Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo |
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| Location | Ashina Castle |
| Weakness | Flame, Block, Great Feather Mist Raven |
| Reward | 1x Prayer Bead 2,905 Exp (NG) |
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo (葦名流・水生氏成, School of Ashina - Mizuo Ujinari) is an optional Mini-Boss in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. This Complete Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Mini-Boss Guide gives you strategies on how to beat Ujinari Mizuo easily, as well as tips, tricks and lore notes. Mini-Bosses are special Enemies that are uniquely named, and have 2 or more health bars. This means they require at least 2 Deathblows in order to kill, they are generally much more difficult than normal enemies, and they drop some of the best loot in the game.
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo is a red-eyed Ashina Samurai found in the Hidden Dojo beneath Isshin Ashina's room in Ashina Castle after returning from the Divine Realm. He wears the blue robe associated with Ashina Samurai and carries a katana on his left hip. His primary method of fighting is to use the Ashina Stance and dash towards the player before quickly unsheathing his blade to perform a quick upwards and downwards slash.
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo has 2 health bars that must be removed before he is defeated. Upon defeat he will rewards the player with a Prayer Bead and experience.
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Location
Where to find Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo in Sekiro?
- Ashina Castle: Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo is located in the hidden dojo below Isshin Ashina's room after returning from the Divine Realm. This room was formerly guarded by three Nightjar Ninja prior to defeating Genichiro Ashina and during the Shinobi assault one could find a Nightjar Ninja and Lone Swordsman Shinobi clashing.
- Upon entering the dojo either by the stairs from Isshin Ashina's room or from behind (even while under the effect Gachiin's Sugar) this enemy will immediately aggro to you. If you then de-aggro him by running away he will return to his original position but can now be backstabbed without issue.
- This is an optional boss.
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Rewards
What do you get from defeating Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo in Sekiro?
- 1x Prayer Bead
- 2,905 Exp (NG)
- 24,315 Exp without Kuro's Charm (NG+7)
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Mini-Boss Guide Strategies
Sekiro Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Video Strategies
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Sekiro Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Strategy Write-up
Much like other red-eyed enemies, he is stronger than a regular Mini-Boss. His attack are extremely simple and straightforward when compared to other enemies, but their true power lies in speed and strength, which can quickly overpower the player.
This is fight is very similar to the one against Ashina Elite - Jinsuke Saze, which was required prior to facing Genichiro Ashina atop the Ashina Castle. While the same strategy can be employed, Ujinari's attack power is vastly superior to Jinsuke, so extra care is advised.
While Ujinari will attack the player the moment they enter his room, it is possible to exploit his AI and cause him to return to his starting point and make him susceptible to a Stealth Deathblow. In order to do so, simply aggro him and run back up the stairs through the sliding doors near the Ashina Dojo Sculptor's Idol; the battle theme will fade and he will lose interest shortly after. When returning to face Ujinari, he won't automatically attack the player upon entering his own, instead becoming vulnerable to a Deathblow.
Defeating Ujinari is a battle of patience and quick reflexes. Always hold block during this fight, as the area is small and limits the movement of Sekiro; if needed, bait Ujinari to the corridor prior his room, as it has more space to move around. Be careful when moving while not blocking, won't need to be running around and if you get caught by his attack with 17 Vitality without deflecting or blocking it, you will die! Watch for Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo to perform his quickdraw technique (indicated by a gleam from his blade) and dash left or right to avoid the attack and get in a single hit of your own (chargedattacks seem to hit reliably). If your attack gets deflected, be ready to dodge his jab followed by another quickdraw. Repeat until his health is lowered to zero opening him for a deathblow.
Ujinari's most dangerous attack is his Ashina Quickdraw, where he sheats his blade and assumes a drawing stance (indicated by a gleam from his blade), proceeding to unleash a flurry of extremely fast attacks once the player approaches. These attacks inflict both massive Vitality and Posture damage, and can break Sekiro's Posture easily even if it is at zero, meaning it will go through his defense; being caught by all the attacks without blocking and with less than 17 Vitality will result in instant death. When he is about to attack, dash sideways to avoid it and counterattack (the charged thrust deals a good amount of damage). If the counterattack gets deflected, be ready to dodge his jab followed by another quickdraw. Repeat until his health is lowered to zero opening him for a Deathblow. The Loaded Umbrella is very useful to parry this attack, as it will break his stance and leave him vulnerable to retaliation.
When his health is nearly gone, the Loaded Shuriken can be used to remove his last sliver of health, allowing for a Deathblow without having to risk getting in close.
"Cheesing" with Fire
Since Ujinari is a red-eyed enemy, he is very vulnerable to fire. Because of this, the Flame Vent, specifically the Okinaga's Flame Vent, can be used to deal massive damage to him, especially when combined with Oil to make him more susceptible to Burn.
Start by doing the aggro losing method described above, by drawing his attention and then flee to make him return to his starting position and make him vulnerable to a Stealth Deathblow. After backstabbing him, throw the Oil as soon he gets up, and proceed to use the Okinaga's Flame Vent (by pressing the R1/RT once and then proceeding to press and hold), which will stunlock him. If done correctly, and depending on how many Spirit Emblems the player has, it can deal 70% to 80% of Ujinari's Vitality, making the rest of the fight much easier.
If you have acquired the Mist Raven's feather and upgraded the prosthetic tool to the Great Feather Mist Raven, this fight can be made exceptionally easy. Simply activate the tool when he attempts to strike and you will not only teleport behind him but also leave a burst of flame that will exploit his weakness as a red-eyed enemy. While he is stunned by the fire, you can lay into him with repeated strikes doing massive damage. As he does not have an excessively large health pool, you should have plenty of spirit emblems to completely defeat him with this method.
Alternatively, a very effective way to handle Ujinari is to use Sparking Axe prosthetic tool. Since Ujinari approaches the player slowly, you can keep your distance and swing at Ujinari to land the Sparking Axe attack in front of him - you do not have to hit Ujinari. Ujinari will be startled by fire, and you can then freely land strong hits, make distance and repeat the move. You can also startle if you need to refresh Spirit Emblems or recover. It is sometimes safer than Okinaga's Flame Vent because the Flame Vent slows Sekiro's recovery movement. The battle ends fairly quickly.
Cheesing With Enemy NPCs
Thanks to the purple shinobi that have overrun Ashina Castle, you don't even have to fight Ujinari yourself - they can do it for you! By luring the one by the antechamber idol and the one in the back room along the way to the boss room, you can just sit back and watch them do all the work for you. All you have to do is step in to perform the deathblows. While this is happening, feel free to take potshots at the boss (thrusts are good), but be careful not to harm your "allies' - and try not to get hit by them either! Once the purple shinobis have gotten rid of his last health bar, wait for them to be finished off by the boss so you do not have to worry about them later. Once your friends have died, finish Ujinari off by hitting him once more to activate the last deathblow (to stay safe you can use a Phantom Kunai to hit him from range).
Deflect to Win
When you see his hand move for the quickdraw, double-tap block to deflect both hits and deal massive posture damage to him (that seemed to work better for me than waiting to see the "gleam"). The guy spams ONE move at you, so it's not too hard to learn the timing and take advantage of it. Resist the temptation to dodge, as he's liable to do the fake-out instead and then hit you while you're in recovery. Use the umbrella prosthetic for deflection to make this even easier.
Sekiro Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Attacks & Counters
| Attack | Counter |
| Phase 1 | |
| Ashina Fake | Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo will dash and grab the handle of his sword but he does not attack. He will not attack but if the player tries to avoid the fake he will immediately perform the Ashina Quickdraw often unable to be blocked as the dash animation frames will not allow you to block. You can tell whether it is a fake or quickdraw based on whether his sword gleams when he grabs it. |
| Ashina Quickdraw | Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo will assume the Ashina stance with his blade sheathed. If the he reaches for his sword and handle of his blade gleams, he will then slide towards you and quickly draw his blade performing a vertical upwards then downwards slash. This attack can kill you at 17 Vitality if not deflected or blocked. By defending this attack the player will receive a large amount of health & posture damage. Deflecting this attack is possible but extremely risky. It is best to avoid this attack by dashing left or right then performing a single hit on the enemy. Repeat until dead. |
| Quick Jab | Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo will slide towards the player and perform a quick jab with his left hand. This most often occurs after he deflects the player. Almost immediately he will follow a jab with his Quickdraw attack. To avoid this attack dash in a single direction twice, to avoid the jab and incoming slash. |
| Perilous Sweep | Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo may use a sweeping perilous attack if his Ashina Quickdraws are deflected enough. This attack can be jumped over, and the player can then step on his head for high posture damage. |
| Phase 2 | |
| Phase 1 | There does not seem to be a noticeable change in Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo attacks between the 1st and 2nd phases of the fight. |
| Example Attack | Example Counter |
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Lore
- Those with Red Eyes are dangerous, and filled a with rage that is difficult to control through the power of man alone. They do, however, fear the flame above all else. This loathing of flames is shared by the undead inhabitants of Mibu Village.
- Red Eyed Carp are considered incomplete creatures, but their eyes are said to be everlasting.
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Notes & Trivia
- If approached from behind while stealthed you can eavesdrop on Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo for additional dialogue:
"...Lord Isshin, I will be borrowing this. Please watch over me... We, the Ashina clan, will win this battle..."
- Although it is initially impossible to sneak up on Ujinari Mizuo (he automatically detects Sekiro's presence when he gets close enough), if the player then runs away and de-aggros him, when Ujinari Mizuo returns to his starting position he will stand facing the wall and can be sneaked up on and deathblowed.
Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo Image Gallery
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AnonymousCall me a casual but I don't think an enemy which spams a single move, which is a hyper fast one shot, is good game design.
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cool fight just wish I could see him without the wall blocking my view
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This guy is nothing but a red lump addicted scrub, just parry him.
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Ungo's Sugar or Spiritfall is REALLY useful in this fight, so you don't get one shotted by his 2 hit attack and actually survive with like 10% HP left
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lmfao my first try he absolutely RAPED me and then the 2nd try I dominated him and killed him without even getting hit once
Basically yo ucan already cheese him out of one deathblow by just running up the opposite stairs into the Ashina Dojo Idol (where you have to break the wall to get), opnce the music stops just stab him in the back, as soon as he start getting up you hit him with an entire 6 hit combo of Siercing Sabimaru, then you dodge back, throw him 2 or 3 Phantom Kunais and he's already half HP and poisoned, and then you litterally just have to deflect his 2 hit attack twice and boom. Last Deathblow. He's dead
This fight literally took me 15 seconds to beat
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Saw that he was really slow, so used Dragon Flash + Yashariku + Divine Confetti+ Ceremonial Tanto for more emblems. You can get through the first health bar without him reaching you or running out of room. He got me cornered about half way through his second health bar, got deflected twice, and died. Basically no risk.
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All you have to do to make this guy's physics-denying quick draw completely irrelevant is to block both strikes just as quickly as he swings them. With a little practice, you can block his attacks without fail, showing that no matter how many laws of physics a single samurai can break at once, you can break them faster.
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I found a cheese to this boss fight. All you need is the ichimonji double. Use it whenever he isn't striking and after the monji, he won't attack you again unless you mess up. So, you can continue to ichimonji him until his marker appears and reset him. After the first deathblow, allow yourself to be killed so he puts his sword back in the sheath. Then, revive and do the ichimonji double until his next marker appears. And that's the fight.
Note: This strat also works for the first ashina elite boss as well so hopefully someone at fextra can test this out and use this on the site.
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Use your own ashina cross on him. Keep spacing it as soon as he's in range and you will do yours first. Then either double dodge back or get ready to deflect his, after which dodge back once. Repeat until dead.
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This guy is sooo easy, you just run diagonally to the left, then when you're behind him hit him twice and back off, rinse and repeat. No brainpower required.
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I just threw an oil, blocked the attack when it gleams with the umbrella, then hit him with the flame vent. Rinse, repeat, profit.
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Spinning (R2+L1) Suzaku's Umbrella completely potato's this guy. Spin it during his Iai-flurry, then wail on him while he cowers. Pop a confetti/Ako's if you want, but (at 12 attack on NG) it's overkill.
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Is this a bug? I ran past him unlock the idol. Now he no longer exists, even if I come from a different idol. I never even hit him once.
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I found that sprinting at him right away and getting a fully charged sparking axe blow (fire damage) let me stun him for long enough to keep hitting him with it until his posture bar was completely full. After that, just spam L1 whenever the sword shimmers.
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It's better to wait for where he steps in for the Ashina Cross to time the flash effect to deflect, you want to have a little bit distance so you can give yourself a chance to time it. If you spam the deflect button he is more likely to hit you with the first strike and you'll perfect deflect the second but your health will get wittled down, opening you up for attacks when trying to heal. If he kicks you don't worry about your posture because if you perfect deflect the possible follow up Ashina Cross you won't fill out your gauge.
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Flaming Loaded Umbrella. It creates fire upon activation and spinning so yeah. As he attacks just pop umbrella, he will be stunned for a couple of seconds. If you don't have great reflexes, this can help immensely. Hope this helped someone ;)
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Resurrection mod turns this enemy from an elite into an elitist; thinking it's an infallible move, he'll start phase 2 spamming ichimonji for years lol
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initially tried to fight this boss with prosthetics, but didn't get the same results compared to well-timed deflecting with sugar. took a few tries to get the rhythm and rek'd him
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Wait this guy is supposed to be elite? Three deflect and a stab and he was out lmao
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pop a stealth sugar, run up behind him to get him to stand up, run away til his health bar disappears, go back and get a free backstab, use umbrella deflect when his sword shines and wail on him, repeat. Easiest miniboss in the game.
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Maybe it was just my case, but with the demon bell he was impossible to parry. I enjoy beating bosses by posture without the use of most prosthetics with the exception of the shuriken (i'm not saying they are easy or that i'm op or some ****, just that i enjoy fighting them that way) but i couldn't get the timing right for this mother****er nor his cousin. I died at least 20 times in a row and didn't get any better, didn't see where was my flaw.
The only thing that worked at the very end was to not block and stand still, simply pressing L1 to deflect, not before or after, only when he attacks. That seems to piss the **** out of him, and he keeps doing the double slash over and over without moving sideways or backwards, like waiting for you to fail or back down, so if you manage to deflect all of the 8 or 10 slashes straight and the 8 or 10 that come after the first deathblow, the fight ends in 15 seconds. I was desperate, but It was fun as hell at the end tho
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Yashikura's sugar, mid-air mortal draw, block once, deathblow, repeat
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The poor guy has like 2 moves and everyone still uses cheese strategies on him
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Leaping Spear charge attack works wonders here. Even with the long recovery you have plenty of time to run in and land a few swipes.
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Why is it called "deflect" if you still take damage? Also, another recycled boss? Really? This game is a 6/10 at best. GOTY is essentially like the Oscars at this point, utterly useless.
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You can actually get all 4 of the ninja dudes on that floor to gank him, just make sure they don't take any damage to the ashjna dudes who were over the maps, and that they keep following you, and you get an easy gank squad
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these Ashina Elite basically killed themself with Ashina combat arts, just posture damage them with deflect and you will be fine
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Leaping Flame spear stuns him and then Ashina cross. Back up. Do it again. Throw an oil first just to be safe.
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Beat this boss on my first try because he was exactly like the Jinsuke guy in the dojo, spam L1 to win the moment his sword gleams. Easy, didn’t even do anything but stand around waiting for him to attack, guy practically killed himself.
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Mr. Mizuo is like a more demonic version of Jinsuke Saze; I mean, yeah, he’s another one of those glass-cannon types with little posture like his early counterpart, but he still hurts like Hell. I couldn’t understand why he could take more than half my health away, until I realized it’s because of those damn Red Eyes.
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Open flame umbrella as he takes his sheathed swings. You'll deflect both, and he gets spooked by the fire. Practically fills posture gauge instantly.
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the 2 ninjas make quick work of him. however he reks a single one pretty easily
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this guy is strange. all his attack hit thru block and u cant spam deflect because it will parry only 1 of his attacks at best. only way is perfect timing the double tap before his attack but its a split second. roasted this guy with flame vent
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Living force+flame vent is absurd against him. Just flame vent and r1 spam. Only took two activations to kill him.
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Extra cheese: Ichimonji double spam till he's dead. He can't recover fast enough to strike back
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I've never inflict damage on this boss even once in all of my playthroughs. Just deflect his quickdraw attack and he'll be done in no time.
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Being red eyed he doesn't like flames - great feather mist raven highly effective!! Ungo's helps if your timing is off
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The fact that some people ran away just to come back to backstab him really made me laugh. There are plenty of more conventional ways to trivialize the fight but they went that extra mile just to humiliate him. Poor guy.
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All I did was parry his quickdraw until his posture breaks..
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Alternatively it's quite entertaining to lure him back to the area where the shinobi and ashina troops are fighting, just enjoy the show and let the purple bros wreck his ass and jump in to steal the deathblow.
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Get the first deathblow by aggroing and running away. Then just poison this asshole with the subimaru and run away. I was able to poison and get a few hits in and then run away. That alone took about 60% of his health.
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Wow I'm seeing a lot of Umbrella+Projected Force and some Flame Barrel+Living Force "cheese" strats here. The Mist Raven is really underrated, the best prosthetic tool against the non-red eyed version since you don't have to block, just use it then r1 spam. This time on the red eyed version just use the Great Feather Mist Raven to dodge his attacks and appear behind him while leaving behind an explosion of fire to stun him. Same outcome as the other strategies people post here but less effort and easier to pull off.
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All you need for this fight. -Projected force -Suzaku’s Lotus Umbrella Just hold your block with the umbrella. Counterattack 5 or 6 hits. Repeat.
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Another way to cheese him. De-aggro and stealth attack him, then step back and unload with phantom kunai. With the tanto you can take his health to zero without getting near him. Then just move in for the kill.
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just spam the loaded umbrella when he does his one shot move and his posture goes up at stupid high rates.
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How do you parry the cross slash? Because is humanly IMPOSSIBLE to tap the button twice at that speed
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One hit with the flame spear and he cowers more than any enemy I've seen, enough for like 4 or 5 hits. I wonder if the red eye drug made him super susceptible to fire or something.
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Aggro, deaggro, backstab, oil, flame vent, living force, attack, dead on demon mode easy
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i just notice i kill him to quickly what does he say when you eavesdrop ?
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Extremely cheesy with Suzaku's Lotus Umbrella+Projected Force combo and with the help of ascending+descending carp. Basically run in and hit him twice then immediately open the umbrella, this should stun him and allow you to use projected force and hit him 5 times, then reopen the umbrella until he staggers again. If he doesn't stagger then once he's done his two hit combo, use projected force which should stun him, if not then use umbrella again. Allowed me to finish the fight under two minutes, a minute per deathblow. Sometimes just opening the umbrella next to him is enough to stagger him, which is weird.
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Can also lure 2 Ninjas down there and they make him Deathblow rdy for you
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As far as I know this guy is an asshole. Was I deflecting wrong or something? Because even if I deflect or even block he still did damage. What I did was just go towards him and as soon as he was about to attack I dodged towards him a little to the right, so he never hits you and you can get some hits on him. I only did this because my deflecting was not working
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Suzaku's Lotus umbrella is incredibly effective at this fight. When you open the umbrella the enemy gets stunned for a while, allowing for living force + big r1 combos. Rinse and repeat.
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You can kill him real easy with the magnet umbrella. one use deflects both attacks, use when you see the flash from blade. deflect 3 times hit 1-2 times deathblow and repeat.
Where to find him ? it says " last Phase of Ashina Castle " but how I know if I am in last Phase ? I killed the Boss on top of the Castle , talked to kuro etc or I cant kill it yet and Need to wait for later in game ?
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Use umbrella prosthetic and projected force prosthetic art. Also you can do a stealth deathblow if you are coming from "upper tower ashina dojo" idol, first come down stairs then go under the stairs and break the wall, from there you can sneak up on him.
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Don't deflect his attacks because u still take damage anyway, just throw oil at him, bait his 2-hit-combo in and dodge backwards into flame barrel + Living Force skill and you're guaranteed at least 60% of his health bar.
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This guy is really easy, stop using flames and*****. You just deflect. Make sure you are always full hp. Go in to the hallway for an easier fight where you can run and heal. Lastly, use sugar and sneak up from behind, I'm pretty sure you can cheese him.
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If you're having a hard time even with fire, you can lure a shinobi into the room before you start his fight. When he aggros they'll fight each other and he'll take some free damage
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He's pretty easy using the Flame Barrel. He has red eyes like an oger - so he fears flames. Use that against him and you can geht about 5 sure hits in. After that don't forget to block, otherwise it is almost instakill.
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What does this dude say if you eavesdrop him? I killed him without hearing it because I came down the stairs and aggroed him.
I love this encounter honestly. It shows how desperately the Ashina forces were fighting. He fights so recklessly and quickly forcing you to cut him down as fast as you can.
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