Sekiro Best Technique Agains Snake Eyes

Sekiro's Snake Eyes Shirahagi boss fight might look like a reskin of your fight against Ophidian Eyes Shirafugi at kickoff. And it'southward very similar on the surface, but the location, additional enemies, and environmental hazards brand this an entirely different fight.

In this guide, we'll evidence you how to defeat Snake Eyes Shirahagi with the almost effective Shinobi Prosthetic, our favorite Gainsay Art, items you should bring with you, and strategies for reacting to her attacks in both phases. We'll even include a borderline cheating fashion to defeat her.

The best Prosthetic Tools, items, and skills for Snake Eyes Shirahagi

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There are always items and attacks that work well against Sekiro bosses. These are our recommendations for the best items to bring to your fight with Ophidian Eyes Shirahagi.

• Antidote Powder. Your fight takes place in a poisonous swamp. This item will heal your Poison condition aberration and temporarily increase your resistance.
• Shinobi Firecracker. Sekiro's almost versatile Prosthetic Tool allows you to stun your enemy and go in a hit or two — or just get abroad and regain your composure.
• While not necessary (we didn't use it at all), if you accept picked up the Loaded Umbrella Prosthetic Tool, information technology's a good shield to apply when there are multiple people shooting at yous, like in that location will be during this fight.

Approaching the Snake Eyes Shirahagi boss fight and a Stealth Deathblow

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Your fight with Snake Optics Shirahagi will take place pretty much exactly halfway betwixt the Ashina Depths > Ashina Depths and Toxicant Pool Sculptor'south Idols. You can outset from either of them, merely nosotros like the Ashina Depths — but just because you lot can take out one of the gunman on your manner to the fight.

Walk forrad from the idol and driblet down to the wooden platform beneath yous. Plow right and drib downwards again. Plough left and drop down one more time. Take out the gunner with a Stealth Deathblow. (Don't jump and do a plunging Deathblow hither — that seems to draw more than attention.)

From at that place, grapple straight across the center of the arena to the statue on the far side. Drop down behind the statue and turn right.

Hug the wall on your left and loop effectually to perform a Deathblow on Ophidian Optics Shirahagi.

You lot have a choice hither: You lot tin can either keep the fight right here and employ the toppled statue equally cover, or y'all tin risk getting shot while y'all handle the other enemies (and utilize a inexpensive trick to whittle down her Vitality).

Serpent Optics Shirahagi Phase 2

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General strategies

Shirahagi'due south style is like to Snake Eyes Shirafuji's, but you don't have the benefit of toxicant this time, so you're going to take to rely on your attacks to wear her downward. You're going to be blocking a lot — a single shot from her gun will knock off easily half of your Vitality. Dodging and Deflecting will get y'all the rest of the way through.

Serpent Eyes Shirahagi attacks

Allow's talk well-nigh Serpent Optics Shirahagi's attacks, how to identify them, and what yous should do about them.

Perilous Attack ane: Hook and shoot

Shirahagi has the aforementioned hook and shoot Perilous Attack that Shirafuji does. If y'all get caught, she'll draw you in, then blast you backward with her gun.

Any time you run into the red kanji appear over Sekiro's head, commencement dodging sideways. You tin land a counterattack afterward you dodge, but your start priority should be to just get out of the way of her hook.

Combos

Shirahagi'southward other attacks are a combination of swinging her gun, shooting her gun, or kicking. Yous tin block them all, but that'll have a large bite out of your Posture.

Endeavour to Deflect the swings, block the shot (with the Loaded Umbrella, if you have information technology), and Footstep Contrivance the kick. That'll ready you up for a counterattack.

Sekiro's attacks

Almost of this fight is about responding to Ophidian Eyes Shirahagi's attacks, only we should likewise point out what to do when you're on offense.

Shinobi Firecracker

We finish up recommending this Prosthetic Tool in just about every boss guide we write, and the Shinobi Firecracker works extremely well against Snake Eyes Shirahagi.

Use it to interruption up her attacks or even disrupt them. Only don't get greedy when y'all're attacking while she'south stunned — you only accept time for one or ii swings before she'll recover.

Snake Eyes Shirahagi Phase 2 (cheese)

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There is a way to defeat Shirahagi without much actual combat. Information technology feels a little like cheating (and it may somewhen go patched), just information technology'due south a dirty solution if you go along getting stuck.

Showtime with the same Stealth Deathblow as above. Instead of staying focused on Shirahagi, though, immediately dart to the island in the middle of the arena (back toward the Ashina Depths idol) and have out the gunner there — if you're lucky, you'll get a quick Deathblow.

Turn to the right and run (don't grapple) out into the open up poisonous area. Your goal is to go Shirahagi to follow you. When she does, use the copse to grapple up to the cliff above you. Handle the gunner in that location with another Deathblow, then approach the border while guarding.

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You're trying to keep Shirahagi'south attention and keep her shooting at yous (and hopefully hitting the cliff beneath you) while she's continuing in the poison. After about a minute, she'll get the Poisoned condition aberration, and her Vitality will start draining.

Just wait it out. If you lot ever detect it stop draining, hit her with a shuriken, then wait some more than. Wait until her Vitality is downwards as far equally it can go, then drop down and finish her off.

Snake Optics Shirahagi drops, items, and rewards

Defeat Snake Eyes Shirahagi, and y'all'll receive a Prayer Dewdrop.

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Source: https://www.polygon.com/sekiro-guide/2019/4/3/18292613/snake-eyes-shirahagi-poison-prosthetic-art-tool-items-strategy-tips-tricks-defeat-beat

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