Genichiro Ashina (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice)
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is full of awesome, amazing boss fights, but if we had to pick only one to feature in this article, it’d be Genichiro Ashina.
He’s not even close to being the toughest boss you’ll face in this game, but he sure as hell is one of the most technical ones that will beat the game’s combat mechanics into you until you really get it.
Getting past his first phase is a matter of reading his Perilous Attacks and learning which ones you can counter and which ones you need to jump over. Then, you’ll need to practice getting perfect parries on his combo strings, learning how long each different string is, and knowing when it’s actually safe to attack.
And then, you get to his second phase, and it’s an electrical fight where you’re constantly on your toes as you have to get used to a couple of new moves and a completely new mechanic that you’ll be using a lot more later down the line.
Plus, it’s Genichiro. He’s basically Wolf’s rival for the entirety of the game, which makes this fight way more satisfying than it should be.
