Hey - any tips against the corrupted monk?

[Captain Stitch]

Im fightiner her like 2housr now :( i only manage to get her to 4/5 of her healt and sometimes it feels like my strikes dont do anything - like the time window she is vulnarble (like after her combo) is really short - and i try to deflect her but still get staggered so i cannot use the time window to hurt her :(

is deflecting a good approach or should i utilize dodges more often? and how abt Mikiri counter can i do it against her spear poke?

[wilco64256]

Throw ashes in her face, hit her 2-3 times, repeat.

[Nia夕莉]

you're talking about the phantom version with only 1 hp bar right ?

if yes then the main thing is you kinda need divine confetti or else she's really tank against your non-buff sword

the main idea is you need to keep fighting with her all the time while deflect all of her moves
(which is not easy for player who just started)

ashes and fire cracker will makes fight a bit easier since she's only has like 1-1.30 sec of stun cooldown from it

or if you wanna take easy way (not really recommend she's good skill check as the bosses will even more difficult in future)

spam the snap seed

[2StinkyFeet]

I just deflect her attacks. Counter her perilous attacks and dodge when she does her heavy hit.

[OzzyInSpace*]

Note that snap seed spam only works until the health bar is about 50-60%

[Yorshka]

2 hours are still pretty short time in order to learn about her i think.
i don't mean to be rude or showing off here. i just wanna share about my experience struggling fighting her. this took me about 6 hours of tries. after so many death and finally got her.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1813256055
i hope this can help you to understand how to deal with most of her moveset and also to know the time to attack her safely.

and of course there are more easy way to fight her, by using divine confetti and 3x snap seed. firecrackers might also help you to stun her at least to give you 2-3 free hit attack.

[LightLance]

Originally posted by Firebug:

is deflecting a good approach or should i utilize dodges more often? and how abt Mikiri counter can i do it against her spear poke?

Definitely, deflecting is. Also Ichimonji is very useful after Perilous Sweep. And you need to reduce her hp by about 25% before death blow.

[Captain Stitch]

thanks for all the tips guys - I wanted to do the Firecracker trick but im out of money/Symbols so ill use the ashes instead but im trying to memorize her Moveset and deflect (but i dunno i get some random freeze/stutters in the fight and that is always my downfall ,eating stupid damage etc.) but Ill try my best!

[Artek [General]]

Corrupted Monk's shtick is that she is very good at counter attacking. She's one of few bosses who successfully punishes excessive agression with poise and lighting fast counter attacks.

Best tactic against her is hardened defense. Learn her slow rhytm, deflect it all, get in a hit or two after a mikiri / jump kick and back on the defensive. Never do thrusts as she successfully blocks them every time.

In 2nd phase you can deflect her ghosts... Or use Snap Seeds to dispel them (but it only works when they actually appear, so time them right).

3rd phase is a giant pain in the ass as she suddenly changes her routine and becomes far more agressive.
Her thrusts almost entirely get replaced by the spew attack. The best counter-action is to dash behind her left hand and get 1-2 hits on her flank.
She also learns this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ downwards slash that's super quick and very hard to read and she will use it all the time to punish agreesion.

Basically: never allow yourself more than 2 attacks, ever.

Here's a video for better refference:
https://youtu.be/MsD7uxLP5Vc

[Captain Stitch]

Originally posted by Artek General:

Corrupted Monk's shtick is that she is very good at counter attacking. She's one of few bosses who successfully punishes excessive agression with poise and lighting fast counter attacks.

Best tactic against her is hardened defense. Learn her slow rhytm, deflect it all, get in a hit or two after a mikiri / jump kick and back on the defensive. Never do thrusts as she successfully blocks them every time.

In 2nd phase you can deflect her ghosts... Or use Snap Seeds to dispel them (but it only works when they actually appear, so time them right).

3rd phase is a giant pain in the ass as she suddenly changes her routine and becomes far more agressive.
Her thrusts almost entirely get replaced by the spew attack. The best counter-action is to dash behind her left hand and get 1-2 hits on her flank.
She also learns this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ downwards slash that's super quick and very hard to read and she will use it all the time to punish agreesion.

Basically: never allow yourself more than 2 attacks, ever.

Here's a video for better refference:
https://youtu.be/MsD7uxLP5Vc

ohh that sounds like a F fest - im currently stuck on her 1 bar version xD

[Yorshka]

Originally posted by Firebug:

(but i dunno i get some random freeze/stutters in the fight and that is always my downfall ,eating stupid damage etc.)

try disable your steam online friend notification. i was also having that issue, but when i noticed, that stutter mostly happen when i got steam notification about my friend going online or they start playing a game. so now i always playing sekiro with steam offline mode instead, and the stutter is gone for me.

[Captain Stitch]

Originally posted by Yorshka:

Originally posted by Firebug:

(but i dunno i get some random freeze/stutters in the fight and that is always my downfall ,eating stupid damage etc.)

try disable your steam online friend notification. i was also having that issue, but when i noticed, that stutter mostly happen when i got steam notification about my friend going online or they start playing a game. so now i always playing sekiro with steam offline mode instead, and the stutter is gone for me.

that could be it but Im most certain my controller sucks up all the performance.

1. Since its a ps3 Controller which needed add. plug ins to run/being recognized.
2. It is connected via USB cable but its borken at the contact so any movement immediatly disconnects it - and when that happens the game stutters like sh* same in dark souls or any other game I used the controller - im not even sure if ill get a new one anytime soon :(

[Yorshka]

Originally posted by Firebug:

that could be it but Im most certain my controller sucks up all the performance.

1. Since its a ps3 Controller which needed add. plug ins to run/being recognized.
2. It is connected via USB cable but its borken at the contact so any movement immediatly disconnects it - and when that happens the game stutters like sh* same in dark souls or any other game I used the controller - im not even sure if ill get a new one anytime soon :(

ohh, i see. yeah, i was also having experience that with my old ps3 controller before and that's really annoying indeed. i hope you get a new one soon. don't lose hope dude, anything could just happen anyway.

[Captain Stitch]

Originally posted by Yorshka:

Originally posted by Firebug:

that could be it but Im most certain my controller sucks up all the performance.

1. Since its a ps3 Controller which needed add. plug ins to run/being recognized.
2. It is connected via USB cable but its borken at the contact so any movement immediatly disconnects it - and when that happens the game stutters like sh* same in dark souls or any other game I used the controller - im not even sure if ill get a new one anytime soon :(

ohh, i see. yeah, i was also having experience that with my old ps3 controller before and that's really annoying indeed. i hope you get a new one soon. don't lose hope dude, anything could just happen anyway.

i tried it with the snap thing and it deals an humongous amount of damage on her. caps on 3 though but thats enough "headstart" I wanted to try it "legit" but i kinda lose it :D maybe when i get a new controller i might defeat her.

(sounds like a lame excuse though hahahaha) but i really die to stupid mistakes and attacks i should be deflecting but eat like a baby eats his Spoon-Plane

[Artek [General]]

WAIT.
Were you talking about Corrupted Monk in Mibu VIllage?
Woopsie doopsie on my part...

In either case, the general tactic stays the same: defensive combat style, with occasional counter attacks.

[Artek [General]]

Also for the controller thing: just go for keyboard + mouse if controler causes issues.
Although getting used to keyboard controls will be pain, and changing in the middle of the game will extra torturous...