Is there a difficulty cap for NG+?

[Panda]

It took me awhile to beat Sekiro the first time because I was stuck on Genichiro. But then a few weeks ago I returned to the game and beat him after a few tries. After that it was like a flood. I started flying through the game. rarely was I stuck on something (only ever stopped for corrupted monk and true monk, had to take bell demon off for these fights) But then I searched up the endings and decided to do shura next.
It took me about a day to beat it, and then I decided to do the others. Next day I get to Isshin Sword Saint (ng+3 playthrough) and now I cant beat him. I dont do enough damage to him where as hes doing a bit too much to me for me to get through the fight. Can barely squeeze out phase 3 on him.

So I took a month long break and am thinking of returning to finish the old fartlicker off. But I am concerned about the ramping difficulty. Is there a cap to it or is every enemy just going to be getting more health/posture/damage every playthrough indefinitely?

[.Loug]

From Software games usually stop getting harder at NG+7, not sure if it's the same for Sekiro.

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Originally posted by .LLouG:

From Software games usually stop getting harder at NG+7, not sure if it's the same for Sekiro.

it actually stops after beating ng+7 technicly BUT you can make game harder still (no kuros charm, demon bell)

#diffrence in enemies damage between normal ng and ng+7 with bell on and no kuros charm is 312,5 % (if you are curious i like math)

[(Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr]

Originally posted by hand:

Originally posted by .LLouG:

From Software games usually stop getting harder at NG+7, not sure if it's the same for Sekiro.

it actually stops after beating ng+7 technicly BUT you can make game harder still (no kuros charm, demon bell)

#diffrence in enemies damage between normal ng and ng+7 with bell on and no kuros charm is 312,5 % (if you are curious i like math)

Does the bell stop adding a difficulty buff once you are on NG+7? I thought it just acted as if you where in the next NG+ cycle with a loot drop buff. Or is the difficulty just a flat increase regardless?

I also read on the wiki that apparently the demon bell buffs enemies less if you give away Kuro’s charm.

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https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/787504733800678345/F96348A3CA6E9A81B5AB940BCB0EF7B4E8F3F9B3/
it works like this
scaling is pretty janky and basicly individual for each ng

[Xaphnir]

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

Does the bell stop adding a difficulty buff once you are on NG+7? I thought it just acted as if you where in the next NG+ cycle with a loot drop buff. Or is the difficulty just a flat increase regardless?

I also read on the wiki that apparently the demon bell buffs enemies less if you give away Kuro’s charm.

Demon bell still increases difficulty on NG+7.

As for it increasing difficulty less if you don't have Kuro's charm I've never heard that one. Some of the stuff on that wiki is pretty questionable, so I wouldn't trust everything you read on there. I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult to test that claim, though, as long as you don't test it stupidly.

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Originally posted by Xaphnir:

Originally posted by (Edgy) Asriel Dreemurr:

Does the bell stop adding a difficulty buff once you are on NG+7? I thought it just acted as if you where in the next NG+ cycle with a loot drop buff. Or is the difficulty just a flat increase regardless?

I also read on the wiki that apparently the demon bell buffs enemies less if you give away Kuro’s charm.

Demon bell still increases difficulty on NG+7.

As for it increasing difficulty less if you don't have Kuro's charm I've never heard that one. Some of the stuff on that wiki is pretty questionable, so I wouldn't trust everything you read on there. I suppose it wouldn't be too difficult to test that claim, though, as long as you don't test it stupidly.

do you even read what i showed you ? of corse not why would you lol
AND NO i didnt took it from wiki genius (you would be know that if you will be actually reading wiki before talking about what is there questionable and what isnt lol )

[Panda]

Thank you for your answers

[Xaphnir]

Originally posted by hand:

do you even read what i showed you ? of corse not why would you lol
AND NO i didnt took it from wiki genius

Read which post I quoted.

I wasn't responding to you.

And yes, some stuff on that wiki is quite questionable, or even just flat out wrong. Until a week or so ago the page about Kuro's charm had a claim that giving it up didn't increase enemy health.

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Originally posted by Xaphnir:

Originally posted by hand:

do you even read what i showed you ? of corse not why would you lol
AND NO i didnt took it from wiki genius

Read which post I quoted.

I wasn't responding to you.

And yes, some stuff on that wiki is quite questionable, or even just flat out wrong. Until a week or so ago the page about Kuro's charm had a claim that it didn't increase enemy health.

oh ok sorry