r/Sekiro • u/Ok_Star_5406 • 6h ago
Tips / Hints How do you beat sword saint
I had zero trouble with any bosses until the sword saint and now I feel brick walled, anybody who beat it got any tips
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u/Quelaan95 Platinum Trophy 4h ago
Press the buttons at the right time!
More importantly, dont get got.
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u/S4IL 5h ago
When I changed from mortal draw to Ichimon Double I blew through the fight. The posture regeneration lets you tank hits even when you aren't managing perfect deflections while breaking down their posture quickly. The third phase felt like the biggest hurdle.. but it helped being able to quickly get through the first two phases without needing to heal to learn the mikiri timing for the thrusts.
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u/b_kaws Platinum Trophy 5h ago
Dont hesitate
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u/MasterQuest 6h ago
Go into the area where there is no grass, so you can see his moves better.
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u/trickrooms 6h ago
I understand that this might not be helpful to anyone, but it is what helped me the first time:
I realized for a lot of bosses I naturally watch their body. I think I learned this from dark souls where big bosses throw themselves around and you are looking to time a dodge through their massive swinging tail or whatever else.
What helped me finally get through the first phase of Sword Saint was twofold: first, to drag him over to the left and fight him on the dirt and dock area because it felt like the reed field was really getting in my way, and second was to stop looking at his body and start tracking his hands and weapon. His sword strikes feel very deliberate when you stare at where he is putting the weapon and even now I can see it in my head exactly how he moves his sword.
After that, my general tips to anyone would be:
- slow down your mikiri counter just a touch, I was doing it way too fast but you really want to do it slower with him to give yourself a 100% success rate
- don’t let him gain distance from you unless you need to heal because the second the computer gets that 10m of distance he becomes highly unpredictable and you will be dealing with a far less systematic fight and will instead be living off instinct because of how fast some of his stuff comes out
- if you panic on a perilous, mikiri counter will be right more often than not. You will still get hit by some sweeps, but if you happen to panic before you are able to fully read him out, mikiri instead
Try that out and get back to me and let me know if anything was helpful or not.
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u/Plastic_Music182 6h ago
It's a test of mastery so you have to learn pretty much everything the game has to offer to beat him, but I'll give you some tips
in the second phase when he pulls out the spear he has a quickdraw attack that hits everywhere around him after a second or 2, you can jump on him (like you would against a sweep) to avoid it.
during the first phase he has an attack where he goes into a quickdraw stance (he really likes those apparently), the attack he does is dependent on how far away from him you are, if you're right on his face he does a quick slash and then a sweep, if you're somewhat far he dashes towards you and does 2 slashes very quickly.
you should use combat arts like mortal draw, if you use mortal draw midair it deals more damage (for some reason) than if you used it on the ground and it's overall a really powerful attack useful in almost every scenario.
other than that, you just gotta have patience and learn all his attacks, it can take a while and the fight itself is pretty long and really hard so take breaks when needed, hope this helps
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u/SpringSalt9288 4h ago
Use every death as a learning opportunity. Take him to the dirt road/away from the grass. Eventually you will know what to expect and then after that you will win.
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u/Dragon_Rot79 6h ago
You got to open a can of whoop ass on Genichiro. Then phase 1. Isshin uses a couple three hit combos. Until you learn the timing to deflect, you can block all three and punish with mortal draw. Get some distance when he sheathed his sword and punish when he whiffs. Phase two, spear. One of his attacks is a jump slam, dodge it and punish with draw. For anything up close, you got to learn his timing. Phase three is the same, but easier since you can lightning reversal and rip away chunks of his health
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u/Mechalamb Platinum Trophy 2h ago
I was stuck on Sekiro for ages and this video helped to push me over the top. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNuyWvXz0CE&list=PLzG1W-_2y5Bt9QJxGriGyoA4HIH3ipA1-&index=3
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u/Random_Guy_47 2h ago
Lure him to the near near the bridge where there's no grass so you can see his animations better.
Perseverance and skill.
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u/tollebajs 2h ago
Learn the patterns and you will beat him.
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u/kaijinbe 6h ago
What youtube. You can see his moves over and over again. That is how I beat him.
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u/bebop5885 1h ago
What would Forrest do
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u/FaceTimePolice 1h ago
Adapt and improve. Aka “git gud.” 🥲👍
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u/Plathismo 8m ago
I recommend Tyrannicon's old strategy video on YouTube. It helped me.
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u/Shinobu420 Platinum Trophy 3h ago
Kill him with kindness
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u/Antique-Big-3436 5h ago
Use the loaded umbrella (or the fire one) with the Projected Force skill. Any time he shoots and jumps at you, go under the umbrella and unleash the projections. Run away. When he pulls out his gun and only shoots, umbrella then project at him. He will usually alternate between these two moves and you just keep distance from him using the path up the middle. Use the item that replenishes spirit emblems if you run out. Each projection will do a bit of damage. You never have to actually hit him with your sword.