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Shuten Doji (second form)
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Shuten Doji (second form)

Health21,000
Attacks2
Placements2
Mikiri max100
Combat14
Just action rankLevel3
Parry target speed0.5×
Defensive reaction time20s
Guard knockback cooldown3s
Blazing: attack, stamina damage, guard pressure+10% / +10% / +10%
Combat speed1× (easy 1×)
Combat range100 m
Attack detection range6 m
Percentage damage rankLevel 7
Mikiri (read)
Mikiri start0
Executes at100
Execution rate100%
Decay5 every 1s
Decay starts after5s
Moves6

Every move in this enemy's own action set, with the answer the game defines for it. A move that can be parried opens a window on the frame given; one that can only be blocked does not.

MoveKindPlayer answer
Single attackAttackParry or block from frames 56, 58, 62, 85, 104, 122, 183 and 216
Jump attackAttackParry or block from frame 0
Drop sake fire attackAttack
Two-part attackAttack
New grab attackGrab
Grab attackGrab
Attack table2

Health damage, stamina (rikido) damage, guard damage, element, form of the blow and the reaction it forces. Counter issen marks the attacks that open a counter.

AttacksDamageRikidoGuardElementFormReactionGuard reactionCounter issenMulti-hit
180160100BluntMediumSmall Heavy
1000SliceSmallSmall
Difficulty scaling24 story checkpoints

The game multiplies every enemy's health and attack by a rate that rises at story checkpoints and differs per difficulty. Effective health applies those rates to this enemy's base 21,000.

DifficultyHealth rateEffective healthAttack rate
Easy0.63× to 1.69×13,230 to 35,4900.59× to 1.43×
Standard0.72× to 1.9×15,120 to 39,9000.72× to 1.9×
Hard1.44× to 3.2×30,240 to 67,2001.44× to 3.7×
Every checkpoint
From story stepEasyStandardHardEasy attackStandard attackHard attack
The Ruckus at Rendaino (step 2)13,23015,12030,2400.59×0.72×1.44×
The Stage is Set at Kiyomizu (step 5)18,27021,00036,1200.81×1×1.9×
The Stage is Set at Kiyomizu (step 60)18,27021,00036,1200.81×1×1.9×
The Stage is Set at Kiyomizu (step 95)18,27021,00036,1200.81×1×1.9×
The Stage is Set at Kiyomizu (step 120)18,27021,00036,1200.81×1×1.9×
The Stage is Set at Kiyomizu (step 130)18,27021,00036,1200.81×1×1.9×
Kyoto, Corrupted (step 70)18,90021,63036,1200.81×1.03×2×
Careful What You Wish For (step 80)19,11022,05036,9600.83×1.05×2.04×
The Curse of Kiyomizu-zaka Slope (step 4)19,53022,47037,3800.84×1.07×2.06×
Patching up the Pouch (step 5)21,21024,36039,6900.86×1.16×2.19×
Windswept Kennin-ji (step 30)21,63024,78040,3200.88×1.18×2.24×
What Lurks in the Shadows (step 50)21,84025,20041,1600.9×1.2×2.27×
The Roots of All Evil (step 5)23,73027,30044,9401.02×1.3×2.49×
Bloodbath on the Bridge (step 10)24,36027,93045,5701.04×1.33×2.52×
Shadows Fall (step 10)25,20028,98047,4601.06×1.38×2.62×
A Tempest at the Temple (step 10)26,88030,87050,4001.13×1.47×2.8×
To Live is to Suffer (step 10)27,72031,92052,5001.18×1.52×2.91×
Okuni's Kabuki Dance (step 10)28,35032,55053,3401.2×1.55×2.95×
The Demon on the Mount (step 10)30,66035,28057,9601.25×1.68×3.26×
A Haunted Distraction (step 30)31,50036,12058,5901.27×1.72×3.3×
Storm Chaser (step 40)33,18038,01061,9501.3×1.81×3.45×
In the Light of an Icy Moon (step 10)34,02039,06063,0001.33×1.86×3.54×
The Clash at Rendaino (step 10)34,65039,90066,1501.4×1.9×3.65×
The Clash at Rendaino (step 20)35,49039,90067,2001.43×1.9×3.7×
Where it appears2
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