How to Kill Inner Genichiro (Easy) Boss Guide | Sekiro

[@Biggvs_dickvs]

Sekiro is like you finally won against a boss! Your reward is another boss to fight.

[@shinobidaniel_12]

This one took steroids and knows you've been bullshit, so we gave him a cool move too

[@onimaru1894]

Lmaooo

[@kombatant648]

"And even worse, you have to do dat shit all over again if you die!"

[@balladin9200]

Love how inner Genichiro is in your reflection of strength bosses so you can practice to not to fight big horsespearman and creepy obasan over and over.

[@Karim-is7ew]

My thoughts Exactly !

[@mouadel4219]

Thanks a lot i had enough of beating that bitch and the big horse guy even if he is cool tho

[@123afish]

what is this sentence bro

[@kirat2927]

Thanks man you saved me hours

[@archismanchatterjee3670]

Thank you so much man

[@Shado0wBlade512]

I love how the gauntlet feels more painful than the fight between wolf and isshin the sword saint

[@friedjellybeans8820]

I remember getting through Lady Butterfly, and the final one unlocked being Inner Genichiro. I had no idea what "inner" Genichiro was but it had the picture next to it, where he's not wearing his armor? So I thought it was just phase 3 of his fight and I thought to myself.. "that's it?? 2ez no problem" only to be obliterated by new movesets and died immediately

[@AyushSharma-dn5mo]

I killed Tutorial Geni and the Ashina Castle Geni in first attempt in NG+. I tried not to play Gauntlet till I have more attack power. Now I am on Owl and tried fighting Gauntlet one. Totally destroyed. Been trying for 3 hours and managed just 1 win in practice reflection of Strength. He feels like a totally different beast.

[@sharif47]

My first attempt at the divine heir gauntlet: Killed Gyoubu, probably 2 or 3 gourds used, pretty much easy boss Killed Butterfly (gave me the most trouble in regular playthrough), had to fill up her posture bar more than 4 times, because she would simply call illusions whenever the bar was almost full, still had 1 gourd left Finally, it's inner Genichiro, I know he's different, but how difficult could he be? I didn't have too much of a hard time fighting the regular one. Plus, I casually obliterated Tomoe Genichiro as part of the final boss fight. I was pretty confident. All my confidence went away when he obliterated me with his combat arts.

[@joshsmith8466]

It is

[@bulbhead3333]

@@sharif47 same

[@Stephen-uz8dm]

The loading screens and having to select the challenge every time are brutal when you are first learning his moves

[@the_spaghett_boy4331]

Once you get to him you unlock it as a memory so you don’t have to go through the gauntlet to train on him actually

[@bernierjordan3681]

@@the_spaghett_boy4331 I think he was referring to the fact there is no restart option even in the reflections. So you die load to the main hub reselect the fight and reload back in. Which can take awhile in of itself.

[@taylereasdon4765]

Think of it as a moment of reflection 😂

[@bed22455]

​@@taylereasdon4765underrated comment 🤣

[@bulbhead3333]

the only annoying thing about this fight is having it at the end of the gauntlet after two easy fights that you have to repay every time you loose to this guy.

[@Jaycomma]

Reflection of strength…. I’m so sorry bro you wasted your time lol

[@beastboy9223]

Xd hope he saw this​@@Jaycomma

[@thenotsofrguy6953]

This guy is definitely an average shura ending enjoyer

[@Gaff.]

I used Ichimonji Double and it worked extremely well to keep my posture down. Free vitality hits on both ichimonji slashes after any successfully deflected Sakura Dance (great time to heal as well) and several other spots give you openings to do posture damage with it as you bring down your own. All for 0 spirit emblem cost. Took maybe five or six attempts till I understood his new moves and habits, and once I decided to try the Ichimonji Double, got it on the second try.

[@garymcjerry]

Ichimonji is goated. Even when I perfect parry 95% of stuff I feel like i have to take breaks to regain posture. Ichimonji says fuck that. Attack AND regain posture. Plus, it’s a really satisfying Bonk.

[@ExecutionerDan]

I always just used mortal blade twice after a Sakura dance reflection for each phase. I'd do it in the beginning for the damage purely to make the rest of his posture not regen immediately. Two mortal blade hits and he's a normal geni after that.

[@julianpischler9378]

Came back to the game after 18 mths off and finally killed Sword Saint. Feeling satisfied, I promptly started the new gauntlet of strength… and this guy put me in a coma

[@zeno6554]

a real comma?

[@TheoJay615]

"the cheese is actually harder than the fight" I expect nothing less.

[@DonYoGi8331]

Its true, Ichimonji double is the best thing to use due to it reducing your posture, which was really helpful for me. Now I can sakura dance!😆

[@No_confidence]

I watched this video even though I already beat him like 15 times. Still worth it

[@guntherlul1942]

U can also heal after parrying sakura dance

[@DonYoGi8331]

Thanks

[@DonYoGi8331]

Thanks again, u helped me get sakura dance😁

[@guntherlul1942]

@@DonYoGi8331 Thats nice to hear :) Iam glad that I could help someone :)))

[@ExecutionerDan]

Bro geni would chase me to the ends of the earth while I tried to run away and heal 😂 You can really only heal after successfully parrying a big combo of his like his floating passage or Sakura dance.

[@TicianoDiniz]

Easy way to master and defeat every boss: enjoy the fight, die, repeat.

[@elcalosl474]

I defeted him by saying to myself "relax, it's a videogame just enjoy the fight"

[@tophatowl6724]

Look, the fact that I have to take 10 FUCKING MINUTES to retry this boss once is beyond stupid.

[@soniaasi5831]

Best way to avoid sakura dance is to deflect first 2 hits then jump and perform a mid air deflection..Trust me, it works well

[@trichad4654]

It does not work

[@soniaasi5831]

@@trichad4654 Idk, it works with me as i've like PERFECTED deflections

[@highgaming6444]

2 years later and just wanna say you can dash towards him on the 3rd attack of Sakura dance as long as you deflect the first two and avoid deflecting the last one + free hits

[@r3ddp1l]

Its so exhausting that you need to kill 2 bosses before having a new try on him ..... ....

[@alexandersantos7983]

You need to master them on Reflection of Strength first... only then you fight them on Gauntlet...

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Just came back after a few months off and underestimated how absolutely fcking brutal this game truly is. You can't take time off and face genichiro like that.

[@thedragonknight8061]

lmao, i took time off at last boss, sword saint, came back to fight him after like 6months

[@nileshmankar6433]

This boss guide is quite hard...here is the easy one... without using prosthetic tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYDTiaNqpJuFibM

[@zakako1782]

"the first 2 phases are harder then the 3rd phase" *Me who has died to 3rd phases inner genichiro 50+ times*

[@vishwaskotegar5248]

Same ...

[@purehollow]

The problem is that he breaks your posture so easily and you will be wide open for his long ass high damaging combo , you need to keep watch over your posture

[@izawa9211]

If you deflect every attack enemys cant break your posture

[@purehollow]

@@izawa9211 you know this is a year old comment? I have already mastered the fight and have no issues anymore

[@victormc187]

​@@purehollowshut up

[@SrBlue-qp2ux]

@@izawa9211yeah but better be safe than sorry. If you get a single block instead of parry, its over. So its way smarter to have enough posture bar to support that block and keep deflecting.

[@MonsieurButter]

I had an easier time fighting isshin than I did inner genichiro

[@joelblair6453]

Great guide, I noticed if you dodge toward him after deflecting the second Sakura dance hit you don’t get hurt and can get an ichimongi double on him

[@Roosalio]

I tried that and it works amazingly well and works every tine, but it seems like in his way of tomoe phase you can't do it anymore or I'm just bad at the game

[@lucamante1106]

@@Roosalio no in the third phase you cant dodge through it. You have to block it

[@-Four-]

You can deflect all 3 and still be able to do ichimonji double

[@gilfordtan]

Nice slow mo. Get to see a lot of details. About the guide, I'd like to share what I discovered. For healing window, you can safely heal in the first 2 phases immediately after doing a Mikiri Counter. He'll try to shoot you but because you're close to him (as you just did a Mikiri Counter), just forward dodge at the last second and the arrow will always miss you while you can continue pushing him. You can do the same in the final phase, it's just that he'll do perilous lunge thrust (even though he's so close to you XD) which you will have plenty of time to do a free Mikiri Counter again after a heal. Now this is depending on your preferred play style, for the 4 arrows spam attack, I prefer to forward dodge the last arrow so that I can immediately close the distance and keep pushing him. As seen from this video, sometimes you'll get punished when you try to close the gap after deflecting all 4 arrows.

[@Tezca-Coatl]

dont you get the sakura dance for beating gyubu, butterfuck and genicheese? I cant really use the move against him then ^^

[@OldHunters]

for sakura dance, the first two parry is easy, the last one is tricky. One easy way is to use umbrella against the 3rd one.

[@j4mesreg4n]

1 . 2 .. 3. There’s a slight pause between the second and third slash, I like to deflect 1 and 2 then step dodge into him on 3 and cheese a few free hits

[@aniruddhahazra2196]

I've been stuck on him for a whole day, thanks for the guide man, I'll beat him tomorrow (hopefully).

[@MrGoofyGooberson]

The big three jump attacks he does always gets me

[@whydoyoutroll99]

Same, I was kinda hoping he would have a tactic beside the perfect parry..

[@-Four-]

The first sakura dance is dodgeable by dodging inward. The rest you'll just have to git gud

[@grimreefer213]

I can’t wait to fight this guy so I can feel like a beginner again. Genichiro is too easy

[@Chaoblahippo]

Mist ravens most useful prosthetic for dodging his sakura dance

[@Loneshillouete]

After sometime u’ll get use to his animation and the parry time for the sakura dance though. Its relatively easy to time.

[@turkey2143]

I deflected the 2 hits then just dodged into him....why do people think it's hard?

[@Chaoblahippo]

@@turkey2143 becouse i suck

[@turkey2143]

@@Chaoblahippo oh, L

[@nileshmankar6433]

This boss guide is quite hard...here is the easy one... kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYDTiaNqpJuFibM

[@archangelgaming4259]

Nice video.. Here's a tip for the Lightning reversal, cause you mentioned one has to take damage. If you deflect (holding block) mid air, during the lightning reversal you will hear a distinct 'clink' and you won't take damage from it at all. The rest of the procedure to fire it back is the same. ;)

[@sekyung2069]

yeah i feel like people completely forgot that in the lightning reversal instructions, youre meant to “charge” your sword (in other words, block) before you return it. but ig its so flashy that getting hit and returning it is easier in the heat of the moment

[@samiksood789]

Worst feeling ever when you beat him but only during reflection of strength and not the gauntlet.

[@Cainfoe]

Is TUF but worth

[@throrthrainul1362]

At about 7:05, when you start talking about the reasoning behind your choice of this one amongst (presumably) many clips of your boss fight footage, the conclusions you reached in the line of thought are why I just subscribed to you! I appreciate that mindset a lot; it includes the *subtle* flex you deserve for being *able* to do a perfect clear on Inner Genichiro, but it doesn't let that very subtle flex actually interfere with the video's ability to teach the viewer what they want to learn.

[@grimreefer213]

I recommend not running at all in this fight, because you won’t be able to deflect while running, so if he uses sakura dance and you don’t get the first deflect then you’re dead

[@ianfleming7294]

Might sound insane but if dodge toward him during his dance you can dodge the first hit deflect the second and dodge the third hit. Its not easy for me but its possible. And deflecting early is the way to go on his new attack if you don't wanna try dodging it

[@godofecom]

I don’t think dodging works once he hits stage 3

[@ianfleming7294]

@@godofecom yeah dodging toward him seems to be the best direction. You can get underneath it. Im not really good at this game and pull it off. Rare for me but you can do it if you practice

[@adrianosoldati1684]

I always dash through the thrid hit of the sakura dance, the timing is easy and then you can punish him any way you want. I always throw an oil bottle and blast him with the flame prosthetic, then after a few strikes he will catch fire and I get a few more free hits

[@sekyung2069]

ooo that actually sounds kinda fun to add in. ill try it!

[@RicardoDuarte2510]

Best game ever , i have all achievments , i can finally fell like a mastered it

[@sion7651]

the slowmotion is a great idea! thanks man!

[@pacman5800]

this boss was piece of cake compared to the last boss of the game isshin the sword saint the 4 phase boss battle I almost gave up on this game I died atleast 50 times and finally beat him today August 21 2022 now I'm doing gauntlets and going for the platinum trophy as well as stocking up on everything I need

[@hottox8861]

I've beaten the game like 7 times already, but this guy always gives me trouble. Never beat him so far

[@lucidwolf2068]

Thank you bro 🔥🔥 I really needed this vid 😌

[@_galahad_1217]

Without kuro’s charm I missed getting perfect counters for his first attack and died instantly so yeah I kinda needed this

[@Jm3hatR]

What does the Kuro's charm?

[@_galahad_1217]

@@Jm3hatR without it you take damage even when you are blocking, only if u have perfect counters you can negate all damage

[@Jm3hatR]

@@_galahad_1217 Well, thank god I kept it 😅

[@HoangNguyen-fz8zr]

to perform a proper lightning reversal, you have to guard while jumping, hear a "ding" sound - meaning u successfully block the lightning, then press attack. If u can block the lightning then u wont take dmg

[@levioor7383]

I have no time to heal and my posture keeps getting broken

[@pajeetsingh]

How do you do umbrella? Do you just hold R2 until his combo ends or Do you hold R2 and then press L1 to deflect or Do you just press R2 once? I've seen Ongbal playing with base vitality and he is at max posture damage and still manage to not take any more posture damage while umbrella for Genichiro's long combo.

[@sekitanijun6657]

There's an easier way to beat him in the third phase, whenever he draw his bow you just need to charge your melee attack, that will cancel his attack, keep do it over and over again until you can kill him :)

[@Cainfoe]

Fromsoft patched it yesterday, in the final patch 1.06 :)

[@betteryou7hanme]

After deflecting his new three hit combo, you can hit him with a double ichimonji before he recovers. He'll take the full health damage of both strikes, and then you can go into the basic pattern of r1 - r1 - deflect. After two or three exchanges he will try the special move again, or the multi hit flurry (which also leaves him open to a double ichi.) Dash forward when he backsteps, but only once. when he gets about 10m away he will do a chasing slice and you can hit him with two light attacks. Wait for the opening after deflecting his new 3 hit combo to heal or pop sugars / confetti. If your buffs are good then bonk him twice on the head. You'll melt him.

[@Good_guy__]

i did it! after a weak or something :D i finally beat inner genichiro and unlocked the sakura dance, i can rest in peace now (and start my second playthrough xD)

[@TheHumbleHollow]

I can't for the life of me figure out why, but my deflects tend to not block all of the damage, even though it plays the deflect sound and shows the sparks and ring around the sword

[@kx7500]

You’re maybe only deflecting some

[@ashleyzheng5134]

Why am I blocking and deflecting his sakura dance but still taking damage

[@MW-vt6ec]

Do not do block (hold LB), do not do block and deflect (hold LB and tab LB right before each hit). Instead, only deflect right before each hit (just tap and RELEASE LB). Doing so give you the widest timing window for each deflect. There are three hits, so tab LB in quick succession two times, wait for about half a second, tap LB the third time. Remember to release LB each time you deflect, your finger may be holding on to the LB without you knowing. If the timing is right, there should be no vitality loss.

[@jordan12345423]

It has to be perfectly timed in order to be free from any sakura damage, just think of it like playing an instrument music and you need to catch up the rythym

[@lordziz]

I got all the way to this boss in Mortal Journey and died because he spammed sakura dance :’(

[@j-money753]

So basically this is a get good boss guide

[@lingricen8077]

Do you NEED to have that sugar active to be able to stagger his bow attacks?

[@DonYoGi8331]

He couldn't withstand my Ichimonji:double😄

[@japbenny4804]

this is what i am waiting for bro...😁👍

[@ExtraHecticana]

So the advice is: know how to handle his attacks?

[@jasoncoiscou2075]

Still can’t beat Inner Father lol

[@Metaljonus]

Just finished smoking a joint and the screen moving in and out got me fucking bugging out 😂

[@davidtodd5088]

I even cheesed the first 2 phases of this fight perfectly so I would only have to worry about the third and no matter what I can never get a single heal off, and every time I die he just keeps attacking so whenever I get back up I immediately die again, I've officially given up on this fight

[@magentacashew_7160]

You have to fight the same regardless if you're low. You need to hold out till he finishes his combo and then you'll get time to heal. He's very easy to create a rhythm to

[@arunnalluri5470]

i just keep dying to him walking backwards and shooting me

[@SlintMountbatten]

Am I not deflecting those first hits perfectly or something cuz when I deflect them I still get damaged

[@DonYoGi8331]

It depends on your posture. Ichimonji double is extremely helpful once he lands because it reduces yours and increases his. Plus u can sneak in a healing item after he lands. These tactics are how I beat him.

[@epoh_7979]

i cant seem to be able to block his attacks with the umbrella since my posture breaks before he completes the combo

[@jovyrivera7055]

I had just beaten isshin and this was by far more annoying and difficult, I hope they scale their damage a bit because with a lower vitality you'll get one shot most of the time

[@picx2246]

as soon as i learned how to parry sakura dance it was cake

[@frankromeo1100]

I watched the entire video confident that I’ll do better then I proceed to get creamed in a whopping 15 seconds

[@SpooderMan854]

tip:you can use umbrella mid air for arrow rain attack 2:05

[@ReverStar]

I have max attack power, max prayer beads, and max gourds, and I can tell you the first 2 don't help. I also am on NG+ 9

[@Cainfoe]

Buff and push :) or his posture bar will do down quick in ng+7

[@thedragonknight8061]

what is max attack power?

[@Belzebubke]

@@thedragonknight8061 99

[@matheusribeiro7080]

Whatever. Your status doesnt count on this mode. Only life gage

[@washington6485]

A collaboration between muse dash and dark souls looks awesome

[@shinobidaniel_12]

It really does

[@ScottJohnCaile]

The intro is amazing. Genichiro is such a fun fight.

[@nero_playz9244]

When I first finished the game I tried the gauntlet more than 20 times but in vain,so I just gave up and went to ng+,after beating the game second time I tried and beat the gauntlet first try lol

[@masterchain3335]

This boss is such utter bullshit. Been at it for several hours now and still can't even reliably get out of his first phase. Only even seen the final phase twice in that amount of time and usually die pretty quickly. Definitely hating this fucking game right now.

[@Chillnature1]

I REFOUGHT GENICHIRO SO MANY TIMES DURING THE GAME THINKING IT WAS USELESS SO I LEARNT ALL THE COMBOS AND NOW I GOT INNER GENICHIRO FIRST TIME LMAOOO

[@king_koopa0583]

This game used to be hard but after beating it around six times it it got a lot easier whoever created inner genichiro was cooking

[@toogee1850]

Beating this Gauntlet gives you the Sakura dance right? Kind of embarrassed that I haven't gotten it yet lol

[@danielnemet341]

Yep, same goes for me :/ Gyoubu and Grandma are easy at this point, but when it comes to Edgynichiro, that 3 hit slash combo always gets me. I know it can't be that hard to counter, but it always catches me off guard...

[@danielnemet341]

Never mind... Right after I wrote this, I beat him

[@toogee1850]

​@@danielnemet341 grats brudda! he can def be a beesh to deal with n his new moves. I actually just finished all of the gauntlets (except Mortal Journey .... fffffffff that lol) Inner Isshin is no joke man. but some how I beat Inner Father first try. the Inner father fight is a lot of fun bro you should def do the Shura gauntlet.

[@JG-tb2lt]

Killed my controller yesterday because of him ...

[@toogee1850]

@@JG-tb2lt you can do it bro, beeeeeat his goofy assssssss

[@manmanma4458]

Love this! Keep it up! 👍👍👍

[@kornelobajdin5889]

Hmm so actually using double ichimonji is very useful good posture and health damage. And he almost always uses sakura dance. So deflect first two dash into him and start ichimonji. Everything else is similar. Also people saying its harder to heal. Not really. Heal when he pulls the bow out move left or right as soon as animation stops sprint so you dont get hit. Be aware of his projected force attack after the last arrow he does it now. Everything else is similar. Just gotta get the hang of his sakura dance.

[@rickool07]

ichimonji double and umbrella does wonders

[@sethyarbrough5204]

Can you fight Inner Genichiro after the Shura ending? I don’t feel like NG+ this game for atleast a while.

[@seretith3513]

You can Block the Lighting to reflect without Damage

[@SB-tk2de]

I got em to third phase one hit my first tried the gauntlet now I can’t get him anywhere close to it

[@born8999so99]

Parry is useless whan he do dance comps

[@jarredbracken8142]

Can I use share play and have you jump on my game to beat inner Genichiro for me? I can’t do it. Ps4

[@Obarg1_]

I've failed mortal journey twice so far, both times to inner Genichiro, i used all kinds of heals, resurrection and i still died. But when i fight that fucker in reflection of strength, i can dump on him easily and only have to use like 1 heal throughout the entire fight

[@leukanesynder2704]

You suggest learning Sakura dance? Since you learn it by beating this bastard, I will never fight him again once I get it.

[@gobgooberson698]

It's great how u do it all in slo mo

[@hashimbokhamseen7877]

I killed giyobu and lady butterfly first try and then I died in genichiro's first faze due to a bullshit unblockable move which I can't be bothered to learn how to counter especially after fighting isshin the sword saint

[@CounterP1us]

My idea is we can dodge sakura dance 3rt attack of phase 1&2 and after that we are safe to use buff or heal, but phase 3 we need to deflect

[@pasanoidkekw]

he is actually very weak against ichiminji-double. after each sakura dance there is enough recovery time to bonk him good

[@m.degroot6837]

I can beat regular genichiro with no problems but i think this fight is bugged or something. some counters and deflects are just not working for some reason?

[@Cainfoe]

probably just timing ✌️ keep it up

[@wraithhh098]

i did literally not stand a chance against this genichiro even though i can easily beat normal genichiro without getting hit and i know all of his moves.

[@AwakeningWoW]

sakura dance best way for me was parry 1&2, 3 i just dashed to him because the third is not in melee range

[@79DarkAvenger]

Nice vid. But why the Jazz?

[@udaykatarmal5735]

Guy saying you are a noob and playing plants vs zombie fight for the neighbourville

[@udaykatarmal5735]

You can get phantom kunai knifes before the final boss fight if you have killed the merchant

[@calinkim8742]

@@udaykatarmal5735They should show up in the offering box next to Hanbei.

[@gaki-space]

Bro you saved my life

[@TunnelSnake-es7tu]

How come I can’t use a jizo statue on this fight?

[@axlrze6114]

Wait you take no damage? When I deflect I still take some

[@julianl6642]

Your timing is off

[@jrrtt25]

Then you’re not deflecting

[@danieledwards4821]

I beat genichiro at the tutorial of the game but It wouldn't let me fight isshin

[@CounterP1us]

I just get idea to mikiri in phase 1-3 jump in phase 2 but nó idea to reflect his sakura dance, i got reflect effect but its still so hurt, thanks for your push up tip

[@xdYama]

For the last phase Sakura Dance lightning reflect, when he sends the lightning back to you, use the Mist Raven, it will have the same effect as reflecting the lightning.

[@javiersouth8244]

I don't have the sword deflecting

[@chiragtambade2775]

Awesome dude 😎🔥

[@MilanrefreshedGaming]

The resident evil music tho 😭

[@Warfighter4717]

Lady Tomoe said that if you jump and block than throw back lightning you will take no damage.

[@MW-vt6ec]

How do you use mist raven to counter the lightning? What's the combination of button strokes? Is it right trigger to start mist raven, A button to jump, RB to send the lightning back?

[@MW-vt6ec]

Never mind, I found out myself. Your video will be more useful if you provide information on the various timing of the deflects and counters. For example, when Genichiro does a jump attack, when do you deflect/dodge, when do you makiri counter his subsequent thrust attack. Another thing worth mentioning is when you push Genichiro, the various sword cling and clang sounds tell you whether you should attack or deflect next, just saying push push push does not help much. Perhaps redo the excellent video with improved commentary? Thanks for the various Sekiro boss tips.