Here he’s, the large boy – the primary actual boss in Nioh 2: the Mezuki.
At the top of this early mission waits the horse-headed demon, Mezuki, able to wreck your day with large swings of his large sword and big sexy head.
Like the Enki earlier within the degree, this boss forces you handle your stamina effectively as a result of it’s worthwhile to block, dodge, and reposition your self at a moments discover relying on the assault.
The brave-of-heart can sprint in to attain just a few chips of injury, however your fundamental openings come from Burst Counters.
Nioh 2 – How to beat the Mezuki
The video under is from my first blind run of Nioh 2, so it’s not excellent, however exhibits you basic technique of the combat. I take my frustration out on a poor Gaki, then derp quite a bit at first.
The Mezuki has two primary assaults it’s worthwhile to be careful for: lengthy sweeps with its sword, and capturing darkish homing faces.
You can both stand effectively, effectively again from the sweeps, or block them along with your main weapon. Due to the monster’s dimension, you would possibly assume you wouldn’t be capable of tank the hits with a block – however you actually can.
For the faces, I’ve had probably the most success sprinting (maintain down sprint) away from them in a circle on the fringe of the sector. They’ll splash impotently into the ground as they chase you.
After these primary combos, the Mezuki does various limp flailing round the place you may sprint in for successful or two, however that is dangerous. If you keep in shut for too lengthy, it can pull out an unblockable seize assault which most definitely kills you in a single hit.
When the Mezuki smacks the bottom, meaning it’s sending homing shockwaves your manner. You can both side-step these, or block them along with your main.
He has two Burst Counter assaults. The first is an overhead slash along with his sword, the second is a charging head rush.
The timing of each is a bit cheeky. There’s an ever so slight delay between the crimson flash and the Mezuki really beginning the assault. Don’t sprint or block too early should you’re utilizing Feral or Phantom Yokai Shift.
For the slash, the vary of the assault comes as a bonus for you, since you may sprint into it from a good distance away. While the cost rush you simply have to satisfy head on.
After you’ve exhausted the Mezuki’s stamina, he pull you into the Yokai Realm for an actual scrap. Here your stamina regeneration is slowed considerably, so you will have to be in your best Ki Pulse game. He summons many, many Dark Realm puddles, so preserve purifying them or the battle enviornment will get slowed down.
Seriously, you actually need to take care of these Yokai puddles, otherwise you’ll get so, so near beating him, get caught out of stamina, then be royally and totally screwed with nothing to point out in your efforts. This undoubtedly didn’t occur to me. Maybe.
In the Yokai Realm, the technique is mainly the identical. Stay on the sting of his melee combos, chip the place you may and interrupt the Burst Counters.
A basic tip for many of Nioh 2’s bosses is to not overlook about your Yokai Shift. They’re usually fairly good for spamming down the final quarter or so of a boss’s well being bar. If you want that final push over the road as you enter the later levels of a combat – when the bosses are normally at their most harmful – remodel for the win.
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