Double Bladed Monks Senpou Temple

[Knightmage Bael]

Literally everyone I see gets slaughtered by them. They're so difficult, especially coming out of the Main Hall sculptor's idol.

There's two of them back to back. I cant walk out the door without aggroing them. There's a few monks off down the left side, and another double bladed monk patrolling.

Also there's a cave around the corner. .__.

What's down there? lol. A boss? All I see is darkness xD

[Artek [General]]

They are indeed hard during first encounters, but they get better as time goes on. Just use shurikens on them whenever they jump to stop their combos and deal crap ton of damage.

Also if you have Anti-Air Deathblow you can oneshot them during certain attacks... attack. Just one attack.

The two guys that stand back to back are in fact nearly impossible to fight fairly, so you gotta try something else. Either try luring one of them out with shards or whistle to get an easy stealth kill or puppet someone to keep one of them busy.

[Chrysalis]

The best thing is to not fight them at all, I'm now at my third playthrough and I still struggle against them, they get easier to fight, but are still an annoying challenge.
The best thing is to lure the monks away from each other and stealth kill them.
If you have to fight them, I would advice you to keep your distance and hit them when theres an opening and always block, even if you aren't close to them, because sometimes they throw Kunais or Shurikens. Parrying is also essential for this fight, because their rapid rate of attacks can bring your posture up in no time.

[Knightmage Bael]

Originally posted by Artek General:

They are indeed hard during first encounters, but they get better as time goes on. Just use shurikens on them whenever they jump to stop their combos and deal crap ton of damage.

Also if you have Anti-Air Deathblow you can oneshot them during certain attacks... attack. Just one attack.

The two guys that stand back to back are in fact nearly impossible to fight fairly, so you gotta try something else. Either try luring one of them out with shards or whistle to get an easy stealth kill or puppet someone to keep one of them busy.

I've managed to do that at some occasions and have been trying to replicated it intentionally, and training against it. You have to jump JUST right, and I'm not quite sure when exactly that is yet.

I've managed to stealth kill quite a number of them though.

[Engels78]

You actually kill one with deathblow! I don't remember if this Gokan sugar is needed and... Second one kill with death blow too! If You use this Ninjitsu Blood Mist (or smth I played in Polish so don't know all exact english names...) Skill...

[icon_of_sin]

They are not hard. The white monkeys with 2 swords are hard.

If your having trouble with any monk use the divine wind prosthetic, if you spirit them away they vanish instantly. No need to fight.

[Knightmage Bael]

Originally posted by icon_of_sin:

They are not hard. The white monkeys with 2 swords are hard.

If your having trouble with any monk use the divine wind prosthetic, if you spirit them away they vanish instantly. No need to fight.

Don't have that yet.

Also I'm against using the shinobi prosthetic for any fight short of a boss. I believe it cheapens things and makes it easier. I need to be able to beat them without relying on it, like using the axe to destroy shield wielding enemies.

I spend a while learning their moves and figuring out the best opening to counter attack. I've done the same for the "rats" as well. Instead of using the axe on their hats, I wait for them to do their leaping jump, dash forward, and they overshoot just a bit, and I can immediately counter attack and hit them in the back. I've also managed to do perfectly timed parries, and posture break them.

I just gotta figure out how to fight these guys too. Preferably one at a time first.

[OCTDUMPUS]

Originally posted by icon_of_sin:

They are not hard. The white monkeys with 2 swords are hard.

I disagree. You can slaughter those monkeys if you kept being aggressive, his attacks are fast but surprisingly easy to deflect, use shuriken to deal more damage and close distance after a heal. Same thing with the monks, keep on attacking, shuriken when they leap, they have more health than the monkeys, but they can be air-deathblowed, so I guess they are similar in difficulty in the end.

[OCTDUMPUS]

Originally posted by Archmage_Bael:

I've also managed to do perfectly timed parries, and posture break them.

I just gotta figure out how to fight these guys too. Preferably one at a time first.

Just wait for its big overhead sideways slam attack, when he jumps, you jump, then air deathblow, very satisfying imo. But if you want to posture kill them, you can jump kick their weird sweep attack by jumping backwards them jump kick, takes a bit of timing though

[Miromett]

I once tried aggroing and fighting all three twinblade monks at the same time. I never managed to consistently fight them off. Usually got a lucky Anti - Air or something. If their A.I was half decent they'd straight up murder you. Not like they are hard to kill though. Those three at guarding the door at senpou can be surprised from any direction easily. Just use gachiin's sugar and deathblow one of them before using the bloodmist ninjutsu to kill the other one. 1v1 nothing more than your average strong mook.

[JimNightshade]

Yeah, you can deathblow them. The two who are positioned back to back: use the grappling hook to jump across the beams then approach from the far left, one will see you the other won't and then you can use the ninjitsu move that sprays red to start attacking the other.