Probably because you spend an entire game getting gud at deflecting and countering, and then the game is like LMAO WE IN BLOODBORNE NOW BITCH. I still love the boss though, even though he's currently pushing my shit in lol.
I love that the checkpoints in this game were set right before the boss fights and not A FUCKING QUARTER MILE AWAY SO I HAVE A 5 MINUTE RUN BEFORE EVERY RETRY!!
If you give the Sculptor sake (monkey boze) he tells you a history of when he was a shinobi, he and his friend shinobi went to the valley to practice, he says that they moved through the trees like the monkeys and his friend always whistled with that thing, the finger that you get from the Guardian Ape. If you got the ring for the finger you can get the final form of that prosthetic arm, Malcontent, that produces the song that his friend used to make, a dark and sad song but beatiful at the same time. It will be useful I think he said, and it was. During this fight if you use this arm the demon stops attacking, he gets hypnotized by the song and starts to cry...
@@hydradominatus3661 Yeah, they are desperate for a chance to survive so they asked Cthulu to send them a monster, giving up the lower Valley into a undead zone.
I played through the game taking notes with the goal of actually piecing some of the story together myself. Some of it is surprisingly obvious if you care enough to pay attention to dialogue.
The sculptor, having been close to becoming shura got his left arm cut off by isshin to stop the endless killing, but he kept finding new ways to kill with the shinobi prosthetic until he retired it after inventing the living force skill. After that he started sculpting the Buddha as a sort of karmic repayment, until he rescued you and gave you his prosthetic. After ashina got attacked he became a vessel for the spirits of hate. You can see his left arm has become another sort of prosthetic that he uses to destroy. When he was a shinobi in training he had a friend that owned that finger whistle before you, it sounded sad yet beautiful, and if you use it with the ring upgrade at his third phase he starts to cry. Imma be real witchu cheif, dat shit hurted.
@@Gastonepisellone Yeah, the Suspicious Beggar from Bloodborne was incredible too. He was not an actual boss fight, but seeing him turn into an Abhorrent Beast was great.
One thing people didnt realize (and is also a great design) is that his left arm is primarily for range attacks and right hand for most melee attacks, this design fits how this boss looks: with a flaming,long left arm and a normal right arm. It is way easier to beat this boss when you run to his right side when in a distance (this way the fireballs and long-reaching moves can hit you at all); and rotate to his left side(your right) when you are in his face. With the right speed to rotate you will find that you wont need to deflect his attacks at all. Hope this helps you beating the boss.
@@mika9578 When he fires the fireballs he's usually at a considerable distance from me. I couldn't find a way to consistently dodge it from range so I resorted to umbrella.
Gotta admit, they nailed the ilumniation during the fiery explosions on this one. Too often a flaming burst it's too dull or too bright, but this ones are just right.
@@RedFade Not really,midir's flames are weird,i dont know why but it looks off,not saying is bad but there is something on them that makes me rise my eyebrown
Yeah it truly is, so they should just replace it with a counter. Each hit makes it lower. You die when it hits 0. The health restores just add a count instead.
random person That is an awful idea once you actually think about it. In an instance like that a faster boss like the shinobi hunter would dominate whereas this boss would do nothing. Unless you want it to do a varying amount of points per hit based on how slow they are. In which case that is literally what the bar shows.
@@ApocaBloom I was somewhat joking because against most bosses you are gonna die in 3 or 4 hits generally at most from all the fights I've done so far and that's being generous if you dont manage to get a health gourd in. Having my joke count system for the health system wont improve the game. I'm currently stuck at the giant white ape, the second phase when he has a sword is just beating me down.
Saddest thing is that you actually know this boss from the very early of the game :,(. He is the Sculptor, if you look closely Demon of Hatred lacks a left arm just like his human part, when he becomes the demon it is replaced by flames, the same thing Buddha kept showing him when he carved the Statues.
I hate you so much. I am no longer your father or your rabbi. Pack your things cause you are no longer allowed in this house hold. You are a disgrace to your family. Shame on you, boy....
Fun fact: Suzakus flame umbrella is extraordinarily useful in this fight. Blocks all fire damage and buildup, and works well when he does range attacks and his big leap.
These animal like bosses are freaking amazing. When you fight the guardian ape and headless ape the design end move set is next level. They definitely know what they are doing. I know bloodborn’s lore is complete but I really hope they make a bloodborne 2 or something else where you fight a lot off beast fights.
PandaPukeeeFIGHT True that. Especially the ape in its first phase. That thing moves so unpredictably and really makes you feel like you’re fighting a real animal.
@@imagen1966 second one is great too. Because the centipede is now in control, the monkey itself moves like one. Crawls like a long bug on the ground, even attacks become quick, unpredictable slashes instead of brutal ape combat, like quick bites of an insect. The way it moves up in a serpentine manner before making that overhead slash is also accurate. Very good design of the boss.
Thank you for posting this! When I search for Demon of Hatred boss fight I see lots of no-hit, perfect parry videos and it is really encouraging seeing a "human" play the game and beat the boss. It gives something realistic to aspire to. I've beaten the game several times and have a handle on all the bosses now but back when I was looking for videos on how others handle the Demon of Hatred(second hardest boss in the game behind Inner Owl Father) I wish I had this for reference. I know the perfect parry and no hits are more flashy but these videos are important too.
When you use the whistle and he starts sobbing it breaks my heart. The sculptor's lover didn't deserve to end up eaten by the monkey like that. I wonder if it was us who transformed him into that after telling him about it.
@@Abhishek-fe3zs it is very hinted that he was in love with her when you bring him the ring and when you talk with him first later on after reloading the area. This game, like every other fromsoftware game has a very subtle way of telling it's story.
Hey, I wrote this comment and I figured it out. After you trigger the first attack on Ashina, most likely after obtaining the lotus flower after defeating guardian ape, immediately return to dilapidated temple. Emma should be there talking to sculptor. Eavesdrop on them, talk to them, and then reload the area. Sculptor will now be alone (as Emma will assumedly travel to isshin). Speak to him and he tells you that you will be the one who needs to kill him. This triggers mid battle dialogue between Sekiro and Demon of Hatred, and switches his answer to yes when asked by the old priestess I’f you know who the demon was before the change. This is worth it IMO.
Did this boss today in maybe 20 tries, here are my TIPS : - Use those 2 prosthetic tools (i'm french i don't know the exact english names) : - Lotus umbrella of Suzaku, the umbrella that blocks fire damages, it totally blocks almost all his attacks. Don't forget to hit him after you use the umbrella cause it does a double slash that deals good damages - The last upgrade for the finger prosthetic tool, the one that effects the spirits (you need to beat the shichimen warrior who is in the same spot than the Ashina Depths's Headless Ape after you defeat him) - Don't hesitate to hit him as much as possible, there are a lot of timings for it - To have the max use of the 2 prosthetic tools, use the ceremonial tanto you get after defeating the shichimen warrior in abandoned dungeon (use it at the beginning and between each phase if needed) - When he does the long fire shot that cover an immense line, jump and use grappling to get out of it - When he launches multiple fire balls, just keep running sideway while approaching him, you'll get a 4 or 5 hits window after that - When he jumps high in the air, stay in place and use the umbrella. After he hits the ground, wait 1 sec then hit him Good luck !
Things to note: the malcontent whistle can only be used three times before it's ineffective. I saved all three uses for his last phase, to do at least big chunk damage and shave off some of the danger in third phase.
Holy shit. That's the Sculptor. - He has a ''prosthetic'' arm made of fire ( Sculptor misses a hand ) - " Wolf, finish me please " - Sculptor made Buddha statues but they all were filled with Rage. This is a Demon of Hatred.
@@destruction42k After you beat the Fountainhead Palace level and defeat the boss, teleport back to Kuro and then talk to Emma. She'll tell you to find Kuro. Before you do that, leave the building and look for a Shinobi Kite, you can use your grappling hook. It will take you to the first level of the game (but you go backwards this time.) Reach to the end to find this boss.
If you use the upgraded whistle tool on him it will stun him for a long time. The item needed to upgrade it is the ring of the sculptures friend which i think adds more credit to the theory of the sculpture being the demon.
Listening to your mentor/savior/mechanic scream and die in the blazing anger and agony while thanking you for killing him? This is truly a wonderful soul game...
Took me a while to know how to deal with it, then I noticed you just had to jump. Problem in the first tries was my instinct on dodging with circle instead of jumping.
this demon is old sculptor, if you choose the bad ending you can see sekiros prosthetic arm go on fire and kuro calls him shura, so he becomes the demon himself, if you choose good ending sekiro becomes the sculptor and this is why the old one is gone (he becomes demon) also its why he always says he see's fire in his visions. and when this boss shoots fireballs you can see bhuddas in them and its also how he thanks and knows wolfs name in the deathblow. also the demon is one armed :^)
It's quite infuriating to see people claim that it's Sekiro's "inner demon" when the game basically gave you hints on who it actually is just because a sequence like Hirata(?) memory exist. If anything it's more like a mirror to Sekiro should he go down the same path.
This demon is one handed, also through game we can notice that sculptor trying to create Budda statue, but each time the statue is obtained with an angry face. And in the end of the game he become demon of hatred, because of his inner hatred
Defeating this thing made me laugh like the craziest madman. Took me 2-3 hours, but by the end I won with 3 heals, fine snow and a resurrection point remaining. (Used all three Malcontents) That was an experience. I don't know who at From put a Dark Souls boss in Sekiro, but I'm glad they did for at least one enemy. For the record, between those hours I tried fighting Glock Saint and somehow managed to get him to his final HP bar on my first try.
I just beat him and my hands are still shaking typing this. I spent a solid hour failing to even reach his third stage, another hour of trying the skip cheese and came back to it after a day and beat him on my fourth or fifth attempt. So happy I did it legit cause this was definitely the most intense fight so far and the euphoria of beating him is amazing.
One trick that might help those who are struggling in this fight is to use the raven feathers, specifically when the demon does a perilous attack in which he lunges at you. When you see the red sign, use the feathers and the demon will go through you but won't do any damage. Hope this helps!
Why on Kosm's name is Lawrence The First Vicar doing here? I had enough the first 3,000 times he ripped my ass to shreds at BloodBorne. N o t a g a i n p l e a s e .
I have no idea why people call this boss unfair. All the attacks are clearly telegraphed and he gives you plenty of opportunities to hit him, balancing out his obscene health bar. The lore is amazing, the spectacle is breathtaking, and the music is pretty good. Looks like a pretty solid boss to me.
@@digoves30 I mean not really. Most of the fire arm attacks can be dodged by going close to him, strafing and jumping. The only instance where this doesn't apply is with his fireball arm attack but he always uses it in mid range so you can easily run away if you can predict it. And I guess with hitboxes you're talking about his dash. That got me a lot too but then I figured out you can just jump while touching him and you'll dodge it every single time.
A little tip for anyone that is atruggling with the boss. Throw everything you got at him! You’ve been collecting and saving up all these sugars, rice and other consumables and you won’t really need most of that for Sword Saint Isshin. So feel free to just use anything you feel could come in handy for the demon of hatred. It will make a difference!
When they lean into the mystical elements the spectacle is always so cool. makes me sad they didn't double down on having the oni being super colorful like they were in the myths
2 years late but yeah it was a bit odd to me how much of the game is based in reality compared to other FromSoft games, with only some mystical aspects sprinkled throughout the story.
@@ikeamonkey7372 Honestly, in two years time it's kinda grown on me, it's a very unique way of handling the yokai and other supernatural stuff, and the sort of grimdark almost surgically made feel of a lot of the monsters fits really well with the themes of the brutal reality of feudal Japan. the game is seemingly making an effort to fight back against the hyper romanticized modern view of samurai and ninja. And that feel to the monsters really helps make the hard turn into the more blatant mystical elements feel even more jarring and surreal. Would I still have preferred a style that leans into the visual absurdity of a lot of Japanese mythical creatures though? Yeah, yeah I would lol
@@Ezekiel_Allium Sekiro can be classified as low-fantasy, just like Dark Souls or Berserk in feudal Japan. It Is also said that Ashina lands were a very unusual place, so one can assume that the rest of the world is like Berserk pre Eclipse, namely a world with insanely strong and occasionally oversized individuals, but with very rare supernatural elements. Ashina province is basically a catalyst, maybe a place where the kami world and physical world are particularly close, hence why the dragon chose to go there.
@@ganjacomo2005 dark souls is in no way low fantasy. Your berserk comparison is pretty good, I'm just a little stunned you could straight facedly call such an insane setting low fantasy.
I remember hating this boss with passion during my first playthrough, it was my 2nd hardest fight at that time in sekiro (Genichiro being first just because i really sucked at the time i fought him, dude seriously took me 2 weeks to beat). But after some more playthroughs and fighting all the bosses in the reflection of strength, he's one of my favorites alongside inner father. If you fully grasp and memorize his moveset, it's just a beautiful dance between you and the guy on who you relied your whole playthrough up until this point.
So is this Shura? I know the sculptor wanted to avoid “the flames” by carving a Buddha that wasn’t wrathful, but never succeeded and then I guess became the demon? Am I right here?
this game made me forget everything i learned from souls series which emphasizes blocking instead of dodging... now it gave me a late game boss that needed to be fought with souls style I'm the fool who spent 30 minutes tried to deflect his stomp and headbutt
pro tip : you can use 3 or 4 times,after that he just gets angry , the finger whistle tool after you upgrade it with the malcontent ring to stun him for like a good 5-6 sec ,so save it for the last life
While so many people claim Isshin, Sword Saint as the best boss in the game, I've always considered the Demon of Hatred as a close second. There's very little time for respite and the music is fantastic. Easily the best non-human fight in Sekiro.
Another proof that this is the sculptor is that when you travel to the dilapidated temple, the grapple point that you would normally use to access ashina outskirts at the start of the game isn't there anymore because it's been burnt off... Like a burn mark is where it is, as if to say when the sculptor was turning into the demon of hatred, he used that same passage to reach the ashina outskirts
If you overhear a conversation between Emma and sculptor before the owl ending I believe its when Emma sees the sculptor when he is affected by the dragonrot. he will give you an interesting piece of dialogue which is something on the lines of wolf you will be the one to kill me. this play out later in the boss fight where sekiro acknowledges this is actually the sculptor. very sad.
thats not entirely true for this boss, if you perfectly repel the attacks that dont have fire on them, his posture goes up a good amount and he can be deathblow'd before his hp even hits 0
Yeah never understood why people say it belongs more in Dark Souls/Bloodborne, it’s way too fast and covers way too much ground for those games’ combat.
If any of y’all still having trouble, keep in mind that the Malcontent whistle upgrade will stun him for a considerably long time. I recommend saving it for the third phase, where you can take off half his health bar with well-timed whistles before he even starts attacking.
I spent days trying to win this fight. I was angry by the time I won. But hearing the distorted raspy voice of the sculptor asking you to end him still gave me a sudden stinging feeling .
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After everything Sekiro threw at me, i still wasn't ready for a three-stage fire Manus.
Probably because you spend an entire game getting gud at deflecting and countering, and then the game is like LMAO WE IN BLOODBORNE NOW BITCH. I still love the boss though, even though he's currently pushing my shit in lol.
We are interrupting Sekiro to bring you Bloodborne and more specifically Laurence the First Vicar.
Me too
Dude yes he a fire manus
Even though the good strategy was to fight this boss like a Bloodborne boss, I'm in the 0.002% that still deflects his attacks.
I love that the checkpoints in this game were set right before the boss fights and not A FUCKING QUARTER MILE AWAY SO I HAVE A 5 MINUTE RUN BEFORE EVERY RETRY!!
Theres a checkpoint right before fighting him
@@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 That's... What he said.
Kris Q yea I ikr, in dark souls 3 you have to run a mile through a ton of enemies just to get to a bos
Kris Q *cough* *cough* Frigid Outskirts
@@justanotherblackwhitemicke7817 Are you ok...?
If you give the Sculptor sake (monkey boze) he tells you a history of when he was a shinobi, he and his friend shinobi went to the valley to practice, he says that they moved through the trees like the monkeys and his friend always whistled with that thing, the finger that you get from the Guardian Ape.
If you got the ring for the finger you can get the final form of that prosthetic arm, Malcontent, that produces the song that his friend used to make, a dark and sad song but beatiful at the same time.
It will be useful I think he said, and it was. During this fight if you use this arm the demon stops attacking, he gets hypnotized by the song and starts to cry...
I wish the sculptors lover appears in the dlc along with Tomoe. Considering how we can travel back in time and all of that.
Is the demon his friend
@@RoyalGuardEziode No, it's the Sculptor.
I love fromsoft
@@peperuiz9264 no dlc pls this bossfight shortened my lifetime by 10 days. 😵 Im done
Alright who led the cleric Beast from Yharnam into Japan
and painted him in orange :D
No Laurence
The ashina clan thought it was a good idea for some reason
It's Laurence you idiots
@@hydradominatus3661 Yeah, they are desperate for a chance to survive so they asked Cthulu to send them a monster, giving up the lower Valley into a undead zone.
Why's everyone wondering if this guy is the sculptor? The game literally confirms it multiple times.
If u give the sculptor enough sake, sekiro even recognizes him
I played through the game taking notes with the goal of actually piecing some of the story together myself. Some of it is surprisingly obvious if you care enough to pay attention to dialogue.
And i was wondering where da fuck did he go !🤣🤣🤣🤣
The final moment before you kill, you'll know
People are stupid like that. Especially speed-runners.
I love how the Demon Of Hatred does Kabuki stances which represent various things, power among them. Really neat shit.
strong emotions etc. in this case, the strong emotion here is hatred.
Ahh, that's what that was. I thought he was just T posing to assert dominance.
Better yet try to go to fountainhead.. okami warrior playing kemari and dance..
@@adhitamahatva6720 i always leave the okami dancing there, she isnt doing anything to hurt me
“I’ll lend you shelter anytime.”
Tuco Imposter Wolf finally returned the favor
A very...WARM place.
I strived to fight him and kill him before proceeding to final boss solely because it was him
edit: It's even more goosebumping in japanese voice
by the time i defeated this demon, all the npcs got dragonrot.
I’m pretty sure I started a global pandemic.
global pandemic? even the living things beyond earth got dragonrot
@@nottownlma Even beings from other planes of existence got Dragonrot.
Non-living things got dragonrot
@@Jords250 all that exists will have dragonrot :))))
The sculptor, having been close to becoming shura got his left arm cut off by isshin to stop the endless killing, but he kept finding new ways to kill with the shinobi prosthetic until he retired it after inventing the living force skill. After that he started sculpting the Buddha as a sort of karmic repayment, until he rescued you and gave you his prosthetic. After ashina got attacked he became a vessel for the spirits of hate. You can see his left arm has become another sort of prosthetic that he uses to destroy. When he was a shinobi in training he had a friend that owned that finger whistle before you, it sounded sad yet beautiful, and if you use it with the ring upgrade at his third phase he starts to cry. Imma be real witchu cheif, dat shit hurted.
I love when npcs turns into extraordinary bosses
Like gael
@@Gastonepisellone exactly
@@Gastonepisellone Yeah, the Suspicious Beggar from Bloodborne was incredible too.
He was not an actual boss fight, but seeing him turn into an Abhorrent Beast was great.
@@dinorex3464 yeah he's should be a boss
gael or the first hunter.
the boss keeps getting more pissed every moment due to the player attacking it's privates
God that is just so damn funny
@@KakaOfTheRealMadrid You tryin to assume that the Demon of Hatred is an Incel?
Especially when he was on heat.
I keep getting pissed everytime I die from one of the attacks at full health lol
@@makmakg242 a
One thing people didnt realize (and is also a great design) is that his left arm is primarily for range attacks and right hand for most melee attacks, this design fits how this boss looks: with a flaming,long left arm and a normal right arm. It is way easier to beat this boss when you run to his right side when in a distance (this way the fireballs and long-reaching moves can hit you at all); and rotate to his left side(your right) when you are in his face. With the right speed to rotate you will find that you wont need to deflect his attacks at all. Hope this helps you beating the boss.
That tip doesn't really help with the homing fireballs
@@daywalker3068 you literally just run in a circle around him
@@mika9578 When he fires the fireballs he's usually at a considerable distance from me. I couldn't find a way to consistently dodge it from range so I resorted to umbrella.
@Loop Stratos his tracking is weird but usually i just stand still so that his tracking is thrown off and i can run backwards to avoid it
Gotta admit, they nailed the ilumniation during the fiery explosions on this one.
Too often a flaming burst it's too dull or too bright, but this ones are just right.
Ye they really nailed the post processing this time around. I mean we even have temporal anti aliasing finally Haha
@@markmurphy3462 Midir still looks better
It's like like Gyoubu's introduction, but made visual.
@@RedFade Not really,midir's flames are weird,i dont know why but it looks off,not saying is bad but there is something on them that makes me rise my eyebrown
@@blasfeliphimmelreich9323 Is it because of the lighting?
The creature design reminds me of Laurence the first vicar from bloodborne
True
The soundtrack reminds me of sekiro shadows die twice!
I would personally say that it’s more like the love-child of Laurence and the three Demon bosses from The Ringed City.
Going Blargh with a hint of manus
Artmode 1 literally
Got health bar longer than the boss, halved by just one hit. Health bar is a lie
Yeah it truly is, so they should just replace it with a counter. Each hit makes it lower. You die when it hits 0. The health restores just add a count instead.
Imagine if he had less health though
random person That is an awful idea once you actually think about it. In an instance like that a faster boss like the shinobi hunter would dominate whereas this boss would do nothing. Unless you want it to do a varying amount of points per hit based on how slow they are. In which case that is literally what the bar shows.
@@ApocaBloom I was somewhat joking because against most bosses you are gonna die in 3 or 4 hits generally at most from all the fights I've done so far and that's being generous if you dont manage to get a health gourd in. Having my joke count system for the health system wont improve the game.
I'm currently stuck at the giant white ape, the second phase when he has a sword is just beating me down.
random person Play defensively and use the spear attachment when he is knocked down after parrying his downwards slash.
Saddest thing is that you actually know this boss from the very early of the game :,(.
He is the Sculptor, if you look closely Demon of Hatred lacks a left arm just like his human part, when he becomes the demon it is replaced by flames, the same thing Buddha kept showing him when he carved the Statues.
Also if you get him drunk as hell sekiro will say something like sculptor.. so these were the flames of hatred
The whistle you get from Guardian ape belongs to Sculptor's friend. When you use it here, the demon starts crying and giving you an opening
Also if you talk to the vendor at the dilapidated temple he says the sculptor left "muttering about flames."
If you get the Living Force Prosthetic Art, the description foreshadows what the Sculptor would eventually become.
There is a voiceline you can hear if you talk to him just as the invasion start before killing owl, check my video to see.
I once was a Demon of Hatred, but then i took a Shinobi to the knee
I hate you so much. I am no longer your father or your rabbi. Pack your things cause you are no longer allowed in this house hold. You are a disgrace to your family. Shame on you, boy....
Skyrim reference for Sekrio 😂
0:27 I love it when he does that.
Approach Demon of Hatred
>strikes a martial arts pose
Oh no bro....
@_ scüp YOOOOOO
*stomps and does a kabuki pose*
Regular show reference?
@@triforcewill “You know who else has succumbed to the flames of hatred?”
@@taseenk5083 MY MOOOOOM
Fun fact: Suzakus flame umbrella is extraordinarily useful in this fight. Blocks all fire damage and buildup, and works well when he does range attacks and his big leap.
These animal like bosses are freaking amazing. When you fight the guardian ape and headless ape the design end move set is next level. They definitely know what they are doing. I know bloodborn’s lore is complete but I really hope they make a bloodborne 2 or something else where you fight a lot off beast fights.
PandaPukeeeFIGHT True that. Especially the ape in its first phase. That thing moves so unpredictably and really makes you feel like you’re fighting a real animal.
@@imagen1966 second one is great too. Because the centipede is now in control, the monkey itself moves like one. Crawls like a long bug on the ground, even attacks become quick, unpredictable slashes instead of brutal ape combat, like quick bites of an insect. The way it moves up in a serpentine manner before making that overhead slash is also accurate. Very good design of the boss.
I know ur hype af for that elden
We need another trip to Yharnam!
Thank you for posting this! When I search for Demon of Hatred boss fight I see lots of no-hit, perfect parry videos and it is really encouraging seeing a "human" play the game and beat the boss. It gives something realistic to aspire to. I've beaten the game several times and have a handle on all the bosses now but back when I was looking for videos on how others handle the Demon of Hatred(second hardest boss in the game behind Inner Owl Father) I wish I had this for reference. I know the perfect parry and no hits are more flashy but these videos are important too.
Quite possibly one of the most challenging, intimidating, and fearsome bosses in a fromsoft game yet. Barely beat him by the skin of my teeth.
You're just dogshit if he gave u a hard time
Definitely not.
5:35
Did him dirty there...
There are some things that a man just doesn’t do.
Cleric Beast looks pissed.
Laurence*
@Sad but True but it makes more sense in what he said. Cleric beast looks pissed bc hes flaming and red here. Vicar is always firey.
Anyone being slashed in the privates for more than 6 minutes would ask for his death, just saying x)
06:21
BFD- Finally we got him boys, spams R1
*sweating intensifies* where's the deathblow
DEATHBLOW!
HELLO!!
oh there we go
When you use the whistle and he starts sobbing it breaks my heart. The sculptor's lover didn't deserve to end up eaten by the monkey like that. I wonder if it was us who transformed him into that after telling him about it.
pepe ruiz it was his friend, not lover
pepe ruiz it was his friend, not lover
@@Abhishek-fe3zs it is very hinted that he was in love with her when you bring him the ring and when you talk with him first later on after reloading the area. This game, like every other fromsoftware game has a very subtle way of telling it's story.
6:24 when that music kicks in when you finally finish him... That was beautiful
ah, the good ol' slicing the balls strategy, works on every from software games.
Hey, I wrote this comment and I figured it out. After you trigger the first attack on Ashina, most likely after obtaining the lotus flower after defeating guardian ape, immediately return to dilapidated temple. Emma should be there talking to sculptor. Eavesdrop on them, talk to them, and then reload the area. Sculptor will now be alone (as Emma will assumedly travel to isshin). Speak to him and he tells you that you will be the one who needs to kill him.
This triggers mid battle dialogue between Sekiro and Demon of Hatred, and switches his answer to yes when asked by the old priestess I’f you know who the demon was before the change.
This is worth it IMO.
This fight is so much sadder when you know who the Demon of Hatred is...
He kept muttering something about the flames..
Yeah :(
You know everyone be talking about the boss design while I am over here wondering how all the snow isn't melted by all the fire being shot out by DoH
I would love it if it is actually just ash created by the fire of DoH,but it is definitely snow...
Maybe the demon has supernatural fire that doesn't affect stuff around it the same as normal fire?
Man the music in this game is a masterpiece of its own
I think that Bloodborne and Ds3 have better music, but I like this track a lot
@@mattia4762 if we take the Japanese setting, then the music is awesome
@@holyshit1638 yeah, I started playing sekiro and now I love it's soundtrack!
Damn that charge killed me more than all other bosses in this game
Did this boss today in maybe 20 tries, here are my TIPS :
- Use those 2 prosthetic tools (i'm french i don't know the exact english names) :
- Lotus umbrella of Suzaku, the umbrella that blocks fire damages, it totally blocks almost all his attacks. Don't forget to hit him after you use the umbrella cause it does a double slash
that deals good damages
- The last upgrade for the finger prosthetic tool, the one that effects the spirits (you need to beat the shichimen warrior who is in the same spot than the Ashina Depths's Headless Ape
after you defeat him)
- Don't hesitate to hit him as much as possible, there are a lot of timings for it
- To have the max use of the 2 prosthetic tools, use the ceremonial tanto you get after defeating the shichimen warrior in abandoned dungeon (use it at the beginning and between each phase
if needed)
- When he does the long fire shot that cover an immense line, jump and use grappling to get out of it
- When he launches multiple fire balls, just keep running sideway while approaching him, you'll get a 4 or 5 hits window after that
- When he jumps high in the air, stay in place and use the umbrella. After he hits the ground, wait 1 sec then hit him
Good luck !
Things to note: the malcontent whistle can only be used three times before it's ineffective. I saved all three uses for his last phase, to do at least big chunk damage and shave off some of the danger in third phase.
He got beef with every type of creature
😂😂😂
He wants all the smoke.😂
lol
i dont get it.....
For those who don’t know, this is the sculptor who upgrades your arm. That’s why he thanks you at the end
*for those who are fucking stupid
"finish me please" that's deep
That's what I say to God every night.
@@galacticknight55544 💀
Holy shit. That's the Sculptor.
- He has a ''prosthetic'' arm made of fire ( Sculptor misses a hand )
- " Wolf, finish me please "
- Sculptor made Buddha statues but they all were filled with Rage. This is a Demon of Hatred.
You might actually be right. Even his face bares some resemblance.
And it would explain how he knew his name
And his big feet
The shop keeper did say he was heading to the battlefield so ur probably right
The memory you get when you beat him strait up tells you
the demon has a prosthetic arm too Awesome
Because it's the Sculptor.
Alex. I really wish I didnt see this rn, but whatever its not like ill make it that far in the game b4 it breaks me
@@ZaasKenar why did the sculptor became like that?
Yeah I have to know. He said he was close to becoming Shura in the past
@Oliver Olah In the Owl ending you become a Shura
5:35
Boss: wtf?
Not in the nuts lol
Boss:YOU TRYING TO CUT MY BANANA?!
It even jiggled
They added jiggle physics to the dick.
I'm dying of laughter from the replies
I kinda feel bad for this boss, It clearly wants Sekiro to end its suffering.
That boss is actually the Sculptor. The guy who gave you the Shinobi Prosthetic arm.
@@LambSKUM That's makes it even more depressing
@@LambSKUM How do you unlock fighting him?
@@destruction42k After you beat the Fountainhead Palace level and defeat the boss, teleport back to Kuro and then talk to Emma. She'll tell you to find Kuro. Before you do that, leave the building and look for a Shinobi Kite, you can use your grappling hook. It will take you to the first level of the game (but you go backwards this time.) Reach to the end to find this boss.
there`s a npc after you beat him that implies the demon was the sculptor
If you use the upgraded whistle tool on him it will stun him for a long time. The item needed to upgrade it is the ring of the sculptures friend which i think adds more credit to the theory of the sculpture being the demon.
Theory? the game itself confirms it. The last third of the game almost screams "The demon is the sculptor"
I'm fighting him now...I hate him as much as he hates everything
Listening to your mentor/savior/mechanic scream and die in the blazing anger and agony while thanking you for killing him? This is truly a wonderful soul game...
This boss does the legendary Ebrietas/Ludwig/Midir charge move, luckily in this game you can avoid it effectively using mist raven.
Took me a while to know how to deal with it, then I noticed you just had to jump. Problem in the first tries was my instinct on dodging with circle instead of jumping.
@@hugoruela9226 im not quick enough to jump :(
It took me a few deaths but I noticed you just have to jump forward onto him to dodge it. Really unintuitive though.
-has war flashbacks to Laurence, the First Vicar-
Hello, darkness, my old friend...
When you combine demon prince, laurence the first vicar and manus
this demon is old sculptor, if you choose the bad ending you can see sekiros prosthetic arm go on fire and kuro calls him shura, so he becomes the demon himself, if you choose good ending sekiro becomes the sculptor and this is why the old one is gone (he becomes demon) also its why he always says he see's fire in his visions. and when this boss shoots fireballs you can see bhuddas in them and its also how he thanks and knows wolfs name in the deathblow. also the demon is one armed :^)
I scrolled way too far for this info. What are you doing here? Go up!
It's quite infuriating to see people claim that it's Sekiro's "inner demon" when the game basically gave you hints on who it actually is just because a sequence like Hirata(?) memory exist. If anything it's more like a mirror to Sekiro should he go down the same path.
I wonder if anyone here noticed that this boss was the Sculptor.
There are several obvious signs so I would hope so
Yes he is.. The old lady not far from that arena gives a clue about that too.
Sekiro says "Sculptor" so I mean... that would not be a stretch.
What happened to him? How did he get that way?
This demon is one handed, also through game we can notice that sculptor trying to create Budda statue, but each time the statue is obtained with an angry face. And in the end of the game he become demon of hatred, because of his inner hatred
Hardest part about this fight is remembering to just jump up for the sweep i swear.
Bro he’s basically demon king from dark souls and cleric beast.....still cool as heck tho
Or Laurence the first Vicar...a fiery Cleric Beast.
No one's talking about how badass the Demon's gesture is before going in the fight?
The savage, yet at the same time beautifully flowing movements of the demon were absolutely mesmerizing
Defeating this thing made me laugh like the craziest madman. Took me 2-3 hours, but by the end I won with 3 heals, fine snow and a resurrection point remaining. (Used all three Malcontents) That was an experience. I don't know who at From put a Dark Souls boss in Sekiro, but I'm glad they did for at least one enemy.
For the record, between those hours I tried fighting Glock Saint and somehow managed to get him to his final HP bar on my first try.
I just beat him and my hands are still shaking typing this. I spent a solid hour failing to even reach his third stage, another hour of trying the skip cheese and came back to it after a day and beat him on my fourth or fifth attempt. So happy I did it legit cause this was definitely the most intense fight so far and the euphoria of beating him is amazing.
One trick that might help those who are struggling in this fight is to use the raven feathers, specifically when the demon does a perilous attack in which he lunges at you. When you see the red sign, use the feathers and the demon will go through you but won't do any damage. Hope this helps!
I have another good trick when the demon charges at you
Just jump
It’s like if Laurence got stuck in The Dreg Heap with the Demon Prince and gained his powers. Much better than Laurence tbh.
He is also in an arena that doesn't fuck with your camera. Man Laurence's arena was way too small for him.
jano Gabor and at least this one doesn’t vomit lava everywhere like holy shit.
He looks more like abhorrent beast on fire to be honest.
After just beating this boss after almost 2 hours of trying, my god.
I am still shaking, what a fucking fight. Man, I love these games.
You really fight him in dark souls style. No prosthetic tools, no shinobi arts. Just sword and some heal items. I'm so impressed.
Why on Kosm's name is Lawrence The First Vicar doing here? I had enough the first 3,000 times he ripped my ass to shreds at BloodBorne.
N o t a g a i n p l e a s e .
I have no idea why people call this boss unfair. All the attacks are clearly telegraphed and he gives you plenty of opportunities to hit him, balancing out his obscene health bar. The lore is amazing, the spectacle is breathtaking, and the music is pretty good. Looks like a pretty solid boss to me.
tbh I thought he was unfair until like try six 💀
elden ring's mid ass bosses done fucked me up
because his range and hitboxes for the fire arm are stupid.
@@digoves30 agreed. Still satisfying to beat tho
He's clearly a Bloodborne boss in sekiro
@@digoves30 I mean not really. Most of the fire arm attacks can be dodged by going close to him, strafing and jumping. The only instance where this doesn't apply is with his fireball arm attack but he always uses it in mid range so you can easily run away if you can predict it. And I guess with hitboxes you're talking about his dash. That got me a lot too but then I figured out you can just jump while touching him and you'll dodge it every single time.
A little tip for anyone that is atruggling with the boss.
Throw everything you got at him! You’ve been collecting and saving up all these sugars, rice and other consumables and you won’t really need most of that for Sword Saint Isshin.
So feel free to just use anything you feel could come in handy for the demon of hatred.
It will make a difference!
5:26 the way the ost synced with the fireballs was amazing
When they lean into the mystical elements the spectacle is always so cool. makes me sad they didn't double down on having the oni being super colorful like they were in the myths
John Sanders Yeah...there really weren’t many demons in this game :/
2 years late but yeah it was a bit odd to me how much of the game is based in reality compared to other FromSoft games, with only some mystical aspects sprinkled throughout the story.
@@ikeamonkey7372 Honestly, in two years time it's kinda grown on me, it's a very unique way of handling the yokai and other supernatural stuff, and the sort of grimdark almost surgically made feel of a lot of the monsters fits really well with the themes of the brutal reality of feudal Japan. the game is seemingly making an effort to fight back against the hyper romanticized modern view of samurai and ninja.
And that feel to the monsters really helps make the hard turn into the more blatant mystical elements feel even more jarring and surreal.
Would I still have preferred a style that leans into the visual absurdity of a lot of Japanese mythical creatures though? Yeah, yeah I would lol
@@Ezekiel_Allium Sekiro can be classified as low-fantasy, just like Dark Souls or Berserk in feudal Japan. It Is also said that Ashina lands were a very unusual place, so one can assume that the rest of the world is like Berserk pre Eclipse, namely a world with insanely strong and occasionally oversized individuals, but with very rare supernatural elements. Ashina province is basically a catalyst, maybe a place where the kami world and physical world are particularly close, hence why the dragon chose to go there.
@@ganjacomo2005 dark souls is in no way low fantasy. Your berserk comparison is pretty good, I'm just a little stunned you could straight facedly call such an insane setting low fantasy.
I remember hating this boss with passion during my first playthrough, it was my 2nd hardest fight at that time in sekiro (Genichiro being first just because i really sucked at the time i fought him, dude seriously took me 2 weeks to beat). But after some more playthroughs and fighting all the bosses in the reflection of strength, he's one of my favorites alongside inner father. If you fully grasp and memorize his moveset, it's just a beautiful dance between you and the guy on who you relied your whole playthrough up until this point.
As per demand from the all father Demon’s Souls, a fiery ferocious demon is a mandatory boss fight for this game
So is this Shura? I know the sculptor wanted to avoid “the flames” by carving a Buddha that wasn’t wrathful, but never succeeded and then I guess became the demon? Am I right here?
From what i heard this a failed shura
Actual shura are Worse than this
0:25 sekiro does a backflip
this game made me forget everything i learned from souls series which emphasizes blocking instead of dodging... now it gave me a late game boss that needed to be fought with souls style
I'm the fool who spent 30 minutes tried to deflect his stomp and headbutt
i love that the characters bad end is you turn into a boss you fight in game
Manus, cleric beast, laurence, and demon hatred walk into a bar
The monster reminds me of Nero's 1st boss fight in Devil May Cry 4
BUERIEL!!!!
I believe is how you spell it
Bravlio Rico Berial*
And Dante's, and Vergil's lol
That was a flaming centaur with a sword, so no?
Berial are more vicious
pro tip : you can use 3 or 4 times,after that he just gets angry , the finger whistle tool after you upgrade it with the malcontent ring to stun him for like a good 5-6 sec ,so save it for the last life
That's one polite demon of hatred... using words like "please" and "thank you".
Well he is the sculptor and wanted his suffering to end, so it makes sense
I look at this fight and think man how much harder would this game be if there was a stamina bar
Here's some lyrics for this fight
Sic filii scite tibi vi sacramentum
Erit praemium sanguine sanctum
I see what you did their
The music drop along with the phase 2 roar was so epic.
While so many people claim Isshin, Sword Saint as the best boss in the game, I've always considered the Demon of Hatred as a close second. There's very little time for respite and the music is fantastic. Easily the best non-human fight in Sekiro.
Another proof that this is the sculptor is that when you travel to the dilapidated temple, the grapple point that you would normally use to access ashina outskirts at the start of the game isn't there anymore because it's been burnt off... Like a burn mark is where it is, as if to say when the sculptor was turning into the demon of hatred, he used that same passage to reach the ashina outskirts
According to Boss Fight Database, go for his balls
It just now struck me when the sculptor dissapeared from the temple and his farewell its the sculptor..... Jesus.....
Who gets bloobrone feeling?
Remember that first boss we encounter
yea I get that bolbblogle feeling too
@@nolanb9466 bobobo was a masterpiece
@@jimjimmy8900 bilbo baggins was fantastic
BloodBrawn: That feeling
oh I loved blindBags
Fun fact: in certain attacks using his left arm the demon covers his eyes.
Souls boss in Sekiro. GG MIYAZAKI.
Elden ring ( malenia ) sekiro boss in dark souls , another GG MIYAZAKI
If you overhear a conversation between Emma and sculptor before the owl ending I believe its when Emma sees the sculptor when he is affected by the dragonrot. he will give you an interesting piece of dialogue which is something on the lines of wolf you will be the one to kill me. this play out later in the boss fight where sekiro acknowledges this is actually the sculptor. very sad.
Did anyone notice the sword in its right arm? It was glowing like you could take it.
So basically, we interrupt Sekiro: Shadows die twice to bring you Bloodborne.
When Mr.X gets the G-Virus.
the silhouette on the fireballs that he throws during 2-3 phase are very alike to the sculptions that he makes
I'm having a good time with the game so far but I really dont like how insignificant the deflect system is on huge bosses like these
It makes it more realistic in my opinion. To be fair you got the mobility to balance it off and kite the boss as shown in the video.
thats not entirely true for this boss, if you perfectly repel the attacks that dont have fire on them, his posture goes up a good amount and he can be deathblow'd before his hp even hits 0
If you use the ring whistle "malcontent" it stuns the boss up to 3 times long enough to get some good hits in.
Rest In Peace Sculptor ;_;
I like how this boss is very different from the other bosses in the game yet still can only be done in this game compared to other fromsoft titles.
Yeah never understood why people say it belongs more in Dark Souls/Bloodborne, it’s way too fast and covers way too much ground for those games’ combat.
Man it took me around a dozen times to beat him and my heart was pounding when I finally did 😅😅
Thank you for not cheesing this you’re a real pro
o Hi Flame Lurker, long time no see
You ever wondered what would happen if Vicar Lawrence and Manus did the nasty?
You get this
If any of y’all still having trouble, keep in mind that the Malcontent whistle upgrade will stun him for a considerably long time. I recommend saving it for the third phase, where you can take off half his health bar with well-timed whistles before he even starts attacking.
I spent days trying to win this fight. I was angry by the time I won. But hearing the distorted raspy voice of the sculptor asking you to end him still gave me a sudden stinging feeling .