SEKIRO | How To Beat Lady Butterfly

Check out this Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice guide on how to beat Lady Butterfly. Find info on gameplay tips, recommended Prosthetic Tools & Items, boss moves and attacks, and Phantom Kunai!

How To Beat Lady Butterfly: Boss Fight Guide

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Battle Strategy Video
Lady Butterfly Location
Recommended Prosthetic Tools & Items
Lady Butterfly Combat Tips
Lady Butterfly Attacks

Lady Butterfly Battle Strategy Video

Lady Butterfly Location

Location	Hirata Audience Chamber

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Rewards

Memory: Lady Butterfly	Permanently increase Attack Power
Sakura Droplet	Increases Resurrective Power, allowing one additional resurrection

Sakura Droplet

The Sakura Droplet is an item that increases your Resurrective Power, adding another Resurrection node to your HP bar. Show this to Kuro or the Divine Child of Rejuvenation to activate the 3rd node.

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Recommended Prosthetic Tools & Items

Snap Seed

Using the Snap Seed will disperse all Lady Butterfly's illusions during the Second Phase within its range. Although, the Snap Seed won't be able to disperse the butterfly projectiles that Lady Butterfly unleashes during the second phase of the fight.

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Lady Butterfly Boss Combat Tips

Battle with Lady Butterfly has 2 Phases

The fight against Lady Butterfly doesn't end once you deal a Deathblow on her. She will reveal that the first phase was merely an illusion and will get into the fight herself during the second phase.

Strike and Parry to Damage Her Posture

Fighting Lady Butterfly requires you to meet her blow for blow to bring down her Posture. Whenever you strike at her, she will start a 2-strike counterattack that you can parry to damage her posture.

Wait Out for her Openings

Some of Lady Butterflies attacks leave her vulnerable to counterattacks when they miss. Wait out for these attacks and strike her down while you can. Just get ready to parry her as she'll eventually fight back.

Second Phase will Include New Attacks, Projectiles

For the second phase of the battle, Lady BUtterfly will mix up her attacks with new projectiles and an illusion summoning move. Fighting her in this phase requires you to dodge her attacks, her minions, and her projectiles.

Lady Butterfly Boss Attacks

Attack	Description
3-Strike Combo	Starts off with 2 kunai strikes and ends with an overhead leg drop
Leap Kunai Strikes	Leaps from a wire and does 3 strikes upon contact
Overhead Leg Drop	Jumps up high and does a leg drop as she goes down
Kunai Dash Attack	Throws 2 batches of kunais then dashes twice that ends with strikes
Perilous Sweep Attack	Unblockable attack with 2 low arc sweeps
Perilous Grab Attack	From up high, Lady Butterfly leaps down and grapples Sekiro
Illusions Summon (Second Phase)	Summons multiple illusions that can attack Sekiro
Dispel Illusions (Second Phase)	Illusions will be converted into butterfly projectiles that will track and follow Sekiro
6-Hit Combo (Second Phase)	Summons butterfly projectiles that attacks Sekiro, while also doing a 5-strike combo that ends with a perilous attack at the end
Kunai-Butterfly Projectile Throws (Second Phase)	Summons butterfly projectiles and sets them off with a barrage of kunais

First Phase - Tips

Attack after 3-Strike Combo

After Lady Butterfly does her 3-strike combo, she'll be vulnerable to your attacks then. Once she does her leg drop, you can strike her and it will hit! Just remember to parry right after because she will counterattack almost immediately.

Jump Up and Attack Downwards During Perilous Sweep Attack

The best way to escape the Perilous Sweep Attack is by simply jumping upwards. You can get in a few strikes to Lady Butterfly by attacking downwards as you go down.

Dodge Backwards for the Perilous Grab Attack

Dodging to the side can easily get you caught by Lady Butterfly's Perilous Grab Attack. Instead, move backwards to dodge it. She'll be vulnerable to attacks after the Perilous Grab so rush forward and attack her after.

Open for Attacks After Leg Drop

Instead of dodging the Leg Drop, block it instead if you have high enough Posture. This will allow you to be in her range and attack her as she's open to attacks after dropping down.

Second Phase - Tips

Run from Butterfly Projectiles

Blocking the Butterfly Projectiles are not recommended as they can easily break your posture. Running quickly around the arena will cause them to hit something else even when they're tracking you.

Dodge Back for the 6-Strike Combo then Attack After

Don't bother blocking or parrying Lady Butterfly's attacks during the 6-strike combo. Dodge backwards as she does them and once she finishes her Perilous Attack, rush forward and attack her.