How to Beat Eigong - Nine Sols Final Boss Guide

[@MrRaui]

One important thing to note is that when you parry something in the air, you get your extra jump back. That means for the 3 or 4 wave attack, you don’t need to land on the ground at all. You can double jump, parry the white waves and then jump again, using the air dash to get some extra air time if need be or use it for repositioning.

[@PKSunrise]

THANK YOU!! this helped clear up a lot about this fight for me! i had no idea that you could just jump over the three/four wave red slashes, i was dashing through them and hoping i could hit the parry for the white slashes. i'm not as confident with Unbound Counters but all that extra damage is too good to pass up. after clearing the Pantheon of Hallownest, this was a surprising challenge! this will probably be one of my favorite fights in gaming for a WHILE.

[@m1m1c_]

this is a great video, not only is the content straightforward and useful, your cadence and voice are very pleasant to listen to, keep at it.

[@codythompson2560]

Your production quality rivals that of your soothing, and inspiring voice haha seriously though, this was super well put together and it's giving me the confidence to try this fight again. Thanks!

[@Mordrukk666]

Haha thanks Cody, and good luck!

[@zhunliu318]

Here's a tip that helped me a ton, which feels dumb in hindsight - put your attention on your opponent, not on yourself. I used to keep my focus around my hitbox and use my peripheral vision to keep track of the enemy. However, in Eigong's fight, it's much easier to focus on its moves, as it'll give you much more time to figure out what is coming next. Plus, for the 4-slash thing in phase 2, think of them as melee attacks rather than ranged helps a lot with timing - they travel so fast so it's no different than blocking a melee in your face.

[@ZerbanDaGreat1]

Thank you so much, you're a lifesaver. I clicked onto your video hoping for a solution to her phase 3 screenwide, which I didn't really find because it gives me legit sensory overload and I'm forced to just spam L1 and pray, but seeing that parrying her two-hit air combo sends you to the ground with enough time to Unbound Counter her red downslash and make another punish window was exactly what I needed to crack this fight.

[@rachaeljay7608]

Thanks!! This video helped me beat Eigong’s third phase. My biggest issue was the full screen slashes. I noticed that I was essentially focusing on jumping too much for those attacks. I focused on parrying first rather than being airborne and got through the fight

[@Mordrukk666]

Glad the video helped you out, congrats on defeating one of the most difficult bosses of all time!

[@shlep444]

Unbound counters are so damn hard in this game

[@PaddyCharles90]

I noticed with the three and four-wave attack she opens Phase 2 with, she always alternates between the two. Going from 4 to 3 to 4 to 3 etc. Makes it a lot easier to react to it. It changes in the third phase where I wasn't sure if there was a pattern since she would sometimes add the fullscreen attack onto the end of it.

[@sebastiantirado3675]

The lighting slash she does with the 3 slashes is actually perfect for getting an easy 3 perfect parries, with enough time for a talisman

[@sgtSerGUNt]

I used Immovable Jade (charged strike charges quicker) and Focus Jade (enhanced charged strike). You can punish her with a charged strike after she hits you twice and opens her back in the high stance, or after she pokes you three times in the low stance. Also, I used Qi Blast, which gives you bow ammo. You can use it after she has just dashed behind you with the triple slash or every time she kneels. You hold a charged strike, and immediately after the Qi Blast, you release the attack button, spam the bow attack (cloud piercer), and after the bow, just press an attack, so you will do a charged attack. It chunks out 20-25% of her health. You can beat her phase in up to a minute. You can use Full Control as well. It is easier but does less damage. The quicker you deal with her, the fewer attacks you need to avoid, and the better your odds are.

[@labranehit7687]

I tried so hard not to look up videos like yours but when I realised she has a phase 3 after 2h of just trying to beat her phase 2 I gave up. Thx for the tips, I'll try them out. I have another tip that I found out. When she goes to her stance to do those massive red and white slashes in phase 2 and 3, it can be easily interrupted with an arrow. You can replenish your shots (if you have the build and 3 ki charges of course) by planting a talisman after her charge multiple sticks (you know the cool one where she poses will there's a tornado of slashes behind her). You really have the time to detonate the talisman . Same if you plant them just after dodging her orb plunge or the massive slash when she poses in the middle of the flames. Just make sure to jump above the flames before planting your charges.

[@sebastiantirado3675]

Water flow + hedgehog Jade seems like THE best combo for her

[@Soundwave1900]

Hedgehog is the best jade in the game in general!

[@leviatini5643]

Thanks so much for this. It was really useful to use this as a reference, especially during the 3rd phase.

[@Mordrukk666]

Glad it helped, thanks for watching!

[@jud6651]

I use the full control talisman option. I find that her talisman attack lacks vertical range, so if you jump and plant talisman right before her talisman attack, you can charge it all the way and be safe. A fully charged talisman attack will also stagger her.

[@anarfox]

You can definitely get a five orb full control talisman attack in phase two. It's just not guaranteed. When she does a jump attack with two white slashes followed by a red one, do an unbound counter and stun her. Here you can sometimes do a full control attack. But sometimes she decides to do another attack pretty fast after, so be prepared to abort and dodge. The tell is if you throw her sword back like she's cleaning it from blood, then you know you have plenty of time to keep charging the full control attack. After a slide slash is another opportunity. Same tell. I've also found that if you dodge a talisman attack in phase two, she will always follow it with a jump attack.

[@diogo2957]

Or turn story mode and pretty much set settings to turn into a god lol, man for my sanity i had to do that, seems my reaction time cant handle this, reminds me of the dlc version of the final boss of hollow knight, these fights are designed for a specific gamer that has insane reaction times, good luck yall im done 😂 I felt all of the rest of the bosses were fair on standard difficulty except this one

[@evil_cupcake2386]

5 hours... I spent 5 hours on this boss... if only I found this video sooner...

[@happydays2740]

that's a perfectly honest performance my man, i'm up to 3h so far

[@wynnjones2435]

It's interesting seeing what you decide to Parry and Dodge. Like the big orb unblockable, I find too hard to react to with a Charged Parry so I just end up dodging out of the way and punishing her with a enhanced charge attack, I also run the fastfall Jade so that when she does the talisman strike I can dash to the ground and have enough time to charge Parry the unblockable drop if she does it(you can Dodge out of it if she doesn't), which also gives you a full punish phase 2 by the orb unblockable since it comes in a sequence making it much easier to deal with. Having the Perry instant charged attack jade it means that when she does the lowest strings you can always punish with a Charged attack when she does the third hit and that generally even if you don't have enough time to do a full talisman strike you can just do the charge attack for some damage. And phase 3 is just blocking those screen wipes and waiting for your openings like phase 2

[@TryHardGamerYT]

This is a pretty good guide considering how early it was made! I do think you missed some details and a couple tips tho Remember to anticipate both of the strikes in the up down combo in phase 2, as you'll have enough time to dodge the flame pillar even if there isn't a second hit. Piercing arrow can interrupt red attacks like the wave slashes, which can be useful if you're not in a position to handle them or if you want to sneak in an extra opening. This strategy is paired well with the talisman style that refreshes ammo upon detonation. Water flow is good but you'll have enough time to use a 3 chi charge in between attacks, and even 5 charges after red attacks. You can sneak in a charged strike after Eigong uses high stance. You can make the opening bigger by positioning yourself close enough so that Eigong moves too far forward and has to turn around to hit you. As said in the video, anytime Eigong passes through you is likely an opening. This is especially effective with the jade that instantly readies your charge strike upon a perfect parry, as well as the jade that consumes one charge to increase charge strike damage. Finally, I very much recommend attempting to parry the horizontal slash during the screen wide slashes in phase 3. The attack is designed so that parrying all the strikes will give you enough airtime to parry the following red attack. Dodging the horizontal slash, as shown in the video, reduces Yi's airtime and often leads to landing on the ground too early, which leaves you vulnerable to the follow up talisman attack, also shown in the video. If it's the unparriable variant, double jumping or dashing are both viable. I completely agree with the the advice of both letting Eigong come to you and keeping your eyes on Eigong instead of Yi. Very good tips. And of course, learning the rhythm of each move is essential. Again, very good video :D

[@shadedzeal8482]

Fantastic guide

[@happydays2740]

your a beast man, thx for the tips

[@ugandaa4641]

This is one style of beating the boss. I use a different one and I suggest that you figure out you're own way of beating the boss unless it's too challenging.

[@jonas_oja]

2:00 for me it works to stay on the ground and Dash when she lands and when she dashes past, apply a talisman to get out of danger

[@gabrielscoccola5960]

Yeah I don't know why he's jumping and dashing over her, her initial slide doesn't deal damage. If you stay on the ground and use the talisman to go through her, you can fit a whole 3 slash combo and a second talisman for a much bigger punish.

[@RedRanchu]

Its a fantastic fight but its abit tedious, i think a good balance is to reduce her HP by about 10-15 percent and her damage by 5 percent on standard mode just so casual gamers can feel that satisfaction of beating her on standard without finding the fight tedious. The difficulty spike is just wayy too high

[@xtreeivi]

Spent 3 hours on 2nd phase just to found there is 3rd 🤯

[@advakart4208]

sword saint was way easier. you can mount pressure on sword saint and melt his posture allowing for a quick kill, you have to do so much waiting for this boss to tickle her health bar. i find myself dying a lot because i get bored and lose focus

[@dualmo7185]

Great guide! I keep losing focus for like half a sec and then messing everything up unfortunately 😔

[@dualmo7185]

I DID IT

[@Mordrukk666]

Congrats! Glad the guide helped you out

[@Bradypodidus]

Thanks a lot

[@frankiehands]

Is there a way to recover your points if you die in this battle? I wasn’t able to upgrade anything before this battle. I had no idea it was coming up. Am I screwed? Lol

[@tikustycoon5131]

Will need this 😂👍👍👍

[@urprise]

Thanks for the breakdown of the kit. The only thing i didn't get is why i had only 2 phases ? i thought i would unlock the 3rd one in a dialoge while fighting her but i guess it's depending on your choice along the story mode ?

[@Mordrukk666]

You need to complete the side quests with shuanshaun and the poison guy to unlock the 3rd phase

[@karilu3777]

I don't think I will get to phase 3 as a new gamer who can't keep an eye on attacks from many direction. Dang. So hard);

[@pzy1986]

For the third phase. When she disappear and slash, do you jump up. Or parry on the ground and the boss will hit you up in the air ?

[@jamesssmith6438]

Why my eigong have only 2 phase?

[@aleksbas9007]

Bullshit boss , especially 3 phase .A very very long and exhausting fight

[@mann_von_welt]

Great guide, but after watching this I immediately switched to story mode. This is just too crazy lol

[@The_Lost_Pikh]

Can someone explain why i just had 2 phases?

[@Blair5414]

The "normal" ending is after a 2 phase battle. True ending and the fight that precedes it requires various criteria to be met including finishing up everything with Shennong and Shuanshuan, and finding a powerful explosive. Details can be found online easily enough if you need more specifics.

[@duyanhbui5386]

easiest way to enjoy the game without killing your sanity switch to story mode thank me later