Ranking the Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Bosses from Easiest to Hardest

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Nearly 3 years since my very first boss rankings on the Dark Souls series, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice has finally released. So of course I was hyped to play through From Software's latest title and do a Sekiro boss ranking. We'll be doing rankings for the Sekiro bosses, the Sekiro mini-bosses, and much more!
Today we'll be ranking the Sekiro bosses from easiest to hardest, including Lady Butterfly, Genichiro Ashina, Gyoubu Oniwa, Divine Dragon, Guardian Ape, and more. I hope you enjoy, and be sure to subscribe for for more rankings, top 10's and gaming content.
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[@bl3umoon]

The Sword Saint got so tired of killing me he thanked me when he died.

[@clark2501]

That’s fixing to be me. 17 deaths to the demon of hatred and I thought he was the hardest boss in the game. Hell I was even cheesing his 2nd phase and it still took my that many tries.

[@TheTrueVirus22]

@@clark2501 17 deaths is pretty decent. I needed close to 40 to defeat the owl in Hirata, which is the most retries i needed for any boss.

[@Semi-Addict-Gamer]

Virus 22 The Owl in Hirata might have been the boss that took me the most tries so far, about 8 tries. I’m in The Fountainhead palace Flower viewing and have to beat the mini boss before going for the old Divine dragon. Also I’m super scared going against Isshin with his grandon 4 phases combo. I hope that I don’t rage quit.

[@TheTrueVirus22]

@@Semi-Addict-Gamer 8 tries is very good. Have you defeated isshin yet?

[@sharilshahed6106]

@@TheTrueVirus22 I spent 2 days raging through the Owl boss. Cant remember how many times I died, at least over 15+. Decided to take a break and continue with the story and other sidequests, as in other mini/secret bosses (actually fought him right after his prior fight). 2 days, 8 prayer beads and progressing only till the statue before the divine dragon later, I challenged him once again. This time it took me only the 2nd try to beat him. This game is like an RPG, but its the players themselves who gain experience points and level up.

[@Cleverhandle357]

Gotta love the fact that this game's easiest boss fights are against a serpent god and a primordial dragon spirit that shoots lightning at you, whereas the hardest fight is against a scrawny, one-eyed middle-aged man who comes to fight you in his bathrobe after you beat his emo grandson

[@sorcus2144]

Vincent Trudel I haven’t read something so true before

[@Sekiro..]

Vincent Trudel true lol and also just a normal ape lol

[@TrinidadSuperman]

Vincent Trudel It’s said never trust an old man in a lifestyle were most die young 😂

[@lainelowe603]

true but the old man pulls out a fuckin glock man.

[@kabyabanerjee7858]

H E S I T A T I O N I S D E F E A T

[@dxrbkn5145]

When Isshin said "Well done Sekiro" My God Unbelievable how a boss can make you so proud of yourself

[@dramalexi]

Isshin is just such a nice guy. You can't but just simply like him.

[@conorgleeson2453]

I wanted Isshin to be proud of me like my dad never was.

[@Hiraeth_ari]

@@conorgleeson2453 aye man, we are all proud of you not only isshin keep it up king!

[@devilboyphantom]

@@conorgleeson2453 doesn't this comment, just hit hard.

[@x332433]

or when you beat owl on too of the castle

[@MrEvyatar123]

I love how Ishins saying of "hesitation is defeat" when you die is the best tip to beating him.

[@FoxBoyWithBushyTailAndEars]

He quite litterly says "Hesitate, and you will die"

[@phonyalias7574]

He also says it when you talk to him earlier in the game. And it's the best tip in the entire game for how to play. Sekiro rewards aggression and punishes hanging back to defend more so than any other FromSoft game. Even when you defend, you need to aggressively defend.

[@griffincronk6201]

@@phonyalias7574yeah being a “defensive player” in sekiro means you do more counters and wait for punishable attacks, but in other games it’s wayyy more rewarding to just wait for a certain move and run in

[@idkjustme4869]

@@phonyalias7574 I would argue aggression is pushed even further in bloodborne with its rally system and beast creatures that leave no rest like blood starved beast or OoK

[@JagwarX]

Everyone’s a gangster until the Swordsaint pulls out his glock

[@connorp6954]

Jagwar X LMAO

[@jumisramen6854]

God I am going to be so mad when I fight him

[@YahMum69]

Jagwar X ACTUALLY!!!

[@gabemichaux2911]

The first time was annoying for sure Just beat him again He hit me with one shot thats it, the last phase didnt touch me either. I litterally beat it and then quit real quick so i can play it again. I love that boss fight

[@gabemichaux2911]

maybe he can come back to life a couple dozen more times and utter some nonsense about glory and ashina as if i wont be disrespectful about it. The video of the last two lives is my first video. Not a serious gamer or anything. Just love this game

[@silenthero2795]

"There's no soft and hard rules in the ways of Ashina. Victory at all costs." - Isshin, the Glock Saint

[@aghitsaplane4262]

"Mortal or not,No man can stand against the 10mm"

[@kevinkommtspielen3164]

haha gun go brr

[@HalfLifeOfHumanity]

*Spear* He's an old man, he's probably just the Japanese equivalent of Doc from Back to the Future. I can wrap my head around how he acquired that gun more easily than I can around how the hell he can wreak as much havoc as he does with that spear..

[@galis4383]

Isshin be like This is my problem solver right here

[@enzocrespin5806]

@@HalfLifeOfHumanity TBF the resurrected Isshin that you fight at the end is a warrior in his prime, not an old man (anymore). He's the guy who battles the giant samurai in the game's opening cinematic.

[@BobBobOnYouTube]

I wasn't a fan of Sekiro at first. I started playing it again a few weeks ago and now I'm convinced it's one of the best games ever made.

[@Edin464]

real

[@MAjken1177]

I cant tell but for me probably bloodborne becose it was my first soul game

[@zero59267]

The only choice is to git gud

[@hasan1980hb]

No way

[@wEn118]

This game is masterpiece!

[@chrismolina2145]

Owl's fight hit me different because I really liked the thrust attack against bosses, and it was the first move I attempted as gap closer at the beginning of the fight just to get immediately Mikiri countered and killd, and I thought "well that makes sense, he' IS the shinobi master"

[@ZombleBee]

That happened to me too, the spear became my main prosthetic and when he mikiri countered me I was just like "well what the fuck do I do now" haha.

[@mukhademonyo6449]

@@ZombleBee all that years of training. Down the drain. Thats what it felt like for me as well.

[@bryancadents3559]

I love it when From Soft flips the game on its head like that. What a devastating moment in the first playthrough!

[@squidwardstesticles5914]

Same lol, I used the thrust all the time at the beginning but I pretty much stopped using it all together after owl because that fight trained me to avoid it

[@thecasualfly]

That mikiri of his is no joke, only way I do the thrust is if I am chasing him down, other than that, no way.,

[@ChefOliveDevon]

I genuinely love that ishhin Ashina isn't actually a bad guy and yet still manages to be to final boss in every ending. Either you're an evil Shura and he's the hero for killing you, or he's being forced into chores from beyond the grave by his dickweed grandson.

[@nicknick5649]

The Great Serpent is 10 times more terrifying when it chases you with my Thomas the Tank Engine model replacement mod.

[@hariodinio]

Sorry what

[@Fabi-fd8kv]

Loool

[@TheGregatron3000]

Nightmare Fuel!!!

[@randybutternubs4647]

But it gets me so excited watching Thomas senpai getting vored by the snake. So hot.

[@kerza1358]

I've seen that and its true

[@marzet3930]

I really feel that Genchiro and Isshin as the last boss(es) was so incredibly well rounded and really makes you use the skills you've learned during the playthrough. It was kind of a school test where it tested all that you have learned during the semester. And the last fight phase with Isshin - god damn it was cool, it had it all. Dodge, jump, parry and freaking catch lightning and shoot it back. 10/10

[@Jim-pq9pm]

That snake was such an amazing experience. I had no idea. I was still standing on the branch above the bushes looking around when it was suddenly in front of me. I nearly shat myself

[@Milkra]

Every single character in the game: “Genichiro” Demodcracy: “Jenichiro”

[@younesakdah3004]

way of TOMO

[@Dreska_]

@@younesakdah3004 Ichimangi

[@jjnix95]

@@Dreska_ Konichiwah

[@HuginnTheNord]

I just.... i- I couldn't stop getting so triggered throughout this video... especially when he called corrupted monk a guy. Or "him" which that might just be me but this guy is a joke

[@HuginnTheNord]

Also this idiot thought the second owl fight was him coming back to life getting revenge... but its litteraly back in time.. he doesn't understand anything abt this game and it shows

[@Burningdark]

One of the most amazing moments of this game for me was trying to use the charging thrust on the Loaded Spear versus the Owl, only to have him Mikiri counter me for 95% of my health.

[@CryptidFlame]

Yea I did that too. My jaw literally dropped and I just let myself died. It's incredible as I was mikiring everyone and it was the first time it was done to me.

[@Burningdark]

@@CryptidFlame This actually made me refuse to use that tool against human bosses for the rest of the game.

[@JCPLIVE]

owl on top of kuros room can be defeated easily by the shadowfall technique but the owl in hirata estate mikiri counters that combat art 99% of the time he fucked me up so good and his speed

[@Aurilion44]

Oh yeah, he really shows you with what shit others had to deal with when fighting against you :D I was pretty outraged when he stepped on my blade too :)

[@Nanorisk]

He is Sekiro’s master, it’s very reasonable for him to do that, however frustrating for the players that is.

[@gregbester3855]

For Guardian Ape second phase, deflecting is definitely key. Once you deflect enough of his hits he does a final falling strike that if you deflect properly he will lie down for 4 easy hits. Occasionally if you get to 5 hits he will fall again and you can get in another 2 for 7. His second phase is by far the easiest.

[@agentchicken852]

When he lies down after the last hit you can use the spear prosthetic tool to pull the centipede out that deals massive posture damage

[@kevinchen5167]

@@agentchicken852 Not just massive posture damage. It also takes a solid 10% of the ape's health bar, so it's still worth it over regular swings if Ape's posture is low.

[@thecyanpanda241]

​@agentchicken852 I dunno if I was positioning wrong or what but I only ever got the centipede pull once out of like 30 of those attacks

[@At0mHeart]

​@@thecyanpanda241u need to use the spear twice once to impale and once to retract

[@threadychimp5565]

Guardian and Headless ape is one of my favorite fights in the souls series. The complete switch up in fight mechanics was so awesome

[@demon_corpse7707]

You forgot to mention that in the second phase of the sword saint he will also try to shoot you 6 times, yes you heard me, in the middle of a melee fight he pulls out a gun and tries to hit you with a six piece

[@zelviceeek6798]

U mean Glock Saint?😂

[@kill3rbyysight]

yea deflecting them was sarisfyin

[@kaidensheroan7089]

Yea but if your at the right distance hell give you a mikuri counter after that every time I loved his little glock😭

[@X1ernity]

I think it is 5 piece

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

I died to the sword saint so many times I felt I got dragonrot

[@TheAskald]

I'm a veteran of FromSoft games but this fight was bullshit honestly. It should have ended when you finish his 2nd health bar. After a certain point, you're not even excited of overcoming a challenge, but happy to be finally done with it

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

@@TheAskald I get it if you feel like that but I really enjoyed it. After enough attempts I was parrying all his moves and beat the first few phases without taking dammage. It was way better to me than some of the later chalice dungeon bosses in Bloodborne which just felt badly balanced.

[@TheAskald]

@@Carlos-ln8fd I actually really like his first phase, but the 2 spears phase are annoying. Maybe one day I'll figure them out properly

[@Hackklops]

@@TheAskald his spear phase is in my opinion easy because he does mostly his unblockable thrust attack, if you stand like 2 meters away from him, which you can easily mikiri counter, it's super slow and very predictable.

[@TheAskald]

@@Hackklops Yes, it's one of the two free-damage movesets of the spear phase (this and the jump attack that you can just dodge and hit). But he doesn't do it all the time. You can bait these 2 things and just run (that's what I did) and it takes forever. I'll try to beat him properly in NG+2 (I did Shura in NG+1)

[@mathismohr1356]

Isshin: I'm the sword saint! Also Isshin: pew pew. pew pew pew.

[@plasmancer6104]

"I am Isshin the Sword Saint... spear saint, machine gun marksman, lightning and air bending master, teacher of the Dark Souls teleporting dogs"

[@imdoge8243]

ishin the glock saint*

[@forbiddenbanana9255]

@@imdoge8243 XD

[@notornstein1667]

So anyway, I started blasting

[@dighad3824]

No, it's "pew pew pew pew"

[@aikoluna3480]

Fromsoft is extremely good at teaching through kicking your ass, they make bosses that teach you specific game mechanics and do amazingly well. The first time you fight genichiro is 100% the first true time they teach you that you need to attack aggressively but deliberately, and to watch for their deflections to deflect their counters. The fact literallt everything other than most perilous attacks makes it a very good strategy

[@yeetskeet980]

I love the fact that almost every boss employed something completely new, so that the player had to adapt and rethink their strategy, or just go get stronger. You cant always brute force through everything. And thats why sekiro is my favorite dark souls like game personally

[@thatguitarguyguy]

I don’t know. I’ve beaten every souls series game and I just started this game for my first time yesterday and I can’t be the ogre

[@childishgrimm9610]

@@thatguitarguyguy The large beast enemies are hard for deflections. For enemies like the Ogre I just did a hit and run tactic where I would bait an attack and wail on him while he was recovering before running away and baiting again

[@thatguitarguyguy]

@@childishgrimm9610 I was trying that and it was taking soooo long I figured I had to be doing something wrong

[@RatTaco87]

@@thatguitarguyguy I assume that you've already killed him, but I'll say this anyways. The best way to kill the ogre(for me) it to burn him and to stick to da booty. Just run around him like a madman and most of his attacks should miss you. I'm loving this game way more than dark souls or bloodborne just because of the mobility and the focus on parries.

[@colwellalec]

Just wanted to say I don't see this mentioned often, but the Guardian Ape's scream can be fully negated with the umbrella, so you can be right under his feet and as soon as he's done get in a few free hits

[@jordanssfor]

standing behind him also is pretty good as the scream is actually halfed in distance from behind. so you can run in and get free hits. though this is less consistent than using the umbrella :D

[@22Chad_Reed22]

just did my 14th playtrough and still did not know this, thank you^^ will make use of this on the 15th run

[@Hirotoro4692]

You can also use the loaded spear to pull the centipede out of his neck and deal massive damage.

[@hi00118]

I love how the sword saints “hesitation is defeat” thing isn’t just a cool line it’s also a hint for that boss. If you’re quick and focus there are a lot of opportunities for counter hits to be found but if you hesitate for even a fraction of a second you’ll lose them.

[@emlynselene1096]

Even if you don't hesitate he can still wreck you. He wrecked me constantly, and I only hesitated twice out of all my attempts.

[@alfonsocyrusjoshua9551]

@@emlynselene1096 correction you noticed 2 times you hesitated

[@areebmasoodi8932]

In fact I noticed if u tried mikiri countering too early it would screw you up. Therefore, hesitation is not defeat, it is in fact the key. Just joking. That would be called patience and not really hesitation.

[@T--wg7qc]

Isshin: *shoots you 20 times with an uzi* "hesitation killed you"

[@yukselaydin4473]

@@emlynselene1096 I didn't hesitate and he has clear moves so you can easily punish almost all movies.Ichimonji:Dodge or deflect.Dragon flash:Dodge when you hear click.Glock:Spam deflect.Halberd jump:Dodge IN TO him. Unblockables:deflect or aged feather.Easy.

[@kuaraba]

The divine dragon looks amazing but why is he holding a lego tree

[@tylercronley6047]

It’s some mythological Japanese blade

[@myamdane6895]

Archduke Ferdinand He was joking my dude

[@sbastianbrilyanto4722]

BIJANO it was the seven-branched sword

[@skeletonwar4445]

Literally a fucking LEGO tree

[@chesslord]

@@tylercronley6047 r/woooosh

[@francescosassanelli1651]

I’ve had a strange experience on sekiro, i was completely new to any kind of hard games, everything i played before were kinda of easy and i never thought of a game being challenging . This ended with sekiro ; i remember having a rough time learning the deflect mechanic but the thing i remember the most is : lady butterfly . She ( and the mini boss before her ) were some HUGE obstacles for me , i simply couldnt beat her . I remember doing her as my first ( or second ) boss and i simply didnt stand a chance in any of my attempts . After a lot of tries i simply found myself able to parry or dodge every single one of her attacks and finally beat her . The thing that is the most fascinating is that after that fight i felt invincible and so i was! Every single boss or enemy on my way was getting annihilated and i had pure fun killing them whit out raging over multiple deaths. But as the game continued i found myself two more challenges which were : the flame beast and isshin sword saint . I was really thankful to lady butterfly for letting me grow so much , But i am also thankful to the from company for creating this wonderful game.

[@chiefinasmith]

That was me with Genichiro. This was my first Souls game and honestly, I cheesed the majority of the early bosses based off KZbin guides. Once I got to Genichiro, the game taught me a lesson. Lol. My first play through took me 4 hours straight to beat him. I never ended up beating the game because Warzone came out and I was playing with my friends. But I just recently bought it again and have been playing through it. Genichiro only took me about an hour this time. I love this game so much.

[@MrPatrickbuit]

Literally had the *exact* same experience as you. Got stuck on Shinobi Hunter, Juzou and Lady Butterfly for hours. Steamrolled the entire game aftwards until I got to Isshin, which I've now spent like an hour on without getting to P3.

[@delicatetoast8559]

I had a similar experience where i went to her right after gyoubu, after struggling for a while i came to hate the fight because i just couldnt do it. I finally gave up after finding out she has a second phase. I came back to her way late game and I expected it to make me mad like before but i was severely overleveled and obliterated her.

[@Jesus_Christ00]

Whats the flame beast?Do you mean demon of hatred

[@Missionmoench2]

Love that these bosses were insanely hard…and then they introduce “inner Isshin, owl, and genichiro” just in case you were feeling confident

[@RichardCQC]

Isshin, The Glock Saint

[@mostasio1706]

Yeeessssssss😂😂😂

[@enjoyer2227]

Isshin, the Sword, Wind, Spear, Gun, Lightning Saint.

[@alecubudulecu]

I was shocked like how many weapons this guy has?!? A gun and a sword and spear?!? What’s he got 3 arms?!?

[@enjoyer2227]

Seriously, this guy has more weapons than Avatar has elements. (Yeah I didn't forget about him)

[@celchronicles]

@@enjoyer2227 plus Fire Saint, if you count Shura ending

[@link5281]

Hardest : Emma Reason : can't kill a waifu material

[@kuuly3334]

Kuro is best shota

[@elliotpoco7539]

You disguist me :|

[@lomuus]

@@kuuly3334 and isshin best oji-san 😉

[@tuantrananh4015]

but you did kill her right

[@Philwastaken00]

Just did the shura ending. Never again

[@jgpfister11]

I remember giving up on Isshin the Sword Saint for a couple months then coming back and demolishing him in 3 tries. One of the most painful and rewarding bosses

[@hussle2654]

Same here, I put the game down for an entire year when I got to those two. Recently came back to finish it, need one more trophy for platinum.

[@fablethefox]

For the folding screen monkeys, i was oblivious to the ways to easily subdue them. So i literally just chased them by being faster

[@alsmamfkm5182]

Can't be a sword saint without a spear. And a gun.

[@emilededobbelaer4019]

And lightning

[@plasmancer6104]

And air bending apparently

[@jevmenyt3422]

And no t shirt of course UWU

[@annmuel2041]

Don't forget immortality

[@plasmancer6104]

Annmuel “only those who have been blessed with the dragon’s heritage or imbued the waters of the Foutain Head May achieve immortality “ Meanwhile being stabbed from the neck down through the heart and a large number of organs is a fairly normal, minor injury that has nothing to do with being immortal

[@ginn1902]

Real boss of this game: Sekiro. Honestly these guys don't stand much a chance against the man who can deflect 5 gun shots continuously.

[@sayita07]

No, dude. The real boss of this game is THE CAMERA.

[@Razatan99]

@@sayita07 honestly. I just got this game yesterday and the camera has made me die from bosses more than my lack of skill has

[@sayita07]

@@Razatan99 haha yeah! I feel you bro. Just keep going! You'll do great 😊

[@Razatan99]

@@sayita07 thanks man! It really is a fun game I've just finally gotten around to playing it.

[@sayita07]

@@Razatan99 I'm at the final boss right now, and have no idea what I'll play after this. It's an amazing game. Enojoy it!

[@Neo2266.]

*Jenichiro* *Gyoubu-Mastakaouneewa* *Tou’Mo* *Ichi Mon’gi* Do you not... hear names, when they’re spoken out loud?

[@csconnor5160]

Yo demod. Thanks so much for the tips. I watched this video around a year or so ago, but never got around to beating sekiro. I just finished every boss yesterday and those tips on vitality for owl and the jump for demon of hatred actually saved me. Thank you

[@mint5438]

Actually going sword to sword with the guardian ape is one of the more fun things to do in my opinion.

[@painovoimaton]

At least two of his sword attacks (high slash from standing position, slash after jumping sweep attack) also stagger him when deflected, allowing you to dish out a lot of damage

[@bryancadents3559]

I thought phase II was easier because I could actually counter his sword moves. Learning to parry in that fight was the way to go. I did Ape & Bride on my first try later because I had learned the Headless Ape patterns so well. In each NG+, first phase of Guardian Ape was one of the few fights I could still expect to die on (including True Monk, and Sword Saint)

[@spoon4753]

Going sword to fists against 1st phase ape is fun, because you feel like 'I can't believe this is possible.'

[@ryanmarvell793]

Took me 10 hours to beat that fucking ape.. the hit boxes are awful.. I had zero issues with lady butterfly.. took me 2 tries.. the ape almost made me quit the game..

[@DetectiveH.]

@@ryanmarvell793 same dude. The double ape fight made me question my sanity.

[@TheTrueJesterGuy]

When owl mikiri countered me I lost my shit. He's one of the coolest bosses in my opinion.

[@feeharn5531]

He is my favourite tbh. The most fun boss fight for me

[@daaaanteeeee5389]

He fights dirty. I like that.

[@hakandede8588]

He is the coolest

[@crazylazy6198]

Isshin is cooler than owl

[@daaaanteeeee5389]

@@crazylazy6198 which version of the 3?

[@bryancadents3559]

I thought Owl Father was the toughest one for me. Sword Saint was really challenging, but I felt at that point of the game, especially after having already beaten Owl Father, I had already been equipped with all of the skills I needed for the fight. It took several tries to put it all together, and even when you know the fight it's still very tough! I still thought Owl Father was the most punishing fight.

[@jeremymatthews7896]

Yeah man I JUST beat him. Owl Father really fucked me up for a couple days on end until I really delved into the exact reactions for every move. Timing is just so critical (and not getting locked into a corner during a devastating firework combo). I found myself isolating certain combos and moves and trying to learn how to master them until I had them all down. I think this is the best way to master bosses - specifically since I want to complete the gauntlets of strength after this new game+

[@bryancadents3559]

@@jeremymatthews7896 Congrats! I think what I finally read about the fireworks slash was to dash forward rather than back, because I would also find myself facing that attack against a wall.

[@Zaferino1]

Owl 2.0 was the hardest for me

[@yannchaumat2751]

Wtf i spent 4 days beating great shinobi but only 2 tries to beat owl father, it just feels much easier because of the mikiris and jump attacks. Meanwhile, inner owl was much harder

[@ich9582]

I dont know how but I 2nd tried owl father and 1st tried inner father. It just clicked after great shinobi owl and I don't know why

[@RadFoxgirl]

A note about corrupted monk, first off it's a she, and secondly you can use divine confetti in her first meeting while she's an illusion (you may also be able to use snap seeds actually, haven't tested it), and again in her third phase as the true monk. makes both of these a lot easier.

[@valeriodrago1153]

Illusions aren't vulnerable to divine confetti, apparitions are, and neither monk variations are apparitions. It is true that divine confetti increases damage in general but still. And yes, since she is an illusion you can crunch her health with 3 snap seeds pretty easily

[@Lebowski53]

Sorry for misgendering the video game monk with a sword.

[@AllfatherOdinn]

The Sword Saint after loosing a full health bar: So anyways I started blasting...

[@jacobcrosby6640]

it makes me sad that you didn’t counter the apes sword because getting that deflect and then yanking the centipede out with the spear is incredibly satisfying

[@jaytrox4599]

wait WHAT!? i did the deflect but using spear on the exposed neck.. brilliant

[@pedromendez2000]

@@jaytrox4599 wait, is this a thing ???

[@Buck5417]

@@pedromendez2000 Yes, you can double R2 with the spear on his neck and it does massive damage to his posture:)

[@pedromendez2000]

@@Buck5417 daaaamn, the 2nd stage is even easier now, thanks for the info :)

[@zengamer21]

Agreed. I'm deeply offended as a fellow shinobi... just got 100% of the achievements in Sekiro yesterday. :) Just waiting for that sweet sweet Elden Ring.

[@toecutter9372]

This was so much fun to watch! I love the lighthearted approach to one of the most difficult games

[@gabinlasne5022]

Ishin is such an awesome fight ! Its sooo hard, and when you finally beat him so feeling is completely awesome

[@CasualDaze]

"You can step and stab Lady Butterfly" Me, who struggled to actually learn her kit after dying to her 38 times: "You can WHAT?"

[@theplatemedic3042]

Samesies :')

[@splinter360]

Yup. It's ridiculous. Honestly. Don't think she's was meant to be that easy.

[@ricardovleerlaag1260]

Even easier with the axe.

[@shadowpeople2645]

I use shuriken when she went in the air it destroys her posture

[@bamberscher_offiziell7261]

@@shadowpeople2645 easiest way to beat her

[@GabrielHernandez-pi6wv]

We all know the real number one was the mist noble

[@imfamouswarrior2976]

THANK YOU

[@Kalitear]

It may be a short battle, but it haunts your dreams ;)

[@NikoDaCherry]

r/sekiro

[@evenstide]

Is it weird the fact that I thought lady was kinda a pushover in my experience as her attacks are pretty easy to deflect and as long as you stay near a pillar to destroy the projectiles she fires your good.

[@Raltze_]

yeah i fought her when i was way underleveled atleast compared to other people and she wasnt that hard because shes predictable and a lot of her moves can be punished so easily

[@anom2619]

I did her first try, seems a lot of people tend to forget that you can hit her with the Shuriken when she is mid air and she’ll flop to the ground. All you have to do is stock on snap seeds, spirit emblems for the shurikens, then just be super aggressive and she is super easy to overwhelm.

[@akanji8285]

I actually like the terror effect in this game… the idea that a giant gorilla putting his head back on and screaming will literally scare you to death is cool

[@splonk1341]

Can we just address that the Demon of Hatred T-Poses after the flame rocket attack. Truly, the best boss.

[@beastlygecko8706]

Apparently it’s a Japanese form of an interpretive pose from plays or something

[@enthiegavoir5955]

@@beastlygecko8706 Yeah, I read it was from Kabuki theater (Tvtropes sourced so take it with a grain of salt) supposedly the poses he does are specifically meant to convey feelings like frustration and anger, which is fitting considering he's the Demon of Hatred (as well as what the player might be feeling during the fight).

[@LCSV2]

Yeah I was so mad a few times I faced the Demon & the mobs were attacking me instead of the hugh flaming monster. Come on!

[@Killopotamus]

Thats not really a T pose though...

[@redragon88]

It's the Kabuki pose. You can google it.

[@dfootball2384]

Finally beat the game so I can watch this.

[@TraitorsEra]

now go back and do it again with the other ending LOL

[@sealdogderp26]

Same lol

[@ferricry]

same haha good job all

[@felipez3115]

yes

[@ryean8212]

Me too And I never thought about fighting Emma

[@aaditmaheshwari4080]

10:05 exactly the same for me dude I finally learned the true art of deflecting and this was the first boss where I actually tried to damage and look at the posture bar rather than the health bar... would have helped me a lot for gyobou. when I beat genichiro I felt amazing, and tbh now that I look back at it, it was a fun fight, deflecting his multiple attacks felt satisfying, and dodging his thrust (or mikiri countering it) was also very satisfying

[@CorpseTongji]

guardian ape was the first boss i actually sat down to memorize the patterns for . really fun fight once u get the tells for the grabs down

[@thecasualfly]

and once you are able to time the deflects in 2nd phase it's cake.. it took me 5 hours to master that fight, but my 2nd and 3rd playthrough the fight was SO MUCH FUN

[@finalninju6021]

Folding screen monkeys is my favourite puzzle boss. Made me feel like a clever boy and I didn't find it too frustrating

[@DamaThamaCrazyDave]

Kiryu chan

[@Zedzilliot]

Kiryu chan

[@noahsan92]

for me it's Tower Knight from DeSR. it is SO grandiose and i love it

[@joshuaweston4489]

They're underappreciated!

[@huckmart2017]

Idk, i didn't really feel it..finding the invisible monkey was cool. But for all the other monkeys i basically just charged them with 0 strategy and got through just fine.

[@mereonsartwork957]

I think the most lowkey, yet amazing, part of the boss fight against Owl is that he actually does a Mikiri counter if you try to do a thrust attack It literally got me baffled the first time he just stepped on my sword lmao

[@SonGoku5363]

LOL he did that to me once as well. I've never felt so ashamed versus a boss.

[@archieabberley2054]

Just curb stomps the shit outta you.

[@jayhill2193]

true that, it should be obvious, given he is a Shinobi but I was baffled when he did the Mikiri.

[@OutsiderOfInle]

Had that one happen myself after having used the loaded spear to punish his attacks. Mistimed one and instead of being deflected he pulled me in to execute me.

[@niteshpatel9362]

yea thank god 😒

[@jahdierdiaz759]

Didn’t even know folding monkeys had specific strat to kill them, for the green and purple monkey every time I couldn’t find them they would run into the attic of the building at the front and all I had to do was kill them, and for the orange one I would backtrack to find him and he would end up being behind me

[@sohaibchannel9911]

Ishinn the sword saint and Owl ( father) are the most fun boss fights ever, the aggression, the deflects, the environement, they're all too beautiful

[@ericmacorri9548]

I learned how to deflect well on Genichiro as well. This boss was a huge turning point in the game

[@ethanhudson2009]

Yeah Genichiro turned me from such a noob to having basically a complete understanding of deflect. It was crazy how much my ability changed over the 8 or so attempts he took me

[@jasonbrown20]

That fight was fucking amazing.

[@marcpuzon]

Learned to deflect from the Centipede Giraffe miniboss honestly.

[@anima94]

It took Isshin to finally make me really not play like it's Dark Souls. I don't even remember killing a boss via posture before that, only HP(except for minibosses). Edit: oh yeah also that centipede, that was the first big step towards it.

[@picanha694]

It took me close to 2 hours on genichiro. To be honest, the first owl is way easier than genichiro. Because of that lightning BS.

[@romilrh]

DeModcracy: *defines bosses as enemies that award you memories * Also DeModcracy: "Number 17: ThE GrEaT SeRpEnT!"

[@ronsingh4176]

But you need to kill the great serpent to get the kill all bosses achievement and I think the serpent itself gives a boss achievement

[@thatonegamer9860]

@@ronsingh4176 The serpent doesn't give you a memory though. He didn't say anything about the achievement, he mentioned memories.

[@Neo2266.]

@@ronsingh4176 What the fu... that’s not in tandem with the guys definition, that’s not what the OP’s point was

[@cosmos-wp9ft]

My favourite boss was gyoubu masataka oniwa. It was challenging but it wasn’t at all frustrating

[@wishifishy2627]

Hardest boss is the camera

[@lopeshick9607]

Man what a great game. Fist time I go in blind in a fromsoft game, and what an experience that was.

[@Mundus66]

I always go in blind and the only game which was to much for me was freaking DS2 since i joined the company of champions (hard mode covenant). After i learned that i restarted and breezed through the game, but thats the only time i actually had to restart, every other game i've been able to overcome in a timely fashion. This game along with bloodborne is the only games where i found myself farming a lot though. Since in bloodborne you always needed flasks as they don't recharge and in this game always needed spirits emblems. I loved this game though and is currently playing NG+ to get to the 2 bosses i've missed emma and isshin.

[@acxryl-4340]

Mundus66 Bro honestly, how? are you some kind of Saint or anything? I killed this seven spears shithead today and this stupid general, now I‘m in the the castle for Jinsuke Saze, I‘ll do that tomorrow. But my point is how can you grind through that game so consistently? I‘m a fast learner but man this game kicks my ass (never played a soulslike before).

[@lopeshick9607]

Matwej Stronov well, I won't pretend I'm a videogame wiz or something but this type of game just clicks for me, which is normal bc people are good at different things, like you might be great at shooters or something while I suck at them. And something else that helped me a bunch is that, since I started with BB, I played all of the souls games on a dodging and parrying manner, which is what this game is kind of all about, so that made me feel right at home playing it. But don't worry, its all about practice, and let me tell u, this game will make u feel like your the greatest swordsman that ever lived once you master its combat style, it might be bias bc I'm a sucker for fromsoftware games but few games imo are so damn satisfying once u master them. Edit: and to be honest, seven spears shit head I had some trouble with as well, it forced me to strategize on how to approach the fight.

[@acxryl-4340]

LOPES HICK Hits the nail on the head. I‘m extremely good at Shooters and I‘m coming straight from this genre into a completely new one. But damn honestly it feels like I‘m the most dumb person on earth or is it normal that it takes for ever to build up muscle memory for this combat? And honestly I have to say I first try‘d him because I cheesed him. Cleared all the enemies, curled him down where the 2 fat ugly bat swinging people are and stayed almost all the time at the entrance of the gate because he will eventually turn around and that’s an opening where you can get 1 safe hit. And then just rince and repeat. He locks onto you all the time but won’t do anything and turns around after 10 or so seconds. I‘m not proud, I‘m rather disgusted by myself because I know I should have learned it the hard way because I can’t cheese through the real bosses. But honestly I‘m scared shitless of the upcoming encounters.

[@lopeshick9607]

Matwej Stronov you'll die a lot, but that's normal, its literally what the game revolves around. Take dying and failing as an opportunity to learn and improve, rather than a setback. Every time you die, your getting closer to ur goal. Btw the Way I defeated the seven spears by waiting for his thrust attack, then using the mukiri counter (dash foward to deflect thrusts), then he usually follows up with a slash, then I deflect that and he falls to the ground, then I took that opportunity to axe him for great posture damage. Btw, an item that will help u greatly in this game are the shinobi firecrackers, the description says they only stagger animals but they stagger the majority of the enemies, if ur having trouble, abuse those firecrackers and you'll have a lot Of opportunity to deal damage.

[@MatheusSilva-cf4jw]

absolutely game of the year for me. Beating Isshin was just so satisfying.

[@hamburgerham3057]

After beating him just left me empty I just don't know what to do next

[@hamburgerham3057]

@Genocide is fun will do thanks man

[@rhyswhittington8759]

@@hamburgerham3057 i knew exactly what to do after that, NEW GAME PLUS BITCH

[@donchi1234]

@@hamburgerham3057 Go for the platinum bro

[@hamburgerham3057]

@@donchi1234 Alright going for plat!

[@austink2598]

finally beating sekiro 3 years later - hardest bosses for me were the 3rd phase(Spear) of Isshin, and either Genichiro/HeadlessApe+Bride. overall I found Isshin's lightning attack easy to redirect, because they introduce you to lightning counters before that fight. However I was struggling to understand it at first. I also got the good ending. The shura ending seems super wild to me, I never thought about that possibility. Now I'm considering doing a "New Game+" with some mods, like Elden Arts. Such a fantastic game.

[@rick19101]

Honestly, the demon of hatred was the hardest for me. On my first playthrough, i got to the 3rd phase of isshin on the first try. But man, the demon of hatred just destroyed me so many more times than isshin

[@animeshdwivedi9966]

true that...after the demon of hatered its like a new sense of calm took over me. I finally learned that getting through one phase per attempt is enough and that helped me a lot in ishin. I took my sweet time in the 2nd phase maybe 7 tries and demolished him in third phase in my second try because I LOVE deflecting and resending the lightning attacks. Did that thrice and my god what a feeling.

[@rick19101]

@@animeshdwivedi9966 the lightning attacks are easy once you get used to it, it's fun :)

[@kiranikib42]

i feel the same, DOH to me was a really hard boss do to damage output and decently big hit boxes even tho isshin took me a few hours(that it was going to take days) and DOH took me under an hour(thought it was going to take a few days) i still consider DOH the harder one of the two(also i beat doh and owl father yesterday for my second ending and ofc isshin sword saint and ive never felt so proud of my skills in sekiro lol)

[@armashuvitz]

SS Isshin is tough but the only boss that truly, thoroughly broke me was Demon of Hatred. I beat him (eventually), but I lost a part of my sanity in doing so. He's #1 in my book and it's not even close.

[@alessandrosoares4666]

Are you saying that Isshin Ashina was a nazi?

[@Jamobass]

@@alessandrosoares4666now, THIS is comedy

[@DutchAngel15]

Agree on Demon. He feels like a souls boss in a game that punishes souls behaviour. Don't like him, and will never fight him again after beating him once.

[@ARCTIC9924]

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've convinced the Demon of Hatred to kill himself every time I've fought him.. I've gotten him to phase three so many times, but get dicked on because I run out of resources. Legitimately one of the ONLY bosses I have trouble with. In my most recent playthrough (over the past day or two) on NG+4, the only times I had to resurrect were Guardian Ape, Headless ape, and Isshin Sword Saint. And even then Isshin was the only one that had any true deaths.

[@allent4924]

Still trying to beat the demon as of now. Already beat Isshin.

[@avivatar5288]

I appreciate how (with a few exceptions) the bosses in this game are ranked in difficulty that roughly matches when you encounter them in game. It is a huge success for From Software in how they were able to consistently up the ante, pushing the player’s limits and forcing them to become more skillful as they progress through the game. While I love the Dark Souls franchise, this is something Sekiro did much better.

[@sophisticatedfrog5737]

I mean it was pretty much the same at least for dark souls 3 cuz the only moment where difficulty didn't match progression in the game therefore causing huge diff spike was Pontiff. Like who tf thought that the hardest non-optional boss in the main game should be IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GAME. But other than that it was pretty fair and balanced

[@avivatar5288]

Ден4ик I think at the same time though DS3 bosses are easy or hard depending on how you build your character. They’re fairly predictable in their attack patterns and become much easier after beating them once or twice. Sekiro bosses mix up their attacks and are brutally punishing if they land a bit. The more I progressed in Sekiro the more skillful I felt because the game forced me to become a master shinobi by the end of it, instead of implying it. In the end, while several Sekiro bosses can be cheesed, each one is brilliantly designed to hone the player’s skills through failure and I love it for that. (I also play without Kuro’s charm so I can’t just block every attack, which helps)

[@AliHassan-ki2fq]

This is one of the very few story based games that actually is able to teach you how to play it and once you learn how it becomes so satisfying and the main boss fights are designed so well that what initially seems really hard becomes a cake walk in a few tries. Almost every time i had a difficult boss fight which took me 10 or above tries led me to getting so good that by the time i won i had only 1 or 2 gourds used i noticed this everytime that i had actually gotten better at the fight after a couple of tries learning the moves i would even fight on 1 hp entire phases just to get that extra heal on deathblow. Felt amazing.

[@o.k4227]

I completely agree with this list- listings are accurate and so is the majority of the information. Sekiro is a favorite fromsoft game of mine, likely because it was my second and I hadn’t developed the i-frame reliance that many other players had. The only thing in this video that irked me was your pronunciation of tomoe, it was like a knife in the stomach each time 😂. I understand pronunciation troubles though, so aside from that- amazing video and great content.

[@TheLenny655]

The hardest was the first encounter with purple ninja at the estate, you all know 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dudescrawny5859]

I just yeeted him off the cliff lmao

[@buttered__toast_2899]

No, the purple ninja in the well. After getting farmed by him for two days I killed him in 1:46 with only one gourd. That’s the enemy that taught me how to play the game After I saw the cutscene of Genichiro transforming I thought it would be an actual challenge. Nope, 30 seconds, 40 tops

[@theplatemedic3042]

I yeeted myself off the cliff tbh :') was not dealing with that shit

[@assasainscreed786]

The boss itself is not that hard but the damn camera angles in such a narrow place just ruins the fight for you.

[@TR-ru7wl]

yep...

[@asxzdfvcghnb]

The Genchiro fight on top of the castle is the most satisfying kill I've had in all of soulsborne since Lady Maria.

[@sc00p4stoned]

I just did that today... Was so happy when i killed him two times. And then... nope phase 3 WTF :D

[@fishnutz5196]

@@sc00p4stoned my same reaction hahahah same with that stupid Guardian Ape. So excited to kill him then nope stands up

[@theDeModcracy]

It was for me too, but then the quality fights just kept on comin'

[@McSireson]

Honestly, that is the most epic fight in the game so far. When i FINALLY figured out his patterns, and could no hit his entire first part (pre-Tomoe), i felt so damn satisfied. This game rewards learning, and skill.

[@mike48931]

That fight really captures what the combat mechanics in Sekiro are all about. I found him easy to deflect but his triple tap bow move gets me every time.

[@sonicguy1996]

It's cool to see I wasn't the only one who felt the combat suddenly "click" with the second Genichiro encounter. Everything up until that point was doable, but I was genuinely struggling with a lot of common enemies because I was fixated on the whole "play defensively and deflect everything" strategy. After quite a few tries and struggling immensely with phase 1 I decided to play aggressive, and within a matter of 5 tries I went from reaching phase 2 with no healing or resurrection to doing phase 1 nearly flawlessly. Once I learned that turning up the pressure on bosses rewards you for it the game became so much easier and a ton more fun!! Enemies that use traditional weapons "Katana's, Swords, Spears etc" are a blast to fight. It's beast like enemies "Bull, Ape first phase, Demon of Hatred" where deflecting is much less of a focus where this games combat kinda falls apart for me. Luckily the majority of bosses have some form of traditional weapon so there were very few fights I didn't enjoy. But it does go to show where this games strong and weak points lay (For me).

[@Dragonaut111]

I didn't realise until NG+ that I had become a Genichiro killing machine, in my NG+ with him it was like he was in a boss fight with me. Annihilated him over all 3 phases using just 1 healing gourd. The learning curve in this game is extremely steep but it raises your skill level so high.

[@kiranikib42]

i started a new fresh save after my initial save a few days ago(beat the game a week or two ago) and i remember genichiro being the first big hurdle and took me a few hours to beat but on my new file it did take some healing(since i tried to parry his big attack but failed) but beat him first try......Isshin boss really makes you good at genichiro

[@deadplazma2704]

You don’t know how many godamn times I got killed by ye olde glock with the sword saint

[@haydeng3316]

Ye olde glock lmao

[@shawn6745]

I died a million times to sword saint but, the glock was the least of the issues, you just just block the shots with barely any impact on stance.

[@jevmenyt3422]

When he paralyze you and he use a mikiri atack than you cant doge because you are paralyzed

[@timothywillox8564]

At least he’s fun to fight. Demon of Hatred is hard AND a chore

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@shawn6745 the purpose of the Glock is to delay your posture regen. Guarding makes posture regen fast, he shoots you to stop you from regening posture before he can attack you.

[@christiant.g.994]

Anyone else beat Lady Butterfly as their first boss?

[@ayazyaman6506]

Me took me 7or 8 tries I think

[@mortezamohammadi505]

6 tries

[@dodojesus4529]

Fought her as my first Boss, didn't kill her as my first

[@nicolenechita9531]

Killed her my second try. I got to her late so I was pretty powerful

[@Loldino897]

@@nicolenechita9531 second boss first try made ginechiro a breeze

[@kaiedgerley4579]

Sekiro is so much fun when you’re first playing it, but that feeling when you’ve played through it and know all the deflection patterns and can pull them off flawlessly is the best

[@alisalimi3366]

That blazing bull made me bang my head to the wall.

[@tristintaylor7999]

Genichiro literally took me all day to beat lady butterfly was freaking cake in comparison

[@Doobadoobapp]

Same

[@tanasirobert9157]

Tristin Taylor other way around for me.

[@toallin5146]

Same. Genichiro is clearly harder, I don't know what theDemodcracy or whatever is his name is thinking.

[@matheusdossantosalmeida9898]

Wow, I died a lot to lady butterfly, but beat genichiro on my first try, these kind of things are really interesting in FromSoftware games.

[@tanasirobert9157]

@@matheusdossantosalmeida9898 same

[@GoBladeXx]

I thought I learned how to play this game when i beat Owl. Had to learn the hard way from Isshin that I was wrong ...

[@deathnote939393]

I did beat isshin today. After that the second playthrough is so much easier, because you know how to play then.

[@muhannabasalem574]

in contrast to me everything after father Owl was a cakewalk except for the demon of hatred because he's more of souls boss than a sekiro boss , meaning it's more reliable to beat him by his HP bar rather than his posture

[@Thisismyhandle423]

deathnote939393 I’m on ng+++ and Isshin is beating my Fucking ass

[@ethanjupiter9827]

That's what I'm saying. I didn't struggle with either owl, I spanked his ass in three tries

[@Tanos12345]

@@ethanjupiter9827 owl was easy, killed him after 4 or 5 tries

[@dakotadonde2432]

Ishinn took me days to fight. But each day I got a step closer to beating him. His first phase was not too bad after a while. His second is what sealed my fate till evetually I started to keep up with him. Then finally his final phase was honestly a blessing. The lightning attacks are saving grace when fighting bosses due to the posture and health damage when returning. Overall, ishinn was a fun boss. He really sealed my skill into this game. 10/10

[@mrharryman6446]

So I'm on my very first playthrough and I have loved everything about this game. When I seen them four monkeys I thought it was a very creative idea and although it was easy it was fun. However I did not really understand how to deflect lighting so I just took it over and over until the fountainhead palace. I am now on the demon dude and I wanna blow my brains out.

[@justoc1144]

The demon of hatred was my hardest fight, and I recommend using the suzaku’s Lotus umbrella because it can protect against flame damage and build up

[@victortodeschini1723]

There is a way to make him fall of the ledge without even fighting him, took it up

[@Cleverhandle357]

@redmotive it's easier to run away (you don't have to go far) and then grapple attack. It's better to use the umbrella against the fire attacks that are harder to avoid. The real challenge is learning to consistently jump in time to avoid his dash attack that destroys your health

[@f3z087]

Demon of Hatred was one of the easier ones for me. His moveset wasn’t that extensive, and the moves he did have were really well telegraphed and easy to exploit, the 3 swing combo that ends in him slamming his sword towards you is especially easy to get hits in. He isn’t even that aggressive, he frequently jumps away after you hit him a few times so it’s hard to get punished for getting greedy.

[@Andres33AU]

Also you can use the whistle ring upgrade that you get from one of the Schichimen warriors (in the same area as the Twin Apes). The whistle will stun the Demon for quite some time, letting you hit him many times. Still a hard fight though, lol.

[@brotatochip3730]

Justin Capra Once you beat the first two health gauges just equip yasharikus sugar and use malcontent three times and it’s a free kill

[@XDiamondVidzX]

The Sword Saint is the best boss by far. Hirata Estate Owl is a close second. With the Sword Saint, there’s little in the game that is as satisfying as the continuous back-and-forth clashing of blades belonging to a Shinobi at the height of his power (within the context of a single playthrough) and the legendary leader of the Ashina clan in his prime. The addition of lightning attacks in his final phase give a cinematic feel to the whole fight, his second phase keeps you constantly on your toes given how fast and punishing his attacks are, the music intentionally raises your heart rate and adrenaline making you that much more invested, the arena is beautiful as it bookends nicely with the arena in which you fight Genichiro for the very first time (not to mention you get to finally finish off that bastard who set this whole game in motion), and finally in executing Isshin, his final words “well done, Sekiro” are a classy way of the game telling you you’ve bested the hardest it has to offer. On repeat playthroughs, there is no other boss that I look forward to beating more than him

[@MidnightatMidian]

Well the lighnings and music in the sword saint is just a rehash of Gael's DS3 fight, just sayin..

[@iSOULS]

MidnightatMidian you get no thumbs up. From anyone.

[@MidnightatMidian]

@@iSOULS Your life is useless, as your comment.

[@bostontowny4life744]

He was cool but I found him a bit too over the top. 4 stages for a boss fight is a bit absurd. I remember when FromSoftware once said during an interview "we don't go out of our way to intentionally make games difficult". LOL I guess that quote goes down the shitter. Don't get me wrong, I love the game, and the last fight is great. But it is a bit comical at how hard it is.

[@XDiamondVidzX]

Boston Towny4life Seriously, keep at it. I’m on my 17th playthrough, and at this point Sword Saint is nothing but a cinematic speed bump. I love the fight, but future playthroughs make him a show rather than a fight. Still my favorite boss, and fighting him is so much fun on every run

[@Kami-uj5of]

I was shocked how low the fight against genichiro the second time was. I got stuck on him so every time I played the game and to see that specific fight so low on the list makes me depressed

[@JKJK-xf9ou]

Man just run behind him when he does his opener and you get free hits, then just hit twice and he has like 3 moves

[@Kami-uj5of]

@@JKJK-xf9ou thanks😂 now I’ve had multiple no glitch speed runs on this game since then

[@freeformwalk2316]

I did genichiro with base health and +1 attack and I loved it it was so fun and he was so much more of a challenge

[@metalmechanic6664]

The camera is my biggest enemy during ishhin's 2nd phase

[@Agent_Ste]

in every fight

[@benjibienaime]

The camera is actually the hardest boss in the game. The hardest in any of FromSoftware game.

[@yashsingh3177]

I died to the second phase of sword saint so often that at the time when i defeated him I was having all my resurrection and my 4 of the gourds still with me.My hands were literally shaking and the happiness of defeating him was just unmatched .

[@sircharlz4512]

This is a year old but I was in the same boat, did 3 seperate tries on him I am very bad, 3 hours the first die couldnt do it, 1 and a half two weeks later, ends in me for the first time ever rage quitting a game, and then I tried it the very next day, took another hour, but I finally got him, I was so happy and I couldnt believe it, hands were shaking I was sweaty, it felt awesome!

[@jaytrox4599]

just getting there took me a while, then i kept dying to it a large amount of times until i decided to get some xp for another skill point so i can get an upgrade.. i ended up exploring EVRYTHING else the game has to offer, find a lot of prayer beads and increased attack power, came back to the fight and 2nd tried it. I only got to see isshin phase 3 once, finishing him with his own lightning

[@JustapErson]

Honestly I just gave up on doing the 2nd phase properly because of how bs it was. You could attack him and then he'd do a super fast attack that doesn't get interrupted by hitting him. After a while I realised it was possible to frequently bait him into his jump attack which he did very often if you kept your distance. I beat phase 3 fairly though because at least he had his lightning attacks that opened him up to more punishment.

[@idkindleo-o2461]

I just started playing and seeing these have made me want to play it more .

[@thecasualfly]

Picked up Sekiro back in May but really dug my heels in a few weeks ago and just recently got plat on Sekiro and jeez it is so good.

[@BetterThanYouInEveryWay]

When you fight the headless ape it’s not his bride that comes down, but his child. In his memory it says that his mate died long ago, so long even that the flowers he got for her fell to dust, since he was undying

[@chorwich]

Theres a path to find the corpse too

[@Mhsost]

@@chorwich where ?

[@Devorador_de_Games]

@@chorwich how?

[@420bingbong69]

@@jjborenfff so maybe the snake killed her?

[@maroonroon]

:'(

[@RobertoPerez-qh3pw]

Hey great list, just wanted to add a few things you didn't mention: -Oniwas horse can be scared with firecrackers. -The second phase of the guardian ape can hit in the hole where his head was with the spear for huge damage. -The illusion monk can be damaged with snapseed (since she is an illusion). -The headless ape AOE can be nullified with an upgraded shield. -You can use shuriken to knock lady butterfly down when she is in the air. Other than that I agree with everything you said.

[@Blurgleflargle]

With all those very specific weaknesses I was a bit disappointed that you couldn't use the finger whistle to make the headless ape's wife attack her mate. But that would prolly make the fight trivial, considering that headless on his own isn't that much of a challenge.

[@MasterGibz]

Malcontents whistle stuns flames of hatred for a considerable time

[@RobertoPerez-qh3pw]

@@MasterGibz Oh yeah forgot about that one, I wasnt sure if it was real since I havent tried it since I havent reached him yet in my new save file. Def will now.

[@MasterGibz]

Roberto Pérez use the mountain echo to ensure you’re in position when it sets off

[@Golemon_of_Cat]

using the mist raven for isshins charge attacks .fx the deadly 2 hit dash, makes that easier to manage. Also important, USE ICHIMONJI: DOUBLE, it is agruebly the best combat art against bosses, as it lets you recovered posture agaisnt bosses that dont like you retreat for recovering, countering a thrust or sweep gives a free double ichimonki, expect for isshin swordsaint with a spear, as he seems to sometimes forget that he can staggered frm ichimonji

[@Tunehub-Community]

The dash owl (father) uses is actually in the shinobi tree and is the last one you unlock makes sense seeing how he taught you

[@leahliddle324]

every time I beat a Fromsoft boss I rewatch its section in a Demodcracy ranking and feel like an absolute queen

[@marvelouschester4104]

I didn’t even know you could do that to the monkeys. I just chased them.

[@ayhanmehyar2156]

🤣🤣🤣

[@The.Reilly]

The best feeling I ever had in any game was beating Great Shinobi Owl. I was still only half-decent at the game at that point and he got me to properly time my deflect instead of spamming L1. After that, the rest of the game was a breeze because it took so long to beat him (About 7 hours) compared to Isshin, which only took 2.

[@compositeembryo7186]

Somehow, I beat isshin the sword saint on my 4th attempt. I then attempted to beat him again through the memories and it made me realise that 4th attempt was a massive fluke

[@starsinthenight1167]

@@compositeembryo7186 holy hell same amount of trys for me to i tried to do the same thing and got rekted

[@ZombleBee]

@@compositeembryo7186 Mine wasn't quite 4 attemps i'm gonna say around 15 but the last attempt something just clicked. I think I had just gotten so used to adapting to each boss I just learnt it really fast and got through it really quickly. It felt like I beat him really quickly compared to the others since quite a few of them gave me hell, especially Genichiro and the Ape fights.

[@lilricebowl9731]

I didn’t have much trouble with Owl, my personal biggest roadblocks were Genichiro and the Guardian ape. I beat Isshin significantly faster than either of them

[@salmannader1762]

Exactly how I felt with genechiro, took me like 2-3 days to beat him and after that, the game become drastically easier, ofcourse it wasn’t a cake walk, but bosses like the great Shinobi Owl for example took me just 12 tries or something.

[@blazingfire7517]

I had no idea that during the folding screen monkey’s fight, the fourth monkey followed you while invisible the entire time. I just killed the first three and then made my way back to the starting area. As I was making my way back to the starting area, a bunch of terror chimps started to attack me so I used firecrackers in a panic. Then shinobi execution popped up

[@CHG313]

lady butterfly was my first boss and i feel like she is the best first boss to fight just for the fact it instantly showed me that I have to be aggressive . btw ik im very late but giving my opinion on one of my favs.

[@TheAskald]

I think separating Emma & Isshin, and separating Genichiro(Tomoe) & Sword Saint Isshin isn't right. They're basically a multiple phase fight in disguise. You wouldn't separate Friede and Ariandel.

[@wafflat6431]

Yeah but friede and ariandel actually fought together, while emma and isshin only started fighting after the other.

[@TheGuizmo]

@@wafflat6431 still, if you die, you have to kill everyone, it's a two boss fight battle.

[@wafflat6431]

@@TheGuizmotrue but that's tge gameplay mechanics i'm talking about how those two literally fight together, (with father ariandel only fighting once friede ressurects)

[@TheGuizmo]

Despite everything i'm still quite Useless Despite everything i'm still quite Useless I get you point, but you wouldn’t rank Friede, Friede and Ariandel and Fried of the black Flame separately in a boss ranking video. You would say that Friede is weak, making the first phase pretty easy when you know the teleportation trick, not that she is easier than Abyss Watchers. Because everyone will say « hold up, you know she has 3 forms, ok the first part is easy but not the rest »

[@TheGuizmo]

Despite everything i'm still quite Useless Separating Emma/Genishiro and Isshin would be accurate if it was an enemy ranking, since there are different characters, models, etc. But they are the same boss

[@verloaded2564]

Guardian Ape was the greatest boss fight honestly. You think you killed me? NAH RUN IT

[@kwecmonster3597]

"nah run it" hahaha!

[@Monty2289]

Headless Ape: "You think you killed me?" HA's bride: "Nah run it"

[@Watcher-hh4mu]

I would like it more but a bossfight designed solely around perilous grab attacks left me feeling pissed off after I defeated it.

[@Kro-RissaVirus]

It’s a great fight but it’s ruined when you see they just took two Guardian Ape’s and slapped them into the same room later in the game

[@Campbell464]

Not the best time to set your controller down and walk away. Nooooooo it certainly wasn’t.

[@okami5626]

Defeated Isshin on my second try felt so proud of myself ❤

[@DeliciousOrphanToes69]

Something I noticed for owl is that when you get cursed by his bombs, he becomes extremely aggressive and will relentless attack you while you cannot heal, then go back to normal when you gain your abilities

[@soroxas3775]

When I fought isshin the sword saint it made me yell how many times are you gonna teach me a lesson old man

[@michaeljohnston490]

Soroxas thing is tho that he ain’t an old man. Or at least not as old. If you look at his hair, it’s black and not white. You’re essentially fighting Isshin in his prime

[@gamestitties7077]

@@michaeljohnston490 fuckin ruined the joke. What a dick

[@dat_one_dragonborn]

Michael Johnston he seems past his prime... his chest practically looks like a mummy still 😂

[@kookkook2476]

@@dat_one_dragonborn he probably was in his prime cause the real isshin is very old, and there is much difference between them

[@mauser98kar]

@@dat_one_dragonborn He is just that wiry, he's basically a Tendon Man.

[@Headchrusherdeth]

"JENICHIRO WAY OF TOMO"

[@ralphh796]

Or gyoubu MASS-TAKA

[@aristonaragao3171]

Sakrouru shadows die twice

[@oldcowbb]

WAY OF TOMORROW

[@avian9033]

Calm down weebs lol

[@dighad3824]

People this is why you play with Japanese

[@coreneo9098]

i would like to point out the fire ball throw for the demon of hatred: if he gets far from you in hte first phase(which is when he would actually rly use this attack), just immediatly run straight towards him, it sounds dumb but when he fires the attack it will just miss behind u and u get free hits

[@joesmo3722]

For me my click was genichiro, took me like 6 tries to beat him and each time I just got better. The special mechanics you need to learn from him set you up for the rest of the game