Nine Sols - How to beat Eigong: Strategy + Hitless run

[@tmacattack8302]

There's a THIRD PHASE!!!!! I gave up and came to this KZbin video after dying immediately on my three attempts that made it to phase two. I'm never gonna beat this

[@cuarentas4052]

There are only three phases if you are doing true ending, perhaps there is hope for you yet. Good luck either way (:

[@Abyssal2878]

keep going bro you can do it its so fun

[@Fioletets]

Git Gud!!!

[@tmacattack8302]

@@Fioletets assuming you’re here too it’s not like you’re any better than me. FYI I beat it bitch

[@tmacattack8302]

@@Fioletets you ain’t much better than me if you’re watching this video🤣🤣 also this was a month ago I beat the boss already biiitch

[@vision7208]

the learning curve for the three phase is so brutal, i can hitless the first phase and 2 heal the second phase but learning the third phase is tough cause it takes 8 mins to reach it every time

[@GameZero2]

For me the first phase is harder then the second. In second you have more time to heal yourself at times. 3rd phase is brutal, struggling with it rn. Hopefully I beat it in next couple hours max.

[@vision7208]

@@GameZero2 after i defeated the boss, i realized that the only barrier to defeating her is time. How much time can you devote to learning her moves.

[@GameZero2]

@@vision7208 I agree I beat her too. I played so much that the first 2 phases were done with barely any health potions used. For the third phase every time I got low health I used my bow to stun her for a second and use healing potion. Didn’t really master the 3rd phase but won anyway.

[@vision7208]

@@GameZero2 exactly the same happened with me. at the end she almost felt easy ngl

[@RedRanchu]

Exactly, the boss is abit tedious on standard they should nerf her HP by about 10 percent to shave off some of that time it takes to reach 3rd phase. Other than that this fight is fantastic

[@Abyssal2878]

Nah that 3rd phase got me fucking tweaking

[@Soncikuro]

Suddenly, anime.

[@Onefishygal]

using the divine hand jade on this boss is insanely good, you can unbound counter every attack from the 4 hit opener in 2nd phase, aswell as predict her dash triple slash to get 3 more unbound counters stacking of some crazy amounts of internal damage. the feeling of stacking up enough internal damage through hedgehog jade and divine hand jade with taichi kicks and unbound counters to one shot each phase is immaculate.

[@stanislaw_zambrzycki]

I really recommend Full Control with Steely Jade and Reciprocation Jade. First one makes you immortal (all damage is transferred to internal) while detonating talisman (though not grab immune), second one lets you to transfer big chunk of internal damage back to Eigong. I usually run my talismans at around Eigong head level so she can't grab me and then I'm waiting for talisman into slash/slash/red downward slash to Unbounded Counter it and transfer damage back to her. Also worth noting that 5 QI Full Control actually forces her on her knees, what stops 100% moves in first two phases, though not 3 phase full screen combo. I think it's worth practicing Unbounded counter for bomb attacks, shockwave attacks, and talisman into slash/slash/red downward slash combo. Then you can really easily diffuse internal damage and basically crush first two phases. For phase 3 full screen combo I actually prefer to jump red attack without dashing because then you will naturally fall down to Taichi Kick talisman move of Eigong if she goes for it. I think it taken only 3 detonations (and 5 arrows) to kill her in third phase, so it felt pretty efficient.

[@ilikata141]

"Why are you hitting yourself, why are you hitting yourself" ahh Eigong.

[@Delmworks]

Note for the second phase opener- you should release the button about when she opens her eyes again

[@Lyubimov89]

I think what many guides sleep on is her unsheathe attack. It’s a prime punish opportunity even though it doesn’t look like one. But it’s very easy to dodge away from the slashes with the talisman dash, making it the best method to damage her actually.

[@QuokkaWaka]

Oh snap I didn't even think of that. The way I did it was parrying the 3 slashes, then using qi blast. She'll only ever stand there or try to use the talisman attack, and if you have the talisman freeze jade there's just enough time to jump and tai chi kick. Another strategy I saw was someone using a single unbounded parry for all 3 slashes, doing a lot of internal damage.

[@Lyubimov89]

@@QuokkaWaka the thing is - and I think it’s easy to presume otherwise - her initial dash does not actually damage you. It looks like a powerful attack but actually it’s her standing still for quite a long time.

[@bostontowny4life744]

This boss is brutal. You’ll die ALLOT. At first it’ll seem like straight bullshit, and in some cases it is. The difficulty spike is through the roof. But once you get the hang of it, even if you’re still dying to her, the fight will become fun, and you’ll start trying to perfect each phase. If you didn’t master this game up to this boss, you will after. Dont go into this boss thinking you’re just going to win. Go into this boss with the mind set that you’re going to lose allot. Especially if you want the good ending. Go into it with the mindset that you’re not trying to master the whole fight, go into it with the mindset that you’re trying to master each phase. I promise you, it will click. I haven’t beaten her yet BTW. Normally I rage at bosses that take me this long to fight but this boss is a genuinely fun fight. Sure, it does feel like bullshit sometimes, but once you start getting through phases without a single hit, that in of itself will feel like an accomplishment. Stick with it, you can do it.

[@NaueTV]

Thanks! I really need this encouragement because I was about to give up. She feels unbeatable!!

[@IRules2244]

water flow carries me through the first 2 phases. with it, you can talisman after the unsheathe attack, after the normal dash attack, and after the two hit combo with the slow windup (though its very hard to know what side she is attacking from afterwards, so i don't go for it.)

[@KVN_Farmling]

wow i uh...don't have any of the jades you used for this i may have made a mistake ...I can't exactly go back for most of them, so what do i do now?:

[@cuarentas4052]

That’s pretty unfortunate. Not really much you can do that I know of 😬. None of the jades are technically necessary, they just make the fight go faster and add consistency so it will probably just take you a bit longer to beat. Once you do manage to beat it though, if you reload the save file it will take you to right before the point of no return so you’ll be able to finish collecting things or do another ending. I wish you good luck on your attempts.

[@Phoenix3605lol]

In you save files (appdata/locallow/redcandlegame/nine sols/ there will be a saveslot0 and one labeled before point of no return, you can rename it to saveslot0 and override it and you'll be set to before the point of no return

[@Ausar_The_Vile1]

I did the quick charge for the sword, and the QI spending for each charged attack. With hedgehog and quick heal

[@arihunta]

Cool video! Really appreciate you laying out some of the ordering of when she does things. I've logged 37 hours of playtime on my save so far, and it was 26 when I got to this fight 😭. Two things I can't get my head around: 1) With her triple attacks, both the standard one where she dashes and there are 3 strikes, and the phase 3 one: do you need to be facing in certain directions? I can parry the standard one, I have some weird muscle memory going on where I alternate where I'm facing, but not sure how necessary that is. For the phase 3 one I just can't figure it out, it seems very random whether I parry successfully or not (might just be me sucking at timing :P) 2) From phase 1 she has the attack where she teleports above you with a crimson attack, you talk about it at 0:37. I can't unbound counter enough, and if I try dash, there's like a 50/50 chance whether I'm able to clear the hitbox or not. Any tips for how to dash away from it more reliably? Thanks so much! I feel like I'm _so close_...just need the last few bits to click

[@cuarentas4052]

@@arihunta As long as your in the air direction doesn’t matter for parrying. For the teleporting crimson attack make sure you dash into the attack (behind eigong) then hold the opposite direction to parry the three follow up hits. Hope this helps.

[@arihunta]

@@cuarentas4052 Thanks so much for the quick reply! Great to know direction doesn’t matter, that’ll actually simplify things a lot 😅. Let me give the dash thing a go…at this point I’m almost ready to drop the difficulty just to finish the game. 🙈

[@krissmall5247]

The attack where she teleports above you, if you are too close and can’t run away, you can sit right under her and have her start to go down in one direction then dash behind her. It’s ideal to block them, but as long as you get your UCs off on the big ball attack you should be fine

[@GameZero2]

Having a hard time on the 3rd phase

[@Xarrant]

5:45 How do you know to Unbound Counter after this kick? If it's not a red attack from the air, you'll probably get hit with a different attack as you have to commit to the Unbound Counter? Hope that question makes sense lol

[@cuarentas4052]

I start to charge it if I see her teleport and if she teleports away which is usually pretty rare I try to let go before I hit the ground because the animation doesn’t lock you until your on the ground but the counter can charge in the air. Hope this helps, it’s been a while since I’ve done this fight 😅

[@Xarrant]

@@cuarentas4052 thanks, I finally beat her!

[@Abyssal2878]

I finished it on standard yippee 🥳

[@Abyssal2878]

Also that ending is tragic 😭

[@zaorst]

I've made it to phase 3 about two dozen times, and i still don't get how to dodge her gimmick attack. it makes no visual sense

[@alqash6749]

usefull tutrorial, shouldve watched this before setting it to easy mode but oh well

[@dav1dgear]

I'm amazed no one ever use charged attack vs Eigong, it is super effective and deals much more damage compared to perfect parry. And you can perfect parry on top of that. Also, why do you always taichi kick the talsiman attack? Just evade and charge attack, it give you more damage and less risk. On 2nd and 3rd form it even guarantee that she will not use the bomb she will always use 2 hit one upward, one downward and then a red attack.

[@cuarentas4052]

One of the great parts about this game is that there are multiple ways to beat bosses. I am not the best at utilizing charge slashes so i went for more of a unbounded counter approach.

[@joseantoniorondatorrejon3271]

Sorry if this is a stupid question: Why do you have Yi's heart icon like.. patched? I think i got most of the game completed and i still have the normal beating heart on Yi D:

[@cuarentas4052]

It looks like that when using the revival jade. When the effect is triggered or you unequip the jade it will dissapear.

[@joseantoniorondatorrejon3271]

@@cuarentas4052 OMG, never thought it would be like that, hahaha. Thanks man!

[@lordfifthissth8258]

Wait, maybe it's a talisman I forgot about, but why are you taking internal dmg on perfect parries?

[@cuarentas4052]

Qi swipe jade gives you an extra Qi charge slot and causes parrying to fill up two Qi charges at the cost of taking internal damage when parrying.

[@piotrjedrzejak8445]

How to recover an arrow after a talisman explodes??

[@cuarentas4052]

Not completely sure but I think it’s a skill you can unlock from the skill tree

[@foilcladshadows]

what am i doing wrong for the first phase. after talasman I'm still in the air and her down red slash hits me before I can even get a full counter in

[@rafluc5167]

im using waterflow through horizontal talisman, with taichi im too long in the air

[@cuarentas4052]

You can begin to charge unbounded counter in the air so that it’s ready to use almost immediately after you land which is how I do it so fast. When I see them teleport above me I hold counter as I’m falling and release almost immediately after landing.

[@Delmworks]

@@cuarentas4052a useful tech they told us about

[@Abyssal2878]

@@foilcladshadows pretty sure u tryna counter the down red slash is the mistake here

[@stanislaw_zambrzycki]

I do dash into talisman, that should bring you far enough to almost always evade delayed slashes. I also recommend Swift Descent Jade so you have your dash refreshed quickly.

[@user_afozx]

3:41 in fact, she really is

[@wanmohamadiqbal8098]

You need to be hyper focus to play with eigong, i managed first phase and half, the rest i used infinite health trainer, no time.

[@friyan]

3:06 in my run she does a red attack after 3 hits on the air.

[@cuarentas4052]

What kind of red attack? If you mean a slash then sometimes the third slash is red and in that case jump and dash out of the way. She usually follows this up with three normal slashes.

[@Git_Gud09]

I just broke my control fighting this mf😭

[@dav1dgear]

Hmmmm there's something strange with your video, you perfect parry all the hit but why are you taking red damage (internal damage)? If you perfect parry you should not lose anything in fact your red health (internal damage) would be healed and it will turn to green again. You take green damage if you get hit, red damage if you parry but not perfect and heal red damage if you perfect parry. Would you mind explaining why you take red damage even if you perfect parry?

[@cuarentas4052]

One of the jades I have equipped (qi swipe jade) causes perfect parries to deal internal damage with the benefit of gaining an additional qi charge slot and 2 qi charges per perfect parry instead of 1. I use this because it synergises with last stand jade for extra damage.

[@dav1dgear]

@@cuarentas4052 OMG that's a very risky and ballsy strategy. Anyway awesome job on not getting hit at all, perfect reaction.

[@Dragonstar-p5c]

change it to story mode, try and fail again and again like me, then just watch the ending on KZbin like I did and uninstall the game. I loved the game up until the end boss, then it was no fun anymore and I gave up.

[@Canttouchthis04]

That's unfortunate. One of the best things about these soulslike games is that they force you to master the game in order to beat it. It can be a frustrating journey, but it sure is incredibly satisfying when you get good and do things that seemed absolutely impossible at first.

[@Dragonstar-p5c]

@@Canttouchthis04 I agree, but that end boss wasn't fun anymore. All the other bosses I enjoyed getting over the hurdle and beating them... not this boss. I as I get older, I realize my time is more valuable than spending countless hours trying to beat one boss.