SEKIRO SHADOWS DIE TWICE | Easy Kill Gyoubu Oniwa

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Published on August 3, 2020 4:30:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Gxs8VvXlg

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Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (2019)

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Sekiro Gyoubu Oniwa fight - how to beat and kill the horse boss Gyoubu

One of the keys to defeating Gyoubu easily is the Grappling Hook Attack skill but essentially this lets you grapple to an enemy from some considerable distance at certain points during the fight.
A green triangular symbol will appear over Gyoubu's head when you can do it, tap L2/LT and you'll go flying towards him, and be able to get one or two hits off in mid air and one or two when you land, as well. And it will be more easy if you will use Shinobi Firecracker(Prosthetic Tool), because it stuns the horse and Gyoubu for a moment and you can take full advantage of it.
Do that at every opportunity and you'll be off to a great start already. I found it appeared at two specific times: after he throws his spear at you in a Thrust-like Perilous Attack, which is easily evaded if you keep your distance; and when he throws his spear out and spins it around him on a string in a circle. With the second one I found it best to try and pull this off instantly, otherwise it's hard (if not impossible) to do during the actual move and you're better off just backing away.

The rest of it is about having good timing for just one, solid deflection, and dodging the rest. Gyoubu will charge at you every time he's at a distance, and take one big swing with his spear. Deflect that for some easy Posture damage, and then back away (remember you can hold the dodge button to sprint and move very quickly to reposition).
He'll take a few more swings in a big flurry, but you should be able to easily avoid all of them simply by moving away faster than he can turn to hit you.

That, effectively, is all there is to it. Deflect his single charge attack, drop back, fly in and hit him when the green icon appears for a Grapple attack, and repeat - it's fairly slow, but his Vitality will be lowered each time you land those few hits on the grapple, and so his Posture will recover far slower as a result.
That's all you'll hopefully need for tackling this encounter.

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