Tatarimokke Trouble

[dxmc]

I really don't get this, I haven't had much trouble up to this point, most of the bosses haven't been too bad, but this is ridiculous. I've spent over 8 hours on this boss and gotten nowhere, not even close. I'm level 57 with 1800 life and 1158 Ki. I'm wearing the Yokai Annhilator set, and I've tried this fight with a spear, which I normally main. a kusuragama, a sword and an odachi. Nothing works.

What drives me nuts about this fight is that it's just too gimmicky. You can't ever actually fight with the boss, he just wastes time flying around constantly spamming missile attacks. When he does occasionally land he spams claw, beak and wing attacks. If you hit him he instantly retaliates for massive damage. The only time I can get a hit or two in is with the burst counter, but it does so little damage to him it seems pointless.

And taking out the red orb is just about impossible. At least half the time you just get killed, and you can't fight the boss in the dark. But at the very least, trying to take out the red orb results in massive damage and you only have 4 health potions. I managed to take out red orbs twice, got the grapple both times, but that still only knocked his health down by about a quarter.

I've looked at a few walkthrough vids and it didn't help. Not looking to co-op, I'd just like to know if others have had this much trouble with this boss and maybe get a few tips. The problem is that it just takes too long, you have to just run around defending all the time and can only occasionally get in a little chip damage. Even an odachi doing 600-900 damage barely registers on his health bar. Poison and fire shurikens do nothing. It just seems stupidly, pointlessly difficult and vastly more difficult than anything in the game so far.

[level3]

Its ok bruh, my first time at the ♥♥♥♥ owl was like 28 losses or something, maybe it was 48? idk. It was by far the hardest boss on ng, or better said on any ng+++++ for me. Only depths were harder.

Most important spear moves that helped:
midstance 3x heavy
chidory!!! this can kill the red orb quite fast
highstance -> evasion roll -> 1-2x light attack

[AkumulatoR]

That boss is pretty early so you don't have so many tools yet but it's weak to fire so use whatever you have that can set him on fire, and exploit burst counters. You can always tell when he'll dive by the sound.
As for the orb, dunno about spear since I mainly use double swords and just water sword that orb when boss goes to the other side of arena.

[CyndiLove]

Try using Chidori, It does great damage and can reach the weak points.
About the red orb, use a combo with good damage following with a yokai ability (try Nurikabe or Onryoki)

[dxmc]

Thanks for the suggestions, I finally got him, can hardly believe it. Chidori worked really well for taking out the red orbs, I also used the Yatsu no Kami yokai power to launch a snake attack on the orb which worked well too. Near the end, when his health was down below a quarter, I pelted him with fire shuriken which finished him off. Still think it's a poorly designed fight, right up there with Yatsu nio Kami for annoyance level.

[CyndiLove]

Tatarimokke is indeed annoying when he is just flying around, but Yatsu no Kami is actually pretty easy if you know the trick.

[dxmc]

With Yatsu no Kami I found that the trick , at least for me, was to hack off the snake arms right away so they're not running around later. But it was just another long repetitious fight and it took a few tries to figure out it's moves and come up with a good strategy.

[CyndiLove]

Originally posted by dxmc:

With Yatsu no Kami I found that the trick , at least for me, was to hack off the snake arms right away so they're not running around later. But it was just another long repetitious fight and it took a few tries to figure out it's moves and come up with a good strategy.

Actually the opposite. When he has two arms, never attack the arms and just focus on the head. When entering the dark realm, immediately use Mezuki's yokai ability and this will destroy two small snakes in one hit.

[{5LINE}Cows with Guns]

Wow uh, the birb is annoying yes because of the high damage, but it is rather low on HP.

Spearing with chidori (yes, incredibly niche use) can be very effective in cases like this when fighting tall/flying enemies.

The birb is also weak vs. fire, so if you have ninjutsu (flaming heron is broken) or magic talisman/imbued weapons, you should be able to smoke the bird fast. Also, barrier talisman will help a lot if you struggle in the dark realm.

Personal experience: Slapping a fast attacking weapon with purity enchanted and some flaming heron ninutsu scrolls and the birb will drop under 3-5 minutes.

Good luck!