#Phonepunk#
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any tips on using the Mist Raven? found this while exploring the bamboo thickets yesterday but not entirely shure how to use it.
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Shifty
Member
Think of it as another parry button. If you take a hit during the animation you'll do a long invincible dash in the direction of the stick, and if the stick is neutral you'll teleport up into the air.
It works best with the Fang & Blade skill so you can follow up with a dashing slash or helm breaker to re-close the distance. Later upgrades let you trigger it after taking damage as well as before, and also leave a big fire trail.
I found it most handy to use against bosses and teleport behind them for a free hit. Good way to start a phase and knock off some health so their posture doesn't deplete so fast.
The wife boss has infinite posture gauge
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Kamina
Golden Boy
I hear thrust attacks are pretty effective though. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)The wife boss has infinite posture gauge
Joho79
Member
She Mikiri counters them all..
Fuz
Banned
Ouch.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
Oh yeah, I have baby and wife boss. They're like a beefed up version of Dragon Slayer Ornstein & Executioner Smoug.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Not if you wait until she leaves herself open. Every boss has a weak spot ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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Thing on a Spring
Member
Came back to Owl tonight with a fresh head and beat him first time. Onwards!
Shifty
Member
Almost definitely. The only From souls-like not to get DLC was Demons' Souls iirc, and there's plenty of stuff in Sekiro that they could flesh out if they wanted to.
The black mortal blade, for one.
You can use the spear tool's R2>R2 when he's stunned after parrying certain big attacks. It causes a unique animation and does gonzo posture damage.
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lifa-cobex
Member
Second stage of
is kicking my ass. Just can't figure out his weakness.
Headless Ape
KINDERFELD
Banned
I just got to the guy on the rooftop.
Wtf!
Wtf!
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Perry his big sword attacks so it would stun him then use spear on missing head part to do more damage.
Dr. Claus
Vincit qui se vincit
No, I just don't cry about a game that I didn't learn to play correctly. Has nothing to do with being a fanboy.
Angry_Megalodon
Member
Go the easy route: wait for him to thrust himself towards you, run to his right side making a slight deviation to the right ( so his sword doesnt hit you) , position yourself beside his belly, hit 2-3 times and run away. Rinse and repeat. It's a draining tactic, but pretty safe.
I am suffering big time against
the owl
lifa-cobex
Member
Nice.
Wasn't sure if that would be a week spot or not given it fell off.
Wasn't sure if that would be a week spot or not given it fell off.
mcjmetroid
Member
Finally beat my first boss with the mikiri counter , I also finally called it the right thing.
At least getting the word right is the first step!
At least getting the word right is the first step!
InterMusketeer
Gold Member
Just parry two of his attacks in a row, and he'll (usually) do an overhead swing. The camera even seems to zoom out for it so you know it's coming. Parry that attack, and you'll be able to deal a lot of damage to him while he lies on the floor. Run away after to evade the terror scream.
That's basically the fight. Bait him into doing a combo you know how to deal with, parry twice, deal damage (With spear if you want easy mode. Push the trigger twice.), run away, do it again.
That's basically the fight. Bait him into doing a combo you know how to deal with, parry twice, deal damage (With spear if you want easy mode. Push the trigger twice.), run away, do it again.
Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I got some divine confetti for the fight. I farmed some samurai for it.
I loved doing the swirl attack when all those little chimps kept trying to attack you
I would buy it in a heartbeat if they did.
V4skunk
Banned
I beat him earlier after around 8 attempts.I'm not there yet, but this "two stealth kill method" sounds intriguing. Can you spoiler tag how to do it? for reference purposes only please?
I was way too focused on eating Eel than parrying anything in that final part.
I also parry every thing. Didn't bother with Eel, I didn't even get hit by his lightning attack and I even managed to counter one but i was too far away to damage him.
Can't beat L1 spam.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Took me 3 hours to beat the Great Ape and I beat it with like 1HP left. This game is brutal and it was worth the experience, by far the most difficult thing in this game so far.
MisterBrimstone
Member
Game = Finished.
Got = Gud.
See you guys in the DLC.
Got = Gud.
See you guys in the DLC.
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Well done, brave knight
tassletine
Member
Well, you seem to enjoy whining about something. Or bullying people. Carry on.
I'm playing it now on PC and the issues I'm talking have mostly disappeared, so my complaints are valid.
The game has been poorly optimised for a base ps4 and that optimisation effects gameplay.
It's still a bit janky on PC but it doesn't get in the way of the gameplay so much.
Makariel
Member
No, it really isn't. Smooth as butter.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Yeah, to me this most polished game FromSoftware ever made and I especially like the animation both for MC and enemies/bosses.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
what are you talking about?
performance on PC is great. one area had a bit of issue with framerate (the hirata estate before Juzou because of all the fire). 99% of the time it's rock solid 60fps with even pacing.
from software games struggle on base PS4 hardware. look at SOTFS = can't maintain solid 60fps, dark souls 3 = janky ass framerate/timing, bloodborne = a few drops but let down by poor timing. it's not so much they are poorly optimised...the PS4 cpu just isn't powerful enough.
going back to bloodborne/dark souls the animation of the character looks awful. Sekiro moves and controls much smoother and realistic.
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tassletine
Member
I came here for some discussion as I wanted to find out if there was a problem with me or the base ps4 game -- but mostly what I've got are people shouting GIT GOOD at me.
I admit that the game does make me angry (doesn't it everyone) but I needed to find out what was wrong as I wanted to continue playing.
If that came across as salty it's because I most definitely WAS.
That doesn't mean that the game doesn't have techincal problems that make the game harder than intended.
So, I was reading other message boards, and there are lots of people complaining about the base ps4 version, amongst other things like hitboxes, unresponsive controls etc.
So I came to the conclusion from reading the DF report, and comparing the achivement lists on both platforms at the game had been optimised for PC.
That made it fairly clear there was a problem, so I took the plunge, and the issues cleared up. If you've played the two it's clear the base PS4 version is a harder.
And since I have limited time to play the game I opted for PC.
tassletine
Member
Hitboxes. AI etc. various techincal issues. Frame rate is solid.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
enough of the bitching. can we talk about the game pls?
had no issues with hitboxes. AI is bad yes. Very bad. what other various technical issues?
had no issues with hitboxes. AI is bad yes. Very bad. what other various technical issues?
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tassletine
Member
Frame rate is fine. Hitboxes hmmm.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
any examples?
mcjmetroid
Member
I'm using the base PS4 version and there are some frame drops here and there alright but generally the controls are responsive I find.
tassletine
Member
I couldn't get the timing down. Moved to PC. I didn't have time for it.
Lots of the bosses I've encountered so far can be cheesed somehow or have a precise method / weapon that makes dealing with them a lot easier.
Centipede - just block.
Chained Ogre - Spam with fireworks.
Bull -- Spam with firworks.
Horse guy -- trick him into jumping off cliff. Or run him into a corner and spam with fireworks.
Genichiro -- Whatever that spam attack is called (haven't used it) and the lightning buff.
tassletine
Member
If you haven't seen your sword slice straight through someone by now, I'd say you weren't looking.
Try playing without lock if you want to see what I'm talking about as that seems to screw up the hitboxes more.
tassletine
Member
He's pretty easy.
Clear out everyone. Go through the enclosed tunnel first (that's your escape route) backstab the shield guy by fatty and immediately leap back. He'll chased you.
He should now be separated from the others. Kill them. If they get too much retreat until they are dead.
Wait for fatty to reset. Backstab him. Don't worry, just sneak up slowly and do it -- It can be done, you're probably just nervous.
Hold down run.
Kite around fatty, getting him to follow you. Literally run around him in circles at a distance. Get used to this, and him not being able to hit you.
Run forward a little bit and retreat.
He'll do an attack (which will miss) and then almost always then take a swig of booze.
Now's your chance, run in and get 2-3 hits. (2 if you're scared)
Jump away and repeat.
You should be able to kill him easily without getting hit once. If you need futher help talk to your friend.
Raged uninstalled the game earlier.
kept trying on the hidden owl fight and just could not do it consistently. Gave up and just was going to beat the game instead. Took 1 step into the final area and run into a 3 stage boss. I'm not good enough or have the patience for this.
Looked on YouTube and saw someone no hit both bosses and also a way to stealth kill the 2nd one which set me off even more.
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Looked on YouTube and saw someone no hit both bosses and also a way to stealth kill the 2nd one which set me off even more.
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Sebastian Suola
Member
Interesting comment! For me, the Ape was one of the easiest bosses. Its attacks weren’t that hard to block or deflect imo.
On the other hand, I had and am having more trouble with many minibosses, such as the snake eyes ladies, the various Ninjas, or even the big seven spear samurai dude.
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Northeastmonk
Gold Member
I woke up for work today, looked over at the clock and said, "it's 7 o'clock. I can take down down a boss before I leave". I load up the game, played for a while, and then looked over at the clock "it's 7:20". "Sh!t I'm going to be late". lol I wasn't late, but I am really enjoying this game.
#Phonepunk#
Banned
I didn’t realize how much the world opened up after the bull. Went crazy exploring last night and found a bunch of spooky stuff! Also had a crazy battle w a Snake Eyes mini boss. Mikiri counter is life
#Phonepunk#
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Hey is there an easy way to take out the gunmen in the Depths? One on one battles against them are super tough for me
Thing on a Spring
Member
You can kite the snake eyes one into the poison pool, go to the left of the cave and there are some rocks you can stand on where one of the easier gunners is located. Kill him then you can have the snake eyes one shoot up at you from the poison pool. The poison effect takes a little while to kick in on him but it will. Then just make him miss his shots at you and wait for his health to chip away. Jump down for a deathblow then back up and repeat. Once he's dead the rest of the room is simple enough to manage.
#Phonepunk#
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Thanks! I’ve taken him out, it actually is the rest of he room I’m having trouble with lol. Those buckshots are hard to dodge and block and they don’t go down easy
Vawn
Banned
I swung to the left and there is an idol over there. From there you can take out the sniper above the idol, another part the big statue, close to the boss. Then you can get a free death blow on the boss and take out his second half by the statue without agroing the other shooters.