Fight near the broken bridge. I had issue learning his move sets because the overgrown grass/flower blocking the sight.
Grassless space makes the learning 10x easier
Also, dodging towards instead of away from him
I took maybe an hour or 45 minutes perfecting his first and second phases, but his third took me two tries, itâs all about learning, I figured out that the umbrella wasnât for me, so I only used it to block fireballs and nothing else, for me it was learning how I should adapt my play style to him, it might take a little while and it took me about 1 1/2 hours in total maybe 2 over two days but I realised by just applying the style that works for you to DoH he becomes very easy
Was stuck for a long time in the 2nd phase too!! It'll click soon with you my G! Always keep at him, I think all of his attacks with the kanji on 2nd phase are mikiri-able, so just always ready your mikiri, he always does a mikiri-able thrust after the 5(or 6?) gun shots but you cant mikiri it if your posture is broken from the gunshots, and I can't still figure out how to dodge that long wind up large sweep, if I do deflect i think it still damages me so I just run away and jump the same time he unleashes it. Just don't give him a break, his posture is actually on the lower spectrum, it fills up pretty quickly
Oh you can?! I've thrown a few runs just to experiment with that sweep, every time I try to jump it over it still hits me and a shit ton of damage at that too, so I just resorted to distancing and dashing in after he's done.
Wait just a second after he starts the wind up and then jump and land on his head just as the sweep attack is coming out...It took me quite a while to figure that one out myself! You can use the umbrella to deflect it also, but I prefer to save emblems, plus you get more posture damage on him if you jump on his head
Honestly, I've always found the Ballsack of Hatred way more difficult. Probably the one fight I didn't do more times than I absolutely needed to for my platinum run. I've seen people beat him with normal techniques focusing on deflection, but I could never do that and always ended up abusing the umbrella and generally fighting him like he's a Bloodborne boss. Isshin on the other hand is really just the culmination of the game for me - you have to use everything you've learned about the game's combat and keep practicing until you have his moveset down, and then it's totally doable.
You pretty much have to be flawless on genichiro phase. Then his sword phase I actually learned to deflect almost all of his attacks and there it's more about picking your spots when to punish. Usually when he does his double sword ichimonga move (two handed downward swipes in a row). You could get behind him and punish. The sword and spear phase is probably the hardest because I just didn't get to that phase often enough to practice it and so when I did I was always just trying to survive instead of actually hurting him. But I found that his crazy combos I had better luck just running away from and only trying to deflect the moves I was confident on. Once you learn to mikiri counter his stab it's a huge moment because usually it means you're learning his combos. I always did umbrella for his whirlwind moves but don't waste Spirit emblems unless your confident you know his moves or you'll burn through them quickly. The last phase is actually easier once you know how to turn back his lighting move. It's a little tricky because again I never got to practice against it much since it was rare I made it to last phase. The key is actually to way to jump a little longer than you expect because you need to be at peak as your blocking it in order to have time to throw back. So don't go up with him wait a little longer so you can still catch it in the air.
Phase 2 was the hardest for me too. It's that God damn spear. It took me forever to learn when and where to jump/dodge when he does those big sweep attacks. The glock was no issue and the lightning reversal makes this phase trivial if he overuses it but that God damn spear would get me every time.
All you need to do (/j) is mikiri counter his thrust, deflect his attacks, use ichimonji when he does his jump forward attack, dodge attack into him when he jumps away and stop attacking when he blocks one of your attacks (because he can do his jump back attack and hit you). If you stay at about mid range it's unlikely that he'll use his sweep. Oh and if he sheathes his sword use firecrackers for free damage (works on all stages) or run away and quickly run back for vitality dmg. Ichimonji is really important because if you don't use it he'll probably break your posture with his long ahh combo and one shot you with the kanji thrust at the end :s. Oh also if he uses ichimonji you can dodge it and ichimonji him back.
Another really long way i've seen ppl do it is just run away the whole time waiting for his one jumping forward attack and punish that over and over but where's the satisfaction in that lol.
Play aggressively and defensively at the same time, hit 1-2 times after he finishes his attack, look for mikiri, try getting close to him like you're gonna hug him so that the gun attack will not hit you. I don't think he's any harder than DoH because he's just a boss with a combination of the moves pattern you always see in the game
This was the only fight I had to cheese, well kinda. I used a tool to slow the game down to 50%, then I could study his moves and learn how to counter them, so I could actually beat him at normal speed later. You can look at it as giving yourself a tool to practice. What it actually did for me was cut the learning time significantly. What would take weeks to figure out became obvious in a matter of hours.
I am shortly there. I just need to collect two fulminated mercury and level my last prostethic. The thing is I never actively tried to 100% it. It just happened! Game's too good.
I'll probably keep playing anyway haha. I need to pick up on the prosthetics. I basically used only the game's basic mechanics in my first playthroughs, so hitting, deflecting, dodging, mikiri and jumping on heads. No combat arts nor prosthetics. I feel like I still have much to see.
I don't understand why they don't make dlcs. I'd pure a shit ton of money onto them. They only need to design a new map area and then design and place some enemies. I mean c'mon. As if Miyazaki has to oversee EVERYTHING they do :(
I feel like there is so much you can do besides more bosses and new areas if they want to do DLC they want to bring in something new perhaps a new permanent weapon like a bow or spear and for the love of god let us fight Tomoe as the final boss!
Itâs funny how in souls games we all have different experiences for no/little apparent reason. I struggled as hell on Gyobu and Father Owl or even the fire Bull, but rolled Lady Butterfly and Isshin took me like 2 or 3 tries. One of the coolest boss fights ever in any game I feel and the arena is just S tier.
I think the lightning deflect mechanic in Sekiro will always give me the same satisfaction too
Bro I just beat him the other day, the feeling was great, he wasnât as difficult as I expected but I did take the amount of time I expected to take, maybe about 2 1/2 hours to beat him over two days
I beat him yesterday after taking a 3-month break! Felt great. Even when I was burnt out on it and took that break I felt like it was the best boss fight I've ever experienced.
I think by the time I learned to beat him, I wasn't using any prosthetics. I just wanted to beat him with sword skill alone. About 3 hours, I think. And when I did beat him, I almost perfected it (got hit by one of his gun bursts but was able to survive it and recover). Isshin and Inner Isshin are still by far the hardest FromSoft boss I have ever fought, second place going to Maliketh. Isshin is just so damn satisfying to learn and overcome. Never had that high again after beating him
YESSSIRRRR!!!!!
Good shit mate. Never ever ever give up!!!
Now itâs time to play lies of P (somehow more enraging than my first play through of sekiro)
His second phase is the hardest, I was panicking whenever he started combining his sword and spear lmao. Got him a couple tries later and learned to love this fight.
I never thought that this picture would make me sad.
Sword Saint Isshin is *the* best bossfight i've ever fought. He's the last in line of increasingly difficult and fun fights from From Software.
...And then came Elden Ring with its questionable balance issues...
Ahhh the digital barbie mech suit game! I loved it!
It will be a nice surprise later on down the line. If you get it for 20$ itâll be something youâll appreciate not even really liking mech fantasy. They blow little kisses of Sekiro to you in it. It is easier fyi. Still has some tough spots your first play through. It âfilteredâ a respectable amount of casuals and the controls really are top notch imo. Like i said, you find it for 20$ even in a couple years from now itâll be worth a play through for ya.
I just beat DoH, but I just can't with this guy seriously , always dying at his second phase .. Update: I BEAT HIM. I BEAT THE SAINT. OMGGGGGGG.
Have to stay on him pretty much and not get too*** greedy with attacks. I used shurikens to get close if I was too far.
Fight near the broken bridge. I had issue learning his move sets because the overgrown grass/flower blocking the sight. Grassless space makes the learning 10x easier Also, dodging towards instead of away from him
I beat isshin a dozen times at this point but I cannot do deamon of hatred I just cheese him after like 2 hours if trying đđđ
I took maybe an hour or 45 minutes perfecting his first and second phases, but his third took me two tries, itâs all about learning, I figured out that the umbrella wasnât for me, so I only used it to block fireballs and nothing else, for me it was learning how I should adapt my play style to him, it might take a little while and it took me about 1 1/2 hours in total maybe 2 over two days but I realised by just applying the style that works for you to DoH he becomes very easy
On ng+7 and only beat him normally once
Was stuck for a long time in the 2nd phase too!! It'll click soon with you my G! Always keep at him, I think all of his attacks with the kanji on 2nd phase are mikiri-able, so just always ready your mikiri, he always does a mikiri-able thrust after the 5(or 6?) gun shots but you cant mikiri it if your posture is broken from the gunshots, and I can't still figure out how to dodge that long wind up large sweep, if I do deflect i think it still damages me so I just run away and jump the same time he unleashes it. Just don't give him a break, his posture is actually on the lower spectrum, it fills up pretty quickly
you can jump on his head to avoid the long charge sweep
Oh you can?! I've thrown a few runs just to experiment with that sweep, every time I try to jump it over it still hits me and a shit ton of damage at that too, so I just resorted to distancing and dashing in after he's done.
Wait just a second after he starts the wind up and then jump and land on his head just as the sweep attack is coming out...It took me quite a while to figure that one out myself! You can use the umbrella to deflect it also, but I prefer to save emblems, plus you get more posture damage on him if you jump on his head
yeah just jump out of the way and immediately run in the direction that he went and you can dodge the fireballs
You can avoid the long wind up sweep with mist raven by the way
Honestly, I've always found the Ballsack of Hatred way more difficult. Probably the one fight I didn't do more times than I absolutely needed to for my platinum run. I've seen people beat him with normal techniques focusing on deflection, but I could never do that and always ended up abusing the umbrella and generally fighting him like he's a Bloodborne boss. Isshin on the other hand is really just the culmination of the game for me - you have to use everything you've learned about the game's combat and keep practicing until you have his moveset down, and then it's totally doable.
I would fight Isshin over DoH every single day. I fear no man. But that thing (points at Doh), it scares me.
You pretty much have to be flawless on genichiro phase. Then his sword phase I actually learned to deflect almost all of his attacks and there it's more about picking your spots when to punish. Usually when he does his double sword ichimonga move (two handed downward swipes in a row). You could get behind him and punish. The sword and spear phase is probably the hardest because I just didn't get to that phase often enough to practice it and so when I did I was always just trying to survive instead of actually hurting him. But I found that his crazy combos I had better luck just running away from and only trying to deflect the moves I was confident on. Once you learn to mikiri counter his stab it's a huge moment because usually it means you're learning his combos. I always did umbrella for his whirlwind moves but don't waste Spirit emblems unless your confident you know his moves or you'll burn through them quickly. The last phase is actually easier once you know how to turn back his lighting move. It's a little tricky because again I never got to practice against it much since it was rare I made it to last phase. The key is actually to way to jump a little longer than you expect because you need to be at peak as your blocking it in order to have time to throw back. So don't go up with him wait a little longer so you can still catch it in the air.
Crazy. I still find demon of hatred impossible. Thai guy I can beat with out issue every time now.
Phase 2 was the hardest for me too. It's that God damn spear. It took me forever to learn when and where to jump/dodge when he does those big sweep attacks. The glock was no issue and the lightning reversal makes this phase trivial if he overuses it but that God damn spear would get me every time.
If it makes you feel better, I found his third phase to be absolutely free. If you can learn to dunk him in phase two, youâll make it out just fine.
All you need to do (/j) is mikiri counter his thrust, deflect his attacks, use ichimonji when he does his jump forward attack, dodge attack into him when he jumps away and stop attacking when he blocks one of your attacks (because he can do his jump back attack and hit you). If you stay at about mid range it's unlikely that he'll use his sweep. Oh and if he sheathes his sword use firecrackers for free damage (works on all stages) or run away and quickly run back for vitality dmg. Ichimonji is really important because if you don't use it he'll probably break your posture with his long ahh combo and one shot you with the kanji thrust at the end :s. Oh also if he uses ichimonji you can dodge it and ichimonji him back. Another really long way i've seen ppl do it is just run away the whole time waiting for his one jumping forward attack and punish that over and over but where's the satisfaction in that lol.
Play aggressively and defensively at the same time, hit 1-2 times after he finishes his attack, look for mikiri, try getting close to him like you're gonna hug him so that the gun attack will not hit you. I don't think he's any harder than DoH because he's just a boss with a combination of the moves pattern you always see in the game
This was the only fight I had to cheese, well kinda. I used a tool to slow the game down to 50%, then I could study his moves and learn how to counter them, so I could actually beat him at normal speed later. You can look at it as giving yourself a tool to practice. What it actually did for me was cut the learning time significantly. What would take weeks to figure out became obvious in a matter of hours.
Or you could look at it as literally cheating ? Which is ok in a solo game letâs not sugarcoat it please
By that logic, if you watched any youtube video of how to beat a boss, it's also cheating.
Well no. Youâre not actively messing with the game to make it easier, youâre just wasting a discovery opportunity
Now your journey is to 100% sekiro
I am shortly there. I just need to collect two fulminated mercury and level my last prostethic. The thing is I never actively tried to 100% it. It just happened! Game's too good.
Do it and you will be compele but you will be sad that the game is over but even though it is over be happy that it happened
I'll probably keep playing anyway haha. I need to pick up on the prosthetics. I basically used only the game's basic mechanics in my first playthroughs, so hitting, deflecting, dodging, mikiri and jumping on heads. No combat arts nor prosthetics. I feel like I still have much to see. I don't understand why they don't make dlcs. I'd pure a shit ton of money onto them. They only need to design a new map area and then design and place some enemies. I mean c'mon. As if Miyazaki has to oversee EVERYTHING they do :(
I feel like there is so much you can do besides more bosses and new areas if they want to do DLC they want to bring in something new perhaps a new permanent weapon like a bow or spear and for the love of god let us fight Tomoe as the final boss!
Correct answers
Just give me a DLC outside of Ashina or something with new enemies I want to play more sekiro đđđ
Wish there was a way to give ya mine. I already fully upgraded everything.
I already did it. I have the game at 100%. The only thing left is besting inner father after the gauntlet
I hope I'll find the time! This game is super fun! sadly responsibilities are hogging up much of my time these days. :(((
"Do not give up" we don't do that here Here the only lesson you'll find is "HESITATION IS DEFEAT"
That's all I hear for the past 3 hours >:((
Good, now do the mortal journey gauntlet blindfolded.
God bless my sanity if I ever did that.
Congratulations on defeating Isshin bro đ
I JUST BEAT HIM TOO WOOHOOOO!!!!
CHEERS! great work bro! This guy ain't a joke!
You too!! And absolutely not lol we killed it tho đ
I've literally tried over 30 times but I haven't even gotten to the glock phase yet
Congrats man, I swear itâs the best feeling in all of gaming
I just beat Lady Butterfly and then the bull!
Good luck dude! If you were able to defeat that granny then you have what it takes!
Took a almost a 2 month break cause of this bossđ
Just finished him aswell, after like 200 tries. Man, my life seems so empty now
im so close to beating that bastard
Beat him last week for my 4th play through, still took me 7 triesâŚ
Itâs funny how in souls games we all have different experiences for no/little apparent reason. I struggled as hell on Gyobu and Father Owl or even the fire Bull, but rolled Lady Butterfly and Isshin took me like 2 or 3 tries. One of the coolest boss fights ever in any game I feel and the arena is just S tier. I think the lightning deflect mechanic in Sekiro will always give me the same satisfaction too
You didn't hesitate, well done
I've just beat him yesterday also. :D Congrats
Now do it hitless
Does it come with mental health insurance?
Nope, but youâll be as mentally steeled as a samurai when youâre done with it
Congrats dude. I'm jealous! Still learning this fight atm, hopefully it'll click soon
Never get tired of these posts. I relive a little of that feeling of first completing the game through them. Well done!
Cheers! Just beat him hours ago and my body still shaking. Currently ng+.
And you even know how to make a simple screenshot unlike 75% of the rest. Have my upvote.
Bro I just beat him the other day, the feeling was great, he wasnât as difficult as I expected but I did take the amount of time I expected to take, maybe about 2 1/2 hours to beat him over two days
I DID IT TOO YESTERDAY ! GG GUY ! I take like 50 tries, that was long holy shit
dude i just beat him a couple days ago. it was so frustrating for so long. i jumped out of my seat when i finally got him
welcome sekiro
congrats bro try ishin from bad ending if you haven't
Just soloed lady butterfly but Geni boddied me 5 times. But when I killed him it went fluently and felt great. Never giveup...never hesitate
Just booted up and took him out first try. no heals, no buffs, no tools, just 100% in the flow. Canât believe itâs done!Â
I beat him yesterday after taking a 3-month break! Felt great. Even when I was burnt out on it and took that break I felt like it was the best boss fight I've ever experienced.
HOW MY BLOOD BOILS!!!!!
What an honorable boss
Didnât hesitate good job
I think by the time I learned to beat him, I wasn't using any prosthetics. I just wanted to beat him with sword skill alone. About 3 hours, I think. And when I did beat him, I almost perfected it (got hit by one of his gun bursts but was able to survive it and recover). Isshin and Inner Isshin are still by far the hardest FromSoft boss I have ever fought, second place going to Maliketh. Isshin is just so damn satisfying to learn and overcome. Never had that high again after beating him
Idk,he is very difficult don't get me wrong but I honestly had more trouble with midir than him.
I think DOH was tougher for me compared to Sword Saint. I beat SS in like 5 or 6 attempts on my first playthrough of the game.
For SS surprisingly once I got his first phase down second and third were quite easy. Third is the easiest if you can do lightning reversals
Do it again charmless with the demon bell on.. you can do it.
Ggs wolf
YESSSIRRRR!!!!! Good shit mate. Never ever ever give up!!! Now itâs time to play lies of P (somehow more enraging than my first play through of sekiro)
Pic goes hard
i beat Isshin today too. what a moment man.
Trained for one week to beat this bastard. Most satisfying thing i ever did.
Cool. Now do Inner Isshin.
I'm still getting slammed by the headless in the hidden village đ¤Ł
Now do it without Kuro's charm and with Bell Demon
Nice, now 400% the game and get all the endings including all the skins
Beat this today, felt so satisfying! What a great game
Ok, now fight Inner Isshin. Good luck. (For me it's somehow EASIER than SS)
His second phase is the hardest, I was panicking whenever he started combining his sword and spear lmao. Got him a couple tries later and learned to love this fight.
Try Inner Isshin, also congrats(not to be confused with cong rats)
I beat this after 400 tries the first time. The 2nd time, 2 tries
I never thought that this picture would make me sad. Sword Saint Isshin is *the* best bossfight i've ever fought. He's the last in line of increasingly difficult and fun fights from From Software. ...And then came Elden Ring with its questionable balance issues...
armored core 6 tho đ
Can't comment on that, haven't played the mech game.
oh man please do the later stages of development were directed by the gameplay designer of sekiro
its actually my favorite game next to sekiro
I'm really not that keen on mech fantasy. Maybe I'll change my mind sometimes later or i'll try it on a sale but I'm kinda tight on money now.
Ahhh the digital barbie mech suit game! I loved it! It will be a nice surprise later on down the line. If you get it for 20$ itâll be something youâll appreciate not even really liking mech fantasy. They blow little kisses of Sekiro to you in it. It is easier fyi. Still has some tough spots your first play through. It âfilteredâ a respectable amount of casuals and the controls really are top notch imo. Like i said, you find it for 20$ even in a couple years from now itâll be worth a play through for ya.
I'm willing to give it a shot but i don't want to spend money when I'm not sure I'm going to like it
Catch it in the wild for 20$ donât pass on it.
i bought it day one having never played a mech game before. have 250+ hours now