Game homePhantom Blade ZeroAll gamesButchers who underwent Transcension. The copper masks that suppress their Sha-Chi hang crookedly on their faces, leaving them free to eat whenever they please. Their iron hooks drag distant enemies within reach of their cleavers, while the filth they vomit forms a poisonous miasma around them. When they begin gorging on chunks of meat, they are restoring their strength for another murderous assault. When food runs out, human flesh makes the finest fare. Now even that is scarce. Only starving frenzied hounds remain beside their butcher's blocks, waiting for a share of the scraps and bones.
Dodge the red flash and close in after the strike misses. Perfect-block the blue-flash strike just before impact. Once the combo starts, watch for the follow-up hits. Counter when the last strike misses. Linger at the edge of its reach to draw out a poke. Evade it before stepping in.