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The status ailment of poison inBlack Myth: Wukongis introduced through the fight with Guangmou, a master of poisonous serpents who has a little more to offer you than just a decent fight. Should you be willing to put up with his ranged shenanigans and headache-inducing teleportations around the field, you’ll be given a spirit to summon.
Being able to summon your own serpents in battle will be a great asset for the coming difficult battles ahead. So, with this guide in hand, we’ll help make sure you understand the rules of his fight so you can employ his dirty tactics against your own foes.
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Spiritual Onslaught
Guangmou summons an arc above his head of spiritual orbs that then fly toward the player. As they near the player, Guangmou teleports in a black mist behind them for a random follow-up attack.
Eithercontinuously dodgethrough itor use your spin attackto deflect the projectiles.
Poison Mist Breath
Guangmou deeply inhales and then sprays poison mist from his mouth in a small arc directly in front of him.
Keep your distance, dodge rolling back if necessary.
Wind Spirit
Guangmou points his fan at the ground and begins to raise a small spiritual ball from it. The ball follows Guangmou’s fan for a couple of seconds before following the player and exploding in a burst.
Back offwhen you see the spirit conjured orinterrupt it with an Immobilize spell.
Snake Dance
Guangmou begins to dance with his fan and will state a line such as “Boys, greet our visitor,” before summoning four white serpents that erupt from the ground in a square formation. These snakes will persist, shooting venom at the player for several seconds. Guangmou can conduct other attacks while these snakes are summoned.
Continue sprinting and dodgingaround the arena.Keep your distancefrom Guangmou, as openings for attack will be few while these snakes are summoned.
Windy Retort
When being struck by a barrage of attacks, Guangmou can quickly retort with a brief burst of wind around him, knocking the player back and dealing minor damage.
Be cautious when attempting to do long combo chains, preparing to dodge back when you see him raise his fan.
Vortex of Wind
Spinning his fan in the air, Guangmou summons a vortex of wind wherever the player is standing. A dim blue light will appear under the player before the wind erupts from it.
Sprint out of the circleand toward Guangmou to make an attack.
Jumping Spirit Fan
Guangmou jumps into the air and fires a quick barrage of spiritual orbs. These orbs fire in a straight line at a diagonal descent toward the player from the player’s right to left.
Dodge forwardtoward Guangmou.
Mist Warp
Guangmou gathers himself in a black mist and teleports a short distance away.
Non-attack. Follow Guangmou, butbeware of follow-up attacks when he reappears.
Guangmou’s attacks are not too dangerous, being generally forgiving for mistakes and clearly telegraphed.
Your primary concern will betwo attacks:
Both of these attacks candeal exceptional damage whilebuilding up your Poison meterquickly. Being hit with the latter will almost be a guarantee of becoming poisoned.
Whilepoisoned,you will take residual damagefor several seconds. At this point in the game, curing it isn’t an option (nor recommended for resource reasons), so youronly way to face it is prevention.
The best way of preventing poison is to learn Guangmou’s attacks, sorefer to the chart above.
Otherwise, hisspiritual attacks are only dangerous for their ability to staggeryou into attacks from his snacks or to build with his other hits.
Keep in mind thathis projectiles can be deflected with your spin attack, opening you up for some nice combos if you have the stamina to maintain it.
How To Defeat Guangmou
Guangmou will begin every fight sequence with his Spiritual Onslaught. You candeflect this with your spin attack or simply dodgethrough them.
Either way,he’ll typically teleport behind youfor a follow-up attack, so don’t let him get the better of you.
Before entering this fight,ensure yourGall GemSoak is equippedon your Gourd. With this, your Poison resistance will be higher.
Guangmou’s teleportations can make getting good combos on him a bit tricky, but this also means you have ample time tocharge your Smash-stance attacks.
Your best openingsto get these attacks will be:
We recommend if you haven’t already,taking the upgradethat allows you tocharge your strong attacks while dashing. This will improve your fight experience.
The primary problem you’ll have with Guangmou is closing the distance as he has good ranged options and a very dangerous Poison Mist Breath to watch out for in melee.
If you’re struggling with getting good damage on him,observe these tips:
Don’t worry about taking any curesif you get Poisoned. It isn’t worth the waste of resources so early in the game and a lack of opportunity to safely take them. We do warn, however, thatPoison will continue to deal damage during cutscenes.
We included that in our first-attempt video above for both a laugh and an example. If you die from Poison during the ending cutscene, do not worry; you can still receive your rewards fromGuangmouwhen you return to the arena.
Eventually, Guangmou will be put to rest, and you’ll have the ability tosteal his spirit.With his spirit, you cansummon his snakes into battleand drasticallyincrease your Poison resistance.
As you collect his spirit, you’ll alsogain these rewards:
With all of these in hand, you can now say you’ve reached the halfway point of this adventure’s starting area. The difficulty only spirals up from here.
As you venture forth, we recommend (if you haven’t already) to stop at the Shrine and pick up theWandering Wightspirit in your “Retrieve Spirits” tab.
