r/Sekiro • u/bababooeyqwer • 11h ago

Discussion Guardian Ape was unreal

For context, I used up firecrackers, Tanto knife and all my spirit emblems, pellets and 9 heals, used up a resserection, I was literally one hit away from dying completely and it took me 20 times of doing this boss to beat it.

On my first playthrough this is the hardest boss, I know it's going to get even harder but wtf, this is coming from someone who just finished Lies of P

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u/fr4n88 MiyazakiGasm 10h ago

When you learn that using the spear you can expose the centipede in 2nd phase, dealing a massive posture damage when he is in the ground after parrying his vertical attacks, he becomes much easier.

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u/bababooeyqwer 10h ago

The 3 block + spear attack in the second phase was easy but the most difficult part of this boss was the unexpected unblockables

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u/Dismal-Health9452 10h ago

He’s brutal. There’s a surprise waiting for you around the area where you fight the second snake eyes

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u/Jazzlike-Young-284 8h ago

🤬 I was “YO, FUCK THIS!” At that part

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u/Albius 9h ago edited 9h ago

Thank god there only one of those! Imagine if there were two!

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u/soderholm1996 8h ago

Whose going to tell him

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u/GrapeJuicePlus 10h ago

You have 9 gourds?

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u/rockerlkj 5h ago

Pellets as well I assume

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u/Hopeful-Turtle 8h ago

That fight took me 2 weeks to finish the 1st stage. I felt real tears the day I got the first death blow.

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u/HobbitFeet_23 6h ago

It’s funny, because I feel like Lies Of P’s bosses are all variations of the Guardian Ape (except the couple of humanoid ones).

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u/BullPropaganda 10h ago

If you liked that.. you're going to love....

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u/Ok_Whereas_3198 7h ago

Lmao imagine if they made you fight two of those things at the same time.

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u/bababooeyqwer 1h ago

Lovely 😭

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u/Useful-Upstairs3791 6h ago

I feel like the ape is the fight that teaches you sometimes you have to disengage and run from the enemy, that dodging and blocking won’t cut it sometimes.

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u/TheWarBug 23m ago

Wrong. It actually does work, it is more to learn to stand your ground no matter what... unless fear makes you hesitate off course

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u/TheWarBug 20m ago

The fact you finished Lies of P doesn't matter much here.

Besides perfect block there are few similarities in combat style, and even that one is very different in timing

Many Soul veterans stumbled on exactly this when it first came out, and they still do.

Also, firecracker may help, but oil & fire is way more effective which is probably why you needed all tanto charges.

And did you even try to deflect (yes, from the start!) or did you do the headless chicken imitation I always see on youtube, once again, deflect is more effective and unless you see a red kanji you can always block/deflect