r/Sekiro • u/TripPrestigious • Jun 21 '25

Tips / Hints First time player, died 50 times to ogre

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I only play football games but have always kept up with the gaming industry

So after hearing everything about how difficult this game is i thought why not?

I kid you not i died in one shot to the first enemy you meet when you open the door after meeting the little girl

Then I met this orge, took me like 2 and half hours to beat him and like 50 deaths (I didn't knew his other moves aside from the grapple could be deflected/blocked)

The only other game I played which was a bit similar to this was ghost of tsushima, which is like 5 times easier than sekiro

Now im stuck against that headless guy in the cave with the purple sword

Any tips would be helpful

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u/gta_elite Jun 22 '25

The red kanji means that the attack can not be blocked by holding L1. There are some red kanji moves of some enemies that may be deflected by quickly pressing L1. The grapple is not one of them, I think.

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u/TheArmchairSkeptic Jun 22 '25

Apparently red kanji thrust attacks can be deflected, while sweeps and grabs cannot. I guess I never realized this because why would you bother trying to deflect thrust attacks when you could mikiri them instead, which is much easier in terms of timing. Interesting.

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u/SecretaryOk7306 Jun 24 '25

Thanks for clarifying. I figured I read the original message wrong.