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Yu Ji, also known as the Taoist in Black, is one of the penultimate boss battles inWo Long: Fallen Dynasty. You fight him at the end of the main battlefield, the Decisive Battle of Guandu.
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The fight consists of two phases. The first phase sees you fight Yu Ji in human form, and it is a pretty straightforward encounter. After you beat him, he will merge with his demonically corrupted dragon, transforming into the Embodiment of Demonic Qi. This second phase is an entirely new encounter, so be prepared for a long slog against these two.
Yu Ji Boss Fight Strategy - Phase One
As ever, the boss will beginan attack as soon as the fight starts. For Yu Ji, be prepared todeflect a barrage of ice shardshurled at you. When we fought Yu Ji, he thenused a Critical Striketo catch us out.
For this critical, he will fly into the air, summon a red ball of demonic qi and throw it at you. These attacks are the easiest to deflect;wait until it is extremely close to youand hit the deflect button. You will throw it back at him, dealing decent Spirit and health damage to Yu Ji.
This phase of the fight is by far the easiest.He acts and behaves like a regular humanoid enemy.
This means that he ishilariously easy to interrupt, which is something that we recommend you take considerable advantage of during this fight.
Yu Ji willcast every flavour of spell in this fight,switching it up as he chooses. However, since he is an especially squishy spell-casting enemy,he does not fare well when you start swinging at him.
Using a weapon that hasfast and long-ranged swipes is perfectfor keeping Yu Ji in check. Weused a straight sabreand had no trouble keeping him on the back foot.
Due to his squishy nature and total lack of poise,you always want to rush up to him and attack. If he tries to fire off a spell, you should be in his face immediately andattack him to stop it.This strategy will refuse to give him an inch in the fight.
This is another occasion where yourFollowers will be invaluable.
We brought Zhao Yun and Xiahou Dun with us, and the two of them couldinterrupt several of his attackswith long-ranged jabs, grieving him fairly well.
They are so effective that it ispossible to stun-lock Yu Jin in a cornerif you all surround him. He can teleport away, but you will have done devastating damage to him.
He will use poison in this fight, but due to his overall weak nature, this will not cause you many problems. Use a Metal-phase spell to dispel any of these effects.
If you and your Followers can bully Yu Ji into a corner, the fight will be over quickly. Try not to use too much of your healing in this fight because once you depleted his HP the second phase will begin.
Any gear you use in this fight will be what youtake into the next phase.
Ensure you have all your best equipment to hand and your spells set before fighting Yu Ji.
We recommend having Qinglong for its healing prowess. For spells, Metal Phase will work to counter his poison, but Ice Weapon will be great in the second phase, along with Absorb Vitality.
Embodiment Of Demonic Qi Boss Fight Strategy - Phase Two
Defeating Yu Ji will trigger this second phase to begin. You will be fighting agigantic dragon, whom Yu Ji has fused with,which means this boss fight is an entirely different ballgame. He will use completely different attacks in a different arena.
As the next phase starts, Yu Ji will fly around thearena and prepare for a Critical Strike. He will swing towards you with an enlarged glowing red wing.
As far as other critical strikes go,this one is particularly difficult to predict.
The red wing takes up a massive area, but the timing of the deflection is awkward.
With most fights in Wo Long, you must wait until thelast second to deflect this attack.
The Embodiment of Demonic Qi dragon willspend a lot of its time flying in the air, making hitting it difficult.Don’t be tempted to use your bow or any ranged spells, for these will avail you none.
Due to this troublesome airborne aspect of the fight, you mustwait for the dragon to finish an attack, where it will mostly come to the ground, recover from its attack animation andleave it open to several combos.
When it does, get close and attack whichever part you can. While all the dragon’s limbs are targetable,each appendage takes the same damagefrom a physical hit.
The most dangerous part of this phase will be thedragon’s lightning attacks.
This spell shoots red vines of lightning that willrip and travel in a line back and forthseveral times.
If this targets your Followers, they will be heavily damaged.
Another nasty attack sees the dragon summonseveral swords and swing them all,seven times in a row. It’s a powerful combo, but they are timed apart enough that you caneasily deflect each hit,building positive Spirit in the process.
When the attack finishes, the dragon will fly over you and land. When he does this,he will be vulnerable for a long time,so you should launch into a charged attack and follow up with a combo and a Martial Art, if possible.
The best attack to exploit is when the dragon charges up a spell andcreates ripples around the arena. These circles will explode in Earth damage eventually, but there will bepatches that are safe to stand in. More often than not, the safe patch will be in front of the dragon, but it changes.
During this spell,you should get close and keep attackingfor the duration.
you’re able to deflect the hit if you are standing in one of the circles when it explodes, but even so, you should take this opportunityto deal damage no matter what.
Taking advantage to deal damage during this spell will go a long way. You can get inso much free damageherethat a stance break will happen in no time if you are aggressive and he spams the move enough times.
When you get a poise break,go to the monster’s head to whack Yu Ji with a Spirit attack.This will deal two instances of massive damage to the boss, almost certainly leaving it in the red section of low HP.
Keep attacking and exploiting lulls in its combos. When you deal the final hit that brings its HP down to zero,you might have to finish the fight with a Fatal Blow. Get up to his head when he falls over and give him one last stab.
With the Embodiment of Demonic Qi defeated you have one more boss fight to conquer in the game’s final mission.
