Tips for beating Orochi?

[FractalCactus]

So, I've been doing pretty good at this game on my own. I have a really good build that I'm able to melt just about any boss / general, etc. with. Not really experiencing any more difficulty at this point and I feel like I have a decent handle on the game and its systems but... I can't beat Orochi.

I've only reached them twice, but each time I get beat pretty easily. The second time I had two revivals, and even with that I still wasn't making much progress on the boss. I know it switches elements as it fights, and I was changing accordingly to deal extra damage, but my overall DPS was still a little low and it seemed to be dealing a lot of damage to me. I feel like it's the only thing left in the game that I'm struggling with.

tl;dr:
I can't beat Orochi despite being able to get to them rather easily and could use some advice.

[Coxatris]

You can brute force it by taking damage upgrade passives, upgrading your equipment to +5, and putting Samidare 8 on your attack. You don't need to worry about elements if you do it this way.

[FractalCactus]

Upgrading my equipment? Maybe that's the part I'm missing. How do I do that, lol?

[Coxatris]

At the blacksmith. Whenever you have him work on an item, there is a chance to increase the level of it.

Items with No Passive have a high chance to increase an item's level (and won't mess up your build by changing the current passive). This makes items without a passive some of the best drops you can get.

When equipped as armor, upgraded items give bonus defense and speed. When equipped as a weapon or sub weapon, upgraded items give bonus damage.

[FractalCactus]

Ohhh, I get it. Thank you so much. I have totally been ignoring the blacksmith. Very cool.

[Tactical Democracy]

Slash Down + Samidare + Expand. Just mash as many of those 3 into a single attack as you can. No need to bother with elements, combos, or anything else. It will explode Orochi heads in a few swings each.

The only thing you need to do re: equipment is get a piece of Samurai Soul on the weapon type you're using then make sure that weapon type is equipped in every slot. That alone is enough to kill just about anything in the game in a single Samidare 8 swing. I spent ~4 hours collecting and upgrading a full set of maxed out gear (I thought you had to level it up by combining it with the same skill, lol) before the first time I killed him but it was a big waste of time because you're going to trivialize him off of Samurai Soul anyway, regardless of your equipment upgrade levels.

[FractalCactus]

Originally posted by Community Cheeseburger:

Slash Down + Samidare + Expand. Just mash as many of those 3 into a single attack as you can. No need to bother with elements, combos, or anything else. It will explode Orochi heads in a few swings each.

The only thing you need to do re: equipment is get a piece of Samurai Soul on the weapon type you're using then make sure that weapon type is equipped in every slot. That alone is enough to kill just about anything in the game in a single Samidare 8 swing. I spent ~4 hours collecting and upgrading a full set of maxed out gear (I thought you had to level it up by combining it with the same skill, lol) before the first time I killed him but it was a big waste of time because you're going to trivialize him off of Samurai Soul anyway, regardless of your equipment upgrade levels.

Nice, I'll try this too. I was able to beat Orochi by upgrading my equipment to +5, but now I'm trying to beat him in under 3 days, so any tech is helpful. Thank you.

[Coxatris]

Originally posted by FractalCactus:

Nice, I'll try this too. I was able to beat Orochi by upgrading my equipment to +5, but now I'm trying to beat him in under 3 days, so any tech is helpful. Thank you.

After you beat Orochi, it resets you to day 1, but with all your equipment from when you beat the game. You can just rush to the boss and beat it again, and it should fast enough.

[FractalCactus]

Originally posted by Coxatris:

Originally posted by FractalCactus:

Nice, I'll try this too. I was able to beat Orochi by upgrading my equipment to +5, but now I'm trying to beat him in under 3 days, so any tech is helpful. Thank you.

After you beat Orochi, it resets you to day 1, but with all your equipment from when you beat the game. You can just rush to the boss and beat it again, and it should fast enough.

I'm on my third run now. I was 30 seconds shy of clearing the game in under three days, lol. Going to min max things a little bit more and I think I should have it. Many thanks for all the help.