~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OKAMI BOSS FAQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents I. Version History II. Introduction III. The Bosses IV. Legal V. Contact Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I. Version History ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 1.0 - October 3, 2006 -The FAQ is created ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ II. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This FAQ is used to explain the strategies used to defeat the bosses in Okami. There may be some spoilers ahead, so read on at your own risk. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ III. The Bosses ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following are the main bosses of the game. These do not includes the sub-bosses that you may fight throughout the game. The sub-bosses may be added at a later date. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yellow Spider Location: Tsuta Ruins Difficulty: 2/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Yellow Spider is a relatively easy boss. He/she is basically just a giant spider with hooks on the back of its body. Attacks: The Yellow Spider has very few attacks. It can shoot web at you or jump in the air. Neither are very damaging attacks, so you won't have much to worry about. You can also be damaged if you are insider the spider when its body closes. Strategy: I suggest using the Devout Beads as a main weapon. Run around the spider to avoid its attacks. When you see the hooks on the back of its tail, use your Celestial Brush and connect one of the Konohana Blossoms to the hook on the tail. Do this again and the spider will open up, revealing six eyes inside. Remember that if the spider jumps in the air, the vines connecting the spider to the Konohana blossoms will be destroyed. Use the Devout Beads to repeatedly attack the eyes inside. Use your instinct to figure out when the spider will close up again so that you can get out in time. With good timing, you should be able to destroy two of the eyes per time the spider opens up and still be able to escape. After it closes, repeat the process. Once all of the eyes are destroyed, the spider will be destroyed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crimson Helm Location: Gale Shrine Difficulty: 1/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Crimson Helm looks tough, but he is actually very weak once his armor is removed. Attacks: Crimson Helm can charge at you or jump in the air. Neither are very damaging attacks, so you won't have very many problems with getting damaged. Strategy: To remove the armor, use the Cherry Bomb to blow him up. After three or four bombs explode near him, his armor will be removed, revealing his weak body. However, his body will be on fire. Use the Galestorm technique to put out the fire and then unleash on him with your strongest weapon. I'd suggest Infinity Judge if you have it, but if not, Snarling Beast is good enough. Repeat this process until Crimson Helm is defeated. You will also have to help out Susano with some Power Slashes afterward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orochi Location: Moon Cave Difficulty: 3/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Orochi is the multi-headed demon of lore, and it's finally time to battle him. Attacks: Each of Orochi's heads has a different attack. Each head is also based on a certain element, so you should be able to figure out his attacks based on the element. The fire head shoots fire, the poison heads gives off a poison gas, the water head fills the arena with water, etc. Strategy: Start the fight by simply slashing the nearest head with a Power Slash. After this, Susano will show up. Now it's time to actually fight Orochi. Stand in front of one of the heads and avoid its attacks. You can cancel most of his attacks with the Galestorm technique. When it opens its mouth, draw a line from the 8 Purification Sake in the pool in front of you to the mouth. Do this one more time and the head will be down. Repeat this process with two more heads and you will then be able to climb up on Orochi's back. Run up one of the necks and get onto Orochi's back. Attack the bell in the center with your strongest weapon. Once this bell is destroyed, it's time for the second phase. Draw a line from the 8 Purification Sake to one of Orochi's heads and the head will fall over, stunned. Now unleash all of your attacks on the head. Repeat this until all of its heads are down. Now Susano will appear again. Help him by Power Slashing the heads that he attacks. After he has defeated all of the heads, the battle will end. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bandit Spider Location: Ryoshima, N. Ryoshima, Kamui Difficulty: 2/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This boss battle is nearly the same as the Yellow Spider boss battle except that you have to hook three Konohana Blossoms to the back of the spider. NOTE: This boss is optional. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blight Location: Emperor's Body Difficulty: 4/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blight is the disease that has been affecting Sei-An. He inhabits a suit of armor and possesses the sword Goldnail. Attacks: Blight doesn't have very many attacks. His sword charge attack is easily avoided using the Mist technique. One of his other attacks involves a swirling circle of swords that appear around him and then fly at you. It's easiest to simply shield with Snarling Beast/Infinity Judge against the swords. Strategy: This can be a slightly challenging boss fight. Make sure to have a few Holy Bones just in case of an emergency. Start off by using your new Brush technique, Mist, to slow him down. When he is not guarding, you are free to attack him. When he charges at you with his sword, you have an excellent chance to do a lot of damage to Blight. Make sure to constantly slow him down with the Mist technique. After charging at you with his sword, Blight will abandon the armor, which will then turn to stone. The sword will fly off and land in the ground some place. Run after the sword and attack it. You can do large amounts of damage to Blight by attacking the sword. Attacking the armor at this point will do nothing. Eventually, the sword will fly back to the armor and you can repeat the process. Continue to attack Blight when he is not guarding and attack the sword when it leaves the armor and Blight will be gone soon enough. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ninetails Location: Oni Island Difficulty: 4/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Ninetails is the legendary nine-tailed fox. He can draw just as you can, so make sure you draw quickly. If you give him enough time, he can cancel out what you draw. Attacks: Most of Ninetails' attacks consist of him running at you. When he splits apart, the small enemies can do quite a bit of damage simply by hitting you. Once he's done to one tail, watch out for his powerful dash attack when he puts his sword into the air. Strategy: The Ninetails is a difficult boss, so make sure you have some Holy Bones and maybe a few Exorcism slips with you. When the battle starts, use your Brush to connect the fire to the heads of the Ninetails. After doing this enough times, he will show his sword. Connect the lightning to the sword to cause Ninetails to split up into a bunch of small enemies. Attack these enemies normally. Watch out, though, because they're powerful and they will team up on you. If you get a bunch of them near you, use an Exorcism Slip. If Ninetails forms again, repeat the process to get him to split up. Once all of the small enemies are defeated, it's time for the second phase. Ninetails will simply run at you most of the time. Attack him when he stops. Make sure to be constantly jumping and running around in order to avoid his attacks. Eventually he will put up his sword. Connect the lightning to his sword to do a good bit of damage to him. Continue to attack and use lightning on Ninetails to finish him off. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ True Orochi Location: Moon Cave (in the past) Difficulty: 3/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Strategy: This battle is almost exactly the same as Orochi, so refer to that section. The only difference (I believe) is that he is slightly stronger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nechku Location: Wawku Shrine Difficulty: 2/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nechku is the Silver Demon, one of the twin demons. He is basically a giant mechanical owl with a top hat and a slot machine on his stomach. Attacks: Nechku doesn't do much in terms of attacking. He'll shoot some projectiles at you, which are very easily avoided by dodging or deflected with a Power Slash. He'll also spin and dive at you, trying to pick you up. You can avoid this attack by using Fleetfoot. Strategy: Nechku is a very simple boss, and you have a partner as well. When he shoots something at you, deflect it back with the Power Slash. Eventually, he'll be stunned and you'll be free to attack him. Your friend should take care of the rest rather quickly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lechku and Nechku: The Twin Demons Location: Wawku Shrine Difficulty: 3/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nechku and Lechku are the twin demons of Wawku Shrine. They are both giant top-hat wearing mechanical owls. Nechku is the silver demon, and Lechku is the gold demon. Nechku has a slot machine on his stomach, and Lechku has a clock on his stomach. Attacks: As with the Nechku battle, the twin demons mostly throw projectiles at you. You can Power Slash most of them back. They also will throw bombs at you (jump out of the way or light the fuse) and flowers (use Bloom). The only other attacks are a spinning attack where they dive at you, which can be easily avoided with Fleetfoot, and a cyclone attack where they spin around the arena, which you can avoid with constant Fleetfoot/jumping/running. Strategy: This boss battle is similar to the last one with Nechku. This time you'll have Oki helping out instead of Shiranui, however. Try your best to avoid most of the attacks. Deflect the purple balls back at the twin demons. If a flower pops out, wait until it's near you and use Bloom on it to give you some extra health. If a bomb comes out, simply jump out of the way or light it on fire before it gets to you. If one of the twin demons holds a sword up, use the lightning to shock the demon. Eventually, one of the owls will start to "malfunction" in the air. Oki will run next to you, and there will be a command to press triangle. Do so, and you will pull Oki back, sending him flying at the malfunctioning demon. After Oki hits the demon, they will turn gray for a short period of time and become stunned. Jump into the air and attack the demon (or Power Slash it) to bring it to the ground, remaining stunned. This is your chance to do damage to the demons with Oki. Repeat this until both of the owls are dead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yami: The Dark Lord Location: Ark of Yamato Difficulty: 4/5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finally, the last boss of the game. Yami is a giant ball for the majority of the battle. His core is a strange, clear ball with an odd animal inside that resembles a baby seal or a fish of some sort. Attacks: Yami has a wide variety of attacks depending on the form he is using. Many of them are easily avoided by jumping often. One of his most common attacks (used in his last few forms) is a giant laser. He moves it back and forth several times. Time your jumps so that you can get over the laser without taking any damage. Another common attack is when he shoots missiles at you. Due to the number of missiles, jumping won't work very well. Try your best to shield against them. If that's not possible, make sure to bring some Holy Bones, because this is a long battle and you'll probably need to heal. Remember to rejuvenate the holes Yami makes in the stage so that you don't take unnecessary damage during the battle. Strategy: You'll start off the battle with Yami without your Celestial Brush. Attack Yami to get start getting back some of your Brush Techniques and your Divine Instrument. Continue to collect all of your brush techniques and use them to hurt Yami. Eventually, he'll change forms. Continue to attack him. If you see the small clear ball containing a seal-like creature, focus your attacks on that instead. Jump often to avoid most of Yami's attacks. Eventually, Yami will turn into a slot machine of sorts. Use the Power Slash to stop the slots. Depending on what you land on, you'll either be attacked or regain a brush technique. Continue to regain techniques. To hurt Yami, hit the purple balls he shoots sometimes back at him. Soon, he'll go back into ball form again. This ball form is the same as most of the others. Attack Yami with your various techniques and continue to regain more of them. Use the lightning technique when he holds up a sword to electrocute Yami, giving you a good chance to do damage to the small clear ball. You can also use the ice technique to freeze the small clear ball so that it won't retract into the larger ball. After doing enough damage, it's time for the last phase. You will get your last brush technique, Sunrise, back. Use it to brighten up the area. As soon as you use Sunrise, Yami will fall to the ground, giving you a chance to do large amounts of damage. Eventually, he'll stand up again. You can also attack the hand that comes out of the ball to do some damage to Yami, but watch his patterns to decide when on the best time to attack the hand. The arena will darken again, so use Sunrise. This will cause Yami to drop to the ground, stunned again. Continue until Yami is finally defeated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IV. Legal ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This entire document is (C) 2006 ThatSuperGuy. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ V. Contact Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If for any reason you need to contact me, e-mail me at timestalker78@yahoo.com. E-mail me with any problems you have with the guide or if you have any other strategies to suggest for these bosses.