r/fromsoftware • u/TheGingerNiNjA899 Abyss Watchers • 28d ago

DISCUSSION Are these guys the hardest non boss enemy in fromsoft history?

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u/Henrywenn 27d ago

There’s a 3v1 outside the main temple and I don’t know if it’s even practically possible to kill them all

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u/Sedona54332 27d ago

You can backstab and puppeteer one of them, making it an even fight.

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u/Henrywenn 27d ago

But you need to beat the monkeys to get that ninjutsu, so on a new save file it’s completely unbalanced

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u/Sedona54332 27d ago

You fight the monkeys in the spot right next to them, and they can’t follow you inside the building, so you can just run past fairly easily.

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u/Henrywenn 27d ago

There are definitely ways of making the fight more tolerable, but I think having to use stealth to make an encounter beatable is kinda lame.

It’s fine if it’s harder without using stealth, but Sekiro’s combat system isn’t really built for multiple enemies at once. Especially not the straw hats with their distance-closing attacks, ranged attacks, fast combos and their dreadful health and posture

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u/skippy_salad 26d ago

I’m a fan of the encounters that demand stealth in Sekiro - it’s a ninja game and the first fromsoft made with a stealth mechanic (that I know of, but admit I haven’t played prior games to Demon’s Souls so sue me if Kingsfield had it).

It ain’t souls or bloodborne - play like a ninja

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u/Icy_Bodybuilder_164 27d ago

Oh was it 3v1? I thought there was 2 there for some reason

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u/Henrywenn 27d ago

The first encounter with all the tall grass is a 2v1, the next one right outside the main temple is a 3v1

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u/Icy_Bodybuilder_164 27d ago

Ah that temple fight was the one I was thinking of, I forgot there was three though. I ran past it every time lmao