She only killed me once, she wasn't that difficult, a headless guy is more difficult, she olmost always uses the same pattern, so deflecting is the only thing tou need to worry about and she eventually kill herself.
@@jeffreysabo1295 for me I quit for a month after finally beating Guardian Ape after another 1 month break. What did it for me was ignoring the fight after failing 5 times and farming a bit and taking a bunch of skill points
@@noamias4897 I won it originally when it came out and came back to it again recently. Not sure if muscle memory but my second playthrough I was a lot better than my first. Did the ape on my first go just parrying and dodging his attacks. This time around did the demon of hatred and 2nd Owl fight to get the 3rd ending. Enjoyed it. BRING ON ELDEN RING
0:13 For those watching in the future, Floating passage got buffed, and it's pretty great now. It's worth getting since it has more range than the standard attack, has a second attack for continuous strikes, and is pretty fast.
It's great. After initial attack it combos with 2 r1's directly after. So you get like a 5 hit attack. I use it for any enemy you need divine confetti for and it melts them.
Forreal. Its my go-to attack. Some enemies who usually block through Combos wont block ever hit from Floating Passage or attack through it. Free damage.
Its upgraded form also makes it even more effective for damaging multiple enemies, who don't necessarily have to be in front of you. It costs spirit emblems to use, but the cost is pretty minimal for the whole combo. It's definitely a solid combat art, at least against enemies who aren't hard to stagger. Also i know I'm responding to a months-old comment, but I just recently started another playthrough in anticipation of the free update that's coming. So now I'm obsessed again
@@obscure.reference Nah, not really. Just make the first deathblow on Juzou a stealth one, quickly talk to Nogami to make him enter the fight and just help him out by stabbing the drunkard in the back and setting him on fire. Extremely easy, do it all the time and Nogami never dies either lol.
Lernos Rotosch it’s an easy boss yeah. we’re talking about first playthroughs though. most people don’t play this game fifteen times. even twice. plus this thread is about not using nogami, which isn’t what you’re implying.
If I may, you missed an interesting tip for Juzou the Drunkard. At the back of the boss area there is two shield wielding enemies. It's usually wise to not kill them, simply because if you keep your distance and attract the boss far enough, they won't follow you and do you no arm and can provide an easy resurection if you happened to die to Juzou himself. Just run to a shield man, pop their shield with your axe and land a Deathblow for a guaranteed removal of the smear covering your second resurrection. If you have Breath of fire : Life, it can even be used to restore your health back on top of that.
You can get 41 scales in a whole game. These scales are enough for you to buy everything in two pots, so don't be stingy with them. Hirata Estate: 2x found from a Treasure Carp swimming to the right side of the bridge, near the Pot Noble Harunaga. 2x found from a Treasure Carp underwater in the same lake. Can be both killed from land with a changed Spear. 1x found on the riverbank to the left of the bridge before crossing. 1x found from Treasure Carp past Bamboo Thicket Sculptor's Idol in the lake underneath the bridge with the large enemy. Diving is required. Ashina Castle 1x found from a Treasure Carp in the castle moat. Diving is required (only spawns once Ashina Castle is attacked) 1x found as a pickup in the castle moat beneath the idol. Diving is required. Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo: 2x found from Treasure Carps in the lake near the Temple Grounds Sculptor's Idol. Sunken Valley 2x found from Treasure Carps found in a lake near the Riven Cave Sculptor's Idol 1x found from a pickup in the lake near the Riven Cave Sculptor's Idol. Diving is required. Ashina Depths 2x sold by Exiled Memorial Mob for 500 sen each. 1x found below the Mibu Village idol guarded by a purple Samurai 1x found from a Treasure Carp found in Mibu Village river near the bridge. Diving may be needed. 5x found by giving the Mibu Village priest Water of the Palace, then reloading the area to find him transformed into an enemy which will drop the scales upon being killed. Fountainhead Palace 3x found in a room accessed by a cracked floor and underwater route. Water of the Palace is also found here. Diving is required. 7x found from Treasure Carps in the area's main body of water. Diving is required 3x found in a small sunken house beneath the area's main body of water. Diving is required. 2x found by the giant carp skeleton with worms on it at the bottom of the body of water. Diving is required. 1x found by feeding the Giant Colored Carp 'Precious Bait', then talking to NPC next to the bell (first feeding). 3x found by feeding the Giant Colored Carp 'Precious Bait', then talking to NPC next to the bell (second feeding).
immortal9922 I actually loved the battle with butterfly. Like most bosses in this game she’s so annoying but once you beat her you realise the beauty of the combat and know you could do it again.
The "Floating passage" skill actually really helps with isshin, the sword saint in his sword only stage. His dialougue states that "hesitation kills". If you use this skill in his sword stage to its 5th blade slice he will almost (i think it glitched a couple times) always take a step back from you giving you space and time to get ready for his next move. Since the move shows no hesitation, i tried it and it worked. But i encourage others to try it and see if it works for them.
Floating passage is great for the Emma & Issin boss fight. They can’t interrupt it when you use it as a counter attack to any of they’re strikes. Facts! It made the fight so much easier once I found that out
The bell Mother Nogami holds was originally Kuro's. Its likely that Kuro, when retreating from Lady Butterfly's room, passed by her and saw her scared and trembling. So he gave her the bell as a way to calm her down. Hes a really nice kid, after all. Thats why she is so bent on trying to return the bell to him, as thanks.
@@ArstotzkaEmpire He gave the bell to Mother Nogami, not to Lady Butterfly. Mother Nogami is right outside the door that leads to the boss fight (the door kuro goes to in the cutscene)
Also it’s possible to eavesdrop on Juzou the second time you fight him in the game and he talks about how easy it was to invade the estate and how the Owl’s info was right on. Clearly showing that he was responsible for the raid.
In my opinion, Floating Passage is amazing if you're having trouble with Nightjar ninjas. It pressures them hard and they rarely ever break out of it. Two of those are enough to posture-break them.
Its also very clearly the same sword he runs along Wolf's cheek in the opening cutscene. Its a very obvious, and disappointingly predictable, "Top 10 anime betrayals" moment.
@@dan240393 I don't think most people are going to remember the shape of every sword in the game. Especially when they only appear in two short cutscenes.
@@Healermain15 Its more that the first cutscene takes a long moment about showing you the tip of that particular sword, as you are introduced to Wolf. Its the sword that gives Wolf his scar and introduces him to his teacher. Who also happens to be the guy who introduces him to Butterfly. And its a pretty distinctly shaped sword. Its a nearly straight bladed katana, that is about double length, has an extremely deep blade and a very square tip. Its the only sword you see that looks like that (at least as far as I've gotten in the game). Its the kind of thing that, having played previous From Soft games, was a clear tell that we were going to see that sword again.
yeah, can't wait for him to make 15 things you missed, 2 "the story of x" videos and 2 videos about 2 characters then give up on the game... Why u always leave me blue balled Vabi, why?
Day 857: Still waiting on Vaati's lore for Sekiro. Starting to think this game will never be understood by anyone, ever. Has Vaati gone rogue, just like Wolf did on the night of the Ashina invasion?
@@Crazelord91 It is pretty straightforward for a From Software game, but it still holds many many secrets, just like a From software game. Besides, we all know that Vaati is the best story teller there is. I just want more!
There's a few things that are very vague but I won't mention them bc they're late-game spoilers, I'm assuming the DLC(if made, don't want to jinx it) will answer a certain storyline that's cut off in the lore which will probably answer another seperate question.
Floating Passage does vitality and posture damage even when the enemy is blocking, and an enemy parry is almost guaranteed on the last strike, not before, not after, allowing you to manage your own parry's timing effectively. Best combat art against bosses IMO.
The fact that it's pretty much the fastest combat art also helps, the first strike comes out faster than a regular R1 attack if I'm not mistaken, and your opponent is most often forced to block the following strikes
@@pudimverd3 Indeed, I forgot about this detail. Where an R1 combo will give you a single strike of pure vitality damage, floating passage will get you two. Thank you for mentioning it.
@@owendrungle I disagree. Spiral Cloud Passage will use 5 spirit emblems per full combo use, meaning you can use it 4 times (without ceremonial tanto on a fully upgraded character) in a single boss fight for what is in my opinion a very small upgrade.
Helped me a ton on both Owl fights. During his sword slam on Great Shinobi, and during his firecrackers attack on Father (just dodge to your right side, use only the first two attacks of Floating Passage. Easy damage)
List of things you will say while playing a from software game: -Wtf is that -how did he hit me!!! -a one shot!!! -o cool a item O JESUS CHRIST IT WAS A TRAP!!! -i think im getting gud *one minute later* i regret saying that
Everything minus the "O jesus christ it was a trap!!!" on the item thing. More surprised when it wasn't... And more surprised about the boss-surprise-traps when you dive into an area and can't get out anymore, but you weren't prepared...
Floating Passage's strength is that it actives quickly, and it can catch and interrupt certain enemies during some of their attacks. Its other strength is that it is available without using any skill points. I personally like to follow up attacking with the Sabimaru with Floating Passage, not always, but on quite a number of enemies. I love fast, blinding flurries that somewhat penetrate an opponent's guard.
Regarding the "where were we during the attack" - I was under the impression that the eavesdrop through the window in one of the houses that's quite prominently marked for you to not miss it is basically you listening to your wounded past self arguing with someone that you must go out there and fight.
Floating Passage is the best technique vs High health enemies and bosses, it deals good amount of damage and posture damage to bosses even while they are blocking, the fact that it deals damage when they are blocking is really game changing for me.
@@iKiNGCoLoR you can keep using it with zero spirit emblems btw. Not sure if it's a bug but it works in my game with 100% consistency. Also not sure if the damage is lessened but it doesnt look like it. It still does a fuck ton of damage with zero emblems. Try it
@@mrfister1234 you can use all weapon arts/skill without the proper amount of spirit emblems, it just uses a weaker version of the attack. The mortal draw does a bit less damage and has a lot less range without the proper amount of spirit emblems. A little trick tho, if you have enough spirit emblems to full power the first hit, but not the second hit, the second hit will spend no emblems, but still be at full power.
Did you guys knew that the loaded ace is actually the Sculptor’s axe?The description says it was lost along with his left arm and they mention something about the monkey of sunken valley which is the sculptor.
He's a man of pride and speaking with your blade. "A shinobi... showing the likes of... compassion? Unthinkable... such a miserable display." for instance.
Best usage of Floating passage I've seen is that it is an air-tight blockstring so enemies, even bosses, are forced to block the whole thing. It can be useful for extending your turn, so-to-speak.
@@elemenopi4827 I've seen him, but they just don't do it for me. I think every Vaati fan can agree that there's just something special about the way Vaati tells stories, not to mention his interpretations are always right on the money or at least rational, as opposed to most other Lore RUclipsr's interpretations that I don't agree with. It's well worth the wait for me.
@@elemenopi4827 its not so much with him specifically or even the disagreeing part that makes me still want to pretty much only watch vaati. for creeepling specifically i disagree on little nit picky things like the origin of the gentipedes
I’ve never been so hurt in my whole life! I love floating passage and pretty exclusively used it for the whole game. It comes out quick and its multiple strikes can help you deal fast posture damage against temporarily vulnerable enemies that you’d normally only be able to hit once or twice in that amount it time. Plus, the strikes happen in pairs (2+2+1) so you don’t have to commit like you do with something like ichimonji.
apparently they buffed it sometime after he made this video so its a lot better now. although your comment is 2 years old now so. you probably already know that lol
Floating passage is meant for lore, it's the same technique used by Genichiro. The description of the passage states that it is taught by the Tamoe and is said to be a heretical sword art.
@@Ty-v6v-c4r Because Sekiro is one who is opposed to heresy and so would explain why it does penis damage. checkm89-ing atheists with my 9000iq response
I watched up to the buddah Statue, and stopped at the spoiler warning. Thank you for that! I'm proud to say I found those first 13 myself, on my first playthrough, but you did give a few hypotheticals I didn't stop to consider. I knew the actual lore though (it's pretty hard to miss)
Floating passage is pretty good against many bosses like owl or genichiro, for whenever you intend to do vitality damage to them. If you can get behind them, and get it in, you will usually be able to get through the whole combo before the enemy blocks, and it offers more damage then if you were to just hit them twice normally before they block.
I've seen a few say it, but floating passage is great In the late game. It's fast, damages through guard, and leaves Sekiro in a good position to deflect attacks. Very useful against opponents that are quick but tend to block all strikes (Owl, Isshin, O-rin, etc.)
I agree with this entirely. It being fast is the best selling point, and it does a LOT of hits so if they guard they take a lot of chop damage. It's great for any block-heavy boss.
Using the mortal blade ninjistsu along with floating passage dices up even the toughest enemies in the game, it became my go-to after messing around with the blood blade
@@sal3845 Nah it's not mortal blade. It's a ninjutsu that extends the range of your sword attacks and makes it looks like they are a weaker version of mortal blade hits. It works together with regular attacks and skills.
@@ToveriJuri I wouldn't say that Bestowal isn't amazing on its own though. Like everything in Sekiro, there is some specific situations were this ninjutsu is bash insane. For example, Mibu village, cut through any wave of enemies (even the bell weilding fatties) at safe range. Another example, which might be even better, is in Ashina castle when the interior ministry invade the place. You can fight large crowds of enemies like it's nothing with this ability. It's not as flexible as puppeteer or bloodsmoke and you're probably not gonna use it as often but it's usually good in every situations where the two others aren't very existing at all, which I found being a huge advantage.
The dying dude outside buttefly's arena could also be blind just because Buttefly slashed him in the eyes. You can see a slight slashmark across his face if you look closely. It could also be himself who made the slashmark, though. Who knows? ;P
Hello, floating passage made wonders for me against Owl Father, using it right after jumping his swipe attack I was able to do a decent amount of damage and the final attack made him startle a little interrupting his slam and giving me a window to sneak one or to normal attacks! I really like how everything is this game has some utility even if marginal.
5:49 I think it is a devastating or at least a traumatic illusion to sekiro as when he was young he was left by Usui (Owl Father) in Usui's forest to survive amongst the illusions. As he would be very unskilled in young age, the illusions would have been a very traumatic experience for him.
one more thing is when u kill the bandit that hints u about the pagoda he remains dead in present time (he's disappeared from his actual place before the chained ogre) this makes me think that our actions 3 years ago are actually affecting the present (even though it was supposed to be memories). so if u planned to kill him, u should buy his wares first, not like me where i didnt get any kunai lol
I'm very late to the party, but one thing I noticed about Floating Passage is that it's pretty good at building up Burn status on enemies when used in conjunction with Living Force.
What impressed me more than the secrets is your ability to understand and explain the little stories within the game and make all the connections that I dont pay attention to when I play haha
What achievement is that? I’m a huge achievement hunter myself but I don’t see what achievement this would pop. I got the Lady Butterfly achievement just by defeating her, I haven’t got the idol yet
In a prayer necklace description, the 9th I believe, is said that shadows are the 17 sons of the Central Government leader and that only few of them are still alive. Also Sekiro isn't going to have any dlc, unfortunately.
@@benouna55 I remember Miyazaki saying in a pre-launch interview that there weren't any plan for a dlc release. It's today news that Sekiro has sold 2 mln copies in less than 10 days so maybe plans are about to change.
On certain enemies Floating Passage does pretty decent posture damage, also it does good chip damage to certain bosses health if you time the first two swings correctly. It doesn't do anything impressive, but the first two swings are pretty fast. 2:30 the Shadow Rush skill is pretty useful against these guys if you want a non-cheese method.
Best thing about your videos Vaati, you recognize players like me watching who haven't gotten very far in the game and always add in spoiler warnings. I thank you sir.
Got the "best" ending and a 99% of the game(at least what a single run allows you to do) without looking anything. Thank Miyazaki for making things less ambiguous and using the exploration tools to its favor.
I liked that ambiguous nature of the past games more tbh. My most memorable experience i had was in Dark Souls and randomly finding the secret passage in blighttown to the underground beach area (I'm tired and can't think of the name right now). I did this after beating it and thinking I found everything big. This game feels like it's lacking major secret areas like that, which is a bit of a let-down (to me). Still love the game though.
@@OrcishWhorde The thing with illusory walls without any particular context is that almost no one is going to find them. When DS came out i found the Great hollow by accident(i sneezed thus making me press attack and i had a big club) Using the secret passages that are hidden like the one in hirata's state felt more rewarding and you were kinda expecting something to happen. I get what you say, the game could get more hidden stuff in the future, but for me the game had enough hints(For example the headless that gives you Ako's item was well hidden,with an easy path later on if you miss it)
@@canaldecasta yeah the five headless in the game were very VERY well hidden. It made it really rewarding to beat all of them too making buddhist sugars obsolete.
I love Floating Passage, it allowed me to elegantly dance with O'rin and it was so much fun. I also used it when I was fighting the Guardian Ape during phase 1
0:14 TF?!?! It's my favourite combat skill in the whole game!! Yes, you have to time it properly in order to get the best out of it, but if yo do you can make a lot of damage to health and posture. Idk I love it
When I am farming those elite ashina douchebags in Ashina Castle for divine confetti, I like using the sabimaru to poison them, dodge back out of their range, and then immediately use floating passage, dodge back again, use floating passage again, then rinse and repeat, using sabimaru when poison wears off and you can keep those piece of shift bastards stun locked to death. Floating passage is definitely one of the best abilities in the game. Not game breaking like Ichimonji: Double, but plenty useful for many situations.
On the first health bar of Lady Butterfly I just right dodge attacked repeatedly until her health was gone, she never fought back until the second bar. I found the drunk guy harder to beat but I did forget to remove the demon bell curse.
Hey vaati you have done such a great work in the Soul series that has help me understand and More apritiate the games from fromsoft. Also I was waiting just for this video from you and ceap on the awsome work
A quick note about the 3 pagoda, you dont need to kill the guy to open the door and get the prosthetic. he wont damage you during the door opening animation, and then once you go inside, his pathfinding has issues getting in himself. You can then grab the prosthetic and run away like the coward you are. (I was very very early game when I got to this area, and stumbled upon here by accident.
I really struggled with Lady Butterfly's second phase at first till I realized the summons are whats turning into her floaty tags attack. Honestly once you know how she works she isn't all that hard but I will admit it took me quite a few frustrating runs before I actually figured her attack pattern out :D
For anyone struggling with lady butterfly, she's easily exploitable by dodging fromin front of her so that your facing her shoulder, and then doing the counter part of the dodge. Just spam this, and you can get the first deathblow in a minute, no damage.
You can combine floating passage with the ninjutsu that allows you to use the mortal blade (kind of) so you can shread large groups of ennemies i used this to farm a lot
That second 'secret' boss fight in Hirata estate is seriously hard as hell; it's the only boss so far that I've truly felt frustratingly stuck against.
Maaaan i love so much what u doing !! so great content with DS as well , it hits like a charm of a fairytale ..( still watchin the lores and the stories for ds in the vids that u made) now i m struggling with sekiro , havent gotten much far yet but i've cleared everything in hirata estate chapter and ur vid just popped up now , im gonna see it ..no spoils i hope ! hahah keep up the good work and content bro ..much love for ur channel ! Rise to the top.
Floating passage is great for roaches and dog packs. It is highly situational and honestly once you get the cleave type spear prosthetic that is way better for large groups of any bigger type enemy's.
The Owl when you first meet him in Hirata Estates says "The Master is absolute". 3 years earlier When you start the game Owl says "Your father comes first and your master second" Did he become a Shura? Did he become engrossed by the divine heir blood? Hmmm
"I didn't find this on my first playthrough" That...surprises me, actually. I remember thinking "huh I wonder what's down this way, since we can swim and all in this game" got my ass handed to me a few times by that kicking shinobi guy though. This is my game of the year 2019 for sure.
Yeah im always looking for hidden ways so i found the kicking ninja easly but couldnt beat him at 1st So i just ran and got the mist raven and run without killing him lol
4:02 i forgot about him and went on ahead to kill Juzo the drunkard and it was funny for me to see him ran in an empty yard and said - "Looks like this place is clear." good observation sir! LOL
Floating passage isn't really meant for crowds, it's more meant for burst dmg'ing either posture or health on single targets as most enemies will try to block if they can causing a fairly large jump in their posture bar or decrease in their health bar. This becomes compounded even further if you combo it with sabimaru, as you can chain the combo until sabimaru depletes your spirit emblems meaning some tougher enemies may never even get the chance to attack. For example against Isshin Ashina I was able to burst him down entirely before he could do anything by chaining floating passage with sabimaru.
I LOVE floating passage, you do need to be careful initiating it like all arts. And it's a three stage animation. First button press is only two strikes, second adds the jump. Third adds the final slash.
I did not know about that last fight... Spoilers ahead... I did however think to look at where Owl "died" and the body was clearly replaced (there's no beard and his arms are super skinny for instance) with a normal bandit or some dude. Surprised that wasn't on the list.
@penalcrack I'm outside the last boss fight (haven't tried him yet). I ran back and checked, I don't think his arms are that skinny. Regardless there is no beard (you can move the camera around and see his face decently well). Also, looking now there's no sword on him, which I don't know about the beginning of the game but seems weird.
@@naidoelcam1215 It's at the end of the game, when you go back and he's "Dead" not breathing or talking. There is clearly at least no beard and I doubt they would forget it.
Really appreciated the advance major plot point warning; considerate and classy, and only adding to my crush on the man behind youtube's most silky voice. You are a gem, a gentleman, and a scholar as always Vaati. Keep doing God's work.
Not sure if anyone commented this, but the Bell is on Kuro's Belt when you talk to him. I think when Kuro exits the bossfight room, he drops the bell near the grandma, who recognizes it? Or maybe the grandma gave it to Kuro as a way to give him additional "divine protection" (taken from the bell's item description). It seems like Inosuke was also tasked to protect Kuro. During his dialogue in Hirata Estates, he laments that he couldn't really fulfill his duty and that the Hirata line is now over. (not sure if that means Kuro is of Hirata descent either; still piecing together lots of things)
Technically Owl uses the hidden technique, Shadowfall, which is a hidden technique you gain access to by learning the ultimate techniques of both the Shinobi text and the Senpou text (available near the Demon Bell) which may indicate that Owl trained at Senpou Temple for a time, possibly before he became a Shinobi
For anyone who may be struggling with Lady Butterfly, I'll give you a small, subtle, huge hint on how to beat her: when you first get to her area you'll see text about the sidestep/dodge mechanic.
Do people really struggle against her? I found her very easy. Shuriken staggers her when she's in air. Her range is shit, making it easy to bait and axe her some important questions.
@@bruhder5854 She whooped my butt repeatedly! I love Sekiro because what makes one boss challenging or not to a given player largely comes down to that player's style and skills, not their character's. I think it's a testament to how varied they are, especially because Sekiro is distinct from most FromSoft games in its lack of RPG classes.
The Floating Passage combat art does have some usages. It can be used to manipulate certain boss AI into playing more passively. I used this on Owl, Genichiro, and O'Rin of the Water. It was particularly helpful with O'Rin, as it forced her into using two moves. One where she jumped back and then did an easy to parry maneuver, and an immediate follow up strike that you could i-frame through.
I thought that guard's purpose was to help you vent your frustration after each death to Lady Butterfly
She only killed me once, she wasn't that difficult, a headless guy is more difficult, she olmost always uses the same pattern, so deflecting is the only thing tou need to worry about and she eventually kill herself.
@@tony001212 would you like a medal?
Probably...because you can just travel to another idol with better ways to fill up your respawn node٩(๑•̀ ₃ •́ )۶
Friend Patine but the game already did╮(￣▽￣"")╭
@@brycecai4700 the cringe i can't
"Easier owl you encounter later top of Ashina castle"
Me: *Vietnam flashbacks*
It's funny because i'm vietnamese
@Luis Martinez boomer reflexes
That's why i quit a year ago. Now I'm back on a new game 🤣
@@jeffreysabo1295 for me I quit for a month after finally beating Guardian Ape after another 1 month break. What did it for me was ignoring the fight after failing 5 times and farming a bit and taking a bunch of skill points
@@noamias4897 I won it originally when it came out and came back to it again recently. Not sure if muscle memory but my second playthrough I was a lot better than my first. Did the ape on my first go just parrying and dodging his attacks. This time around did the demon of hatred and 2nd Owl fight to get the 3rd ending. Enjoyed it. BRING ON ELDEN RING
0:13 For those watching in the future, Floating passage got buffed, and it's pretty great now. It's worth getting since it has more range than the standard attack, has a second attack for continuous strikes, and is pretty fast.
very usefull comment thanks!
It's great. After initial attack it combos with 2 r1's directly after. So you get like a 5 hit attack. I use it for any enemy you need divine confetti for and it melts them.
Forreal. Its my go-to attack. Some enemies who usually block through Combos wont block ever hit from Floating Passage or attack through it. Free damage.
Its upgraded form also makes it even more effective for damaging multiple enemies, who don't necessarily have to be in front of you. It costs spirit emblems to use, but the cost is pretty minimal for the whole combo. It's definitely a solid combat art, at least against enemies who aren't hard to stagger.
Also i know I'm responding to a months-old comment, but I just recently started another playthrough in anticipation of the free update that's coming. So now I'm obsessed again
It REALLY annoys me when people use "then" in a sentence when they should've use than. How can you not know the difference? Ridiculous.
4:20 There's also extra dialogue if you beat the boss without getting help. He runs in screaming after the boss is dead.
you’re more likely to hear that than you are what he says if he wins the fight.
@@obscure.reference I didn't notice that dud until I died ten times to the boos
*boss
@@obscure.reference Nah, not really. Just make the first deathblow on Juzou a stealth one, quickly talk to Nogami to make him enter the fight and just help him out by stabbing the drunkard in the back and setting him on fire. Extremely easy, do it all the time and Nogami never dies either lol.
Lernos Rotosch it’s an easy boss yeah. we’re talking about first playthroughs though. most people don’t play this game fifteen times. even twice. plus this thread is about not using nogami, which isn’t what you’re implying.
If I may, you missed an interesting tip for Juzou the Drunkard.
At the back of the boss area there is two shield wielding enemies. It's usually wise to not kill them, simply because if you keep your distance and attract the boss far enough, they won't follow you and do you no arm and can provide an easy resurection if you happened to die to Juzou himself. Just run to a shield man, pop their shield with your axe and land a Deathblow for a guaranteed removal of the smear covering your second resurrection.
If you have Breath of fire : Life, it can even be used to restore your health back on top of that.
You can get 41 scales in a whole game. These scales are enough for you to buy everything in two pots, so don't be stingy with them.
Hirata Estate:
2x found from a Treasure Carp swimming to the right side of the bridge, near the Pot Noble Harunaga.
2x found from a Treasure Carp underwater in the same lake. Can be both killed from land with a changed Spear.
1x found on the riverbank to the left of the bridge before crossing.
1x found from Treasure Carp past Bamboo Thicket Sculptor's Idol in the lake underneath the bridge with the large enemy. Diving is required.
Ashina Castle
1x found from a Treasure Carp in the castle moat. Diving is required (only spawns once Ashina Castle is attacked)
1x found as a pickup in the castle moat beneath the idol. Diving is required.
Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo:
2x found from Treasure Carps in the lake near the Temple Grounds Sculptor's Idol.
Sunken Valley
2x found from Treasure Carps found in a lake near the Riven Cave Sculptor's Idol
1x found from a pickup in the lake near the Riven Cave Sculptor's Idol. Diving is required.
Ashina Depths
2x sold by Exiled Memorial Mob for 500 sen each.
1x found below the Mibu Village idol guarded by a purple Samurai
1x found from a Treasure Carp found in Mibu Village river near the bridge. Diving may be needed.
5x found by giving the Mibu Village priest Water of the Palace, then reloading the area to find him transformed into an enemy which will drop the scales upon being killed.
Fountainhead Palace
3x found in a room accessed by a cracked floor and underwater route.
Water of the Palace is also found here. Diving is required.
7x found from Treasure Carps in the area's main body of water. Diving is required
3x found in a small sunken house beneath the area's main body of water. Diving is required.
2x found by the giant carp skeleton with worms on it at the bottom of the body of water. Diving is required.
1x found by feeding the Giant Colored Carp 'Precious Bait', then talking to NPC next to the bell (first feeding).
3x found by feeding the Giant Colored Carp 'Precious Bait', then talking to NPC next to the bell (second feeding).
this is just wonderful, so helpful
Giant carp video when?
sephiroth or you can check wiki instead where this information was taken from...
sephiroth 42..!! In whole game not 41..😂🤦🏼♂️ u lost 1 bro
@@vScpe oh thanks! Thank you very much! This is indeed a mistake.
1 thing I dont miss: the shinobi hunter
Once you get the thrust counter, he becomes pretty easy to beat.
Last boss is much worse
immortal9922 I actually loved the battle with butterfly. Like most bosses in this game she’s so annoying but once you beat her you realise the beauty of the combat and know you could do it again.
If I faced him now since getting the dodge and deflect mechanics down, he would be a cake walk compared to what's to come.
@@WalkthruGuides I've literally died 50 straight times to the butterfly bitch. Fuck that shit
The iron bond: obey your father before your master.
Could the Owl have sent us away before the attack?
He most certainly did
Since it was the Owl who brought the bandits to hirata (ministry mercenaries actually), most likely he lured wolf away as well
The "Floating passage" skill actually really helps with isshin, the sword saint in his sword only stage. His dialougue states that "hesitation kills". If you use this skill in his sword stage to its 5th blade slice he will almost (i think it glitched a couple times) always take a step back from you giving you space and time to get ready for his next move. Since the move shows no hesitation, i tried it and it worked. But i encourage others to try it and see if it works for them.
Floating passage is great for the Emma & Issin boss fight. They can’t interrupt it when you use it as a counter attack to any of they’re strikes. Facts! It made the fight so much easier once I found that out
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wow that was cruel, 6:27 "LOOKING after his mother"
GOT EEM!
The bell Mother Nogami holds was originally Kuro's. Its likely that Kuro, when retreating from Lady Butterfly's room, passed by her and saw her scared and trembling. So he gave her the bell as a way to calm her down. Hes a really nice kid, after all.
Thats why she is so bent on trying to return the bell to him, as thanks.
Francisco Petrucci and trying to kill you meanwhile.
@@ArstotzkaEmpire He gave the bell to Mother Nogami, not to Lady Butterfly. Mother Nogami is right outside the door that leads to the boss fight (the door kuro goes to in the cutscene)
Also it’s possible to eavesdrop on Juzou the second time you fight him in the game and he talks about how easy it was to invade the estate and how the Owl’s info was right on. Clearly showing that he was responsible for the raid.
Ummmmm spoiler
When's the second time you fight him?
@@bigmiki2620 Why are you on a Vaati video if you care about spoilers?
@@XxdeathclawslayerxX When you do the purification ending, you need to eavesdrop on some people after the first owl fight, lookup a guide for endings
@@XxdeathclawslayerxX in the hidden forest kind of easy fight compared to other bosses i used the spear prosthetic agains't him
8:01
VaatiVidya:
*looks at orphanage*
“This looks like a *great candidate,* to light on *fire.* ”
I actually like floating passage. It deals some hp damage even when blocked against making it useful against most minibosses.
It also stuns Shichimen Warriors pretty easily
It's my main skill that I use. I didn't realize it wasn't good until today 😂
@@joshbrasch9070 it has also been buffed since he made this video, so that might be why ;)
The second phase of the floating passage can actually be used to hop over sweep attacks, the bleed through damage on block is nice too
It depends, floating passage is really good with bestowals ninjustsu combination and clear up group of enemy at once
In my opinion, Floating Passage is amazing if you're having trouble with Nightjar ninjas. It pressures them hard and they rarely ever break out of it. Two of those are enough to posture-break them.
The only person I see possibly luring the wolf away during the hirata attack is the owl.
That's what I thought too, since it was all to fake his death
Its also very clearly the same sword he runs along Wolf's cheek in the opening cutscene. Its a very obvious, and disappointingly predictable, "Top 10 anime betrayals" moment.
Luls, just play more then 1 time in dat game) (yes it was the owl who lured us, and yes it was the owl who stabed us after butterfly fight)
@@dan240393 I don't think most people are going to remember the shape of every sword in the game. Especially when they only appear in two short cutscenes.
@@Healermain15 Its more that the first cutscene takes a long moment about showing you the tip of that particular sword, as you are introduced to Wolf. Its the sword that gives Wolf his scar and introduces him to his teacher. Who also happens to be the guy who introduces him to Butterfly.
And its a pretty distinctly shaped sword. Its a nearly straight bladed katana, that is about double length, has an extremely deep blade and a very square tip. Its the only sword you see that looks like that (at least as far as I've gotten in the game).
Its the kind of thing that, having played previous From Soft games, was a clear tell that we were going to see that sword again.
I had the purple cloak accidentally fall off the cliff with me
Same LOL wtf
Pro gamer move
*Shinobi Execution*
Same
I just ran in, got the prosthetic and got out. I will deal with him later
yayy! hes back with another game to uncover. im so excited for this channel now!
we goin hard
I feel like there's not many secrets in this game compared to Soulsbourne
@@VaatiVidya hell yeah brother go hard like isshin
I obviously waiting for the lore. I have a lot of question remained unanswer
yeah, can't wait for him to make 15 things you missed, 2 "the story of x" videos and 2 videos about 2 characters then give up on the game... Why u always leave me blue balled Vabi, why?
You're killing me Vaati, I need more Sekiro lore in my life.
check out creepling, he has lore vids
Day 857: Still waiting on Vaati's lore for Sekiro. Starting to think this game will never be understood by anyone, ever. Has Vaati gone rogue, just like Wolf did on the night of the Ashina invasion?
What's hard to understand about it? Mind you, I'm only halfway through, but it seems pretty starightfoward for a Fromsoft game.
@@Crazelord91 It is pretty straightforward for a From Software game, but it still holds many many secrets, just like a From software game.
Besides, we all know that Vaati is the best story teller there is. I just want more!
@@SrebX7 Oh I'd love a video just bc I love Vaati's style.
There's a few things that are very vague but I won't mention them bc they're late-game spoilers, I'm assuming the DLC(if made, don't want to jinx it) will answer a certain storyline that's cut off in the lore which will probably answer another seperate question.
@@SrebX7 check our "creepling". he has some good lore videos
Floating Passage does vitality and posture damage even when the enemy is blocking, and an enemy parry is almost guaranteed on the last strike, not before, not after, allowing you to manage your own parry's timing effectively. Best combat art against bosses IMO.
The fact that it's pretty much the fastest combat art also helps, the first strike comes out faster than a regular R1 attack if I'm not mistaken, and your opponent is most often forced to block the following strikes
@@pudimverd3 Indeed, I forgot about this detail. Where an R1 combo will give you a single strike of pure vitality damage, floating passage will get you two. Thank you for mentioning it.
The Spiral Cloud upgraded version of it is even better.
@@owendrungle I disagree. Spiral Cloud Passage will use 5 spirit emblems per full combo use, meaning you can use it 4 times (without ceremonial tanto on a fully upgraded character) in a single boss fight for what is in my opinion a very small upgrade.
Helped me a ton on both Owl fights. During his sword slam on Great Shinobi, and during his firecrackers attack on Father (just dodge to your right side, use only the first two attacks of Floating Passage. Easy damage)
List of things you will say while playing a from software game:
-Wtf is that
-how did he hit me!!!
-a one shot!!!
-o cool a item O JESUS CHRIST IT WAS A TRAP!!!
-i think im getting gud *one minute later* i regret saying that
250% agreed.
This is why Sekiro won't get old for a long time.
Everything minus the "O jesus christ it was a trap!!!" on the item thing. More surprised when it wasn't... And more surprised about the boss-surprise-traps when you dive into an area and can't get out anymore, but you weren't prepared...
just a waffle also, “You’ve got to be kidding me!” Or “How could they do so much damage?!”
Fact: the only soft game you played is sekiro
Floating Passage's strength is that it actives quickly, and it can catch and interrupt certain enemies during some of their attacks. Its other strength is that it is available without using any skill points. I personally like to follow up attacking with the Sabimaru with Floating Passage, not always, but on quite a number of enemies. I love fast, blinding flurries that somewhat penetrate an opponent's guard.
"Vaati's patented ankle chipping technic".
LOL
I lol'd so hard at that haha
Is that like Tyrannicon's 2-Step Demonic Shuffle??? 😂😂😂
@@supernova00500 Hahahahaha! I read that in Tyrannicon's narrating voice. Goddammit I love this community
Technique*
Jesus. That had me laughing good for 5 minutes
Regarding the "where were we during the attack" - I was under the impression that the eavesdrop through the window in one of the houses that's quite prominently marked for you to not miss it is basically you listening to your wounded past self arguing with someone that you must go out there and fight.
With the Shinobi-Hunter.
Yeah problem is the Voice and how it sounds.
it can simply be just someone else.
could be emma and isshin
Vaati: Big spoiler ahead.
Me: Swipes down to avoid spoiler.
Also me: Swipes up to continue watching.
Still me: Hates myself for the massive spoiler.
@Havla Fitta the demon?
I thought he was talkin about genichiro 🙄
I mean. It's not really a spoiler if you have any kind of deductive reasoning skills.
@@CRAM079 We get it, you watch Rick and Morty.
@@HaggisDruid no. I don't even know what that is.
Floating Passage is the best technique vs High health enemies and bosses, it deals good amount of damage and posture damage to bosses even while they are blocking, the fact that it deals damage when they are blocking is really game changing for me.
Spoilers dont click if you arent done senpou temple.
Mortal Draw is just the best weapon art
@@grandpanoogie2665 its only issue that it costs Spirit emblems
@@iKiNGCoLoR you can keep using it with zero spirit emblems btw. Not sure if it's a bug but it works in my game with 100% consistency. Also not sure if the damage is lessened but it doesnt look like it. It still does a fuck ton of damage with zero emblems.
Try it
@@mrfister1234 you can use all weapon arts/skill without the proper amount of spirit emblems, it just uses a weaker version of the attack. The mortal draw does a bit less damage and has a lot less range without the proper amount of spirit emblems. A little trick tho, if you have enough spirit emblems to full power the first hit, but not the second hit, the second hit will spend no emblems, but still be at full power.
@@grandpanoogie2665 ahh that makes sense
Also Anayama, the bandit merchant, has a patched up robe piece. A robe made of patches... Patches!
Also has an eyepatch.
According to Miyazaki, the fishy carp scalesman is the closest to Patches we get in Sekiro rn
tfw nobody kicks you into a hole in this game :(
The way he said there was fine loot in the pagoda on the cliff made me realize that
>Bald
>Wear eye patch
>Was thief
>Merchant now
>Provide information about treasure then and now, speak like Patches
prepare to cry on robert's dad aka the iron man when
ROBEEEERRRRTTOOOOOOOOO!!!!.........
Fricking Heck so sad he died
Arstotzka Empire At least he died thinking his son is still alive, not knowing his son already died to the monks.
ROOOOOOOOOBEEEEEEEERTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
@@Aliens1337 Robert died to the monks? Is he actually in the game or was it some text mentioning him I seem to have forgotten about?
Did you guys knew that the loaded ace is actually the Sculptor’s axe?The description says it was lost along with his left arm and they mention something about the monkey of sunken valley which is the sculptor.
Defeated by my own son?
The feeling is...not entirely unpleasant.
Thats kind of sweet. I mean, for a guy who just literally stabbed you in the back.
I love how even though he’s a traitorous dick, both times you kill him he’s genuinely proud of you.
True if anything all it shows is how great of a teacher he really was.
Hell, you get him back in the Shura ending
Yeah, when he tries to fake you out in his 1st boss fight and you just attack him while he's down he is actually proud of your ruthlessness.
He's a man of pride and speaking with your blade. "A shinobi... showing the likes of... compassion? Unthinkable... such a miserable display." for instance.
5:30
Nah man, he just overused his Mangekyo Sharingan.
Nah it's madaras brother and madara just took his eyes to obtain ems
Time for 3 back to back flashback seasons to find out if he will resurrect
Best usage of Floating passage I've seen is that it is an air-tight blockstring so enemies, even bosses, are forced to block the whole thing. It can be useful for extending your turn, so-to-speak.
I am so excited for the Sekiro lore videos.
check out creepling, he has lore vids
@@elemenopi4827 I've seen him, but they just don't do it for me. I think every Vaati fan can agree that there's just something special about the way Vaati tells stories, not to mention his interpretations are always right on the money or at least rational, as opposed to most other Lore RUclipsr's interpretations that I don't agree with.
It's well worth the wait for me.
@@elliotts6335 which creepling lore do you disagree with? Id love to know your disagreements.
@@elemenopi4827 its not so much with him specifically or even the disagreeing part that makes me still want to pretty much only watch vaati. for creeepling specifically i disagree on little nit picky things like the origin of the gentipedes
I’ve never been so hurt in my whole life! I love floating passage and pretty exclusively used it for the whole game. It comes out quick and its multiple strikes can help you deal fast posture damage against temporarily vulnerable enemies that you’d normally only be able to hit once or twice in that amount it time. Plus, the strikes happen in pairs (2+2+1) so you don’t have to commit like you do with something like ichimonji.
apparently they buffed it sometime after he made this video so its a lot better now. although your comment is 2 years old now so. you probably already know that lol
"Why werent you beside Lord Kuro"
You know, this is beginning to look more and more like the Dishonored plot
Dishonored: Revenge comes twice
revenge stories for life
Floating passage is meant for lore, it's the same technique used by Genichiro. The description of the passage states that it is taught by the Tamoe and is said to be a heretical sword art.
That and for the secret art upgrade.
@@Aurilion44 which is equally worthless, only costs a ton of spirit emblems. huzzah!
Except our version is complete ass
@@Ty-v6v-c4r Because Sekiro is one who is opposed to heresy and so would explain why it does penis damage.
checkm89-ing atheists with my 9000iq response
I watched up to the buddah Statue, and stopped at the spoiler warning. Thank you for that!
I'm proud to say I found those first 13 myself, on my first playthrough, but you did give a few hypotheticals I didn't stop to consider. I knew the actual lore though (it's pretty hard to miss)
Floating passage is pretty good against many bosses like owl or genichiro, for whenever you intend to do vitality damage to them. If you can get behind them, and get it in, you will usually be able to get through the whole combo before the enemy blocks, and it offers more damage then if you were to just hit them twice normally before they block.
I've seen a few say it, but floating passage is great In the late game. It's fast, damages through guard, and leaves Sekiro in a good position to deflect attacks. Very useful against opponents that are quick but tend to block all strikes (Owl, Isshin, O-rin, etc.)
I agree with this entirely. It being fast is the best selling point, and it does a LOT of hits so if they guard they take a lot of chop damage. It's great for any block-heavy boss.
This ability would rock in Dark Souls against those turtling pieces of shit during pvp
@@silentkhaos1176welcome to the future. You can use it in elden ring.
Using the mortal blade ninjistsu along with floating passage dices up even the toughest enemies in the game, it became my go-to after messing around with the blood blade
Hmm that actually sounds nice since neither are that amazing on their own.
Yeah but how may times will you able to use it during boss battle? 4-5
I don't get. Is there another way to use the mortal blade other than mortal draw which replaces the use of of floating passage?
@@sal3845
Nah it's not mortal blade. It's a ninjutsu that extends the range of your sword attacks and makes it looks like they are a weaker version of mortal blade hits. It works together with regular attacks and skills.
@@ToveriJuri I wouldn't say that Bestowal isn't amazing on its own though. Like everything in Sekiro, there is some specific situations were this ninjutsu is bash insane.
For example, Mibu village, cut through any wave of enemies (even the bell weilding fatties) at safe range. Another example, which might be even better, is in Ashina castle when the interior ministry invade the place. You can fight large crowds of enemies like it's nothing with this ability.
It's not as flexible as puppeteer or bloodsmoke and you're probably not gonna use it as often but it's usually good in every situations where the two others aren't very existing at all, which I found being a huge advantage.
>sees Vaati Video
>Looks at date
>trusts Vaati to not disappoint
>Was not disappointed
Thank you Vaati
The dying dude outside buttefly's arena could also be blind just because Buttefly slashed him in the eyes. You can see a slight slashmark across his face if you look closely.
It could also be himself who made the slashmark, though. Who knows? ;P
Maybe, to survive her illusions, he slashed his eyes to stop himself from seeing them. Quite an extreme, but clever move.
Blind samurai gives you snap seed, so i agree with you about Butterfly slashing his eyes. He could break the illusion with his own set of seeds.
@@Enderplays12 Would prove more useful if you had heightened sensory abilities; something I would suspect a monk more capable of though.
Hello, floating passage made wonders for me against Owl Father, using it right after jumping his swipe attack I was able to do a decent amount of damage and the final attack made him startle a little interrupting his slam and giving me a window to sneak one or to normal attacks!
I really like how everything is this game has some utility even if marginal.
5:49 I think it is a devastating or at least a traumatic illusion to sekiro as when he was young he was left by Usui (Owl Father) in Usui's forest to survive amongst the illusions. As he would be very unskilled in young age, the illusions would have been a very traumatic experience for him.
Is that true??? That's crazy
Vaati! The blind samurai gives you snap seed so he could escape illusions. That’s why i think it was Lady butterfly who blinded him.
one more thing is when u kill the bandit that hints u about the pagoda he remains dead in present time (he's disappeared from his actual place before the chained ogre) this makes me think that our actions 3 years ago are actually affecting the present (even though it was supposed to be memories). so if u planned to kill him, u should buy his wares first, not like me where i didnt get any kunai lol
SAME, I killed him after he made a sour comment, (poor choice I know) but that was before I took a year break from the game.
I can't wait for the video of the sculptor.
D: i dont want to beat him up (especially because he's really hard)
he is demon of hatred
@@Rakkidood yes, literally everyone knows that by now
I'm very late to the party, but one thing I noticed about Floating Passage is that it's pretty good at building up Burn status on enemies when used in conjunction with Living Force.
What impressed me more than the secrets is your ability to understand and explain the little stories within the game and make all the connections that I dont pay attention to when I play haha
you need that bonfire at lady butterfly for the achievement
What achievement is that? I’m a huge achievement hunter myself but I don’t see what achievement this would pop. I got the Lady Butterfly achievement just by defeating her, I haven’t got the idol yet
Praise Fromsoft for giving Vaati a new game to make videos about.
lmao
Fodens but yeah he'd just keep rereleasing his dark souls videos in hd quality for dark Souls Remastered otherwise.
For the Butterfly Lady, she's also susceptible to Mist Raven, as the slash attack from the behind hits a lot and lowers her pose alot
3:31 the modern Leeroy Jenkins . This guy got me killed , rushing like an idiot when you interact with him
idk, i find floating passage is very good when you know when an enemy and a boss has a huge opening. just don't expect it to make enemies flinch.
Sekiro : Dragon Rot
Solid Snake : Foxdie
Feudal Gear Solid: Soul Eater confirmed.
I'M STIIIIL IN A DREAAAM, SOUL EAAATEEER
liquid snake: *HOW MY BLOOD BOILS*
since there are so many unnamed purple cloaks, I would assume they are saving the rest of the Lone Shadows for DLC.
I dunno man, that would be A LOT of the same mini-boss lol
In a prayer necklace description, the 9th I believe, is said that shadows are the 17 sons of the Central Government leader and that only few of them are still alive.
Also Sekiro isn't going to have any dlc, unfortunately.
@@zerothehero3426 says who?
@@benouna55 I remember Miyazaki saying in a pre-launch interview that there weren't any plan for a dlc release. It's today news that Sekiro has sold 2 mln copies in less than 10 days so maybe plans are about to change.
@@zerothehero3426 I understand Miyazaki doesn´t like to do sequels, but a From Soft game without DLC? That would break my heart.
On certain enemies Floating Passage does pretty decent posture damage, also it does good chip damage to certain bosses health if you time the first two swings correctly. It doesn't do anything impressive, but the first two swings are pretty fast.
2:30 the Shadow Rush skill is pretty useful against these guys if you want a non-cheese method.
Here’s a tip. When owl does the chain ending firecracker slice 10:26 you can do a thrust to avoid and get damage in at the same time.
Doesn’t he mikiri counter you?
Best thing about your videos Vaati, you recognize players like me watching who haven't gotten very far in the game and always add in spoiler warnings. I thank you sir.
2:40 I ran into water, he followed me and died. Apparently, shadows can't swim
Happened to me also yesterday
Every enemy dies in water I once did a charge flame attack on one of the general enemies(not the mini boss) and he fell in water and died
@@m00nbutter7 Carp do not die in water...
BLACK R I forgot to make an exception I guess
Got the "best" ending and a 99% of the game(at least what a single run allows you to do) without looking anything.
Thank Miyazaki for making things less ambiguous and using the exploration tools to its favor.
Same, I got the Return one with out trouble!
While in Dark Souls and Bloodborne was all with guides to see those secret endings...
I liked that ambiguous nature of the past games more tbh. My most memorable experience i had was in Dark Souls and randomly finding the secret passage in blighttown to the underground beach area (I'm tired and can't think of the name right now). I did this after beating it and thinking I found everything big.
This game feels like it's lacking major secret areas like that, which is a bit of a let-down (to me). Still love the game though.
@@OrcishWhorde The thing with illusory walls without any particular context is that almost no one is going to find them.
When DS came out i found the Great hollow by accident(i sneezed thus making me press attack and i had a big club)
Using the secret passages that are hidden like the one in hirata's state felt more rewarding and you were kinda expecting something to happen.
I get what you say, the game could get more hidden stuff in the future, but for me the game had enough hints(For example the headless that gives you Ako's item was well hidden,with an easy path later on if you miss it)
@@OrcishWhorde yeah I wanted a secret area too...
@@canaldecasta yeah the five headless in the game were very VERY well hidden. It made it really rewarding to beat all of them too making buddhist sugars obsolete.
"Vaati's Patented: Ankle-chipping Technique" XD Made me laugh so hard.
I love Floating Passage, it allowed me to elegantly dance with O'rin and it was so much fun. I also used it when I was fighting the Guardian Ape during phase 1
0:14 TF?!?! It's my favourite combat skill in the whole game!! Yes, you have to time it properly in order to get the best out of it, but if yo do you can make a lot of damage to health and posture. Idk I love it
Besides, the skill have 3 steps that are: 2, 2, 1 and you can stop it in between any of those.
When I am farming those elite ashina douchebags in Ashina Castle for divine confetti, I like using the sabimaru to poison them, dodge back out of their range, and then immediately use floating passage, dodge back again, use floating passage again, then rinse and repeat, using sabimaru when poison wears off and you can keep those piece of shift bastards stun locked to death. Floating passage is definitely one of the best abilities in the game. Not game breaking like Ichimonji: Double, but plenty useful for many situations.
On the first health bar of Lady Butterfly I just right dodge attacked repeatedly until her health was gone, she never fought back until the second bar. I found the drunk guy harder to beat but I did forget to remove the demon bell curse.
Vaati, we are craving for more lore and secrets. More videos please! /ty
Hey vaati you have done such a great work in the Soul series that has help me understand and More apritiate the games from fromsoft. Also I was waiting just for this video from you and ceap on the awsome work
A quick note about the 3 pagoda, you dont need to kill the guy to open the door and get the prosthetic. he wont damage you during the door opening animation, and then once you go inside, his pathfinding has issues getting in himself. You can then grab the prosthetic and run away like the coward you are. (I was very very early game when I got to this area, and stumbled upon here by accident.
I really struggled with Lady Butterfly's second phase at first till I realized the summons are whats turning into her floaty tags attack. Honestly once you know how she works she isn't all that hard but I will admit it took me quite a few frustrating runs before I actually figured her attack pattern out :D
For anyone struggling with lady butterfly, she's easily exploitable by dodging fromin front of her so that your facing her shoulder, and then doing the counter part of the dodge. Just spam this, and you can get the first deathblow in a minute, no damage.
only works in first half
@@rahuldhakne8577What did you do in the second half?
Perchance- 💀
@@tobeyyeager5913 got gud
You can combine floating passage with the ninjutsu that allows you to use the mortal blade (kind of) so you can shread large groups of ennemies i used this to farm a lot
That second 'secret' boss fight in Hirata estate is seriously hard as hell; it's the only boss so far that I've truly felt frustratingly stuck against.
Have you fought the demon?
@@carlos-zy7vx No, not yet. Sounds like I have more raging to look forward to... lol
@@dreadroberts5627 yeah lol i haven't beat it yet and I've already finished the game :v
Just started reading all the dark souls comic series, and I can’t help but hearing Vaati’s voice for all the narration.
Maaaan i love so much what u doing !! so great content with DS as well , it hits like a charm of a fairytale ..( still watchin the lores and the stories for ds in the vids that u made)
now i m struggling with sekiro , havent gotten much far yet but i've cleared everything in hirata estate chapter and ur vid just popped up now , im gonna see it ..no spoils i hope ! hahah
keep up the good work and content bro ..much love for ur channel ! Rise to the top.
Floating passage is great for roaches and dog packs. It is highly situational and honestly once you get the cleave type spear prosthetic that is way better for large groups of any bigger type enemy's.
The Owl when you first meet him in Hirata Estates says "The Master is absolute". 3 years earlier
When you start the game Owl says "Your father comes first and your master second"
Did he become a Shura? Did he become engrossed by the divine heir blood? Hmmm
I’m fairly sure that from the beginning the Iron Code described by Owl is that father (the owl) comes first, then wolf’s master
@@puenboy1 As you said.
I'm already looking forward to your analysis, loved your darksouls and Bloodborne videos
"I didn't find this on my first playthrough"
That...surprises me, actually. I remember thinking "huh I wonder what's down this way, since we can swim and all in this game"
got my ass handed to me a few times by that kicking shinobi guy though.
This is my game of the year 2019 for sure.
Yeah im always looking for hidden ways so i found the kicking ninja easly but couldnt beat him at 1st
So i just ran and got the mist raven and run without killing him lol
4:02 i forgot about him and went on ahead to kill Juzo the drunkard and it was funny for me to see him ran in an empty yard and said - "Looks like this place is clear." good observation sir! LOL
Floating passage isn't really meant for crowds, it's more meant for burst dmg'ing either posture or health on single targets as most enemies will try to block if they can causing a fairly large jump in their posture bar or decrease in their health bar. This becomes compounded even further if you combo it with sabimaru, as you can chain the combo until sabimaru depletes your spirit emblems meaning some tougher enemies may never even get the chance to attack. For example against Isshin Ashina I was able to burst him down entirely before he could do anything by chaining floating passage with sabimaru.
Long shot, seeing as this Sekiro post was 4 years ago but how do you get Sabimaru?
It helps a lot!
Thanks for these awesome things! 🙏
What things? Everybody would've got at least 90% of everything mentioned here.
Sekiro: I can't say I know much of The Hirata estates, It doesn't RING A BELL!!!
Booooo!
I LOVE floating passage, you do need to be careful initiating it like all arts. And it's a three stage animation. First button press is only two strikes, second adds the jump. Third adds the final slash.
Floating passage was incredible for Lady Butterfly. Slash away, side step, repeat. Works well with Living Force as well.
This is the most calming Sekiro video I've ever watched, thank you!
I did not know about that last fight...
Spoilers ahead...
I did however think to look at where Owl "died" and the body was clearly replaced (there's no beard and his arms are super skinny for instance) with a normal bandit or some dude. Surprised that wasn't on the list.
Ugh, Owl's such a prick.
@penalcrack I'm outside the last boss fight (haven't tried him yet). I ran back and checked, I don't think his arms are that skinny. Regardless there is no beard (you can move the camera around and see his face decently well). Also, looking now there's no sword on him, which I don't know about the beginning of the game but seems weird.
Go watch the cut scene with old owl. His arms are skinny, it's actually him that you see "dying". He just fakes you out.
@@naidoelcam1215 if you try to attack him at that point he gets an invulna shield, like some other living npcs have.
@@naidoelcam1215 It's at the end of the game, when you go back and he's "Dead" not breathing or talking. There is clearly at least no beard and I doubt they would forget it.
I WRECKED guardian ape during his post party stun with Floating Passage. He would have gone through it otherwise. But on a stunned boss, it does work.
If you ever fight him again and haven't tried this yet, make sure to use the Spear prosthetic on his 2nd phase when he falls down ;)
Really appreciated the advance major plot point warning; considerate and classy, and only adding to my crush on the man behind youtube's most silky voice. You are a gem, a gentleman, and a scholar as always Vaati. Keep doing God's work.
I can´t believe I missed the second battle against Owl in the Hirata State, I guess gonna play the game again
Not sure if anyone commented this, but the Bell is on Kuro's Belt when you talk to him. I think when Kuro exits the bossfight room, he drops the bell near the grandma, who recognizes it? Or maybe the grandma gave it to Kuro as a way to give him additional "divine protection" (taken from the bell's item description). It seems like Inosuke was also tasked to protect Kuro. During his dialogue in Hirata Estates, he laments that he couldn't really fulfill his duty and that the Hirata line is now over. (not sure if that means Kuro is of Hirata descent either; still piecing together lots of things)
I discovered everythinng!!!!
Vaati: “Hold My Beer”
Vaati: Hold my Sak... Tea!
The combat art is very useful against bosses that you stunned with fire or the firecrackers
Or on slow moving or distracted bosses like Juzuo
Vaati, you're a life-saver with that tip about the shinobi walls having scrolls also. I'm sure there are others i've missed now.
Technically Owl uses the hidden technique, Shadowfall, which is a hidden technique you gain access to by learning the ultimate techniques of both the Shinobi text and the Senpou text (available near the Demon Bell) which may indicate that Owl trained at Senpou Temple for a time, possibly before he became a Shinobi
I love this comment. Mainly that you gave the Senpou location
(Says floating passage is bad)
Excuse me? Sorry, I couldn't hear you over the sound of Owl's posture breaking.
*Giggles in Double Ichimonji after Owl throws his bomb*
Sorry mate, I can't hear you over my Posture resetting
@@Shiftinggers fair point.
I just never used that move because I can never trust myself with the timing on the slow startup
If you kill the thief he wont be there in the future
WHENS THE LOREEEE?? Ive been waiting for the lore videos!!
Vaati said he doesn't even play games anymore, this stuff is just a quick voiceover job. So I'd expect never.
@@BasedGiant88 lol no shit?
check out creepling, he has some good lore vids
For anyone who may be struggling with Lady Butterfly, I'll give you a small, subtle, huge hint on how to beat her: when you first get to her area you'll see text about the sidestep/dodge mechanic.
Do people really struggle against her? I found her very easy. Shuriken staggers her when she's in air. Her range is shit, making it easy to bait and axe her some important questions.
@@bruhder5854 She whooped my butt repeatedly! I love Sekiro because what makes one boss challenging or not to a given player largely comes down to that player's style and skills, not their character's.
I think it's a testament to how varied they are, especially because Sekiro is distinct from most FromSoft games in its lack of RPG classes.
The Floating Passage combat art does have some usages. It can be used to manipulate certain boss AI into playing more passively. I used this on Owl, Genichiro, and O'Rin of the Water. It was particularly helpful with O'Rin, as it forced her into using two moves. One where she jumped back and then did an easy to parry maneuver, and an immediate follow up strike that you could i-frame through.