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The duels are unforgiving. One misstep and your dead in one hit or two if your wearing samurai armor.

I've only been playing lethal my first time around, and while I find myself occasionally asking myself "is it worth it" when I die to random encounters, the feeling of clearing a particularly challenging camp, or in-tale combat is like nothing else I've experienced playing other games

I have recently started lethal and even though I die like 30 times on a duel/ boss fight I am loving it, and it feels fair. If I die it is my fault.

Just started on lethal yesterday. Suffice to say I wasn't ready ololol

I feel like it's very important to master the ability to parry. Mainly parrying regular attacks, but parrying blue glint attacks is also a good thing to master. Getting the perfect parries and dodges feels extremely satisfying, and not only that but if you unlock a few other items and progress the story, it allows for you to terrify other enemies after a perfect counter.

I want 3 things in future updates 1. Duals mode. A way to replay all the diels in the game or to be able to set up any dual id like 2. An arkham style waves of enemies mode. 3. New game+ mode 4. PvP duals. This combat system would be very interesting in a pvp mode. Give me these 4 things and I'd play this game for years to come.

The lack of lock on in this game is actually makes the gameplay better!

I think my tips for lethal are as follows. 1. Ghost weapons are essential for thinning the herd. 2. Resolve is what you want to stack, not health or resistance 3. At the beginning find a random patrol, kill all but one of each type(swords, brute, spear, shield) and learn the attack patterns. Getting dodge and parry windows down and learning your openings is key. Charm of mizo no kami recommend until you get s grasp of it 4. Best tier armors for lethal are Gosaku, Kensei, Ghost. (suragami if you have iki expansion) Ghost will give you the best stealth to prevent failure. Gosaku is amazing for combat as it breaks guards fast and heals on kill Kensei is the only armor to apply a debuff and a buff to yours and their damage which is critical on top of that, heavy resolve gains and proficient with Ghost weapons. (See 1. And 2. 5. Always scout the area. Take out the archers first then move in. You'll thank me later 6. Gear your charms offensively and use ones with heavy utility. You want damage, resolve, healing or iron will related, and things to complement your playstyle such as throwing 2 extra kunai, knocking enemies down, etc. 7. Know when to run and hide. You don't want to get swarmed unless you've basically mastered the parry dodge mechanics, or are a dark souls masochist lol 8. Stance change. Because having an advantage is critical. 9. In duels, learn attack patterns first. Knowing the combos and windows is key(see 3.) 10. Always stock up on ammo

Best tip for mastering is to start the game for first time with lethal difficulty. I luckily bought the game when lethal difficulty was added😅. Started playing straight from lethal and now im used to the combat. Its intense, challenging and of course satisfying.

Couple more tips for lethal, first you can jump slash spear guys for an easy kill, and second if you use the auto parry in wind stance skill, you can hold triangle and cancel into a spear parry at the last second, if you fail you will still auto parry however if you time it right you can safely land a perfect parry. Edit: Also, if you've invested into the smoke bombs heal and second wind ability and are downed, switch to a smoke bomb, revive and throw it immediately to get a chain assassination, refill your resolve in case you go down again, refill your health and take out some enemies. This way you will rarely ever go down permanently.

I started on lethal difficulty, died a million times, but makes the game so much more fun. I don’t regret it

Kensei armor is fantastic for lethal difficulty. When/if new game plus hits it's all I'll be using

The game needs load out charms for each outfit...I'm always constantly changing outfits for different perks

One of my first thoughts watching this video was, “wow, a lot of Kensei footage considering he said it was overrated two days ago.” Glad you see how good it is now, considering most of the game aren’t one on one duels.

I dont know why i still watch these videos when i already got platinum on the game lol

Loving lethal difficulty, much more fun than hard combat.

10:45 In a new game + lethal mode, in duels, you have to blow their guard 4 times to kill them. Let's call them rounds. The IA will make only one red attack the 2 first rounds and then will add a second fatal one, a blue or a red right when the 3rd round will start. Since I noticed that, I have far more difficulties to finally win.

It’s all about the perfect perry and perfect dodge. Plus you should do stand offs too because that fills your resolve quick. There are charms for filling your health when not in combat as well as a charm for filling a little resolve when dealing damage. Lethal difficulty is the only way to play this game.

It's so cringey the way most of the comments say "duurrrrr lethal easier than hard" damn dude read the description of the lethal difficulty, it doesn't say its difficult it only says that enemies deal more and become more aggressive in the expense that you also deal more damage. This new difficulty is a touch more realistic, don't get me started on the people ranting on bosses being shorter. It's more realistic to say that an enemy died in 6 katana hits than dying in 12.

We need more Gore animation!. Game is crazy

I did start Lethal on New Game +. This is my 3rd playthrough. I am enjoying it. I have been rocking Gosoku armor. I'll give Kensei armor a try from this video. I am using a charm of silence. All my armor is fully upgraded. Another charm I use is Inari's Might. More ammo pick-ups. ❤ Great stuff 👏

Kensei is amazing on Lethal. My current setup - Charm of uneven standing - sticky bombs knock everyone down Charm of incineration - black powder bombs set everyone on fire Charm of silence - stealth detection and resolve Charm of inari' might - melee damage and health Charm of resolve II - even more resolve Charm of enduring affliction - status effects last 50% longer and do 50% more damage This build is godly against groups of enemies, your black powder bombs will crush whole packs on enemies. I noticed on your Kensei build you have multiple ghost weapon damage charms but they aren't really needed...the 30% boost on the armor alone is more then enough. The perfect dodge that restores a Kunei is nice as well, but I don't find I ever need that many Kunei and they are quite easy to find. With the uneven standing charm one sticky bomb will allow you to instantly kill multiple enemies when they get knocked down. Kensei is definitely king for me on Lethal, outside of boss fights and duels.

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My tactic for lethal mode...strike fast and strike first...the charm that gives passive health regeneration out of combat and restores health on kill isn't a bad idea...I actually find the ghost armour upgraded to terrify enemies works really well, I rarely have to fight everyone when in group fights...most of em fall over (easy kills) and run away.

I got the platinum trophy yesterday and I’m just waiting for a new game plus to play it again on the lethal difficulty.

Woke up at 330 this morning and had nagging feeling to finally pull the trigger on trying this and try it on lethal, and honestly, it isn't that bad IF you utilize all the aspects of the game. The stealth, the archery and the throwables are crucial, at least if you aren't used to the aggressive new attack patterns from everybody that comes at you. I'm still getting used to it, but it's fun.

I did a build with the gosaku armour with charm that doubles charm power when not in same category Added the moderate damage to stagger plus throw double kunai charm I would chose the correct stance and break their stagger in either one or two hits then kill with quick attacks Also used the charm that heals extra 30% when below 50% health and that doubles with the charm so generally you can always heal bak up to full with one resolve. This is handy in lethal mode because getting hit is very punishing

I made sure to stack damage charms to be more lethal. For duels, as soon as the enemy sheathed their sword I'd perform a dance of wrath for huge damage.

Hi y’all, starting my first lethal+ play through!! I agree with starting your first play on lethal. Lethal+ looks and feels like Gran Tourismo with no assists, LOVE IT!! Have yet to unlock second Legends character… Muwahahahaaaa! Cheer and thanks for the build and play tips.

Lethal diff is the sauce, but admittedly Kojiro was a pain to take out.

I think working on perfect parrying and perfect dodge would be priority. The ghost weapons have a limited number of them. Of course if you're good at a bow using the halfmoon bow with head shots would be the way to go. Also if your good at standoff wearing the Sakai Armor maxed out gets you 5 kills which can help.

Once you have maybe like 60% of the techniques you basically become a god.

I just want to keep my armor if I start a new game lol since we haven’t heard of a new game+ yet. I switched to lethal mode as soon as they dropped it and I love the difficulty spike.

You can jump over Ground sweep and the poke is can be parried or you can use wind stance heavy attack to auto parry 😊

Just elevated to lethal when I discovered I can do more damage. It reminds me so much of the Grave Walker difficulty in Shadow of War and I loved playing on that setting

Just beat it on Lethal for my first playthrough. Now to do that Kurosawa Mode playthrough on Easy that I just earned hehe

I also played Lethal Mode. Some notes: 1. Spearmen attacks are easy to parry, but you need to get the necessary skill under the Deflection tech tree. 2. Don't rely too much on Spear Defence to auto-parry. Sometimes manual parrying is more consistent and Perfect Parry has more perks. 3. I tried picking out enemies one-by-one during the earlier part. There are many ways to do this: assassination, sniping, Stand Offs then using Ghost Weapons to take out others, etc. 4. Mizu-No-Kami Charm is amazing for parrying and dodging. 5. By the middle of Act 2, you are already OP. I agree on most points. Cheers!

my first playthrough on lethal mofe and Im having a blast

I'm so binging this channel for my second playthrough

Started GoT Directors Cut on Friday, fisrt time playing the game. Yesterday I decided to start over and play on lethal

Lethal is great the only problem I had was the duels are a def step up in difficulty and can be frustrating to die so quickly when almost have them finished

Thank you for the tips ! I didnt even finished the game because Im on the vacation right now but once I return I will finish the game hopefully.

I'm currently playing on lethal mode, and its kind of annoying how I'm constantly dying but fun because I'm forced to switch up my strategy. The kunai and black powder bombs are op in lethal mode.

Archer/Stealth build👌 jump slash/kick during duels to cancel/beat unblockables during duels.

Doing my first playtrough at lethal difficulty wish me luck lol almost done with prologie i think.

Just got into this game,(I know super late) but I started on the hardest difficulty and damn it is so fun honestly!

Very good work on the video 😎😎😎

In everyones opinion.. is lethal better tackled on a fresh save or on a NG+ run where you have everything unlocked? I'm tempted to do NG+ but I don't know if that will remove the fun of unlocking and experience the early game of the difficulty.. or if it's considered more fair doing it on a NG+ with all your tricks up your sleeve already.

Im playing this now on lethal and its my first playthrough, its pulling my hair out, but its worth it, every kill feels great

I recently started up a New game on lethal, Not sure how i feel about it tho. Dying in like 1-2 hits seems pretty fair after playing as much has i have, but im not sure how i feel about the enemies dying as fast as they do. It Almost seems like lethal would be easier than just playing on hard mode with the low level gear that you start the game with. I do see what you mean about prioritizing different perks and changing up your play style. I wonder if the Same goes for upgrading the armor and your weapons. Correct me if im wrong, but there is no point in doing so on lethal, Right?

I planned on doing a 2nd run thru on Lethal before they announced New Game+ but now I'm just going to do it on NG+ unless they add a way to skip CSs

I learned how to play on lethal really worth it makes the game even better to learn on that difficulty

Thank you

The Samurai Clan armor is the best throughout the entire game on lethal difficulty. You get it really early in the game. Damage reduction and health boost prevents the 1 shot from normal enemies. And 30% resolve gain when you get hit. do I really need to say more?

I am. I like the Lethal playthrough. What I especially like is if Jin dies, he doesn't respawn to the enemies he just fought (like Elden Ring). That keeps the game from being repetitive (like Elden Ring). ❤

Just finished my first pass of this game on Hard and about to start New Game + on Lethal. Took my time to gather every single mythic armor and weapon in the game and searched out all the fox dens and shrines so by the time I was ready to face The Khan I had maxed everything out. Aim assist will remain off to maintain the natural play of the game and up the challenge level

Parry, mash triangle button , that's it, I mastered the game

Looks fun. When will this come out on xbox??

I had to lower the difficulty because it was impossible for me to go. Thanks for the tips.

Bears and dogs are freaking are freaking dangerous!

So it’s 2022 now. I got the game only in late 2021 so I was pretty late to the party. I started the game on hard mode and once act 2 started I turned it onto lethal. Once I had became really good at utilizing each stance and each move, I was doin pretty well. Once I got the Sarugami armor, I was unstoppable and finished my 100% run. I then did another run on lethal and went through it insanely quickly cause once I knew how to never lose a fight, it was just too easy.

I played at medium first but after the first mission I made it hard, than after three missons,I MADE IT LETHAL. It is sick really good I had some problem but then I mastered it.

1:20 this right here... Is my favourite combo, you kick then stab

Even tho i haven’t got the game yet, i’m gonna watch this and play lethal from the start.

Very late comment but for anyone watching now, I would suggest trying out a Fear-focused Ghost Armor build, with the major Charm that increases Terrify chance and the minor charm that increases percent-based abilities and perks by 50%. Throw a few kunai and bombs and watch the Mongol run in terror from the Ghost of Tsushima.

of course!

As someone who fully completed the game on Lethal+... I wish I had found this earlier. I can't count the amount of times I've had to replay duels or have lost to random roaming Mongols.

my only issue is the perfect parry timing. I could land the perfect parry whenever i wanted on Normal difficulty, but now i cant perform it to save my life. I honestly think Lethal Mode got the Legends Multiplayer parry timing

Literally did my first playthrough on lethal and now I'm on lethal+

Good luck with Lethal + it’s much harder than lethal. I went from killing left and right on lethal to being killed on lethal more, tho it’s prob because the upgrades went up and I don’t have them.

Are the shielded brutes weak to two stances?

Beat it the first time using lethal it starts out kind of difficult but once you get some skills and shit its pretty easy minus some of the duels because the unblockable attacks 1 shot you but once you get the dodging down its fine though.

Another good build you could run is a terrify build with the ghost armor

I love this game. Thank you Sucker Punch!

Pretty much in Lethal mode, you have to approach the game from the thinking of real combat; So technique and armour are far more important than video game mana stats like HP.

I ended up turning on lethal not knowing what it, I was in the 2nd area with the saki armour on and the dmg buff was just letting me one shot any basic enemy

Would the khan armor be good for stealth on lethal difficulty

Im kinda split i started lethalmode and sånt to play honoroble. No ghost tools or stealth but its really hard thinking of sptarting to use tools

Great video! I wish stealth was more difficult in this mode. I've been playing in Lethal mode since the update and I just posted a video with sword only combat. That actually makes it LETHAL! 💀 For those who think Lethal is easy I would try this! 😎

Wow when that Mongol spit on Jin when he died is too disrespectful at 0:46

This guy sounds EXACTLY like joraptor

Planning on it if we get a new game+

I played through twice on medium and have begun one on lethal. Tried on Hard, but hated it. Enemies were tanks and I was tissue paper. I had to start playing the game right on Lethal. Before, I could just absorb hits until I got in position for a kill. Not anymore lol. Not only is parrying essential, but breaking the guard is as well. Some of these guys have all kinds of surprises for you. If you lay back and just try to parry and dodge, you will get roasted. Better to take the fight to them instead. It's a challenge, but I'm enjoying it.

New game + lethal with the monkey armor and party charm = win get gud. I’ll also be attempting to do the whole thing in travelers armor aswell. So many

I tried Obi Wan's Soresu. Defend first and let them attack, but that hasnt worked to well with my current duel.

I'm wandering if that saragami armour might be more useful now for obvious reasons 🤔 Perfect dodging or parrying it's a viable strategy Having said that A Kensie way of the flame build is basically a fight skip so I think I'll take that And sarugami for duels

Does anydody know that skill at 1.02, the quick lethal stab kill right after an enemy heavy strike(red light strike)?

where do you get the second advantage talisman?

How do you get that helmet with the white hair? Is it fully upgraded sakai clan armor?

Kunai, smoke bombs and Dance of wrath, have fun. I regret levelling up my sword, if they add repopulating camps and fortresses I'll probably come back and restart without upgrading my weapons but until then it was a fun three days but now there's nothing to do and patrols die in like five seconds

im late to this discussion. But for anyone playing Lethal- I cannot recommend Kensei and Tadayori's armor enough. Anything that keeps your enemy far away from you is perfect and makes camp clearing easy as pie. Ghost build is also amazing for both the stealth and the ability to terrify making camp clearing less of a task

Boss fights are incredibly hard but I find this mofe generally quite easy

Can you make make an end game game samurai build/combat build ?

my favorite trick is to use the mongal armour when you fight the lord

Can't wait for new game + or just start on higher level

Might just change it to lethal difficulty now since I know it's one shot for everyone. love that style.

El poder de la dificultad letal+ con la espada sin mejoras!

Besides difficulty what’s different, like is there a special reward

I want deadly Lethal mode or something, I do way to much damage on lethal wich make it pretty easy. Don't get me wrong tho this game is still a goty contender.