Onimusha: Way of the Sword – All bosses in order

1. Sasaki Ganryu

Sasaki Ganryu’s a pleasant wake-up name for those who have been beforehand pondering that this sport was going to be all one-shot assaults towards straightforward Genma fodder. He assaults with erratic actions and a swivelling sword thrust that is a bit exhausting to learn, however so long as you concentrate on parrying you possibly can finest him. Often he’ll leap into the air and attempt to kick you, and that is when it is best to dodge as a substitute.

Midway by the battle, you will get a tutorial on Break Issen, and Sasaki Ganryu’s metallic hat will fall off. He’ll proceed his assault with the identical strikes together with a seize and a leaping sword strike. Hold practising your parries, and for those who’re battling timing on this early boss, you possibly can all the time activate motion prompts within the menu to see which buttons to press when.

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2. Daidara

Daidara’s a giant man, however the bigger they’re, the tougher they fall. This slavering glutton assaults with a head-first cost that you may parry; as soon as he recovers from it, he typically switches right into a seize that requires dodging. When you mess up, he’ll put you in his big paws, suck out all your Souls, after which toss you into the closest wall. His different widespread assaults are membership swings which might be very clearly telegraphed.

In between strikes, all the time soak up any close by Souls together with your Gauntlet, as a result of Daidara will accomplish that for those who miss the prospect, and develop stronger with a brief increase in energy.

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3. Rasho-gan

Most likely the primary actual wall for a lot of gamers, Rasho-gan is a multi-armed bastard who could require a number of tries. You’ll be able to parry virtually all of his assaults, together with the projectiles that he tosses at you, so the wisest technique right here is to face your floor and concentrate on deflections. He additionally begins the struggle with a pink tendril granting him a buff; to stage the enjoying subject, remember to sever the factor ASAP.

As soon as you’ve got depleted his first well being bar, Rasho-gan will energy up into his second section. Right here, he can unfurl three or so tendrils above his head, every hooked up to timber, rubble, and different items of the atmosphere. Shoot at every tendril together with your bow to snap it and ship the junk falling down on his head, after which it is best to bounce in and get off just a few strikes. When you’re too sluggish together with your bow pictures, then your finest guess is to dodge across the area earlier than circling again to proceed combating Rasho-gan.

Rasho-gan may even sometimes spin like a prime and launch himself in direction of you – that is all the time a two-pronged assault, so parry his first spin and prepare to parry once more as he comes again at you from behind.

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4. Byakue

One other massive man, Byakue’s assaults are not less than nicely telegraphed. He’ll pounce and bounce in direction of you want a feral cat, and you may have to dodge to keep away from these strikes. He additionally has just a few axe techniques that take some effort to learn, as he all the time spins, flips, or prospers, after which follows up with a hard-hitting axe swing. The trick in combating Byakue is to attend till the spins and different fancy strikes are completed earlier than you parry. Deal with breaking his posture and open him up for these important hits, and the injury can be huge.

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5. Ifuu

Ifuu’s bought two phases, however his wind assaults stay a continuing all through each. You’ll be able to parry the wind gusts that erupt from him when he shakes his head backward and forward, however bear in mind that when he raises his axe with each fingers from a distance, he is not truly about to hit you – he is as a substitute taking pictures a wave of air in direction of you. His close-up melee swings are extra apparent to learn, and a bit harking back to Daidara’s.

Often, Ifuu will scream “You are lifeless”, and the wind tubes on his head and again will flip pink. He then expenses at you with two axe swings, and all of his different assaults will turn into extra aggressive. Dodge his seize right here to knock him over onto his again, providing you with time to unleash a flurry of strikes.

When his first well being bar’s depleted, Ifuu begins to inflate his wind tubes and can sometimes fly into the air. Shoot him with an arrow to knock him all the way down to the bottom and keep away from a twister. As soon as once more, take care to soak up all Souls within the space, particularly on this second section, to maintain him from getting stronger.

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6. Nue

You will face the chimera often known as Nue a number of occasions over the course of Means of the Sword, and this primary encounter is the simplest. Nue assaults with a tail strike that is well-telegraphed, and sometimes it’s going to shove you with its entrance, utilise a paw swipe, or torpedo in mid-air in direction of you.

Do not trouble with parries right here, apart from the lightning projectiles that Nue shoots from its tail. Deal with dodges as a substitute, and goal your assaults in direction of the chimera’s tail. At any time when Nue’s tail will get caught within the floor, you will even have a short alternative to make use of your Oni Energy to knock the beast off stability.

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7. Byakue 2

Byakue returns for spherical two. This time, you are dealing with him in a room of the Underground Laboratory, and possibly contending with a bunch of different Genma as nicely. Fortunately, Byakue stays nonetheless in a small alcove and would not transfer till you problem him, so dispatch the encircling jobbers first. There are some exploding barrels close to his alcove that you may choose up and toss to begin the fight with an explosive shock. Aside from that, Byakue’s strikes are just about the identical as earlier than.

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8. Nue (Blue) & Nue (Purple)

This time, you are dealing with two Nue without delay, which is a harmful state to be in. Nonetheless, the methods you used earlier than nonetheless work nicely right here – dodge more often than not, parry the lightning projectiles from every Nue’s tail, and keep away from these shifty chimeras after they torpedo themselves in direction of you.

At the beginning of the struggle, the Nue are sort sufficient to assault you one by one, however because the fight continues it’s possible you’ll discover that their assaults turn into extra synchronised, requiring further precision in the event that they blast you with lightning or each torpedo on the similar time. Focus your energies on a single Nue for those who can, because the struggle turns into so much simpler while you’ve solely bought one chimera to take care of.

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9. Better Nue

Better Nue’s strikes are just like its smaller counterparts, however as you would possibly count on, hit a lot tougher. Not like its little cousins, although, you possibly can and may parry the heck out of this factor. The beast often begins the battle off with a tail swipe, and it will sometimes leap into the air, set free a hideous shriek, and pounce down onto the bottom, which is the proper time to drag off an Issen, for those who can.

Keep shut, parry the paw strikes, and be careful for its head slam when it rears up on its hind legs. Aside from that, observe the techniques that you’ve got used within the earlier Nue fights. After unleashing sufficient injury, you possibly can probably chop off the Better Nue’s tail and toss it again on the chimera. That is non permanent, however appears to be like terribly cool – simply watch out to not take injury as you seize for the tail and throw it.

Alas, this struggle has two phases. Within the second half, the Better Nue continues with the identical barrage however resorts to lightning assaults, and lightning patches will seem throughout the world. Hold an eye fixed out for them as you struggle, and in addition watch out when the Better Nue imbues its entrance legs with electrical energy; it’s going to assault by dragging one leg throughout the bottom earlier than making an attempt to slam it into you. Parry away!

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10. Dohatsu-ten

Dohatsu-ten’s a Malice-born Genma with a sword that grows extra highly effective the extra it hits you, so parry the hell out of that factor. Attempt to get an ideal dodge away from Dohatsu-ten’s kicks, that are certain to screw up your parry timing, and use your Oni Energy to smash by his defences for those who’re not doing any injury.

At occasions, Dohatsu-ten will unleash glowing assaults that have to be parried or deflected, however he’ll announce “No escape” earlier than he lets free with one. Basically, take note of his dialogue – “Shatter”, “Put together”, and “Perish” are all introduced earlier than ranged sword slashes that may be parried. Additionally take care to change up your heavy and lightweight assaults throughout Blade Barrages, which opened up repeatedly for me throughout this struggle.

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11. Benkei

Benkei is armoured past perception, and you will not be capable to make a dent till a few of these protecting items fall off. Deflect his polearm strikes, which can make his stamina go down and eventually allow you to unleash some Break Harm. You will even be introduced with a big selection of physique components to focus on every time this occurs, which is kind of enjoyable. It is a battle of attrition, however maintain peeling off Benkei’s layers and you will get there finally – although there’s nonetheless one other well being bar so that you can get by, sadly.

Within the second section of the struggle, Benkei begins leaping much more, typically lunging into the air to stomp on you or pulling one other polearm out from his again to hit you with a double strike. Aside from this, his assaults are just about the identical, so keep centered on depleting his stamina and taking revenge by breaking his physique past perception.

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12. Burai

You beat up Ifuu a while in the past, and now it is Burai’s flip. This man additionally has two kinds, and I discovered the primary slightly extra easy than that of his youthful brother. His polearm blows are very clearly telegraphed and simple to deflect, and his solely different notable trick is to scatter the purple lightning orbs on his again throughout the world. They will unleash beams, however stand in between them and you may emerge unscathed. When you’re shut sufficient when this occurs, you also needs to be capable to get some good slashes in.

Burai’s second kind is trickier, as he’ll begin teleporting throughout the world and letting free an AoE burst of electrical energy each time he lands. He often telegraphs this by saying “Thunderbolt” or different flashy phrases; get outta the best way every time he does this, because it’ll destroy your well being, particularly on greater problem ranges. Most of his different assaults are just like his first section, other than a spin that’ll ship his lightning orbs throughout the bottom, adopted up by a giant slam that shoots a vertical lightning surge with great vary throughout the battlefield.

On this second section, it is also price declaring that Burai will generally elevate his proper leg and assume a kabuki-style pose. He often does this after you’ve got hammered him with melee assaults for a bit. Again off when he does this, or else he’ll kick you proper within the face.

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13. Sasaki Ganryu 2

Your rival returns for a rematch, however he is let himself go in a foul means because of the seductive pressure of Gioh, the Oni hooked up to him. Ganryu’s strikes are just like earlier than, with that swivelling sword thrust simply as annoying because it was eight or so hours in the past. His leaping slash can also be troublesome, however not unimaginable to learn with follow.

This struggle could be predictable if it weren’t for Gioh, who throws an additional wrinkle into the works by sometimes attacking you with tentacles, slapping you together with her lengthy neck, and trying a seize together with her tooth. (Stopping that seize results in a cool transfer the place Musashi stretches Gioh’s mouth vast open, apparently breaking her jaw. Ouch – however pull this off and you’ll soak up a variety of blue Souls.) She’ll additionally buff Ganryu’s defences from time to time, but it surely’s nothing {that a} well-timed shove together with your Oni Energy will not be capable to deal with.

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14. Shuten Doji

Shuten Doji’s one other large with two kinds, and alas, his well being slowly regenerates all through the struggle. Keep aggressive to counteract this, and put together your self to study some bizarre assault timing, since he battles in a drunken martial artist vogue, with uncommon kicks, slams of his booze bottle, and sword slashes that nearly appear to set him off stability.

When his well being is midway depleted, Shuten Doji downs a number of gulps of his liquor and lights himself on hearth. He’ll unleash trails of fireside throughout the bottom and generally attract breath, which is when it is best to completely hit him within the face with an Oni Bow arrow, lest you find yourself getting scorched by a ranged array of flames. When you’ve bought any hearth resistance gadgets, now’s a very good excuse to make use of them.

Within the second stage of the fight, Musashi decapitates Shuten Doji, however the flaming head comes alive. Loopy stuff! The struggle’s just about the identical as earlier than, besides now Musashi’s bought a flowery Woke up kind at his disposal. In different phrases, go Tremendous Saiyan on Shuten Doji’s ass earlier than you revert to regular, and hopefully deplete a fourth of his well being bar within the course of. Then, it is only a matter of watching out for that severed flying head as you preserve your assault.

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15. Ifuu & Burai

Truthfully, this mixed Ifuu and Burai battle is an amazing ache within the butt, since each of them have the identical movesets as earlier than and two well being bars every…however there at the moment are new combo assaults to deal with. As an example, generally they’re going to yell out “Collectively” or “Let’s finish this” and sprint at you on the similar time with their weapons, so all the time be cautious of this verbal cue and time your dodges or deflects accordingly.

Their most annoying combos come into play when each brothers are on their second well being bar. Ifuu will sometimes rise into the sky to fireside off wind gusts, and Burai will again him up on the bottom with lightning orbs adopted by that single vertical lightning strike he used while you fought him beforehand. You can also make this assault rather less painful by blasting Ifuu out of orbit with a well-timed arrow – which is sweet recommendation for every time Ifuu goes skyward, truthfully.

At occasions, the bros may even come collectively as one to create a mini-storm. Lightning will fall on the battlefield, adopted by wind, after which they’re going to smash down on you from above. You’ll be able to parry the final assault with follow, but it surely’s powerful to drag off after all the different hectic crap that they threw at you. Total, that is certainly a tiring struggle, however you’ve got bought Oni Awakening at your disposal; use it as a lot as doable to chop these climate bozos all the way down to measurement.

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16. Sasaki Ganryu 3

At first, this struggle is just like the second duel you had together with your everlasting rival, however this time he is bought a second well being bar, and Gioh’s bought blades in all of her tentacles, making every assault all of the extra lethal. You additionally have to be careful for Gioh therapeutic Ganryu’s stamina. At any time when her lengthy neck stretches to devour the pink flowers throughout the world, hit her with an arrow or carry out a melee assault for those who’re shut.

As soon as the second well being bar kicks in, Ganryu lastly switches up his techniques. He’ll mix all of Gioh’s tentacles into one to create an enormous tendril that can slam at Musashi. Dodge to the facet on the final second and make the most of the slight delay in his assault sample to go nuts together with your melee strikes.

Final however not least, Gioh will finally lend Ganryu her energy, coating his katana in Malice and giving him a lightning-fast glowing assault that may drain virtually all your well being on a success. Ganryu may even ship Malice sword waves surging by the bottom along with his newfound energy. It is all a giant ol’ ache within the behind, and fairly rage-inducing. Nonetheless, you’ve got overwhelmed him foolish twice already; you possibly can positively do it a 3rd time.

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17. Dokyo

Lastly, the time has come to stay it to Dokyo! Take inspiration from all of Shizuka’s anger and get in near whack her together with your sword. This is not straightforward, as she unleashes a gentle array of projectiles at you; for those who can, carry out an Issen proper earlier than the projectiles are about to hit for efficient injury and the prospect to disrupt her total assault sample. Alternately, you possibly can spend the battle operating across the area to attempt to get strikes in slowly, which is a little bit of a problem, however works.

After inflicting sufficient injury, Dokyo will rise into the sky and glow with golden power. Shoot the orbs that spin round her to knock her again to the bottom. When her first well being bar’s depleted, she’ll additionally shift into her stronger kind, which utilises faster-moving projectiles and some massive AoE assaults, together with a Spirit Bomb-style blast that you will have to dodge behind a boulder on the world to keep away from. You’ll be able to seize this similar boulder afterwards and launch it into Dokyo for a pleasant bit of injury.

In some methods, this struggle jogged my memory of Capcom’s previous vertical and horizontal shooter video games, since a lot of it’s spent dodging screen-filling patterns. It is one of many more easy fights throughout this stretch of Means of the Sword, however it’s a lengthy one which will exhaust your assets, so monitor your therapeutic gadgets and remember to use all your strongest assaults everytime you shut the space between your self and Dokyo.

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18. Benkei 2

Welcome to the previous couple of bosses of Means of the Sword, that are simply recycled goons from earlier than. Except for beginning off with some assaults that have been unique to his second well being bar within the authentic struggle, Benkei is essentially the identical. Be cautious of his jumps and the cases when he seemingly pulls a second polearm from out of skinny air, and break that armour.

Benkei does have a handful of latest tips up his armoured sleeve that he more and more resorts to on his second well being bar. These embody tossing daggers and an axe at you, however probably the most harmful is a cannon. He jumps into the air with this factor, throws it onto the bottom, and creates an enormous shockwave a couple of second later. Hold as distant as you possibly can, and time your dodges to accommodate for each the preliminary bounce and the next shockwave.

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19. Daidara 2

This acquainted glutton is again, as soon as once more barking about how he must eat. No matter! All you actually need to fret about is his second section, which sees him rework his membership right into a makeshift whip sword with longer vary. He additionally will get a bit extra aggressive and is liable to repeatedly pounding the bottom with that factor. Attempt to nook him towards one of many area’s partitions, and parry his repeated swings and expenses to ship him again to the soiled corners of the Oni Realm the place he belongs. Additionally, remember to soak up Souls throughout this fight, or danger Daidara changing into stronger!

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20. Nue (Blue) & Nue (Purple) 2

The Nue Pokémon duo return as nicely, and truthfully, there’s not a lot to say about them that hasn’t already been stated. Attempt to concentrate on a single Nue at first to make the struggle simpler, keep away from their torpedo assaults, and for those who’re actually up for it, parry the lightning projectiles shot from one’s tail into the opposite. Did this sport actually need to have you ever struggle so many darn Nue? No, it didn’t.

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21. Better Nue 2

Alas…we’ve got yet one more Nue fight earlier than we will lastly say farewell to the chimeras. Most of this battle will really feel acquainted – as soon as once more, be careful for its bounce assault, and use Oni Energy on its tail. The Better Nue has a second well being bar this time, although, and it will stand upright with lightning claws and turn into barely extra harmful with a nasty seize that includes a bizarre pincer popping out of its mouth, sorta just like the secondary jaws coming out of the Xenomorphs within the Alien franchise. At occasions, it’s going to additionally swing its physique about and litter lightning balls your means.

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22. Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Lastly, a break from all these recycled bosses! And even higher – we get to problem the mysterious man in white, who’s a very powerful previous bastard. It is price equipping main gadgets like Heavy Restoratives, Solar-Dried Hozuki, or Stimulant earlier than you tackle Minamoto no Yoshitsune, since he hits very exhausting, as befits the ultimate boss of the sport.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune will first come at you with katana strikes and bounce kicks – deflect/parry the previous and dodge the latter. When you’re capable of pull off an Issen when he does a bounce kick, he’ll fall to the bottom and you will get a very good few strikes in. At occasions, he’ll additionally cowl his blade in an enormous glow earlier than slamming it down in an arc – dodge by the arc to keep away from taking injury and retaliate as finest you possibly can.

Different assaults you’ll want to be careful for embody a seize that’ll rip an entire tonne of Souls from you if it connects, and a nasty sprint. Fortunately, the sprint has a reasonably apparent inform – look out for Yoshitsune tapping his katana towards his shoulder. At any time when he does this, he’ll come at you with extraordinarily quick velocity, so time your parry accordingly.

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23. Minamoto no Yoshitsune 2

Minamoto no Yoshitsune has powered up, gotten a sick go well with of armour, and is now able to beat you foolish. As exhausting because it may appear, do not use your Oni Awakening too quickly on this struggle, as you will want it for his second section.

Yoshitsune retains some similarities along with his previous kind, together with the bounce kicks and sometimes wreathing his katana in an enormous glow. However he is way more agile and airborne, with floor slams that can trigger the earth to crack beneath you. Deflect and dodge, and be careful for the occasional arrows that he fires your means. When you’re protecting your distance, you also needs to be cautious of an annoying seize that is a bit exhausting to learn, since for those who’re standing distant, he’ll teleport in direction of you earlier than initiating it.

Alas, Yoshitsune certainly has a second well being bar. And issues get actually furry on this final a part of the struggle, as a result of your regular assaults will not do something. You will want your Oni kind to really deal injury, so all the pieces right here turns into a matter of inflicting sufficient damage on Yoshitsune to interrupt his stamina and garner you an opportunity to soak up some Souls. As soon as the Oni Awakening bar is full, pop it as quickly as you possibly can and hack away. You will in all probability have to activate it wherever between three to 4 occasions to lastly put Yoshitsune down for the rely, and it is certainly a irritating affair. However nothing’s holding you again at this level, so remember to use all your therapeutic gadgets!

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