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Dark Souls 3 is likely next on the list, after Sekiro.

Didn't have time to play today, unsure about tomorrow (should have time in the evening). Definitely will Monday.

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1/10 - Cloud USB2 dupe

Well now its a ++ wind boosting glove at least.

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Interesting. Still have the other one to fight at some point!

I venture farther in, getting into the hidden forest. A lotta ghosts and ghost dogs at the bottom, and a Headless, who murdered me very quickly. Went a different route eventually, found the temple that a dude was talking about, and something playing a flute or something inside. Couldnt get in, and couldnt get to the second floor, so kept wandering.

Found a different area with some monkeys, and Tukijiro the Glutton. Got a stealth deathblow on him, and basically did the same thing I did against the drunkard way back. Hack at him when he drinks or spits on his blade. He got one kill on me, but I resurrected and took him down shortly after.

I kept moving on, eventually finding myself back at the temple. A lotta messages about a super hard boss, and the idol is way back. What the fuck, thats like a squid thing down there. Kill it once with a stealth deathblow then.............murder it right away. I take a parting shot as I always do when a bosss second life bar shows up, and when I saw how much damage it did, I was reminded of Pinwheel in dark souls 1. So I just mashed attack, and down Mist Noble went.

All the most and fog is gone, no more ghosts, though that headless is still there. Will go back later. Kept moving on, and eventually got to Mibu village. Oh fuck me, that purple ninja fucker is back. Dude murdered me twice before I finally just got patient and eventually took him down.

Holy fuck there are a lot of little people here. I kill them, they get back up, sometimes 3 times. And theyre EVERYWHERE!! I literally run around trying to grab as many items as I can. I end up finding a gourd seed lol. I kill some fish in the water too, and eventually make it to the next idol, and thats it for tonight.

This is a very terrifying place!

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So I go back to the divine child to see if shed tell me something new since I had both snakes hearts. Nope. She gave me more rice though.

I try to warp back to the idol where the headless ape was, but the game wont let me. Uhhh why not game. I warp to the poison pool, walk there, and for fuck sakes a Shichimen warrior (or whatever this one was called), has taken up residence there.

Cant deathblow it, so here we go. I use some divine confetti and go ham, but his terror death ray takes off one of my life bars, as I got hit twice in a row. Got it back when I hit a deathblow. Got killed again, resurrected, and beat him with a sliver of health left. Only 1 gourd, 2 pacifying agents, and 2 divine confetti left (had more in storage, but I meant for this battle).

So its dead now, hopefully nothing else makes its home here! First try was nice, but that was terrifying. Tells me I should be able to kill the other one, which I think was in the abandoned dungeon. Will leave that for later though, onto new areas!

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Took down wind weak dark Odin. He was my last (not doing lolbio), so that was satisfying. Pushed him to phase 3 just before he started his quake spam (thanks Cloud), though Aeris died a couple turns earlier. His first savage elemental drive triggered last stands for cloud, zidane and Tyro (killed Faris), and then Zidanes AOSB went off (the third hit killed him thank god).

Likely going to bite on that half off banner, I dont have anything on it

Edit: 3/11 - Krile glint+, Bartz glint+, Krile USB

Ugghhhhh brutal

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If that's the case, I don't think I've missed any. Unless someone wants to check for me by seeing what I fought so far, and looking things up. I don't want to because I don't want to spoil myself by accident.

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2000 days today! Got a ticket for it.

1/11 - Lulu enice LMR dupe

Fest ticket was better to me:

3/10 - Yuffie USB, Minfilia USB2, Locke chain.

Minfilias is useful for her realm at least, and all are new, so +10 attack for everyone

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I know theres a shicimen warrior (or however you spell it) and a headless that I havent fought yet. The warrior is in the abandoned dungeon though, and I dont remember where headless is. I dont think I missed any others?

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Thanks for the heads up everyone! Quick question, is there ever a point where I can get locked out of previous areas?

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Poison swamp not so bad you say?! Maybe the poison itself isnt, but man the other stuff is!!

I start exploring and find a white monkey with two swords. Who proceeds to absolutely shitkick me. I try again, same result. I eventually run away, and am able to deathblow him, but man was that bad. I find the memorial mob but dont have enough for the green gourd. Find a second fucking white monkey, who proceeds to cave my face in. I do the same thing and eventually stealth kill him.

Mob dude mentions a giant snake. I say ha, I killed that fucker! So uhhh, theres a fucking second one. Thankfully the woman above mentioned it eating a monkey, and I find one cowering. Sorry buddy. I puppeteer him, and get in the house temple thing. Second snake heart get.

Im able to grapple outta there (took me a few minutes to find it, so I sliced at the snakes side a few times lol). I think the next place I got to was a giant open poison swamp area with some gunners. Oh fuck me, one is a snake eyes.

So while I was running for my life and killing a couple other gunners, I notice Snake Eyes has lost about a quarter of her health. I grapple up top and see her..........in the swamp. I watch for a few seconds and she gets poisoned. Lol wow. I assume this was the spoiler tag a while back? Yes, I let her poison herself to death, sneaking in the two deathblows. No, Im not proud of it. But with all the shit that Ive been through with From games, Im taking it!!

I find an idol, but also see a cave back down below. I find a dude whos dying. What did it? Big...........ape......... oh fuck me, please no.

I enter the giant cavern and there is the fucking headless guardian ape. I kill him exactly like last time, just baiting the diving attack. Take off a health bar. AND HE GATES IN A FUCKING COMPANION?! Fucking Jesus. I lose a life because I get ganked. But eventually I realize that brown ape is very vulnerable after the swipe he does, and he staggers easy. So I bring him down while avoiding the headless one, and then the headless one by the same way as the past. Also, the mortal blade death after the shinobi execution was so fucking satisfying!

Rest at the idol right there and thats it for now

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htaeD posted...

Mortal Draw is a decent interrupting damager for most bosses

Firecrackers would also have done well against the first stage. Apes scare easily.

I used the firecracker in my first attempt, and it definitely worked. Good call!

So I got the second last item from the carp dude (floating passage), just need the last item, so I need 7 carp scales. Got one currently. Dude also wants to be a carp. Thats..........odd.

Went back to see what the guardian ape was actually guarding, and there is the white lotus flower. I show it to Kuro, he says he also found out we need his blood but he cannot bleed. Though the mortal blade could do it. For now, need to find the other stuff.

So uhh, now Im actually not sure where to go.

EDIT: never mind, the lady mentioned (and pointed) at the poison swamp. Its a From game, of COURSE theres a poison swamp area

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I chalk it up more to running around and getting in little hits when I could. Used mortal draw by accident twice, which took a bunch of spirit emblems, but did good damage. Thanks for the kind words though!! :)

Went back to that higher idol in the sunken valley passage, as I remember the advice to go there after opening the gun Fort. Uhhh, now instead of nothing, when I go to that ledge, the giant serpent is below me. Is a jumping deathblow possible? Lets try it!

I drop from the heavens and murder the snake. Got a couple items down there also, and the giant serpents heart. Huh, interesting. Well, its dead now. Gonna quickly slip over to Hirata estate to sell some treasure carp scales

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Kaxon posted...

Today I got 1/11 dupe Red chain.

BTW there are magicite missions that I didn't see an announcement for. 6 elemental draw tickets, some mythril, and some other stuff if you do 50 magicite in the next 2 weeks.

That's good to know, didn't see that.

1/10 - Ace AOSB. New and fire boosting at least

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My bad, it was Snake Eyes Shirafuji. I was exhausted last night, so I went to bed after playing, but got a bunch more done.

Made my way through the gun fort, taking out as many snipers as I could. Definitely a bit difficult to navigate, but figured it out eventually and found an idol inside. Went down the stairs and there's another wolverine boss. I'm sorry, his name is Long Arm Centipede Giraffe?! Like............what? Anyway, even though I couldn't get a stealth kill on this one, the story was the same as the last long arm centipede dude, deflect everything, deathblow, repeat, and down he goes.

I run across a bridge and HOLY FUCK GIANT SNAKE!!! It takes out the bridge, though I somehow avoid getting hit by it, and I land in the water. I then avoid getting eaten by the asshole, as I make it into a cave. This cave leads to more open areas, and monkeys everywhere that want me dead. Some of them have swords, because of course they do. This culminates in me looking over a ledge and seeing a group of like, 20 of them. I jump down to deathblow one, then just start swinging everywhere and throwing shurikens. Down they all go.

After more exploring, I find another idol looking over a valley, and a gigantic beast looking thing. Guardian Ape eh? Pissed off that I slaughtered all the other monkeys I bet. I've heard stories about this dude, and I spend a lot of this battle running for my life and getting in hits when able. Dude literally farts in my face, and LITERALLY THROWS HIS OWN SHIT AT ME!! I laughed the first time, since I dodged it, but I saw how much damage it did the second time when it hit me. Suddenly not as funny. Anyway, I manage to cut his head off and down he goes. First try, and only one life bar? Huh, interesting. I drink my last healing gourd, and get a read of my surroundings. Then the ground shakes a bit, so I turn around........................umm excuse me, WHAT IN THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?! The Ape literally is holding its own head in one hand, and the sword in the other. His terror scream takes my first life, and he kills me later as learning his erratic moveset is difficult.

I kill him on my next try, as I basically run around the arena and bait his belly-slide sword swipe move. Down he goes, and ewwwwwwww what the fuck is that centipede inside him?! Another of the infested I guess. After he's REALLY gone, I go back and heal, and that was it for yesterday.

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Went back to the sunken valley, grappled around some cliffs while gunners I couldnt see took shots at me. Then found a boss at the big cliff I got to.

Holy fuck Snake Eyes Girafuji (sp?) is hard. I dont know if theres a secret or someway to do a death blow, but I had to take both of her health bars in a straight up fight. Her grab tracks you, so that was hard to avoid, and her swings into gun combos were tricky too. Got her after 7 attempts, but man, definitely not easy.

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I do have the key to the gun Fort, but havent gone far enough in the sunken valley for that. Thats next I suppose. Its either there, or some well to get to some village

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Continuing on, I kill two treasure carp, a bunch of dogs, a bunch of monks, some geckos, some monkeys, and a couple mini wolverines. I leave the big wolverine dude alone for a little bit because I want to explore. Kill some of the little assassin dudes and more monks. Then I find dudes with fucking centipedes wrapped around them. And inside them? Is that what people are infected with? What in the fuck.

I find some goblet thing, and Im transported to a snowy giant temple area. Oh what the hell, this is a boss? Ohhhhh THIS is the puzzle boss. Gotta find and kill 4 monkeys, while ghost monkeys attack me here and there.

I saw green smoke early, but then lose sight of him. I manage to find an alcove inside where the purple monkey is and take him out. Pure blind luck of exploring. After about 10-15 minutes I find the red one and am able to sneak up on him.

All throughout this, I keep hearing monkey noises no matter where I am. And it finally clicks. One of the monkeys is unseen on the screen, and the monk dude doesnt even talk about him. I equip the spin slash combat art, use it, and dead monkey behind me. Fucker.

Took a little bit longer to then find the green monkey and dispose of him, but thats done. I meet the divine child and get the mortal blade! Awesome.

I go back to the Wolverine dude, who is Long Arm Centipede Sen-un. I take out all the mini ones first, run away to break his aggro, then go back for the stealth kill. I somehow miss a deathblow twice and end up dying. Annoying. I kill him on my second try in like, 6 seconds. All about deflecting his crazy combo, and jumping his sweep.

I go back and give the crazy woman some rice. She mentions that kite. I try to fly it again with no luck. I figured Id try the puppeteer thing on the assassin dude to see if that would work, and he went and did it for me! That was cool.

I use it to fling myself across the area, and find an idol. Then drop and find the sunken valley entrance (I think thats what it was called). Theres a pole that looks out into nothingness, and nothing else. Hmm.

Thats where Ill leave it for the time being!

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skullbone posted...

This topic is inspiring me to maybe go back and beat the final boss. I got stuck on him for a few hours and decided I'd had enough. I can't imagine jumping back in after 6 months and being okay though.

There's always those "memories" where you can fight previous bosses at the idol. Maybe practice on Lady Butterfly or Genichiro?

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I assume said puzzle boss is fairly close to where I am then?

Ugh, we don't speak of Bed of Chaos. Fuck that boss and everything to do with it. The amount of times I died because I got swept into breaches in the ground........ Not to mention when I was almost at the end, and basically spontaneously combusted. I didn't think to heal because I thought it was done. Man was I angry.

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Don't know what the puzzle boss is, but I enjoyed the Robert's dad fight relatively. Definitely different, and makes you get your deflecting up to snuff. Definitely not ahead of Genichiro, Lady Butterfly, etc., but definitely unique.

Gonna get back to this in a couple hours, after some errands.

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Tagging this

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Went to the temple via idol. Killed a whole fuckton of monks. Some with stealth and a few in combat. Theyre a bit erratic but not too bad. Until I come to two ninja like dudes with double ended spears/twin blades. Fuck those guys, ended up stealth killing them eventually.

Saw a crazy woman (I think) asking for rice. More of those stupid little hat assassins, and I definitely hate those guys. Also found a temple place with more monks, and some weird humanoid creature who continually spits poison at me. I kill it, and it revives itself after a few seconds. I guess this is one of those infested people Isshin mentioned?

I also find two different pinwheels, a white one and a red and white one I believe.

Finally, I enter a big wooden bridge hallway and this giant armoured knight dude enters the other side. Something about his son. Uhh do I know this guy, or his son? Holy shit he hits hard as hell, and I die my first try because Im confused as hell how to damage him.

Second time Im much more cautious. A lot of deflects, build his posture, but a deathblow is a big push, not a kill. Then it clicks in my head. Hes destroying the sides with wild swings, Im supposed to use the deathblow to push him off the bridge.

Problem is, even knowing that, I deathblow him like, 6 times before Im able to line it up nicely. Thankfully his swinging patterns arent difficult, and he thrusts so mikiri counters help. Off the edge he goes, yelling Roberrrrrttttttt!! Do I know a Robert in this game? No idea.

I find an idol shortly after and stop for the night.

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Definitely was a proper duel, and yes, I definitely enjoyed his first move in the third phase being predictable so I could heal if needed.

Talked to Kuro, he told me to go find Isshin. So I talked to him, and he told me to find the mortal blade, which is in the temple I found earlier. I gave him his own sake too, which was amusing.

Back to Kuro, he wants me to find out the secret to the aroma of fountainhead or something. The waters flow to the sunken valley? Also, there was a key to the gun Fort laying beside his feet, so I have that. Gave him the Sakura droplet so now I have an extra resurrection thing? Also have to find a dude that stole a tree branch.

So basically either the temple or the sunken valley. Unsure which one to do next. Also, tried to pick help Kuro but game made me choose iron code. Then let me help Kuro anyway lol

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GOT HIM!!

Took until try #12 or 13 I think, but Genichiro Ashina/Way of Tomoe is down. I kept fucking up the timing for the mikiri counters on his thrusts in the first two phases, maybe I was stunned so I couldnt do it? No idea. I ended up step dodging when he jumped in the air before slamming down (which normally baits the thrust) and just hitting him. Maybe if I deflect it, I can mikiri counter, but if I only block, I get hit regardless?

Anyway, try #4 I killed his second health bar, and was pumped.............for about 20ish seconds. Then this lightning bastard leaps at me. I mikiri countered his initial diving thrust purely on instinct, but his lightning killed me soon after, and I got pissed because I knew Id have to take off the two health bars again.

On my winning try, I mainly baited his long range thrust, and his lightning move. Mikiri countered the thrusts, and learned how to time the jump and shoot lightning back at him to stun him for some hits. Does crazy damage, so I can stack the posture damage too.

As angry as I was at the thrust crap in the first two phases, that was definitely my favourite fight so far! Great tone to it, one on one in a fairly big area (though got killed because of camera cornering twice), in a relatively honourable duel.

He STILL revives after and Im wondering how many times I have to fight this fuck, but he jumps off the ledge into lightning flashes. And Im off to see Kuro.

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I honestly enjoy the combat a lot, moreso than dark souls so far. Makes you have to think about whether youre dodging or deflecting, also countering, also perilous attacks, etc. Very intuitive.

CassandraCain posted...

Well it is the same ninja lol

Which is why you already had his moveset downloaded into your memory

Ohhhh this makes sense. Also, I think I have the skill where I get health back upon a deathblow, so I may have taken a hit or two.

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Good luck man! Corrupted save files always scare me, Ive lost some in the past due to that.

So went back to Ashina Resevoir to take on the seven Ashina spears dude. Went better, killed him first try, though he killed me once and I had to use 3 of my 6 gourds. Just focused on countering all his thrusts, and deflecting. Got him off balance a couple times with good deflects, which let me get a couple slashes in.

As Im going back to the idol, I guess I went a different way and found a well, and a dude standing there. I sent him towards the abandoned dungeon, I assume to the guy I talked to there before? Then moving farther above ground, I see a dude with two health bars below. I deathblow him from above, then deflect and counter my way to victory over the Lone Shadow Longswordsman without taking any damage. Yeah, I dont know how either, I was astounded at the end of the battle. Reminded me of that asshole ninja from Hirata though.

Went further and found a secret way into the Abandoned Dungeon, and the dude with all the purple orbs. Emboldened by my successes, I tried to take him on. Tried to deathblow him from above, but I guess I wasnt quite close enough? Got a few slashes in, but spent most of the battle running away from the terror orbs. Then got terrored to death anyway.

Alright, back up the castle from the dojo. Apparently its like, 10 seconds to the top from here, and theres a cutscene with Genichiro and........Emma? And then him asking for immortality from Kuro, who declines. Oh fuck, I have to fight him?! The dude who cut my arm off??

I have to say, I fucked up his perilous attacks mightily. Grabbed twice, mistook his sweeps for thrusts two or three times, and didnt recognize the thrusts quick enough a few times. Got him down to halfway on his second health bar on my first try though, so I thought it was a good test run! Dont have anymore time tonight, so Ill go back at him tomorrow!

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I guess my deflect timing was just a bit off. I was likely a couple tenths of a second late. Oh well, thankfully managed to take him out anyway. Eating dinner, then will likely play for a bit!

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Did a bunch more exploring from here. Those dudes in the blue robes are no joke, thats for sure. Fighting them 2 on 1 is near impossible.

I found the old grave idol, and dragon blood droplet, and looted all over that area. Those cannon guys suck, damn theyre annoying.

Another pathway led to an area with a few monkeys. I kept following it a bit and found the sunken valley. Talked to a dude that mentioned a gun Fort ahead. Yeah, were not gonna mess around there yet, but got the idol close to it I think!

Also found a friendly big hat dude, who I was able to buy a prosthetic from (umbrella). Also found the poison sword prosthetic somewhere.

And finally, we reach the Ashina Dojo, and the Ashina Elite, with two health bars, inside. That dude probably killed me 7-8 times. He hits fast as hell, and even when I block or deflect, it does vitality damage (not to mention a bunch of posture damage). So I tried mixing that in with some quick dodging and slashing, right when I saw him about to unsheath his murder katana. Took a couple tries, but finally got him. That dude was no joke. Saved and am done for the night.

I have no idea if theres a secret or something for that fight, but he caved my face in quickly and brutally. Even when I won, I was in full adrenaline mode. I think tomorrow, Im gonna try that seven spears guy again. I got the shinobi eyes ability, or whichever one raises posture damage again by mikiri counter.

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I'm sure you guys will hint at things regarding said cool optional boss so I don't miss it!

So I went the other way in the Abandoned Dungeon, and found some weird purple dude with floating purple orbs everywhere. I got too close and he starting sending them my way. Is this one of those headless dudes? I didn't get a good look because I tried to get outta there as fast as I could. Unsure if I should fight him yet, but left him for another time.

Went back to Ashina Castle, and actually started to go through it. Killed the General at the top of the stairs after a few tries. My timing wasn't great earlier, and I kept mistaking his sweep for a thrust. Timing the mikiri counter for that quick thrust after his two hit combo was tough too, but eventually got him down!

Some insane ninja fucks ambush me from the rooftops, so I flitted about the roofs trying to take them out. Found some dude who was kinda hiding, took out soldiers around him and he said he'd sell me stuff later. Does he appear at the temple, ala Dark Souls and the Firelink Shrine/Majula? My guess is yes.

So I'm walking along a rooftop, hear someone yell "Woooooooo!" and then I get run the fuck over from the sky. Ahhh so that's what those kites are for. Man that was scary. Saw the second one later on, and was able to deflect that. Found the idol in the amphitheater (and a gourd seed, fuck yeah, got 5 healing gourds now), and stopped for now.

I love the mix of stealth and action, it blends quite nicely and has been quite fun to navigate so far!

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Ill keep that in mind after I get to this decision!

Decided NOT to try the ashina spear guy yet. I want to get up to 3 skill points and get the increased posture damage with mikiri counters, then Ill try.

Went the other side way, killed two dudes, one gave me a key. Ahh for the temple thing near the spear dude. Went to get it, turns out its another prosthetic. Damn you get a lot of these. Going by the eavesdropping, youre supposed to use it for a big angry dude in armour. Are they referring to the ashina spears guy?

I keep going, and see a giant dude with a bell, and a few dogs. I stealth kill the dogs with shurikens from above, then stealth kill the big dude. Guess I didnt need the spear.

Kept going, found the abandoned dungeon. Didnt mean to keep exploring here, but I totally did. Fuck these stupid locusts everywhere, and the zombie dudes that eat your face. Eventually swim through a river, kill some fish that arent treasure carp and dont like me much, kill some dudes, activate a lift, and end up in Senpou Temple, Mt Kongo. Also get warned by some spirit woman to basically get out or Ill die. Hmm, yep, have strayed too far. Back down into that dungeon, as there was another way I didnt go!

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Interesting. Will likely try him once or twice more and, if I cant beat him, Ill go a different direction. Playing this again shortly!

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Got her!!

Second try tonight (third overall). I was getting greedy when I died. Keep having dark souls in my head, but no, I cant stagger her out of the low sweep shes about to do, so no, dont go in for the atta............ ahh crap Im dead.

Second try went much better. Was patient, jumped over the sweeps, avoided all grabs but one, and even managed a jump kick on one of the sweeps. Aaaaaand down she goes.

Got the memory, and then the Hirata Estate thing ends with me getting stabbed through the chest. Owl maybe? No idea.

Time to go back towards Ashina Castle back to wherever I thought the beast thing was going to be. Found it, stabbed a dude, and a giant fucking bull bursts out of its pen, murdering the guys over there. Died the first time because I was running around with no idea what to do. Did learn I can deflect him, and he had no perilous attacks. Killed him the second time, as I mixed in some circling with deflecting, and used the firecracker.

There seems to be a lot of places to go now. Ended up back in Ashina Resevoir, went back to where Kuro was held at the beginning of the game, and found a Seven Ashina Spears dude. Man, that guy caved my skull in right away. I mikiri countered his thrust, and he hit me after anyway. Also, even with guarding and deflecting, his hits did an insane amount of posture damage. Went back and nope, he killed me again. Able to get the stealth first kill at least.

Is this dude supposed to be fought now? Or should I go farther into the castle? Oh btw, killing the bull got me a second full prayer necklace, so that was cool!

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Yeah staying in her face seems to be the best strategy, minimizes all of her ranged shit. Havent read the spoiler tagged stuff, will definitely do so if Im having troubles. Thank you for tagging it.

Also, regarding spoilers, if theres something super missable item-wise or lore-wise, definitely let me know. Like where it is, essentially. Any doubts, just ask. Thank you for all the comments so far :)

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skullbone posted...

I was definitely not skilled enough to deal with that purple ninja the first time I ran into him. I remember doing something really cheesy like hitting him and then running away and hiding until he broke aggro and doing it again like 10 times.

I considered doing this, as I got more and more frustrated.

htaeD posted...

I waited to fight him for a bit, but then I didnt find him until later

That was my worry. That I would want to come back for him, and completely forget about him.

CassandraCain posted...

Oh btw I recommend working up to the topmost skill in shinobi arts, it's very useful

I will keep that in mind! I don't remember what exactly I've fully unlocked so far. I know I got the grappling hook attack (man that would have been helpful against Gyoubu), and a couple latent skills that do more posture damage I think.

skullbone posted...

You seem to be doing pretty well so far! Lady Butterfly is the stopping point for a lot of casual players

May have been a beginner's luck run. I just stayed super cautious. It was almost impossible to heal for a while, since she stayed right in your face. I have 4 healing gourds, and I think I'll have 2 or 3 pellets next time. Also, before getting the 2 rot sculptures, I got unseen aid. So I may go spend the gold I have on stuff before trying her again. But I can totally see how she could be a stopping point. Fast as hell, hits hard, some crazy timing at times, builds your posture fast, that insane range on the jumping grab, and then those ghost things. Does the snap seed help at all, like the dude said?

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I eventually got the fucker. Just had to be more patient with him, mikiri counter the thrust kicks, jump kick the sweeps (which I still sucks at), and deflect as much as possible. Camera killed me a bunch when I got stuck in the corner, as it unlocked on him, I couldn't move or see, and then I was dead. But now he's dead, thank god, and I got the prosthetic thing in the temple. Never going back there ever again and I hope he's dead forever.

Going through the on-fire estate was kinda cool, except for the 100 enemies there are. After all of them, I see a big sumo wrestler looking dude, with like, 6 or 7 helpers. Hit and run to kill them all, then stealth kill the big guy. Juzou the Drunkard eh? I love that he spends time literally drinking (yes, I know it's to spray poison on his blade, but it's still funny), which allows me to get extra hits in. Also, some random dude ran in to help me briefly. No idea how or why. I got careless later in the battle and died, and when I was moving towards there again, I found him and was able to talk to him. Then he decided to go ham and rush Juzou and his 6 henchmen. Welp. Killed a few, then I was able to stealth kill the last two, stealth deathblow Juzou, and then it was 1 on 1. I was more careful and able to kill him this time.

We go into the actual mansion area, get a whole bunch of random items, including a prayer bead in a secret area behind a swinging door (thank you, remnant). Talk to a chick who said her son went to protect Kuro. Ahh the mom and son from earlier on, where the mom thinks Sekiro is her son. Interesting.

So we press on. Kill an archer who's randomly in there, move a big ass thing revealing a passageway, then head into a large arena-like area which I assume is a boss arena. Ahh yes, I assume correctly.

Not super sure of Lady Butterfly's motives, but she clearly wants to kill me. I play very cautiously with her, as I want to learn her move set (that grab from above is bruuuutal), and I'm actually able to take her out first try!!

.............Well, her first health bar at least. I honestly thought it was done since she only had one bar, but then she came back. And brought a bunch of ghosties along. I remembered the guy outside mentioning a snap seed, and I totally forgot to equip them. So I ran around. Then they all turned into sparkly glowy murder butterflies and came after me. Avoided almost all. Now phase 2. Jesus, now she shoots those fuckers at me as she attacks?! Oh cool, she can bring back the ghosts again. Anyway, I end up dying after taking off a quarter of her health.

I assume this is the main boss of the area? Atmosphere of the fight certainly points in that direction. I have some commitments tonight, but may try her a few more times. Of COURSE I get rot sculptures here lol. The son, and the newcomer. Who's the newcomer? It's funny, because I died like, 10 times to that fucking ninja and got nothing. I die once here, and boom, 2 rot sculptures lol.

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Do a whole bunch of exploring in Hirata Estate. I find both the flame vent thing, and the axe. Axe is very helpful against those shield guys at least.

There is about a million archers, and they always shoot fire arrows. Get rid of most of those, find another idol. Then I go left, find some walls to jump back and forth off of, and find this asshole purple ninja who has been kicking my ass for the last 20 minutes. I can mikiri counter his thrust kick, but I keep missing the jump kick on his head when he does the sweep. Plus he hits like a fucking truck. Still fighting him.

Also fought the shinobi hunter dude, and all he did was thrust attack me. I just kept mikiri countering him, and down he went. But seriously, fuck this ninja.

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Ill take Killing Floor 2 if thats cool!

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Interesting, will definitely check out that island again and talk to the dude.

Gonna eat breakfast then play for a bit!

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First ticket went to FF1

2/11: Master USB, Warrior of Light Sync!!

Well that gives the only character I have an AASB for in this realm, another giant toy to use!

Have barely anything in FF12, so tried that next

2/11: Vayne LMR dupe, Penelo Sync

Two for two on syncs, that's crazy. With the stuff I have for her, and Larsa, healing in that realm is secure. Still need DPS though.

Finally, took a shot at Rem sync, FFT0 realm

2/11: Cater AOSB, Rem AOSB

Not the sync, but a solid finisher since I also have her AASB.

Still got 6 tickets left

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Hirata has a prosthetic that makes the stupid hat dudes easier? Ugh I wish I knew that lol.

Didnt have much more time to play, so just got to the first idol in Hirata. Learned ichimonji of the ashina skills. Also found a treasure carp scale, and found two fish that each gave me one. So I have 3. No idea what they do, but they remind me of the crystal lizards in dark souls that skitter away when they notice you and disappear. Though unsure if the fish can disappear.

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Ahh makes sense.

Went a bit further, since I never got a notification that I was in a new area, so I thought it was still the outskirts. Found the memorial mob, sold some coin purses to buy the gourd seed and dragons blood. Now I can heal 4 times, yay!

Killed some more dudes, including those fuckers with the big ass hats that are basically shields. Fuck those guys. Talked to a dude who wanted to kill me, but then told me to kill rats instead. His description sounded like those hat guys, so I went back and killed a few again (almost having to resurrect because I suck at deflecting them). He gave me the ashina arts skill thing. That ichimonji looks like something I want to learn right away. Got 1 skill point, need 211 xp for the second.

Also explored that building and found a prayer bead at the top. Yay a 4th! Went to the idol and got more vitality and posture, so thats awesome!

Stopped progressing once I eavesdropped about a beast, and the next area looking like a boss arena. Will NOW finally go to Hirata lol

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I have it set on Japanese audio with English subtitles. A friend of mine actually said that Gyoubus yell in Spanish is hilarious. Will likely YouTube both of them later lol.

Picking this up again. Went to find the maid since she now has dragonrot. Got a sample of her blood, took it to Emma, got a dragon blood droplet in return. And a recovery charm. This essentially gets rid of the rot sculptures I have? Is the recovery charm a limited use (I know the droplet is)?

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So I dropped down into the giant field area, ran around a little to pick up an item, and a general on a horse came out of the gate to attack me. General Gyoubu Oniwa, holding a giant spear and swinging it wildly. I do remember the eavesdrop moment, so I know firecrackers are my friend, but I die a few times because my timing on deflects were not great.

Three tries in, I am able to do enough damage for one deathblow, and get his posture up again, but die because I was very careless. I then get a rot sculpture of the timid maid. Ugh, so now she has dragonrot too. I don't even remember where she is.

Six tries in, I finally kill this beast. Had a tiny bit of health left, gourds and pellets were all gone, and he was about to slice me right before I did the last bit of damage needed to get the second deathblow.

Got a memory this time, instead of the prayer bead (ugh I just need one more bead), which upped my attack power, which is cool. Also a mechanical barrel thing, which now allows me to upgrade prosthetic tools. Got to the idol. It looks like the gate to the Ashina Castle, so maybe now is the time to go to Hirata Estate?

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I'll take Max Payne if still available. Thank you so much again!

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htaeD posted...

I love that for a Mikiri Counter I can just hold down block and click the other button at the right time to get that Mikiri.

And the posture damage is awesome. If I had actually landed some jump kicks on those sweeps, I would've likely killed that general a bit earlier.

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CassandraCain posted...

Ahh yeah the mikuri counter is wonderful. Extra nice since you don't have to overwrite your muscle memory like with jumping, dodging into an enemy is basically instinctual

Very true. What I have to get good at is recognizing when it's gonna be a thrust vs a sweep. Almost every time I counter slashed the general, it baited his sweep, and I didn't land one jump kick (I defaulted to backstepping, which is super annoying). Gotta knock the DS tendencies out of me still it seems.

Went to the next area, after dealing with that midget poison spitter guy near the idol. Man that guy was super annoying. Next area has a fuck ton of enemies. I listen to the exchange between Genichiro and Kuro through a remnant, and get found by an enemy while doing so. Eventually cleared out the area, including a stealth kill on the giant. Eavesdropped on an enemy near their dead horse, something about fireworks spooking it and getting it killed somehow. I assume that's a hint for me that there's a horse boss or something nearby, and to use the firecracker prosthetic. Good to know.

Then things came up and I had to stop. But I did see a giant open field, with a lotta dead shit strewn everywhere, looking very much like a boss arena. It looks like I can also circumvent all the enemies to get there, so I felt safe in going to the idol to be fully healed. Will do that today!

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Picked it up again, moved onto the next area after the beastly ogre.

Next area has a whole fuckton of enemies in a relatively open area. The stupid guy with pots and pans screws over my stealth, but Im still able to murder everyone. My deflections against General Tenzen Yamauchi (because of COURSE theres another boss right after) are not great and I die.

Second attempt goes better. I kill everyone around (though still get seen once), and get a stealth kill on the general. I learn to get the fuck away when he holds his sword low, because that katana uppercut hurts. I bait the thrust a few times and get the mikuri counter, and deathblow him when he still had about an 1/8th of his health. Got a third prayer bead.

I keep going, dropping into a giant valley like area (and find an idol), and then HOLY GIANT FUCKING SNAKE!! I play cat and mouse with this terrifying animal, somehow not getting seen (well I got seen once, and was somehow under its strike). I eventually find that little shack and go inside. Then somehow stab it in the eye. It goes batshit insane, I run for my life, and am able to get away before getting obliterated. Just found the idol at the castle gate fortress.

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htaeD posted...

Yeah guard spam is what made most of my battles look silly (like I am taunting the boss 99 % of the time)
That said it always helps to remember that posture breaks are a lot easier if you at least damage the (mini)bosses a little as well.

Yeah I try to get in those counter-slashes whenever I'm able.

CassandraCain posted...

Also this might be obvious but you can cancel the beginning of your attack, like if you hit R1 and realize it was a mistake quickly enough hit L1 and you can pull off some sweet last second panic deflects that way.

That's definitely good to know!!

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Can I potentially get Dead Space? Regardless, this is a super generous thing to do, so thank you!!

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