Blade Phantom

[Final Frontier]

I was having fun the whole time, but that boss kinda ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
Having to block 6-hit combos to make a couple of hits?
Teleporting away from the player to immediately start restoring stamina?
This is pathetic Sekiro-wannabe gameplay that doesn't fit with the rest of the demo.

[DopesickDreamz]

I actually struggled more with Sekiro than I did with this game. The Phantom was a bit of a pain but I had an ability with the dual axe and sword that would spin to win whenever I activated it and it would shred his health and stamina! Without that specific ability I unlocked, I know the fight would've been a lot harder. I definitely understand the frustration because I had a lot of frustration when playing Sekiro. That game had a way of getting under my skin lol. Anyway, if you do want to beat the Phantom, try that ability. I believe it was the ability where you assign it to RB + X (The light attack) and Khazan would do this fury like spin slash. Hope that helps to anyone struggling!

[Judge Tiki]

i beat him first try with the greatsword (technecally second because i was trying to switch to it mid fight and got bodied)

i found the parry timing to be fine he just has some delayed mid combo attacks. he wasnt EASY but he wasnt too hard either, a good starter boss imo

[Dexter]

İlk olarak D. Flame tarafından gönderildi:

The entire demo is about spamming parries. The Phantom is no different.

I didn't really need to Parry that much before the Phantom Blade boss. But yeah I tried beating the boss like over a dozen times yesterday, got him to the second stage a few times, but no deal after.

First thing I did was respec to Spear, since it has a longer range than dual-wield and I could hit him more from further away: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3441880524

Then I put Skillpoints into Breakdown, Endurance and a few Attack Skills like Moonlight, Shadow Cleave and Zero Point. Then I just parried his 6/3-Hit Combos trying to brink guard as much as possible and hit him with 1-2 Heavy Blows and Zero Point Combo and maybe a few Light Blows after to destroy his Stamina. After learning his patterns a bit on the second Stage I finally beat him with 2x Healing left. It was satisfying, but I'm not sure I'd call it fun and I perfectly understand why some people would Ragequit there.

[Branded Lost]

What is this skill issue whining about?

That Blade Phantom boss is just a parry check because the whole game is going to be like that. Also, the parry in this game is unbelievably forgiving compared to other games in a similar genre.

Try again on easy mode. If it still doesn’t work, well, just because you can’t enjoy it doesn’t mean the game sucks. It’s just probably not for you.

[Ronin Krieg]

İlk olarak Dexter tarafından gönderildi:

İlk olarak D. Flame tarafından gönderildi:

The entire demo is about spamming parries. The Phantom is no different.

I didn't really need to Parry that much before the Phantom Blade boss. But yeah I tried beating the boss like over a dozen times yesterday, got him to the second stage a few times, but no deal after.

First thing I did was respec to Spear, since it has a longer range than dual-wield and I could hit him more from further away: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3441880524

Then I put Skillpoints into Breakdown, Endurance and a few Attack Skills like Moonlight, Shadow Cleave and Zero Point. Then I just parried his 6/3-Hit Combos trying to brink guard as much as possible and hit him with 1-2 Heavy Blows and Zero Point Combo and maybe a few Light Blows after to destroy his Stamina. After learning his patterns a bit on the second Stage I finally beat him with 2x Healing left. It was satisfying, but I'm not sure I'd call it fun and I perfectly understand why some people would Ragequit there.

I beat him in 6 tries but I was overleveled. I actually wish I'd thrown because I never quite mastered the feel for his deceptively delayed attacks.

[Norentsu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOMdI18cSk

[ReadyNick]

What weapons are you all using? I found the spear really good in general, I just poked him to death.

After giving up for a while, I think I beat him in about an hour in total on normal difficulty.

[Ragnarok]

Tbh, he has a bit of a learning curve, I did him with the spear with moonlight. The afterimages really help breaking his stance.
Of most games with perfect block/dodge mechanics, I would say this one is pretty forgiving with the window.
He took me a little while to get him down but isn't that what you want from a Souls-like... a challenge? You could play it on easy if you wanted.

Aside the terrible cutscene stutters I liked what this game had to offer.

[KingDragoon]

skill issue

[CBonduMiel2]

tbh, i didn't even parried for the whole demo, i just dodge and only parried when i was forced to lol. this is again a skill issue tbh.

[LordApollo474]

Weird, I suck horribly at soulslikes and I beat him second try! I loved that boss with a passion, and I'm definitely picking the game up as soon as I get my taxes in the next few days!

[KAgeRO_XD]

That's strange. I could easily parry the claw combo but NOT the fists and kick. I guess my timing wasn't good enough.

[KAgeRO_XD]

Fun fact : in japanese dub, the blade phantom is voiced by Hayami Sho, aka Aizen Sosuke the GOAT

[Anatolius]

Yeah, you gotta stick to the fcker so he doesn't end up going back to catch a break.
Brink block has a decent window, and his attacks don't mix up timings, so they're decently quick to get used to. It's certainly easier than LoP imo.