If you’re having trouble defeating Kusanagi in Nioh 3, this will help you. We’ll use a safe tactic that will protect you from the large amount of damage the boss can inflict during combat. Next, I’ll tell you what to do to defeat Kusanagi without any problems. You can also use this tactic on almost all bosses in the game and defeat them successfully. I also recommend watching the walkthrough of the Sealed in the Stone Urn quest and the defeat of the boss Ibaraki Doji 2nd Encounter.

Nioh 3 Kusanagi Boss Guide – Best Ninja Build Strategy

The main thing you need to do is distribute all available skill points in skill and collect the Head of the Iga Ninja set. The essence of the method is to always stay as far away from the enemy as possible and throw Ninja Tools at them. This guarantees you relative safety and protection from most attacks. You will be able to dodge all long-range attacks that the boss will use against you.

In order to perform perfect dodges frequently in the game, you need to have no more than 30% of your equipment weight. The magic you choose in this battle is not that important, because at this stage of the game you are unlikely to have active skills with electric damage, and these are what you need to deal a lot of damage. This boss is well protected from the elements of fire and water.

But in Ninja Tools, I recommend choosing Uncanny Bolt, which deals electric damage, and regular shurikens and kunai. These throwing items recharge very quickly, have no elemental alignment, and always deal a lot of damage to your opponent. In addition, these items are easy to throw while moving, so you don’t need to stop to do so. And in this battle, it is very important to keep moving.

How to Beat Kusanagi in Nioh 3 – Safe Ranged Ninja Tools Tactic

In this battle, you should ignore the girl, who is almost always in a protective cocoon. I only track her partially because she often comes out from under her protection and attacks you with various elements. That’s why I have to keep moving all the time. If I don’t dodge the attack, I just run to the side. While running, the girl does not have time to focus her attack on you, and you will almost always avoid her elemental attacks.

As soon as you stop, you can take damage not only from the main enemy, but also from the insidious magic attacks of the girl in the protective cocoon. That’s why I have chosen the Ninja Tools that I mentioned to you. Just try how easy it is to throw them at the boss without stopping your movement, and you will see the great advantage in this. Considering that you have the Evade skill activated, with perfect evasion, you will restore many of your throwing items.

And since you’ll have to dodge a lot, you’ll always have something to throw at the boss. I don’t make a single strike at the boss with my main weapon, so the distribution of characteristics specifically for combat is done in such a way as to maximize the damage from Ninja Tools. The full Iga Ninja set also provides very good bonuses to the damage and recovery of your Ninja Tools, so I recommend collecting all seven pieces of this set in any combination and always having it in your arsenal. Lock the collected items so that you don’t accidentally exchange them for amrita.

Kusanagi Boss Fight Tips – Final Phase and Fireball Attack Explained

You can see that elemental magic is not very effective in this battle, but sometimes I use these attacks when I don’t have any Ninja Tools. In such cases, it’s better to do some damage than nothing at all. But you have to be very careful, because using magic requires you to stand still. And you have to do this when you are sure that you will not be attacked at that moment. It is also worth enabling the passive skills Awekening and Thrown Blade Counter.

The first will allow you to use magic faster, and the second will deal additional damage to the boss when you perform a perfect dodge. If you haven’t used dodging much in boss fights in Nioh 3 before, it will take some time to get used to and learn how to do it. But overall, it’s not that difficult, and it’s much safer than attacking the boss with direct attacks. In close combat, you need to look for a moment to get behind the boss, parry in time, or move away. When dodging at a distance, you can see the enemy’s attack coming in advance and have time to prepare and react to the attack as you need to with the right timing. Kusanagi’s attacks in this case become predictable and controllable.

You will be surprised at how easy it is to fight in this mode, although it seems that the character makes too many movements, but they are all at a safe distance, which greatly facilitates the course of the entire fight. Using this tactic, I didn’t even need to prepare my ultimate ability; I defeated the boss on my second try, simply by getting myself in the right mindset for this fight.

There is one more thing you need to know. In the second half of the battle, even when the boss has about 30% of his health left, the girl under protection will prepare a powerful attack. You need to notice this attack in advance. It takes a long time to prepare. You can see her creating and raising a huge fireball above her. This ball gradually increases in size and seems to accumulate energy.

Eventually, the ball will explode and create a huge area of fire around the girl. If you see the beginning of this attack, try to move to the far corner of the arena where the battle is taking place. This way, you can avoid damage from this attack. This is the only moment when you need to watch the girl closely and move as far away as possible in time. In other cases, you can run past her without any problems.