Needing help on the "Hanged Man"

[Tephlin]

I just can't seem to get the boss to under half its health. Above all, I am surely having trouble on the attack where he sprints and you and frequently does melee attacks. I have gone through guide from guide and am still struggling. I have even tried to bait their attacks towards the crystalized enemies, which I know is a well-known tip. The upgrades I currently have are the chain dash, ammo upgrade for the pistol, deflecting attack, and the greatsword upgrade. I've also beaten the North and East bosses and have accquired each of their matching guns. I won't hesitate to buy another upgrade if you think that would be best.
Any other tips I should keep note of?

[Frank Exchange Of Views]

You have everything you need to beat him, just memorise his patterns (as with any boss fight). He does a fixed sequence of attacks in the exact same order every time, so just remember what he does and be ready for his next attack. If he dashes at you and does a heavy knockdown attack, be out of the way before his attack hits. If he stands still and shoots three shots, either deflect them back or be out of their way. Below 50% of his health he starts summoning bodyguards and he does one additional dash-plus-knockdown attack per sequence.

He was my first boss and he flattened my ass a bunch of times too. Now that I've beat him (and the other bosses) a few times each, I just know what to do, like with any enemy that has a fixed, predictable attack pattern.

I wouldn't personally recommend baiting him into killing his bodyguards. I tried it when I first fought him because it felt like cutting down on the amount of danger I had to deal with, but once I got him under my belt I kind of find that I can roll over him without worrying about the bodyguards, since they're all standard slow moving samurai guys anyway, which means you can almost always lead him away from them.

[PixelDemise]

Not sure if you still need them, but my tips.

dodge his 2 hit combo, then shotgun blast him(middle lower gun on the menu), hit him with a normal combo, charge up a heavy slash, then shotgun again. Rinse and repeat. Each time you hit him, like with all enemies, he freezes for a moment so you have a window to keep attacking.

Or do the pistol combo. fire the pistol and the moment the shot goes out, swing your sword to animation cancel, followed by using your pistol again. If you pull it off right, you can get about 5-6 hits per second in, which shreds enemy HP FAST

[runewuff]

How to get this guy howling in rage -

Ingredients - Multi-Dash (dash upgrade top), Slash Attack (sword upgrade bottom), Pistol (bigger clip),

(DO NOT be a fool like me and get the Lance Attack (dash upgrade bottom), if you accidentally trigger that (dash+attack instead of attack+dash, all too easy to mistake) you will bounce off of him and land in front of him for his sword to come down right on your head. Oh, those rascally game designers...)

How to do it - When he charges you, CHARGE HIM BACK. The slashing attack (attack+dash) can pass through him and land behind him. Keep at it, these reload your gun. When your stamina hits the red, empty the pistol into him, and you can get enough stuns to stop his last charge of his fighting phase. His shooting phase (crystals, gun) you can just walk around and regen stamina. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[Eze]

I pretty much had the same problem you have, in the same cirunstances. I suggest you attack him after his ground pound scattered those crystal lines, with the sword quick slashes, to charge your ammo and shoot him with the shotgun when he is close to you, specially after dodging a double or triple attack succesfuly.

Try to use the rolly poly when he is pounding the ground, or heal, assuming you were smart enough to dash away from him.

Sum all this tactics to do him damage, and keep yourself alive.

Suggest you add yourself an extra medkit upgrade, since this tactic I told you is harder to apply the the boss is more damaged and enraged.

He is a real pain and pretty hard, I did retries for like 1 hour.