so am stuck on owl the Father

[ghoodmad]

so in my first playthrough I got shura ending and now my NG+ am stuck on owl the father

[spy]

problem?

[ghoodmad]

Originally posted by spy:

problem?

am just saying , problem?

[lvl1000Chad]

Charge owl and slice him when he throws his smoke clouds. His attacks are slow, but he tricks you into thinking they are fast. (if i remember correctly) hes all about devious tactics, so use your arsenal. Remeber he can miriki you, pretty sure hes weak to firecrackers, When he does his spinning jump slice attack, you can offstep it to the right fairly easy. Never forget about his kunai, as any hit can be fatal. You got this

[lvl1000Chad]

Remember, hesitate and you die

[lvl1000Chad]

fear is the only enemy

[md2501]

Owl is one of the enemies that can be forced into blocking, so you should unleash your R1s on him as much as possible. Pressuring him is very efficient, but you have to be aware of the ways to deal with his most dangerous attacks. You should be quite used to jumping the red kanji sweep attacks, but in Owl's case you have to jump backwards. His long combo with the fireworks at the end? Just dash behind his back before the fireworks. His stance when he slowly raises his sword - walk a step to the left and you will evade it.

If the enemy can be forced into blocking, pressure them until they deflect you. Their options out of deflecting are limited compared to neutral (giving them space and freedom to act). You also deal posture damage when they block you. Another universal tip is that for poking enemies walking > R1 is better than dash > R1 because there is a delay after the dash. Assuming there is no great distance to cover running, your walking speed is fast enough. Walk into his face and start slashing.

[MrCroqueta]

I also did that and... XD Owl father was a pain in the ass. Just keep trying, he has just 3 or 4 hard to learn patterns but that's it. Sekiro is like that, once you beat any enemy, the next one is even worse. I learned to play Sekiro after finishing it XDD ... what I actually recommend you is to start a new game in order to finish the game with the other endings cause NG+ is substantially more difficult if you have not learn how to master the game.

[Apekatt]

Personally I would recommend training with Great Shinobi and when you feel confident in Great Shinobi, then you should have no probelms with Father. Father has no bs like his balls or poison, he mostly just uses his sword with the occational fire cracker. He also has shadowfall which usually activates after he jumps backwards when throwing firecrackers(which do the mikiri shortly after hearing the sound as that usually helps if you can't see what he does because of the smoke) or when he starts dodging to the sides.

In phase 2 stand still and just jump when the fire bird comes for you(usually after the perilous sound) and then land mikiri on him. If you jump forward, that will most likely f up the mikiri. When he disappears and is about to come out of the owl(sounds weird) either you run away or use umbrella to tank his falling down attack. If you manage to parry it, prepare for either a sweep or overhead strike(sweep has the perilous sign.

Personally never struggled with Father as I thought he was much more straight forward than for example Great Shinobi & many other bosses so I can't really relate to your pain.

[ultrafrogz]

when fireworks ignites , go to right side

[Apoloyn]

Hey that rhymes ! g1

[Tsunero]

He def ain't easy, gave me more trouble than the last boss by far. I could never get down dealing with his BS firecrackers without relying on the umbrella. lmao

[Adn]

Being more aggressive, learning to evade his smoke attack and jumping for his slide special worked for me, don't lose hope.

[Fadedline]

Owl Father is the hardest boss in the game imo. You can dodge the firecrackers by quickly dashing through them to your right/ the boss' left as the powder hangs in the air opening him up to multiple hits. Fire bird in phase 2 can be jumped and he always follows with a thrust. His sweep attacks are weird, you can't bounce his head unless you get lucky and he gets stuck on a wall. Focus just on jumping it, then repositioning yourself on his left as he goes up for that slow overhead. If you stay to his side he'll let you beat on him while the slam just misses.

[Apekatt]

Originally posted by Fadedline:

His sweep attacks are weird, you can't bounce his head unless you get lucky and he gets stuck on a wall.

I assume you mean the moving sweeps? Cause those are the only ones I can think of that take some learning to pull off. The trick is to jump with him. If you just stand there and try to double jump, it won't happen because he's moving. But if you jump and follow him in the direction he's going, then you can double jump him easily. Just gotta practice it!

[wit]

when he throw Double Shuriken + flip block them go to the side and use either mortal draw (the combat art) twice or ichimonji double combat art on him, will cause tons of posture demage, when he uses this weird ass attacks when he drags his blade you can just dodge forward jsut before he attacks and get a free hit and when he uses fireworks go to th right (with a dodge) to get 2 free hits, you can also just attack him just like that and force him to block its good for deciding the flow of the battle if you ever get a lil overhelmed