Man your videos are a massive help. I died on this guy at least 30 odd times and then I watched your vid and got him second try after that. Thanks again!
You've been helping me with your vid so thank you ! I must add that I appreciate how to the point you are and how clear your voice is. It is very welcomed for a foreigner like me ! Keep up the good work
For anyone having a hard time with Taro, there is a rock towards the left that you can jump on, once you do he won't be able to attack you and you can just use arrows to kill. As soon as the fight start head to the left you will see a rock you will have to jump on some bushes to make your way up there once you do, taro won't hit you Hope this helps
Just started my Master Difficulty tonight and his grab attack and combo at the start of phase 2 have been giving me such issues and I never properly learned how to deal with them on Expert. Thanks for your help! ^_^
I didn’t know about the lantern, the fact that I could use the rot more than once, nor thought of double jumping over his grab, instead I always hugged his behind to force him to go melee! Interesting to see it could have been much easier, need to look out for these golden targets on bosses more often I guess xD I wanted to see what others did on Master vs his non swipe attacks tbh Amazing fight!
thanks man.. yesterday i died like 20 odd times on story sprite guide mode/balanced mode that too, i was embrasssed... will try with these info and beat this boss.. this game is really good combat wise..
I'm playing this a year later. He does not go for the 2 grabs directly after 50%. Which I don't mind. But at around 25%, he gets a red aura, gains 25% HP, and goes into an enraged state. Damn, I'm not ready for master difficulty stuff.
Like can you imagine this game if they put in some loot for defeating bosses? Like another staff or something or even just cosmetics if they could drop after a boss was defeated, I truly think that this game would make game of the year with that added in.
This fight is so hard. I'm having such a difficult time. Your videos have been immensely helpful, but I just cannot seem to defeat Corrupt Taro. It's very frustrating.
He is a handful. My advice is look at the one thing he's getting you with the most, then study how I'm avoiding that in the video, and then make it your goal just to be able to do that. Usually there's one or two things that make a boss frustrating, and once you nail those you end up beating them easily. Good luck!
I gave up this game way before this boss. The combat and especially the puzzles were just too frustrating. This looks like a kids game but it is just another dark souls game.
Just beat him on Master using your strat for the 2nd phase, thanks. The 1st phase was easy as I simply parried all his attacks and then used the rot arrows.
Use the Rott attack on his shoulder but don’t burst the bubble. Just do heavy attacks directly after you sent the Rott to his shoulder. That’s what helped me to defeat him.
I love the guidelines for leaving a comment 😆👉 they get it. Subbed. I just want to say this is one of the few games I've played in 2024 that still plays and looks well on a lower quality PC.. IT is my comfort world, from coding to hardware. Sadly some "corrupted police" stole part of my "spirit" earlier this year when they "took possession" of my gaming laptop, refusing to return it unless I worked as a snitch.. So, No more high end rig 😢. Even w/ integrated graphics Kena looks amazing, it's also just a very good game overall.. there's really nothing I can compare it to, the closest thing I can think of is the original Fable, but remastered for 2020😅 If anyone at ember See's this, I very much want to work at ember labs. I have a lot of game ideas that I think could produce the sort of magic that this unique title does. 😊
I finally beat him! Don't worry about trying to parry like he did. I kept my distance mostly and dodged to avoid getting hit. If you just block you may get lucky and parry but it's not worth going out of the way trying to.
I found a glitch while fighting with him, and it might help you if you are struggling on Master difficulty. Let him grab you near the barrier that is surrounding boss fight area - he will throw you out of the barrier, but the fight won't end. He will start jumping on the barrier, allowing you to keep shooting him from the bow.
Thanks 🙏 for the info but when I’m doing the exact same way I’m not getting the corrupted taro to run around at all? Just stuck in this swing and grab and I can’t get enough distance
His moves will still be randomized, but after phase 2 he will always run around no matter what. Maybe this other guide I made will help you more: ua-cam.com/video/PbdJzrBM9ew/v-deo.html It's on expert, but the mechanics are still the same.
The more you hit at distance the closer you get to your big hits. But me, I tend to think of these boss fights as counter-attack fights, where once the boss has done some moves I get in some hits then back off and range attack, waiting for the next counter-attack again, over and over.
It wouldn't be so bad if everything worked like it should. The camera has a mind of its own, targetting and locking on is really buggy, parrying is almost impossible to time properly from one fight to the next, and the dodge roll picks a direction at random even if you're aiming in a specific direction that usually results in colliding directly with the enemy's weapon. Even basic attacks inexplicably miss sometimes even though you're right in an enemy's face. It's very frustrating. I love a good challenge, but it needs to be a fair challenge. Having to contend with poor design and unstable mechanics isn't a fair challenge. I'm definitely glad I didn't buy this game.
I'll admit, the Master+ seems to have updated the combat. There is now a PHASE 3! I can't seem to figure out the trick, yet. Some time in phase 2, not sure of the trigger, Taro explodes and catches fire. He has a new jump attack where he spams the arena with fireballs. I beat him the first time around on hard, now on master... it's not easy. Getting the pattern from folks like FuzzyBararian made it a matter of practice, now I'm a bit mystified. I have tried to hold off triggering the rot on his shoulder weak point, as it can be used to stun him ... just let the little blighters bother him until he is stunned. I can only take 3 hits at this difficulty, so it's hard to have enough up time to find the pattern on P3... Suggestion?
You make the 1st phase more difficult than needed, he only has 4 attacks if you stay close and they're all incredibly telegraphed. Hitting O with no direction seems broken for dodgjng
I got pretty lucky on this boss but I was able to beat this boss on my first try. I used the bow alot just like you did and being very patient of when to attack helps a ton lol. Otherwise he is very difficult to beat.
wow this looks so calm, easy and good... I died at least 15 times i guess... I´ve never thought of shooting the arrows in the air to use the slow motion... or that his exposed weak spot can be triggered with the pulse too T_T So I was really struggeling trying to hit the lantern or his shoulder with an arrow while he is in movement :D
Damn. I've got platinum trophy in every Souls game, BB and Sekiro. But Kena on master difficulty just destroyed me inside. 2h on Taro and this bastard still kicking my ass. I am getting to old for this =\ UPD You can dodge his chargIng grab attack by double jump?! Understandable =\
@@CERBERUS0420 Cool and yep, I wish I'd known about the double jump myself when I did this the first time on expert mode, as it was the grab move on my first playthrough that was the most trouble for me in this fight. Someone in the comments on my expert vid told me about it and first time I tried to do it I realized he'd never get me with the grab move again 😁
@@sapphic_sleeper Don't despair, a lot of people find this boss fight extremely difficult. My advice is take it one step at a time - literally. Find the one thing he keeps getting you with the most, and check my vid to see how I avoid that, then practice trying to avoid just that one thing (without worrying about beating him). Usually there's one or two major sticking points in a boss fight and once you are good with avoiding them, the rest might just fall into place. And if not, there's only ever one or two more to learn to avoid before the rest become easy thanks to the practice of getting good at those one or two things. Also, after 40+ attempts, I can guarantee when you beat him you'll probably scream out in happiness it'll be such a good feeling. 😉
This is life wasting , im giving up , trying for an hour and no luck , he grabbed me when he had like 7% hp Plus i imagine how difficult it will be later in the game
Same. I try to line up a slow motion arrow shot when he runs at you for the grab attack, but every time i wind up an arrow only to have nothing fire. I know I have arrows, but in my panic I must be letting go of L2 instead of R2. Sure enough no arrow is fired, I get grabbed, and die. Mind you I am playing on NORMAL. This game is the most difficult NORMAL mode I have ever played. I even gave in and went down to story mode to get past this fight, but I felt cheap for doing it, so I reloaded an old NORMAL save file and played my way back to this fight. 😅
Nah mate, this is master. Nothing has changed about Corrupt Taro at all since release, with the exception that patch 1.16 fixed a bug. Patch 2.0 introduced slight modifications to bosses in NG+ a year after this video was made to make them 'slightly' more challenging and a bit more aggressive. You might be in NG+ is my guess. But NG and NG+ movesets are the same either way, so if you can no damage in NG, you can no damage in NG+ without changing a thing. I just make master look easy in this video because I never get hit. That's because I've no hit run this game many, many times and know it like the back of my hand...
@@anang8884 Anecdotal experience is not the plural of data. Plenty of people are having a hard time with the combat, myself included. Just bc something comes easily to you, does not mean it will for others.
It was an honour to voice Taro! Thanks to Ember Labs and all the fans who helped make this game a success!
Yeah right 😂
Man your videos are a massive help. I died on this guy at least 30 odd times and then I watched your vid and got him second try after that. Thanks again!
Brilliant! Happy to have helped too, cheers mate!
Omg got his health down to 10% and he grabbed me. The parry in this game is ridiculous
agrreedd
@Will Smith: The Camera messes up too.
@@jane1975 I already thought my controller has drift
@@strunkhendrik1998 No it has nothing to do with the Controller it is just the game design.
@@jane1975 I understand the idea of it, like: "Hey, look you can heal yourself there". But it's more annoying than helpful
Lord. Thanks for this. I had no idea I was stepping into Pixar Dark Souls with this game.
You've been helping me with your vid so thank you ! I must add that I appreciate how to the point you are and how clear your voice is. It is very welcomed for a foreigner like me ! Keep up the good work
For anyone having a hard time with Taro, there is a rock towards the left that you can jump on, once you do he won't be able to attack you and you can just use arrows to kill.
As soon as the fight start head to the left you will see a rock you will have to jump on some bushes to make your way up there once you do, taro won't hit you
Hope this helps
I made this account to say thanks
That really helped big time!!!!
@@skytreegirl6929 No problem at all, glad it helped
Thanks man. I'm going to post a video how to do it on my channel.
You are a hero mate!
Thank u so much
Seriously want to just complete this game now. Beautiful looks and story, but the mechanics and infuriating boss missions are really doing my nut in.
For anyone coming to this late, rot hammer does about double damage if you hit enemies with the swing as well as the blast
WHAT
It helped me a lot. You are awesome. Take love and respect from Bangladesh 🇧🇩
Thanks man! I’m really trying to get it the hard way. You’ve been helping a lot. Your channel will grow even more! Such a legend
Thanks mate!
Just started my Master Difficulty tonight and his grab attack and combo at the start of phase 2 have been giving me such issues and I never properly learned how to deal with them on Expert. Thanks for your help! ^_^
That grab attack is the worst. Hopefully you've got it now.
@@fuzzybearbarian I did get it actually, thank you!!! Your video was a huge help!! thank you so much!
I didn’t know about the lantern, the fact that I could use the rot more than once, nor thought of double jumping over his grab, instead I always hugged his behind to force him to go melee! Interesting to see it could have been much easier, need to look out for these golden targets on bosses more often I guess xD
I wanted to see what others did on Master vs his non swipe attacks tbh
Amazing fight!
thanks man.. yesterday i died like 20 odd times on story sprite guide mode/balanced mode that too, i was embrasssed... will try with these info and beat this boss.. this game is really good combat wise..
you deserve so much more recognition
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
Indeed
I did not expect Corrupted Taro to be THIS difficult! Have been atuck here for two hours. I can barely make it to phase 2 😅
Sorry, I didn't make it easy! ;) lol
@@itstodfennell No worries! Eventually got past it. I'm struggling with Toshi now (22 hours into the game 😭😅)
I can’t parry to save my life
@@mickbutler5263 it’s not as bad as darksouls.
I'm playing this a year later. He does not go for the 2 grabs directly after 50%. Which I don't mind. But at around 25%, he gets a red aura, gains 25% HP, and goes into an enraged state.
Damn, I'm not ready for master difficulty stuff.
Watching this video actually allowed me to beat him after the second try. I have been trying for hours before this video so thank you!
Awesome!
Like can you imagine this game if they put in some loot for defeating bosses? Like another staff or something or even just cosmetics if they could drop after a boss was defeated, I truly think that this game would make game of the year with that added in.
This fight is so hard. I'm having such a difficult time. Your videos have been immensely helpful, but I just cannot seem to defeat Corrupt Taro. It's very frustrating.
He is a handful. My advice is look at the one thing he's getting you with the most, then study how I'm avoiding that in the video, and then make it your goal just to be able to do that. Usually there's one or two things that make a boss frustrating, and once you nail those you end up beating them easily. Good luck!
Me too. I'm terrible at parrying
@@mac1bc what's the time window for parrying cuz I feel like I'm so close to getting better at parrying
@@s3v3rinn I ended up not even trying to parry when I beat him. I can't remember now but I think I just blocked and moved as best I could
I gave up this game way before this boss. The combat and especially the puzzles were just too frustrating. This looks like a kids game but it is just another dark souls game.
Impressive with no damage. With your advice I think I can defeat that bastard.
Just beat him on Master using your strat for the 2nd phase, thanks. The 1st phase was easy as I simply parried all his attacks and then used the rot arrows.
Use the Rott attack on his shoulder but don’t burst the bubble. Just do heavy attacks directly after you sent the Rott to his shoulder. That’s what helped me to defeat him.
I love the guidelines for leaving a comment 😆👉 they get it. Subbed.
I just want to say this is one of the few games I've played in 2024 that still plays and looks well on a lower quality PC.. IT is my comfort world, from coding to hardware. Sadly some "corrupted police" stole part of my "spirit" earlier this year when they "took possession" of my gaming laptop, refusing to return it unless I worked as a snitch.. So, No more high end rig 😢. Even w/ integrated graphics Kena looks amazing, it's also just a very good game overall.. there's really nothing I can compare it to, the closest thing I can think of is the original Fable, but remastered for 2020😅
If anyone at ember See's this, I very much want to work at ember labs. I have a lot of game ideas that I think could produce the sort of magic that this unique title does. 😊
You make it look so easy
His grab and other attack are so similar
I do, but this is a hard boss to beat with no damage for sure. Plus, I practice a fair amount of times on him in my expert mode run.
Great video!
damn, I'm really struggling with the parry on this game, somehow I cant find the proper timing to parry on time.
I finally beat him! Don't worry about trying to parry like he did. I kept my distance mostly and dodged to avoid getting hit. If you just block you may get lucky and parry but it's not worth going out of the way trying to.
@@mac1bc Thanks, ill try it like that, hope I can beat him today!.
Wow man you're a pro! I keep dying on spirit guide mode >.
Well played, was awesome!
You are the man. I've been at it for about 45min.
Just jump over him :-D :-D :-D he grabs me everytime even when I'm jumping, it's bullsh*t!
He transforms into a fire beast on my run, you sure this is master difficulty?
same here bro, and he regains half his health. Can't get past him
I can’t do it I give up
Well played good sir!
Thank you for your guidance
if you playing at higher difficulty, there is should be flaming taro, but you don't even have it here on Master difficulty.
Man! Solid job!
I found a glitch while fighting with him, and it might help you if you are struggling on Master difficulty. Let him grab you near the barrier that is surrounding boss fight area - he will throw you out of the barrier, but the fight won't end. He will start jumping on the barrier, allowing you to keep shooting him from the bow.
Well, I have him turn into " fire" mode. He gains half his health bacj. You seen something like that?
This game looks beautiful indeed
It really is.
You are a legend.
Thanks 🙏 for the info but when I’m doing the exact same way I’m not getting the corrupted taro to run around at all? Just stuck in this swing and grab and I can’t get enough distance
His moves will still be randomized, but after phase 2 he will always run around no matter what. Maybe this other guide I made will help you more: ua-cam.com/video/PbdJzrBM9ew/v-deo.html It's on expert, but the mechanics are still the same.
Yeah after an hour of trying, I switched the difficulty to Story. Life's too short and I am not good at parrying.
Just barely beat this dude after 20 tries on 1 hp fun times
Another HELP :D thx :) ...not gonna lie, it took me like 2 hours.............
Do you have to collect more rot in order to get more attacks?
You can double jump OVER him while he does his grabbing attack?! That changes everything 😂
This fight is just as hard as Hell House from Final Fantasy 7 Remake
Is there any trike or glitch that we can use against him 😢😢😢
So it's better to hit him at the distance or face to face encounter.
The more you hit at distance the closer you get to your big hits. But me, I tend to think of these boss fights as counter-attack fights, where once the boss has done some moves I get in some hits then back off and range attack, waiting for the next counter-attack again, over and over.
How come he doesnt go fire form with you?
You make it look easy
The combat, parry, and boss battles in this game is some of the biggest loads of bull shit I’ve ever seen.
It wouldn't be so bad if everything worked like it should. The camera has a mind of its own, targetting and locking on is really buggy, parrying is almost impossible to time properly from one fight to the next, and the dodge roll picks a direction at random even if you're aiming in a specific direction that usually results in colliding directly with the enemy's weapon. Even basic attacks inexplicably miss sometimes even though you're right in an enemy's face. It's very frustrating. I love a good challenge, but it needs to be a fair challenge. Having to contend with poor design and unstable mechanics isn't a fair challenge. I'm definitely glad I didn't buy this game.
You're my hero ! His first phase is okay but the second... What an asshole
He's probably saying that about you now. 😉
I'll admit, the Master+ seems to have updated the combat. There is now a PHASE 3! I can't seem to figure out the trick, yet. Some time in phase 2, not sure of the trigger, Taro explodes and catches fire. He has a new jump attack where he spams the arena with fireballs. I beat him the first time around on hard, now on master... it's not easy. Getting the pattern from folks like FuzzyBararian made it a matter of practice, now I'm a bit mystified.
I have tried to hold off triggering the rot on his shoulder weak point, as it can be used to stun him ... just let the little blighters bother him until he is stunned.
I can only take 3 hits at this difficulty, so it's hard to have enough up time to find the pattern on P3...
Suggestion?
ok. I mean how in the hell....?? In my game is always chaotic and fast counterpunch. So how? Really dude.
I been trying for at least 37 times already 😢
I cant parry his attacks!
Take practice. Also, use a wired controller. I find wireless is more hit and miss with Kena parries.
@@fuzzybearbarian there’s also that. Thanks bro. You’re the best
NIce I´m on thirtieth attempt so I lure how to beat it now. :)
Your UA-cam I love that's actually funny 💯🇬🇧
You make the 1st phase more difficult than needed, he only has 4 attacks if you stay close and they're all incredibly telegraphed. Hitting O with no direction seems broken for dodgjng
The fact they needed to make a game like this in a souls or nioh2 fashion is weird. 😂😂😂. But I'll do a few more attempts. Funny as hell.
Second try on normal
I got pretty lucky on this boss but I was able to beat this boss on my first try. I used the bow alot just like you did and being very patient of when to attack helps a ton lol. Otherwise he is very difficult to beat.
Omg finally!!
4+ hours fighting still struggling.
Gg
Same here, 3 hours yesterday evening, 3+ hours today. Still struggling
@@Iceman1586ger Just leave it 😂
@@Iceman1586ger you can do it!
wow this looks so calm, easy and good... I died at least 15 times i guess... I´ve never thought of shooting the arrows in the air to use the slow motion... or that his exposed weak spot can be triggered with the pulse too T_T So I was really struggeling trying to hit the lantern or his shoulder with an arrow while he is in movement :D
Think it's just cause he's doing voice over of his game play, lol
You’re arrows were doing way too much damage
Damn. I've got platinum trophy in every Souls game, BB and Sekiro. But Kena on master difficulty just destroyed me inside. 2h on Taro and this bastard still kicking my ass. I am getting to old for this =\
UPD
You can dodge his chargIng grab attack by double jump?! Understandable =\
You better not be saying you're too old for this and be younger than me... 👀😁
@@fuzzybearbarian thanks for your video. I finally defeated Taro. That double jump hint helped A LOT :D
@@CERBERUS0420 Cool and yep, I wish I'd known about the double jump myself when I did this the first time on expert mode, as it was the grab move on my first playthrough that was the most trouble for me in this fight. Someone in the comments on my expert vid told me about it and first time I tried to do it I realized he'd never get me with the grab move again 😁
Helpful of course, but I’m confident to say that out of 10 tries you will fail 9 times just like me 😂 anyhow impressive
10 tries would be considered not a bad effort imo 😉
@@fuzzybearbarian I'm on 40+ attempts at this point.
@@sapphic_sleeper Don't despair, a lot of people find this boss fight extremely difficult. My advice is take it one step at a time - literally. Find the one thing he keeps getting you with the most, and check my vid to see how I avoid that, then practice trying to avoid just that one thing (without worrying about beating him). Usually there's one or two major sticking points in a boss fight and once you are good with avoiding them, the rest might just fall into place. And if not, there's only ever one or two more to learn to avoid before the rest become easy thanks to the practice of getting good at those one or two things. Also, after 40+ attempts, I can guarantee when you beat him you'll probably scream out in happiness it'll be such a good feeling. 😉
Second fase is difficult. And the immunity roll window is not as good as from fromsoftware.
This is life wasting , im giving up , trying for an hour and no luck , he grabbed me when he had like 7% hp
Plus i imagine how difficult it will be later in the game
Now it has a second phase where he transforms în fire and regains health. Can t beat him😠😠
Same. I try to line up a slow motion arrow shot when he runs at you for the grab attack, but every time i wind up an arrow only to have nothing fire. I know I have arrows, but in my panic I must be letting go of L2 instead of R2. Sure enough no arrow is fired, I get grabbed, and die. Mind you I am playing on NORMAL.
This game is the most difficult NORMAL mode I have ever played. I even gave in and went down to story mode to get past this fight, but I felt cheap for doing it, so I reloaded an old NORMAL save file and played my way back to this fight. 😅
Its really impossible
no damage
hahahaha pain
THAT IS NOT MASTER MODE. taro in my master mode became on fire and recover HALF of is energy
Very very easy compare to master mode
Nah mate, this is master. Nothing has changed about Corrupt Taro at all since release, with the exception that patch 1.16 fixed a bug. Patch 2.0 introduced slight modifications to bosses in NG+ a year after this video was made to make them 'slightly' more challenging and a bit more aggressive. You might be in NG+ is my guess. But NG and NG+ movesets are the same either way, so if you can no damage in NG, you can no damage in NG+ without changing a thing. I just make master look easy in this video because I never get hit. That's because I've no hit run this game many, many times and know it like the back of my hand...
See.. its easy, i dont know why some streamer said the combat was not fair, and ridiculously hard 😂
Its not easy man, try it by yourself lol
@@vjcreativedesign5023 i already finishid this game, if you already know the mechanics, its not that hard. I can finished the rot god on one go now
@@anang8884 Anecdotal experience is not the plural of data. Plenty of people are having a hard time with the combat, myself included. Just bc something comes easily to you, does not mean it will for others.