undying right outside of the sculptors temple. There's helpful training baked right in to the game
Yup, hanbei is pretty helpful but more as a tutorial of a certain mechanic rather than actual training/mastering of it. He is pretty slow so his lessons wont prepare anybody for a real fight with enemy which is using certain mechanic which u want to learn
@@SkengMan4271 yeah true. He just shows you what options exist but isnt great at actually getting you good at them
djbeema if you’re a good person you’ll kill hanbei when you get the chance tho
Thank you.
I killed him when i got the mortal blade, i kinda miss him now to test some new mechanics
"Its not hard, just require a lot of skill from the player. Such design are very poor and lame."
What?
That comment gave me the worst anuerism of my life.
"Game challenges my skill level. It sucks ass."
@@Archimonde45 It's called sarcasm mate.
The salt is real lol
Its to mock the crappy reviews that people say because its actually a challenging soulsborne game.
@@sebastienvondoom8615 No. There are retards of that caliber. Still, your optimism is cute.
Funny how a medieval game requires dodging, yet a game about shinobi's and samurai's requires deflecting and clashing.
Ugly Baby My god you have proved a really good point
This says a lot about our society.
Gamers
I know most people didn't play it that way, but I turtled my way through the Souls games. Like literally put on the heaviest shield/armor I could find and play more through blocking and spacing than dodging. It does make more sense to me that Sekiro as a ninja game offers more mobility and requires more precision
If you played kindom come the best medieval game the best way to defend is deflecting or parrying to and is more accuracy then guys with heavy weapons and armors rolling endless in the floor...
I beat the game 7 times and levelled attack power to 99. One thing I would like to add is I usually spam block button until I get the first block. Then I can follow it with the rhythm of remaining attacks. The first block is the hardest, rest of the attacks has very identifiable rhythm.
Lovin’ this game, though I feel like I struggle more with the “mini bosses” than the actual bosses XD
yeah.. but know what? beating a boss in sekiro feels rewarding..
trikZ Ji it does! I struggled so much against lady butterfly but after I think like 100 deaths I finally conquered her and I felt like a bad ass. I just wasn’t playing aggressive enough.
@@thewannabemartialartist4613 you didnt dodge slash or use shirukens, did you? Those two things absolutely trivialize the fight
Same. I beat the first two main bosses first try. Genichiro took like 7 tries though
Especially that headless fuck.
I'm really glad you made this video with minimal spoilers, Vaati. Thanks for the tips, the map and the jump kick were my favorites to learn about
"remove it before you fight a boss"
[Cries in Demon of Hatred with the Demon Bell Activated]
Played this back in '19 when Lady Butterfly and Flaming Bull made me think this might not be a game for me. I really wanted to like it but the constant frustation took its toll. Then came Elden Ring, teaching me the way of the Souls games. And so I picked it up again a few nights ago and when the good Lady suddenly didn't even manage to pull any of her 2nd phase tricks ... yeah, that felt good :D
Literally experiencing the exact same thing lol. 😂
That’s dope I bought this bc Elden ring was dope still ain’t finish that bc I started this shit I’m on the flaming bull and some fat ass motherfucker the deflecting is fucking dope🐐
The combat in elden ring is shite in comparison to Sekiro.
Yup, Elden Ring was my first game. My friend said he is very impressed of how fast im moving trough the game.
PRAISE THE SUN! 🙌 ☀️
Reason why it's harder than Dark Souls:
DS you ONLY focused on pressing dodge by timing the enemy's actions.
Sekiro you MUST focus on the correct actions, from Dodging/Block/Jumping, or else you will be punished.
Therefore your brain has to learn to prepare & react to all variety of actions at the right time.
Dark Souls you can lay back and just think about pressing that Dodge button only.
kinda correct, but there is still parry
Let's be honest no one parries in a ds boss fight unless ur trying to flex or it's easy to parry like gundyr
Yeah, this game is kicking my butt harder than any Soulsborne game has done before. I'm making it, but it's tough to know when the attack's going to be a sweep or a thrust for example until you've faced an enemy a few times.
@spown93 I'm starting to get the hang of it. I got lady butterfly, killed 3 headless enemies, (they're tough) the 2 apes were also tough. But like I said, Bloodborne & DS felt more instinctive to me. Depends on the player, but lately I have been making good progress.
One hit from boss costs you a lot
Might just be me, but you're speaking very clearly and ... comfortable. Great for "non-native english speaking people"
Mi Chel ...... he is non native?
@@boleshuggah I was talking about me :D
@@michel4500 you mean its easy to listen to each word he says, right?
@@thelibrarian7193 yep, that's what she said
I knew most of these, I've progressed and learned so fucking much. I feel like with every fight, I just get stronger mentally, or just wiser.
While Dark Souls was more physically. Sekiro is a fucking gem, truly.
completely agree!
i think i like this way more. Where in DS you had to have the right stats to even be on par with a boss or have an advantage i like how standard everything is for this game.
Is it possible for the bell not to be there? I havent found the bell through the cave.
@@s.m.1981 are you sure you're in the right place?
@@Shazoo1997 I didnt realize it was behind the mini boss. I found it!
B word: we want the option to change difficulty
FromSoftware: Ok *makes a nightamare mode*
NG+7 with no kuro's charm and demon bell:
When an enemy "deflects" you, it's actually when they will riposte and should be taken as a sign to deflect. Genichiro taught me this
The most useful tip right here.
I started playin a few days ago and noticed that when an enemy deflects, their next attack is usually more easy to deflect cause you can see it comin more slowly!
Lady Butterfly do the same
Same. I fought and died to Genichiro so many times that I now reflexively try to deflect right when enemies deflect me.
duh
when an enemy deflects it means you need to stop attacking and go on the defensive, in most cases. this is elementary shit boys.
Awesome tips! Figured most out on my own but that Lady Butterfly tip about her dodge attack weakness was on point. Literally went and tried it on her and demolished her. Thanks!
This really helped me change my mindset and realize why I was so bad. After I watched this I basically went Super Saiyan. I finally understood why I was dying and stopped being mad.
I never used the meta prosthetics I just sticked to my axe from beginning to end. My favourite combo is mikiri axe and praying strike exorcism. I shredded Isshin and Genichiro with this
Nah parry is the key
2:30 GENERAL SHINOBI!!!
YOU ARE A BOLD ONE!
These are not the quotes you are looking for.
Wait, I get this is a reference to something I probably haven't seen before, but how the hell are you both a shinobi and a general?
@@amatsu-ryu4067 General Kenobi. It's a pun.
@@asialsky Oh, yeah... Didn't consider that lol
@@amatsu-ryu4067 Not to worry, we're still flying half a reference.
Getting the Ashina skill tree early on will also greatly help, considering its passives are all about reducing psoture damage taken, and increasing posture damage dealt.
>A Souls veteran encouraging new players to grind
H E R E S Y
There's no guilt with grinding in this game, since you can't increase your health, damage output, or posture by grinding. All you're doing is gaining the sweet ninja moves earlier.
@@LauncherSpiderMk7 You can grind damage output later when you *spoiler* get the dragon mask, that let you trade 5 skill point into a atk point
@@LauncherSpiderMk7 If it makes the game easier, then grinding is definitely a cop out.
@@royalblue5367 than why would they add the ability to grind in a game? That's what just about every video game Is, a grind that gives you a reward in the end. Like the whole basis of video games lmao
@@royalblue5367 don't get mikiri counter or any of the skills while you're at it or use your prosthetic arm, fuck might as well not be allowed to use a healing item either because being anything more than one hit is too much hp.
Tip #15 can easily be summarized with "When in doubt, blockdance it out"
I learnt this skill against the long arm centipede boss, incredibly useful skill, and it made that mini boss an absolute joke
I learnt this skill when fighting Lord Genichiro at Ashina Castle when he does his long combo :D I call it the "high risk, high reward" deflect skill x'D
This is one of my most favorite From games I’ve played, maybe just a tiny bit below Bloodborne. I really like the combat. I find it to be a bit of a combination of Bloodborne’s aggressiveness and Dark Souls’s defensiveness. Some parts you gotta keep swinging, others, blocks and parries are your friend. Then there are some parts where you have to balance the two out. It’s so much fun.
The Genichiro fight taught me trading offense/defense. I love how Sekiro uses bosses to train you for the next part of the game by only allowing one way of combat and punishing others
bbruh should i defeat headless first? cant go to the temple
@@wonrei Not sure if you figured it out yet but the headless fights are optional
@@crazymrdog bruh. For me the path out is blocked
I didnt defeat the boss yet
@@crazymrdog and i download the game not buy it
0:13 I like how someone actually thought Sekiro was ripped off from Nioh xD
I ended up almost beating the entire game with that demon Bell thing in my inventory. After beating the final boss and almost losing my mind from dying so many times, I checked my inventory before ng+ to see if there was anything left to do and saw I still had it but just forgot.
On one hand (heh) I feel pretty godlike at the game now but I still wish I woulda just not had it instead and kept some of my sanity
Wow, congratz, though :) And good luck with the rest also.
I’m going to leave it on, I want them hurts lmao
I feel you. Forgot the thing, removed it after several endboss-attempts... kinda feels like cheating now. I mean phase one went from "every mistake will be your last and you have to deal vitality damage to get anywhere" to "guardbreak him in less than a minute"
On the other hand - thanks to demon bell - I have way too much upgrade material. Like WAY too much.
But hey, now I know the patterns, right?
You can take another difficulty modifier by giving kuros charm back to him in new games plus, when you combine it with the demon from the bell it really makes for a challenging game, the kuros charm makes you take damage from any non deflected attacks, and since posture goes down slower in new game plus its really something :D
@@Sharethepain i thought that dmg after blocking was the instant you go to NG+. Im in NG+4 and didnt do that but im still taking dmg after blocking an attack.
Joke's on you Vaati I did press triangle in the map!
Great video as always!
Lol same, my brother and I sat there for a solid minute trying to grasp the scale and possibilities
Holy shit, there is a map!?
I always thought of souls games as like rhythm games- it's like your enemy is tapping a drumbeat that you have to tap between the beats of without them overlapping.
Fromsoft secretly made a guitar hero game.
@@KB-rh4vd lmao
Perfect time to advertise this fun video The SECRET Rhythms of DARK SOULS! | The SCIENCE!...of Dark Souls 3
Anyone that says “sekiro is just block mashing” clearly doesn’t truly know the combat system.
Nah, it's deflect mashing
This guide was super helpful, I've been struggling to adapt to Sekiro but your advice has really helped improve my gameplay.
This game is especially brutal because the one mechanic I never mastered in Dark Souls (parrying) is now the main focus and it's rough.
seriously i do think that sekiro is way easyier than ds 3 , cause you can parrie and combat feels more like you are in control , in other hands ds is finding the right time to atack and not beeing greed
Honestly I think deflecting is a lot easier in this game, except maybe for DS3's caestus. What annoys me to no end is that this time around that makes the game even harder to keep up with, since bosses will casually eat a perfect parry like it's nothing and continue their 10-hit combos, or even worse, just melt 60% of your HP with a single hit.
hexatentacle I have noticed that deflecting is way easier than in DS and slowly but surely getting it mastered
I'm just sad we didn't get a real Tenchu. :(
Also in this game they went out of their way to make more animations and make them look smoother so players could tell when an animation was triggered.
Can't wait for your Prepare To Cry: Little Robert and his father.
A major tip for people grinding away at a boss and don’t want to lose their experience is the exp only reduced on death to the beginning of the exp point. If you have 5 points, then unless you spend them it cannot go below 5 points. So if you are grinding between bosses grind to the very next level and then no more to avoid wasting exp.
Holy crap those 0 score reviews are golden. Pretty much sound like my friends when I invite them to play DS or BB. Lol
Right hahaha
Just plebs being plebs
@Macrocrash11 *show them anor londo*
Love the axe. I was always a slow and heavy weapon kind of guy in DS. I don't rely heavily on it. But it gives me some comfort in an unfamiliar combat system.
Good luck on some of the bosses they will punish your axe so hard
@@hanifshort3309 Not like he could just adjust ... Not like games are literally.. about that...
Notice the axe has the same sound effect as the heavy weapons in DS?
That "block dancing" move is something dark souls players have been doing to tease opponents in PVP. I love that they made an actual thing out of it 😂
PVP in souls pissed me off. I had this character with powerful armour and weapon. I was wrecking bosses. Then in pvp, a naked guy just stands in front of me. I attack, he uses parry, and back stabs me for like 500 damage and i die.
@@sagnorm1863 hahahaha then get pointed down at and spin/ applause after. PVP is a whole other ballgame.
@@sagnorm1863 If you had only 500 health you shouldn't have played Mage/Pyro lmao.
It doesn’t work I don’t see why people think it does because for me it doesn’t.
@@BasedRoots If you can't even spam parry have a fun time *actually* trying to parry.
Tip: In Senpou Temple there are Monks that are seeking Immortality some monks successfully reached Immortality while others are still trying when you kill these Immortal Monks they cant die because there immortal *BUT* if you come back with the Mortal Blade you can sever there ties with Immortality with another deathblow and the mortal blade
You know lightning attacks? You can dodge them with the mist raven. If you reappear in mid-air, you can even reverse it with no damage!
I just jump, block and than reflect
So I won't take damage either.. i think
@@fabi3790 It does a small amount of damage even when you counter it correctly so using mist raven is useful for no damage or something
@@lumonetic1124 ohh
Yes I saw the damadge when I tried inner Genichiro
Never noticed before
The amount of times I’ve died trying to dodge is embarrassing 🤣 but i agree the combat is BY FAR my favourite of any souls game its so satisfying to hear swords clang when you time a block perfectly 👌
Agreed the game definitely went hyperspeed Bloodborne with infinite stamina, the parries and blocking is so smooth.
Freshly Memed finishing a boss fight having deflected most of their attacks, especially after a hard fight is the most cinematic and satisfying thing I've ever experienced in gaming. I think I'm at end game now, I've got the visit all areas trophy, so I'm hoping I've still got more optional bosses to fight
Who would have that Gravel the Block's block dance would return?
fighting the butterfly lady feeled me with proud because it was a genuine samurai fight , she was fucking awesome!
@@MrJonny-rj9jr did you fight genichiro?
My god, spending your gold on the coin pouches is a revelation. No idea that was possible. Maybe I won't be a broke ass shinobi anymore!
I’m rewatching this video and I just got the general shinobi joke, very well done.
I feel like I'm being challenged by a FromSoft game again and I love it.
Yeah seriously! Dark souls 3 was easy for the most part because I'm so trained in rolling, but sekiro is such a fresh experience combatwise with the same spirit in the game's design. It's so cool having to balance attacking and defending, instead of roll left 3 times and attack. And although I hated jumping to dodge perilous attacks at the start, I've now come to love the depth it brings to combat. Absolutely my favorite FromSoft game.
right? i also love how i am again saying, "DAMN that fight was so fun" after beating a boss. been a while since i got that thrill.
“Peace out so those around you dont get dragon cancer” made me laugh more than i should ve
Me: I'm gonna learn to master this combat systems intricacies!
Vidya: Spam block and attack
ME: I AM BECOME SPAM, DESTROYER OF BLOCKS
Huh, so spamming block is finaly usefull, all of those L1 spamming days in ds finally paid of
@@youtubewanderer3347 parry kings are gonna have a field day with this game
Your video is literally the only video on TH-cam that I could find that offers actual helpful and not-completely-obvious tips for people who have already spent several hours in the game. I appreciate your time, great job.
"General Shinobi" ahahahah that made me laugh way more then it should have haha
Something I didn't know until very late in the game was that you can hold R1 for a strong attack.
It's pretty nice against enemies that auto-block/auto-deflect your normal attacks.
But, there are still some enemies that punish this :) Let's just say I was outraged and surprised when someone did this to me :D
@@Aurilion44 *Great Shinobi Owl has entered the chat*
Wifflum exactly, it’s great against enemies that constantly back away from you, just a thrust and you’re in their face again
I knew all that L1 spamming in the Souls games all those years would finally be beneficial
Just be sure not to hit L1+R1 at the same time accidentally, you can't cancel combat arts by blocking.
This is why I don't even equip combat arts a lot of the time.
@@arbiter- Against normal enemies (until late game when their useless again because the enemies recover and attack to fast for you to use them), against bosses they'll just get you killed
@@robertpendli340 This is absolutely not true. Sekiro makes you pay attention, if you do you'll find that almost every boss and miniboss has dead moments where you can get behind them and attack. This can't be blocked and you usually have enough time to get off a thrust attack.
If you have the presence of mind though, Ichimonji has the same wind up as a thrust, does more damage and posture damage, and recovers your posture. Nightjar reversal has the same wind up and lets you make enough distance that most bosses can't hit you.
Senpo leaping kick is just- really good. It's just good, in fact it might be the best combat art int he game. Because it comes off instantly, takes you out of most enemy's attack arcs and to my knowledge no enemy can parry out of the wind up for a thrust or sweep attack so as long as you don't wiff you will do damage to an enemy doing a sweep, which almost every boss does at some point in their patterns.
Combat arts are awesome and you should be using them.
@@ketherga All of the hardest bosses in the game except the secret one, are fast humanoid types who have enough down time for exactly one attack, 2 if you got behind them and stun them with the first. There is not a single combat art fast enough to hit the final boss of the game, who is by far the hardest (not sure about the one route that has a different final boss than the other three, from what I saw he's a easier as he doesn't have 4 god damn health bars). Against the slow bosses and minibosses, they're fine, but they're easy enough that you don't need the arts anyway and it's just styling on them. Except for Ichimonji (as its free, though so god damn slow(if it didn't deal bonus posture damage when blocked it would be the worst of them all)), none of them deal enough damage to either posture or vitality to justify their time cost or their spirit cost, you'd be better of dealing standard hits in nearly every instance, as even when you can hit with them, they are too slow and will cause you to miss the sweet spot where you can deal full damage, and instead deal heavily reduced damage.
After 1 year or so after completing the game the first time (cheesing and cursing my way through) I got back into it and had such a great time. Got the platinum trophy few weeks back and 6 playthrough later. Awesome game, new players are gonna have a hard time but its literally one of the most rewarding game out there!
Oh man!!! Amazing video I've learnt a ton of stuff!!!
I beat lady butterfly last night!!
nj bro, now beat the game
0:14 "They tried to rip-off Nioh (...)" Oh my, this is hilarious, when Nioh was a Dark Souls rip-off in the first place.
Great video and tips, by the way. It was amazing to see you destroying Lady Butterfly like that; the bitch gave me so much headache.
I'm pretty sure my iq dropped after reading that q-_-p
that was exactly what i think when i see it XDDD
4:29 "Those around you won't get Dragon Cancer" more like That Dragon, Cancer.
While holding all those Junzo statue bundles, "Sadkiro."
i thought the same exact thing props to you for making it though
cyberrioter no stoooop that shit is too sad
I started this game and quit 4 times before I finally buckled down and now I’m at Ishiin The Sword Saint. This game infuriated me in the beginning but now it’s one of the greatest video games of all time imo
You made the light bulb in my head come on several times in this video. You Actually helped my game skill out tremendously with this, bc I instinctively want to dodge/ dash most every attack, & it took me weeks of playing just to get to the elite monk in the dojo, but could never come close to beating him. But now, combat actually makes sense and it feels possible to beat this game! *So a Big THANK YOU is in order!!!*
8:30 I'm fairly certain blockdancing will guarantee you just get a regular block instead of a deflect. To prevent abusing the lack of recovery frames that come with a parry system like in dark souls.
I’m not ready for the Armored Warrior and Robert lore video ;-;
ROBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt..........!!!!!!!!
ROBEEEEERTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I actually laughed at the fact there's an audible 'thud' after he falls, like some Wile E. Coyote nonsense.
I feel like I missed something with him. I played it, this knight turned up, and then I killed him, and I stood there on the bridge for a minute just thinking 'what?' Where is the lore on him?
Oh my do i feel like an ass
I like this so much more than rolling around in circles; the trend Demon's souls began.
I just wish they would keep enemies normal sized - this isn't a dwarf simulator.
I almost returned this game, I died over 100 times on the Seven Spears, and then took me three days to pass Genichiro, but after him, I find I play it a lot better. Now I am glad I kept it last Sunday...
Yeah seven spears got me too until I realised I was too passive. When I went at him like a honey badger he crumbled
@@cr0mag732 I used oil pots and fire to cripple him.
How do you use fire? I've picked up pots and never figured out how to burn anyone
cr0mag prosthetic arm for fire
@@cr0mag732 the fire vent prosthetic let's you shoot fire out of your arm. It's located in a big bonfire at hirata estates
You probably won’t see this but thanks for all the Dark Souls/Bloodbourne videos and now Sekiro, just ordered a T-Shirt. Thanks You 👍🏼
Almost read it T-series , the global enemy!
I just saw the design at the end of the video and it blew me away. Gonna buy it as well, looks amazing. I think this is the first time I see merch from any youtuber that is done right.
Omg the meta critic reviews in the beginning had me dying, THEY TRIED TO RIP OFF NIOH HAHAHAHHAHAHA.
If anything, it's a way better game than Nioh in my honest opinion.
probably Gen Z gamer who never heard "Tenchu"
@@Projectarchan Nah, both got their ups and down. But yeah, if anything. I don't even get why people think it ripped anything off. They might be new to FromSoft and their games. They probably only compared it with Nioh due to the Japanese style and it being hard. But I gotta admit Nioh feels quite a lot easier and way more predictable after playing Sekiro and I finished Nioh on the first two difficulties on console.
Nioh did it better
Nioh had player choice
Sekiro is just a blockspam for a chance at a parry
very big downgrade from FromSoft, such a disappointment
@@Sapphire_Jack The same way ds1 was "just backstab fishing" and ds3 was "just panic rolling". If you need to blockspam to get a parry you should git gud
I’ve obliterated every challenge in this game but never knew the money balloon was retroactive, thank you!
the moment that I decided that I'll forget everything I know on bloodborne and Dark souls and play as a shinobe that's when the magic of sekiro kicks in....
100% agree with that. I got through the first part of the game playing it like a Souls game and it was tough but then I hit a wall and couldn't get any further. I went back and did a bunch of farming focusing on trying to be aggressive and parrying rather than rolling and spamming R1 - suddenly it clicked. Everything seemed so much easier after that!
Once I learned how block consistent amd Miriki counter the game became way easier.
*Shinobi
The moment you remenber what Vadiiya.... biggest dick move: copy padte whithout credit
Agree, I wanted to play like a Soulsborne game and it sucked. I wasn't happy about Sekiro, but then I learned to play how are you supposed to play, and I started loving it. I love how some enemies and bosses are designed to screw Soulsborne strategies.
>This is a game about clashing swords
Yup, this is why I'd prefer it to any other Souls game.
I never played Dark Souls or Bloodborne, so i wasn't familiar with this kind of gameplay. A friend of mine once showed me dark souls, and i liked it but i missed something about it, like something i vibe with... Maybe knights, undeads and other creepy looking enemys just weren't my thing, when it comes to shinobis, samurai and ninjas im always the first one who jumps on the hype train so i think its just really based on taste. I just love the optic part and the whole enemy & map concept of this game, thats what motivates me at all to to play it so much and keeps me to learn about the fight mechanics of this game. I just love it.
Man, I watched this video late but I just gotta tell this story of what made me love this game. I accidentally went to the first corrupted monk boss before fighting the first Genichiro. I spent maybe four hours straight on that fight and at some point I naturally found out the block dancing thing mentioned here while panicking. And then when facing Genichiro, I learned how to go from panic mashing block to finding the rhythm of an enemy's attack string, thus changing a hit on me into massive posture damage for them. It's incredible how naturally you can learn techniques in Sekiro.
just found your channel. you're voice is so soothing and i love the pacing of your videos. i know it's not much but i subbed and liked because i really enjoy your content so far. i appreciate what you do and how you do it. keep it up, brother. :)
His Voice puts me in a calm state. Love his videos.
Ikr like this guy needs to be on a motivational movie or something
@J P fuck me these comments are gay
*Your voice
Honestly, how do people consistently get it wrong?
Wow a tips and tricks video that's actually useful lol thanks man, this should help a lot. My tip is use the firecrackers on Gyoubu. His horse will freak out and you can get some hits in.
Taylor Cox another tip: Firecrackers work on just about anything to get a free hit. Bonus points on Animal like enemies
@@velo836 ah cool I didn't know that! I figured it worked on Gyoubo because of his horse and hadn't tried it on anything else except the Roosters lol loving the chasing strike with shuriken too, its way more useful then I expected.
Ninja Bloodborne, the Shinobi Prosthetic is the ultimate Trick Weapon.
Horse shit
@Pinkaugust fuck yeah
I refer to it as Tenchuborne myself 😂
Shinoborne
Soulshanobiborne
"Dragon cancer" caught me off guard