how am I expected to beat Kuze?

[Ciaran Zagami]

He's so ♥♥♥♥ing fast by the time I see his attack comging my dodge is going to be too slow to actually get me out of erange.

When HE dodges or gets nocked down he gets a free undodgable attack or gets to block WHILE DOWNED and instantly get back up again an ruin my combo

He also attacks me ♥♥♥♥ING INSTANTLY WHEN I GET DOWNED SO I CAN'T EVEN USE MY RISING ATTACK OR GGET UP

After nocking him down to his second ♥♥♥♥ing life bar I cannot win the fight because of how much he combos me. I can';t even get a breathe when I'm nocked down he just keeps attacking so much that I cant dodge because some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ decided you shouldn't be able to dodge once you get hit


Does this game ever actually give me freeroaming? It'd be nice to get at least SOME uprgades or SOMETHING before being expected to fight the high speed old man

[Sentient_Toaster]

Free roam happens or not depending on the chapter you're on.

Kuze is fighting you one-on-one, and as you've seen hits pretty hard, so you might want to use Rush style instead of Brawler for the better evasiveness -- step aside as he attacks, hit him a couple of times from behind, but be prepared to back off immediately.

It's a appropriate fight to use any of those +heat/health beverages you have, or any weapons that you may have picked acquired already.

[June-pie]

Don't underestimate the grab, it's a good way to deal damage and knock him down, then stomp on him when he's down with strong attack. It's nice, cheap damage.

[FearTheLiving]

A super easy way to beat him is to simply stay a bit away from him let him do his attack (ending with a kick) then attack him. Then when you knock him down stomp on him and back away. Rinse and repeat and he's a breeze. He's also really easy to grab when in his second bar so you can just do that instead of beating on him and use a heat action or use a heat action when he's on the ground.

I remember having trouble with him when I was playing on hard (Before I realized I should just focus on beating the game to unlock legend) only to completely slaughter him on Legend using that method.

[LowIQanimal♿]

HAAAAAAAAA man honestly he was indeed hard and i died acouple of time's but damn just get good ♥♥♥♥♥

[Ciaran Zagami]

Thanks for the help.

The fight got a lot easier once I discovered some mutant freak bound block to UP ARROW and rebound it to C so I could actually have a reliable defense agaisnt getting combo'd

[AngryKarakuri]

get them sushi sets from the convenience store. the ones that are most expensive. they heal you lots

['Strict]

This will go for most bosses, stay back/play slow so you learn their moves.

I'm not a brawler-gamer at all but I love Yakuza so I stick with the game even if I'm a "rusher" (as in I don't do dodging and such in most games) but in the 2 Yakuza games I've played I try to stay calm and play the fights slow to learn their moves and to use the correct styles for the boss.

[No Exit]

I thought the game was hard until I just maxxed out my inventory with the Staminup health drinks. Then used them judiciously when in fights to make sure my health didn't hit zero. Even if you die you can try again with all your invetory items returned to you.

Funny how all the food items in this game have real world counterparts if you ever visit Japan.... and I've tried most of them. Didn't boost my health though, and some of those health drinks taste terrible :)

[MeatShake]

Kuze was probably the only hard fight in the game which kinda sucks but I guess it makes sense you probably put 1 upgrade into Kiryu by that point and can't afford any more.

I ended up ditching rush style for brawler and just kept doing running attacks mindlessly until he went down permanently. Once you beat him the game just opens up so many ways to cheese fights that it's more for the show than the challenge. Kuze's kinda like a reverse Castlevania fight I guess (thats where you start the game killing huge max level stuff to show how TUFF YOU ARE!!!).

[Kippu-Kun]

My personal strategy was to enter rush style and run around him to trigger his attack combo, then attack him when it's done, rince and repeat until the mid fight QTE happens. Then I switched to Brawler since he was guarding my rush attacks but he likes to get hit by brawler hits. Once you get Beast mode and sufficient upgrades, the game becomes significantly easier past Kuze #1.

Also, happy birthday in advance.

[Sentient_Toaster]

Kuze fight #1 is pretty nasty given that you haven't had much income or training yet.

Later on at various points, the game will allow you to procrastinate arbitrarily grinding income from the business-management sideline for each character, and to take time with the various style masters, and for acquiring more powerful pieces of equipment, so it's up to you to decide at that point how strong you are before moving on. Don't think any of the enemies scale in response.

Rush the story as quickly as you can, grind until your inventory is full of actual cannon or what-not and you've got massive investments in skills -- your choice.