Mortal Journey Gauntlet

[ScaryMan]

The Mortal Journey Gauntlet is brutal, exhausting and I've got blisters on my fingers.

Five times in a row, I have beaten all the base game bosses and then I get to Inner Genichero and choke and he beats my ass.

I've practised Inner Genichero and beaten him many times.

But by the time you get to him in the Mortal Journey I'm tapped out and he kills me. Two and a half hours down the drain.

Although, I'm not giving up. Got to finish this damned gauntlet.

Sj.

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Best of luck to you. I plan to do that gauntlet myself soon, but I still am trying to finish the Severance gauntlet (having done the other two already). I can beat every boss in it, but am still a bit inconsistent with Inner Isshin in particular. I could see why Inner Genichiro might give you trouble.

I know for when I have fought him, it was made a lot easier by using firecrackers to stun him if he does any fancy moves, and backing out of his multi-hit combo (unless his posture is very close to breaking) to hit him after his final hit (making sure not to get too far away, or he might dash to you). Also, shuriken combined with the dashing slash to him if he tries backing off to use his bow is very useful - though you have to be careful to deflect the arrows if you fail to manage to hit him with your sword when he draws the bow.

You have beaten him many times as well so I'm sure my suggestions here aren't all that necessary, but they did make it easier on me.

Edit: One strategy I also like against the Inner bosses is stunning them with the purple fume firecrackers and using that interval to hit them with a powerful combat art or to heal or get divine confetti and such ready to use. Though that can burn through spirit emblems fast.

[I-Chi]

I've only just done the first gauntlet, I was thinking:
1. Is it possible to save in the middle, e.g. quit & save out after beating one, and
2. maybe before fighting the tough ones, fight them on a separate account (maybe my other game(s)?) in Reflections as training to get used to them?

[ScaryMan]

Thanks for the tips.

I've tried quitting out mid-gauntlet to take a break and rest my fingers BUT when you log back in it sends you back to the sculptors idol, only to start again.

As I said, I'm determined to beat this gauntlet.

[Defalt]

ive choked on inner genichero a few times in that gauntlet and then once more on inner owl

but you just keep at it and you will get it i finished it for the first time just the other day

[ScaryMan]

Finally, I finally beat the Mortal Journey gauntlet.

It was touch and go at the end.

Was on the last phase of Inner Ishin, with half health, no heals and no res.

But I got it.

I highly recommend beating this gauntlet, the satisfaction is better than beating the base game.

I'm going to do it again, that is, when my hands have recovered.

Best of luck gamers.

[Defalt]

Originally posted by ScaryMan:

Finally, I finally beat the Mortal Journey gauntlet.

It was touch and go at the end.

Was on the last phase of Inner Ishin, with half health, no heals and no res.

But I got it.

I highly recommend beating this gauntlet, the satisfaction is better than beating the base game.

I'm going to do it again, that is, when my hands have recovered.

Best of luck gamers.

oh yea they say theres no reward but the feeling you get from beating it is more then enough

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Originally posted by ScaryMan:

Finally, I finally beat the Mortal Journey gauntlet.

It was touch and go at the end.

Was on the last phase of Inner Ishin, with half health, no heals and no res.

But I got it.

I highly recommend beating this gauntlet, the satisfaction is better than beating the base game.

I'm going to do it again, that is, when my hands have recovered.

Best of luck gamers.

Nice work. I managed to get as far as Inner Genichiro yesterday on my first real attempt (though I nearly died on multiple bosses along the run). I think I'm going to have to practice for a bit against the Inner bosses (as well as the double-apes), but I should probably be finished with it with another 10-15 hours of play and a week or so at this rate.

The gauntlets are definitely tons of fun, and I'm glad they added the Inner variants of some bosses. I do wish they had added "more" variants, but the ones they added are great.

[ScaryMan]

Damn, Double Ape gives me hell as well.

Best of luck with the Mortal Journey.

[Defalt]

Originally posted by ScaryMan:

Damn, Double Ape gives me hell as well.

Best of luck with the Mortal Journey.

kite and dragon flash ape 2 when you have openings not pretty but its safe

[erneiz]

I'd like to clarify, you guys are doing this with charmless/bell demon mode on right? I am low-key frustrated at this point because I can now cruise almost auto-pilot through all the bosses until I finish Sword Saint but after that I always mess up somehow, even though when I fight these inner bosses individually I can stabilize the fight and beat them several times in a row.

[erneiz]

Whew, finally done it. I can finally put this game to rest. Maybe the occasional meditational bout with Inner Owl or something once in a while, but I am done. Thanks for the experience FromSoftware, maybe I'll try one of your Souls game some time later.

[ScaryMan]

Nice one.

Sj

[[OTS]EchoZenLogos]

Originally posted by erneiz:

I'd like to clarify, you guys are doing this with charmless/bell demon mode on right? I am low-key frustrated at this point because I can now cruise almost auto-pilot through all the bosses until I finish Sword Saint but after that I always mess up somehow, even though when I fight these inner bosses individually I can stabilize the fight and beat them several times in a row.

I have been doing it charmless and with the demon bell on, but I wouldn't assume others do.

Honestly I got 14 of the 17 inner bosses done on the final gauntlet and have not put in the time to actually finish it since then. I might do so eventually, but it will take a bit of practice to do reliably.

Best of luck to you.

[Gamall Wednesday Ida]

Originally posted by ScaryMan:

I've tried quitting out mid-gauntlet to take a break and rest my fingers BUT when you log back in it sends you back to the sculptors idol, only to start again.

Yes, that's unfortunate, but probably meant to avoid save-scumming.

However, it seems you can rest arbitrarily long between bosses, you long as you let the game run.

I haven't tried it, but perhaps letting the game run, ALT-TABing out, and putting the computer to Sleep might do the trick (perhaps at an increased risk of system instability later on, to weigh against your fatigue).

[Froglodyte]

Don't be afraid to take a break after sword saint. That's what I did and I managed to beat the gauntlet