Any tips for the boss in the squats on hard?

[Engraved]

Im able to do all the boss fights fluently on normal difficulty (except the final one, but that's normal). But on hard difficulty it is extremely hard to read his sweep attack. He is way to fast to be able to read if he is going to sweep. Do I just simply need to get better? or is there more to this? This is an interesting case cuz im able to perform way better on the other boss fights on hard, its literally just trying to read his attacks on time, its to fast.

[𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒]

phase 1 stay mid range constantly without staying near him, he will constantly will try to do hes jumping atack which is very easy to punish and avoid.

phase 2 he's sweep is never first hit so dogde first 2 hits (knife slash or two kicks) than just block.
By doing so, you will get your posture back and build up focus to deal decend damage,

[JAG]

If it's any consolation, Fajar on Master difficulty is pretty much the hardest boss in the game.

Before anything else, of course, remember that you can practice bosses/enemies in training mode as long as you've beaten them at least once. Take as much time as you need training against Fajar before fighting the real deal.

For Phase 1, one method is, as Sophia said, to constantly bait out the long-range jump attack he does. It's a pretty consistent strategy, though he's not guaranteed to always do it, and the fight itself will be pretty long.

I personally opt to deflect most of his attacks, rather than avoid. The only thing that really needs to be avoided is his roundhouse/spin kick that he does at close range, as it's easy to punish. His hop kicks, and any of the option selects (inclding the sweeps) are better deflected, since they all share roughly the same timing, and pressing one button to deflect is far easier than pressing multiple to avoid.
Again, I would strongly advise to go into training mode, and pay close attention to two things:

• What he does after the hop kicks
  
• When he does the roundhouse/spin kick

You'll start seeing patterns soon enough.

For Phase 2, there are a bunch of neat tricks:

• That thing where he jumps and then does two slashes, that jump can be interrupted by the weakest Charge Backfist, or any of the reverse attacks.
  
• There's a bunch of sticks scattered around the area, make sure to pick those up in order to use Face Smash, or generally protect yourself.
  
• After he does two machete slashes, you can hold down the Focus button. This will slow down the time, and let you read his next animation, whether he'll be attacking low or high. After releasing the Focus button (you don't actually have to use a focus attack), just avoid accordingly.

[Strawbs]

For phase 1 I try to parry the high/sweep mix up instead of going for avoid, since I can't read it in time