Bosses Hub: Known Fights and How to Prepare

Sasaki Ganryu

Evidence: public demo and preview coverage.

The Kiyomizu-dera duel is where a lot of players stop treating regular enemies as the whole game. It tests clean reads, parry discipline, and not overcommitting after one hit.

Prep: land reliable defensive answers first. Full notes: Sasaki Ganryu boss guide

Daidara

Evidence: Oni Refuge preview footage.

A large club-and-charge fight that also races you for souls. If the boss feeds, it can power up; the follow-up is to punish the enlarged stomach when a real opening appears.

Prep: spacing and resource discipline beat greedy absorbs. Full notes: Daidara boss guide

Shuten Doji

Evidence: official trailers and promotional framing.

A named major antagonist. Phase lists, move names, and punish windows are not confirmed here yet.

Universal habits

• Figure out what the boss is asking — patience, spacing, or a system check.
• Do not confuse a stylish Issen with the correct answer.
• After a bad hit, reset. Panic strings lose more fights than the first mistake.
• First attempts can be scouting runs.

Move-by-move pages for later mandatory bosses stay unpublished until those fights are actually documented.