Thanks man! The strat worked like a charm… I found myself running out of spirit emblems on the last phase, so I had to spam mortal blade till his posture ran out
I knew my Lazulite Axe would come in handy some time soon! I'll try this tomorrow... EDIT: took me a few tries to get the timing and everything right but in the end it worked! Also mortal blade was a life saver as my spirit emblems weren't enough. THANKS SO MUCH @Retro !
ooh good to hear it still works. Started playing about a month ago and lots of the cheese methods on RUclips don't work anymore because they're on old patches. Gonna give it a shot tomorrow...been stuck on Isshin for two days and honestly I just want to finish the game at this point, especially since Hate Demon took me like sixty something tries to beat. Seriously though, more people need to play this game, it's awesome (and better than Elden Ring imo)
@@dfgdfgdfg7622 I finished my first playthrough and then NG+ playthrough about a month ago. Seriously I can't put into words how much this game means to me. I ended up using the cheese strat the first time I fought Isshin and then I absolutely owned his a** fighting him normally the second time. Actually I found out the guardian ape can be cheesed (sort of) I used Sekiro Guru's method and it basically makes him loop the same attack. Pretty easy. Cheers, mate!
I had the same issue for a while. Don't give up though but don't continue on either if you start getting frustrated. I have bad ADHD so it took me forever to coordinate myself to any real consistent level bc my mind would wander mid fight and I would start missing my cues, marginally, but enough to get whooped a bunch. I eventually would just try the fight once or twice a night and started to wrestle with myself if a person like myself could even do it. That being said when I finally beat him I've never felt more reward from a video game in my life. Not only did I beat him but I also won a battle with myself. I have just decided to play through the game again a couple years later and have blasted through it (new game bc I got a different profile now) this time simply bc I know I can do it. You can be confident too but it won't be easy. You'll have to earn it like the rest of us. Good luck and Godspeed Shinobi!
Elden ring is way easier then this,, Level up a bit and beat the horse guy with golden halberd and you can breeze through the game Or do the mission to get bloodhound fang (both extremely early items that will carry you through the game) I like halberd better cause it breaks through enemies poise and shields
works fine.isshin saw a video"how to cheese any player" .i kill isshin with the flame axe with 13 atack, in 2 try(with this method,with another he kill me more 60 times)
@@lizardpeople Memorize his pattern. Maybe you are like me. You need more death to get used to it, but Sometimes I can memorize it by watching the videos like this.
If yall run out of spirit emblems dont use the axe on Genichiro. Spam dodge and jump/mikiri him while buffed. He dies fast and has low posture. This will give you more than enough emblems for Ishin with Tanto
This works, even with sparking axe. Took me a few tries. Remember to back up your game. If you're backing it up on PSN, turn off auto back up. Better yet, save it to a USB drive.
I actually struggled the most when i tried to use others methods. I spent a lot of time learning how to kill without relying on parrying which really screwed me in late game so this fight was particularly challenging. However i did have to git gud for this fight. If i incorporate too many tactics i start to overwhelm myself quickly so swapping prosthetics and downing candies midfight usually screwed me more than helping. I eventually beat isshin by unequiping all prosthetic tools and only equiping my healing gourd. I made myself learn to react to the moves and get the parry timing down to avoid having to fool with the d-pad or switching tools in the small windows given. The result was becoming so much better at the game and eventually coming to understand that the struggle was the reward.
Nice! Thats similar to what I did but I’m still on my first playthrough. With Genichiro, I had to put my gourd exclusively in my quick items or else I’d get overwhelmed with options.
Thanks so much man. I was a bit stuck and the axe happens to be my favorite prosthetic in the game. So your method was perfect for me! Got it after 5-6 tries. I used the blue sugar most of the time, allowing me to tank the damage and keep the pressure on.
I hit NG+5 or 6, and 3rd phase he wasn't taking posture damage like before. I kept doing it the way I did it before and I had to take his health down with ichimonji double, because I was saving Mortal Draw for 4th phase. So. After that amount of time, I've got 1 flask left for 4th phase. Axe prosthetic IS the answer. TYVM.
Worked for me. Last phase was actually so chaotic that eventually had to bury the axe and approach traditional way. No idea how the hell I beat him but I did.
I'm still working on him .... Been prep farming for resources. Might take me a few days unless I get gud suddenly. I can get to isshin 2 relatively consistently, but gotta learn how to manage that spear of his
On Isshin's first phase, you do the double axe, then hit him twice, and then dodge left/behind him to avoid all damage. Then after he misses you, rinse and repeat with the double axe/2 hit/ dodge. Better to have as many flasks for the final 2 phases as possible.
An improvement to this game would be the ability to challenge each phase of this 4 phase final boss. It gets so repetitive and annoying making it to phase 3 and wanting to just focus on that battle to try and figure out a clean strategy without getting wrecked than having to respawn and do phase 1 & 2 again . Also fist play through sucks if you’re trying to get higher attack power . The grinding is so slow to get the skill points at the antechamber area . Each point you get , caused the next point to take even longer and longer . From Soft games are basically boss battles and skill point grinders.
Me quede sin usos del hacha en la fase final asi que toco improvisar, no paraba de lanzarme rayos asi que aproveche que ya le quedaba poca postura para rematarlo asi. Muchas gracias.
Así no tiene chiste. Hay que sudar lágrimas de sangre para que te sepa la victoria. Yo mori como 100 veces hasta que me aprendí todos sus movimientos. Jamás podrás ser un verdadero amo de la espada sin vencerlo justamente a espada limpia sin herramientas
So there’s no glitches like defeating the demon of hatred in a minute, Believe me, I really wanna beat the final boss. I have not been in the bar since three years ago.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
@SEN-NoVa no clue what he means by the bar, but you can cheese the demon by jumping on the tower and over to the walled area, which will cause him to walk off the map
Another great way to beat him is to break his posture by deflecting everything. 😂 joking of course (although that does work) I tried cheesing and couldnt get it timed right. For whatever reason i had better luck learning attack times and eventually beat him after what felt like a billion attempts. What an awesome game.
Bro why did it not occur to me to make a cloud save, before this fight I only can get the snow ❄️ now used all my statues up and the two rice balls I had 😂😂but I was legit thinking what my axe would do damage to cause I tried it on the owl father fight and blasted through his first phase so I’m gonna try this strat tonight wish me luck boys will update if this Strat still works in 2024 😂 (Update)- guys it worked the axe worked, I did die a couple times tho, but I did a mix up , Genichiro I used ako sugar and same Strat, second phase I used ugo sugar(not sure I spelt that right but the blue one) and same Strat with the tanto and the axe I tanked him 😂
it's actually called "items exploit" haha...this is the only way I know that could easily dispose of Iishin and Owl Father...this was almost the same method I used during my first play through back in 2019...never thought so many would call it a cheese these days
@@Retro471 Love this method. The confetti for flare is awesome. Beat him today on my first try with this knowledge and an extra prayer necklace I was missing. Didn't have to buff in every phase but I'm sure you were going for efficiency. Such a cool fight and your method gave me the confidence to beat him.
Cheesing can be fun. Especially if you already beat them normally. Only cheese that's not fun are the glitch ones. Demon of Hatred cheese should've gotten patched a long time ago.
Im only here because they thought sekiro should be nerfed in NG+ and im doing platinum Honestly dont know how people play ng1+ on this game it becomes "0 mistakes" run
Thanks man! The strat worked like a charm… I found myself running out of spirit emblems on the last phase, so I had to spam mortal blade till his posture ran out
I knew my Lazulite Axe would come in handy some time soon! I'll try this tomorrow... EDIT: took me a few tries to get the timing and everything right but in the end it worked! Also mortal blade was a life saver as my spirit emblems weren't enough. THANKS SO MUCH @Retro !
ooh good to hear it still works. Started playing about a month ago and lots of the cheese methods on RUclips don't work anymore because they're on old patches. Gonna give it a shot tomorrow...been stuck on Isshin for two days and honestly I just want to finish the game at this point, especially since Hate Demon took me like sixty something tries to beat. Seriously though, more people need to play this game, it's awesome (and better than Elden Ring imo)
@@ProteinShowdown every boss from the main bosses can be cheesed except the gurdian ape playing sekiro on last patch this month good luck!
@@dfgdfgdfg7622 I finished my first playthrough and then NG+ playthrough about a month ago. Seriously I can't put into words how much this game means to me. I ended up using the cheese strat the first time I fought Isshin and then I absolutely owned his a** fighting him normally the second time.
Actually I found out the guardian ape can be cheesed (sort of) I used Sekiro Guru's method and it basically makes him loop the same attack. Pretty easy.
Cheers, mate!
it’s like everytime i fight him i get worst idk what to do at this point
I had the same issue for a while. Don't give up though but don't continue on either if you start getting frustrated. I have bad ADHD so it took me forever to coordinate myself to any real consistent level bc my mind would wander mid fight and I would start missing my cues, marginally, but enough to get whooped a bunch. I eventually would just try the fight once or twice a night and started to wrestle with myself if a person like myself could even do it. That being said when I finally beat him I've never felt more reward from a video game in my life. Not only did I beat him but I also won a battle with myself. I have just decided to play through the game again a couple years later and have blasted through it (new game bc I got a different profile now) this time simply bc I know I can do it. You can be confident too but it won't be easy. You'll have to earn it like the rest of us. Good luck and Godspeed Shinobi!
Thanks for the strategy, I can finally rest and get ready for Elden Ring.
Éxito en las tierras medias !
Have you defeated him
I should have played elden ring first as sekiro took my heart!
How’s it going for you? You an Elden Lord yet?
Elden ring is way easier then this,,
Level up a bit and beat the horse guy with golden halberd and you can breeze through the game
Or do the mission to get bloodhound fang (both extremely early items that will carry you through the game)
I like halberd better cause it breaks through enemies poise and shields
works fine.isshin saw a video"how to cheese any player"
.i kill isshin with the flame axe with 13 atack, in 2 try(with this method,with another he kill me more 60 times)
This is how I also killed him on my first time, however after beating him I can now just kill him normally which is weird
@@lizardpeople Memorize his pattern. Maybe you are like me. You need more death to get used to it, but Sometimes I can memorize it by watching the videos like this.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart man, after literally memorizing all phases figuring out the axe was that good made this fight cake !!
Man, thank you for this tips. This is the Best way to defeat final boss. Worked very well. Only take me 5 or 6 tries.
There's really no point to playing sekiro if you're gonna play it like this
@@vincentturnt6635cope. if you fought Issin legit, you're a rube
"Back up your save for infinite uses of X"
Me all game not wanting to farm confetti and sugars 😂
If yall run out of spirit emblems dont use the axe on Genichiro. Spam dodge and jump/mikiri him while buffed. He dies fast and has low posture. This will give you more than enough emblems for Ishin with Tanto
Been stuck on this guy for two years. Might try this later. Thanks
Use the umbrella
Did you manage to kill him?
@@lucasorice1589 yep. I then steamrolled ng+ only to be stuck on him again lol
This works, even with sparking axe. Took me a few tries. Remember to back up your game. If you're backing it up on PSN, turn off auto back up. Better yet, save it to a USB drive.
I actually struggled the most when i tried to use others methods. I spent a lot of time learning how to kill without relying on parrying which really screwed me in late game so this fight was particularly challenging. However i did have to git gud for this fight. If i incorporate too many tactics i start to overwhelm myself quickly so swapping prosthetics and downing candies midfight usually screwed me more than helping. I eventually beat isshin by unequiping all prosthetic tools and only equiping my healing gourd. I made myself learn to react to the moves and get the parry timing down to avoid having to fool with the d-pad or switching tools in the small windows given. The result was becoming so much better at the game and eventually coming to understand that the struggle was the reward.
Nice! Thats similar to what I did but I’m still on my first playthrough. With Genichiro, I had to put my gourd exclusively in my quick items or else I’d get overwhelmed with options.
Thanks so much man. I was a bit stuck and the axe happens to be my favorite prosthetic in the game. So your method was perfect for me!
Got it after 5-6 tries. I used the blue sugar most of the time, allowing me to tank the damage and keep the pressure on.
Anyone have a strat for him on NG+ cause he doesnt take like any posture dmg from this strat at all
I hit NG+5 or 6, and 3rd phase he wasn't taking posture damage like before. I kept doing it the way I did it before and I had to take his health down with ichimonji double, because I was saving Mortal Draw for 4th phase. So. After that amount of time, I've got 1 flask left for 4th phase. Axe prosthetic IS the answer. TYVM.
so you say it works for ng+ and hes not gonna oneshot me like every other mob/boss?
Worked for me. Last phase was actually so chaotic that eventually had to bury the axe and approach traditional way. No idea how the hell I beat him but I did.
I'm still working on him .... Been prep farming for resources. Might take me a few days unless I get gud suddenly.
I can get to isshin 2 relatively consistently, but gotta learn how to manage that spear of his
Yo I have my battle with him wish me luck
Thank you so much this boss gave me so much trouble your strategy is AMAZING
Me without rice bun and snow
On Isshin's first phase, you do the double axe, then hit him twice, and then dodge left/behind him to avoid all damage. Then after he misses you, rinse and repeat with the double axe/2 hit/ dodge. Better to have as many flasks for the final 2 phases as possible.
An improvement to this game would be the ability to challenge each phase of this 4 phase final boss. It gets so repetitive and annoying making it to phase 3 and wanting to just focus on that battle to try and figure out a clean strategy without getting wrecked than having to respawn and do phase 1 & 2 again . Also fist play through sucks if you’re trying to get higher attack power . The grinding is so slow to get the skill points at the antechamber area . Each point you get , caused the next point to take even longer and longer . From Soft games are basically boss battles and skill point grinders.
Don’t use antechamber. Ashina outskirts- stairway is the way to go.
You don't even need to waste SE on Geni-chan.
Thank you so much. As great as this boss is during the first playthrough, he is just as disgusting on ng+3
Me quede sin usos del hacha en la fase final asi que toco improvisar, no paraba de lanzarme rayos asi que aproveche que ya le quedaba poca postura para rematarlo asi. Muchas gracias.
Managed to do this without the rice...took so many tries but finally did it. Helpful strategy. Let's go.
Unfortunately i can't buy the lazulite axe anymore because i ran out of lazulite but i'll try with a lesser axe
He doesnt get stunned just hits me fuuuuuck
No Hesitation is the key
Thank you so much. I've had enough tries with Genichiro and Owl Father. I don't wanna lose my mind on this game. Lol
What if I have reached the end but I don't have sweet rice?
You need to cook some in the castle
Casual full strenght Dark souls players :)
I win using some of your tips
All thanks to you.
Is Isshin combo with axe R2, R1, light attack, light attack, block, repeat?
Are you getting a block in before you axe attack again?
Así no tiene chiste. Hay que sudar lágrimas de sangre para que te sepa la victoria. Yo mori como 100 veces hasta que me aprendí todos sus movimientos. Jamás podrás ser un verdadero amo de la espada sin vencerlo justamente a espada limpia sin herramientas
I can't use this axe, I spent my last Lapis on the Fireworks & shuriken. Fml
Thank you I celebrated before the finishing blow, almost didn’t make it 😅
it is by far the best prosthetic weapon in the game, each boss becomes easy to kill
thank you brother.. beat him in 3 attempt. but if you add how much hit before using axe, that will be perfect 👌
What's you attack power? Coz doing exactly the same set of attacks, i do not fill they posture bar...
Think it is 13.
@@Retro471 ok that’s why, my level was 11… but I managed somehow, just had to persist a bit more… good guide👍
Thank you for this video!!
Where is the lapisazul axe to find?
Is their any way to do this without sweet rice ball and fine snow
You can do it with just one of them on the 4th stage. There is a infinite supply of normal rice in the game.
Thank you bro finally beat him
Why divine confetti???
more damage
it increases normal damage too, (not by much but hey every bit counts)
Boom... what a method
Thanks! Finally beat him with your help!
what buffs did you use for each phase?
So there’s no glitches like defeating the demon of hatred in a minute, Believe me, I really wanna beat the final boss. I have not been in the bar since three years ago.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Just die a lot and get good, it’s not that hard omegalul
@SEN-NoVa no clue what he means by the bar, but you can cheese the demon by jumping on the tower and over to the walled area, which will cause him to walk off the map
@SEN-NoVa dang I’m still stuck on ishiin but good job
hours and i obliterated him with this and mortal blade
the "doping" cheese
I am not able to kill the first phase. I am only using lazulite axe. Can you explain when to use sword and when the axe? He is killing me all the time
Learn to parry
Geni is so easy dawg
I couldn't get thus to work with the axe at all
red lump + rice + lazulite axe strategy has been known since 2019 iirc. but congrats for beating him.
Yes I know but not the 4 stage axe only method. Only ever seen people do 3 stage axe.
To put this another way, the way i do it is more consistent than everyone else method
@@Retro471 i am sorry, i might have missed it, but what is the 4 stage method?
Using the axe in all 4 phases, everyone stops using it in the lightning phase 4.
@@goodlearnerbadstudent756 find me a video of someone doing the exact same strat I did in all 4 phases and I will remove the New tag in the title.
Yo what's your attack power?
Think its 13.
Thanks just defeated him like 20 mins ago using your strategy.
Tks, you are a Hero 👏👏👏👏👏
It honestly seems easier fighting him normally😂
Another great way to beat him is to break his posture by deflecting everything. 😂 joking of course (although that does work) I tried cheesing and couldnt get it timed right. For whatever reason i had better luck learning attack times and eventually beat him after what felt like a billion attempts.
What an awesome game.
I ve beat him but my second run i just cant beat his second phase even with this method
Is this patched or just lucky RNG? He reacts way too fast for me to get the axe attack off
Bro why did it not occur to me to make a cloud save, before this fight I only can get the snow ❄️ now used all my statues up and the two rice balls I had 😂😂but I was legit thinking what my axe would do damage to cause I tried it on the owl father fight and blasted through his first phase so I’m gonna try this strat tonight wish me luck boys will update if this Strat still works in 2024 😂
(Update)- guys it worked the axe worked, I did die a couple times tho, but I did a mix up , Genichiro I used ako sugar and same Strat, second phase I used ugo sugar(not sure I spelt that right but the blue one) and same Strat with the tanto and the axe I tanked him 😂
just use the umbrella man
But real fun is in defeating him with parry and all
Work for sparkling axe?
Thanks man it’s work
Gracias!!! Con esta estrategia le pude ganar.
Screw 2nd phase Isshin.
bro i wreck this dude now but beforehe bodies me smh
Im trying this on new game plus.. is hard
this might work
Not verry clean but, Hey … as long as it works
Best method
this version is easrier than inner isshin
No shit mate
Nice
Video start immediately back up save 😂 I’m a console player ffs stops video
At least on PS Plus you can backup saves... do not know about Xbox
Excelent! Thx
Thx For the strat
thanks
Thx buddy
That was obscene lol
Lol, you definitely did not invent this method. You can usually go back and look at videos from a year or so ago that we’re doing same
This doesn't look like a cheese
it's actually called "items exploit" haha...this is the only way I know that could easily dispose of Iishin and Owl Father...this was almost the same method I used during my first play through back in 2019...never thought so many would call it a cheese these days
“No effort” in the thumbnail lol
I seriously think it would be easier to pull od the fight just the normal way using deflects and counters than this.😅
It's not.
@@Retro471 Love this method. The confetti for flare is awesome. Beat him today on my first try with this knowledge and an extra prayer necklace I was missing. Didn't have to buff in every phase but I'm sure you were going for efficiency. Such a cool fight and your method gave me the confidence to beat him.
No honor in fighting like this what's the point ?
can be funny for someone .
He's a Shinobi, he can use every dirty trick in the sleeve he has
@@lucasorice1589 ur right on that but the atmosphere dosent call for that
Looks like a huge waste of consumables
Can’t waste consumables in a gauntlet or reflection man
Not really. At the end of the game you get plenty of spirit emblems and sen. End game has one of the best farming spots for such things.
nah bro just get good if u cheese its not fun
Cheesing can be fun. Especially if you already beat them normally. Only cheese that's not fun are the glitch ones. Demon of Hatred cheese should've gotten patched a long time ago.
Im only here because they thought sekiro should be nerfed in NG+ and im doing platinum
Honestly dont know how people play ng1+ on this game it becomes "0 mistakes" run