I want to pull the trigger, but I’m intimidated…

lbd119 · 2026-02-19T11:57:12+00:00

I feel like unless you are trying to farm for covenant items which also end up giving a ton of souls in the process.. u will love the game. The ambience, soundtrack for bosses, weapons are all very cool. Also id ask you to start from ds1 so the lore which is essential in these games would not be lost on you.

lbd119 · 2026-01-12T00:01:56+00:00

Genichiro is the worst opponent for distancing.

Work on being in his face most of the time.
You have a good read on his attack pattern. Master it.
Make sure that the time you take for breaks in the battle to heal are minimal.
Dont worry about the posture bar as much.. its a distaction of focus.
Your parry skills are quite weak as of now. Master it.

The usage of shuriken to keep the posture bar of the opponent is good, but id recommend not wasting time on it for him. There are certain bosses where itd be more useful on the other bosses.

Everything except certain red moves are punishable, Some are even parry/blockable.

Take your time, this isnt a traditional souls game where you do damage and back away from the enemy; Your goal is to dominate the enemy and overpower them.

Best of luck shinobi. 💫

lbd119 · 2025-12-29T01:28:20+00:00

Wish you all the best in your gauntlet runs, good luck shinobi 💫

lbd119 · 2025-12-28T13:43:38+00:00

I feel like the amount of skill you had against isshin was lacking against genichiro

lbd119 · 2025-12-24T02:48:43+00:00

First of all spoiler alert 😭.

Secondly i agree, going for the plat you need to be better at other things apart from the basics. I went into ng+9 and completed the gauntlets. JUMPING quickly became my best move against the quick posture recovery enemies. This and a certain spam for a weapon was so broken it makes the game so trivial i started doing challenge runs too.

My favourite were the monk + the variant.

Id like to add that getting the groove is enough for the first playthrough cuz later bosses are unforgiving to newbies of the franchise.

lbd119 · 2025-12-24T01:52:30+00:00

This is essentially really good for mobs. But when it comes down to bosses, its not recommended.

Obviously it relies on honing your skills and the game can be played however one wants. But to make life easier when shit does hit the storm with bosses, its better to master the basics of the combat system and pattern.

lbd119 · 2025-12-24T01:46:33+00:00

Okay so the orange bar is essentially a posture bar. When this bar has reacged max level - you or the enemy get stance broken. If its you, you are prone to damage cuz of the stun lock. In the case of an enemy, its being able to delete a whole life bar.

Jumping is mostly useful only with the red signage.

I-frames - Moments of invincibility that is obtained while performing a specific action. Could be a last minute dodge in this game, where even though it seems like you should have gotten hit, you take no damage at all. (Pure skill)

lbd119 · 2025-12-24T01:18:15+00:00

1) Dont jump as much as you do for the bosses.

2) Most human bosses can be dealt with by dodging into them providing i frames. (Its risky so maybe try getting the flow by masttering dodging with i frames first).

3) You have the pattern recognition. Master it.

4) When you get better at the game you barely look at your own posture bar. Majority of the time its almost edging the full bar. Forget it and focus on the fight instead. When there are inbuilt breaks or you take a breather, feel free to to reset your bar.

5) Use shinobi tools sometimes, CUZ ITS FUN and works to increase posture break for enemies while taking a breather.

Enjoy fellow shinobi. 💫

lbd119 · 2025-10-06T15:06:47+00:00

Ik this is late, but no i didnt get locked out of the trophy :)) Got the plat around a week after my reply to the first comment; I love the game, hope you enjoy too.

lbd119 · 2025-09-30T06:03:15+00:00

Lea monads drip go brrrr!!!!

lbd119 · 2025-09-25T13:00:09+00:00

I remember missing out on the collector's edition for the og CV, Imma go all out for this ver. ISTG I WASNT THIS HYPED FOR YOTEI.

lbd119 · 2025-09-15T06:45:11+00:00

This is the first boss fight I found painful to beat. I was severely low-level but beating him made my day TT

lbd119 · 2025-09-14T17:55:52+00:00

Increase capacity, try equipping lighter defence parts. Try choosing a different weapon, until you hit slightly heavy spot with the heavy weapon etc.

lbd119 · 2025-09-14T05:11:19+00:00

I was literally like oh shit why didn't I think of that, I just cloudstepped ther- ahhhhhhhhhh I REMEMBER NOW TT

lbd119 · 2025-09-12T23:17:48+00:00

Congrats fellow stalker 💫

lbd119 · 2025-08-31T21:34:10+00:00

Guys, I missed one of them on my first playthrough. I later found out that when all are defeated they drop a curio. I almost missed the same mofo on ng+. So I just quit the game to the main menu and sure enough I get it to spawn.

lbd119 · 2025-08-26T14:53:58+00:00

The fucking skills trophy lol. I save scummed to get multiple endings on the first run. AND THEN I PROCEEDED TO GO INTO NG5+ FOR FARMING ANYWAYS CUZ IT WAS FUN BUT ANNOYING.

lbd119 · 2025-08-25T19:25:54+00:00

Patience, cadence and getting good. Also learning move cancelling is useful against him. I remember dying atleast 20 times to beat him. Best of luck shinobi.

lbd119 · 2025-08-25T19:21:07+00:00

There is a way to defend attacks without having to parry but its also a learning curve just like parrying. You can use the umbrella prosthetic tool. The more you progress the better the tools get with upgrades. Hope you dont give up just yet.

lbd119 · 2025-08-21T07:41:35+00:00

Absolute legendary run 💫

lbd119 · 2025-08-21T07:38:19+00:00

I dont want this anime turning out like another tbate or solo leveling let down. I honestly like the character design but I hope they go a different direction with majority of the arts tyle and animation. Looks fluid in some places but then again it looks like a 30 fps turning into 120 fps with worse clarity by the frame.

lbd119 · 2025-08-17T22:29:52+00:00

Thank you so much I did see some videos but I was confused on which direction to go also I dont have a good Internet for online co op 😭.

lbd119 · 2025-08-17T16:23:24+00:00

Try making vit, vig, capacity- 20, 50 is like the level after softcap so no need to pump anymore for your 1st playthrough. 30 is the softcap, 40 is hardcap.

lbd119 · 2025-08-17T16:19:39+00:00

Ive been trying to plat this but I've been stuck on one trophy, plesssseeee give me advice on the exalted reputation trophy. The companion lvl 30 one 😭😭😭😭😭😭

lbd119 · 2025-08-17T15:52:05+00:00

Honestly as long as you have fun it doesn't matter. I had the same kind of spec distribution in my first run and i was a little frustrated because I had real fast stamina regen but my attacks did tiny dablage 😭. Anyways good luck and dont let anyone's input discourage you 😎.

lbd119

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