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Larry Mar 28, 2019 @ 2:59pm
Spear enemies/Generals?
How do you effectively beat them? They tear me a new one and it's really hard to interpret their attacks and what to do to combat them. Most of the time I'm taking damage because I just have zero idea what's a good counter or way to avoid their attacks.
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Scy Mar 28, 2019 @ 2:59pm 
mikiri counter
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goka9696 Mar 28, 2019 @ 2:59pm 
Mikiri counters and memorizing their moves, really. That's the main way of fighting them.
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Kennedy Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:01pm 
When the sign appears, parry the attack, or spam dodge in their direction, if you have the mikiri counter.
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The Fountaineer 🖋 Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:01pm 
Mikiri counter can be initiated relatively safely though the hitboxes are broken sometimes. Reccommend blocking a few slash blows, then backing up and baiting their pierces
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Larry Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:16pm 
The Seven Spears guy is super ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard. It's very irritating. Doesn't seem like I can use Mikiri Counter against him. He has like two charge attacks and I never know which one to use the counter on.
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goka9696 Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:17pm 
Originally posted by Larry:
The Seven Spears guy is super ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard. It's very irritating. Doesn't seem like I can use Mikiri Counter against him. He has like two charge attacks and I never know which one to use the counter on.

You can, it's just that his attacks have kinda iffy timing.
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The Fountaineer 🖋 Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:17pm 
Originally posted by Larry:
The Seven Spears guy is super ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard. It's very irritating. Doesn't seem like I can use Mikiri Counter against him. He has like two charge attacks and I never know which one to use the counter on.

Learn the tells and spam forward dodge. Also, tossing oil + fire and fistfuls of ash his way works.
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Krono Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:19pm 
Originally posted by Larry:
The Seven Spears guy is super ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard. It's very irritating. Doesn't seem like I can use Mikiri Counter against him. He has like two charge attacks and I never know which one to use the counter on.
He has some kinda delayed timing on his big stabs, so you end up dodging towards him too early and get hit. Just gotta wait a second before going in, which I know full well is a hard instinct to break
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[OTS]EchoZenLogos Mar 28, 2019 @ 3:28pm 
Originally posted by Larry:
How do you effectively beat them? They tear me a new one and it's really hard to interpret their attacks and what to do to combat them. Most of the time I'm taking damage because I just have zero idea what's a good counter or way to avoid their attacks.

Their stabs always give you a warning, and a Mikuri counter will tear through their posture. Timing these properly makes the fights much easier, and their horizontal swings aren't any more difficult to deal with than a sword-wielding enemy as long as you don't misjudge their range.

They are of course not "easy," but you can beat them. The seven spears guy for example is tough at first, and he has one stab in particular that delays quite a bit before going off (so I often have a problem with trying to counter too early and being hit anyway). Once you learn his moves though you can handle it.

In short - mikuri counter their stabs, deflect their swings, jump over their sweeps, and if you're not confident in your ability to mikuri counter them at least make sure to deflect.
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