haha yeah that pop is just weirdly placed, I guess beause no other enemies except the final boss (and a few in fountain head palace) use it, so it's just...out of no where
@@DoomWolfOfficial Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you read the scroll on the room where you fight the lone samurai miniboss right before Gen'ichiro, the pop up doesn't show up during the fight.
personally, i don't think it's "weeb" to learn a language and try to pronounce it properly, you're appreciating the language, and how the game was made
@@DoomWolfOfficial I’m japanese and i think your pronunciation was really good especially for someone whos learning the language. There were a few iffy pronunciations but almost all of the names were spot on. I appreciate that you took the time to lear the names correctly, it sort of annoys me when people pronounce it incorrectly especially when the voice lines say it right there.
The way you described that feeling of just getting lost in the fight with Isshin, of not getting mad at losing because you were steadily making progress are my exact thoughts on both Isshin and Pontiff Sullivan. I adore both, they both took so god damn long (Isshin making me actually leave and visit family for 3 days out of frustration) but the closer I got to finishing it the better I felt, and when it clicked it just felt so god damn good. Personally haven’t experienced that joy since Isshin despite my love of Elden Ring, Bloodborne and the other souls games.
@@tyhjyys Definitely agreed, figuring him out, dissecting his fight is so rewarding, I learned him so well I beat him 2 more times for the other ending without anywhere near as much trouble.
Isshin really is such an amazing fight, and when it clicked for me I just mmmmm. I didn't mention it but during the final attempt he didn't down me once and it just felt good to be able to challenge him. Now to do it again but even harder lol
@@DoomWolfOfficial It must of felt amazing, the feeling of being locked in a duel with a man who essentially ended a war, who was so feared even in his old age he was holding back a coup just by being alive, and you were becoming his equal with each attempt, rising not to match difficulty, but to be worthy of facing such a foe, and evidently you succeeded in both matching and surpassing him and I’m sure you’re going to continue to do even if it is harder. Good luck with those runs, I’m definitely looking forward to them.
You can use the umbrella to stop the True Monk terror attack. Inner Father is next level at these conditions. Also, I can't help but notice you skipped the Headless. They can be fun, once you decide you hate yourself enough to fight them.
I had wondered if that would work but I feel like I was locked into an animation after the stomp, maybe it's just the game feeling stiff post ER though haha I actually hadn't done any of the inner fights, I did them right after the challenge. Inner father isn't as hard as I thought he would be and loved it!
@@co7769 Great Shinobi Owl, Owl Father and Inner Father have different movesets - and are referred differently in-game. The Inner versions of bosses were added in the Gauntlets of Strength, a dlc FromSoftware released a few years ago.
@@jeronimo196 ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh I just beat sekiro and everything is new, strange, and half of it doesn't make sense like this owl father, inner father, inner owl shenanigans Is the name Inner just like to make their names more menacing or something? Like instead of going this is Great Shinobi Owl but a little harder this is Owl Father and then there's one even harder and it's Inner Father. Like saying this is Goku, this is Goku SSJ 1 and this is Goku SSJ 2? Or is there an in-game lore explanation? Like this is Owl if he had chosen this path?
I 100% support more sekiro content, I miss the good old days when everyone was doing wicked sekiro videos all the time and you brought that feeling back, loved this one, will love the next one!
7:00 Wo Long came out recently and I know they're Team Ninja and not From Software, but they improved the issue of when "an enemy has an elemental magic on their weapon and perfect parrying still makes you take damage". When you perfect parry in Wo Long, it undoes the elemental attack on their weapon (or you can just use the opposite element to do this too)
fun fact about guardian ape (i know im a month late) you can use the spear (twice so you can do the "yanking") when you knock it over in 2nd phase for a lot more posture damage than anything else in those 1 or 2 seconds. it'll yank out the centipede a bit but idk if it takes more damage while it's out
The point of the Blazing Bull is to encourage you to make use of an open environment and reposition yourself, something very important to know if you're fighting huge things like the Guardian Ape or the Demon of Hatred. The Blazing Bull is honestly extremely easy if you just sprint towards its butt and stab it once when you get close each time, rinse and repeat until it dies.
Trust me my friend, that is my normal approach to beating him to in this case he can turn on a dime and one shot me, not a big fan of that lol further, Ape I agree with but hugging DoH is my new preferred way of handling that boss haha
the best way to fight blazing bull is to use the withered red gourd, parry him and hit his face whenever his not attacking, his face takes extra damage and he dies a lot faster this way.
@@Ghorda9 That's also a lot more involved and drastically less of a brain-dead strategy, which I figured is a better suggestion to somebody who's struggling with the fight rather than telling them to fight it head-on
@@pancakemixwithblueberriesinit people who struggle with the fight are the ones that are just taking too long and succumbing to attrition, likely because they're not sure what to do.
@@Ghorda9 That doesn't invalidated anything that I said. The method I suggested was, again, brain-dead easy and has never failed me once since I fought this thing for the very first time.
Both versions of the corrupted monks are my favorite bosses in the whole game. Finally someone else agrees its fun. Also.......I actually never had the weird terror issue with the monk.........specifically because I was stupid back then and didn't realize you could mario stomp sweeps until journey 2
Monk has a super fun moveset to parry, just not a fan of the giga posture regen for the corrupted version lol, and that was the first time it has ever happened to me. Idk maybe before I just never stomped her or she didn't do it as much
Loved the video! Super entertaining to watch. Great combination of gameplay and comedic commentary. I just recently got back into Sekiro as well after only beating it once two years ago. It's so much fun, and the combat system is unparalleled. 100 % agree with your take on the final fight with Isshin. I remember spending close to four hours on him the first time around and I never got frustrated. As you put it, every attempt felt like a possible win.
Demon of Hatred is my favorite boss in the game because I figured out the strat you mentioned on my own while learning him. Felt good to run circles around the boss as I deleted his vitality and never got hit lol
personally i didnt have any fun with the fight until that one final attempt where i actually beat him, it felt like i was trying to climb a mountain and tripping and rolling down at the very beginning, and then suddenly it all clicked and i could climb the mountain perfectly, and it was really fun
@@flabbajabba9527 I mean yeah it takes more than that but at its core you run around in a circle and smack him. You never need to dodge, just run and jump
7:28 do you guys know what is the actual worst thing about this boss fight ? Wolf litteraly goes for the head. THEA.HEAD. of ducking bull. Why? For people like me who used to lock opponen this is one of the worst thing to do to this bull.
I actually think the bull is a really good early example of how you need to fight demon of hatred, the devs probably put both bulls that that when you have to fight demon of hatred it's not entirely out of left field
maybe, but I just don't think the player should be punished with status build up on a perfect deflect, ya know? (but it wouldn't make sense to not do it on perfects, but do on imperfects because it's the same sword)
And then you forget all about it because you fight the bull so early and you fight the demon so late when all other examples of that were very close to one another.
@@DoomWolfOfficial you mean like what they did with the headless of bodypossitivity mini bosses on perfect deflects? i think the status build up for bosses that massive like bulls or orang otans is ok but they should have cut the chip damage.
No, let the bull rush you and then deflect. He should so some weird spiny thing and then try to rush you again. Deflect and then rush and get a few hits in, create distance and repeat. You cannot use this for the demon of hatred. But its an easy way to beat the bull. Learn when to be passive and when to be aggressive. Thats all I learned from the bull.
I can see a lot of cross over between Sekiro and Nioh, fast pased combat, the setting. Anyway, 100% recommend Sekiro, it is a phenomenal game! Thanks my friend :)
How have you played Nioh and never heard of a From game? Still, very different games. You can't do some of the crazy fun stuff you can do in Nioh here, but it's still its own kinda fun.
11:46 You can also use the handfull of ash to stagger the corrupted monk for a few free hits, this can be done multiple times and if you combine it with a few snap seeds, you can actually get a stealth attack on him for a one shot(tho to be fair, that's a bit cheesy).
just a list of tips after deflecting the shuriken at 19:01 dodge forward into the attack and you'll end up behind Owl leaving him open to two vit hits - three or four if you use dead angle (which is especially easy to pull off against Owl) - if the True Corrupted Monk uses one basic attack and then a sweep it's not safe to goomba stomp her; if the True Corrupted Monk uses two basic attacks and then a sweep you're free to goomba stomp her. if Genichiro runs to your right like at 26:25 use a thrust attack that way you always hit instead of falling victim to your attack missing. this goes for both Sword Saint and Ashina, you're able to attack twice while they're charging up their Ichimonji. if Isshin jumps back and attacks like at 26:59 dodge into him, you'll have an opening for a vit hit and if played optimally you eliminate any chance of him using that stupid gun. at 27:40, while Isshin is charging up this attack you have an opening to hit him a max of three times for vit, and then if you dodge behind Isshin and through the attack you'll have another opening to hit him twice for vit - possibly three or four times if you use dead angle -
This vid got me real nostalgic, been a hot minute since I've played Sekiro. It was my first Fromsoft title. The Sword Saint fight must have been painful, yet awesome ✌
I don't usually come back to sekiro because there aren't really ways to make it more challenging without mods, but it's sooooo good, I love this game. yes it was big pain but when he went down mmmmm felt good haha
23:03 I've had that plenty of times as well, both with Owl (Father) and woth Great Shinobi Owl. Turns out it counts, and boy am I glad it teleports you towards him because I cannot tell you how many times I've had to run towards a posture-broken boss only to have them stand up again making me do it all over.
That's so strange though because I'm almost positive it didn't raise his posture in other parts of the fight haha. I mean it's neat seeing wolf zip over to him though
I thought it was something that was intended for me to do, sort of like how in breath of the wild the intro dialogue choices always lead to the same things.
im only like 2 mins into the video, but bell demon doesnt stack perfectly with charmless, charmless adds chip damage and take more damage while enemies take less while gaining extra xp and sen, while bell demon effective acts like a bonfire ascetic from ds2, putting enemies into the next ng cycle with increased loot tables and sen drop, but does not add chip damage or extra xp gain.
Funny thing is I fought Demon of Hatred knowing how to fight and still took me hella lot of time. He more than never uses a combo he swipes his fire hand left and right and stomps once and swipes his hand again. You have to deflect his stomp which pushes you before him. Also he can pull off stomps and sometimes drag his claw across ground which you have to jump over, also he jumps up and drops with an explosion which you have to run from.
I think gank fights are just as good as one on one fights in this game, they are where the prosthetic tools really shine and you have to be light on your feet while making quick decisions if you want to take down your foes without taking too much damage
I can see your point but the game really focuses on the katana combat, and I always thought prosthetics were not balanced as well. The fire crackers are great for crowd control, and the umbrella for when things get dicey, but the other ones don't do a lot imo Maybe one day I'll see the same as you do but today is not that day lol
Tbh I just sneak behind one of the two people in the room and turn the non boss in to a puppet and let the puppet deal with the boss lol the only duo boss where this is impossible is the two guardian apes fight
@@DoomWolfOfficial shuriken are probably the best and most versatile prosthetic, use them to quickly take out weaker mobs around a boss, knock down anything airborne or to follow up with chasing slice to prevent recovery.
With the phase three corrupted monk sweep into perilous, use the phoenix’s lilac umbrella midair to block the damage. This is useful for no Kuro charm and bell demon no hits, but sometimes it can hit through the umbrella, so if you use the umbrella and try to move to one side as much as you can, the perilous will usually be completely blocked/miss. Hope this helps someone :)
By the way, against blazing bull, you can parry the attack where he does a direct charge from the front and he’ll become stunned forma few seconds. Also, he takes more damage when you attack his head. However, he still sucks and the chip damage is annoying. However, this strategy is by far better than dodging
this is true! in fact I even did it at some point (probably wasn't in the live footage though lol), but like you said the chip damage and status effect...just don't like it, why punish me for playing correctly ya know? but maybe i'm just being stubborn haha
@@DoomWolfOfficial i hate the chip damage too. However, the increased damage you deal does compensate for it in my opinion so it is the option i usually take. It really shouldn’t do chip damage for that attack though, especially considering the fact that it doesn’t even hit you with the flames for that attack.
I think the False Corrupted Monk cheese survived the final patch (the one where you sneak around her and keep hitting her with seeds, smoke bombs, and firecrackers to make her use the taking damage animation as it back steps her close to a wall jump you can use to stealth blow into a shinobi execution)
Finally someone who actually tries to pronounce the names properly, it is so annoying constantly having to listen to english pronounciations. It's not perfect, but it's better than anything you normally hear, good job Doom
@@habijjj No i agree, even i don't properly pronounce words if i don't know how to. But that's why it feels so much better when you hear someone actually try, even if it isn't perfect
Something I love about Sekiro is how, in every Soulsborne game, your in the end of an era, and because of that, many of your bosses are these great and powerful figures who have long since passed their prime. Gwyn, Martyr Logarius, etc., and it gives this impression of "no matter how hard these fights may be, you are fighting their husks". Then you get to Sekiro, and it makes you fight one of the greatest swordsman in Ashina in his prime and then some (and then there's the optional Owl fight where you fight him in his prime as well, or at least closer to it). In the grand scheme of things he is much lesser than Gwyn, a god, but it feels so much more rewarding to beat the greatest swordsman in the land at his peak than a Hollow Lord of Cinder.
Yeah, I like that too. Like for elden ring you're fighting demi gods, but it's actually demigods that have LONG since lost their full power, then there's isshin that makes sure you know he's the boss lol
*rings the demon bell* "whY dOEs ThE bULl HaVE sO MuCH HeALtH???" Corrupted monk uses the centipede attack after the sweep for the same reason Owl Mikiri counters you. So you don't fight every boss the exact same way.
bull has a fuck ton of health anyway bro lmao you say that but honestly I have never seen her do it outside of this challenge run (obviously they didn't change the logic for someone doing low/no vit, I'm just saying seems weird and a strange level of jank lol)
@@DoomWolfOfficial Yeah but the demon bell certainly doesn't help. I just remember jumping away from her when she sweeps so I don't really remember it being a problem but I don't have as many playthroughs.
thanks for the idea,. I really don't have anything to do in Sekiro anymore, I've even passed all the tournaments of strength, and I haven't really thought about doing this yet.
corrupted monk phase three thoughts: 1: mid air umbrella (blocking terror counts as a projectile you can reflect back later also) 2: hold left or right when stomping her noggin and youll leap to the side instead of straight up after your stomp 3: cool vid tho
A lot of people commented point 1 and 2, I guess I should have better explained (and by that I mean...at all lmao) I know about the purple umbrella, I didn't have it and was too lazy to go get the mats I know about stomping away, I'm just bad at it. Half the time wolf doesn't go in any direction, other times he goes in the opposite. Thanks lol
Oh hey, I did this challenge about 1 year ago. Except I also didn't level Attack Power. I already enjoyed fighting the bosses to the point the fights felt too short, so this was a nice change of pace. Fun fact, Lightning Reversal damage is fixed, with the exception of Divine Dragon, where less Attack Power causes you deal less damage with each lightning thrown.
15:00 I have used the sugar to trivialize this fight on my current playthrough, and I had no idea it could be so easy! I had to reset the level at least 4 or 5 times on my first playthrough trying to get all of the monkeys because I was still learning how to use the traps but even with them it took a while to understand their pathing. Using the stealth candy trivialized this fight and now I'm never going to play this section without it again!
A little late, but the Blazing Bull is actually really easily cheesed. If you run away, you can bait out the charge attack, which if you perfectly deflect will stun him long enough to get two hits in on his face. Then you can run away and repeat the process. You might take chip from the fire, but it’s better than getting ran into a corner
Yeah, I just don't like that the game taught us to parry, then punishes us for it ya know? but I'm also stubborn and this would prob be the better way haha
Nice run, few things I'd like to mention. It was a wise choice to go with Attack power upgrades for this run as AP1 can be brutal for some of the late game bosses. I do agree placing ogre and bull fight this early on as mandatory mini bosses to progress is brutal but there are quite a bit tools available for you to deal with it (Mist raven/Fire crackers for bull and Flame vent for ogre) so it's not that bad. I wholeheartedly agree that groups of fights in this game is brutal and sekiro is best when you are put up on 1v1 fights. You are meant to fight geni and folding screen monkeys after blazing bull as they both drop a memory which helps in doing Vitality damage to the Corrupted monk. While divine confetti and snap seeds are nice to have you can completely fight Cmonk even without any consumables, I mean Corrupted monk is a single phase fight so they had to make her challenging in some way. In true monk's sweep followed by a terror attack defense I would say it has a clear telegraph built in (if she does a sweep after 2 normal attacks it's safe to head stomp her and for other instances players can hold directional input to jump away after the headstomp) so it's fine. Trust me many players die to the divine dragon on base vitality runs : ( Shuriken to deathblow is a mechanic which is built in for every version of owl, if you are 1 hit away from breaking his posture deflecting the shuriken teleports you to him for a deathblow. Bravo for attempting the final fight for 164 attempts you earned my respect and a sub Overall a very nice video I enjoyed it a lot.
Glad you enjoyed the video my friend :) I think the only thing I don't agree with is the part where you said it was built in for owl, just because it doesn't feel intentional, it feels more like an oversight about how the posture system works? I think a way to test might be to see if its possible to break butterfly's posture by deflecting her kunai, as it should in theory be the same idea? a ranged attack deflect that teleports the player?
Oh no what I meant was it's just an interaction that you can have with all the versions of owl (GSO, OF and IF), I guess it's not intended as your butterfly argument makes complete sense. Nonetheless checked out your other run as well and enjoyed them thoroughly. Looking forward for more sekiro runs@@DoomWolfOfficial
I love the Sword Saint Isshin fight. A couple of years ago I spent ages fighting Inner Ishin over and over until I could do the whole fight hitless, just for the love of it.
Dude, when I undertook the Bell Demon + No Kuro's Charm challenge I was on NG+ 5 or something, and it was still one of the most difficult (and rewarding) vidya experiences of my life. The fact that you were able to pull it off with base VIT makes you a truly elite Soulsborne player. Kudos.
this is one of the hardest challenges ive had to do, especially the hardest level 1 run, but man was it satisfying taking isshin down like this doing it on NG+5 sounds rough, kudos to you too!
@@3abadee3Good question; I didn't think that was possible on a true NG0. I've started several new files over the years and don't remember the option until NG+
@@3abadee3 Late response, but - after you complete the game once, you get the option to return kuro's charm on new save files that start from NG. Not just on NG+ in the completed save file.
I think the bull is to teach that some attacks are better to punish than others. His charge can be parried and opens up a nice window to hit him. Bait his charge, parry it, punish repeat. I think the bull has a fun and rewarding loop honestly
I just disagree with the status effecting happening on perfect parries (again it wouldn't make sense for it not to happen on perfect, but do happen on imperfect, because it's the same sword), like why punish the player for doing it right lol if it weren't for that I would say it's a good fight because the way it deflects to the side _is_ satisfying
Yea but the chip damage/status build up combined with the fact he doesn’t really have a stun animation and instead just awkwardly sits there makes it incredibly unintuitive.
Blazing Bull is super easy since even with both bell and no charm the chip damage you take from perfect deflects is minimal. So you run to a medium distance, bait the charge, and defect as soon as it lowers its head. This stuns it for a bit and let's you get three to four hits on its head dealing very high vitality and posture damage. Do this loop about five times and it'll probably die before you have to heal, though adding a sixth loop for a heal is also viable.
In the Hirata encounter with Owl, you broke his posture when he kicked off your blade; you're right that the stars are irrelevant. This is some funny stuff; I especially enjoy the breakneck pace of the edit.
@Doom Wolf I know, I mean that his posture bar failed when you perfect parried his kick, but the game had to wait till he landed for the death blow opportunity.
I actually started this game again a couple days ago. I did not played it further when i came out bc i kept dying at the blazing bull. Then I learned you can parry the attack where he charges you from far away and get 5-6 hit in. And then it took my just under a minute xD
This video encouraged me to do this same exact run, and as of about a week ago, I completed it. It was amazing, being forced to master every single boss's moveset entirely. I no-hit Father Owl, and Sword Saint took me probably five to six hours. I thank you for giving me to inspiration, and I hope I can do more insane shit in the future
For the demon of Hatred I actually learned how to only dodge and run around cuz for some reason, all those massive attacks seem like would be unblockable so I never even touched the parry button. Good part is that it's absolutely doable by constantly running at the boss... after 3 days of attempts
Fair, that was my first thought too. Because he's so massive I didn't think you could parry them, or at the very least dodging would be better, so I also spent time running around him in my first playthrough haha
I think the point of the Blazing Bull fight is to teach the player to use their speed by running and also their ninja tools, since the previous fights were all about teaching them how to parry.
13:01 despite watching this video in its entirety it wasn’t until THIS point that I realized you did corrupted monk before Genichiro, and therefore that you can… do corrupted monk before Genichiro.
22:40 is the reason they put strong enemies together sometimes. This , the loneshadows in the antechamber , 7 spears and the general. It’s all to give you a chance to use the ninjitsu in combat.
It's not correct that the Demon Bell gives the same effects as charmless but increased. Demon Bell increases health and posture damage dealt by enemies and reduces the amount of health and posture damage they take from Wolf's attacks, and expands the loot pool so enemies will drop rarer loot and drop loot more often.
Useful tipp for Future Blasing Bull fights. It got 2 mayjor weaknesses. First Trust Attace (hold R1/RB) Second bis Head. And if u Use an Arko Sugar ist will help Alto Building That posture dmg. Go Marke ist eaven easier just lock on to Target (R3) and switch between Dodges and thrust Attacs for a flawless Blasing Bull. Enjoy!
here 2 tricks for all shishimen 1: with divine confetti you can just deflect the lazer 2:with the skill "anti-air deathblow" you can one shot him during is magic burst skull
I don’t know if anyone has said it but there is an easier way to handle the bull, if you constantly run to either side of the area the bull will follow you and then you stop it will A) chase you B) dip it’s head down to attack and you can perfect parry this attack and that you only have to do that a few times
17:04 there’s a teeny little glitchy goob you can do here. backstab the goon, quit out, and log back in. it spits you outside of the arena but the goon is dead and the lone shadow isn’t aggro. also quick tip, use the loaded spear here. just run around and counter his attacks with the spear, it staggers him out of them
right! Sekiro is amazing I love it so much. I want to make more videos over it, but I just want to play it so I don't want to change the gameplay loop with a challenge lmao
Your method of beating Blazing Bull is one I’ve never seen. You made that boss so much more difficult haha. Back off, wait till he does his big big charge attack where he runs at you and whips his head into you. If you successfully deflect that it stuns him and you can get in a bunch of sword hits Also for Snake Eyes you can jump through her grab attacks
yeah, I tried deflecting him in the other sekiro video I did, and it works much better, but I still don't enjoy being punished for playing how the game taught me lol also, you 100% can not jump over them, she has snatched me out of the area MANY times lmao, maybe it was a hit box thing but being airborne does not stop it
@@DoomWolfOfficial I specifically jump backwards. Maybe that’s why. This video is amazing though. I’m definitely not at your skill level. I just noticed the blazing bull and was like huh I think there is a better way but honestly whatever works
I have been trying this challenge as well. Hit a few minor walls along the way but now I’m at the biggest one being Sword Saint Isshin. That’s gonna take me a while but I know it can be done.
I did Puppeteer ninjutsu on Ashina Castle alone Shadow miniboss guy too (on normal enemy, I mean) but it seems doing a stealth attack on both more viable, since blue enemy you puppeteer still can hit you on 2v1 and it's faster.
I don't think I've stealth deathblowed the boss, but yeah you can still get clipped in the 2v1, sometimes when I'm lazy I let him do all the work and just repuppet him everytime he dies lol
You do no damage to the blazing bull because he takes real damage when you hit him on the head, also I think that using gourd/dousing powder fire resist prevents you from taking chip damage after a successful deflect
A tip for the blazing bull fight, run really far away from him and he always does this charge attack, right before he lands it perry attack twice and repeat makes the fight super easy
I was doing that and she didn't get stunned though :( unless there's a difference between perfect stomp and regular stomp, I just assumed there was only one kind of stomp haha
I did this challenge run and I have to say, Isshin Ashina with these conditions is the hardest boss I have played against and I've played a lot of hard bosses including Level 1 Lingering Will. Do note that I fought Isshin on PS4 (30 FPS) which makes it a lot harder.
I didn't realize the lower fps limit would make it more difficult, but if it reduces the amount of frames you can parry then makes sense Anyway, yeah this was brutal and sword saint isshin was one of the tougher fights I've had in any game ever, gg for doing the challenge my friend!
You can run and bait the Glock Saint's jump attack, that's how I beat him for platinum in 2020. Last year I went back for another 5 runs, where I beat him the right way. Now, I'm on my way to him on the 11th playthrough, because I need to unlock the Gauntlet and get the skins again (I switched console lol). I still haven't beaten Mortal Journey.
5:36 This hint is needed because Lady Butterfly slowly loses her Stance Gauge and quickly regains it. Just so that players don’t think that they can’t beat her because of something other than skill issues
@@DoomWolfOfficial As far as I remember, none of the opponents had such a problem before. And later the opponents are ninjas, Owl and Isshin (both) and monk. So until now there was no need for it. Therefore, this is only mentioned a little in the battle with the immortal warrior (the guy who teaches us the basics of combat)
@@DoomWolfOfficialBy the way, about the bull. When fighting him, using dodges is very effective. Just hit his fat sides until the bull falls. At least for a normal playthrough, this strategy works very well. Works like in the video at 6:50
@@DoomWolfOfficialAnd about the Owl(basic one), I saw LilAggy has an interesting strategy. Hit 2 times instead of 3 and you'll send him into a loop. 2 attacks, 2 parries, repeat until fully cooked
I only realized it after 2 full playthroughs, but if you run at the other side of the bull arena, he will sprint towards you and you can perfect parry him for like a third of his posture and get some hits in. do that 3 or 4 times and the bull is the easiest boss in the game.
20:30 the way to dodge the terror attack is when you jump on her head if press the s key or the joy stick to go backwark you will backflip off of her and you can dodge it. Try it out it makes fighting true monk alot easier. There is a cheese for by using the shinobi fire crackers and attacking five times and then use the fire crackers again you can almost kill her. So use fire crackers attack 5 times then use fire crackers again.
I know about the directional jump, I just can't ever do it. I mean..no actually though, I hold a direction and wolf either doesn't move, or goes in a direction that I wasn't pushing. Maybe I holding the stick too late, who knows haha
@@DoomWolfOfficial it can be weird but for corrupted monk if you get the lazulite fire crackers and the ceremonial dagger you can cheese her last phase pretty easily.
Thank GOD I'm not the only one who thought the Corrupted monk sweep attack thing was bullshit. That pissed me off so bad when it happened that I had to stop playing and think about what the hell I was supposed to do there.
Cool run. Was it Aggy's speedruns? I've been watching loads of those lately and it also got me replaying Sekiro. Admittedly without the charm and bell difficulty modifiers, because I'm not that much of a masochist. Oh, and when you're fighting the Lone Shadow Vilehand in Ashina tower? You can sneak in and backstab his buddy, it doesn't have to be a 2v1.
It was LilAggy haha he popped up a lot in my recommended recently and I watched some to remember how to play yeah! You can see I friend-no-jutsued him onto my team, I was just complaining about him being in the room in general lol
Idk if anybody else have said this, but when the demon of hatred hits you with his fire arm you can actually avoid it by timing your dashes and parrying the attacks that are parriable
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This is my favorite game of all time
Ngl I have never seen a RUclipsr get a CR ad before much better than goofy ass raid shadow legends
@@THAT_GUY119 they're all garbage honestly
Learn from Ongbal
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Man, I love how Isshin commands you to "Do it" when giving him a warriors death. Even when he's defeated he still commands respect.
Isshin is a warrior among warriors, that is true
@@DoomWolfOfficial *Me dies to isshin*
Friend: TERRORIST WIN!
based on real story
@@Kinginazur bro what
YARE
@@HeyYouFromThatGameIsshin is a terrorist
5:37 the funniest tooltip is when you’re fighting tomoe genichiro and the tooltip for lightning reversal pops up as he’s already in the air
14:29 should’ve waited to comment lol
haha yeah that pop is just weirdly placed, I guess beause no other enemies except the final boss (and a few in fountain head palace) use it, so it's just...out of no where
You mean after I die of shock
@@Generalmacka literal shock
@@DoomWolfOfficial Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you read the scroll on the room where you fight the lone samurai miniboss right before Gen'ichiro, the pop up doesn't show up during the fight.
personally, i don't think it's "weeb" to learn a language and try to pronounce it properly, you're appreciating the language, and how the game was made
Oh it's def not, I was just making a self deprecating joke lol
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I’m japanese and i think your pronunciation was really good especially for someone whos learning the language. There were a few iffy pronunciations but almost all of the names were spot on. I appreciate that you took the time to lear the names correctly, it sort of annoys me when people pronounce it incorrectly especially when the voice lines say it right there.
Sounds like something a weeb would say…
I farted
A weeb is like a stan
The way you described that feeling of just getting lost in the fight with Isshin, of not getting mad at losing because you were steadily making progress are my exact thoughts on both Isshin and Pontiff Sullivan. I adore both, they both took so god damn long (Isshin making me actually leave and visit family for 3 days out of frustration) but the closer I got to finishing it the better I felt, and when it clicked it just felt so god damn good. Personally haven’t experienced that joy since Isshin despite my love of Elden Ring, Bloodborne and the other souls games.
no boss in elden ring gives me that flow state that isshin does. easily one of my favorite final bosses ever
@@tyhjyys Definitely agreed, figuring him out, dissecting his fight is so rewarding, I learned him so well I beat him 2 more times for the other ending without anywhere near as much trouble.
Isshin really is such an amazing fight, and when it clicked for me I just mmmmm. I didn't mention it but during the final attempt he didn't down me once and it just felt good to be able to challenge him. Now to do it again but even harder lol
@@DoomWolfOfficial It must of felt amazing, the feeling of being locked in a duel with a man who essentially ended a war, who was so feared even in his old age he was holding back a coup just by being alive, and you were becoming his equal with each attempt, rising not to match difficulty, but to be worthy of facing such a foe, and evidently you succeeded in both matching and surpassing him and I’m sure you’re going to continue to do even if it is harder. Good luck with those runs, I’m definitely looking forward to them.
I just get angry and when I kill the boss I celebrate alot
"Where banana?" Was funnier than it should have been for quick bit.
haha that meme always gets a chuckle out of me so I'm glad I could put it in
You can use the umbrella to stop the True Monk terror attack.
Inner Father is next level at these conditions.
Also, I can't help but notice you skipped the Headless.
They can be fun, once you decide you hate yourself enough to fight them.
I had wondered if that would work but I feel like I was locked into an animation after the stomp, maybe it's just the game feeling stiff post ER though haha
I actually hadn't done any of the inner fights, I did them right after the challenge. Inner father isn't as hard as I thought he would be and loved it!
Lol nah once I figured them out I slaughtered them all
Who the heck calls the Owl Inner father? He is never referred as such in game.
@@co7769 Great Shinobi Owl, Owl Father and Inner Father have different movesets - and are referred differently in-game.
The Inner versions of bosses were added in the Gauntlets of Strength, a dlc FromSoftware released a few years ago.
@@jeronimo196 ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh I just beat sekiro and everything is new, strange, and half of it doesn't make sense like this owl father, inner father, inner owl shenanigans
Is the name Inner just like to make their names more menacing or something? Like instead of going this is Great Shinobi Owl but a little harder this is Owl Father and then there's one even harder and it's Inner Father. Like saying this is Goku, this is Goku SSJ 1 and this is Goku SSJ 2?
Or is there an in-game lore explanation? Like this is Owl if he had chosen this path?
I 100% support more sekiro content, I miss the good old days when everyone was doing wicked sekiro videos all the time and you brought that feeling back, loved this one, will love the next one!
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it :) I plan on doing more Sekiro vids in the future, just gotta figure out what and when haha
Same this was one of my favorite videos from Doom Wolf.
Hey, super cool to see you branching out into other souls games! Love the content:)
Glad you enjoy it :) I plan on eventually covering more from soft games and beyond, one day haha
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If so, I would love to see the nonsense you'd come up with in Remenant from the Ashes
@@DoomWolfOfficial ninja blade no QTE challenge pliz
7:00 Wo Long came out recently and I know they're Team Ninja and not From Software, but they improved the issue of when "an enemy has an elemental magic on their weapon and perfect parrying still makes you take damage". When you perfect parry in Wo Long, it undoes the elemental attack on their weapon (or you can just use the opposite element to do this too)
oh that's a good work around for the issue!
this is truly a Doom Wolf Classic.
Lol thanks
fun fact about guardian ape (i know im a month late) you can use the spear (twice so you can do the "yanking") when you knock it over in 2nd phase for a lot more posture damage than anything else in those 1 or 2 seconds. it'll yank out the centipede a bit but idk if it takes more damage while it's out
yeah, perhaps I didn't show it in the footage but I made sure to save a couple emblems for phase two to do specifically that. it's big helpful lol
Ah, Demon of Hatred. Truly just a Bloodborne boss in Sekiro to throw you off. We love Miyazaki.
yeah, basically lol
The point of the Blazing Bull is to encourage you to make use of an open environment and reposition yourself, something very important to know if you're fighting huge things like the Guardian Ape or the Demon of Hatred. The Blazing Bull is honestly extremely easy if you just sprint towards its butt and stab it once when you get close each time, rinse and repeat until it dies.
Trust me my friend, that is my normal approach to beating him to in this case he can turn on a dime and one shot me, not a big fan of that lol
further, Ape I agree with but hugging DoH is my new preferred way of handling that boss haha
the best way to fight blazing bull is to use the withered red gourd, parry him and hit his face whenever his not attacking, his face takes extra damage and he dies a lot faster this way.
@@Ghorda9 That's also a lot more involved and drastically less of a brain-dead strategy, which I figured is a better suggestion to somebody who's struggling with the fight rather than telling them to fight it head-on
@@pancakemixwithblueberriesinit people who struggle with the fight are the ones that are just taking too long and succumbing to attrition, likely because they're not sure what to do.
@@Ghorda9 That doesn't invalidated anything that I said. The method I suggested was, again, brain-dead easy and has never failed me once since I fought this thing for the very first time.
Both versions of the corrupted monks are my favorite bosses in the whole game. Finally someone else agrees its fun. Also.......I actually never had the weird terror issue with the monk.........specifically because I was stupid back then and didn't realize you could mario stomp sweeps until journey 2
Monk has a super fun moveset to parry, just not a fan of the giga posture regen for the corrupted version lol, and that was the first time it has ever happened to me. Idk maybe before I just never stomped her or she didn't do it as much
Yea the game never explains the sweep counter, there isn’t even a Hanbei tutorial
@@Thisisthegreatestatofalltime it does with wither the first or second general when talking about perilous attacks
I always hated the corrupted monks
The final boss to me will always be those fuckers around senpou temple. The dual spinners that jump all the damn time. Their the bane of my existence
you know watching this makes me want to play sekiro again it looks really good when you manage to learn parrying
learning the parrying in Sekiro is one of the most rewarding experiences in gaming, I love it lol
Loved the video! Super entertaining to watch. Great combination of gameplay and comedic commentary. I just recently got back into Sekiro as well after only beating it once two years ago. It's so much fun, and the combat system is unparalleled. 100 % agree with your take on the final fight with Isshin. I remember spending close to four hours on him the first time around and I never got frustrated. As you put it, every attempt felt like a possible win.
Glad you enjoyed it my friend :)
Right the combat loop in Sekiro is just incredible, 10/10
Demon of Hatred is my favorite boss in the game because I figured out the strat you mentioned on my own while learning him. Felt good to run circles around the boss as I deleted his vitality and never got hit lol
I will admit, after learning he can't turn left the fight went from shit tier to like A tier lol
personally i didnt have any fun with the fight until that one final attempt where i actually beat him, it felt like i was trying to climb a mountain and tripping and rolling down at the very beginning, and then suddenly it all clicked and i could climb the mountain perfectly, and it was really fun
it takes more than just running circles around him, let's be real lol
@@flabbajabba9527 I mean yeah it takes more than that but at its core you run around in a circle and smack him. You never need to dodge, just run and jump
7:28 do you guys know what is the actual worst thing about this boss fight ? Wolf litteraly goes for the head. THEA.HEAD. of ducking bull. Why? For people like me who used to lock opponen this is one of the worst thing to do to this bull.
Oh charmless? So am I
We both be charmless
I actually think the bull is a really good early example of how you need to fight demon of hatred, the devs probably put both bulls that that when you have to fight demon of hatred it's not entirely out of left field
maybe, but I just don't think the player should be punished with status build up on a perfect deflect, ya know? (but it wouldn't make sense to not do it on perfects, but do on imperfects because it's the same sword)
And then you forget all about it because you fight the bull so early and you fight the demon so late when all other examples of that were very close to one another.
@@DoomWolfOfficial you mean like what they did with the headless of bodypossitivity mini bosses on perfect deflects? i think the status build up for bosses that massive like bulls or orang otans is ok but they should have cut the chip damage.
No, let the bull rush you and then deflect. He should so some weird spiny thing and then try to rush you again. Deflect and then rush and get a few hits in, create distance and repeat. You cannot use this for the demon of hatred. But its an easy way to beat the bull. Learn when to be passive and when to be aggressive. Thats all I learned from the bull.
Never seen or heard of this game before. Reminds me of nioh for some reason. Extremely entertaining 10/10 will watch again. Also here is a like.
I can see a lot of cross over between Sekiro and Nioh, fast pased combat, the setting. Anyway, 100% recommend Sekiro, it is a phenomenal game! Thanks my friend :)
How have you played Nioh and never heard of a From game? Still, very different games. You can't do some of the crazy fun stuff you can do in Nioh here, but it's still its own kinda fun.
11:46 You can also use the handfull of ash to stagger the corrupted monk for a few free hits, this can be done multiple times and if you combine it with a few snap seeds, you can actually get a stealth attack on him for a one shot(tho to be fair, that's a bit cheesy).
True! I just didn't do the stealth kill because it felt against the challenge of beating the bosses at base vitality :)
just a list of tips
after deflecting the shuriken at 19:01 dodge forward into the attack and you'll end up behind Owl leaving him open to two vit hits - three or four if you use dead angle (which is especially easy to pull off against Owl) -
if the True Corrupted Monk uses one basic attack and then a sweep it's not safe to goomba stomp her; if the True Corrupted Monk uses two basic attacks and then a sweep you're free to goomba stomp her.
if Genichiro runs to your right like at 26:25 use a thrust attack that way you always hit instead of falling victim to your attack missing.
this goes for both Sword Saint and Ashina, you're able to attack twice while they're charging up their Ichimonji.
if Isshin jumps back and attacks like at 26:59 dodge into him, you'll have an opening for a vit hit and if played optimally you eliminate any chance of him using that stupid gun.
at 27:40, while Isshin is charging up this attack you have an opening to hit him a max of three times for vit, and then if you dodge behind Isshin and through the attack you'll have another opening to hit him twice for vit - possibly three or four times if you use dead angle -
Hey thanks for the tips!
they are all pretty good/useful, so I hope if people are struggling they see this comment!
This vid got me real nostalgic, been a hot minute since I've played Sekiro. It was my first Fromsoft title.
The Sword Saint fight must have been painful, yet awesome ✌
I don't usually come back to sekiro because there aren't really ways to make it more challenging without mods, but it's sooooo good, I love this game.
yes it was big pain but when he went down mmmmm felt good haha
23:03 I've had that plenty of times as well, both with Owl (Father) and woth Great Shinobi Owl. Turns out it counts, and boy am I glad it teleports you towards him because I cannot tell you how many times I've had to run towards a posture-broken boss only to have them stand up again making me do it all over.
That's so strange though because I'm almost positive it didn't raise his posture in other parts of the fight haha. I mean it's neat seeing wolf zip over to him though
I completed the whole game not knowing that giving Kuro's charm back to him made it harder for me.
oof, but also nice! lol
Wolf literally says “suffering is what I desire” 😂
Reading can be helpful at times
I thought it was something that was intended for me to do, sort of like how in breath of the wild the intro dialogue choices always lead to the same things.
Stop the cap. You only get the option to give it in ng+ so there is no way you “accidentally” gave it to him
im only like 2 mins into the video, but bell demon doesnt stack perfectly with charmless, charmless adds chip damage and take more damage while enemies take less while gaining extra xp and sen, while bell demon effective acts like a bonfire ascetic from ds2, putting enemies into the next ng cycle with increased loot tables and sen drop, but does not add chip damage or extra xp gain.
well, thanks Fextra life for not informing me properly. lol
Funny thing is I fought Demon of Hatred knowing how to fight and still took me hella lot of time. He more than never uses a combo he swipes his fire hand left and right and stomps once and swipes his hand again. You have to deflect his stomp which pushes you before him. Also he can pull off stomps and sometimes drag his claw across ground which you have to jump over, also he jumps up and drops with an explosion which you have to run from.
True, all those things are true, you can jump the explosion and grapple, not just run from it though
I think gank fights are just as good as one on one fights in this game, they are where the prosthetic tools really shine and you have to be light on your feet while making quick decisions if you want to take down your foes without taking too much damage
I can see your point but the game really focuses on the katana combat, and I always thought prosthetics were not balanced as well. The fire crackers are great for crowd control, and the umbrella for when things get dicey, but the other ones don't do a lot imo
Maybe one day I'll see the same as you do but today is not that day lol
Tbh I just sneak behind one of the two people in the room and turn the non boss in to a puppet and let the puppet deal with the boss lol the only duo boss where this is impossible is the two guardian apes fight
@@DoomWolfOfficial shuriken are probably the best and most versatile prosthetic, use them to quickly take out weaker mobs around a boss, knock down anything airborne or to follow up with chasing slice to prevent recovery.
With the phase three corrupted monk sweep into perilous, use the phoenix’s lilac umbrella midair to block the damage. This is useful for no Kuro charm and bell demon no hits, but sometimes it can hit through the umbrella, so if you use the umbrella and try to move to one side as much as you can, the perilous will usually be completely blocked/miss. Hope this helps someone :)
I wondered it would help. I didn't have the upgrade mats to get it and was too lazy to run around for them lol
For the Corrupted Monk Combo, if you don't jump on her head and stay right on them, it won't hit you. This works for most spray attacks.
hmmm, interesting, I haven't tried that approach, thanks for the tip!
By the way, against blazing bull, you can parry the attack where he does a direct charge from the front and he’ll become stunned forma few seconds. Also, he takes more damage when you attack his head. However, he still sucks and the chip damage is annoying. However, this strategy is by far better than dodging
this is true! in fact I even did it at some point (probably wasn't in the live footage though lol), but like you said the chip damage and status effect...just don't like it, why punish me for playing correctly ya know? but maybe i'm just being stubborn haha
@@DoomWolfOfficial i hate the chip damage too. However, the increased damage you deal does compensate for it in my opinion so it is the option i usually take. It really shouldn’t do chip damage for that attack though, especially considering the fact that it doesn’t even hit you with the flames for that attack.
I think the False Corrupted Monk cheese survived the final patch (the one where you sneak around her and keep hitting her with seeds, smoke bombs, and firecrackers to make her use the taking damage animation as it back steps her close to a wall jump you can use to stealth blow into a shinobi execution)
I believe it's still in the game but I've never bothered to try it honestly lol
@@DoomWolfOfficialthats why he said the cheese survived the patch
@@DoomWolfOfficialbut great job tho did u die at the last boss 164 times or all the deaths together
@@djw_tekken8490 the numbers are for that specific boss, so if I said 164, it means that boss killed me 164 times lol
@@DoomWolfOfficial ouf bro congrats having that much endurance im honored u reply to me hehe
Finally someone who actually tries to pronounce the names properly, it is so annoying constantly having to listen to english pronounciations.
It's not perfect, but it's better than anything you normally hear, good job Doom
It was surprisingly hard to say "shuriken" in that sentence. Had like 55 takes of that one alone and eventually just gave up lol
I mean that's pretty normal if I play the game in English I'm going to pronounce the name in english.
Gonna cry?
@@littlemoth4956 Excuse me?
@@habijjj No i agree, even i don't properly pronounce words if i don't know how to. But that's why it feels so much better when you hear someone actually try, even if it isn't perfect
Something I love about Sekiro is how, in every Soulsborne game, your in the end of an era, and because of that, many of your bosses are these great and powerful figures who have long since passed their prime. Gwyn, Martyr Logarius, etc., and it gives this impression of "no matter how hard these fights may be, you are fighting their husks". Then you get to Sekiro, and it makes you fight one of the greatest swordsman in Ashina in his prime and then some (and then there's the optional Owl fight where you fight him in his prime as well, or at least closer to it).
In the grand scheme of things he is much lesser than Gwyn, a god, but it feels so much more rewarding to beat the greatest swordsman in the land at his peak than a Hollow Lord of Cinder.
Yeah, I like that too. Like for elden ring you're fighting demi gods, but it's actually demigods that have LONG since lost their full power, then there's isshin that makes sure you know he's the boss lol
Your content never disappoints!
Glad you enjoy it :)
Very nice pace of the video…. And love the commentary…. This video is lit
Thanks my friend, glad you enjoyed it :)
When Shura consumes you, but you're a gamer!
the strongest choices require the strongest wills lol
Demon bell be like:
"Double it and keep it to the same person."
accurate lol
Great to see sekiro on this channel! Still awaiting the ultimate isshin fight 👀
One of the auto suggested responses was "coming soon!" And who knows it might be lmao
I love this video the commentary, the jokes and the challenge is amazing first video I found on your channel and I’m subbing immediately
Thanks my friend, I'm really glad you enjoy the videos :)
*rings the demon bell* "whY dOEs ThE bULl HaVE sO MuCH HeALtH???" Corrupted monk uses the centipede attack after the sweep for the same reason Owl Mikiri counters you. So you don't fight every boss the exact same way.
bull has a fuck ton of health anyway bro lmao
you say that but honestly I have never seen her do it outside of this challenge run (obviously they didn't change the logic for someone doing low/no vit, I'm just saying seems weird and a strange level of jank lol)
@@DoomWolfOfficial Yeah but the demon bell certainly doesn't help. I just remember jumping away from her when she sweeps so I don't really remember it being a problem but I don't have as many playthroughs.
I feel dared to write this:
**Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru**
Nani!!!
Omae wa mou Shindeiru!!!
Nani!!!
thanks for the idea,. I really don't have anything to do in Sekiro anymore, I've even passed all the tournaments of strength, and I haven't really thought about doing this yet.
You could take it a step further and do no attack power too! Just makes the fights take an eternity lol
corrupted monk phase three thoughts:
1: mid air umbrella (blocking terror counts as a projectile you can reflect back later also)
2: hold left or right when stomping her noggin and youll leap to the side instead of straight up after your stomp
3: cool vid tho
A lot of people commented point 1 and 2, I guess I should have better explained (and by that I mean...at all lmao)
I know about the purple umbrella, I didn't have it and was too lazy to go get the mats
I know about stomping away, I'm just bad at it. Half the time wolf doesn't go in any direction, other times he goes in the opposite.
Thanks lol
Oh hey, I did this challenge about 1 year ago.
Except I also didn't level Attack Power.
I already enjoyed fighting the bosses to the point the fights felt too short, so this was a nice change of pace.
Fun fact, Lightning Reversal damage is fixed, with the exception of Divine Dragon, where less Attack Power causes you deal less damage with each lightning thrown.
nice! Thanks for the fun fact!
This whole challenge is like the casual Ongbal warmup
haha well put!
15:00 I have used the sugar to trivialize this fight on my current playthrough, and I had no idea it could be so easy!
I had to reset the level at least 4 or 5 times on my first playthrough trying to get all of the monkeys because I was still learning how to use the traps but even with them it took a while to understand their pathing.
Using the stealth candy trivialized this fight and now I'm never going to play this section without it again!
right! I think on my very first run way back when, I just ran the monkeys down lmao, after seeing how the candy handles the, it's amazingly easy!
A little late, but the Blazing Bull is actually really easily cheesed. If you run away, you can bait out the charge attack, which if you perfectly deflect will stun him long enough to get two hits in on his face. Then you can run away and repeat the process. You might take chip from the fire, but it’s better than getting ran into a corner
Yeah, I just don't like that the game taught us to parry, then punishes us for it ya know? but I'm also stubborn and this would prob be the better way haha
i wont lie, i gave the kid thr charm because i didnt think it did anything and thought this was the hardest souls game
I wonder how many others have done the same...tbf though there's still a case to be made for it being the hardest souls game regardless lol
Nice run, few things I'd like to mention.
It was a wise choice to go with Attack power upgrades for this run as AP1 can be brutal for some of the late game bosses.
I do agree placing ogre and bull fight this early on as mandatory mini bosses to progress is brutal but there are quite a bit tools available for you to deal with it (Mist raven/Fire crackers for bull and Flame vent for ogre) so it's not that bad.
I wholeheartedly agree that groups of fights in this game is brutal and sekiro is best when you are put up on 1v1 fights.
You are meant to fight geni and folding screen monkeys after blazing bull as they both drop a memory which helps in doing Vitality damage to the Corrupted monk.
While divine confetti and snap seeds are nice to have you can completely fight Cmonk even without any consumables, I mean Corrupted monk is a single phase fight so they had to make her challenging in some way.
In true monk's sweep followed by a terror attack defense I would say it has a clear telegraph built in (if she does a sweep after 2 normal attacks it's safe to head stomp her and for other instances players can hold directional input to jump away after the headstomp) so it's fine.
Trust me many players die to the divine dragon on base vitality runs : (
Shuriken to deathblow is a mechanic which is built in for every version of owl, if you are 1 hit away from breaking his posture deflecting the shuriken teleports you to him for a deathblow.
Bravo for attempting the final fight for 164 attempts you earned my respect and a sub
Overall a very nice video I enjoyed it a lot.
Glad you enjoyed the video my friend :)
I think the only thing I don't agree with is the part where you said it was built in for owl, just because it doesn't feel intentional, it feels more like an oversight about how the posture system works? I think a way to test might be to see if its possible to break butterfly's posture by deflecting her kunai, as it should in theory be the same idea? a ranged attack deflect that teleports the player?
Oh no what I meant was it's just an interaction that you can have with all the versions of owl (GSO, OF and IF), I guess it's not intended as your butterfly argument makes complete sense. Nonetheless checked out your other run as well and enjoyed them thoroughly. Looking forward for more sekiro runs@@DoomWolfOfficial
I love the Sword Saint Isshin fight. A couple of years ago I spent ages fighting Inner Ishin over and over until I could do the whole fight hitless, just for the love of it.
Sounds about right, love that boss haha
Iv never seen this channel but it’s def earned a sun this is like nostalgia 101 for sekiro with this dude who funny af
Glad you enjoyed the video my friend :)
Dude, when I undertook the Bell Demon + No Kuro's Charm challenge I was on NG+ 5 or something, and it was still one of the most difficult (and rewarding) vidya experiences of my life. The fact that you were able to pull it off with base VIT makes you a truly elite Soulsborne player. Kudos.
this is one of the hardest challenges ive had to do, especially the hardest level 1 run, but man was it satisfying taking isshin down like this
doing it on NG+5 sounds rough, kudos to you too!
sorry how was he able to give away the charm on the first playthrough?
@@3abadee3Good question; I didn't think that was possible on a true NG0. I've started several new files over the years and don't remember the option until NG+
@@3abadee3 Late response, but - after you complete the game once, you get the option to return kuro's charm on new save files that start from NG. Not just on NG+ in the completed save file.
I think the bull is to teach that some attacks are better to punish than others. His charge can be parried and opens up a nice window to hit him. Bait his charge, parry it, punish repeat. I think the bull has a fun and rewarding loop honestly
I just disagree with the status effecting happening on perfect parries (again it wouldn't make sense for it not to happen on perfect, but do happen on imperfect, because it's the same sword), like why punish the player for doing it right lol
if it weren't for that I would say it's a good fight because the way it deflects to the side _is_ satisfying
Yea but the chip damage/status build up combined with the fact he doesn’t really have a stun animation and instead just awkwardly sits there makes it incredibly unintuitive.
@@DoomWolfOfficial you can also parry it's head swings.
Gyoubu's into where he yells his name is soooo much more epic in the English dialog.
yeah, I need a mod that will change his intro to English, but keep everything else Japanese haha
on my NG+7 I decided to past the game charmless and with the demon bell, what a nightmare hahaha
Oof, that does not sound like a good time lol
Blazing Bull is super easy since even with both bell and no charm the chip damage you take from perfect deflects is minimal. So you run to a medium distance, bait the charge, and defect as soon as it lowers its head. This stuns it for a bit and let's you get three to four hits on its head dealing very high vitality and posture damage. Do this loop about five times and it'll probably die before you have to heal, though adding a sixth loop for a heal is also viable.
the status build up is just annoying, like in general. I don't like being punished for doing the correct thing lol
In the Hirata encounter with Owl, you broke his posture when he kicked off your blade; you're right that the stars are irrelevant. This is some funny stuff; I especially enjoy the breakneck pace of the edit.
if you mean how Wolf flung himself forward, that wasn't an edit, the game just did that lol
@Doom Wolf I know, I mean that his posture bar failed when you perfect parried his kick, but the game had to wait till he landed for the death blow opportunity.
I actually started this game again a couple days ago. I did not played it further when i came out bc i kept dying at the blazing bull. Then I learned you can parry the attack where he charges you from far away and get 5-6 hit in. And then it took my just under a minute xD
I'm still salt that perfect deflects build status effects lol
@@DoomWolfOfficial I think From Soft just wanted to bully us.
*pun intended
I personally like oniwa's intro in English. Dude screams it to the top of his lungs to the point of his voice cracking and I love it.
It is hilarious in English haha
This video encouraged me to do this same exact run, and as of about a week ago, I completed it. It was amazing, being forced to master every single boss's moveset entirely. I no-hit Father Owl, and Sword Saint took me probably five to six hours. I thank you for giving me to inspiration, and I hope I can do more insane shit in the future
I'm glad you did the run and enjoyed it :) Sekiro is such an amazing game
Did everyone just skip over that great samurai jack reference, honestly that was great. 2:02
I think a couple people commented on it, but I don't really remember haha, either way glad you liked it :)
Best way to fight the bull, imo, is to face him head on, parry the charge, and hit him back after that. He takes A LOT more damage on the head.
this probably is the best way, I just don't like being punished for playing correctly (the chip damage/status) though tbf its pretty minimal so
Its impressive that you've answered every comment and keep doing it even after a year
I'm thankful for every comment I get, and it's not much effort to respond so I'm happy to :)
Loved the Samurai Jack reference ❤
Thanks, that was a great show!
Like the Press Start To Laugh humor you got bro
I'm glad I can make you laugh my friend :)
You know you're not in a good spot when Supercell is asking you to sponsor their games
Oh, well, I enjoyed it either way lol
For the demon of Hatred I actually learned how to only dodge and run around cuz for some reason, all those massive attacks seem like would be unblockable so I never even touched the parry button. Good part is that it's absolutely doable by constantly running at the boss... after 3 days of attempts
Fair, that was my first thought too. Because he's so massive I didn't think you could parry them, or at the very least dodging would be better, so I also spent time running around him in my first playthrough haha
I think the point of the Blazing Bull fight is to teach the player to use their speed by running and also their ninja tools, since the previous fights were all about teaching them how to parry.
mayhaps, I mean I do just run at the bull endlessly so maybe lol
13:01 despite watching this video in its entirety it wasn’t until THIS point that I realized you did corrupted monk before Genichiro, and therefore that you can… do corrupted monk before Genichiro.
haha yeah, I did that on my very first playthrough and it kinda just...stuck. It's not the intended way through
Gyobu is the whole reason to use the dub 😂😂 Also Noshir Dalal is pretty dope too lol
tbf, it is a great voice line lol
Doom: "I love this game!"
Me: "Is it really a challenge if he's having fun?"
Maybe the challenge is the fun!
22:40 is the reason they put strong enemies together sometimes. This , the loneshadows in the antechamber , 7 spears and the general. It’s all to give you a chance to use the ninjitsu in combat.
Ninjutsu?? only sword, sword is way, dex is best
I joke lol...not about the dex thing, that's true
It's not correct that the Demon Bell gives the same effects as charmless but increased. Demon Bell increases health and posture damage dealt by enemies and reduces the amount of health and posture damage they take from Wolf's attacks, and expands the loot pool so enemies will drop rarer loot and drop loot more often.
True, my meaning was "game get harder" lol
no idea what this title means but im gonna watch and you cant stop me
Haha hope you enjoyed it at least
10:11 momma raised a solder not no bi 😂
exactly! lol
Useful tipp for Future Blasing Bull fights. It got 2 mayjor weaknesses. First Trust Attace (hold R1/RB) Second bis Head. And if u Use an Arko Sugar ist will help Alto Building That posture dmg. Go Marke ist eaven easier just lock on to Target (R3) and switch between Dodges and thrust Attacs for a flawless Blasing Bull. Enjoy!
Thanks for the tips my friend, anyone reading this will have more information on how to handle the bull!
here 2 tricks for all shishimen
1: with divine confetti you can just deflect the lazer
2:with the skill "anti-air deathblow" you can one shot him during is magic burst skull
I don't recall, it's been too long lol, didn't I do the anti-air to handle them in this? or was that off camera/personal playthrough
I don’t know if anyone has said it but there is an easier way to handle the bull, if you constantly run to either side of the area the bull will follow you and then you stop it will A) chase you B) dip it’s head down to attack and you can perfect parry this attack and that you only have to do that a few times
yeah..I mean yeah...I just don't like being punished for playing right (status on perfect parry)
17:04 there’s a teeny little glitchy goob you can do here. backstab the goon, quit out, and log back in. it spits you outside of the arena but the goon is dead and the lone shadow isn’t aggro. also quick tip, use the loaded spear here. just run around and counter his attacks with the spear, it staggers him out of them
interesting, never knew you could do that. I just opted to puppet the other one chilling in the corner to make it a 2v1 haha
@@DoomWolfOfficial wel that works too lol
Every video I watch about Sekiro makes me love the game more, I can't even go back to other Soulsborne games now and I don't care. Such a masterpiece.
right! Sekiro is amazing I love it so much. I want to make more videos over it, but I just want to play it so I don't want to change the gameplay loop with a challenge lmao
Your method of beating Blazing Bull is one I’ve never seen. You made that boss so much more difficult haha.
Back off, wait till he does his big big charge attack where he runs at you and whips his head into you. If you successfully deflect that it stuns him and you can get in a bunch of sword hits
Also for Snake Eyes you can jump through her grab attacks
yeah, I tried deflecting him in the other sekiro video I did, and it works much better, but I still don't enjoy being punished for playing how the game taught me lol
also, you 100% can not jump over them, she has snatched me out of the area MANY times lmao, maybe it was a hit box thing but being airborne does not stop it
@@DoomWolfOfficial I specifically jump backwards. Maybe that’s why. This video is amazing though. I’m definitely not at your skill level. I just noticed the blazing bull and was like huh I think there is a better way but honestly whatever works
cant wait for the no-death, base vitality, max difficulty, no revive run for the most realistic sekiro experience.
The only true way to play honestly
I have been trying this challenge as well. Hit a few minor walls along the way but now I’m at the biggest one being Sword Saint Isshin. That’s gonna take me a while but I know it can be done.
I believe in you! One day soon you will conquer sword saint, and it'll feel great!
I did Puppeteer ninjutsu on Ashina Castle alone Shadow miniboss guy too (on normal enemy, I mean) but it seems doing a stealth attack on both more viable, since blue enemy you puppeteer still can hit you on 2v1 and it's faster.
I don't think I've stealth deathblowed the boss, but yeah you can still get clipped in the 2v1, sometimes when I'm lazy I let him do all the work and just repuppet him everytime he dies lol
You do no damage to the blazing bull because he takes real damage when you hit him on the head, also I think that using gourd/dousing powder fire resist prevents you from taking chip damage after a successful deflect
does it completely prevent it? For some reason I thought it only reduced it, either way, thanks for the tip!
A tip for the blazing bull fight, run really far away from him and he always does this charge attack, right before he lands it perry attack twice and repeat makes the fight super easy
Thanks for the tip my friend!
20:25, you got to perfect stomp the monk's sweep attack so she gets stunned
I was doing that and she didn't get stunned though :(
unless there's a difference between perfect stomp and regular stomp, I just assumed there was only one kind of stomp haha
Isshin is by far my favorite end boss of all time. Such an amazing fight dude
Isshin is one of the best boss fights I've seen in a video game _ever_ I will never get tired of fighting him haha
I did this challenge run and I have to say, Isshin Ashina with these conditions is the hardest boss I have played against and I've played a lot of hard bosses including Level 1 Lingering Will. Do note that I fought Isshin on PS4 (30 FPS) which makes it a lot harder.
I didn't realize the lower fps limit would make it more difficult, but if it reduces the amount of frames you can parry then makes sense
Anyway, yeah this was brutal and sword saint isshin was one of the tougher fights I've had in any game ever, gg for doing the challenge my friend!
You can run and bait the Glock Saint's jump attack, that's how I beat him for platinum in 2020. Last year I went back for another 5 runs, where I beat him the right way. Now, I'm on my way to him on the 11th playthrough, because I need to unlock the Gauntlet and get the skins again (I switched console lol). I still haven't beaten Mortal Journey.
this is true!
good luck on teh gauntlets my friend!
Just found your channel, and you seem chill asf and I genuinely enjoyed this vid! Keep it up NEW SUBSCRIBER LETS GOOOOO
glad you enjoy the videos my friend :)
5:36 This hint is needed because Lady Butterfly slowly loses her Stance Gauge and quickly regains it. Just so that players don’t think that they can’t beat her because of something other than skill issues
that's not a hit though that's a tutorial message lol, and since it is I feel like it would be better placed earlier in the game ya know?
@@DoomWolfOfficial As far as I remember, none of the opponents had such a problem before. And later the opponents are ninjas, Owl and Isshin (both) and monk. So until now there was no need for it. Therefore, this is only mentioned a little in the battle with the immortal warrior (the guy who teaches us the basics of combat)
@@DoomWolfOfficialBy the way, about the bull. When fighting him, using dodges is very effective. Just hit his fat sides until the bull falls. At least for a normal playthrough, this strategy works very well.
Works like in the video at 6:50
@@DoomWolfOfficialAnd about the Owl(basic one), I saw LilAggy has an interesting strategy. Hit 2 times instead of 3 and you'll send him into a loop. 2 attacks, 2 parries, repeat until fully cooked
I only realized it after 2 full playthroughs, but if you run at the other side of the bull arena, he will sprint towards you and you can perfect parry him for like a third of his posture and get some hits in. do that 3 or 4 times and the bull is the easiest boss in the game.
That would probably help lol, but easiest boss in the game? nah that's still Genichiro :P
20:30 the way to dodge the terror attack is when you jump on her head if press the s key or the joy stick to go backwark you will backflip off of her and you can dodge it. Try it out it makes fighting true monk alot easier. There is a cheese for by using the shinobi fire crackers and attacking five times and then use the fire crackers again you can almost kill her. So use fire crackers attack 5 times then use fire crackers again.
I know about the directional jump, I just can't ever do it. I mean..no actually though, I hold a direction and wolf either doesn't move, or goes in a direction that I wasn't pushing. Maybe I holding the stick too late, who knows haha
@@DoomWolfOfficial it can be weird but for corrupted monk if you get the lazulite fire crackers and the ceremonial dagger you can cheese her last phase pretty easily.
Thank GOD I'm not the only one who thought the Corrupted monk sweep attack thing was bullshit. That pissed me off so bad when it happened that I had to stop playing and think about what the hell I was supposed to do there.
Yeah it's definitely not a fair interaction
Cool run. Was it Aggy's speedruns? I've been watching loads of those lately and it also got me replaying Sekiro. Admittedly without the charm and bell difficulty modifiers, because I'm not that much of a masochist.
Oh, and when you're fighting the Lone Shadow Vilehand in Ashina tower? You can sneak in and backstab his buddy, it doesn't have to be a 2v1.
It was LilAggy haha he popped up a lot in my recommended recently and I watched some to remember how to play
yeah! You can see I friend-no-jutsued him onto my team, I was just complaining about him being in the room in general lol
Idk if anybody else have said this, but when the demon of hatred hits you with his fire arm you can actually avoid it by timing your dashes and parrying the attacks that are parriable
I don't think anyone has said that specific thing haha, thanks!
@@DoomWolfOfficial oh well now you know for the next time you do demon of hatred and want a funny time