The Ultimate Guide to Combat Fundamentals | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
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00:00 - Intro
01:38 - Opening: Cheesing vs. Foundational Skills
03:27 - Index Breakdown
04:20 - Part 1.0 What Is Posture?
05:37 - Part 2.0: How Does Posture Work?
06:17 - Part 2.1: Buff Recommendations
07:21 - Part 3.0: Deflecting and Blocking
09:28 - Part 4.0: Safeguarding Your Posture
09:52 - Part 4.1: Method #1: Holding Block
11:13 - Part 4.2: Method #2: Consumable Buffs
12:00 - Part 4.3: Method #3: Latent Skills
12:22 - Part 4.4: Method #4: Defensive Counter Measures
12:30 - Part 5.0: Mastering Defensive Counter Measures
12:38 - Part 5.1: How To Perform Mikiri Counter
14:30 - Part 5.2: How To Jump Over Perilous Sweeps
15:30 - Part 5.3: Making Use of Grab Attacks
16:14 - Part 6.0: Establishing Good Practices
16:59 - Part 6.1: Rule #1: (Almost) Anything Can Be Deflected
18:01 - Part 6.2: Rule #2: Implement Close-Quarter-Combat
18:32 - Part 6.3: Rule #3: Avoid Dancing Around
20:23 - Part 7.0: Putting It All Together
20:39 - Part 7.1: Final Suggestions for Boss Fights
20:53 - Part 7.2: Recommendation #1: Record Your Fights
21:03 - Part 7.3: Recommendation #2: Sleep
21:54 - Part 7.4: Opening for No-Hits
22:03 - Part 7.5: No-Hit vs. Patsy Ogre
23:37 - Part 7.6: No-Hit vs. LongJohnsMan
24:33 - Part 7.7: No-Hit vs. Speven Svears
25:42 - Outro
26:00 - End Cards
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Boss Names that might be considered as spoilers appear at the following times:
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1. "Sekiro, The One-Armed Wolf"
2. "The Ashina Clan"
3. "Emma The Physician"
4. "Ashina Outskirts"
5. "Divine Heir of the Dragon's Heritage"
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Also! If you're interested in reading up on more useful tips that can help you throughout the game, do check out this written guide that was posted on r/sekiro by u/A_Good_Hunter:
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I'm surprised there was no mention of how Ichimonji and its upgrade can restore posture while allowing you to stay on the offensive. Great video, very informative.
Thank you for commenting! And yes that is a great, great point that I probably could have lumped in together with the importance of acquiring latent skills (part 4.3) that help with posture, namely Ashina arts. I was also, however, trying to emphasise the importance of getting down the fundamentals and flow of combat, before throwing in combat arts. It can be very easy to fall into a habit of "cheesing" with combat arts and prosthetics. So in the end I decided to not talk about combat arts at all. But yes for sure, for some fights, using ichi (or its upgrade) can make a massive difference. Roof Dad is a perfect example.
I'm going to pin your comment :) It's a really good point that, while back then I struggled deciding on whether or not to put it in the guide, ultimately is great advice.
I used to use the double ALL the time. It was my go-to move, but I haven't used it in awhile.
It is great, at first, but there are better Arts.
@@stevensanders9219 Have you beaten the gauntlets? :)
one of my favorite... bring the hammer down!!!
@@thecasualfly good ol' Ichimonji, aka Weeb Bonk
A guide that actually tells you how to play the game the fun way? Hell yeah
It really is incredible how much more fun and engaging this game is once combat clicks.
Just started sekiro after owning it for a few years. Can't believe I left such a great game just sitting there collecting dust. This guide is extremely helpful. Props to you for putting out such a detailed guide for such a complex game.
Greetings, Joe :) Do you, as I and many others, come from SoulsBorne? How are you enjoying the key action and combat? Who was the last boss you slayed and who's your favourite so far?
And thank you - I made this guide so players out there hopefully wouldn't have to spend 100 hours like I did trying to figure out wtf the game wanted me to do lol. Because I mean let's be real here, the in-game tutorials are asinine lol.
@@Katiecakes Nope, as far as the soulsborne games, I'm a virgin lol. The reason I bought sekiro was because I know how highly rated and loved those games are, and then I read that it was like a cross between the tenchu games, (yeah I'm old lol) and the souls games so I was sold. I couldn't get anywhere when I first played it and put it away for a while, and then a few weeks ago I pulled it back out of retirement because of all the elden ring hype. Turns out I was playing it wrong the whole time lol. This game is an absolute masterpiece in every aspect though. So far I am only at hirata estate stuck on juzou the drunk. I'm learning and getting better as I go, and your video was/is a great help to me. I'll be referring back to it a lot. And hey, thank you for taking time out your day to reply back to me on a video ya did a year ago, that's really cool of ya.
I legit bought this after watching a few videos and was sick of the worst combat elden ring had .
Now when I die I know it’s my fault not enemies clipping though walls . I will absolutely stick with this game . And it’s a beautiful experience
I feel like Mary poppins is telling me how to git gud 🤣
lol! I almost want to run with that. Wear a hat and bring an umbrella and start breaking out in synchronised song.
Katiecakes that would be hilarious! 🤣 “listen children, yes a spoon full of sugar makes the sword saint, go down”
@Gannon Kristian start shitposting all her friends 😂😂😂
Just a spoonful of git gud
Helps the enemies go down
The enemies go down
The enemies go down
@@Katiecakes supercalifragilisticexpialidocious even though your skills are somethin really quite atrocious, if you watch this video you’ll become really quite precocious!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!
Never seen this creator before, within the first couple of minutes I can tell she is an expert and cares very much about the art she's making. 10/10 would instantly sub again
:) That is so kind of you to say. I don't feel like I'm an "expert" as I'm still always learning more about the game - which is amazing considering it's 3 years old and there's still more to discover from it - but what I do enjoy is sharing what I've learned. All I wanted to do with making this guide is to help people not have to go through the same ordeal I did - taking 100 hours to figure out the combat system. If I could help one person, and if they can get some enjoyment out of the game, it's all I could ask for.
So thank you for your kind words
Then make another account and subscribe again. All talk, talk is cheap.
@@heymmommmm Id like you to consider what, "sentiment," means. Specifically definition 2, on Google.
Within the first ten seconds of me reading your comment I sensed your simping
Wow, this is next level guiding. I've never seen a guide that is actually super dope to watch, or simply entertaining. It's awesome. It looks so damn pro. Your dedication to helping people with this game is way out there. Great fucking work, Katiecakes.
Thank you Lupus, and for always tuning in :)
Making guides just kind of fell into my lap lol. I'm glad I can help, and I'm always looking to improve my guiding skills.
Ultimate is absolutly the right word. This is epic!
Much appreciated, fellow shinobi!
I second this, respect master shinobi!
Thanks for the help
Thank you for applying "I can't believe it's not butter" to the desert dry bread that is my Sekiro gameplay!! Much appreciated and wonderfully done!! 👏 👏
Haha I love that analogy! :D I hope you're having a lot more fun with it now.
My goodness, we need more guide creators out there that put this much love into their work.
Thank you for the high praise, Matt :) I'm currently working on my final Sekiro guide, for Isshin Sword Saint. It's way more, well, *more*, than this one, lol.
@@Katiecakes Keep up the great work! I finally was able to beat Seven Spears thanks to you
Just started Sekiro a few days ago, I expected it to be hard/ unforgiving but oh my..
Felt more like I was trying to solo endgame raids as a noob lol.
Your guide is exactly what I needed to stop feeling like a failed swordsman that forever shamed his family, and actually start enjoying the combat and boss encounters.
Very detailed and insightful work, no doubt you are saving controllers and Shinobi lives out there :D
Oh absolutely, I've seen what it's like to lose a controller to this game. Not *me*, I mean, I cuss at games a lot but I don't throw things :D Yet.
I'm really happy that you're finding joy in your journey as a shinobi. How far have you gone? Who was your last boss?
I was actually stuck at two bosses haha.
The demon guarding the gate, and the Shinobi hunter that would make any man jealous with his indomitable thrusting skills xD
It was strange to adapt to dodging into an enemy attack to counter, but after watching your guide, I practiced against our undying buddy, and soon after pwnd him :D
Now I'm fighting a big drunk in a burning courtyard. Your tip for holding down block and tapping for a deflect is also helping alot.
I'm having some problems multitasking ranged dmg while focusing on deflecting and posture, how do you deal with those enemies?
Stealth kill them first?
I know I'm really late to the party, but I gotta say, this is INCREDIBLY well made! As a smaller content creator myself I'm almost jealous, there's an insane amount of effort poured into this video. When new Sekiro players run into a wall in the coming years, I hope this is the first video they stumble on :)
Wow :) Thank you so much for your high praise. I actually learned a lot from making this guide, and I'd like to think I've stepped up my game since then - the next and final Sekiro guide I've been making is for the end boss and it is, no joke, three hours long, Longer than a Ridley Scott movie lol, since they guy has like 116 moves and combos (also no joke) that I break down one by one.
I'm happy to connect with fellow content creators. The work is much harder than most of our audience realises :) I hopped over to your channel for a bit and find the content you cover to be quite delightful. Thank you again for taking the time to leave words to brighten the end of my day
@@Katiecakes I appreciate the sentiment for sure, and it definitely goes both ways! And man, that final boss guide seems absolutely crazy, I completely understand why it's gonna be a massive project. The old man is no joke. I can't wait to check it out when the time comes, and once I have a spare afternoon or two, I'll be looking forward to binging through some more of your content \[T]/
I am just 8 hours into the game and was really struggling, and i can clearly see why after I watched this guide, and now i know exactly what to work on. Thanks so much for the extremely useful tips.
Yeah this game is almost Miyazaki's way of trolling SoulsBorne veterans lol. But, I personally much prefer this combat style, it feels much more finessed.
Are you having more fun now that the combat system makes more sense to you?
@@Katiecakes Yes, I beat this mini boss that I was struggling with, in my 2nd try after watching your guide. I practiced on the regular soldiers a lot before taking on the mini boss, also practiced my block and parry as I was just running and dodging before I watched your guide, and now just got in close fight and just blocked and parried, I still suck at it but atleast I suck less at it now lol.
Well said! Exactly why I was here. I beat Lady butterfly (barely) so I was gonna come get some tips lol
You’re so incredibly articulate, I really like the cadence to your voice. This is such a great guide, thank you so much! Subscribed ❤️
Thank you so much :) I'm happy you dig the guide!
This is truly the be-all-end-all of combat guides. And you have such a lovely voice! Thanks so much for this vid :D
Thank you for the high praise! It was a challenging (but still fun) guide to build, definitely the hardest one I've done to date.
The learning curve in this game is incredible. I've been struggling with Genichiro for over three hours before I managed to get even my first deathblow, but after that it quickly got easy to do and getting to Tomoe was routine. It took me total about four hours to learn the whole fight and get all three deathblows.
That's amazing though, it definitely took me wayyyy longer to get Roof Geni on my first playthrough, probably a whole day.
I just think it’s so neat that you’re still replying to every comment years after producing this guide, still dedicated to helping the new folks experience this fantastic experience of a game! What a treasure of a human you are! :) keep being awesome 👏
That is so mighty kind of you to say :) I was sort of "raised" on the internet, so, I tend to treat people online as I would in real life. Not responding to comments would be the equivalent of someone coming up to me, personally, to talk to me, and I just ignore them and walk off. People took time out of their day to watch something I made, and to even share their thoughts with me. My goal in making this video in the first place was to help, at the very least, just one person. I can't find it in myself to not respond.
Besides, it's through this game (and others) that we connect with all sorts of wonderful individuals. You're a special person yourself, to possess the sensitivity to share such words of kindness with candor. So, thank you, for being here, and for brightening my day
This is amazingly well done. It is so awesome. I find it criminal that you only have 299 subs.
Thank you so much :) It was a fun guide for me to build, and I also learned a few things myself, which is a fun part of the process of teaching.
And I appreciate the vote of confidence! If it's any consolation, right now it's at 304 :) And actually two days ago it was at 279 so it was a fairly substantial jump (for a channel of my size). I'm crossing my fingers that with a wider audience, more players would be able to gain access to this guide and (hopefully) be freed from so much early-game frustration.
I just started playing after beating Elden Ring, and I found Sekiro to be both more fun but also much harder. I managed to beat Lady Butterfly, but now I’ll take what you taught and tackle the game. I honestly had no idea the visual difference between a block and deflection. Thank you so much for the well put together and amazing guide!
Congratulations on beating Elden Ring :) I'm glad you find my guide helpful.
It took me FOREVER to figure out the difference between deflecting and blocking and that they are in fact the basis upon which the combat system is built. It's kinda great isn't it, lol, that the game doesn't really tell you that.
Honestly, the *aural* difference between blocking and deflecting, for me, is much more useful than the visual difference. Every fight has its own pattern of sounds, from your counter-defensive maneuvers, and attacks; so essentially they become individual "songs". Therefore, nailing these "songs", is like hitting musical notes at exactly the right key points, so, akin to playing a musical instrument :) I find pretty much everyone who takes to music are able to utilise the rhythmic nature of Sekiro's combat to their advantage.
I hope this bit of info helps you along more
Fantastically helpful. Your “always hold block then parry” isn’t something I’ve seen anyone else mention.
Oh the block-tapping, yeah it's just a tactic that I sort of developed on my own. For some people it can be kind of hard, especially without remapping the buttons, as using the left index finger is actually quite strenuous, it calls for utilising tendons all the way up to your forearm.
It was only a long time after I'd created this guide that I realised I should have recommended remapping the block/deflect button to maybe square (on the ds4/5). It's way easier to pound a button with your thumb than it is to constantly pull that "trigger" finger.
So yeah lol, bit of a long story. So this method helped you then?
Are you playing on console or PC?
I typed in “Sekiro how to combat” and your thumbnail said exactly that.
You rock!
Your wavelengths have been keyly synchronised with the Matrix. YOU rock.
I've played through this game more times than I can remember, I didn't learn anything from this but I still enjoyed this video.
Thank you! I tried to make it fun and engaging :) And same, I've been practicing for a run, so, I started up NG many, many times : O
Really great guide! It's good that you mentioned sleeping. Sleeping is OP for any muscle memory training, and I think it also helps new Sekiro players a lot to be assured that sometimes the best you can do to make a boss easier is just put the game away and come back the next day, when a boss fight starts to feel like you keep beating your soul and motivation into a brick wall.
Absolutely! It actually applies to me now too with the gauntlet and beating the new inner bosses. It's truly amazing, on that note, to actually experience beating bosses for the first time again.
But yeah after sleep, I come back and pwn so much harder. But I also have a really bad habit, an obsession - I can sit here for 12 hours on a day off and keep hammering the same boss to get that no-hit.
And thank you for checking this out :) How are you liking the update?
@@Katiecakes Luckily you put your obsession to good uses as well by making videos with your experience.
I like the update! It's a good excuse to buy the official game (I played a torrented version before) and do a new playthrough from scratch. Even with the demon bell it's pretty easy, but the update brings some harder fights to learn again, and the great thing about Sekiro is that you can set your own goals beyond just beating a boss and do better every try.
@@broaz885 Aye, so you've got to beat the game twice now in order to access all three gauntlets? Have you tried charmless? It's brutal lol. I tried deathless no-heal in charmless and got my ass handed to me by roof geni.
This great!!! So relaxing especially when you’re talking about such intense combat. I’m always so surprised at just how many things you can deflect. This is such a great vid.
Thank you! And indeed, it's pretty insane. I think the biggest (pun intended maybe) thing that can be deflected are the snakes. Both of them. The impact even stuns them to where they lose track of you for a few seconds, so you can make your escape.
Wow, this gotta be the best and most comprehensive guide I have ever seen for this game. Very well done and many thanks for your effort, very much appreciated!
You're most welcome :) I hope it was helpful to you and that you're able to pwn that much harder.
What a calm, welcoming, wonderful guide. Thorough, digestible, lengthy without wasting time… seriously, thank you for this. Easy sub!
Thank you for your kind, encouraging words :) I'm glad you dig the guide. I hope it was helpful to you!
One of the most, well thought out and informative guides I’ve ever watched. Shoutout to you.
Thank you for the high praise! :) I hope my guide was helpful to you.
21:28 this is some legitimately really good advice. Something like this happened to me on Elden Ring
I was on my first time fighting Malenia, I was already 2 hours into the fight, and it was late at night. I was starting to get the hang of her attacks, and the right timing for dodges, but then I just started to fail them, constantly, at this moment I said "Ok, my reflexes are starting to not work anymore, I should go to sleep".
Next day, well I didn't beat her on the first attempt, but I was managing to dodge her attacks again.
Never underestimate your bodily needs folks.
I feel you on that fight in Elden! Took me two days to get her. I kinda never follow my own advice though, being wayyyy too obsessive lol. I pretty much only stop because it's getting too late. I'm willing to keep going at a boss for like 8 hours lol.
But yeah. It's amazing what sleep can do :)
Sleep - is one of the best advices. I've spent 8+ hours trying to beat one boss in the game. I've decided to stop trying and go to sleep. Next morning I've made it on first try without any mistakes.
It's all those reflexes finally clicking after a good night's rest!
This is a really great video, especially: tip of always keeping block up and deflecting everything. It is a very good tip. If you are a new Sekiro player, take it on board, I have several play throughs and I tried pure deflections in first playthrough without blocking and this is better, BECAUSE: when you block, your posture recovers, so while blocking your posture is always recovering, and this is good even if you can perfectly parry (almost) everything, that one slip up wont leave you vulnerable. And the game does not penalises you holding block down at all. It DOES penalise parry spam, so make sure to hold block then just parry when you need to. And when you recover from being posture broken: BLOCK IMMEDIATELY, this will save you from most grab attacks, especially shinobi owl does this and he will never be able to do the thing where he pins you with his foot. Anyway, I have written too much, my 2 cents and advice for new players.
Aye :) Thank you for writing this up. Also, since you brought up grab attacks - I didn't mention this because it's kind of a mid-game prosthetic and I didn't want to spoil it: the umbrella can block/deflect all grab attacks. The timing is very lenient. In charmless, you'll take a little damage if you throw it out too early and end up blocking, but it's still better than actually getting grabbed, and you can still throw out projected force.
Have you been enjoying the gauntlet challenges? Have you gotten your platinum/all-achievements?
it does penalize you bc you cant move as normal or sprint
You’re right about cheesing.. After genichiro I cheesed the rest of the game because it made me so frustrated, but it made it even worse. Especially the final fight. It took me 10 hours to finally beat
Yeah I tried cheesing Isshin too my first time around and even then it took like a hundred attempts (I was that bad).
Are you still playing in NG+?
Katiecakes No, I vowed that since I had cheesed most of the bosses, I wouldn’t cheese isshin, and that final fight destroyed me 😂 I decided to take an extended break from sekiro, but I’m playing bloodborne and the souls series more than ever
@@snake867511 Absolutely, I cheesed through the entire game, up until Owl Dad, who PUNISHED me like a right BITCH for all the cheating tactics I employed for so many hours. So, he was actually the turning point for me. It's with him that combat finally clicked.
But I couldn't do it with Isshin at the time, as in, fight a fair fight. So I cheesed him. And even then the winning fight was 20 minutes long.
A lot of players who take a break from Sekiro come back later and are utterly SHOOK by how hard they pwn. Sometimes that break is all that's needed.
I'm re-playing ds1 for the first time in years! Gonna start streaming that soon. How far are you in BB in your current playthrough?
Katiecakes Yea, I definitely felt like I owed it to myself to fight the final boss legitimately because I cheated on so many other bosses 😂 I think I will come back to Sekiro, I’m pretty sure it would be different a second time. In bloodborne I’m just about to fight the spirits of Yarnham again, I’m always pretty nervous about fighting them because boss fights with a multiple enemies make me panic, even thought I beat them first try on my first play through! What’s your twitch channel? I’d definitely tune in for some souls content
@@snake867511 Ohhh you're fighting the Yharnam queen? Sorry if I'm mistaken. And yes multiple opponents is classic panic material for me.
I don't use Twitch, I stream directly from the ps4 onto RUclips :) If you hit the bell you'll be able to get stream notifications.
finally a youtube w real gameplay advice, not just a bunch of cheese moves ftw... been looking for this all day - tx
:) Yeah cheesing will only get you so far, and they're so unreliable. I mean they're not easy either, but it's more satisfying to learn enemy's moves and counter accordingly.
I've beaten the game in every way imaginable, no hit, Demon bell, only parrying, no charm, and all of them. Yet I found new things here.
I have no idea why such a detailed guide isn't popular enough, you deserve much better attention for how much effort you've put in this guide. All I can say is thank you.
It's pretty fun to apply challenges to this game, to see how far our limitations and adaptability can stretch. I myself am streaming everyday my deathless no-heal challenge run, playing through practically everything in what's essentially a 7-hour run, and it's hard. I'm getting closer though with each attempt :)
I really appreciate your kind words. I'm happy that my guide has helped a lot of players, and even if it means only one person gets to truly enjoy this game to a fuller potential because of it, rather than succumb to frustration and defeat, then I'm a happy chappy.
Thank you so much. Finally I understood the difference between blocking and deflecting. I always wondered how people 'block' the attacks without filling up their posture meter. Now I understood that it is deflecting and thank you for teaching me how to deflect. You got a new subscriber.
I'm really happy that you now understand how this works. It's gonna help you so much in combat.
Did you get Sekiro during the sale? :)
And thank you very much for the sub.
Incredible tutorial. Wow! My whole view on Sekiro has changed. You’re unbelievable! Thank you so much. I’ve totally subscribed to your channel! Killing it, just killing it dude. I’m on my first walkthrough versus your 6 so I have tons to learn but I will get there! Lots of admiration and respect from Texas!
Thank you so much. It's all I can hope for, that this guide can help one more player find enjoyment in this incredible game. lol I've actually beaten this game over 50 times now, since I did a challenge run last year and with each attempt, even when I failed, I still continued on to the end boss.
Do you feel the urge to platinum/all-achievement? :) it's a pretty organic game to platinum.
Best Sekiro guide I’ve seen. And without spoiling. You can tell there is passion here. Thank you! You have a subscriber.
Thank you for your kind words, and for the sub
To be fair, I actually did fall into inadvertently spoiling by showing end-game bosses. If only I was playing the way I play now - HUDless - that way at the very least viewers can't see their names, lol. But, I was mainly using them as an enticement, giving snippets of the awesome that awaits if the player chooses to persevere. I DID provide timestamps in the description to warn viewers of where spoilers would be, it literally is the only thing I could do.
Either way! Thank you again, and I hope you're enjoying the game :)
@@Katiecakes awesome it didn’t feel that way. I was more in tune with your wisdom more so than reading the names. Listening to your counts and dance methods. Intriguing. Mystical.
I’ve joined your discord and have been sucked into the Realm of The Dainty Pie-Hole. It’s pretty gorgeous here in this realm. Looking forward to more of your content.
And your welcome katiecakes👍🏾
MeggaMann out
@@MeggaMann_theBlueLion Welcome to the Realm!!!
This is by far!!!!! The best Sekiro combat guide on the internet...bravo👏👏👏
You have by far one of the best RUclips usernames I have ever seen. At least, in the last few months lol.
This is, by far, the best guide I have seen, and I’ve seen a lot 😑 Amazing work!
That means a lot, it takes quite a bit of work to build a proper guide. Thank you so much for your kind words :)
This video is a treasure
This lady is a treasure and a work master..
Your editing skills are amazing..
Your way of speaking and your accent are gorgeous 😉
The information provided and how you organized all these are overwhelmingly tremendous 😚
And the fact that you have only 5K subscribers is soo damn silly you deserve millions 😎
You are a true creator.. I really really respect and appreciate your hard-work here and every single word and moment of this great video 😊
I’m following you in every single video you make..
Your smile and your face are breathtaking..
Finally I’m in love with you and with this game more and more ♥️
From software should ask you to work with them ♥️♥️
My full support with you lady ♥️ protect this game master at all cost ♥️💪💪💪
Thank you very much for your kind words and support. It's a very old video, I'm hoping the Isshin Guide I'm soon to release would be seen as a huge step-up at least in terms of editing techniques.
Glad you're enjoying the game
Thank you, this is incredibly helpful (3 years later)
You're very welcome :) I hope you're enjoying the game
There is a lot that you covered that I did NOT know, even after several playthroughs of this game so thanks for detailed breakdown. Cheers.
Thank you :) Yeah this guide is OLD lol, and I've adapted my playstyle a LOT since then, couple of things I wish I could go back in time and insert them into this video. Oh wells. Thank you for stopping by and sharing your kind words, means a lot
So casually singing to each flawless victory. What a gamer.
lol can't get me to shut up when I'm playing Sekiro. I'm always singing and making commentary.
I picked this up on the Game of the year edition sale because of you. Have watched you go through the challenge runs and felt confident enough to have a go, and with the guide it's not so daunting. Thank you for the amazing guide and content, you're a gem in the gaming community.
:')
That was so awesome to read. Thank you for making my day.
I know a lot of people struggle with the combat and I feel they just need to be shown how it all works, the "rules", so to speak, and then they'd be inspired to pwn, and not miss out on such an awesome, fulfilling title. It can be a lifechanging experience for some.
Have you started yet? :)
insane value, production quality, all the while beeing so on point with entertaining flavours sparkled inbetween the infos.
A joy to consume.
Excellent stuff and a welcome suprise, this is next Level...
Thank you so much for so stalwart a comment :) real happy you enjoyed this. Are you enjoying Sekiro?
It took me 3 rage quits before Sekiro clicked for me. In my 9 playthroughs I never strayed from the mortal blade, so this video was insane and wonderfully constructed.
Thank you for your kind words! :) Yeah I had a lot of bad habits - relying on combat arts and prosthetics far too much. The key, I feel, for fresh players, is to play as vanilla as possible on their first playthrough, get the basics of combat down, and then unleash their arsenal on subsequent playthroughs, incorporating flair to their honed reflexes.
I hope you're still having fun with the game I've beaten it probably about 80-90 times now, clocking in at close to 1900 hours over the last 5 years. It's nice to revisit after long breaks!
Damn, you put so much effort into these videos. Much appreciated! Will use this guide to get deeper into the mechanics for my second playthrough.
I had to be extra careful with this one as, unlike boss guides where there are so many different ways to pwn depending on play style, what I presented here have to be widely recognised as hard fact. I got most of it down, however I would have missed a couple things if not for the sharp eyes on my advisory council (two amazing NG+6/7 Charmless no-hitters).
Are you playing soon? Are you gonna try deflecting the snek? ;D
@@Katiecakes I'm probably going to start over again next month. It's been over a year and I definitely cheesed too much. This time I want to fight properly.
Wait, you can deflect the snake? I don't think it would be very impressed by me doing that. xD
@@ASMRinGames Yes if you jump to 16:59, you can see that bad boy in action ;D In fact you can do it over and over. It gets dazed and confused by the impact of the deflection that you literally get a few seconds of his triangle turning yellow. During that time you can of course make your escape but if you feel like it you can just stand there and keep deflecting him because you fucking CAN lol.
fantastically edited video, i just 100%'ed elden ring (my first fromsoftware game) and am now experiencing beginner learning curve for sekiro (
You're very welcome, Cold Water, and congratulations on 100%'ing Elden! Hope you enjoy Sekiro, the combat is unbelievably good and addictive, triggers the perfectionist in, well, those who are into it lol
I wish I'd had your tips for every game I've played! You are a game-mechanics samurai.
lol Thank you
the best guide i have gotten in any game my entire life
Thank you, for such high praise! I hope it helped :)
This such a great and comprehensive guide! Also, laughed out loud at your "I JUMPED!!" That's totally me as well 😆
:D
Thank you. Happy you enjoyed it. I hope you enjoy the game that much more now :)
You set the standard for this kind of video so high! You deserve more subscribers.
Thank you :) I enjoy making guides, and the way I build my guides is based heavily on what I wish could have been out there to help me, when I was a fresh noob and had to figure everything out myself.
Tell your friends and their moms to check out the channel ;D
WOW i am extremally suppressed that your channel is not way more popular since this is video of yours that i have seen and all i can say is that its amazing and it is very clear that you really put a lot of work into your video's to make them as helpful as possible i mean this guide had a huge amount of helpful info in it iv already beating sekiro but i learned a lot from your video i really wish i had seen it while i was on doing my first play though im really looking forward to watching your other videos because i think your awesome keep it up
Thank you so much
@@Katiecakes haha don't worry your not the only one that died over and over i sucked pretty bad too i for some strange reason i had a terrible habit of playing sekiro in a similar was to how i played dark souls and died a lot because if it i lost count of how many times id try to step dodge instead of deflect just on instinct
and up to now iv only gotten the chance to do 1 full play though but with the new up date being released i will be starting a new play though hope fully with in the next few days which not going to lie i was kinda putting it off until i watched your guide which has gotten me to really want to play it again as soon as possible and stream the whole thing
and if its alright with you i would really like to mention your channel and your sekiro guides in the description while i stream sekiro
I can't believ you don't have more subscribers, this was a great guide, I will re watch it many times!
Thank you for your kind words, I hope it helps you with understanding the combat mechanics :)
Deserve way more views
Greetings from germany
Thank you so much, Helmut from Germany
This channel deserves waaaay more subs
Thank you
Knowing how to properly Mikiri Counter is such a boost. I started enjoying the game so much more after spoiling the mechanics.
Indeed, it changed everything for me! I'm glad I found a fool-proof way to deal with all types of thrust attacks and even more glad that I'm able to help people who struggle with Mikiri Counters. I kinda hate how the in-game tutorials are basically just like, "oh, you didn't do it right? Well, do it better." lol.
This was an absolutely terrific guide. Really wish I had watched when I first started playing!
I'm glad it was helpful! I set out to make this guide with the hopes that it would at least help just one person not have to go through what I endured to be able to learn the game lol.
Hope you're having fun with it!
I’m late to the party but just picked up Sekiro and am absolutely loving it. This tutorial is priceless and well done. The one gripe i have is that you show so much of the game. Most people that need this like myself are just starting or maybe a few mini or main bosses deep. Maybe it’s unavoidable with a project like this but now I’m just taking in as much as possible through audio only :P.
Greetings fellow Shinobi :) Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. I'm stoked to hear you're having a good time with the game, it's my all-time favourite.
And yes, the spoiler aspect has been brought up and addressed numerous times. I confess when I made this guide it didn't occur to me that the spoilers would be... spoilerific. I was really just trying to make the imagery and content as varied as possible, so it's not the same early game bosses being shown over and over. That and I wanted to "tease" what the game has to offer.
So as some form of compromise, I put extra timestamps in the description to indicate where the spoilers would be.
I hope my guide is helpful to you, and I apologise about spoiling the game for you
@@Katiecakes no worries! This is quickly becoming one of my top 3 games all time. Just beat General Gyoubu. Went against all my instincts to keep jumping away. Stayed in the pocket and deflected like a champ. Thanks again. Been binging your content now. So surprised you don’t have more subscribers. Take care for now. :)
Thanks for this video, it taught me how I was playing the game incorrectly. Managed to beat Genichiro my 3rd try after watching it. I used the dodge way more than I should have been and was blocking instead of parrying. I wish your channel all the best, it turned a game I actively hated into something I am going to enjoy greatly now.
I'm so happy to hear that, it's all I could hope for :) Really glad you're finding enjoyment in this game now. May you conquer ever forwarder and achieve ever greater heights.
And btw third try on Roof Geni is amazing, congratulations! He took me like 9 hours to beat lol when I first started playing last year at launch. And I wasn't even doing it the right way. Pure cheese.
Can 100% confirm the sleep-tip. As early as yesterday I had a hassle doing Isshin after Emma. Gave it a good 15 tries before I went to bed, and this morning I beat'em both first-try with 8/10 gourds left when I downed Isshin. Now I just stumbled upon this video and str8-up subscribed. Great one!
Jeeze, only 15 tries though? That's magnificent. I think it must have taken me 30 attempts to get them in NG+2 (I tried to push it off for as long as possible).
Have you platinumed/all-achieved the game? :)
And thank you for the sub :D
@@Katiecakes I did this on NG+4 just to get my final ending so I can do the GoS for the skin! Rushed through the entire game yesterday so I could get to Emma/Isshin, and I usually take a break after the 15th or 16th try, due to not over-doing it. Sleeping on it definitely helps! Keep up the great content!
And now Inner Owl is completely wrecking me, so now I take a break for the weekend. '' :^)''
So many 'guides', yet so few of any real insight and value. Then comes Katie. Thank you, Katie. Your vid has helped me grow as a player.
Thank you for your kind praise, Ricardo. I hope the game is that much more fun and satisfying for you :)
@@Katiecakes Thanks again. I was having trouble timing the mikiri counter, in particular, and your insight regarding the fading kanji character and timing the counter has made all the difference. Your eloquent explanation was also a pleasure. Big up.
Beautifully explained....found it useful and interesting with insights even when I finished the game.
I'm glad! I hoped it might be helpful to everyone ranging from beginners to veterans.
Just when I was about to give up I ran across this video, perfect 👌🏻
:) I'm so glad. What boss made you about to give up? You pwnd with a vengeance, I presume?
@@Katiecakes Stuck on Lady Butterfly, I don't want to cheese my way through the game but it's so freakin tough.
Hi! I started playing sekiro again after a few years when your guide came out of nowhere and man I wish I could have watch it the first time I played the game lol. Honestly is one of the best guides I have seen ,you explained things in detail in each section and in a way that wasn't complicated to understand at all ,I liked this video so much that I watched your guides on owl and demon of hatred out of curiosity and I really enjoyed them as well.
Anyway sorry if this is long but I was just really impressed with the amount of effort you put into this, hope you have a good day/week and I'll be on the lookout for new videos by you :D
Hey hey, no apologies, please! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your kind words :)
I appreciate that you watched my guides! I've been working on one for Isshin Sword Saint for 3 years now, it's basically done, audio just needs light mastering. It's 4 hours long lol, as it details 116 moves, Phase Two alone is like 2 hours. If you plan on watching that, make sure to pack a lunch lol
@@Katiecakes No problem thank you for taking the time to reply you seem like a lovely person :D
Holy shit...4 hours I can't even imagine the amount of work that guide must have been ,that's seriously impressive. Now that I'm subbed I'm definetly gonna be looking forward to that guide ,since I liked so much your other guides and the fact that even though I beat that fucker I still cannot beat him consistently lol.
Also 1900 hours and platinum in 6 days wow!super impressive,I'll be on the lookout on saturday to see you play I'm sure it's gonna be super fun and see what else can I learn.
I guess you kinda became my sekiro teacher haha have a nice day!
Very helpful guide, just started Sekiro after playing the souls games. The video is neatly organized, and things are explained well and in a straightforward manner. Thank you for making this.
Thank you very much for your kind words
I believe one of the most exhaustive videos out there !! Thank you very much for the quality of work/time/effort !!
It's absolutely my pleasure. I hope you found some helpful tips and hints in there :)
Wow, this is such a clear and comprehensive resource!
Thank you :) I've learned some more little skills here and there since then, but overall I always hope newcomers would find this useful and therefore get to enjoy the game, rather than endure the frustration. Because come on, the in-game tutorials are asinine, am I right? :)
This is a fantastic guide. Clearly thought-out and articulated tips. Great work
Thank you, Edward :) Appreciate your high praise
Finally found a guide on sekiro combat that doesnt go on a de-route about what life lessons the game wants to teach us
Well I'm glad I was able to help? and that you're having fun with the game?
I CAN'T WAIT EITHER (but alas I must wait. Super excited tho!) Been waiting for this a long time!
Already it's happening in 12 hours ;D
Incredibly detailed material here, and very easy to follow! You make it look easy! Lol. That’s actually what I need to get a friend of mine (or two) into this game. I talked-up a big game of relentless intimidation to them and it might’ve had the opposite effect that I was hoping for. 😂 I believe this is the perfect remedy. Thank you! 🙏
Haha yeah this is definitely really new territory for players who are not used to challenging games, since this requires a lot of patience to develop instinct. Still, FromSoft knows how to reward. When you beat a boss, well, idno about you but when I beat my end boss fair and square the first time, I wanted to put that on my job resume lol.
I hope your friends get to enjoy everything this amazing game has to offer :)
Yesterday I completed this, one of the most fun satisfying combat ever, once you understand the rhythm, there's no stopping 🔥
Glad you're enjoying it! Congratulations on beating Sekiro! It takes hard work!
I’m 66 and quit this incredible game because I reached a point where progress seemed impossible. I blamed it on my age and just lack of skill in general. However I decided to dive back in after finishing Wo Long which seems easy compared to this. So this guide is most appreciated and it gives me confidence and drive. I’ll still likely fail but I’ll definitely try. Thank you, talented and kind lady.
Greetings, Peter :) Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. I tried the Wo Long demo and it's quite alright, I intend to play it some time in the future.
If you feel your reflexes are working against you, it might be a good idea to remap your buttons. Deflecting is the name of the game in Sekiro - you can beat the entire game without hitting anyone even once (minus deathblows). So, that block/deflect button is everything. Honestly, having it set to L1, while intuitive, is incredibly stressful because we actually cause a lot of strain from the back of our hand streaming all the way up our elbow when we keep using our index finger, and so rigorously at that. I didn't think of this at the time of making this guide so that's why it's not mentioned, but, for some people it makes a world of difference to change that block/deflect button to something like square, which is the "attack" button for a lot of combat-based games. It's easier to smack a button with your thumb than it is to pull the trigger finger, I think. See if that helps :)
It might also help, when you're stuck on a boss, to look up videos to see how these fights generally look and sound, since all the fights have their own rhythms. It's like, they're individual songs, with notes and rhythms created by YOU interacting and counter-defending. Like a lot of boss fights in a lot of video games, it comes down to repetition and adaptation. And that's why Sekiro is not for everyone. I hope it's still fun for you, it should always be the top priority :)
Thank you again for stopping by to watch, and comment, I hope the game brings you much satisfaction and enjoyment
@@Katiecakes thank you so much for the detailed reply. I’ll check out the deflect remapping. I tend to get nervous during a boss encounter which has a huge impact on my performance. The last time I played I could not get past Wolfs Father, I think that’s him, the big fella with all the hair. So I quit in frustration. However I’m back at it and just killed the incredible boss on the horse. His opening scene where he announces himself is one of my favourite gaming moments. I’m grinding now and heading towards the Bull boss fight. ( Wo Long has a Morale system enabling players to grind on low level enemies which increase your own Morale while their Morale remains the same. This allows you to become very powerful if you have the patience for it. By the way, the first boss in the game is considered to be one of the hardest bosses in the entire game. It was for me and it’s why most people quit. I’d love to see you take him out. ).Thank you Katie, you’ve taught me a lot and I’m grateful. Respectfully, Peter in Nova Scotia Canada. 🙏
@@Katiecakes by the way I spent a week on Lady Butterfly. Sekiro in my opinion is unparalleled in terms of providing a sense of satisfaction, reward. I sharpen knives by hand professionally so I get to experience this sense of accomplishment every day actually so experiencing it in a game is quite something for me.
You're an inspiration too, Peter. Keep it up. Representing us older gamers although I'm a pup compared to you at 45 😄
Excellent guide for people struggling, the only thing I’d add is that it’s usually pretty safe to attack until your opponent deflects you, at which point you deflect them and counterattack. Repeat until death. Of course there are exceptions; Lone Shadows for example can be cheesed remarkably well by simply attacking once and deflecting after that (they like to spam their little bitch kick to try to break your posture and it’s hilarious to trap them in a loop for a few hits, but they’ll eventually do their two sword swipe or leaping slam in a pitiful attempt to break out but these are punishable as well). Might be helpful for a more advanced guide in the future. Edit: the only exception to the deflect and counter attack rules I can think of are a) beast type enemies such as Ogre or Guardian Ape and b) a certain Owl who refuses to be posture broken until you chunk his vitality.
Those are excellent points, Garrett. I truly appreciate your input as I'm always looking to up my guiding game.
I think when a player becomes more confident, they'll be able to find that pattern, of attack/deflect/counterattack back and forth, to be able to grab swift victories.
I have a feeling though, that for beginners, it might be more beneficial to try to win fights by deflecting (and performing other defensive counter measures) as much as possible so they can learn to pick out their attack windows. At least, that's how I progressed, by (at first) trying to win fights by attacking as little as possible, and letting my opponents do the job for me.
I wasn't sure if I should list exceptions to the overall rule of deflecting and counter-attacking, because I tried to keep this as spoiler-free as possible (for example , with regards to the Ape).
There is also another example where vitality dmg is pretty important to avoid a SLOG of a fight, and that's with the false monk. She recovers her posture almost immediately unless you get her down to 60% health.
Best guide ever, I really learned something new. Thank you
You're very welcome. I hope you're enjoying the game :)
Great guide. Hopefully this will convert me to enjoying the game more because I'm struggling, but I persevered with Bloodborne and now its one of my favorite games. It just seems like this game every fight is so intense with tight parry windows that when missed are very punishing. I love how you sound so calm cool and collected narrating the guide, but in you background clips you hear the emotion, "I JUMPED!!!!".
I'm so happy to hear that you enjoy Bloodborne, it's a work of art!
And yes, Sekiro is very demanding of the player and it's not everyone's jam. I'm glad you enjoyed the guide lol
I just finished SEKIRO thanks to your guide! It helped me enjoy the game so keep up the great work!
I'm so happy to hear that! And congratulations for beating this game! It's not easy the first time around!
It was a super tough challenge, but it became one of my favorites thanks to your guide. :)
Awesome guide! Thank you for your efforts!
My pleasure. I hope it helps!
Just started the game and this helped so much! Can't wait to practice and go through the suffering
I hope the suffering would be close to non-existent now that you're armed with key knowledge and power beyond comprehension :D
This is an amazing tutorial. I could have never put all these information in a coherent manner like you did. Kudos!!
Thank you, that means a lot. It took four weeks to write the script and build this guide, and that's not including gathering footage :) I just want to help players find enjoyment in such a great game.
@@Katiecakes keep up the good work, pal, I am honestly very impressed. I have played through the game several times, but I have been taking a break, so this video was a good refresher.
You’re a joy to listen to Katie. Easy on the ears voice and professionally done.
Aww Drew, thank you for coming back to this old thing :) I've actually improved key recording abilities since then. It's so much nicer to record into Adobe Audition, than Adobe Premiere.
Love your passion for this game! I have over 150 hours and I still feel like I'm a long way from mastering the combat in Sekiro. The game is amazing, but the combat system is the part that keeps people coming back.
Awesome video, thank you for helping people out fellow Shinobi
Dude, by 150 hours I was *barely just* getting the hang of combat. It took me that long to understand the posture and deflection system, as I come from a long history of Soulsborne reflexes :)
So yeah you're doing amazing. I suggest to spice things up by doing Charmless/Demon Bell, and perhaps consider taking the HUD off. It might sound counterintuitive but it actually makes the game easier that way.
Are you going for Platinum? :)
@@Katiecakes I appreciate your response and input. That makes me feel a little better about how much time it takes to truly 'get gud' at this game lol. I am planning on 100%ing this game. I'm on XBox, I have 7 achievements left. I would Plat if I was still cool with a PlayStation ;)
I have played with the Demon Bell a little bit. The idea of Charmless still scares me at this point lol. I joined the Sekiro subReddit after I heard you talking about it. It is cool to talk with other people who have passion for this game. And memes 😅🤣
I feel like I just took a college course on this game. Lol
;D A fun college course, I hope.
I’ve been so immersed in the Sekiro community for years… how have I never come across this video?
idno lol :D
I used to be super active in the Sekiro subreddit, years ago, and this video was circulating pretty heavily then, but that was like 3 years ago :)
Started Sekiro a few days ago and I'm of course struggling. This isn't just the best Sekiro combat guide I've seen, it's one of the best guides to a game I've ever seen. Great content, thank you.
That's such a massive compliment, thank you so much
Absolutely fantastic video... the no-hit demos at the end are just like fine art, I wish I can get that good one day
Aww thank you
@@Katiecakes Speaking of distractions, I was getting my a** kicked by genichiro but I knew I could beat him... then it came to me, I just needed to stay calm, so I turned the music off and voilà... defeated him first try without that awesome yet dramatic anxiety-inducing music 😆,... I'll try without the HUD now cause I still panic against some enemies 😑
This video is so well done I'm going to share it :)
You mad lad, you :) Thank you for checking it out!
@@Katiecakes It's fine always here to help :D
Loved the way you broke down each tips and tricks and explained with slow mo videos! Keep it up
Many thanks :) I feel it really helps for players to see everything clearly since combat is so fast in-game, it's hard to decipher what's what in the heat of the moment.
Katiecakes Sekiro is really pushing towards unlearning how to approach a from soft game and relearn it’s new ‘keep the aggressive attacks going’ till u die mechanics (rage quits come free)!
I'm years late to this guide but I'm loving the clarity.
A lot of people are coming here "late", surprisingly a large number of SoulsBorne vets who'd been holding off, and of course there's a fresh crowd coming in from Elden, wanting more FromSoft :)
I hope my guide is useful in some way
20:02 I'd like to briefly point out that this boss too can be fought head-on. Once it turns around from a charge, and you're close enough, it'll do one ramming attack. Deflect and then you're free to get a few hits at its head. It also takes considerably more damage from this position than if you strike it anywhere else.
Yes :) Thank you for pointing that out. In NG+ I totally fast-kill him by deflecting with the fire umbrella followed by a charged Dragonflash. It pwns.
Can't do damageless in NG that way though, as even perfectly deflecting the horns results in some small intake of physical dmg; it's the whole reason why I got gud at this "running around slashing the ass" tactic.
Anyway, in NG, or rather for new players, which is who this guide is intended for, standing your ground in front of Jason Bull is a BIG ASK. For most people who are still learning to get their deflection game on, and this part is so super early at the start of the game, and especially for people coming from SoulsBorne, I figure it'd be easier for them to just chase him down. Granted, it's a much longer fight. And I do encourage the option of deflecting him (although it still requires intelligent positioning in the arena to GET him to do the big headbutt). But yeah, if fought the "runaround" way, it *is* quite different from most other Sekiro bosses :)
Someone actually gave this a thumbs down? Wish this video existed before I slogged my way to platinum using the tried and true method of dying 50 times until you actually figure it out.
Haha I honestly think it was an innocent mistake. I thumbs-down things on accident sometimes, and some people don't know that you can revert it. But yeah when the video was in the "about-to-premiere" stage yesterday, it got a thumbs-down too but then when the premiere started, it went away and turned into a thumbs up lol. Anyway it doesn't bother me :)
You only died 50 times? I died 130 times to Isshin in NG+ D:
Ironically, although most other new players had a *lot* of trouble with Patsy the Ogre, I got him on my second attempt. Through pure posture damage. I didn't even get a stealth death blow in. I credit this to the fact that I've been playing a lot of Dark Souls, and my impression of Patsy was that he functions a lot like a Dark Souls boss compared to others in the game. All I needed was to dodge and counterattack.
I don't credit my own skill, because I'm still very stuck on other bosses that can't be danced around so easily. I think that's the most useful piece of advice I'm going to take from this video today: "quit dancing around".
Man I wish I had that easy a time with Patsy. Oddly, I also was "raised" on Souls games, all the way back from 2009 with Demon's Souls. But it's those damned magnet hands of his. And also because jumping is such a crazy mechanic now in a FromSoft game that I went a little crazy with it, didn't stop bunny-hopping (and getting pwnd in mid-air all the time) until almost end-game.
Truly, the whole instinct of staying directly in front of our opponents' faces took quite a bit to cultivate. But then I'm a slow learner :)
Which bosses are you having trouble with? Maybe I be of assistance? :)
This is so well done and detailed. Congratulations for your work!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :)
Such a well put together and well made video. I quit a while back even though I’m a huge souls fan. This is just what I needed to learn how to play the game and get back into it! Sub well earned
Thank you kindly for the sub
@@Katiecakes totally get that lol. I did the same ‘Cept with bloodborne
@@canlex Hey at least BB is kind of a little closer to Sekiro than ds3. It's super fast and aggressive, and there's the primitive groundwork for the deflection/deathblow system found in the bullet-parry.
Do you have a favourite out of all of Soulsborne? :)
@@Katiecakes laaaaate late response but Bloodborne is my favorite for sure
Ur guide is so underrated
:) Thank you. I hope my guide helped you out in some way.
This was so amazingly helpful, thankyou so much.
Absolute stella guide. Really like how clear and articulate you are.
All the very best of luck in growing your channel and any other endeavors you might embark upon in the future.
Cheers, from Australia:}
Greetings James Freeman from 'Stralia
My news years resolution is to watch this guide and actually play more than the first few bosses of this game.
I believe in you! :)
This guide is rather old, and I've long since adapted my playstyle and learned some things that I kind of wish I knew back then.
For example, it might be beneficial to remap the buttons, so that instead of L1 for deflecting, perhaps even switch around to R1 since we do deflect more than we attack. Or one of the thumb-bangers - usually I recommend the square button since it's synonymous with "attack" in a lot of games. It's just, hitting that L1 with the trigger finger ALL THE TIME can really put massive strain on one's arm. I definitely hurt myself a number of times; but, I'd gotten so used to it that it's kinda hard to unlearn it.
I also now recommend to turn the music down to a 3, and sound effects up to 7 or 8. As dope as the boss tracks are, they can be so distracting and disorienting. Being able to hear the sword-clang patterns and especially the Kanji warnings of perilous attacks is a life-saver.
Also, it might be totally hard to believe, but, this game is a thousand times easier with the HUD off. Of course, one's worry would immediately go to - I can't see health bars, I panic. Well, I've recommended this tactic to quite a lot of people and I'm happy that pretty much everyone finds it so much easier to not get distracted by those massive posture meters. You also see 50% more of the game on your screen and it allows you to read your enemies way better. And also not fall into the trap of panicking when we're two hits away from beating a boss. It's also quite easy to check our own health, as that pause screen is a god-send. Using items from the pause screen is also a good way to bypass the HUD-less "handicap" of not being able to see what we have in our quick items. Usually I recommend for people to just stick healing things in there, and use everything else from the menu.
So, yeah, perhaps give it an hour or two with the HUD completely off? I'm serious, there are players who've never played the game, whom I recommended to try with the HUD off, and they literally went on to plat the game, all HUD-less. It's quite mindblowing. And hey if you hate it you can always just turn it back on lol.
Sorry for the wall of text, just hope I can help you with your resolution :)
Gosh, I wish my physics professor taught me like this.
You can always show him this video :B
I tend to play games stealthily whenever I can and love going in-depth with those mechanics, but I’ve rarely played a game that really let me do the same thing with combat. I might have to give Sekiro a try.
Oh yeah it's awesome how stealth can be exploited in this game. You can pretty much stack-bab everyone if you have the patience to map out their key locations. That and you can outrun EVERYONE except for like, two bosses. I hope you have fun with it and if you get stuck on the combat, the guide'll be here for you :)
sekiro's stealth mechanics are janky as fuck and feel unfinshed. they can be exploited if you have patience to figure it out but it can be pretty unintuitive.
@@semajxocliw bro, I make Assassin’s Creed stealth videos. Learning how to use janky, unfinished and unintuitive mechanics is my bread and butter, haha
This should be at the very top of the list of guides RUclips should be recommending for any Sekiro search. Well done!
That's so very kind of you, Rob :) Thank you. Are you new to the game, or a SekiVet?
Katiecakes I’m only probably about half-way if even that past my first run. So, definitely still new. I was really looking for a way to know when I’m parrying vs. blocking and the circular light + sound that you mentioned in this video will be super helpful in honing that.
I’ll make my way through the rest of your videos I’m sure :) Thanks!
@@lawbinson Yes, it took me a while to understand the difference between deflects/blocks. Your posture bar will be a major indicator too.
Who was the last boss you beat? :)
@@Katiecakes The last main bosses I can remember were Genichiro on top of the Castle and the illusion monkeys. I find the humanoid bosses the most fun, personally. And then I've fought a few of the mini-bosses like the Serpent Gunman.
Right now, I'm kind of trying to decide between Headless in the Ashina depths or the Guardian Ape. I don't think I'm ready for the Terror mechanic yet so I think I'm leaning more towards the Guardian Ape in Bodhisattva Valley (edit: just got him and I forgot I had Demon bell on!) and then maybe some more grinding first. I think I missed a few mini-bosses as well so maybe I'll go back for those first :)
@@lawbinson You can block all of the Ape's terror attacks with the base umbrella, just FYI :)
And yeah you've gotten really far! The Forest Headless is in my opinion the hardest out of all the Headlesses. He's got the most health and does the most damage.
Did you have fun vs Roof Geni? A lot of people find that combat clicks with that fight.
The gun bitches can be quite a pain. They're physically weak but they hit like god damn trucks. You've already beaten the one in the poison pool, since you were able to reach the depths. btw since you killed the Ape, you should go back to the poison pool and check out that big empty cave :)
There are A LOT of bosses scattered around, some of which are time-sensitive, as in, once you trigger certain events in the game, they'll be gone forever. So yeah I suggest combing thoroughly, because you wouldn't want to miss out on those prayer beads :)
Great guide, thank you. Will definitely have to try out the method with holding block and tapping deflect.
You are most welcome :)
The block-tapping method definitely works as long as you don't succumb to spamming. It is only truly effective if you are familiar with your opponents' attack patterns, specifically how they sound in a sequence. I find it really helped (and still helps! Definitely applicable to the new gauntlet!) to watch other players' no-damage recordings, and pay especial attention to the sound patterns of deflections. I basically memorise them like songs, which I then try to replicate in my own fights by hitting the deflection trigger just like how you'd hit musical notes. Hope that makes sense :)