The Hunt, Hunter of the Order - Phantom Blade Zero Guide - IGN

The Hunt, Hunter of the Order is a story boss in Phantom Blade Zero , and he appears during the Steel and Steam main quest. He's the third and final story boss you encounter in Weeping Creek Valley. Here are a few tips and strategies for how to beat him.

How to Defeat The Hunt, Hunter of the Order

It’s time to settle the score against the Hunt in front of the Great Waterfall. This time, you’re fighting on solid ground instead of a moving cart. Some of his moves should feel familiar, but here are the special attacks you need to look out for:

The Hunt can attack from most ranges with wild chain sickle moves. Parrying will lower his Sha-Chi meter quickly, but if you’re not confident in the timings, just block until you see a blue or red flash attack. And switch weapons defensively to refill your Sha-Chi meter if it runs low while blocking.

Offensively, you can overwhelm the Hunt, especially if you obtained the Scarlet Wraithblade from the optional boss battle against Hua, Deadly Betrothed . It creates patches of Red Spider Lilies that drain the Hunt’s health if he stands in them during both Sha-Chi combos and Power Surges. And sometimes, a button prompt pops up during longer combos, giving you chances to deal extra damage.

The Hunt regains all of his HP once you fully deplete his health bar. This is phase two, against The Hunt, Sixfold Scythe . He now has extra arms that come with new attacks, so here are all of the new special moves that you should watch out for.

The Hunt has more arms in this phase, which means he has more sickles to launch your way. The attacks are a bit quicker and can hit you from a greater distance. He also has a slow-moving projectile that hits multiple times.

Your strategy doesn’t need to change much offensively – you can still overwhelm the boss. Just try not to overextend your combos, especially when you see the Hunt’s Sha-Chi meter refill.

You’re rewarded with the Hunter’s Chain Sickle Phantom Edge after the fight. It can perform long-range combos in battle, and it allows you to grapple onto high points outside of battle.

You can now access several new high points across the map to complete side quests and find rare items. The Hunter’s Chain Sickle can be used to grab the lost key for the Deep in the Valley purple quest, opening up the large area in the center of the map.

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