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Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw ofBlack Myth: Wukongis the epitome of annoying field enemies. Seeing a yellow frog out in a random pond in the desert, you may be inclined to underestimate this enemy. But rushing in isn’t the wisest idea.
With some annoying moves to account for and the dangers of area effects, this lightning-based boss will give you a bit more trouble than you’d first expect. However, after defeating Black Bear Guai, you’ll have everything you need to grab yourself a pair of frog legs as a snack for the road.
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Backward Retort
When the player stands behind the frog, itkicks back a distance with both of its legs. It can repeat this multiple times.
Dodge roll in a diagonal forward(left or right). Follow up with attacks.
The frog fires a straight-lined tongue forward, electrified and quick.
Sidestepleft or right.
Lightning Tongue Sweep
The frog takes a step back and braces itself beforelaunching its tongue out to its right.Electrified, the tonguesweeps back and forth three timesbefore being pulled back in. This attack can end prematurely.
Dodge forward-leftto end on the frog’s right side, almost behind it. Beginswift attacks.
Dash Attack
Sidestepping either left or right, the frogquickly launches itself forward in a straight lineafter its initial side-hop.
Dodge forwardas soon as the frog begins to launch forward.
Physical Combo
The frograises its right ‘hand’ and slaps the player diagonally. If the player is unstruck by the first slap, it may turn into a three-hit-combo with a following backstrikeby the same leading hand and then a jump into the air, which results in a double-fisted strike downward.
Dodge through the first attack. Pause tocheck for follow-up strikes, and then attack.
Electrified Dispersed Spit
The frog jumps backward to create distance, raises its head, and (indicated by the bulge at its throat)spits up a wave of electrified projectiles. The projectiles arefired in an arc and run along the ground, bouncing over the water’s surface and dispersing.
Dodgeroll forwardthrough the sparksor maintain distance.
Electrified Spit
The frog jumps back, looks as if it is preparing to throw up, andreleases several electrified projectiles on the ground in asemi-straight line. These projectilescan track the playerand curve slightly.
Stay back and eitherjump or double-roll throughthese projectiles.
Electric Burst
Rearing onto its hind legs, the frog releases an electric burst and a sort of roar.Bolts of lightning will begin to rain downon the pond’s area.
Keep mobile, sprinting around anddodge rolling when a yellow aura is indicatedon the ground near you (warning of an impending strike).
Electric Breath
The frog jumps back, and itsthroat begins to glow yellow. It then releases anarc of electrified balls that float around the bossin a circle before eventually flying at the player.
Keep your distance andsprint in an arc around the frog, avoiding the projectiles as they near.
Tongue Grab
The frogturns its head to the right and electrifies its tongue. Upon a sweep, itgrabs the player and pulls them into its mouth. When grabbed, the player becomes Shocked, if not already, is dealt significant damage, and then is spit out.
Dodge roll forward-leftand attack.
Hop
The froghops forward twice, damaging the player if underneath when it lands.
Dodge forward and then dash backto the frog to attack as it settles from the second hop.
Lang-Li-Guhh-Bawonly has a grand total of 11 attacks, making him a very deceptively easy field boss.
With his move pool so limited, you’ll see a lot of repetition, making it easy to learn his moveset quickly. This will be necessary with his lightning attacks due to how easy it is to build Shock at this point in the game.
Themost dangerous attacksare:
As this fight deals with Shock damage, we highly recommend studying the table above as success will depend on you knowing how to deal with his lightning attacks.
How To Defeat Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw
Located in a pool accessible from either thenorth side where the fox deity residesor from thesouth past a lightning spear wolf monk, you’ll have tojump down into a pondthat will act as a catalyst for most of this frog’s attacks.
When in this pool,all of this boss’s electric attacks have a slight aura and disperse, making hitboxes deceptively larger than they first seem.
Be careful when you jump down if you’re coming from behind Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw. He will kick back with both his legs with some speed, making it difficult to dodge if you aren’t expecting the move.
He can repeat this multiple times, so try not to stay directly behind him during this fight.
This fight is yourintroduction to the “Shock” status condition:
Shock: Worsens all damage received.
As this fight easily builds up your Shock meter, you’ll want to take care toplay this fight cautiouslyto prevent additional damage build-up.
You’ll want tolook for openingsin his attacks,chief among them being:
These attacks will have some of the most obvious and largest openings for punishment.
In general,staying on this frog’s back quarter but not directly behind himwill be thebest positionfor most of his attacks.
We don’t generally recommend using your consumable resourcesfor this fight, as there are certainly much stronger bosses ahead to save for.
For Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw, the most tried-and-true method will be towatch his moves and learn.There is no secret trick to this troubling frog.
If you’re having trouble with Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw,we recommend the following tips:
He’s a little annoying to deal with, but with enough studying, you’ll cut the legs off this frog and carry on to more entertaining horizons.
