How to do anti-air deathblow?

[andrewb]

Title. I have only been able to do this on the large chickens and ONLY after I deflected their attack mid-air. People claim it is possible to do this without deflecting but I cannot do it for the life of me, the red marker does not appear.

I tried this on the dual blade monks in Senpou and the spear-wielding lightning guys in Fountainhead Palace but the red marker never appears, even though the enemy is clearly in the air and I am clearly right the ♥♥♥♥ next to them also in the air. I watched people doing it on YT seemingly effortlessly but nobody really explains how exactly it's done.
Like in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmwM5iV4jVI

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It requires good timing. You have to jump towards them very precisely at the same time they jump, from what I've been able to gather. I'm not very good at it myself but I'm going to practice it to use for NG+2.

It's a matter of timing alone, and it seems like the timing is fairly tight.

[andrewb]

Originally posted by Echonian:

It requires good timing. You have to jump towards them very precisely at the same time they jump, from what I've been able to gather. I'm not very good at it myself but I'm going to practice it to use for NG+2.

It's a matter of timing alone, and it seems like the timing is fairly tight.

I've just spent like an hour (not even exaggerating) trying to do this move on the big hat monks in Senpou Temble. The marker did not appear one single time. Nowhere in the skill description does it say timing is important, nor does it make sense that it would be. Do you need to leave the ground at the same time they do? I wonder what the actual requirements for this are because nobody really seems to know.

[Zach]

I find the skill about as situational as the lightning reversal. It requires proper timing otherwise you'll either die or wont get it.

[andrewb]

Originally posted by Zach:

I find the skill about as situational as the lightning reversal. It requires proper timing otherwise you'll either die or wont get it.

Nah, lightning reversal is very easy and very important in some bossfights and against certain enemies. AA deathblow is pretty much useless and, from my experience, nigh impossible to perform. I would still like to learn it though which is why it's driving me crazy that I can't do it even once.

[Nigawatts]

Originally posted by andrewb:

Originally posted by Echonian:

It requires good timing. You have to jump towards them very precisely at the same time they jump, from what I've been able to gather. I'm not very good at it myself but I'm going to practice it to use for NG+2.

It's a matter of timing alone, and it seems like the timing is fairly tight.

I've just spent like an hour (not even exaggerating) trying to do this move on the big hat monks in Senpou Temble. The marker did not appear one single time. Nowhere in the skill description does it say timing is important, nor does it make sense that it would be. Do you need to leave the ground at the same time they do? I wonder what the actual requirements for this are because nobody really seems to know.

It also depends on what attack they are doing. Short bunny hops don't count. I find the moves they do where they have "air time" are the most important ones. For the Senpou Monks I usually get them when they are throwing ninja stars in the air. It's easy cuz I have air parry, so when they jump I go up in the air with them, parry the first star, and kill them before they throw the 2nd.

Ninja's that like to kick can also get rocked by it when they go for that downward kick where they stay in the air for a seconds.

[Zach]

Originally posted by andrewb:

Originally posted by Zach:

I find the skill about as situational as the lightning reversal. It requires proper timing otherwise you'll either die or wont get it.

Nah, lightning reversal is very easy and very important in some bossfights and against certain enemies. AA deathblow is pretty much useless and, from my experience, nigh impossible to perform. I would still like to learn it though which is why it's driving me crazy that I can't do it even once.

Important? No lol it's situational in the Genichiro fight I beat him easily without it.

[andrewb]

Originally posted by Nigawatts:

For the Senpou Monks I usually get them when they are throwing ninja stars in the air. It's easy cuz I have air parry, so when they jump I go up in the air with them, parry the first star, and kill them before they throw the 2nd.

I did literally this several times. No red marker ever.

[Shakaka]

You can AA deathblow the teleporting guys who throw around different size Terror Balls. Super easy way to get the first deathblow right off the bat. You basically have to be kissing him in the air for it to work tho.

[asher]

Originally posted by andrewb:

Originally posted by Nigawatts:

For the Senpou Monks I usually get them when they are throwing ninja stars in the air. It's easy cuz I have air parry, so when they jump I go up in the air with them, parry the first star, and kill them before they throw the 2nd.

I did literally this several times. No red marker ever.

Yeah so did I, it is not possible to AA the suriken throw move, only the giant leap where he jumps high in the air and then charges you. AFAIK AA works only on moves that are determined to be AA counterable and not in other situations. I'd hate to say this guy is lying but I've tried it for about an hour now and can only AADB the giant leap and all the videos on youtube comfirm this conclusion.

Edit: I'd like to add some info on this move I call giant leap: they only seem to use this move when they are missing a certain amount of health and/or are posture broken to a certain degree. So if you want to AADB these guys consistently take this info in mind, pick one of these guys like the one behind the main hall in monktown and fight with them for a while. That's what I did. I used to think my AADB was broken and after an hour of fighting I can actually use it. It's great.

[𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒]

Originally posted by Zach:

I find the skill about as situational as the lightning reversal. It requires proper timing otherwise you'll either die or wont get it.

lightning reversal is better to do with mist raven honestly since it always absorb lightning and puts you in air if you wont hit direction accideently ofcorse (if you will however it will teleport you directly on ground so you gona be killed probably by shock) so just use it and spam r1

[𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒]

but about title of this topic only one place where anti air deathblow is actually usefull is sichiman warior when hes teleporting after using laser he always jumping back so you can use it on him and because hes always realyl high you have lot of time to do that (unless you will get hit by laser then he mostlikely will summon giant terror balls or he will try to use laser again)

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by andrewb:

Originally posted by Echonian:

It requires good timing. You have to jump towards them very precisely at the same time they jump, from what I've been able to gather. I'm not very good at it myself but I'm going to practice it to use for NG+2.

It's a matter of timing alone, and it seems like the timing is fairly tight.

I've just spent like an hour (not even exaggerating) trying to do this move on the big hat monks in Senpou Temble. The marker did not appear one single time. Nowhere in the skill description does it say timing is important, nor does it make sense that it would be. Do you need to leave the ground at the same time they do? I wonder what the actual requirements for this are because nobody really seems to know.

Tbh, all you need to do it jump on them and pay attention to the red dot to show up.
It can be done in later enemies too, that I will not mention because of spoilers but these later enemies make the monks look cute and harmless.

[𝕊𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕚𝕒]

this is spoiler dont look if you not finished game yet

if you mean guys with spear that can do triple sweep and lightning in fountainhead palace i honestly admit i never in past 500 hours was able to perfmorm even single
anti air death blow on them however i was manage to do that on miniboss that is like super easy to kill but on basic enemies nope its just to hard to do

[EF_Neo1st]

Originally posted by hand:

this is spoiler dont look if you not finished game yet

if you mean guys with spear that can do triple sweep and lightning in fountainhead palace i honestly admit i never in past 500 hours was able to perfmorm even single
anti air death blow on them however i was manage to do that on miniboss that is like super easy to kill but on basic enemies nope its just to hard to do

Yes, exactly on those 3 before the Dragon, the one with a ball is the easier one to do a mid-air deathblow more consistently and exactly when she is going for the lightining attack