Daniel N | Corrupted Monk Boss Fight (No Damage/Step-Dodging/Jumping/Blocking/Items) - Sekiro Shadows Die Twice @danieln6613 | Uploaded 5 years ago | Updated 1 day ago
I encountered this boss after close to an hour of wandering around the Mibu Village, getting spooked by constantly spawning zombie villagers and one not-so-friendly ghost. The whole place felt a bit rough, so I decided I'll backtrack and check other routes for now, but before that I wanted to at least take down this one boss. While I was at it, I found out that her attacks are possible to avoid by simply running, so I decided to approach it like one of my no rolling challenges in Dark Souls and give myself a few restrictions with this as the main one (meaning only running, no step-dodging, jumping, blocking, deflecting or any other regular means of avoiding her attacks). Note: when running while locked on to enemies, player character will start his run with what looks like a step dodge regardless of the player holding the button instead of tapping it, which can be seen in my video as well. Regardless of that, all of her attacks are avoidable by simply running, I made sure to show it as well as I can by only initiating the run for the sake of spacing, avoiding her incoming attacks while alredy mid-run. I did it because I don't know if that dodge animation at the start of locked on run has any i-frames and the main point of this video was to demonstrate that it isn't needed for this boss.
Also, for people who want to give themselves a bit of help during this fight: up to some point the Monk can be affected by a snap seed, she'll receive some good damage and get stunned for a moment if you use it, allowing you to get a few extra hits in. I also heard that divine confetti supposedly boosts your damage in this fight, but I'm not 100% sure about that as I didn't try it out myself. If anyone knows whether it's true or not, feel free to correct me if it isn't.
The full list of restrictions for this fight is: No damage taken, no step-dodging, no blocking, no deflecting, no jumping, no prosthetic arm tools, no consumables and a curse from Demon Bell that boosts enemy and boss strength. My character has 14 vitality and 3 attack strength (I used 2 boss memories). I'm playing on PC at 1440p
I encountered this boss after close to an hour of wandering around the Mibu Village, getting spooked by constantly spawning zombie villagers and one not-so-friendly ghost. The whole place felt a bit rough, so I decided I'll backtrack and check other routes for now, but before that I wanted to at least take down this one boss. While I was at it, I found out that her attacks are possible to avoid by simply running, so I decided to approach it like one of my no rolling challenges in Dark Souls and give myself a few restrictions with this as the main one (meaning only running, no step-dodging, jumping, blocking, deflecting or any other regular means of avoiding her attacks). Note: when running while locked on to enemies, player character will start his run with what looks like a step dodge regardless of the player holding the button instead of tapping it, which can be seen in my video as well. Regardless of that, all of her attacks are avoidable by simply running, I made sure to show it as well as I can by only initiating the run for the sake of spacing, avoiding her incoming attacks while alredy mid-run. I did it because I don't know if that dodge animation at the start of locked on run has any i-frames and the main point of this video was to demonstrate that it isn't needed for this boss.
Also, for people who want to give themselves a bit of help during this fight: up to some point the Monk can be affected by a snap seed, she'll receive some good damage and get stunned for a moment if you use it, allowing you to get a few extra hits in. I also heard that divine confetti supposedly boosts your damage in this fight, but I'm not 100% sure about that as I didn't try it out myself. If anyone knows whether it's true or not, feel free to correct me if it isn't.
The full list of restrictions for this fight is: No damage taken, no step-dodging, no blocking, no deflecting, no jumping, no prosthetic arm tools, no consumables and a curse from Demon Bell that boosts enemy and boss strength. My character has 14 vitality and 3 attack strength (I used 2 boss memories). I'm playing on PC at 1440p
![Blasphemous - Tres Angustias boss fight [No Damage, Sword Only]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qfqbV7ug1r4/hqdefault.jpg "Blasphemous - Tres Angustias boss fight [No Damage, Sword Only]
A really engaging and interesting boss, it makes use of the three enemies with long-ranged attacks and moving environment to keep the players on their toes. The spear enemies will use lasers, which can be best dodged or parried immediately after seeing a red flash on their weapons, while the one with a mace uses it as a boomerang and its attacks are best avoided by staying on the opposite side of the side she keeps her weapon on and dodging into it when it flies towards you. Its also preferable to keep yourself on the larger platforms to avoid their attacks easier and taking opportunities to attack them all at once when they stick really close together (it deals massive amount of damage if you hit them all with each swing)")
![Ancient Wyvern - Morning Jog Edition [SL1, No Sprinting/Rolling/Blocking, No Plunging Attacks]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sIXqqGpncMY/hqdefault.jpg "Ancient Wyvern - Morning Jog Edition [SL1, No Sprinting/Rolling/Blocking, No Plunging Attacks]
My dislike for Ancient Wyvern and its design was pretty high ever since my first playthrough of this game, but after this challenge it stands alongside Bed of Chaos as one of my least favourite bosses in the franchise, as its moveset is probably the most bare bones and simplistic out of all Dark Souls 3 bosses (including the gimmick ones) and just doesnt feel like there was a lot of thought put into it.
Killing the wyvern without sprinting or rolling also creates a few additional problems that make this fight extra frustrating, like the difficulty of positioning yourself in just the right way to be able to avoid either of its two most dangerous attacks, the first one being when Wyvern lunges forward with its entire body (best way to avoid is to stay closer to its legs, or go to its sides enough to avoid the attack, which might be hard without sprinting depending on where you stood when the wyvern started the attack), and the second one when it stomps the ground with its right leg (this attack has some ridiculous, wonky AOE effect in front and to the sides of its leg, which is especially confusing when on stairs, so the best way to avoid it is to keep at a reasonable distance from the legs). The problem with both those attacks is that they complement each other in a way that is pretty unfortunate to the player, i.e. if you get a bit too close you get stomped on, but if you get slightly too far away youll get rammed instead. Theres also the fact that Wyverns AI sometimes freaks out and it starts repositioning itself more to the left or right without concern for player characters position, so you might end up with no free space to move in a certain direction.
The kill I ended up with in this video is kinda messy and long, doesnt really feel that satisfactory at all. For a cleaner and faster take on this same challenge Id recommend you watch Auras video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzyxHKJTbLE")
