As if it wasn’t sufficient to mud your self off from the final battle, now it’s a must to tackle a hulking nice Yokai too. Here’s find out how to beat the Gyuki in Nioh 2– aka the terrifying large spidery cow factor.
Maybe it’s simply psychological fatigue from the battle with Saika Magoichi, however the Gyuki is definitely simpler than it first appears. It’s a bit like preventing the large blue Yokai with 4 faces, you may truly block extra of their hits than you’d count on.
That’s not all although. There are some good cheese methods to sort out the beast as nicely. Don’t trouble with water element or poison Ninjutsu though.
Nioh 2 – How to beat the Gyuki
Below is a video of me taking down the Gyuki, together with the place to get a load of free harm on its horns. It’s from my first blind run of Nioh 2, so it’s not excellent, however exhibits how this combat is doable in regular circumstances.
As quickly as you land within the boss enviornment, run to your left and climb the scaffolding. The Gyuki’s weak factors are its horns and the Amrita crystals on its hind legs. Spam bullets and arrows into these factors to take a hefty chunk out of the boss right away. Like Saito Yoshitatsu, some well-placed pictures make this battle a lot simpler.
After some time the Gyuki will break the scaffolding. When this occurs, it’s finest to chip away a bit extra harm earlier than you head over to the opposite set of scaffolding.
Your exploits in the beginning of the combat will probably have exhausted the Gyuki’s stamina bar and despatched you to the Yokai Realm. Here the monster grows wings and a few new strikes.
Lock-on to its head, and get in a number of swipes between its assaults. You can block a few of the Gyuki’s common swipes, and roll beneath its three-hit combo by dodge rolling in direction of its physique if you wish to be aggressive. It’s safer to again off and bide your time.
What it’s essential to be careful for are its black-and-white unblockable pincer motion – which you’ll be able to dodge backwards away from, then dart again in for a free hit or two – and its physique slam assaults.
When it rises into the air, it’s essential to dash far out of the way in which to keep away from getting squished. This additionally goes for the water and poison cloud assaults.
If it raíses its entrance legs and scuttles in direction of you, then you may roll diagonally proper in direction of it to slide beneath the assault and are available out behind it’s hind leg.
Don’t get grasping with hits on its again although, or it’ll slam down a spindly leg earlier than you will get away.
Its Burst Counters are fairly manageable, however the timing is cheeky. There’s a protracted wait between the pink flash and the place it truly begins to hurry ahead – don’t transfer too quickly if you happen to’re utilizing Feral or Phantom kinds. Otherwise meet it head on.
At about half well being, dash over to the opposite set of scaffolding and spam the remainder of your ammo. Sacred Arrows and Roaring Ammunition are significantly efficient, and chew by means of the Gyuki’s well being.
With an honest quantity of hits to the horns, the Gyuki ought to be down low. This leaves it open to spam out of your Yokai Shift skills, or simply rinse and repeat your punishes from earlier. Wait for the Burst Counters and black-and-white assaults, then sprint in for some chip harm.
And simply since you’re not protected on the scaffolding doesn’t imply you may’t shoot its horns with any remaining ammo.
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Otherwise, why not attempt taking over one of many game’s tougher side missions: The Shiftling’s Wise Judgement.
