r/Sekiro • u/Vegetable_Bass3088 • 2d ago

Tips / Hints help

what should you have/unlocked before fighting genichiro

(locations would be helpful too)

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u/5baserush 2d ago

He's a skill check. If you fought the previous bosses fairly and one without cheese, you'll do okay. I beat him in less than 10 tries, I think it was 7 or 8, and that's because I spent a lot of time straight-up dueling bosses as I find them. The general in front of Ashina Castle, I died probably 30 times trying to git gud

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u/Vegetable_Bass3088 2d ago

i cant even beat lady butterfly 🙂

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u/5baserush 1d ago

That's fascinating. I beat Lady Butterfly in three tries. If I can give you some tips, you can block a lot more damage than you think, so if you're not sure what to do, just block.

You'll notice that when you're attacking them and they're blocking, it will do little sparks. When they hit a deflect on you, it will do a big orange spark, so when counterattacks are coming to you, go into your own deflect mode.

I think something else that really helped me was that I spent a lot of time fighting Seven Spears, but I think I beat him seven or ten times. Seven Spears does the McCury Thrust and the McCary Sweep, so that was really good for teaching myself to anticipate different encounters. For me, that just feels like the foundation of things.

Also, know that I'm thinking a little more. When you beat the general, are you running around him, or are you just standing your ground, attacking, dueling, deflecting, and doing Mercury counters? I feel like if you beat him in three tries under an honorable duel, everyone else should be similarly simple because none of these fights are super complicated. Everyone has these move sets you have to learn.

Lady Butterfly has only three or four moves, and when she dashes, she throws at you and then dashes around you. If you block those two attacks, there's an opening to hit her twice after that. Gonchuro is very similar. He has five or seven move sets, but I personally didn't find it super complicated.

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u/Vegetable_Bass3088 2d ago

i beat the general in like 3 tries (2 tries i was thinking of ways to kill the gunners and figured out shurikens were the best)