Sifu

Jinfeng is the 4th boss of the game and is a bit of a glass canon. She is hard to get close to and hard to reliably hit but is also old as $%!@ meaning that she basically crumples within a few successful combos compared to the other bosses. I highly recommend coming into this with a weapon to heighten your DPS. Jinfeng carries a kusarigama type weapon and will swing it in a HUGE AOE that is thankfully somewhat cancelled out by the size of the stage if you ever need breathing room. You can parry most of her high moves for extra structure damage but be warned that since her weapon travels the stage: the parry timing window will be variable depending on how far or close you are to her. Two Phases: Ensure that you perform the takedown as soon as possible when it becomes available

Recommended Skills to purchase before this fight are:

1. Head Smash OR Thigh Cut (Useful in both phases, ensure that you bring a blunt weapon if you put points in Head Smash or a bladed weapon if you bought Thigh Cut as they are mutually exclusive to those weapon types)

Phase 1:

There are pretty much two types of attacks here depending on how closer you are to her

If you are not right next to her: she will initiate two high throws of her weight towards you that you can avoid with and one sweeping throw that you can avoid with . I would recommend parrying the first two moves and always avoid the last one.

If you are next to her she will do a high circular swing and then kick the weight towards you, sometimes finishing with a palm push and sometimes even beginning with that palm push. If you decide to be close: the best opportunity to punish is after the palm push.

My strategy for her is to bait the distance moveset she does and, upon avoiding the sweeping throw: run up to her and hit her with a combo. If you brought a weapon: utilize your focus after the moveset and then follow up with a heavy combo.

Phase 2:

Her moveset remains similar but the type of some swings change to become unblockable grapples. Now when she does the lasso type move it will become a grab one that will pull you in and deal massive damage which should now always be avoided (the game will indicate this with a pre-launch glow that occurs on the weight)

The concept here remains similar to phase 1 however: bait the distance moveset and run up to her to perform a heavy combo. If you have focus: use an eye poke move right after she starts blocking your heavy combo to get a cheeky extra damage phase in!

Here is a video showcasing many of the tips previously discussed (All Credit to Dan Allen Gaming):