great shinobi owl.. help

[Madao]

hi guys im stuck at this boss. a manage to get into second phase but i always die on that second phase, i dont know what to do now.. im starting to think to just start a new game since i cant bit this guys. unless someone will give me some advice to bit this guys.

[Just Aaron]

What is giving you trouble? I think the usual strategy of "Deflect everything then attack" works on him. Just have to dodge the gas grenade he tosses. Be ready for him to break your lock on during the second phase. Do that and you should beat him.

[Terry]

If you have unlocked the Mortal Blade skill, use that on him. It'll chip away his vitality even when he blocks your attacks and it does posture damage too.

[Sokurah]

Why u think a new game would help?
I my vid you see all of his moves you can use to punish him.

https://youtu.be/p8McrZhdYs8


If you can beat phase 1 you can do phase 2 too. Just stay out of the poison.

And when he does his smoke bomb stay calm and block. Often he will just do his anti heal s**t as soon you hear his stupid sound he makes when doing it, jump back.

[pcdeltalink]

I beat him without using tools or any special sword attacks/skills. He has a couple moves that you can punish (aside from just deflecting stuff).

1. When he does his jump attack, usually after throwing 2 shurikens, you can get a couple solid free hits in. Just run around to his side to dodge the jump slam attack.
2. When he throws his green anti healing bomb he is completely open to attack. If you catch him early enough in the move it actually stops him from throwing it altogether.
3. Whenever he hits you with his elbow followed by sword slash he always, always follows up with firecrackers. This is your chance to run behind him (ideally from his left side as his next attack starts from his right side) and you will get another couple free hits in.

It's definitely doable and it's not too bad once you get a rhythm down. Think it was probably about 8-10 tries for me.

[Yorshka]

I think starting a new game isn't a bad idea because you would learn more things, especially the movement and the reflexes. Your eyes would eventually adapt to the fast enemy movement and your fingers would react properly to the situations. Also its a good idea to get your brain refreshed a bit while keep learning about the game.

In this footage i did fight him very slowly. So he should did all of his movesets. Perhaps you could learn one or two things by watching this.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1854921601

I hope it helps.

[LightLance]

Both Owl's versions my favorites bosses for Ichimonji punishment time Owl has at least four good openings for Double Ichimonji. Due to the length and veight of his sword, his punches are well read. It’s worth a little training and you can even use Double Ichimonji after long combo. When Owl does his smoke bomb then right after Wolf wipes his eyes you can use aged feather mist raven.
https://youtu.be/QgP94Sz_3IM

[The Sylvan Learning Center]

use the mortal blade after his jumping attack. You will kill him so quick.

Google the git gud guide video for this boss to see someone doing this. it's pretty easy after a few tries.

Not as bad as it seems at first.

[Madao]

thanks for the tips guys... ill try it if it will work for me..

[EF_Neo1st]

Not gonna lie . . .
Owl 1st try - Died once almost right away
Owl 2nd try - Almost killed him once
Owl 3rd try - . . . I killed him once and got him down to 30% at second stage and he killed me twice there . . . I tilded hard af.

Owl fights about the same on both stages and the fight is kind of dull as he have only 3 moves (4 maybe) and I can dodge everything about the same . . . but he can stun-lock kill and fast if I fail to dodge . . . battle is long af and boring as I do the same thing over and over and over.

[EF_Neo1st]

[Sokurah]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Not gonna lie . . .
Owl 1st try - Died once almost right away
Owl 2nd try - Almost killed him once
Owl 3rd try - . . . I killed him once and got him down to 30% at second stage and he killed me twice there . . . I tilded hard af.

Owl fights about the same on both stages and the fight is kind of dull as he have only 3 moves (4 maybe) and I can dodge everything about the same . . . but he can stun-lock kill and fast if I fail to dodge . . . battle is long af and boring as I do the same thing over and over and over.

Not gonna lie. Most DS bosses are way more repetative than any sekiro fight. 🤗 owl is fun if you Party.

But i used much dodge in my first playthrough too.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Madao:

hi guys im stuck at this boss. a manage to get into second phase but i always die on that second phase, i dont know what to do now.. im starting to think to just start a new game since i cant bit this guys. unless someone will give me some advice to bit this guys.

Don’t give up mate you can do it you are a fecking shinobi

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Sokurah:

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Not gonna lie . . .
Owl 1st try - Died once almost right away
Owl 2nd try - Almost killed him once
Owl 3rd try - . . . I killed him once and got him down to 30% at second stage and he killed me twice there . . . I tilded hard af.

Owl fights about the same on both stages and the fight is kind of dull as he have only 3 moves (4 maybe) and I can dodge everything about the same . . . but he can stun-lock kill and fast if I fail to dodge . . . battle is long af and boring as I do the same thing over and over and over.

Not gonna lie. Most DS bosses are way more repetative than any sekiro fight. 🤗 owl is fun if you Party.

But i used much dodge in my first playthrough too.

I think you got too used to DS2 bossfights where 80% is indeed lame and just bigger versions of normal enemies with more HP ... But still, Owl feels like fighting Midir with low damage weapon but Owl is a DS 2 bossfight with cheap melee range and combo, just not fun to do the same thing for some 25 min or so...

[Sokurah]

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

Originally posted by Sokurah:

Not gonna lie. Most DS bosses are way more repetative than any sekiro fight. 🤗 owl is fun if you Party.

But i used much dodge in my first playthrough too.

I think you got too used to DS2 bossfights where 80% is indeed lame and just bigger versions of normal enemies with more HP ... But still, Owl feels like fighting Midir with low damage weapon but Owl is a DS 2 bossfight with cheap melee range and combo, just not fun to do the same thing for some 25 min or so...

I know you dont wanna hear that but you play "wrong" 😁

If you parry, his posture goes down fast when you only take away a little bit of health.

Look my video i posted above.

Ds bosses are meant to kill with evade and hit. Sekiro bosses not really 🤗

Good luck with him.

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by Sokurah:

Originally posted by EF_Neo1st:

I think you got too used to DS2 bossfights where 80% is indeed lame and just bigger versions of normal enemies with more HP ... But still, Owl feels like fighting Midir with low damage weapon but Owl is a DS 2 bossfight with cheap melee range and combo, just not fun to do the same thing for some 25 min or so...

I know you dont wanna hear that but you play "wrong" 😁

If you parry, his posture goes down fast when you only take away a little bit of health.

Look my video i posted above.

Ds bosses are meant to kill with evade and hit. Sekiro bosses not really 🤗

Good luck with him.

Tbh . . . the normal enemies at the castle, play the same as Vilehand and Owl plays the same as these normal enemeis too, but Owl is fat hitbox and more-than-spear-like range with stun-lock combo, but seen like you sum 2 Vilehands and 1 normal enemy in HP and it is 1 stage of Owl, that is a huge let down at Sekiro (at least the first).
Owl is just a bigger and fat version of the normal enemies, with more range, stun-lock and a fck ton of health making the fight unnecessarily long as it becomes a repetitive fight for 25min or more.