yellow loong is bs

[Rilgar55]

im all for hard enemies , but this one is basically cheating. The guy has a couple combos but they just ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ change the timing of his attacks so you never know when to dodge, it can be an instant attack, it can have 1 second of delay, who knows, because iut is basically the same attack with no indicative to know when it will happen, so you cant memorize nor can you react to them in time, absolute bs for a boss that could be a fun challenge but ends up being a cheap cheater.

[Nox]

You can cheese him by spamming thrust stance. But personally I think he's supposed to be fought later in the game.

[Don Jan]

git gud

[M — K]

this boss is a real check of game mechanics knowledge and also the worst part, it tests your might in handling martial arts combat, which to every westerner is like zero, dodging them is so hard

what helped is don't look at his weapon for information, try staring actually off of the character, reacting to when something starts to connect rather than when anything else is happening (beat in 2 attempts next day with this , with originally 30deaths)

in terms of cheese, attempt a crit build with occasionally completely backing off as in your usual run and charging thrust stance, he will only aggro in close range, mid range he can just wander around 60-70% of the time, giving you free pot shots

[Baron01]

I just posted this in different post about Yellow Loong, it is just copy & paste from there.

Back to Yellow Loong, I suggest you full spec to Thrust Stance as he is direct counter to Smash stance (he will deflect your Resolute Strike 100% of the time). Thrust stance allows you to use heavy attack from very long range and with proper skill investment you can get 4-focus point heavy attack out instantly.

You will have to learn his combos and how to dodge them. He has long delays between attack but the good thing is he does not alternate those delays, it is one pace.
You also need to learn his phases, usually after you remove 25% of his health or so. New phase is indicated by his lightning power up and flying attacks. Each phase means he will start chaining more attacks to his combos. What I recall is that after first phase he adds AOE lightning attack followed by AOE delayed lightning explosion. He will also start doing few more attacks into his combos where he spins around and uses his legs to stomp you. Next phase he will add more attacks to his AOE combos where he jumps into air and slams down. Each phase will add more attack or repetition to his attacks but they are still possible to dodge. You need to also identify, which kind of attack he is doing as some give you openings for attack while others you need to dodge out of the way.

You can knock him out with 3 or 4 focus heavy attack of his lightning power up but he still switch phases and he will eventually do the power up anyway, you just delay it.

Very important thing is to deal with his flying attacks after the power up, there are 3 (or 4, not exactly sure) charges and then he slams the ground. You should get as far away from him as possible when he starts the power up to get yourself more distance and time to react. Run to one side and watch his hands, it is indicator when he charges. His first charge takes longer and every consequent charge goes off faster, the last one was the most challenging for me as it goes off very fast.

Good luck with him and look forward for more BS bosses toward end of the game. Good thing is that if you defeat him, rest of chapter 4 and all of chapter 5 should be a breeze for you.

[QUANTUM MECHANICS c000021a]

Try Erlang and Last boss....

[大哥大嫂过年好]

You're saying that because you haven't met Erlang and the real Wukong yet...

[Resalius...]

Do all other secrets and fights. (not the last boss fight)
After that, Yellow Loong was in 2 Trys gone.
But: 2 of those Secret Boss fights are pretty heavy

[Rilgar55]

fantastic, each time i got him to low hp the game decides its time to be laggy for no reason at all, really cool boss

[ioneepj]

i strugled on him A LOT ... but his movesets are actually easily readable and his "main flyin combo" can be avoid with Step in the Cloud ... and pattience is your best friend here .... try to watch some yt vids, can help
ScorpionKing is true pain in da a€€ XD

[AlmaDarkSpell]

For a company that said this is not a souls like, they took too much from Elden Ring and other From games. Those delay attacks are the most annoying ♥♥♥♥ ever. Can’t wait for that to disappear from the industry for good.

[Larzech]

His moves are very telegraphed and there are far worse enemies. Erlang's axe slam with instant aoe followup is the worst offender.

Yellow Loong is one of the better-designed bosses. He could be harder.

[Cokonaut]

use the pill gives you big increase in crit dmg and chance, lead him to the corner when he's around 50% health. knock him down 3 focus heavy attack or freeze or a spirit that can stunt him a sec, and immediately cast duplicates (with points max out), knock him down again with the wind vessels, go in and smash for the win.. try to save the wind vessel attack if you can use, it can be used to cancel his super move when he charges up for that huge electric aoe blast. also boost your shock resist to over 20

[Dev]

That’ don’t forget chapter 4 has a secret area that’s easily missed start at upper hollow… There’s over half a dozen additional hidden bosses including some challenging ones like the blood Raven boss you see in the game trailer before release…

As for Yellow Loong he is definitely one of the 3 main examples of how Black Myth Wukong employs some sort of randomised/RNG AI mechanic that deters from standard ARPGs/Souls games. You can actually see this on various game VODs & streams where the boss will be harder or easier depending on whether they trigger their entire move sets, how fast they trigger, the randomised delay, the obfuscated tells etc.

For yellow loong he does counter pretty hard smash stance & sticking to smash stance is akin to trying break through a brick wall head butting. Also note this game intentionally punishes when a player tries to take medicine during heat of battle (not the gord). You’ll find when you’re starting to queue attack, dodge and even heal inputs; the game can feel sluggish out even completely ignoring new inputs especially if it’s taking a medicine.

I think once I accepted how Black Myth Wukong intentionally obfuscates and randomises boss AI, it becomes easier to accept that you can’t just memorise patterns and expect same outcome each subsequent fight.

[Jakob]

First decent fight since the wind sage! Loved it. I've been close to rage-uninstalling due to boredom, since the game has been an absolute cakewalk 99% of the time.

Keep at it brother and soon you will butcher him. Damn I should have kept him alive for sparring.

Edit: One general tactic I use quite a lot is having my Mobile Spin maxed out - so when I hit people with it my Focus charges up quite fast. That way, when he does one of these big telegraphed attacks, or dive-bombs, I can Smash through it with my bread n butter Resolute Strike. Anyway, I'm sure you've got your own style going on. Go get him!

[Bardiche]

ErLang > Yellow Long / Scorpion Lord > Last Boss