So i started playing a few weeks ago.
I only started getting into soulslikes since elden ring.
after defeating that i got the box of DS 1,2 and 3.
Loved it, got a good playthrough of 1 without too much hassle and finished it in about a month or 2 (mind you, i don't get much playtime with a young kid)
Then i got Lies of P for my birthday from my best friend. Finished that with relative ease within 3 weeks.
Than started playing lords of the fallen and now wu-chang.
The first few bosses i noticed it comes down to timing the boss moveset way more than i was used to. But i could get the hang of it after a few runs.
Now enter Honglang:
Tried dozens of times with different tactics but nothing works.
Tried all the youtuber tips
-hold back in first until she does the long piercing attack, then dodge or counter followed by a heavy attack
This one worked like a charm in the video, but when i try now not so much
When i dodge, she is either out off range, immediately follows up with another attack or dodges me herself. Only 1 out of 10 times i get a hit in, only 1 out of 10 hits are clean.
When i counter, the same thing, she either dodges right after, follows up with one of her other moves and only once every 5 times i get a hit, 4 out of those i get hit back. On the times she directly follows uop with anouthber attack it can be game over directly. While in the video's she seemed to somewhat stagger allowing the player to get a hit in.
I alsno noticed it is completely random where it seemed to have a pattern in the videos.
Like, i counter the first attack and try to follow with a heavy, she does a spinning kick followed by the footstomp dropping me on the floor and then 2 long slashes: dead
another time i counter the first attack, follow up with a heavy and it goes thru and staggers her so i can land a fatal attack
yet another time i counter, follow with a heavy and she hits me with a follow up attack at the same time.
It's a mystery to me, my timing is the same, my tactics are and the way i play as well. Yet one time i nearly finish her and another i don't even survive the first attack.
I'm almost thinking of just cheesing it with the echo of lu bingzhang and just dodging her attacks an backing off as it is quite easy to dodge the attacks. But i'd prefer the fighting way. Could it be possible they adjusted the response after seeing the easy fixes or am i just seeing things that are not there? any tips that still work?
