Isshin, the Sword Saint phase 2 no spear
By James Williams
As can be seen in this speedrun it is possible to stop Isshin to draw the spear in his second phase (and presumably also 3rd phase).
The question is, how can I achieve that? Do I constantly need to stagger him, or what exactly do I need to do to stop him from drawing the spear?
My best try so far, was stopping him around 3-4 times using the Long Spark, but this just didn't cut it. After that he still drew the spear, so this does not seem to be the right way to do it.
As the comments on the video are mostly in chinese (so I guess), I have no means to see if anyone actually explains that tactic there
1 Answer
After phase one, continue to attack before he transforms until he parries. Once he parries he goes into basic retaliations from his first phase. If you are good enough and he doesn't manage to get too far away from you, you can keep on him and keep continuing to force him into block stun and eventually a parry until you get another deathblow.
If at any point he gets far enough away from you or there is a lull in your assault he will do the animation to go into his spear (and lightning form for phase 3).
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