History Characters / SekiroEnemiesAndBosses

* WakeUpCallBoss: The “regular” Lone Shadow at the first visit to Hirata Estate, who isn’t even considered a boss by the game. If you "travel" to Hirata immediately after acquiring the Young Lord's Bell, he will most definitely be the hardest enemy you have encountered thus far, even more so than actual minibosses General Naomori and Shinobi Hunter Enshin.

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: [=FromSoft=] is definitely aware of how inherently amusing the idea of a gun-wielding monkey wearing a helmet is.

* AnimalsNotToScale: They're bigger than ''ponies''. No wonder the world of ''Sekiro'' is populated by so many goliaths! These ivergrown fowl seem to have been inspired by the yokai called the Basan (波山), minus the ghost-fire spewing from its beak.

* BadassBeard: It's somewhat hard to see unless you're up in his face, but he has a pointed goatee.

** The Lazuline Sacred Flame combined with the Living Force skill makes fights with these guys much more manageable.
The former is a variant of the [[FireBreathingWeapon Flame Vent]] that does extra damage to apparitions, and the latter is a Prosthetic Arts skill which briefly applies the effects of the tool to your sword. For the Lazuline Sacred Flame, the effect lasts for 20 seconds (as opposed to 8 seconds for all others). Effectively it's the same as Divine Confetti, but uses spirit emblems instead of limited consumables, and provides an even larger damage boost.

* AchillesHeel: Aside from Divine Confetti (which is practically required to kill the non-underwater ones), the Phoenix's Lilac Umbrella can block all damage and status buildup that they can throw at you. Meanwhile, they are sitting ducks to the sound of Malcontent.

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Four monkeys in kimono, each with their own quirks.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Both fights against her try try different variations of this. The Illusory version has a long Posture bar that regenerates very quickly, meaning you're more likely to kill her by whittling down her health. Meanwhile, the true Monk's posture bar fills up very fast and hardly diminishes at all, but has ''three'' health bars for you to go through.

* NotSoDifferent: Just as Wolf fights to save Kuro, the Armored Warrior fights to save his son Robert.

* PoisonousPerson: Will often coat his {{BFS}} with poison that will inflict the StatusEffect. He may also breathe poison from his mouth.

* PoisonousPerson: Their throwing knives are laced with poison, and they can leave a trail of noxious gas to inflict the expected StatusEffect.

* StatusEffects: If hit by the Headless or one of its attacks are deflected, it inflicts the "Terror" status.

* StatusEffects: Their magic projectiles inflict Wolf with the [[OneHitKill Terror]] status.

* PoisonousPerson: Will often coat his {{BFS}} with poison that will inflict the StandardStatusEffect. He may also breathe poison from his mouth.

* PoisonousPerson: Their throwing knives are laced with poison, and they can leave a trail of noxious gas to inflict the expected StandardStatusEffect.

* StandardStatusEffects: If hit by the Headless or one of its attacks are deflected, it inflicts the "Terror" status.

* StandardStatusEffects: Their magic projectiles inflict Wolf with the [[OneHitKill Terror]] status.

* UnfortunateNames: Nightjar in Japanese is "Yotaka", which literally means "Night Hawk"... [[TheOldestProfession and is also an old euphemism for prostitutes]].

* {{Expy}}: Like Gwyn, he is a patriarch associated with fire and lightning, whose descendants ended up losing a lot of what he gained. His old version is similar to Gwyn's Lord of Cinder variant with a worn-down body combined with the use of fire, whereas his Sword Saint version is like Gwyn in his prime utilizing lightning.

* MirrorBoss: As the one who trained Wolf, it only stands to reason that they would fight similarly. Owl has apparently specced heavily into the Shinobi skill tree, using techniques like Mikiri, while also dabbling in the Prosthetic skill tree, having the ability to use shinobi tools in midair and use Chasing Slice. Two of his tools are shuriken and firecrackers which Wolf also has access to, and he can also throw out poison sludge, equivalent to Wolf's usage of the Sabimaru. He also uses the Mushin art Shadowfall during the rematch in the Hirata Estate.

* BishonenLine: Despite being one of the deadliest bosses in the game, the Demon of Hatred comes closer than any other Yōkai to human body shape. While he is overwhelmingly large compared to Wolf, he's not much bigger than Gyoubu Onigawa - although the latter is admittedly a heavily-armored samurai riding an equally-armored stallion.

* HiredGuns: They're implied to actually be Misen Temple sōhei who've been hired by their Senpou counterparts as elite muscle; they all drop Gokan's Sugar upon death, two of them will always drop a big Coin Purse once per playthrough as well[[note]]One of the pair near the entrance to the Shugendo Sculptor's Idol will drop a Heavy Coin Purse, while one of the trio guarding the Main Hall will drop a Bulging Coin Purse[[/note]], and they cannot be spirited away by Divine Abduction. When their faces are shown (usually during deathblows as they throw their heads back) you can see they share the same model as the Misen Shinobi Hunters.

* Leitmotif: Both Shikibu and Shume share a unique variation of the "Strength and Discipline" theme that plays whenever a miniboss is fought, and they are the only ones who possess this distinction.

* HiredGuns: They're implied to actually be Misen Temple sōhei who've been hired by their Senpou counterparts as elite muscle; they all drop Gokan's Sugar upon death, two of them will always drop a big Coin Purse once per playthrough as well[[note]]One of the pair near the entrance to the Shugendo Sculptor's Idol will drop a Heavy Coin Purse, while one of the trio guarding the Main Hall will drop a Bulging Coin Purse[[/note]], and they cannot be spirited away by Divine Abduction.

* AnimalsNotToScale: They're bigger than ''ponies''. No wonder the world of ''Sekiro'' is populated by so many goliaths!

* VisualPun: They're [[GagPenis huge cocks]]. [[BlackIsBiggerInBed Huge black cocks]], to be more specific.

* EasyLevelTrick: Since you probably won't be strong enough to defeat Shirahagi when you first meet her, it's a good thing she can be lured into a posion pool and just stand there while her health drains away. Additionally, it's possible to perform a stealth Deathblow on her provided that you use Gachiin's Sugar[=/=]Spiritfall and sneak right behind her.

* FamousLastWords: "Genichiro... forgive me..."

* GracefulLoser: Her FamousLastWords once defeated by Wolf is to praise him one last time.

* FamousLastWords:
--> '''Isshin:''' DO IT! ''[Sekiro delivers death-blow]'' Well... done... Sekiro...\\
'''Wolf:''' Farewell...
** Or, for the Shura route:
--> '''Isshin:''' Sekiro... it was not... to be.

* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: When Wolf asks her "Why?" (presumably why did she betray him/Lord Kuro), she simply responds "Why, indeed?" before taunting Wolf for doubting himself.

* LightningBruiser: In the Second Hirata Estate Memory. Not only can he zip around the arena while turning on a dime, but he swings ''hard''. The usual approach to avoiding damage applies here more than ever, as getting clipped by just one slash will reduce Wolf's health down for size. Reaches its zenith during his Gauntlet of Strength encounter, where Inner Owl (Father) makes use of the Mist Raven to extend and augment his combos to the point where he's launching attacks at you from literally every direction at once. While he's much slower than in his other encounters, evne his vanilla version is capable of running and flipping in a way that borderline defies physics for a man as massive as he is.