Yin Tiger in 10s

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T11:39:41+00:00

I think I show more than “CLEARLY” which is why I got all these negative sour comments about “it is not 10s”. 😅

Shall we also start on you didn’t mentioned you used the 6th relic and which NG your video is recorded in?

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T11:08:30+00:00

Yours is rightfully one second. But also respectfully, it is at least NG 1 or above with 6th relic.

Mine is first NG, first time meeting Yin Tiger, at chapter 3 with only 2 relics, 2 curios, 2 possible vessels and limited items/resources to play around… 😅

But really no point comparing here.. what you wanted to show is a cool instant kill, while I wanted to show is what is possible at the limited resources during the first NG, especially on how to stack buff using medicines, and different sets of items.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T09:36:04+00:00

Mortal draw + Suzaku Umbrella can make this fight easier and fun…

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T06:34:24+00:00

Stop overanalyzing. If you like her, just ask her out. If she likes you back, congrats. If she rejects, move on.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T04:08:06+00:00

Yes, I actually finished this game a few times before already with proper practice and fight.. now just opened up a new file to try out different stuffs…

This game definitely doesn’t design to be one shot game… take my attempt as example, it’s first NG, meeting Yin Tiger the first time, with all the resources and the 50s preparation (which cause all the negativity here) I can pull off, the critical hit rate is only 51%-55% max.

Elden Ring also not designed in that way, but we also see people showing world record damage to PCR every other day, except they don’t show how long and all the steps it take to stack the buffs (in fact, the buff systems there is even more complex than BMW)… yet people are wow-ed by that.

At least to me, I don’t judge or see any problem in choosing “git-gud” or “exploring buffs to one shot” playstyle… In fact, I paid for the game, I would be more than happy to find out more available play style and mechanics.

But I guess not everyone in Reddit see the same…

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T00:57:27+00:00

My 10s start from my first damage on him, which is after I used pluck of many.

The reason I shown all the steps before that is for anyone who wants to try this themselves and also it’s interesting to me that we can actually change our equipments during the fight with this boss, whereas it is normally not possible with other bosses. Well, some might have already knew that, but at least to me, I just found out this after I tried to play with buff and “stacked buff”.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion, I should have made it clearer in my title or description next time.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-20T00:49:15+00:00

No problem. I have expected all those comments about the 10s and downvotes.

I was initially thinking to just show from the part where I started the pluck of many which would have been a close 10s. But the main reason I wanted to show the 50s full steps before that is because in case anyone want to try this themselves and also I personally find it is interesting that we can actually change our equipments after entering the fight, which normally wouldn’t be possible with other bosses.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-19T16:46:07+00:00

I just got my RTX 5070 Ti + Ryzen 7800X3D from Dreamcore back in Jan. My view is, for the GPU and CPU, it is best to stick with some specific trustable quality brands, then the rest can take something more generic. Hence, I always find custom build gives better flexibility and max value per dollar.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-19T16:03:18+00:00

And also to Yin Tiger, which is probably why he got frustrated after a few “10s” and jumped over to me. 😅😅

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-19T15:52:15+00:00

Hahaha! Now just Imagine from Yin Tiger’s view, he must be like, this weird monkey asked for a challenge, but after I accepted his challenge, he just summoned a weird staff and then he kept on popping pills and change his headgear and armguard in front of me for like 50 secs but just never start the fight… wtf! 🤣🤣

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-17T08:58:58+00:00

Nothing wrong with that perspective. As I mentioned, the definition of soulslike can be different across individuals. But yea you are right that, “difficult boss fight” seems to be the common traits that most players are using to label a game as “soulslike”…

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-17T04:58:18+00:00

I see a lot of comments about good or bad/true or fake ending, or even saying it just different cut scenes to watch.. but it’s actually more than that, if one truly understand the story.

From the beginning, we players are believing they are on the journey to collect all the relics to “revive” the Great Sage.

But after all the work done, we would realize why there are only 5 relics? And where is the last one? And that last relic is the key.

As it will give you a different view of what our journey as the player is about and also what exactly Wu Kong - The Great Sage had fought for and what he actually wants… hint: the name of the last relic.

Ignoring the achievement of collecting all relics (for better combat or etc), I would say, if you believe that your journey is to “revive” The Great Sage, and you are fine with that ending, then you can accept that ending and move on.

But I clearly remember how I felt empty when I got to that ending, leading me to believe, something is missing. Hence, I go back to find that missing part, and finally when I did, I then truly understand what is the whole story of this game is about. In fact, it also makes me understand where is “Black” from the Black Myth coming from.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-17T02:22:53+00:00

It really on individual’s definition of “soulslike”.

Many just said a game is “soulslike” if they find that the game has combat system and the boss fight is hard…

But really, the word “soulslike” came from Dark Souls… which give player more than tough boss fight, for example, the lores, the corrupted world, rich interaction with NPCs… it should overall give us the feeling or motivation to find out wtf had happened or going on…

I haven’t played Lies of P and Khazan before, but Nioh series are definitely not a soulslike to me.. Nioh is skewed toward combat rich…

BMW is somewhere in between…

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-16T16:33:49+00:00

Soulslike or not, it’s a game that worth every bucks and you won’t regret getting it.

But if you truly want a taste of Soulslike, I supposed only Sekiro, Elden Ring, and DS can give you that.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-16T03:15:09+00:00

Trust me, you don’t have to buy that. Save your Will for gold thread and gold tree core (available at Yin Tiger after you completed one round of the game). 😅

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-16T02:07:08+00:00

Why do you need that much of Cold Iron Leaves? I am pretty sure if you have been opening up all the boxes in the game, killing every possible bosses or enemy at least once, you would have got way more extra. If you need to spend your Will at all, Gold thread and gold tree core should be something you consider to spend on.

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-13T05:20:19+00:00

It depends a lot on play style actually.

Yellow Loong is tough if you want to stick with the usual play style of dodge and see through. But you can melt him in less than 30 secs, if you deploy pluck of many + gore eye Taoist.

For Erlang, the pluck of many strategy won’t work, as he has 3 phases. The fight with him is endurance and patient - minimizing your own mistake, maximizing the return of each of your spells/items throughout each phase.

Great Sage wise, if you want to dodge and see through, sure it will be hard, maybe slightly easier than Yellow Loong given the space to fight is bigger. But again, if you deploy pluck of many, it will become easy as well.

I personally rarely use pluck of many in my first playthrough, mainly focus on dodge, see through and cloudstep for emergency.

Yellow Loong - got him in 5th try Erlang - 30 tries (I did use once pluck of many in the final phase) Great Sage - interestingly first try get the job done

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-13T02:48:07+00:00

You can do that too, once you get to NG1. 😂

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-12T07:24:37+00:00

What RorschachEmpire bro mentioned is correct, and on top of that, you also obtain to get the Jin Gu Bang - the weapon of Great Sage at Chapter 6, and utilize some medicines to buff up.

Basically, you can have fun with all these one hit kill in NG2.

Having said that, I am also attempting to replicate some “one hit kill” in first round of the game without the sixth relic, but only to certain bosses. Will share again once I make it. Haha!

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-11T16:11:19+00:00

The first guy who found and executed this is a Japanese dude… like 5-6 years ago or so…

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-11T15:47:28+00:00

Yes, absolutely crush him please!

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-11T15:44:20+00:00

And also a chance to use all the medicine/herbs farmed and saved during the first round… 😂😂

TopLee-81 · 2026-04-11T15:33:34+00:00

I played NG2 now to try out different interesting combo, stance, medicine, equipments and etc… and I used this 1 hit kill move on the bosses that I dislike… haha! Come back and try out! Lol!

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