Sekiro: 10 Helpful Tips & Tricks To Defeat The Final Boss
8. Take Down Genichiro Flawlessly
Okay, this might sound obvious, but you really don't want to waste any items or too much health on Genichiro, as he's the easiest part of this fight.
Use him to build up your confidence and practice your Mikiri move and jump attacks. A few points:
1) As soon as the fight begins, lock on, run behind him and attack him as much as you can. His first move will always be a charged attack with his Mortal Blade and he gets locked into the animation.
2) When he jumps in the air you can choose to either block or side step.
If you block, he almost always does his thrust move - in which case Mikiri counter his ass.
If you side step, he will almost certainly swipe - in which case jump. Just choose whichever you're more confident with.
3) When he does his frantic and lengthy combo of sword slashes, just keep blocking and parrying as he does himself a large amount of posture damage and even though he will break your own posture meter he won't follow up with an additional attack (the idiot).