Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Getting New Update; Here Are the Patch Notes

Today Activision and FromSoftware announced a new update for their popular game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

[UltraNova]

Well it seems From Soft is trying to make things somewhat easier by reducing Spirit Emblem cost in some prosthetics and the Bull's mini boss health and posture...

[Dragonscale]

The bull isn't that bad really when you figure it out.

[UltraNova]

I know and I wonder why From felt the need to nerf him.

[Mulletino]

Because the “fight” is figuring out how to beat him. Once you do then they don’t want you spending as long beating him

[UltraNova]

Mulletino,

Same goes for every single mini or regular Boss, yet they choose the Bull. Why?

[DrumBeat]

The bull was a cake walk for me. Fire crackers, few hits, dodge, repeat.

[Rimeskeem]

Once you figure out the cheese you can do every boss is like a minute long LUL

[Daeloki]

Agreed, it's a pretty straightforward fight once you figure it out, but I think the issue was (or at least I felt that) the bull was a bit of a "bullet sponge". As in even when you were doing everything right, it took forever to wear him down.

[ArchangelMike]

They really need to reduce the hit box width of grab attacks. You could clearly have jumped or side stepped and still get grabbed. It is infuriatiing. Especially witht he ogre, and even more so with the guardian ape.

[savedsynner]

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The only hit box I felt was really off so far was the Great Shinobi Owl fight. His slash attacks feel like they have a hitbox beyond the actual slash.

[carcarias]

@savedsynner

Yeah, I felt that too. Like his arm suddenly grows 5 feet at the end of the attack.

It's only certain attacks though so I just made sure I kept further away, but it was irritating since it meant I couldn't get in to punish.

[Servbot41]

I don't think reducing the spirit emblem cost of some things necessarily makes it easier, it just makes those prosthetics and combat arts not useless compared to the lower level ones. Like why would you ever use an attack that takes 6 emblems?

[Thelastgideon]

Honestly the boss needed the nerf simply because it’s so inconsistent and that it’s health pool is so large versus how little damage you do at the point in the game where you encounter the bull it seems right, and on top of that it will charge and hit you around corners when it charges into a wall it can get a bit overwhelming

[william_cade]

The Blazing Bull fight was fine. Run, deflect, run. deflect and so on. It has been one of the easier fights for me. Now that one armed Ninja is wiping the floor with me.

[Xb1ps4]

Man... that bull is kicking my ass lol... most time blocking won’t work.. so I been trying to run to his back or side when he does that hard turn with the burning thing on his head.. you get better hits when standing in front of him but that damn headbutt I just can’t block..

And it’s annoying as hell when you lose lock on! Had to remap the lock on to the left click, makes it easier for me since my thumb is always on the left thumb stick..

Loving the game though... this isn’t a gam3 you rush through

[UltraNova]

Let him run to you, dodge to his side, wait for him to do a side head attack and when he drops to the ground attack 3 times, the moment he gets up, throw some firecrackers, attack 3 times. Rinse and repeat and steak will be served.

[XVision84]

You don't need to block at all. There is a small square area to the right of where the bull first appears (where the door to advance forward is). You can keep the bull trapped in there. All you need to do is keep dodging to the side and force the bull to hit the walls. The bull will be forced to turn around. From the time it hits the wall, turns around, then charges again you can just keep hitting its butt until it dies.

[william_cade]

Yeah, there's a ton going on in that bull fight. run to the center, turn your camera and when he dips his head in the ground, give it a quick second and then deflect.

I had to remap the deflect button to L2 on the PS4, L1 is way too small for my left hand.

[BadElf]

Yeah, firecrackers are key

[antz1104]

Firecrackers, lead him into the box corner, DO NOT lock on and stay behind him. You'll have it in one of two tries.

[Xb1ps4]

Ultra

How you get the firecracker? I got the flame thrower and the axe.

[Mulletino]

Tent vendor on a plateau decently early on. Grapple points up to him.

[ArchangelMike]

A number of shop keepers sell the fire cracker. As far as I know, the first one you find is after you defeat Gyoubu, befoer you go throughthe gates, turn around and run up the steps. You'll meet Tengu, and then run to the right around the corner, and up andother flight of steps. You'll find shp keeper, I believe he sells the firecraker. But there is another shop keeper that sells it as well.

[DaDrunkenJester]

You know where the old lady is that gives you the bell you thinks you're her son or nephew? She is right before the area with the guy that shoots the rockets at you. They're is a path off to the left where you can climb to the top to a plateau and there will be a merchant there that will sell you the firecrackers.

[BlkMonk-EKing]

Right past that first mini boss samurai general. You will see a big ledge with a bunch of crows. Before you go through the gate look to the left and grapple up then keep grapple up to the left. Up on top is a merchant who sells firecrackers for 500 sen

[savedsynner]

Which one? There are quite a few of them?

[Vanfernal]

The camera is the real boss when you fight the one armed ninja (Ashina Reservoir) lol. The tiny room with the horrible camera is rage inducing. I ended up just cheesing the crap out of him with the axe cause I was tired of dying because the camera wouldn't stay locked on and I couldn't see wtf was going on.

[william_cade]

I think, I'll do the same lol

[pyroxxx]

,.. yep ,.. but with every NG+ it takes forever,..since his hp VS your damage output,.. are not really connected,..it is annoying and takes way too long.

[The_Blue]

Even with an invincible option how does one stop being thrown off map.

[Xb1ps4]

Ha! Lol that tall chained up dude with the wrestling moves threw me off a few times... loved that fight!

[Vanfernal]

I started ng+ and was steamrolling everyone. Got to that guy and was pretty much fighting perfectly but somehow he managed to grab me at the worst possible angle and threw me off the cliff more times than I care to admit. Hurt my pride. XD

[bujasem_89]

@vanfernal when he throws you. You can grapple back to him.

[SpinalRemains138]

Press L2 and latch onto his head.

[Lexreborn2]

“Reduced the Posture damage dealt by the first hit of the Combat Arts "Senpou Leaping Kicks" and "High Monk" as it was causing more damage than intended in certain cases. Posture damage dealt in the latter-half of the combo has been increased.”

Sad but I used the Senpou Leaping Kick to destroy Genichiro and Isshin at the end lol. It interrupts certain strings and added so much Posture damage.

“Fixed a bug where certain enemies would sometimes stop attacking the player.“

This happened a few times and I was perfectly fine with it lol

[sushimama]

I just used the double and single Ichimonji. Genichiro and Ishin stage 1 use double, Ishin 2 and 3 i used single, if I used them at all. The Double Ichimonji is such a succulent Ichi lol. I just deflected and attacked when necessary. Ran and ran back when needed. Great fight the last one. Surprised more people haven't finished it yet. Trophy percentage should be a little bit higher imo

[Lexreborn2]

Man the game was legit but new game plus with extra difficulty is on some other stuff

[pyroxxx]

Nice ! At least they haven't screwed anything,..Don't understand nerfing the bull,.. but than again I am glad with anything that takes lass time,.. The costs of all the tools should be reduced in the first place(or moves),.. They are awesome, but you always dread using them more,..

[I_am_Batman]

Glad they're buffing Sabimaru against some enemies. I've tried it a lot throughout my playthroughs and never felt like it was doing much especially considering it keeps consuming spirit emblems every 2 hits.

The bull nerf is good. Despite being a cool looking enemy, the fight itself is one of the few boring ones in the game imo. Unless there is some way to fight him that makes the fight more interesting that I'm not aware of.

Incresing the drop rate of divine confetti seems like a good change for new players that haven't figured out how to fight headless yet.

One thing I'd like From Software to add in a future update or maybe in the potential dlc is something to spend sen on in new game+ and subsequent playthroughs. It's weird that you get so much more Sen in NG+ and even the minibosses rewards are changed to coin purses, yet there is basically no use for it anymore. Maybe add an NPC that asks for continously higher donations and gives out some cool rewards (rare items, maybe skins for Sekro and his prosthetic tools or even a new esoteric text and one or two new prosthetic tools if we're talking about dlc).

Edit: And talking about new game plus rewards they should probably look though some of the items again because some items didn't get replaced in NG+ at all. I've opened a chest with nothing in it recently. While it was funny it's probably not what they've intended.

[UltraNova]

I agree on sabimaru, its something you could feel it had unfulfilled potential.

On Sen after NG+: Maybe DLC specific items(prosthetic upgrades etc) will cost quite a bit more than regular game items and From already created their drop rate to accommodate its release without affecting how we know currency works.

[SPEAKxTHExTRUTH]

Seems like a low key easy mode if you ask me. I think FS caved to the casuals ever so slightly.

[Traecy]

Just killed the Guardian Ape over the weekend,soon this brutal but fun game will be over with.

[bangoskank]

The Corrupted Monk made me take a break from this game.

[DarkOcelet]

She is painfully easy once you figure out how to kill her properly. Go up the 2nd tree on the left when you are on the bridge, wait for her to appear then go for the plunging attack to deplete one of his three health bar then quickly go up that same tree again wait for her to appear again and use the plunging attack again to deplete her 2nd health bar and for the final health bar, just spam Firecrackers and fistful of ash till you kill her. You will not take any damage.

If you are talking about the apparition corrupted monk, this one is a joke too, just spam Snap seed and get in a few attacks after every use till she dies.

[bangoskank]

I was referring to the illusion which I beat after posting this. I just kept dodging and stabbing her in the back. No snap seeds or other tricks. Just Mikiri counters, dodging, and lots of patience. Phew.. what a bitch.

[pyroxxx]

It takes forever,.. but you can use 3 snapseeds the final 30% because it takes so damn long. Basically running around forever and very little openings are actually safe to attack.

Oh I see you did it ,.. GG.

[DarkOcelet]

sorry for spoiling the real boss fight for ya then. And good luck with her.

[Exvalos]

Bull was incredibly easy why it need a patch?????

[shauzy]

im glad i finished it before finishing it as a semi bitch

[AK91]

May be a small thing but I would love if on Pro and the X we can have a 30 fps cap the inconsistent framerates are quite annoying to me.

[pyroxxx]

Option for people would be great, but the framerate always howers above mid 40's-50's and is pretty consistent so that is not the problem. Capping to 30 won't solve framepacing issues,.. just make game worse.
I am all for options,.. but really don't want it capped,.. because it is pretty damn smooth.

[sushimama]

No one gets stuck for long on the Bull. Believe me or not, I dont care, but i defeated it on my first attempt. Just gotta sprint, stay on it's ass, don't get greedy and attack for too long on the ass or he'll turn his head. I don't think I ever blocked once on this fight. Just sprinting while staying locked on. Few FireCrackers here and there. Done

[Mister_G]

Fire axe now costs 2 se? Thanks! Owl father now done ;o)