Every Sekiro Area Ranked Worst to Best

[@Loot_Bugs]

16:17 make it 12 - there is one red guard who warns you about the demon of hatred just before you find his area.

[@karthus9609]

also the end of black hat badgers quest line but then you have done the entire quest line with him so idk if that counts

[@Senat0rArmstr0ng]

Peddler

[@alexanderhenriquez9354]

Fun trivia about the basket guy is that i remember reading in some intervirew that his was the only dialogue in the game written by Miyazaki.

[@FaunoAtelie]

22:21 There's also the fact that you spend the whole game killing ashina's generals, war beasts and warriors in order to get Kuro back, which is pretty insane to realize once the castle is being invaded and they don't have anyone

[@vampir753]

Damn... now I feel bad about killing all these guys... but it was so fun doing so...

[@patrickripleyiii134]

Yeah lol genichiro tried to save ashina by kidnapping kero, but only ended up making wolf kill half their fighting force lmao

[@sidtalks2885]

@@patrickripleyiii134 why tf genichiro himself doesn't kill all the ministry forces....he is the 3rd most powerful character after sekiro and isshin

[@patrickripleyiii134]

@@sidtalks2885 he isn't strong enough, they would overwhelm him, he's also a coward who doesn't really believe in himself, that's why he could never reach isshins level

[@sidtalks2885]

@@patrickripleyiii134 bro, genichiro is strong enough...how many people u think can block his lightening attack ?

[@bugbunnysov]

Problem is that we probably contributed 90% in the invasion of Ashina castle by killing all of the generals, bosses and that annoying fire bull.

[@chadofastora]

True

[@jeremytewari3346]

Genichiro probably only made things worse for Ashina by pissing off Sekiro

[@TJ_Shredder]

they would have stood a chance if they just didn’t kidnap Kuro 💀 don’t f with that boy wolf man killed Isshin IN HIS PRIME

[@StillTheGoat]

Also, in Hirata estate, there is a random path that leads to the purple shinobi fight, which I found extremely cool because he alone was so hard to defeat there, and when you get to the late game, you can see how much you've improved by beating a lot of them.

[@theshark5634]

Don t forget that you can kill the infected priests with the mortal blade !!!

[@chadofastora]

Damn, I had no idea

[@JuliusCaesar103]

​@@chadofastora it's why the game has you go up the stairs after acquiring the Immortal Blade bro😭

[@raptorrsr5817]

@@JuliusCaesar103most people actually never found those stairs funny enough

[@alphatoomega7949]

​@@JuliusCaesar103Ive platinumd the game and I had no idea that was a thing lol☠️

[@BatKitKat]

I’m surprised people didn’t know this. As soon as I got the sword, the first thing I did was try to kill one of those monks lol

[@Ekandor]

I only found your channel recently, but you make really good content!

[@chadofastora]

Thanks

[@Sminguz]

Dude i only found you today and seeing someone else who appreciates the enemy types in the souls games is really refreshing. Looking forward to this channel getting as huge as it deserves to some day and saying I was here relatively early 💪💪💪

[@fenderbeen]

Ashina Castle and Fountainhead Palace are my favorite areas for many of the things you mentioned. I remember returning to the castle my first play through after Divine Dragon and being struck with this regret for taking out Ashina’s strongest soldiers earlier in the game and seeing what was left of their clan fight in vain against the Red Guard. I fought them just to keep the Ashina soldiers alive and would flee before they would attack me. For Fountainhead Palace, as soon as I fought the Okami warriors the first time I assumed Lady Tomoe was one of them just based on Genichiro’s move set and the way Isshin spoke of her. The Okami warriors, Loneshadows and Red Guard are my favorite enemies to fight in the entire game.

[@GiaHuy34509]

Yea baby! Finally, an area ranking. I have been waiting for so long.

[@Oni_Evergarden]

No Souls area has the same vibe as Hirata Estate's first half. Feels like Gotham and the flames everywhere and the rain just perfect. It's the closest to the Halo 3 ODST vibe I love so much. YOU CDAN DFFELCT THE SHICIMEN WARRIORS TERROR WHAT YOIU CAN WHAT Anyway, always good to see you rank Soul's games I like. You make the 2nd best ranking lists, #1 is mine cause I'm objectively correct always and everyone knows it. Your lists and reasonings are pretty similar logical and that's what I like about your view on things.

[@axelc3882]

Gave me the same vibes, so beautiful yet depressing

[@stoik-aa]

@Mansory811 WHAT YOU CAN?

[@nk30020]

I love challenging myself to slaughter every single enemy of hirata till the butterfly boss on each ng & ng+, without using any idols to see how far I can get.

[@djgamer2680]

I did that as a sen grinding😊

[@ThePaleKink]

I want to play this game so badly, but my AC6 all ending run ist still going and the ER dlc is so very close, I think not a single other video made me more hyped for sekiro, keep up the good work, great video

[@chadofastora]

Yeah, obviously I recommend it, but just take your time. I’m sure that DLC is gonna keep us all busy for a while

[@Only_Joss]

definitely wait for the game to go on sale, it goes on sale all the time for 30$

[@idrinkbleach188]

Import your AC into sekiro

[@antonioc.5778]

Bro, you just spoiled the whole game for yourself. What's the point

[@ThePaleKink]

@@antonioc.5778 I think 1 1/2 years ago I got into the soulsborne community because my friend group started playing Elden Ring, however, I didn’t have a pc or any consol to play it, for 4 months I fantasized about playing it and watched a lot of rankings, I know of the existence of every boss in the series and every area, but after playing Elden Ring, I stoped that, I played BB, DS I, DS II, DS III and AC VI (I finished AC6, absolutely masterpiece 10/10) and now the dlc in a few days, the good part about these videos is, that I just can’t remember what area comes after the next, I only get that while playing, I am always surprised in these games on just what boss or area is next, in terms of story, I always try to skip those parts and npc interactions, I hope that this answer is pleasing, have a great day ^^

[@NarrowSpark96]

Very much agree on the Gun Fort thing. It's easily my favorite stealth section in the entire game. You can stealth the entire fort, bar one shotgun enemy, and it's incredibly satisfying. That said, I have to disagree about the chained ogre. The reason it's an awful boss is because the game doesn't push you to explore Hirata Estate enough. I actually think it somewhat discourages you from doing so, which I think is a huge problem considering you're seemingly intended to reach at least the first shortcut as soon as you get the bell (for the flame vent and axe).

[@jordancave3089]

Wait, I’m confused. Why do you feel like it discourages exploration? Cause I never felt that way. Although, I always get rid of every single enemy in these games, so that makes it a lot easier to look around(once they’re all gone I mean) idk if you’re saying because the flame vent is in a different area from the ogre? But you can get the firecrackers right before the ogre and those do the same exact thing. I’m sure that’s exactly why they made it that way…so you could use the firecrackers against it since it’s not likely that you’re going to go to the Estate area before fighting the big fella.

[@NarrowSpark96]

Discourages exploration to Hirata, not discourages exploration. I think should have stressed that I meant immediate exploration, cause it's really just a matter of when you inevitably visit Hirata Estate. The game encourages exploration very strongly, I just don't think it pushes you to Hirata Estate hard enough to go immediately, which I feel it should. Also, yeah you can use Fireworks, but Flame Vent makes him flinch for longer, pretty sure (definitely if you use oil and hit).

[@antoniofernandes3409]

I know we meme on mist noble but he’s actually kind of impressive when you consider the nobles in fountainhead die in only one hit

[@chadofastora]

@@antoniofernandes3409 Ig that’s true

[@dawnweaver2529]

I have watched this video over 25 times and I haven't even beaten the Outskirts yet, WWW content

[@holth_kjeft]

i also really love the area where you fight the divine dragon.theres just something about walking on clouds and seeing the highest points of the map stick up that i really like

[@iLowfy]

keep making content dude, its always a good time to watch your videos

[@chadofastora]

I don’t plan on stopping any time soon

[@INsane_Gaming_456]

I recently watched your sekiro boss ranking, enemy ranking and mini-boss ranking all amazing vids.

[@chadofastora]

Thanks

[@ernestdrake1433]

Hello Chad! Another great video. However, as a fellow Sekiro player, I have to confess I preferred Ashina Castle to Fountainhead Palace... perhaps it's the DS1 lover in me that appreciates the interconnectivity and enemy variety that the earlier has, or perhaps I was traumatised in my first playthrough by the tougher enemies of the latter, but there we disagree. Cheers!

[@TyroneMcgregor]

Need more Chad content like this

[@TheIvanMilky]

19:19 im glad you mentioned it anyway because after 250hrs and watching a lot of videos I still didn't know you could use the mortal blade to kill them lol

[@chadofastora]

@@TheIvanMilky Yeah, after all the comments I got I don’t think I’ll ever forget

[@skystrike9807]

Les goo, chad dropped!!!

[@elkillertaco1729]

I dont think you've ever mentioned it so I'm not sure if you're aware but the sakura bull can be bypassed by sneaking up on it and using the fireworks prosthetic allowing you to deathblow it by breaking its posture after it goes through a frenzy from being scared and then laying on the ground from tiring itself out

[@luizribeiro2716]

Thank god you exist to remind me of Sekiro

[@JuliusCaesar103]

This game's levels benefit so much from the atmospheric background music. I think it would have done wonders if Bloodborne and even Dark Souls 3 had some.

[@konstantino2009]

sekiro is a perfect video game imo

[@chadofastora]

Pretty close imo

[@sandwichdealer1711]

my fav will always be bloodborne but sekiro is so damn good it made me seriously question that

[@tahaelhour690]

Hirata estate feels like a textbook Tenchu level. I love it.

[@BL-mf3jp]

I like the cave area with the cliffside neighboring side. I also love the monk temple in the cliffs with the demon bell.

[@ChickenLemon9204]

I love watching sekiro rankings

[@alihasanabdullah7586]

"Once you're able to deflect the giant terror balls and beam" I have around 120 hours in Sekiro. I was today years old when I learned this....

[@chadofastora]

@@alihasanabdullah7586 It is pretty unintuitive to figure out, I also didn’t know for years

[@Ricard1807o]

10 seconds in, but thank you for valuing quality over quantity in fromsoft games compadre Edit: I can see this reflected in the detail you go into when considering where to rank the areas too

[@AgnOudistic]

So, the reason there's gun fort gunmen in ashina depths is I think the depths is just under the valley, physically.

[@J-i8d]

@chadofastora you should do this for the other games, then compare their total scores to see which has the best area designs

[@luisflores7635]

You should do a ranking of the questlines. Keep on the good work 👍

[@HansAlRachid]

Sekiro is probably the single most consistent FromSoft game in my mind - aside _maybe_ from that small poison swamp area with the snipers, I can't think of a single bit I didn't enjoy. I definitely can't claim the same for ER or the Souls games. Hell, even the spooky gimmick area ended up being both atmospheric and fun to explore!

[@jeliashachurado5384]

There is no other way around. Fountainhead Palace just took atmosphere and beauty to the next level when it comes to fromsoftwares level design. It's a cool concept from the very beginning: a japanese temple built around giant sakuras and flooded by a lake with crystal clear waters. Put there a whole microcosm that is the culture of the palace nobels, and you have a masterpiece

[@stussy4]

god i fucking love sekiro so much like dont get me wrong i love all the mainline fromsoft games but sekiro just hits different, everything works for me

[@hhowdy]

25:13 This didn’t happen to me in Sekrio or any other souls game. But now that you say this I’m actually going to integrate that into the legacy dungeons for Shadow of the Erdtree to not only get a bunch or runes and make sure I don’t miss anything. But also to just go through the area again and fight all the enemies. Cool experience, going to do this with SOTE :)

[@MrFrizads]

The enemies of ashina depths actually make perfect sence. Yes they lack originality since most of them are reused but they still fit. The gunmen are in the poison pool because its literally right below the sunken valley, its the same location. the mist Noble is an enemie from fountainhead palace and was most likely placed there by the corrupted monk to protect him, and the villagers are villagers.

[@antoniofernandes3409]

11:13 the solution to chained ogre is simple, don’t stand directly in front of him, his animations are long enough to allow you to strafe to his side and consistently land attacks

[@p.r.9991]

I would love a ds1 or ds2 enemy ranking from you. These enemies rarely get the spotlight they deserve in my opinion.

[@chadofastora]

Perhaps at some point

[@chiefinasmith]

Of course you can deflect the Shichimen’s terror balls. Why did I never think of that? Lmao

[@bananaman4613]

Nice video, you should make a boss arena ranking I'm curious what you like the most

[@aesir8203]

4:10 actually got me

[@Teruko666]

Dang, I'd put foutainhead near the bottom. Aesthetically I agree it's near perfect and I like the NPCs, but Mibu Manor is a godawful migraine if you can't find the optimal route, the Great Colored Carp is the worst stealth section in the game with what could have been a moment even more memorable than first meeting the Sunken Valley Serpent, the trial-and-error "oops you lose" enemy placement for the Nobles, the area not containing a single good mini-boss, and it all ends with a gimmick cutscene boss. The sword and spear warriors in the area are its only upside gameplay-wise, and that to me is nowhere near enough to bring it into the upper half of the areas in the game. (But still a fantastic video and you got a sub from me!)

[@ThroughfulGamer95]

8. Abandoned Dungeon - It's kinda cool, and I like the atmosphere and storytelling, but it's just ok gameplay-wise. 7. Ashina Depths - Decent to strong in all the broader elements - gameplay, presentation,and story - but never one of the game's best in any of them. ' 6. Hirata Estate - Very strong story and gameplay, but visuals are decent at best. 5. Sunken Valley - Probably the weakest area in terms of story, but very solid in everything else. 4. Senpou Temple - Gorgeous in the morning and sundown, decent at midday. Story is impeccable, and while gameplay is quite good, I don't personally find it to be one of the strongest in the game. The enemies are a highlight, but the level design and exploration feel pretty limited apart from some of the big branching optional sections. Also, the boss is weak, and yes, I do count bosses to the area's appeal. 3. Ashina Outskirts - Offers some of the strongest gameplay. While pretty linear as a whole, it's a good thing for a starting area, and these linear bits are still layered and open-ended enough to offer variety and options to encounters, with secrets off the beaten path. Visually stunning, the ongoing battle in the late-game really adds to the presentation. 2. Ashina Castle - Best selection of bosses and enemies in the entire series. Very semi-linear and open-ended (for the most part), while also serving as the major hub of the Sekiro world. Lore and storytelling is also unmatched, for obvious reasons. Visuals is the weakest point, as it's VERY similar to the Outskirts and, as a big appreciator of the smaller details in environmental design, I can't deny that once you've traversed two or three rooftops, you've pretty much traversed them all.Still very pleasing to the eyes, tho. 1. Fountainhead Palace - The most gorgeous of them all, extremely fun, and very important narratively. While also having a bit of the "grappled to one rooftop, you've grappled to them all" problem that hurts exploration a mite, there is good variety in the area's broader visual design. The Divine Realm certainly doesn't hurt. Wish it had at least one unique mini-boss (the carp doesn't count and Shizu is a gimmick, if a cool one). To be clear, when I say level design, it's not just shortcuts or optional side-routes. It's also about how layered the different sections are, if they offer options and boons to enemy engagements, whether you can reach the same point through different paths, etc. Great video all in all, mah Chad. If you're planning to do an Elden Ring area ranking, you should probably include the minor and medium legacy dungeons like Castle Morne, Shunning Grounds, and Nokron/Siofra Aqueduct on the list too, since Miyazaki did seem to refer to them as such in a recent interview.

[@aayushdasgupta9754]

Ayy! Nice vid. Excited for seeing more ER content post DLC!

[@chadofastora]

Thanks, I can’t wait for it

[@powerdrillpete9319]

14:35 This guy made me quit Sekiro for a week before my shame brought me back. I was then sucked back in and beat the game not long after.

[@omoonrise2879]

I ran around for ages trying to find what was hitting me with lightning in fountainhead, i didnt know it was the Okami leader and I killed them and didn't put realise that was the reason I could now swim.

[@sinclair7318]

Sunken valley is really underated in my eyes

[@BigMan_42069]

Yo new chad video dropped 🔥🔥

[@wyattml1641]

4:09 I see Isshin got the looks!

[@ALaz502]

Man, most of my Sekiro playthoughs end at Fountainhead palace cause i just dont want to leave. Then i get a craving for another playthrough a few months later and have to relearn how to play the game in the toughest area before i can start another NG. 🤣

[@yogitasaini9634]

8:00 relatable 🤣🤣

[@Mikeyboi699]

though the dungeon is the bottom spot for me, my favorite thing about it is the Doujun questline and in particilar fighting Jinzaemon (who has the Generals' moveset) with red eyes since he does a tonne of damage and doesnt go down too easily. The lore behind it is very cool too imo like finding out Kotaro's father was there.

[@chitown1782]

Love this game! The few games i would consider a masterpiece. 😁

[@benlipka5417]

Holy shit you can deflect the schichimen warrior terror attacks!

[@chadofastora]

@@benlipka5417 Yep, just need some divine confetti

[@GiaHuy34509]

8:43 Somehow the Serpent still in the cave after you have killed it.

[@Teruko666]

The cave serpent is most likely a second serpent. It isn't missing an eye, where the first one *is missing one* for.. reasons.

[@ibrahimylmaz8442]

24:15 Genichiro learned from okami

[@krugerstan]

@15:50 thanks for that

[@Roman_Skelly]

18:32 Robertttt!!!!

[@ajanator5263]

i still feel like ashina castle beats fountainhead, i always hate having to go through mibu manor since it's so punishing to mess up there and the way the palace nobles kill you feels really unsatisfying. also, i would put the sunken valley above ashina outskirts purely for how pretty the bodhisattva valley looks.

[@NotYetHollowedSunBro]

Nice video 👍

[@steppebro]

* *groans* * * *dies* *

[@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300]

Well I wouldn't say Fountainhead is the best area in the series (that goes to Leyndell). I cannot deny just how gorgeous it is.

[@chadofastora]

I think Leyndell is objectively better, I just have a soft spot for fountainhead

[@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300]

@@chadofastora Same. I LOVED Fountainhead, and all, but I thought Morgott was a FAR better final fight than Divine Dragon, and there was more depth, paths, and enemy variety imo.

[@atrece175]

Tip: unlock camera vs Chained Ogre

[@TheLoaKai]

Did you know you can kill the infested seekers with the mortal blade?

[@gregorlangemeier4116]

Wait, you can parry the shichimen magic? Even the laser!?

[@chadofastora]

@@gregorlangemeier4116 Yep

[@Beast-cc9nb]

4:10 wait how did u 3 shot him u r deffo cheating i spent 5 hours trying to kill him especially his lightning stab

[@dualmo7185]

That sure are a lot of skill points

[@MousaMovies]

Rank the sekiro NPC’s please I love ur vids!!!

[@chadofastora]

@@MousaMovies Right now I have a lot of video ideas lined up, but I may get around to it

[@MousaMovies]

@@chadofastora either way we will be seated! excited for whatever you come out with next

[@ayarinhoshizora4617]

The abandoned dungeon leads back to the start!?!?!? I didn't know that and i have platinum in the game

[@OmegaMetroid93]

4:00 - What the hell did you just do to that rooster?? Does the game have special situational kills like this for many other enemies too?

[@chadofastora]

@@OmegaMetroid93 It’s a move you can unlock called “anti air deathblow”. There’s like a total of 7ish foes in the game that have airborne moments where you’re able to use it on them.

[@OmegaMetroid93]

@@chadofastora Cool! Replaying the game right now, so gonna have to try for some of those. Thanks :)

[@alexhart4710]

@@OmegaMetroid93you have to make sure to buy the skill from blackhat badger before you progress too far into the game, he’s over by the old grace idol down to the left in the house with the big hole in the roof

[@OmegaMetroid93]

@@alexhart4710 Yeah, I did get it. Even if you miss it, it appears in the offerbox

[@Jojo-nq3bp]

i like crickets because you can farm them for resurrective power

[@canadianpeashooter4321]

I agree with literally every placement

[@chadofastora]

Nice

[@nathanmarshall4182]

Where are the halls of illusion?!

[@GearsOfCake]

11:40 youre supposed to run around him in circles and slash periodically. He's super easy like that

[@Mars11204]

Not a fan of fountainhead palace, especially on first play-through. Not sure why they made it so difficult to find the way to the Pot Noble and the Great Carp Bell.

[@valeska_kevinleahy]

homie you have HOW MANY skill points??!?!?!?!

[@Lamajmassar]

Sunken Valley Gunfort is also for me top tier but the monkey cave isnt as nice as it has a overwhelming amount of greenness and the monkeys and it didnt have good figjts except the guardiwn ape

[@Vman_95]

Sekiro Probably only game where I liked all areas, unlike Dark Souls with Poison swamp and stuff. They really killed it with Environments🔥💯

[@nguyenloinhatduy]

U can deflect beam !!??

[@chadofastora]

@@nguyenloinhatduy Indeed

[@mestari3336]

Whre mibus village?! muy vavorite

[@SulaymanKhan-l2m]

Please rank every enemy in Elden ring.

[@Tapps9977]

1:49 evil Sekiro fan be like:

[@graysonharrod4683]

Ashina depths is great

[@onniahonen8424]

Chained ogre ain't that bad tbh. Yeah the grab attacks have bad hitboxes but you gotta take that fight slow. The close range grab is too fast to be in any part of the attack but if youre paying attention you just dodge backward. The other grab is shit i admit but it doesnt 1shot so its fine ig.

[@sSeason3]

Rank the boss arena.

[@monkeyeattail]

Sekiro is my first FromSoft game, and I have zero idea why people hate the Chained Ogre, as I, legitimately, beat him on the first try. Didn't seem that hard to me.

[@chadofastora]

@@monkeyeattail Sometimes it’s a matter of luck, and everyone does things differently. There are some bosses in these games where I thought their difficulty was way overhyped, and then had my ass handed to me on the 2nd playthrough

[@Hideyourtoes_miyazaki]

I found him pretty tough but I didn’t find him to be the absolute unit that other people found him to be on their first playthrough I think it’s cuz he’s I figured out not to parry and mostly dodge his attacks

[@motorcitydan]

change your name to Gigachad of Astoria because of the Persona music

[@boxman7044]

See I actually fucking HATE fountain head palace, not because of the area itself but the enemies. The Okami are annoying at the best of times but that’s not the problem, the problem is those stupid nobles who have a combination of all of my least favorite fromsoft enemy abilities. 1. They limit your health like the Jailers from DS3 2. They slow you like the jailers 3. Their status effect is basically the brainsucker range attack (it even traps you for an instant kill grab) And 4. It REMOVES THE ABILITY TO REVIVE, all of this would be acceptable if it DIDN’T do that. It is literally the culmination of all of my least favorite enemies and they are everywhere for the first half of the area, they even hide around corners like the brainsuckers. If they just changed how enfeebled worked it would be fine and it would probably be my favorite area. But then it goes and tops it all off on a gimmick boss that has an annoying first phase. I want to love this area and that only makes it worse Edit: ALSO there’s that miniboss that never stops harassing you with lightning who I have a love hate relarelationship with Also also I generally like the gimmick bosses, Rykard, Yhorm, and the Storm King was neat. But that first phase of divine dragon just brings me back to the Deacons of the Deep.

[@brandonG4442]

Personally always thought fountainhead was overrated. Beautiful area, but not a big fan of the level design for half of the area.

[@Hashimorex]

same. i hatet the enemies so muchh

[@jimestrada2585]

Am I the only that was completely lost all the time in this game?

[@williambisson8632]

yeah at some point you can basically go everywhere so you dont really know whats the best place to go first

[@drummerofq6393]

i agree that the vibes in fountainhead are stunning, but i hate the okami warriors for some reason. those soccer ball kicking mfs are so annoying to deal with, especially at the flower viewing stage when there’s a million of them. thankfully you can skip most of them by sneaking across the ground.

[@zer0737]

what the fuck? you can deflect the wave and the balls? I finished the game and didn't even know that you can block those

[@TheBreadB]

Add 60 fps to your gameplay videos

[@guizeko]

for me, the big problem of sekiro's areas is the fact that we have to go back to places already seen. 3 time to ashina castel ? it's not normal in my opinion

[@Lan_bon]

0:00

[@nguyenloinhatduy]

I hate abandoned dungeon cause it scary :))