11 Essential Sekiro Tips For Beginners

Sekiro (隻狼) is in fact a shortening of Sekiwan no Ōkami (隻腕の狼), or one armed wolf.

After playing other souls games, this one is, by far, the hardest. But it is so satisfying when I get a cool looking kill haha

I’m so mad at all times playing this game

Played it for the first time today and now i have a new controller because of the butterfly lady

Iam twice beats 2 mini boss dunkard cannot hit me cus the program software suddenly error enemy wont attack me dan Shinobi hunter suddenly confuse lost direction to find me

This game makes your stik damage wreck

The number one beginner's tip I've ever seen for this game is a tip I don't think any other beginner's tip could ever really compete with. It changed how I approach every game of this entire genre, but ESPECIALLY Sekiro, and it allowed me to enjoy the game again when I was struggling the most.

The tip is this:
Don't approach fights—especially boss fights, and especially your first encounter with a boss—with the goal of winning. Forget winning entirely. Really. Your only goal should be to learn about the fight.

If you go in expecting to win, there's a high likelihood that you'll just come out angry that you didn't win. However, if you go in with your mind locked onto just seeing what attacks the enemy does and how they're timed (Sekiro boss fights are low-key rhythm games, remember that,) what you can and can't do, what works, when you can do what does work, etc., and if your only goal is improvement, then you never really lose because every time you fight, even if you die, you've achieved some small bit of improvement.

Even if all you achieve is one more exposure to the fight, all those exposures eventually add up to muscle memory, and each exposure is growth in that regard, even if you die. The improvement is always there, even if you think it isn't.

Do not seek victory, seek only improvement. Then, as you do improve, the victory will eventually happen on its own, as a nice big bonus.

Also, death doesn't matter. Dragonrot doesn't matter. Losing Sen and XP don't matter. All that matters is that you continue to push on again and again. That's the name of the game, so to speak.

I fucking HATE how hard this game is… but I LOVE HOW REWARDING IT IS WHEN I EVENTUALLY SUCCEED 7 HOURS LATER😬🤬😅

Most important tip....focus and try another day helps

This game is so hard not fun to play when you are already half-dead IRL .
I bought to enjoy ended up suffering 😂

Great tip about the coin purse 👍

this game made me rip out the right stick through the shell. 10/10

Thanks for a beginner guide with no spoilers. What are other content creators thinking?

This helped soooooo much THK U OMG

I just keep dying 😢I fucking sucks I like the game probably I’m gonna give up 🫡🙂

This guy is boooooooooorinnggg

The question is: If I will die too much times, why should I play a game like this?

Being a Souls veteran, I really dislike this game..

I’m coming here for a new journey after finishing elden ring. Looks like I’m going to need a lot of learning

For the hoarding tips
Sorry mate cant help it

when someone dies and like they start glowing kinda like they have coins on top pf their dead body.. what do i do is there a way to pick it up or do i just leave it?

Hardest game I’ve ever played and one of the best

I destroyed the caged ogre after getting thrown off the cliff 50+ times….

This tips didn't help at all in this game. it's just basic games 101...

Bless this narrator and his little impediment

Ive bodied the whole dark souls series growing up but sekiro is seriously slumping me 😭🤣

I wish this game, or even other souls games will have more stealth options. I wish this game had a bow, or something so you could take out enemies from afar.

Can’t stand this guys voice

The easiest thing to do in the game was to take the flame barrel I just ran through the enemy's all comming after then I used the idol to go to safety 🤣🤣

i may need to do this in my game, i honestly cannot get into it. Didnt know you can buy prayer beads/gourd seeds from merchants...

Tip 475: Hire an anger management therapist to make it to the end

What did they say in Wargames? The only way to win…is not to play.

People saying this game is harder than dark souls 3, I disagree, I had a much harder time fight the nameless King than ANY bosses in this entire game

12: Don't hesitate to flee combat if you fucked up. Most enemies will reset if you hide long enough, giving you a chance to rinse and repeat "hit & run" tactics when outnumbered.

Best trick is to go back to the budha statue to redt whenever you are about to die because then you will not loose any coins or experience

Just got this game yesterday to play on ps5 and it’s fucking great! Cant wait to get off work and play!

No fucking way, this game is not for me.

BloodBorne Old Hunters DLC and the rooted & cursed dungeons with 50% hp cut in the regular game ruined me for every other Souls game so far... Now i find everything to easy and expect much higher difficulty to get the same thrill and challenge i had from BloodBorne. I wish i played this game after Dark Souls 3, Sekiro and Demons Souls Remake and not before ._.

first tip: get used to the fact that the controls are @ss and you die a million times because he wont parry even if you deflect in time.

I stopped playing this game a year ago when I couldn't get past the Chained Ogre. After life kicked my family and me in the teeth for a few months, I coincidentally decided to give it a shot again. I loaded it up and made it past him in the first try, and I don't know what to make of that.

Can I play this on mouse and keyboard without many issues gameplay wise? (For reference I played fallen order with M and K with no problem)

tenchu was soo good...hope they make new tenchu

Checking this video out after starting the game yesterday and being pecked to death by a large cockerel

My issue with sekiro is that, though its awesome to hear the stealth animation sound, I feel like I'm making a lot of noise and become unsure of the stealthiness of my move haha

These tips will be useful lol. Started my first playthrough about 2 weeks ago when I made my channel. Amazing game so far, excited to keep uploading more

I’ve been training for HOURS. Literally. I’m still on the drunkard and need to beat the Chained Ogre, and I’ve played about 35 hours in a few days. I’m mixed on the ability to summon. I fucking hate the idea of invaders lurking while trying to master. But one on one combat would be cool. Along with summoning for boss fights. Granted if you don’t learn you’ll never beat it. I’m not so sure I’ll beat it at all, but I’ll keep trying.

I played this for the first time last night for 2 hours. I dont know if I'm gonna make it guys.

An honest tip: play the game the developers meant you to. Deflection is key. I was just revisting this and was thinking to myself how much harder I thought the game was. Once you get the deflection you can literally do anythinf

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