Enemies and Bosses / Boss - Legendary Chimera
Nue Boss
A Genma that terrorized Kyoto long ago, and now back with a vengeance. The range of attacks it unleashes is as varied as the number of other creatures it seems to be an amalgamation of. It attacks like a wild beast toying with its prey, and absorbing souls will allow it to unleash lightning from its tail. But don't let its speed and ferocity put you on the back foot - take careful aim at its tail with your arrows, and you'll soon have things under control.
- Health
- 11,800
- Maximum posture
- 13,500
- Posture regen delay
- 8 sec
- Posture break duration
- 12 sec
- Knockdown duration
- 10 sec
- Parry target speed
- 0.5x
Reference tables
5 tables
Battle priorities
| Threat | Response |
|---|---|
| Soul-powered lightning | Absorb loose souls before Nue can use them to empower the lightning in its tail. |
| Tail | Use the Oni Bow on the tail to take control of the fight from range. |
Moves and counters
Attack patterns and practical responses for recognizing the enemy's punish windows.
| Move | Pattern | Counter |
|---|---|---|
| Rush into headbutt | A forward rush that converts into a head strike. | Avoid the line of travel and wait for the headbutt before countering. |
| Spinning tail | Sweeps around the body with the tail. | Back away from the full rotation or guard at contact. |
| Lightning tail shot | Fires lightning from the tail at range. | Move laterally at release and use the recovery to close distance. |
| Lightning tail slam | Drives the charged tail into the ground. | Leave the impact area before committing to a punish. |
| Tail healing | Uses the tail to restore health. | Pressure or damage the tail to stop the recovery. |
| Soul power-up | Uses loose souls to empower its attacks. | Absorb loose souls before Nue reaches them. |
Where to fight
Missions whose objectives explicitly name this fight. Step numbers refer to each mission's checklist.
| Mission | Step | Fight objective | Previous objective |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Way of the Sword | 3 | Defeat the Nue | Defeat Daidara |
| What Lurks in the Shadows | 7 | Defeat the Nue | Pursue the Nue |
Difficulty scaling range
Minimum and maximum multipliers across story checkpoints. Effective values apply those multipliers to this enemy's base health and posture.
| Difficulty | Health multiplier | Effective health | Posture multiplier | Effective posture | Attack multiplier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy | 0.63-1.69x | 7,434-19,942 | 0.55-1.49x | 7,425-20,115 | 0.59-1.43x |
| Standard | 0.72-1.9x | 8,496-22,420 | 0.72-1.9x | 9,720-25,650 | 0.72-1.9x |
| Hard | 1.44-3.2x | 16,992-37,760 | 1.44-3.2x | 19,440-43,200 | 1.44-3.7x |