Sekiro: Guardian Ape Boss Fight

[@gmajorgamer8505]

I remember when I took a snapchat video of getting the first Shinobi execution of this boss, and through my phone screen I saw his ass wake up lol.

[@BosSupes]

@darklordster A f t e r

[@siberianTiger639]

Lol omg

[@SirCumsAlot776]

Lol that’s why I hate that boss

[@sailorjun4718]

G Major Gamer please tell me you have that video💀💀

[@gmajorgamer8505]

@@sailorjun4718 I'm sorry I do not. I instantly closed snapchat and went forth with the battle. I didn't last long.

[@KhanhDinh291]

"So the head controls everything. You take the head, you take the fight" "Well yes, but actually no"

[@Londoniusthe3rd]

lol, nice meme.

[@astralape9719]

Well yea, but not the head of the monkey, the head of the centipede

[@tuna5305]

NemeTobbler Isn't it a parasite shaped like a centipede?

[@astralape9719]

@@tuna5305 Probably. We don't know for sure though because I don't think they've said.

[@papi9305]

"good thing i managed to shift my conciousness to my spine right before he cut it off"

[@MrRednosemak]

He puts his head back on his neck so he can scream through it. Holy shit that's intense

[@KingJelza789]

Holy shit I just noticed that

[@MrRednosemak]

@@KingJelza789 still tripping on it 4 days later LOL

[@krisskross9014]

Woah

[@tomoe6498]

Omg i just noticed that

[@abhinavsingh9268]

I was playing the game at somewhat 2:30 or 3 am an managed to defeat the monke but when that man grabbed his sword and head I was like so scarred that I plugged out the pc and it gave me nightmares for like 3-4 days 😂

[@ness6714]

This boss fight is so awesome, it basically does the "ha ha not dead" back at you, which you have been doing the whole game at this point

[@GusTaJooJ_OFC]

Never thought of it like that

[@liamwright2510]

Yes but our health bar shows twice, this just like lady Butterfly shows once. fromsoftware plot hole/laziness/trolling once again.

[@liamwright2510]

@@icinnalatte it literally says shinobi execution. It makes no sense.

[@AltAccount-dz8rp]

​@@liamwright2510because you killed him with a shinobi execution? Its literally shown to you he's immortal because of a centipede inside him, you did kill him in phase 1 but he revived

[@gtx1650max-q]

​@@liamwright2510bruh, just enjoy the frickin game, pLoThOle

[@dexie135]

Thanos : you should've gone for the head Ape boss : hold my head

[@rayzuke1232]

Thanos: No Ape Boss: Okay then I do it myself

[@arjunsaj97]

Underrated comment bruh 😂😂😂😂

[@angelm2944]

Best comment ever hahaha

[@sharilshahed6106]

@@colebrown8293 gets some help

[@nichtpedro2978]

Cole Brown jealous

[@pridefulbeast110]

Bruh I killed him after exhausting all my health pots on his first phase then when he got up my soul was crushed 😭

[@pridefulbeast110]

@Petr Říha who hurt you in life 😂

[@raylathemoonshadowelfassas1052]

@Petr Říha Your life is as sad as the dead ape carcass in this video

[@Xavio354]

@Petr Říha Your comedic genius knows no bounds.

[@ThorKAH]

Petr Říha ah yes, the racist “muh dad gone” jokes. Lmao good one

[@safoh2kojan171]

@Petr Říha oh no you have a bad eyesight my friend that is definitely yours just go check again.

[@ArchangelExile]

Remember, never let your guard down in a Souls game until the boss' body disappears.

[@ashikjaman1940]

I can't wait until they make a boss that dissolves only to become another boss

[@llamathecooldude691]

@@ashikjaman1940 🎶 *Oh no oh no oh no no no no no* 🎶

[@pegres5339]

@insanity Beats which one is it? I have played the game like a year ago

[@timmycu]

@@pegres5339 soul master or whatever

[@wamas1234]

Did y'all just forget the literal 2nd boss in the game?( Lady butterfly)

[@BlackBuu]

This is the best presentation And creativity of a boss battle I seen in a long time .. I mean just look how he’s holding his head in one hand and fighting with the other my god

[@yehyahamzawy4045]

and how he farts on your face, poops in his hand and throws the turd at you

[@salcano6918]

This sounds super sarcastic lol

[@kuanlimputera]

Omg scrubby, a souls virgin, filthy casul. Are You forget Mytha, the Baneful Queen (dark-souls 2 boss) ? this isn't the first time fromsoft having given you headless boss that are holding their own head. Miyazaji just copy this from forgotting team-B. You are an ignorant souls virgin pretending that dark-souls 2 isn't exist. Ooo or you are just souls virgin that are pretending to have played all souls games. licking miyazaki's ass.

[@Bloodhurl67]

@@kuanlimputera Hopefully a troll cause right now you're making yourself look like a bitch.

[@anima94]

@@kuanlimputera Dark Souls 2 is such a shitty game that it doesn't count if a boss from there looks good. The fight itself was shitty too and nothing compared to most Sekiro bosses.

[@levintine777]

The true definition of “why am i hearing boss music?” meme

[@UncleMerlin]

@@colebrown8293 why are you like this

[@UncleMerlin]

@@colebrown8293 *why are you like this?*

[@Latverian_peasant]

Cole Brown why are you like this

[@aeroanosupremo]

@@colebrown8293 Why are you like this?

[@vinhluongrh]

@Cole Brown why are you like this?

[@foodguru6960]

This is gonna be the final boss in heaven for the dude who shot harambe

[@czarmorte721]

Lmaoo

[@femboycyan]

lmao that's fucked up

[@justified6280]

It isn't his fault. It's the fault of the parents who let their child fall into the enclosure.

[@jumpyboi7784]

@@justified6280 exactly

[@frankuraku5622]

It's gonna be like Dante's Inferno for the PS3 except it's in heaven

[@jhevgainz2307]

Its movements when its headless are so damn creepy along with the music

[@madmatt6454]

@AliTriple6ix what a douche

[@oskarjung6738]

It is like those sword fights in Tom and Jerry. The most funny thing is when he slam stretches his body on the ground just to get a hit. Like yo, man you can't be any more desperate just to hit a puny man.

[@rajeevvarma84]

Movements controlled by the centipede inside it makes it even more creepy

[@rigglethedrake9040]

Welp maybe a Easter egg about how animals become goofies when they re affected by a parasite

[@iamnotthatguy7166]

really demonstrates how the centipedes are hosting their victims bodies

[@jcgonzalez84]

My father was watching me while playing. When he stood up holding his head he said “This is Diabolical” Then he left! :)

[@sugarcombfilms3467]

Juan Carlos Gonzalez Boomer

[@BoredInTheComments]

Lmao

[@activebanans683]

@@sugarcombfilms3467 lol

[@killerqueen953]

😸

[@sharilshahed6106]

@@sugarcombfilms3467 a boomer of culture, at least.

[@RJMacReady1]

This boss fight went from one of my most hated to most loved. Sekiro seriously has some of the best boss battles Ive ever played. You feel so goddamn powerful when youve got a boss perfectly down and youre just dodging, swerving and parrying everything they throw at you. Even more so because your first attempts made the boss look damn near invincible

[@Sev7en170]

Now try playing with 15 - 20 fps

[@obscure.reference]

Sev7en17∅ why would you ever do that

[@sablonanime650]

Then you refight the headless version with another ape helping it. That’s my favorite fight, it’s the ornstien and smough of sekiro.

[@obscure.reference]

Sablonanime that fight has nothing on ornstine and smough that fight is a total joke i would say the first guardian ape is a much closer parallel in terms of the player’s progression and frustration at that point in the game. O&S is the mid game rage check in the same way as the GA, just because there’s two of them doesn’t actually make the fight harder

[@sablonanime650]

@@obscure.reference I was more talking about the strategy for them, you separate one from the other and divide and conquer. O&S is a way better fight but this one is great too.

[@Megacaillou]

And just like that I'm convinced to buy this game.

[@MrDisturbed619]

After fighting it you'll be content on getting a refund

[@Megacaillou]

@@MrDisturbed619 Won't be my first time regretting a decision. Certainly won't be my last. Also I already got it, so it's too late for me to have a change of heart.

[@MrDisturbed619]

I wrote that tilted af he's actually not that bad he's actually pretty predictable

[@deusexbaby5555]

Michael Leach Thats all the bosses lol. Learn their pattern and its easy.

[@MrDisturbed619]

@@deusexbaby5555 yeah so far every boss I've had a mental breakdown on then watched a strategy guide then beat them first try most bosses are pretty easy after you understand their patterns

[@maxvitor7023]

Good, someone that actually fights the boss and don't just run around for 20 minutes.

[@Midnight6578]

You don't play the game if you don't deflect every single one of your ennemy's hits and kill him by dropping it's hp to 0

[@Rezinstance]

@@generaltorgal5730 True.

[@MattF012]

@@generaltorgal5730 are you guys fucking stoned? That applies to enemies, it 100% doesn't apply to bosses like this. Try deflecting every one of his moves and see how far it gets you. You can stagger it through successive hits, but deflecting does next to nothing because its posture bar drops fast.

[@Lunk42]

I did this. I'm disappointed in myself but that thing was fucking horrifying.

[@BreadKung]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3q1mZuBfpadd5o I kill him with deflect Deflect is the best

[@alexbailey5211]

This feels like a darker version of kubo and the 2 strings.

[@notavailable8201]

Yep Kubo's mother being corrupt by her father forcing Kubo to kill her. Or her husband either way is dark as fuck.

[@consumerjtc5835]

At least she wasn't infested by a parasite that would reanimate her headless corpse.

[@jacobhand5874]

@@consumerjtc5835 or fart in his face

[@micci973]

Yh, I thought So too

[@schmittfamily5045]

Saxton Hale vs the Yeti without Saxton Hale

[@セツノナナシ]

for those of you having a hard time with second phase, after 1 or 2 parries of the sword attack, he'll twirl the sword and do a huge telegraphed slam, deflect that and he will fall down, 6~7 free hits and take distance, rinse and repeat,

[@xdan-]

Also, the shield prostetic is priceless against the blood scream attack.

[@ryanisfootdrums]

Yup! His thrust attacks are ideal for parrying and it's awesome free damage after he slumps over. I think people are just scared to parry it, I know I was the first few times I fought it.

[@ThorKAH]

Also. You can use the spear prosthetic to pull the centipede out once he slams to the ground like you said, it gives good damage & great posture damage

[@jongxina3595]

His second phase is super easy, its the first one thats a problem since he fights erradically like a monkey and throws his shit at me.

[@willieoelkers5568]

@@xdan- Combo it with Floating Passage once the scream is over for a decent chunk of HP.

[@sebastiancardoso]

Very interesting to see an almost parry-free approach, which is the exact opposite of how I played this fight. Props to From for continuing to provide great strategic diversity in their fights :)

[@indigoward4396]

Player: Alright, that was a hard battle but at least it's decapitated now. Guardian Ape: I'm about to do what's called a pro-gamer move.

[@geese7374]

Everybody gangstar. Until Guardian Ape start picking up his head.

[@griffithdidnothingwrong4788]

is that a motherfucking jojo reference?

[@griffithdidnothingwrong4788]

@@jeffcarroll1990shock yes it is "gangSTAR"

[@griffithdidnothingwrong4788]

@@jeffcarroll1990shock ahaha why so salty brother?

[@jokelethkurueisner9229]

Then puts the head back on to scream before removing it again

[@errorjack1805]

Player: All right I cut his head off. He's done for. Guardian Ape: It's just a flesh wound!

[@garlandgarrison3739]

Tis but a scratch

[@Nightdreamr]

@@garlandgarrison3739 A scratch?! Your head's off!

[@thegrammarpolice69]

@@Nightdreamr exactly, nothing a bandaid can't fix...

[@shubhampaul790]

Bro Took a Minute To Kill The 1st Phase and 4 min to kill 😢 the 2nd

[@ammoconda6415]

the truest "tis' but a scratch"

[@voltrixgames4375]

*gets poisoned instantly* is this the Blood starved beast of sekiro

[@stranglingtheunborn4162]

No it's the bloodletting beast 2.0 XD

[@StrangerForever85]

@@yunghdeity Oh, god, I was hoping it wasn't mimicking Congalala...

[@AlexiasPlaylist]

@@StrangerForever85 it looks like its mimicking someone taking a fart

[@KuroKien]

I think you have a bit mistake, the yellow Kanji that show before the head cut off is call "Poison", and the purple Kanji after the head cut off is call "Fear". It means instantly fear when hit by blood scream.

[@voltrixgames4375]

Kuro Kien shut up and stop ruining the meme

[@keicole1267]

Took me forever to beat phase 1 just to find out there's a phase 2 that's even worse

[@spiffcorgi]

Phase 2 is waaaay easier cause you can just fight it like a normal Sekiro enemy. Deflect his sword hits (they're fairly slow), run away when he lifts his head, and deflect his big hit to stun him for ages (massive deflect window on this so really hard NOT to deflect and stun him). Once you get to Phase 2 it should actually be a rap.

[@roronoazoro8210]

@@spiffcorgi for me phase 2 is hard cause of that damn terror, it's giving me rage.

[@anyhow8174]

And then u have to fight like 2 of em

[@havilarborssa4138]

1:33 When your crush and your homie is at your funeral and you hear him say “wanna date?” to her

[@llamathecooldude691]

LMAOOOOO

[@mide8845]

Who asks for a date at a funeral

[@esperecelegir4068]

THIS 💀💀💀💀

[@shubhampaul790]

Now Let's Have My Dinner *few seconds*

[@rubub8455]

when you hear your mom say "he wouldve wanted to give away all his games to orphanages"

[@MrBurtbackerack]

Me: "this ape aint so bad, don't know why i've heard people say he is" Ape stands back up, picks up his severed head and achieves his final form Me: ofcourse...

[@deathhzrd]

That’s not even his final form! You have to fight him again with ANOTHER APE It’s like ornstein and smough but monkey

[@juancampos9468]

@@deathhzrd funnily enough I found that fight and his second phase in general easier than the first phase mind you I beat it without firecrackers

[@markomega8719]

"final form"? "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? GUARDIAN APE???" "THERE IS NO NEED TO SHOUT! SEKIROOOO!!!"

[@Thatguywhogivestheonlydislike]

Legit one of my favorite bosses in all the fromsoft games. The twist of him not actually being dead, the hugely different movesets of the two phases, the beheading is fucking cool, the awesome arena with a bunch of grapple spots for cool dodges, and the fact that he comes back again later because you don't sever his immortality.

[@timnguyen4211]

I thought it was just because the parasite inside the ape wasn't dead.

[@andrewsilva500]

I never played Sekiro, but this looks a very fun fight, just like Lady Maria of Clocktower, Orphan of Kos, Slave Knight Gael and by far, the best one, Ludwig

[@excalibur2596]

I always thought that it was another ape. I don't know why I never thought it was the same one. It makes so much more sense.

[@littlemoth4956]

@@excalibur2596Ah yes, the other twenty foot tall headless albino ape with a giant sword. They’re a common species in Ashina.

[@spiritdevil5427]

Just watch someone else to play this game already made me feel very anxious...

[@sharilshahed6106]

treat it as any other opponent to learn and overcome, instead of what its supposed to be (a terrifying giant monkey who goes even creepily without his head)

[@simzz3957]

Same

[@bitik9847]

U weakling

[@BloodClanResurrection]

I've been stuck fighting him for 3 days now. His final form has to be the biggest irritance in videogame history.

[@dedsecdefalt7888]

Legit one of the scariest and most creative boss fights in gaming history.

[@skorpioflo]

This battle in particular is a masterpiece, one the most impressive, and enjoyable, fights I've ever seen in a game.

[@vilgefortz3131]

Impressive presentation, yes. Extraordinary design and animation, yes! But enjoyable?! My heart always is right before explosion when I fight him, even in NG3+ after already beating him three times.

[@hwacha4911]

Disagree dude it's pretty unbalanced and his hits are unpredictable. Whenever I beat his first phase its almost always by luck

[@alistairwatson7263]

Awful boss

[@nixy664]

enjoyable 😃

[@arthuralmeida6049]

We found a masochist

[@SlumericanXX]

What? This boss fight doesn’t even look that h-WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

[@zacharybrown8054]

Oh no, phase 1 is definitely harder then phase 2. Only reason I failed so many times was because I used all my healing and resurrections on his first phase.

[@SonGoku5363]

@@zacharybrown8054 Really? I find phase 1 so much easier because he's vunerable to firecrackers and its easier to stagger him.

[@zacharybrown8054]

@@SonGoku5363 yeah but you can deflect him and really build up that posture meter.

[@sherr1306]

@@SonGoku5363 second phase is free ride if you take your time. Just attack him after he does this diving attack - you can land 4-5 free hits, than disengage and wait till he make the same attack again,

[@irvancrocs1753]

For me phase 1 is more crazy than the phase 2 unless you keep stagger him with divine confetti or mortal blade each time he grabs or using firecrackers, he is so freaking aggressive on that phase.. I able to beat him in 2nd phase in the first try after died couple of times at his 1st phase..

[@user-cb1cb5sc1g]

1:42 what a magnificent hitbox we got there

[@writer7997]

Yeah, that pulled my brows up too

[@jamesmaysflyingwashingmach7459]

It’s a From game; sloppy design and broken hit boxes are expected, as is the neckbeard rage when you point it out.

[@gamwpanagia]

@@jamesmaysflyingwashingmach7459 I struggle to believe that some people think from games are good.

[@aggressivedemocrat3649]

@@gamwpanagia They're decent, nothing special.

[@gamwpanagia]

@@aggressivedemocrat3649 I'd call them decent if I was feeling extremely generous on a good day

[@chrisr5616]

This boss fight made me start asking myself "is it really over?" with every new boss I encountered.

[@acousticbeast9]

Luckily this is pretty much the only boss that does this other than Lady Butterfly and Genichiro the 2nd and 3rd times you fight him.

[@blasalvice]

This game had the best "Oh shit." moments I experienced. Ez clap tho

[@sammyjones2081]

My original observations of the Guardian Ape; I believed that it had been used by some sort of order to guard a temple entrance or something, rather than acting independently to guard a flower, and its various wounds like the sword through its neck was reflective of lore that there had been many attempts to defeat it, but all had failed in the past

[@imageez]

Its one thing to have a headless monster. But to make it acts like actually like a being lost his audiovisual senses (and probably motor control as well judging from the unfocused yet aggressive body movements) is a whole level of details that must be appreciated

[@dragomanx2416]

It was moving and attacking like a centipedes in the game because it had one inside it's body.

[@ericlopez1984]

The bosses in this game are sick I prob should cop this joint

[@The-Azure-Knight]

Oh no! Why are they sick?

[@mooganify]

Thy 72eaper 😂

[@mwizachihana9551]

'Eric Lopez'. Sick in an awesome way or a bad way?

[@7vn77]

woody shut the fucking hell up

[@banekiller6245]

@Bruce Wayne this killed me 😂

[@chainsawvsgod384]

One of the coolest boss fights in any game I've ever played. The freaky way he moves and attacks when his head comes off is just cool as fuck.

[@IloveGorgeousGeorge]

Yeah, after the point that you behead him, the centipede is now controlling its body, the brain is no longer in control, leading to his bizarre, snake-like body movements. Which is why you can deflect his overhead slam, and then stab his bloody neck stump with the spear, pull it out, and damage the centipede that gives him immortality. And if you have the Mortal Blade by this point, you can do a third deathblow to his body after the fight and sever Immortality

[@cosmicsoul8042]

0:36 that is the most badass special/magic(whatever it is) move I've ever seen in a video game.

[@cosmicsoul8042]

@MKIS yeah that, looks badass.

[@healhands5760]

When i first chop his head and the "Shinobi Execution" flashed on screen, i was like "Im a real shinobi" then suddenly ape grabs his head i was like "oh sh*t" (quickly grabs back the controller)

[@bizarduno]

A “bug parasite” inside a beast... this IS a reference to Bloodborne. These are the Vermin the League were hunting, and probably the reason why Yamamura joined.

[@jorgegarralagamartin3071]

Yes. Bloodborne 2 confirmed.

[@eurologic]

Nope. Not even close

[@zenithace6449]

I was gonna say the same thing with the bloodletting beast with a worm in its head

[@zenithace6449]

And notice how bloodletting beast and guardian ape both have gashes on their head

[@FelixS.]

Game out since this day and the demented fanboys who want to see connections no matter what already coming up with their stupid assumptions 😂 Dark Souls is not connected to Bloodborne and Bloodborne is not connected to Sekiro. End of the story.

[@Libretro]

Easily already one of the best and most memorable Soulsborne bosses ever

[@NK-ik4ci]

Poor ape tried to chop it's own head to get rid of the parasite :(

[@gamebox1159]

N K so that’s why that big sword is inside its chest area like that?

[@NK-ik4ci]

gamebox 115 that’s what I think

[@Wolfboss7]

@@NK-ik4ci Either that...or someone else tried to kill the ape (probably a giant) and rather than killing it, was in for a rude surprise when the ape kept on fighting. As usual, a lot of scary conclusions you can draw.

[@TechNinjaSigma]

that's actually quite the Insight; pun partially intended

[@Bejitabro]

@@Wolfboss7 idk, there's a copy of him also without a head and with the same sword, so maybe that's just how they roll

[@erikgonzales3178]

Is it just me or does the headless ape move like the dancer of Boreal valley?

[@brendanfrost2475]

Yep, but in a faster phase with a signature fart attack.

[@robbielin4200]

@@brendanfrost2475 you fucking bitch i see u copying

[@whenyounutinhermouthandshe]

@@brendanfrost2475 stupid bitch I see you copying

[@brendanfrost2475]

@@robbielin4200 wut?

[@brendanfrost2475]

@@whenyounutinhermouthandshe Both of you alright?

[@arnoldmws6330]

I'll never forget the first time I saw this boss. My friend was playing and I made the mistake of cheering when she got him on the first phase. Second phase is terrifying as hell!

[@hiawa23]

The boss designs are amazing. Is the ape throwing his shit at him? I love when he keeps trying to put his head back on. I am usually not into the souls games but I love the ninja, samauri, Japan theme of this game and bought it. Can't wait to play it.

[@brinyxd3684]

I was like "oh he's dead already?" Edit: thanks for all the likes guys really appreciate it

[@dwightedwards3859]

Me too

[@obiwankenobi2328]

Shadow die twice 😅

[@lonelywolf5659]

Nani

[@jonesknow2663]

yeah. after 20 tries with 0 estus :'(

[@Shock108]

Same lol I was like "why did this feel too easy?" And then get grabbed his head I was like "Oh"

[@Modioman69]

I’m new to this genre of games as none have interested me until seeing clips from this game. This fight made me decide I’m going to buy this game. Thank you for the upload. Chilling fight and I did *NOT* expect that!

[@Modioman69]

Nobody’s Shadow Haha will do, that looks like a big IF. I’ll be at this one for a while I’m sure.

[@ballisticwurm5582]

I'm in the exact same boat as you

[@MolmorJS]

The beheading is probably the most badass execution I've seen in any game. Amazing boss all around

[@gitl7918]

Use the spear prosthetic after deflecting it’s giant delayed attack, it’ll pull the centipede out temporarily and deal a bunch of damage. You’ll have to use the tool button again after using it to pull the spear back

[@mastouriedam5845]

I dont have enough spirit emblems for fireworks. Umbrella and spear

[@eveei]

@@mastouriedam5845 then get some ya chum

[@mastouriedam5845]

@@eveei I already finished the game with both endings

[@motivusthesage]

Things that took me my surprise, 1. This

[@tarbetdavid]

Learn to spell. You ignorant muppet.

[@blinkintervention2110]

@@tarbetdavid Lol grandma natsi

[@motivusthesage]

@@tarbetdavid wtf did I spell wrong?

[@gohlincoln1243]

@@motivusthesage you spelled by as my but this guy was so bothered by it he needed to say

[@motivusthesage]

@@gohlincoln1243 1 year later and I never found that out lol I'll just keep it

[@thelionofjudah5318]

This boss reminds of a bloodborne boss in his second phase...bloodletting beast

[@ttnbros8178]

First phase is similar to Bloodstarved beast

[@umukzusgelos4834]

He even has Bloodborne-esque fur on him

[@Odinsday]

The way the boss moves is like the giant fishmen in the Fishing Hamlet.

[@pontiffsully5562]

DustyO'Rusty no

[@pontiffsully5562]

Umukzus Gelos he has "BloodBorne-esque" hair? Probably the most retarded comment I've read today. Y'all are trying too hard to relate this game to BB.

[@rhettorgeron8651]

The key to beating his second phase is to deflect the final swing of his 4-5 hit combo. Look for the move where he raises the sword high in the air and crashes it down. If you can properly deflect that attack, it will stagger him without fail. When he's in the stunned position, use the loaded spear R2+R2 thrust and drag attack on his neck hole, and you'll pull out the giant centipede in its body and do an insane amount of posture damage. Do that 2-3 times and he's done!

[@theoputra8234]

GOTY 2019. this one of the reason

[@xobripxo]

To any one that's struggling: Oil and fire works wonders on this boss during the first phase. The boss literally tries to pat out the fire, leaving it wide open to be hit like 5 times.

[@nickbraet7493]

I go "WOAH" everytime I see a Sekiro gameplay video... Can't wait to play

[@AProfessorkool]

Omg this game looks like a oil painting.

[@brianmachado4839]

Like an ancient painting, yeah, its beautiful

[@mrtempoe]

An oil panting hmm? Maybe one painted with with a dark soul by the painting woman in Ariandel?

[@tjs6025]

I’ve used the same controller for Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3 (and all the DLC’s). I’m only at the first mini-boss... no way it survives this game.

[@omn5142]

The music in this fight is insanely good, how all the strings start distorting when his head is off

[@MetalGearPearl]

I can't believe this bossfight took me like 7 hours to beat him, but the Owl only took me like 5 tries In fact, I've played every Souls game and I've NEVER had such a struggle like this 💀

[@MetalGearPearl]

Bruh, Isshin was less difficult for me than this ape 💀💀

[@Hunter_vp]

It's the literal opposite for me😂

[@rubub8455]

I could write an essay about how amazingly this boss is designed.

[@vilasackphengnammachack7891]

In the first stage, I use oil and then fire on it. You can then free hit him for 4-5 times and finish him off quickly and easily. Those who struggle fighting him in the second stage, I strongly recommend getting a mortal blade as it deals a lot more damage and makes this fight much easier.

[@yuzin9028]

This thing is a fusion of Dancer of the Boreal Valey and that giant shark from Bloodborne.

[@rijulbasukala4852]

Me in genichiro fight; Finally, I got good at deflecting and bringing down his posture *Guardian ape enters Me: WhAt Do I dEfLEcT aGaIn

[@ハーフ-r1m]

I like the second phase but definitely not the first it's giving me chained ogre flashbacks

[@utisti4976]

@@ハーフ-r1m For me, it's the opposite. I can deal with the first phase just fine. The Guardian Ape's second phase has destroyed me more than Isshin's second phase.

[@ハーフ-r1m]

@@utisti4976 I'm on ng+7 with demon Bell and no kuros charm and I've now finally gotten good at his first phase. One boss that I still struggle with and I'm happy that it's optional is the demon of hatred. In my opinion he's 10x harder than ishinn.

[@dengai2932]

@@ハーフ-r1m Ones I realized that I can grab hock the demon of hatred after some attacks he became easy

[@EarlOfLemongrabb]

ΛutistiЄ yeah cause the first phase is predictable and we are more familiar with it! I had youtube and learn about the second phase more to kill it haha

[@americanenigma_5108]

The music is so Great ! Adds to the chilling anxiety of this fight

[@ShutupIkeelu]

I know it's been 1 year but still have to thankyou for uploaded this video, I was in a fight with this ape & got rekt by his 2nd phase so hard, after several tries I literally stopping the game right after killed his first phase to watch & learn the move & thnks to that I was able to beat him real quick... The bosses order actually is a tutorial for you to play this game by its way & this ape taught me that in the fight with him I need to combine tactics to beat him, 1st phase you have to move alots & use hit & run then his 2nd phase turned out easier than I thought when all you need is timing to defense & deflect, similar to the fight with genichiro but much easier

[@angelstarfire]

1:32 it was at this moment my soul left my body

[@upamanyu5431]

Favorite fight in the entire game. After the first time you fight him he's so fun

[@adamfowler5475]

I love how at 0:07, the music signals like "I know you're there boy:

[@kpvse]

I don’t know if this happens to you guys but, after a long break of this game when you come back, it looks so beautiful.

[@alejandrohb5813]

*"Why am I still hearing boss music?"*

[@HeyItsTheWykydtron]

I remember beating him on the first try with zero estus remaining.. I even called the fight "easy".. then he picked up his head and reminded me that I'm playing a Miyazaki game.

[@Arctandem]

The second half of this fight is actually way easier than the first if you just deflect all his attacks. It does major posture damage and can stun him for a while if you deflect his heavy hitting attacks giving you a good opening for damage.

[@EsdHuncho]

The guardian ape made me take an almost year long hiatus from the game, glad I returned and finished it a few days ago haven’t tried elden ring yet but so far sekiro is the best souls game I’ve played.

[@rottencrowfromcaelid7183]

Thanos: You Should've gone for the head Guardian Ape: *You Should've head for the gone*

[@atomicfart6830]

Me: I Finally beat this boss Miyazaki: You mean you wanna fight two apes at the same time? Me: *PikAchU faCe*

[@luaym.923]

Me: side dodging to avoid his attacks, accidentally stepping behind him Ape: NOPE *Lets out a lvl 100 fart* Me: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH * YOU DIED *

[@kiritotachibana4336]

Good one bro 👏 you got me that one 😂

[@txgrizz6176]

When the orchestra starts as he recognize you're there, it's scary as hell. That detail is very dope though!

[@iwndeathwing8828]

This boss lost his way from Dark Souls 4 and came here xD

[@sabu4539]

and the demon of hatred

[@NanaYuru]

so the body was controlled by a centipede. That explain why its body moved like there's no joint.

[@Random1567]

Hash Frowns he was using his head to do that red mist or whatever attack sometimes

[@argusto3337]

Everything Bad, the ape is immortal, and unless the mortal sword is used in that centipede he will not die, just like the wolf, he revives and not

[@varun-xu8gv]

The centipede was like a parasite I think

[@SivaR1020]

Body was not controlled by the centipede. Centipede is there just to keep him alive and preventing death. His movements changed only because his head is now in his hand and also got a sword.

[@nukidoki4966]

it moved like there were actually a lot of joints involved

[@chandradika3606]

it took me 4 hrs to beat the first phase, and when i killed it i was so pissed at him i started spamming all my item on him then he took his head. the rest is history

[@Sol-ck3tp]

I love that when the ape has lost it's head , and screams , blood just sprays out of his neck. That's some serious creativity

[@tomdylan2074]

CHEESE METHOD I basically did what he or she did the first phase. Bait attack, fireworks, attacked butthole. 2nd phase (I only attacked him when he does the slide swipe and just jump over it. Use the sprint button to run around the arena. Then wait for it to do the slide on belly swipe then attack twice. repeat.) -The only reason to keep attacking more than twice is when he's staggered but this only happens once in phase 2 I think. -He will do the following after a slide on belly attack: immediately start slashing with sword, twirl around and give himself some distance from you, or terror AOE. -What attacks he does while chasing you while you sprint from him: ground sweeping attack, jump diving sweeping or thrust?? attack, terror AOE, and sword slashing. (Able to outrun all of these) -Be careful not to run into walls since it'll make the camera freak out and cause it to stop targeting the ape. If this happens then FUCKING RUN EVEN MORE or use the the vine trees and grapple away. I'm not proud of this cheese method I came up with but I didn't have a choice since I had no resurrection or healing gourds in the second phase.

[@dunderbolted7255]

Best boss in the game by far. Love the aesthetic and the combat.

[@colabeeste]

god the way he moves in the second phase is just so terrifying to me?? like the sword is almost controlling his movements, and the way his body twists and sways so unnaturally... it causes me such anxiety (which is probably the reason i'm having a hard time beating him)

[@Groncheroente]

When you see the centipide inside of him and you realized why he moved like that was so cool for me.

[@abrahamhmar7317]

My favorite boss fight and music. I struggled to beat him for so long but after I figured out his moves it's the most fun battle.

[@SivaR1020]

The second phase background music is perfect. Makes the fight even more scarier.

[@seventhflower9635]

1:28 "Dude, stop. It's dead." 1:30 "Whooa! Nevermind!"

[@vydave]

This was cute, but the Serpent one was pure scary

[@ThatDudeCalled]

Ashen one: We must beckon these lords of cinder to their rightful thrones!!! Sekiro: Dude did that ape just throw shit at me?!

[@gregguthrie7746]

Been stuck on this boss for weeks...after watching this video...iam on second stage now. You just gotta go after it. No jumping around getting one or two hits here and there. Thanks for this video. Never played a game like this before. But what Iam starting to learn is...GO AT EVERYTHING WITH FULL FORCE! Thanks again.

[@prefeudalalgebra]

This game has some of the most unsettling sound design I've ever heard

[@SharkByteOfficial]

It ain't a souls game if the boss dies that easy... phase 2 baby

[@jdennis867]

i finally beat him today. he is actually not that hard if u know how to avoid his unblockable attack. his terror scream is the most annoying move because if u stuck in the corner and the camera is fuked up then it's game over. luckily i used a item before hand so it didn't do much to me.

[@dedsecdefalt7888]

Except Sekiro took it further and added a future double ape encounter too.

[@lastsamurai9732]

0:48 fart of the century

[@somerguy3527]

1:24 me: huh that looks easy Looks at time left Also me: aw shit here we go again

[@game-gor1942]

Monke kratos doesn't exist, he can't hurt you MONKE kratos

[@xshullaw]

This fight is a combination of the Bloodletting Beast and Dancer of the Boreal Valley. The design of the Ape also matches the BLB. Look at the slash in its face and how the parasite comes out of its neck!

[@odoaceroftheneoromanempire7178]

The first phase of this fight isn't too bad, but I had no idea what to do for the longest time in the 2nd phase. But,when you do know what to do in the second phase, the fight is pretty easy. Especially when you use the spear prosthetic.

[@lightninggaming016]

Player: finally I just cut off his head I beat it Guardian ape:I am about to end this man's whole career

[@litetg7608]

2:44, that attack is quite easy to parry and if you do parry it, you can get like 5 hits on it

[@kiranikib42]

(Just beat it) I rarely parried that attack since my souls instincts told me to run behind him to his feet to hit him and get it worked, just really hate his grapple attack in his first phase(the one where he belly flops) that hitbox is bs

[@eliottdeletraz97]

I never saw the end of the fight because i was here to see the ape jumping (i found it beautiful). I really didn't expect to see a centipede coming out of the monster's body. That indicates that the guardian ape was dead for a long time and this parasite decided to live inside and controle the whole body. A centipede is not suppose to be a parasitoids insecte (well, i hope it doesn't), but dude. This thing is able to control a whole body and even made is scream. Huge respect for this creature (also terrifying).

[@bcal5962]

WOW Stuck on this guy right now. The amount of hits he gets on this guy in the first 35 seconds is almost unbelievable. Incredible! This boss is just a absolute tank