Level 150 completed everything except fing aoye

[erik]

So..

at level 150 and everything maxed out.
Aoye in the crouching dragon mission feels completley impossible, its just random death happening and no control at all, like walking blindfolded into a rugby field. after all the sekirosoulsnioh (currently at depths 3 spider in nioh 2) i have to say this is the worst boss i have ever seen. Or worst feeling playing against a boss. Nioh house boss is spa compared to aoye. Any ideas what to do to murder it?

Another note, me at l 150 max everything joining to help players fight lu bu l 37 mission. Always 3 players. Everyone seem skilled and way higher than l 37. Maybe 1/8 of the itmes are wins. Should this boss be nerfed a little? Maybe?

Rest of the game feels like nioh tutorial level

I made a wo long boss difficulty graph:

Insanity hard

Lu Bu Aoye
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I I
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Easy

[erik]

Ok my nice graph was auto formatted to death argh

[Kashra Fall]

Bosses don't need nerfing, players just need to learn that there is a time to attack and a time to defend. Aoye is no different in this regard. You strike after their swipe, you deflect when they attack. The hardest move to read is the sudden charge, which is made even harder on NG+ when they made Aoye faster and more aggressive.

As for the lubu comment? Lubu is like the gatekeeper, if you pass him you can effectively beat the game. If you can't, then you likely won't. Why do I call him the gate keeper? Because he tests your knowledge on the mechanics taught thus far. When to spirit attack, timings on red counters, proper utilization of the divine beasts and of course countering elemental buffs. Once more, this gets worse in NG+, so beware!

[Tiasmoon]

Originally posted by erik:

Any ideas what to do to murder it?

Yes, have a playstyle that is not just ''bait critical attack''
You can break its spirit or do damage to it with spirit attacks, martial arts, magic. Since its a monster it wont block damage.

Its Water Virtue, so using Earth element is a good choice. Wood and Metal should also be good but I havent tested them. If you dont want to use full magic, you can use weapon enchants to atleast get some bonus damage and apply a status debuff.

For avoiding its attacks: you will get attacked with less multi-hit attacks if you stand in front of it. When it does the ice abilities if you stand closer to it you can avoid getting hit easier, while also doing damage to it.

[henrijs]

crazy

[Tenshu]

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Originally posted by erik:

Any ideas what to do to murder it?

Yes, have a playstyle that is not just ''bait critical attack''
You can break its spirit or do damage to it with spirit attacks, martial arts, magic. Since its a monster it wont block damage.

Its Water Virtue, so using Earth element is a good choice. Wood and Metal should also be good but I havent tested them. If you dont want to use full magic, you can use weapon enchants to atleast get some bonus damage and apply a status debuff.

For avoiding its attacks: you will get attacked with less multi-hit attacks if you stand in front of it. When it does the ice abilities if you stand closer to it you can avoid getting hit easier, while also doing damage to it.

It's fairly susceptible to Shock so Wood spells would work, Toxin not so much but Life Wither works.

[Dusklite]

Originally posted by Tenshu:

Originally posted by Tiasmoon:

Yes, have a playstyle that is not just ''bait critical attack''
You can break its spirit or do damage to it with spirit attacks, martial arts, magic. Since its a monster it wont block damage.

Its Water Virtue, so using Earth element is a good choice. Wood and Metal should also be good but I havent tested them. If you dont want to use full magic, you can use weapon enchants to atleast get some bonus damage and apply a status debuff.

For avoiding its attacks: you will get attacked with less multi-hit attacks if you stand in front of it. When it does the ice abilities if you stand closer to it you can avoid getting hit easier, while also doing damage to it.

It's fairly susceptible to Shock so Wood spells would work, Toxin not so much but Life Wither works.

I just did it on the third or fourth try with a toxin enhanced staff. Did enough buildup to stagger it quite often and since staff attacks build spirit like crazy, spirit breaks and fatal attacks are on the menu somewhat regularly. Good thing with toxin is that the effect doesn't last long on it so you can get another stagger quickly. Rinse, repeat.

I do admit I dropped my jaw a bit when I saw that its critical attacks do over 900 damage to my character. though. That's about 200 more than I would have on full health, so parrying them is a hard must this time.

My level was 120ish.

[Tenshu]

Only thing intimidating about Aoye though are those cries... creepy.