Guides / Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
All bosses and key fights in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Every key fight, in the order you reach it: what to watch for, what it is weak to and what it drops.
| Fight | Area | Watch for | Weaknesses and resistances | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyoubu Masataka Oniwa | Ashina Outskirts | Wide-sweeping spear swings, galloping charge attacks, and sweeping perilous strikes | Memory: Gyoubu Oniwa, Mechanical Barrel, 1,000 Sen | |
| Chained Ogre | Ashina Outskirts | High-damage diving grabs, running tackles, dropkicks, and sweep stomps | Prayer Bead, Shinobi Medicine Rank 1 latent skill | |
| Shinobi Hunter Enshin of Misen | Hirata Estate | Deploys sweeping thrust attacks, long-range spear thrusts, and rapid follow-up strikes | Susceptible to the Mikiri Counter | Prayer Bead |
| Juzou the Drunkard | Hirata Estate | Emits toxic poison clouds, coats his odachi in venom, and executes wide sweeps and stomps | Susceptible to Oil combined with Flame Vent, and distraction tactics | Unrefined Sake and a Prayer Bead |
| Lady Butterfly | Hirata Estate | Executes aerial wire acrobatics, rapid kunai throws, sweeping sweep attacks, and summons phantom soldiers and homing butterfly projectiles | Shuriken prosthetic interrupts mid-air leaps; Snap Seeds dispel illusion summons | Memory: Lady Butterfly and Sakura Droplet |
| Ashina Elite - Jinsuke Saze | Ashina Castle | Ashina Cross draw attack dealing heavy vitality and chip damage even through regular blocks, low sweep perilous attack | Consecutive rapid deflections, Loaded Umbrella | Prayer Bead |
| Genichiro Ashina / Genichiro, Way of Tomoe | Ashina Castle | Rapid bow snipes, multi-hit sword flurry, jump slam followed by thrust or sweep perilous attacks, and lightning-infused thrusts and bow shots in the final phase | Mikiri Counter for thrusts, jumping over sweeps, Lightning Reversal for lightning attacks | Memory: Genichiro, Bloodsmoke Ninjutsu |
| Shichimen Warrior | Abandoned Dungeon | Fires tracking Terror soul orbs, summons spirit beams, teleports, and causes instant-kill Terror buildup | Weak to Divine Confetti, Phoenix's Lilac Umbrella, and the Anti-air Deathblow technique; resistant to non-apparition attacks | Ceremonial Tanto (or Bulging Coin Purse on subsequent playthroughs) |
| Guardian Ape | Sunken Valley | Throws poisonous feces, releases terror-inducing screams, executes perilous sweep grabs, and thrashes unpredictably | Memory: Guardian Ape and Slender Finger | |
| Long-arm Centipede Giraffe | Sunken Valley | Rapid flurries of claw strikes and perilous low sweep attacks | Yellow Gunpowder and Prayer Bead | |
| Corrupted Monk (Illusion) | Ashina Depths | Wields sweeping multi-hit naginata combos, jumping vertical slams, and perilous thrusts or sweeps | Weak to Snap Seeds, Shinobi Firecracker, and Fistful of Ash | Memory: Corrupted Monk, Mibu Breathing Technique |
| Headless Ape & Bride | Ashina Depths | Roaring terror bursts, leaping sword sweeps, diving body slams, and tandem aggro rushes | Weak to Loaded Spear (to yank out the centipede) and Shinobi Firecracker (to stun the mate) | Memory: Headless Ape, two Prayer Beads |
| Great Shinobi Owl | Ashina Castle (Shinobi Invasion) | Firecrackers, anti-healing Lloyd-style smoke orbs, wide-cleaving slashes, shuriken throws, and executing Mikiri Counters against Wolf's thrusts | Susceptible to vitality vitality chipping after deflecting heavy jumping strikes and vulnerable to dodge counters | Memory: Great Shinobi Owl, Aromatic Branch |
| Lone Shadow Vilehand | Ashina Castle (Shinobi Invasion) | High-speed sweeping kicks, heavy sword combos, and poison-coated unarmed strikes | Mikiri Counter against the perilous thrust kick | Prayer Bead, Lump of Fat Wax |
| Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer | Ashina Castle (Shinobi Invasion) | Rapid consecutive kicks, poison buildup, and aggressive sweeping slashes | Mikiri Counter against perilous thrust kick | Prayer Bead, Yellow Gunpowder |
| Lone Shadow Masanaga the Spear-Bearer | Hirata Estate (Father's Memory) | High-posture kick strings, venom-coated slashes, jump-stomp attacks, thrust kicks, and whistle-summoned hounds | Prayer Bead | |
| Juzou the Drunkard | Hirata Estate (Father's Memory) | Wide nodachi sweeps, poisonous breath sprays, blade poisoning, and rapid support attacks from his ninja ally | Prayer Bead, Heavy Coin Purse | |
| Owl (Father) | Hirata Estate (Father's Memory) | Firecracker-slash combos, sweeping perilous slashes, shadowfall thrusts, jumping overhead slams, spirit owl teleportation ambushes, and flaming owl projectile charges | Memory: Foster Father, Aromatic Flower | |
| Ashina Elite - Ujinari Mizuo | Ashina Castle (Interior Ministry Invasion) | Devastating red-eyed Ashina Cross iaido draws and sweeping slashes | Prayer Bead | |
| Seven Ashina Spears - Shume Masaji Oniwa | Ashina Castle (Interior Ministry Invasion) | Heavy-hitting thrusts, delayed sweeping attacks, and team pressure | Prayer Bead | |
| Shigekichi of the Red Guard | Ashina Outskirts (Interior Ministry Invasion) | Flaming breath attacks, wide sweeping cleaves, and armor that reduces incoming damage | Prayer Bead | |
| Demon of Hatred | Ashina Outskirts (Interior Ministry Invasion) | High-damage sweep perilous attacks, fiery arm whips, falling body slams, leaping fire meteors, and a flaming ring arena entrapment | Memory: Hatred Demon, Lapis Lazuli x2 | |
| Sword Saint Isshin | Ashina Reservoir (Interior Ministry Invasion) | Black Mortal Blade slash, ranged gun bursts, large spear sweeping sweeps, lightning strikes, and cross-slash arts | Memory: Saint Isshin, Dragon Flash Combat Art |
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