Great Tengu is the first boss in the Heian location. After defeating this boss, you will gain access to the location, as well as new opportunities and a secret boss in the Warring States location. Next, I will show you how I defeated this boss without much difficulty, without any special tricks or builds. You will also be able to do this during your first encounter with Great Tengu.

Great Tengu Boss Guide: How to Beat Great Tengu

To win, you need to learn Great Tengu’s moves. There are actually a lot of them, but they are all similar. After each attack or series of attacks, Great Tengu gives you the opportunity to counterattack. This is a short pause during which you cannot do much damage, so I use a jump and a heavy attack. It’s just one hit, and depending on the strength of your weapon, you can do a fair amount of damage to your opponent.

After this hit, you need to dodge immediately and not continue the attack. If you don’t, you’ll be hit by a barrage of attacks from Great Tengu. Once your attack is complete and you’ve successfully dodged to a distance, it’s time to use your throwing abilities. Throw kunai, shuriken, and any ninjutsu skill you have active on your panel at the boss.

Great Tengu Dark Mode Phase Explained – Perfect Dodge Tips

When the boss enters dark mode, you need to be especially careful. In this mode, Great Tengu receives a large number of different attacks with various elements. Some attacks target the area around the boss, while others attack you from a distance. In the dark phase, I only use throwing items and try to dodge everything that flies at me.

It is also important to see the attack when the enemy rises high and is about to fly rapidly in your direction. This is the time to perform a perfect dodge and replenish your throwing items. When the dark phase ends, you return to the tactics you used at the beginning of the battle. But you always have to be careful and feel the moment when you can attack. You will only gain this understanding through practice.

When the boss enters dark mode for the second time, I decided to use my ultimate ability. Before doing so, you need to throw all your projectiles to deal damage and replenish them during your ultimate attack. Here, too, everything is quite simple: I repeat the same simple and effective combination.

Jump and heavy attack. I repeat this attack until the ultimate ability bar is full. In the animation of strikes and attacks, it is important not to miss this moment and move away in time so as not to take damage from the enemy, which can end the fight with your defeat.

Best Build for Great Tengu: Equipment Weight Under 30%

After that, Great Tengu will not have much health left, and you will need to finish the fight using your dodging skills. It is worth mentioning that it is very important to have no more than 30% of your equipment weight here. This will significantly increase your chances of a perfect dodge. You must also learn the Evade skill to replenish throwing items during a perfect dodge.

Everything else is not so important. Of course, you can improve your damage with various amulets, use yokai summons to deal some damage to your opponent, and other elements that improve your stats. But overall, the main skill is perfect evasion, which will allow you to survive this battle and end it with a victory.

It will be safer if you don’t attack your opponent at the end of the fight, but only use throwing items. But when you don’t want to drag out the fight too much and you know you can handle it, you can attack. I had a few health refill cans left, so at the end I attacked the boss to win faster, but this led to me missing a few attacks and almost losing the battle one step away from victory.

Once again, I am convinced that you need to be more patient in order to fight calmly and get a well-deserved victory using simple methods. All it takes is timely dodging and the right attack. I still haven’t focused on my character’s equipment and weapons. I am sure that the right set of clothes will help me fight this battle as quickly and safely as possible in the future.

Overall, I can’t say this match is difficult, but sometimes it will definitely make you nervous. Especially the first few attempts, when you don’t clearly understand your opponent’s actions. I think it’s time to change tactics, because the battles are starting to take too long. We’ll look for a better option in the next fights.