Poll of the Day > Giving Sekiro another shot

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It's the only recent From Soft game I've not been able to beat so giving it one more try

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I love that game. Firecracker and spamming block can probably help you if really get stuck but it's more fun not to do that.

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YoukaiSlayer posted...

I love that game. Firecracker and spamming block can probably help you if really get stuck but it's more fun not to do that.

Nah thank you I need the cheap tricks to pull this one off

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On the standard difficulty (you can't choose to make it harder until you beat the game once) there is very little punishment for hitting block at the wrong time. So you can kinda just mash block and you will end up deflecting 70% or so of all attacks and usually not be punished for the 30% you only block. Completely defeats the purpose of combat which is to learn moves and time your blocks but it works.

After you beat the game, you unlock the option to give back kuro's charm in the beginning that fixes this by making you take massive chip damage if you only block instead of deflect.

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YoukaiSlayer posted...

One the standard difficulty (you can't choose to make it harder until you beat the game once) there is very little punishment for hitting block at the wrong time. So you can kinda just mash block and you will end up deflecting 70% or so of all attacks and usually not be punished for the 30% you only block. Completely defeats the purpose of combat which is to learn moves and time your blocks but it works.

After you beat the game, you unlock the option to give back kuro's charm in the beginning that fixes this by making you take massive chip damage if you only block instead of deflect.

I'm gonna save the block spam for last last resort. Thank you for the tips

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Works better against some bosses compared to others. How far did you make it before you quit last time?

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YoukaiSlayer posted...

Works better against some bosses compared to others. How far did you make it before you quit last time?

I think after lady butterfly it took me way too many tries so I dropped it

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She is probably the hardest boss in the first half of the game or so. Took me quite a lot of tries on my first playthrough. Especially rough cause you can get there pretty early and have almost no upgrades.

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Lady Butterfly is completely optional

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Zareth posted...

Lady Butterfly is completely optional

Gotta beat em all though

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I never got to play it. I only beat Bloodborne

IronBornCorps posted...

I never got to play it. I only beat Bloodborne

I love Bloodborne never played the dlc though

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JoanOfArcade posted...

Gotta beat em all though

Yeah but you can come back later on when you have more shit.

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JoanOfArcade posted...

never played the dlc though

The DLC is like the best part of Bloodborne, it has the best 3 bosses in the game and almost doubles the amount of weapons.

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If they make a second one they really need to show sekiro clean his blade.

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The thing that got me was how much dodging did not work. Once I learned to stop dodging and block (almost) everything, I did pretty well.

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Having got a Platinum in Sekiro but only just finishing Dark Souls 1 very recently I'd say the main difference is just being really aggressive. Seems like Souls games rely a bit more on stamina management and not overextending while Sekiro you really benefit from stepping hard on the gas and not letting up. Overwhelming and staggering enemies kills them way more quickly and safely than weaving around them and poking them.

Dodging does actually work pretty well, just not for every attack. It's the primary way to get openings to deal health damage though. In an ideal situation you dodge in the first half or so of the fight and counter to deal hp damage and then deflect and attack their guard in the 2nd half to raise and break their posture. A lot of times you need to deflect the combo opener and dodge a follow up though and obviously some enemies are more about deflecting and some more about dodging.

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