𝐄𝐋𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 - Become Sekiro 狼 | The Way of the Katana

[@Subaki2K]

The Radahn "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" fucking killed me

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

Perfection

[@Runovski_y]

now we can agree that Sekiro was that swordman who told Malenia how to use waterdance

[@Bender_B._Rodriguez]

no her teacher was dressed as the arab class the warrior.

[@alyseleem2692]

​​@@Bender_B._RodriguezThat's the outfit of those who currently follow his footsteps; the color is a reference to his focus on flowing waters in his techniques,and the head covering imitates a head full of white hair, which he supposedly had by that point. The Warrior class is made up of those inspired by the Blind Swordsman; the man himself remains a mystery.

[@BallsQuestionMark]

Pretty sure elden ring takes place before sekiro

[@gypsybiswa7529]

Yes sir

[@dready2576]

Funny how genichiro theme instantly stops when Radahn goes to the sky Good job, i love it

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks heaps! I try to always pay good attention to detail when doing the sound editing for my videos!

[@suchar7175]

No one mentioned yet: all soundtracks were perfectly selected for each Boss. 🎶🎹 Beautiful video, good job.

[@ironstark917]

The build breakdown alone was excellent, Gael. haha. Honestly, the exact vibe I was expecting when you pitched the idea. Looking forward to watching the rest of it after work.

[@MakashiOwns]

The Malenia kill where you save the third parry for stance break to get the riposte kill was a nice touch, and Quickstep looks...surprisingly awesome when used on Radahn. Morgott was like a powerwashing simulator because the whole thing came out so clean.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks so much!

[@dragonfruiitt]

I never knew quickstep was so satisfying im gonna have to try using it now

[@scrollkeepers]

I'm only 4 minutes in and already this is the most aesthetic "build guide" I've ever watched. I love that you used subtitles and Japanese voiceover. This is BRAVO all around!

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks heaps! One of my favourite showcases to date to be honest! Went all out with the Sekiro themes 😂

[@fib900]

Sax’s Sekiro Facts: 6:31 Guard Counters are like Parrys 8:54 I still Can’t Beat the Mist Noble 10:13 Radahn 10:37 Hesitation is Da Feet 13:27 Is That You Tomoe 17:40 Wish I had a Stormblade 21:48 OH HOW MY BLOOD BOILS Well done. The Maliketh fight was my favorite out of these ones.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Bro you're a legend for this comment! Pinned 📍

[@fib900]

@@SaxSlaveGaelI’ve returned

[@lordtrinen2249]

That was beautiful from start to finish, especially the Malenia fight. Felt like an epic battle between sword masters. Riposte finish was the perfect touch. I keep dreaming of pulling off a flawless battle like that. Still haven't played Sekiro myself but I may finally do so once I finish with Cyberpunk.

[@Shinobi-SouLs]

10:20 didn't expect the WOOOOOOO amazing video!!

[@adventurianist2580]

I was half expecting a Gyoubu war scream in Radahn's fight, but the WOOOOOOOOO was a very fine replacement. I LOVE how you joked that Malenia is Tomoe since she herself uses a katana and Waterfowl dance feels like Genichiro's long long combo on steroids. Malenia honestly feels like a Sekiro boss in Elden Ring while the Demon of Hatred is fresh from Bloodborne. If the deflection and parry systems from Sekiro could be replicated, Malenia would be a fun but inevitably easier battle especially with her thrust opening her to a Mikiri Counter. While not really part of the build, I always felt that the "Armored Warrior" was just some dude cosplaying a Dark Souls character in Japan and maybe Sir Lionel's armor set works for that especially since it's so slow and chunky. I felt like the lightning spear could've been "lightning reversal," I like that you used the soporific grease kinda feels like using divine confetti. The Nagakiba MIGHT'VE been a better Mortal Blade due to it's length but the Bloody Slash + Bloodflame Blade incantation is perfect. The Meteoric Ore Blade legit made me think of the Mortal Blade and the overhead, Ichimonji looking strike for the power attacks was too good. Spinning slash could replicate the "Whirlwind Slash" and maybe Swords Dance is a far less OP Sakura Dance? I absolutely love that you gave a spot for the "Wakizashi" as the Sabimaru, though that weapon in Elden Ring REALLY should be a little longer, and referred to as a short sword. An appropriate dagger style katana would've been a Tanto. And while I know that this is NOT an Isshin Build... the Cross Naginata feels so similar to both the spear of Gyoubu and the spear Isshin whips out in his Phase 2. All in all, really awesome video and I love how it felt like Isshin was narrating the whole thing. I pictured Gramps having one too many sakes and he's now rambling about some far-off land while Emma kindly escort's Genichiro's grandpa to bed as it's getting late. I am not sure if this would look better, but if there was a way to ONLY wear Malenia's prosthetic arm, it could be a way to joke how you've lost your arm again (maybe Godrick grafted it?). EDIT: The Fire Giant as the Demon of Hatred is perfect. I gotta say, Sekijo REALLY got big since the last game. Stormblade/Vacuum Slice would be perfect to demonstrate the "Dragon Slash/Flash" combat arts. Sadly no High Monk until the DLC arrives but I'm happy with it coming up next. Maybe this is just me, but the Great Serpent or the Divine Dragon would fit with Rykard PRETTY damn well since one is a puzzle boss against a literal snake while the latter is a gimmick fight. Maybe I'm overlooking this, but Godfrey and thus Hoarah Loux fits nicely with Owl as they're an aged guy with lots of tricks up their sleeves only Godfrey is actually more honorable. Lastly, I think Elden Beast as Divine Dragon might've been better than Rykard if only because it matches the sheer spectacle and while Rykard lets you smack him with that OP spear, you HAVE to chase Elden Beast without that OP spear with massive range.

[@metronomefunk1036]

I really liked the detail of the perilous attack sound playing before the rare moments where you got hit; as a fellow Sekiro fan I think I'll use this same build sometime. Cheers!

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thank man! Really appreciate it!!!

[@manjiimortal]

Great showcase Sax! It was fun to watch, in a very belated way, Sekiro finally fighting Lady Tomoe.

[@Cosikk]

love the soporific grease for divine confetti

[@MsJohnnyMetal]

This is literally my favorite video of the year by far.

[@dreadreaver7953]

10:32 MY NAME IS RADAHN AND AS I BREATH YOU SHALL NOT CONQUER MY HOME

[@bochicchio24]

Great job! I throughly enjoyed this and appreciate this . I also can’t beat the most noble , she’s just too damn powerful >

[@rapanasampson]

It was truly amazing work

[@kevgmei]

Nice touch with the poison wakizashi as Sabimaru! Would have been cool to see a greataxe, spear and explosive aromatic as additional prosthetics too!

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I always forget about the explosice Aromatic! That thing is awesome!!!

[@leonardo9331]

This was the coolest Elden Ring video I have ever seen. I can't wait till you update it with the new Deflecting Hardtear. btw I never played Sekiro :(

[@2ekken]

And stuff like this is why I love seeing your posts. You always come up with some of the best and accurate builds I've seen from most people. I'd love to see you do a Ringed Knight build cause I can't figure out a good analog for the Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords and the closest i can think of is either the Starscourge Greatswords or dual Magma Wyrm Scaleswords

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Man thank you so much! Comments like this help me stay motivated making this stuff. Man, a ringed knight build in ER us a real tricky one in all honesty! Those weapons in DS3 are crazy unique, and you're right, there isn't really anything to replicate them. So sorry dude, you got me stumped on this one!

[@2ekken]

@@SaxSlaveGael nah your good man. You could probably get closer to the spear and straight sword Ringed Knights with Vyke's Warspear and a flaming straight sword with double slash but the paired Greatswords are a hard one to think up. The closest thing I can think of is powerstancing magma wyrm scaleswords

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@2ekken I think you're absolutely on point regarding the streight swords and spears! The magma wavern sword combo is pretty damn good dude 👍

[@2ekken]

@@SaxSlaveGael thanks man. The Magma Wyrm Scaleswords about the closest I can think of even though it's not a perfect fit for the Greatswords

[@Idea_of_Lustre]

"Well done, Sekiro." - Isshin, the Glock Saint,

[@OzzyBlazeGaming]

An absolute pleasure, this one. My 2 favorite games. Perfect!

[@user-Joshuamm929]

Thank you so much I requested this not sure if anyone else did but I wanted to say my thanks this build 🔥🔥

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I do recall a Sekiro request a long time ago! I am happy that I was finally able to deliver!

[@akechijubeimitsuhide]

I'd love to see a Genichiro build too. Combining katanas, bow, blackflame blade and lightning definitely sounds fun.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Funny you say that as that was the first thing I thought of after finishing this run! I might explore it more!

[@edmond0073]

Very nice presentation of the video and very true to the character of the wolf . 👍 will definitely try to use this in pvp

[@ReneGade405]

Feel like i really slept on quality builds the amount variety seems so appealing compared to most spam op abilities build on most of yt and it seems all the more fun since this is based off my favorite fs game sekiro High quality video

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks a ton! I actually rewatch this videos intro all the time. One of my personal favourites. Quality is fantastic for versatility!

[@tenjiku8251]

Dude this needs more love for how much effort you put in

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Appreciate it man. Doesn't bother me. If I am truely passionate about a project, like I was with this one, I am just happy I did it.

[@tenjiku8251]

@@SaxSlaveGael Then that’s all that matters broski

[@AtraxParadoxa]

日本語音声が入っていることに驚いた SEKIROに対する愛を感じられていいビデオですね

[@manab787]

Beating maliketh with just ichimonji double was nothing but perfection!

[@just4japes]

Hey thanks for the slider credit! Really neat video btw, you earned yourself a like 👍!

[@SaxSlaveGael]

No worries man! I really liked what you did. And will always credit other creators I take inspiration from 👍

[@WhiteFemale33]

They should've just put Sekiro in the base game as a reward after beating the "Rivers of Bl¤¤d" NPC player at the snow church & the rivers blade

[@SaxSlaveGael]

🤣🤣🤣

[@fueselwe]

I like to add a poison or occult wakizashi with poison mist in the offhand as a lazulite sabimaru and maybe RoB as Bestowal or an alternative Mortal Blade (Seppuku is probably a more direct fit for bestowal). With the arcane investment you can also throw in Rot Breath or Ekzykes decay for thematic purposes

[@lucassse]

This might be your best build breakdown yet

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks man! I put way too much effort into that intro 🤣

[@JujuInFlames]

Damn this definitely needs an update with the deflecting tear👌

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@JujuInFlames I will revisitna Sekiro themed build one day 😂

[@JujuInFlames]

@@SaxSlaveGael hell ya man we all look forward to it!

[@GeorgeK340]

Deflect Hardtear from DLC and Overhead Stance will make this build perfect. Sadly that Overhead Stance are great katana exclusive AoW 😢

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Absolute crime that that AoW is restricted to One Great Katana... Which I Absolutely hate due to the massive scabbard.

[@iliasa.5298]

love it, really high quality video

[@TheBitingBat]

Wolf fighting Radahn must've been like "Man, I miss Gyobu."

[@abdulrahmanwaleed6363]

would love to see this now that dlc is out some of the things that couldnt be fully replicated are now possible

[@Hepheat75]

This is absolute 🔥

[@blackpeep984]

love the video! very small detail that you could've done was to not two hand the weapon. Sekiro also holds the katana in just one hand and the moveset of onehanding it in elden ring is more similiar to sekiro's moveset. But you would lose a bit of damage i guess

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Yeah I 100% agree! I tended to go 2 handed for the guard counters. I'll likely revise this build at some point. However it would still require 2 handing as you can't block 1 handed.

[@BrolyRajang]

Thank you. Sekiro i think is the best action game of Fromsoft. Your build is awesome. Hesitation is defeat

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks man! And I couldn't agree more. It's what got me into souls games!

[@nisha5047]

Excellent work!

[@LourdessApekatt]

Personally, would have included bloodhound step although, I guess it would be more fitting for an Inner Father build Ps, new to elden ring and this video has really showed me some ashes of war I've been missing out on (I never thought about combining bloodslash and bloodflame. Wonder if there is something you can do to resemble divine confetti..)

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@LourdessApekatt Closest thing is sleep grease.

[@Idea_of_Lustre]

For those viewers who haven’t played Sekiro, each boss soundtrack is replaced with the following tracks from that game: Margit - Altered Form. Godrick - Corrupted Monk. Rennala - Folding Screen Monkeys. Radahn - Genichiro Ashina. Morgott - Great Shinobi. Mohg - Demon of Hatred. Malenia (Phase 1) - Gentle Blade. Malenia (Phase 2) - Phantom Lady Butterfly. Fire Giant - Gyoubu Oniwa. Maliketh - Guardian Ape. Hoarah Loux - The Owl. Radagon - Sword Saint (1st Phase). Elden Beast - Divine Dragon (2nd Phase).

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Damn son! You know your Sekiro OST! Legend!

[@Idea_of_Lustre]

@@SaxSlaveGael Let's just say that I got the opportunity to listen to them plenty of times while playing the game.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@Idea_of_Lustre Oh I feel you on that! Almost every boss in Sekiro took me a minimum of 2 hours to finally win. Starting my souls journey with Sekiro was a really stupid move lol.

[@ghost_mw1993]

THE DLC HAS A ICHIMONJI AOW🎉❤️

[@keyzFrk]

This makes me wanna do a katana run....but im not nearly as good so I think it'll be crazy hard lol

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Nah, Katana's are really good weapons. You'll be fine 👍

[@moonstriders1857]

bro no shot malenia didn't waterfowl once

[@ghostking8133]

I’m so happy they put the deflect hardtear in the DLC

[@SaxSlaveGael]

FR. Can't wait to do a full run testing it.

[@Zott_]

Pretty cool

[@SaxSlaveGael]

You're pretty cool dude. You're Sekiro videos are wild! Could never pull of the stuff you do!

[@therealashura8186]

Truly the Shinobi of the devine heir💯

[@j888-nj3pm]

Your edits are insane for such small channel

[@SaxSlaveGael]

You're too kind. And it's all done on a mobile app! I don't even own a PC 🤣

[@LeDeprive]

I started playing ER again.... I've been wanting to do a sekiro build but I didn't know where to start. Good shi

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Thanks man! I Hope I gave Sekiro justice.

[@AceAddashiro]

Amazing video!! Why Quick step over bloodhoundstep?? I'm just curious.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

QS is IMO better than BHS. BHS us used to escape danger where QS us used to stay close to the danger.

[@AceAddashiro]

@@SaxSlaveGael I understand thank you for the explanation ✊🏾✊🏾

[@emperorangel6540]

Nice video man

[@Apexapee]

Would be awesome to incoporate a (loaded) spear somehow! BUT MAN awesome video once again

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Yeah I was trying to figure out some of the other things like the axe and spear. It's definitely an option, I just couldn't be bothered swapping weapons in the fights 🤣

[@Forozza]

thanks for making elden ring fun again

[@lordreiss1484]

You can use wakizashi in second Hand to parry

[@SaxSlaveGael]

You can! I just suck at parrying

[@YungSnowGod]

Hell yea another great build

[@l-shadow1775]

Sekiro's combat and movement is what's missing in elden ring ^

[@SaxSlaveGael]

100% Sekiro has the best combat of any game I have ever played.

[@therealowenmcbride]

No because imagine if there were a bunch of armor, weapons, ashes, etc. from Sekiro, Bloodbourne, and other From Software games in the Elden Ring DLC

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I don't get your point lol

[@therealowenmcbride]

@@SaxSlaveGael I’m talking about items from other souls games being in the Elden Ring DLC (like a Sekiro armor set or a One Mind ash of war)

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@therealowenmcbride Are you saying that would be good or bad? I'd love more Sekiro stuff!

[@therealowenmcbride]

@@SaxSlaveGael yes it would be amazing

[@NewRetroLetsPlays]

I was hoping you'd finish Margit with a throwing knife mid jump. Oh well.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Got scared! Lol. I agree that would have been awesome!

[@JackWse]

6:49 weird.. why is that sound so familiar?

[@SaxSlaveGael]

🤣

[@vergil_is_him]

Wouldn't it be better to use the keen affinity than the quality affinity

[@SaxSlaveGael]

No idea lol

[@vergil_is_him]

@@SaxSlaveGael try it then tell me

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@vergil_is_him Nah, I am good with quality lol.

[@vergil_is_him]

@SaxSlaveGael ok I personally like dex more since quality uses 50% of strength and 50% of dex i would need to lvl them both but if I use dex I would only need to lvl up dex

[@SaxSlaveGael]

@@vergil_is_him Honestly, you'll be absolutely fine if you rock full Dex or even Full STR. As STR gives 2 handing weapons a boost. You only get that boost with Quality or Str infusion. I don't care much for min maxing Attack power, but totally get wanting not to go full quality due to heavy stat investment.

[@not_zelk]

Bro might me sekiro

[@vergilcanaber6739]

What A.I. japanese voice generator did you use? I love how deep and menacing the voice is.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I use Eleven Labs Io voice cloaning. This was the Issian Dialogue in the opening scene of Sekiro.

[@vergilcanaber6739]

@@SaxSlaveGael Thank you!! I look forward to your future uploads and have a happy new year

[@wolvenedvard3049]

I really wish the Tarnished had the quick step animation instead of the roll. I hate the roll...

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Same! I am hoping so bad for a Quickstep Talisman in the DLC! It would be life changing!

[@Grizz_129]

After this video I want to buy sekiro

[@itmejac6945]

It’s definitely worth it if you’re okay with accepting that it will be extremely difficult to learn the combat. Once you get past that, one of the greatest games ever

[@SaxSlaveGael]

100% agree with you here. I rage un-installed sekiro in the first 2 hours with how difficult it was 🤣

[@itmejac6945]

@@SaxSlaveGael lmfao finding out Genichiro had a second phase after spending an hour or two on his first is what made me take a break

[@cybronichuman]

Am I the only one looking for an explanation how come Malenia hasn't used waterfowl dance at least once???

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Lucky RNG due to aggressive combat. I've bet her 300+ times and can confirm if you play hyper aggressive there are times she won't ever do it. But again it's RBG dependent still.

[@Lucardini]

Cool vid man, I tried Sekiro for a bit but got stuck on the second boss. Got any advice?

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Only advice for Sekiro is practice unfortunately. This game will truely test anyones patience! Which boss are you talking about btw?

[@Jdot98]

What were your main tailsman and physic flask

[@SaxSlaveGael]

2:00

[@darkgod2349]

Is it me or the Elden Beast is better with Divine Dragon's theme?

[@SaxSlaveGael]

The theme hits hard with EB!

[@differencee]

10:24

[@SaxSlaveGael]

😁

[@rigorm136]

ongbal would be proud

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Nah I got hit twice 🤣 God I do love his Sekiro content!

[@CMPLXK]

Just a little confused for the ashes of war flame/Bloood what swords do I put them on?

[@SaxSlaveGael]

I just put it on the Uchigatana. 👍

[@CrappyCar]

Something, something, feet, Elden Ring, feet... that last parry against Malenia... *chef kiss* FU Elden Stars, stance-break at the perfect time.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Elden Stars suck lol

[@alexiscup2415]

Divine confetti vs Radahn ?

[@SaxSlaveGael]

That was the idea 😁

[@alexiscup2415]

Yeaaah I was right right away 😎

[@quanahlecornu478]

either hella praise to R N Gesus, or modded.

[@quanahlecornu478]

or cripppled run. Either way, whatever.

[@quanahlecornu478]

3p is known

[@clayper8406]

If it is not modded why do you have parry on block, i thought you can only parry with shields.

[@SaxSlaveGael]

They're guard counters.

[@ORCA1739]

0:44 Weeb slave gael

[@SaxSlaveGael]

🥷

[@NewRetroLetsPlays]

Does Land of Reeds actually translate to Ashina????

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Google transates: Lands of the Reeds to 葦の国 (Ashi no kuni) Good catch!

[@NewRetroLetsPlays]

That's insane@@SaxSlaveGael

[@rodbiagtan4250]

Stylish!

[@Atmos_Glitch]

What are these facts lmao?!

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Sorry if your new to the channel, I often use these to make absolutely pointless statements just to mix it up in the video 🤣

[@Atmos_Glitch]

@@SaxSlaveGael Nah this is funny man, keep it up with those facts lol

[@insomnia.2006]

good build but the AI voice is so insufferable

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Each to their own. If you check out a couple of my latest vids I am sure yoy'll appreciate why I don't use my real voice 🤣

[@Lunay543]

Erm, didn't kill Rykard

[@SaxSlaveGael]

Not with a Katana, no haha.