Soft Locked on Guardian Ape

[Milk Duck]

feels like 50 of my 67 hours in-game has been stuck on guardian ape.

just cant get past him, i watched a few videos but the dude who did guardian ape was doing so on his second playthrough (at least) bc he had that purple phoenix umbrella and it makes me think the other vids are guys whove done several playthroughs.

i need advice from someone who beat him on their first playthrough not after ng++++++

ive gotten past stage 1 maybe 12 times in what feels like 150 tries.

(i wish there was an in-game counter to keep track on how many tries it takes)

granted my mouse and keyboard arent the best so im thinking of upgrading just to beat this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ape :)

compared to the ape genichiro was a walk in the park.

EDIT: beat GA stage 1 after i posted this. found the combo that works for me for stage 1: nightjar slash + firecracker stun.

but my gourd use is till ♥♥♥♥♥, i only had 2 left over for the stage 2 round but i had the tooth equipped and used it, still got screamed to death tho

[AspectZero]

phase one is all about hit and run tactics, dont stand behind him when he sits down because he will fart on you. run under him when he jumps up to throw his poop. just kite him around and look for openings really. when he flops on his back to do his tantrum punish his head, if you get into position quick you can hit him a good 6 times before he gets up, if you dodge away quick after hitting him with firecrackers then dash in to attack he wont do the ground slam thing he does when he is stunned.

phase 2 use spear, parry his sword attacks and when he falls on his chest use the spear twice on the wound where his head used to be. jump over him when he dives at you and hit him a few times before he turns around. always be ready to run away from hiim when he lifts his head to his neck :D

i got stuck on him for awhile too.

[Julien, cut it out.]

GA is not an optional boss, you have to beat him in order to advance the story.

During my first playthrough I played very passively, running around and striking him when I got an opening. The fight is easier, if you stay close to him most of the time.

Effective prosthetic tools in phase 1: firecracker and flame vent.
Stay close to him during phase 1.
The reason: he has long-hitting combo chains that can be blocked/ deflected followed by a lengthy recuperation during which you can hit him several times.
The unblockable grab attack can be dodged by jumping, he's susceptible to several hits afterwards.
The unblockable slam attack can be dodged by a side step.
Attacking from behind can trigger the fart and poop throw animations.

Effective prosthetic in phase 2: loaded spear and lilac umbrella (upgrade from loaded)

The most important thing: Deflect his overhead strike. If you succeed, he will fall to the ground and you can use the loaded spear for high posture damage.
The sword attacks can be blocked/ deflected.
If he dives forward and does a horizontal attack, you can jump over it and towards him, allowing you to hit him several times.
When he does the scream animation, you can use the lilacumbrella to negate any damage / terror build up, stay close to him and use the projected force combat style to inflict high damage(in phase 2, GA becomes an apparition type enemy).

[AspectZero]

sunken temple guardian ape is mandatory, but its possible to skip headless ape in the depths by doing that 1st. its not advised though as fighting headless ape is the only way to get the last ninjitsu skill by using the mortal blade combat art on his corpse after he is dead. the headless ape fight is also worth 2 prayer beads instead of one.

if you do sunken temple before depths chances are you dont have the mats to upgrade the umbrella yet but you really dont need it to be honest. the upgraded umbrella is much more useful on the undead warrior side bosses.

[Milk Duck]

Publicado originalmente por Bananarama:

GA is not an optional boss, you have to beat him in order to advance the story.

During my first playthrough I played very passively, running around and striking him when I got an opening. The fight is easier, if you stay close to him most of the time.

Effective prosthetic tools in phase 1: firecracker and flame vent.
Stay close to him during phase 1.
The reason: he has long-hitting combo chains that can be blocked/ deflected followed by a lengthy recuperation during which you can hit him several times.
The unblockable grab attack can be dodged by jumping, he's susceptible to several hits afterwards.
The unblockable slam attack can be dodged by a side step.
Attacking from behind can trigger the fart and poop throw animations.

Effective prosthetic in phase 2: loaded spear and lilac umbrella (upgrade from loaded)

The most important thing: Deflect his overhead strike. If you succeed, he will fall to the ground and you can use the loaded spear for high posture damage.
The sword attacks can be blocked/ deflected.
If he dives forward and does a horizontal attack, you can jump over it and towards him, allowing you to hit him several times.
When he does the scream animation, you can use the lilacumbrella to negate any damage / terror build up, stay close to him and use the projected force combat style to inflict high damage(in phase 2, GA becomes an apparition type enemy).

i can consistently get him down to the second stage now but i usually only have 2 or 3 gourds and a few paper dolls left by then and his screams just wreck the eff outta me

i switched to a controller and thats made a huge difference from my crappy mouse and keyboard BUT now the controller is randomly disconnecting :/

[LightLance]

I also advise against using hit and run tactics. GA is absolutely deflectable boss. You should strive to close the distance with him. When he starts using a long combo with punches try to go around him on the right side, there he has a blind spot. Or just use firecrackers. Also remember that he is vulnerable to blows to the head(1st phase). He has several entry points for using Ichimonji. For example, you can hit 4 Ichi srikes in a raw in some circumstances like here(first playthrough) at 1:09 https://youtu.be/4H4IofqhAXE.

[SirHallin]

I havent beat him yet but i plan on fighting him like i would some darksouls bosses and just stick to his ass and try to learn his animation behavior from when he is going to attack from behind/fart/fall/flail
if i can just get the first phase i know i can finish him in the second because he just does alot of sweeps/fear

[Kain]

Gotta love that boss when he pulls a Genichiro.

[Julymorning]

in his second phase just wait for him to do his overhead strike with sword. if you deflect it, he will go down and be stunned for 4-5 seconds. keep spamming normal charged attack, you will do massive health damage. do it a few more times and you will be to completely finish his health bar. you dont need to do posture damage.

if you are having trouble with his scream, take a look at the animation, he will try to put the beheaded head to its place, and there is a little purple animation just before it. when you see it immediately run as far as possible.

his first phase is harder imo, so you already managed to beat the hard part. just wait for his big overhead slash in 2nd phase, deflect it and destroy his health bar, shouldnt take long

[Sokurah]

My first two wins vs this fu*ker were not pretty i need to admit. Basically hit and run if you have trouble with him.

Bait him.

You will finde cheese and propper fight guides on YT tho. So explaining here would take too long and would be of little use.

Check out the sekiro guru.

Or master parry.