All Black Myth Wukong bosses in order and how to beat them

Guangzhi

Guangzhi might be an instructor in the principles of Buddhism, but don’t expect him to go easy on you. This wolf-headed monk wields a fiery, double-headed glaive in a collection of graceful yet deadly moves that demand careful dodging to avoid. He twirls it around himself to create a circle of fire you can easily get caught up in if you’re not fast on your feet. Guangzhi is susceptible to charged heavy attacks, so use Immobilize to freeze him in place and expend your focus point.

You might be tempted to keep your distance, but don’t stray too far. Guangzhi can close the gap with a swift forward charge from the ground or air. He can also throw his glaive in a straight line directly ahead; it follows the same path to return to its master’s hand, so stay clear to avoid a backstab. Finally, watch out for the succession of downward strikes when he cartwheels toward you. This attack is easy to interrupt, but it requires careful timing to avoid taking damage in the process.

Lingxuzi

Lingxuzi is a hyper-aggressive boss that opts to use its teeth and claws in battle, with a moveset complete with forward lunges and diagonal sweeps. It also loves to close gaps by leaping into the air; anticipate the short pause before it pounces to avoid being baited into an early dodge. These frenzied attacks can be relentless and you may find the camera is your worst enemy in this fight. However, Lingxuzi is highly susceptible to fire, so don’t hesitate to use the Instructor Daolang transformation to set its pelt alight. He’s also easily staggered by charged heavy attacks, particularly if you land one on his head. Once it loses a quarter of its health, Lingxuzi leaps onto the surrounding buildings to reposition for an overhead pounce, so keep a keen eye and light foot to slay this beast.

Elder Jinchi

Elder Jinchi is the main secret boss in Black Wind Mountain and a major antagonist in Journey to the West, so defeating him is no easy feat. He’s an imposing figure in his own right, delivering a sequence of swipes, stomps, and leap attacks. He can also unleash a quick burst of energy with his raised palm, so try to avoid standing directly in front of him when his right hand glows golden.

Occasionally, Elder Jinchi slams his fist into the ground to create an AoE that expands in three concentric circles, so keep your distance and use this time to heal and swig a medicine or two. He can also call upon the non-hostile monks to run to your location and explode, so disengage from Elder Jinchi and focus on sprinting out of their reach. At half health, Elder Jinchi levitates into the air and can absorb nearby monks to restore his health. Take them out before they can come close, and cast Red Tides to offset any successful healing once he becomes vulnerable again.

Black Bear Guai

Black Bear Guai is the final Black Myth Wukong boss in chapter one, and you’re liable to use all the spells, abilities, and transformations you’ve collected thus far to beat him. His colossal size makes him difficult to dodge, and his second phase turns the battlefield into a raging inferno that inflicts burn damage over time if you stand in the wrong place. However, we’ve got plenty of tips to counter this blazing bear, so check out our dedicated strategy guide for the Black Myth Wukong Black Bear Guai boss fight to dampen his fiery spirit and collect your first relic.

King of Flowing Sands and Second Rat Prince

This royal father-son duo might not be at the same difficulty as soulslike kings Ornstein and Smough, but they’re still a formidable pair. The Second Rat Prince serves as the main offensive line, wielding a heavy club that he can spin and slam into the ground. He can also swing it to send a line of energy in your direction, so we recommend dodging sideways as often as possible. While the King of Flowing Sands lets his son do all the heavy lifting, he spends most of his time at the top of the nearby pillar, throwing rocks and insults. Put yourself between the two

The King of Flowing Sands and Second Rat Prince have separate health bars, so it’s up to you to decide which one to prioritize first. You can reach the King of Flowing Sands while he’s on the pillar using the Pillar Stance, but your best bet is to use Immobilize when he’s on the ground to target him without leaving yourself wide open to attack from the Prince. However, killing the King first causes the son to enter a berzerk mode for the rest of the fight. The Prince hits harder, faster, and unleashes more projectiles than in his first phase. Instead, we recommend targeting the Second Rat Prince, leaving the King of Flowing Sands entirely at your mercy.

Tiger Vanguard

Tiger Vanguard is as close to a skill check as Black Myth Wukong bosses get. He’s more relentless than any boss that’s come before it – and with the limited spells and skill points you’ve managed to accrue at this point in your journey, you can’t afford to put a foot wrong. Our dedicated strategy guide to the Black Myth Wukong Tiger Vanguard boss fight is essential reading if you want to avoid being cut down by its claws and katana. Ultimately, Tiger Vanguard is an exercise in managing greed, so stay on the defensive and take the opportunities as they come.

Stone Vanguard

Stone Vanguard is a hulking golem that’s quite a bit slower than the bosses that come before it, making it easier to dodge than most – in fact, it’s so slow you might be prone to dodging too early. Be careful of its sweep when attacking from behind, since he can easily clip you. Instead, your best bet is to remain at a distance and bait it into a leap, since staying close leaves you vulnerable to its close-range AoE. Staying at long range is more likely to trigger a sequence of pincer slams while moving toward your position that culminates in an overhead slam. However, this is easily avoidable, and we recommend exploiting Stone Vanguard’s slow tempo to utilize the Azure Dust transformation and punish accordingly.

Macaque Chief

Macaque Chief is a recurring boss throughout chapter two, and each confrontation becomes progressively more difficult. The Macaque Chief is a monkey with a powerful weapon and an iron will (just like you!) so you already know you’re in for a challenge. It favors its one-handed saber in battle, though it will occasionally wield it with its feet to leave its hands free for a sequence of furious swipes. While the basic sword slashes are easily avoided, it has two major attacks: a forward slash that triggers a vertical projectile and an overhead leap that culminates in a whirlwind AoE.

The snow region is Macaque Chief’s natural habitat, so it should come as little surprise that fire abilities are your best bet here. Thankfully, Macaque Chief has limited protection and is prone to getting staggered, so the first few encounters shouldn’t be too difficult. It’s far tougher during your showdown with Yellowbrow, with more aggressive attacks – however, Zhu Bajie comes to your aid, so let him draw aggro whenever you need to disengage from Macaque Chief to heal.

Kan-Jing Loong

Kan-Jing Loong is a colossal white dragon that patrols the skies above a desolate ice lake, which serves as the treacherous arena for your battle. Your overhead strikes and pole vault can give you the height required to reach it in the air, and landing an attack on its snout can cause it to stagger. Kan-Jing Loong can be knocked to the ground if you deal enough damage – there are no obvious weak points to target, so just take the opportunity to get as many hits as possible before it retakes flight.

Like all Black Myth Wukong dragon bosses, Kan-Jing Loong has a suite of electric attacks at its disposal, including a devastating electric beam that emerges from its mouth. Watch out for the line of electricity it sends toward you when it touches the ground and the electric explosion during its tail slam attack. Its deadliest move is a charge attack that triggers a near-fatal animation if it collides, so dodge early to avoid it. Finally, watch out for the cascade of lightning strikes that engulf the arena towards the end of the battle, which demands you to focus on sprinting and dodging to stay alive.

Centipede Guai

Despite its name, Centipede Guai resembles a colossal woodlouse, with a thick carapace that soaks up damage. In classic Dark Souls fashion, the best way to avoid harm during its leap attack is to dodge forwards. This maneuver will put you behind it, giving you a few precious moments to inflict damage; just be sure to avoid its backward body slam after it recovers. Thankfully, this position is when Centipede Guai is at its most vulnerable, and a plunging strike to its exposed stomach can take off a chunk of its health in one blow.

At half health, Centipede Guai summons an army of smaller centipedes that explode on impact, inflicting poison damage. There’s no foolproof way to destroy them, so sprint out of their path until they despawn. Finally, Centipede Guai periodically spews poison from its mouth, which you can anticipate when it pauses to shake its head from side to side. These poison pools remain for a short period, so take care not to step in them before they disappear – especially when Centipede Guai is rolling around the battlefield.

Black Loong

Black Loong is a stout desert dragon that dual-wields maces imbued with electricity. Many of Black Loong’s swings include a nasty pause that can bait unwitting players into an early dodge, but you can also exploit this to get a free hit in before a successful evasion. However, Black Loong’s AoE attacks can still catch you off guard. It slams its maces into the ground repeatedly, so get ready to dodge or leap over the electric AoE attacks that spread outwards in a circular radius at each point of impact. Watch out for the lighting spark at the culmination of this attack, and dash in to inflict damage while it recovers. It can also twirl its maces together to summon an electrical storm in the immediate vicinity, so back off and keep your distance until it stops. Black Loong is nowhere near as fast as Tiger Vanguard or Wolf Demon, but casting Immobilize can disrupt its AoE attack patterns and save you from an early demise.

Poisonous King

Poisonous King uses his scorpion stinger just as much as his claws, so parrying is your best bet. His moveset is replete with extended attack strings that can cause you to become overwhelmed, so we recommend Immobilize for an easy disengage. His scorpion tail has surprising reach when he uses it for a forward strike; don’t assume that putting distance between you and Poisonous King will be enough to keep you from harm. Instead, summon clones to divide his attention if you need a clear moment to heal. True to his name, Poisonous King’s stinger drips deadly poison, and he can even slam it into the ground to spawn poison pools in your vicinity. Be sure to dash out of their perimeter before they explode, and take advantage of Poisonous King’s immobility during this attack to punish accordingly.

Mi Dao Ren

Mi Dao Ren might be smaller than some of the other Black Myth Wukong bosses you’ve faced thus far but don’t underestimate him. This masked monk is incredibly swift, alternating Shaolin kicks and katana slashes that make him tough to overpower at close range. You can safely dodge out of his reach until his second phase, where he undergoes a horrific transformation and inflicts close-range AoE poison attacks during combat. Mi Dao Ren’s movements are clumsier in this form, but his attacks boast far greater reach; he can quickly close a gap with a forward charge that culminates in an AoE burst of poison. Stay on the defensive, refrain from lengthy attack combos, and you should be able to defeat Mi Dao Ren before you succumb to his poison.

Blood Moon General

Blood Moon General puts you at a natural disadvantage in an arena with no verticality. This newly birthed beast is also pretty massive, and it has a habit of launching itself into the air for a plunging attack. It shoots spines from its wings in a horizontal formation, so make sure you dodge toward them instead of trying to sidestep out of their path. Towards the end of its first phase, Blood Moon General roars and flaps its wings before initiating a lengthy charge attack that can deliver some serious damage if you get caught in it. After three charges across the length of the arena, Blood Moon General collapses, giving you a huge window of opportunity to dish out some damage of your own.

Blood Moon General’s second phase is a very different beast insofar as its moveset. Whenever it brandishes its weapon, be prepared to dodge its projectiles; these horizontal and diagonal red slashes travel at some speed, and we recommend sidestepping then dodging forwards once Blood Moon General leaps into the air to bring its sword down. This leaves you in close enough range to squeeze in a hit or two before it recovers. Occasionally, it plunges its weapon into the ground, giving you only moments to dodge the colossal AoE that triggers when it slams its foot into the hilt.

There’s no question this second phase is a tough fight; you’ve also got to account for the red haze that descends on the arena during this phase, making it more difficult to see at a distance. However, many of Blood Moon General’s moves are just advanced versions of its first phase, so try not to be too intimidated. Rely on Immobilize when in dire straits, and watch out for when it pauses its assault to vomit, which serves as your cue to position yourself behind it for some free hits.

Chiran Loong / Red Loong

Like Black Loong, Red Loong’s moveset is chock-full of electric attacks that pack a punch. You might be tempted to remain at a distance, but the reduced visibility in Red Loong’s domain means you won’t be able to anticipate its attacks. It’s also prone to performing an electrified tail whip at mid-range, which you can easily predict and dodge through whenever Red Loong turns its back. Instead, we recommend a close-range frontal assault – just avoid its teeth and claws.

Whenever it collapses on its side, target the nodes on its back before it recovers to take a chunk out of its health in one burst. Red Loong’s electric AoE attacks are the most lethal in its arsenal, so remember to retreat when the nodes on its back begin to crackle. A haze of golden dust appears moments before the AoE triggers, so be sure to get out of its perimeter and target Red Loong where possible.

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