Sekiro boss information – prayer bead places, all of the bosses methods

As our protection for Sekiro attracts to a detailed, we thought we’d give this information to the bosses a bit extra clarification on one or two issues.  Bosses are, in any case, among the most inventively troublesome battles gamers have confronted in fairly a while. This replace now contains all of the bosses within the game, together with the key bosses.

Those new and outdated to the library of From Software might want to know extra ideas and methods to get began, in addition to among the extra difficult issues that may happen whereas taking part in. Head to our Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice guide hub for every part that you must know.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice boss information

This information will checklist the entire bosses within the game with particular person ideas for each of their devoted pages. There may also be ideas and methods for among the sub-bosses, together with the Generals, Lone Shadows, and Shinobi Hunters which are scattered all through the game. Our most up-to-date replace finishes off the variety of bosses within the game, in addition to lists all of the prayer bead places

Sekiro boss guides

Prayer Bead places

The solely solution to improve your well being bar in Sekiro is to gather 4 prayer beads. These trinkets will be redeemed on the Sculptor’s Idol for a everlasting improve to your whole life, that means you possibly can take considerably extra injury earlier than being killed. Naturally, you’ll need these precious little items of knickknack, so under are all of the encounters that you must beat to get a prayer bead, in addition to the few which are out there out within the open.

Mini-bosses with Prayer Beads

• General Naomori Kawarada (Ashina Outskirts)
• Chained Ogre (Ashina Outskirts)
• General Tenzen Yamauchi (Ashina Outskirts)
• Shinobi Hunter Enshin of Misen (Hirata Estate)
• Juzou the Drunkard (Hirata Estate)
• Blazing Bull (Ashina Castle)
• General Kuranosuke Matsumoto (Ashina Castle)
• Ashina Elite Jinsuke Saze (Ashina Castle)
• Lone Shadow Longswordsman (Ashina Reservoir)
• Seven Ashina Spears Shikibu Toshikatsu Yamauchi (Ashina Reservoir)
• Armored Warrior (Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo)
• Long-Arm Centipede Sen’Un (Senpou Temple, Mt. Kongo)
• Snake Eyes Shirafuji (Sunken Valley)
• Long-Arm Centipede Giraffe (Sunken Valley)
• Snake Eyes Shirahagi (Ashina Depths)
• Tokujiro the Glutton (Hidden Forest)
• O’Rin of the Water (Mibu Village)
• Headless Ape (Poison Pool) (yields 2 beads)
• Chained Ogre (Ashina Castle – whereas underneath siege)
• Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear Bearer (Great Serpent Shrine)
• Lone Shadow Vilehand (Ashina Castle – whereas underneath siege)
• Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear Bearer (Hirata Estate – Purification model)
• Juzou the Drunkard (Hirata Estate – Purification model)
• Sakura Bull (Fountainhead Palace)
• Okami Leader Shizu (Fountainhead Palace)
• Seven Ashina Spears Shume Masaji Oniwa (Ashina Reservoir – after Divine Dragon)
• Ashina Elite Ujinari Mizou (Ashina Castle – after Divine Dragon)
• Shigekichi of the Red Guard (Old Grave – after Divine Dragon)

Lootable Prayer Beads

• Great Serpent – End of the trail close to the idol.
• Hirata Audience Chamber – Head to the left and hug the wall with the portray to disclose a secret room. It’s behind the folding display screen in a treasure field.
• Hirata Audience Chamber – Stick to the hanging shaft as you make your solution to the room the place you head downstairs to combat Lady Butterfly. It’s in a treasure field.
• Ashina Castle Gate – Enter the constructing on the high of the steps behind the battlefield. Head to the second ground although the ceiling to discover a chest.
• Abandoned Dungeon Entrance – Available to purchase from the service provider subsequent to the idol for 1400 Sen.
• Underneath Long-Arm Centipede Giraffe’s room – Follow the pathway underground from this room till you see beams. Grapple throughout to get the bead.
• Temple Grounds – Dive into the pond with the waterfall to seek out the bead.
• Poison Pool – Grapple from the idol and wall kick to climb the Buddha statue’s head.
• Mibu Village – Go to the pond on the centre of the village and dive under.
• Wedding Cave Door – Head by the ground of the home and head outdoors. Grapple to the attic to seek out the bead.
• Feeding Grounds – There’s a treasure chest buried within the sand underwater which comprises the bead.
• Under-Shrine Valley – Jump throughout the abyss by grappling the tree stump behind the place the participant spawns on the idol. Hug the wall and drop down the opposite facet to seek out it within the snow.

Generals

These officers have a couple of well being inventory and are typically harder than your common enemies, due to their elevated variety of offensive choices. Most of their assaults will be blocked they usually make for good observe with regards to deflecting assaults. Their swings are slightly gradual, however they do pack severe injury potential. Watch out in the event that they ever leap into the air, as they’ll slam their sword into the bottom. Just sidestep this or completely time a deflection if this occurs.

They do have a few unblockable assaults they’ll use. If the image seems as he crouches together with his sword to his facet, leap and carry out a diving kick on him by urgent the leap button once more, because the sweeping assault will be prevented whereas within the air. This has the additional advantage of doing a bit of additional stability injury. They hardly ever additionally use a thrusting assault, so if the sword remains to be raised, use a Miriki Counter to parry this blow. You shouldn’t have an excessive amount of of a difficulty with these guys, however they can get better posture by channelling their ki – indicated by a haze that emits round them. Make certain you hit them earlier than they full their chant, whereas on the identical time growing their posture injury.

So far in my expertise, each General I’ve confronted has been capable of be ambushed, shaving off one well being inventory and thus chopping the period of the combat in half. Taking a excessive vantage level is the important thing for doing so, earlier than promptly dispatching the remainder of their allies if they’ve troopers reporting to them. They often reward you with a prayer bead upon their defeat.

Shinobi Hunters and Seven Ashina Spears

Shinobi Hunters are the spear wielding sub-bosses that you simply first see within the Hirata Estate reminiscence – earlier than the Juzou the Drunkard combat. You’ll want the Miriki Counter ability to simply take down this opponent as his assaults are principally unblockable thrusts.

Seven Ashina Spears are lots greater than different comparable enemies with spears. That isn’t to say that they’re not overcome with sufficient perception of their assaults, they usually’re not overly troublesome, simply that they hit very arduous. Deflecting their assaults will be tough because the velocity fluctuates mid-attack, making them arduous to foretell. Backing off will be viable, however be sure to have sufficient room to maneuver round for those who do that. They can attempt to chase you down with a operating leaping strike, so dodge round them to keep away from it.

If they ever begin operating and the unblockable image seems, chances are high that they’re about to thrust their spear. This is the right time to carry out a Miriki Counter, dealing a number of posture injury to them. They’re additionally able to unblockable sweeps and thrusts from a standing place, so look rigorously at how they’re wielding the spear to see which assault they’re going to make use of. Finally, they’re capable of get better posture by channelling their ki – indicated by a haze that emits round them. Make certain you hit them earlier than they full their chant.

The first Seven Ashina Spears samurai that’s standing guard of a tower within the Ashina Outskirts will be ambushed, as can the Shinobi Hunter within the Hirata Estate reminiscence, so there’s just one well being inventory to fret about for both. They’re additionally weak to the oil/fireplace mixture, which if the burn impact takes will drain a few of their general well being. They often reward you with a prayer bead upon being defeated.

Ashina Reservoir Seven Ashina Spears

As for the opposite Ashina Spear enemy, he’s lots harder and has a really highly effective samurai good friend. Make this simpler on your self by ingesting a Gachiin’s Sugar to make your self invisible, then sneak as much as the samurai along with your Puppeteer ninjitsu geared up. Backstab him and convert, whereas maintaining a tally of which assault the Ashina Spear makes use of. Eventually your samurai follower will start attacking his former good friend. Together it’s best to shave off a complete well being inventory, however you have to to complete the combat by yourself. Since he hits like a truck, more durable than any enemy within the game, this may very well be fairly the problem, so good luck.

Long-Arm Centipede

There are two of those guys within the game – particularly one within the Sunken Valley – Gun Fort (nicknamed “Giraffe”) and one in Senpou Temple (nicknamed “Sen-Un”). Sen-Un will be approached from up within the rafters and a inventory instantly taken by way of an ambush assault, however Giraffe should be taken on instantly. With Sen-Un, attempt to kill any of the opposite smaller enemies whereas he’s recovering from his well being inventory loss.

Neither of those guys are significantly troublesome as their assaults are predictable. The purpose is to control which claw leads the flurry of swipes. If he leads together with his proper claw (or the left claw as you see it), then simply preserve deflecting assaults to construct up the posture break. If he leads together with his left claw (proper claw as you see it), midway by the flurry, he’ll go for a sweeping assault which you’ll dive kick to deal posture injury. You’ll nonetheless seemingly must deflect a second batch of assaults after the sweep. He also can sweep outdoors of the combo. Defeating both one will reward you with a prayer bead and yellow gunpowder.

Snake Eyes

These two mini-bosses are present in the large toxic pit in Ashina Depths (simply earlier than the second combat towards the Guardian Ape), and by the statue that you must grapple to simply after the Sunken Valley Sculptor’s Idol. Both of those work precisely the identical method, however have vastly totally different arenas. We’ll go over their assaults first earlier than highlighting the 2 totally different settings for his or her encounters.

Stick near each of those enemies as their lengthy vary gunfire will deal a large chunk of injury for those who’re hit by it. Should you see the enemy purpose at you, dodge on the final second for those who don’t have area, or dash to the facet to keep away from the gunshot. They even have a number of assaults that may be deflected, although the timing will be tough to nail down. Its unblockable assault is a seize, in order quickly as you see the image, be sure to get out of there earlier than the Snake Eyes hooks you in and shoots you at level clean vary.

Now for the 2 totally different arenas. The Sunken Valley Snake Eyes does have a variety of allies, however your combat is conveniently hidden behind a big boulder. As lengthy as you don’t peak out of the edges, you need to be comparatively undisturbed. The toxic pit Snake Eyes nevertheless is in an enviornment filled with mortar firing enemies. My tip right here is to disregard every part and grapple to the far nook of the room as you have a look at it. There is a second idol right here which you should utilize to your benefit. Take out the mortar close by earlier than sneaking across the facet, ensuring not one of the different two mortars see you. You can take a well being inventory from this Snake Eyes, whereas additionally conserving the combat contained inside the space the place he begins. Both reward you with a single prayer bead every.

O’Rin of the Water

Outside the Lone Shadow Longswordsman combat, you’ll see a person lured by the sound of music. Keep speaking to him within the varied places and don’t try to lure him away from the music. Eventually, simply earlier than the Corrupted Monk combat, you’ll come throughout some music being performed. This is O’Rin of the Water who’s pining for her husband. Upon speaking to her, she’ll turn into a vengeful spirit and assault you.

This mini-boss is extremely annoying as she’ll part out and in of existence, making her very arduous to hit. Her assault patterns are additionally barely erratic, which makes studying their timing slightly tough. If you attempt to get any distance away from her, she will warp to an attacking place with shocking velocity, so she will sustain the strain. My important tip right here is to carry the block button right down to carry your posture to manageable ranges. Her assaults do a variety of posture injury for those who don’t deflect them, so strive to not get too grasping.

If you see the unblockable image, it’s a sweeping assault that must be jumped over or a seize that you simply undoubtedly don’t wish to be grabbed by. The seize solely seems if you’re surprised, so sprint or leap away as quickly as you see the image seem. She doesn’t have a thrusting unblockable assault, so simply concentrate on leaping everytime you see the image outdoors of the surprised state. When you do put this spirit to relaxation, you’ll get a set of Prayer Beads, in addition to one of many higher expertise – Breath of Life: Shadow. This lets you get better a small quantity of vitality upon performing a profitable deathblow. Returning to the person simply earlier than the combat will reveal that he was who she was in search of and that she will now be at peace. He’ll provide you with a Jinza’s Jizo Statue – which “restores a node of Resurrective Power” earlier than perishing in entrance of you.

Of course, when combating the various bosses of Sekiro, it’s a good suggestion to have your PC optimised so that you’ve got loads of frames to dodge or deflect assaults. Katharine has had loads of expertise with the game’s choices menu, so head to our Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice PC graphics performance information to seek out out the perfect settings in your rig.