Wo Long Fallen Dynasty: How To Beat Lu Bu

Lu Bu is a prominent figure in Chinese history that makes his debut as a boss in Wo Long Fallen Dynasty. He is a formidable enemy and requires strategy and skill in order to beat him.

How To Beat Lu Bu 

Once you have prepared properly by leveling your Fortitude and attaining the right spells, you are now ready to face off against Lu Bu. Before you enter the arena, make sure you cast Absorb Vitality and Enhanced Defense on yourself, as entering the arena will reset your spirit gauge, giving you a free cast.

After entering the arena, cast Calamity Bolts right away.

First Phase

In the first phase, Lu Bu will be mounted on a horse. We recommend that you always stay behind the horse and hack away at him. His normal attacks will be very slow and telegraphed, so you can easily deflect them on reaction.

In addition, he will occasionally run away on his horse and fire a volley of arrows at you. We recommend deflecting these to keep your spirit on the positive side. Once you have fully depleted Lu Bu’s spirit, he will be dismounted, and the second phase will begin.

Critical Attacks In The First Phase

Lu Bu has a variety of Critical Attacks he can use against you. For almost all of these attacks, you can only get the timing right with practice. 

• He will jump into the air and slam down onto the ground. Once you see the red glow get darker while he is descending, execute a deflect, and it will work.
• In another attack, he will charge at you with his horse. This one is pure timing, simply deflect as soon as the horse is close to you.

Second Phase

During the second phase, Lu Bu will be very aggressive and attack you relentlessly. In addition, his horse will also start running rounds in the arena. To counter this, we recommend that you fight Lu Bu in the corner of the arena, away from the concrete area.

• We recommend that you adopt a passive and defensive playstyle for this phase.
• Do not attack too aggressively; instead, use 2-3 hits after deflecting Lu Bu’s attacks.
• Also, Lu Bu will buff his attacks with a fire effect during this phase, so make sure you are not guarding too much, as it inflicts chip damage.

Additionally, Lu Bu will fire his arrows twice in a row in this phase. You must keep that in mind at all times, as this can kill a lot of good runs. They will also be buffed with the aforementioned fire effect, so try to get good at deflecting them every single time.

After depleting his spirit gauge during this phase and executing a critical attack, Lu Bu will mount his horse once again.

Critical Attacks In The Second Phase

The critical attacks in the second phase will be more lethal than before.

• Lu Bu will jump into the sky and descend. As he descends, the red glow will get darker. Once it does, immediately execute a deflect.
• He can also execute an extremely fast slash. However, parrying this is very easy as you can just execute a deflect as soon as you spot a red glow.

This leads us to the third attack, which is a lot trickier to deflect. Lu Bu will drag his halberd, leaving behind a trail of fire. The timing to deflect this is very tight, so we recommend that you roll to the right instead, as Lu Bu has no tracking during this attack. You can also get a way better punish him by doing this method.

Important Things To Keep In Mind

• If your spirit is on the positive side while fighting Lu Bu, always refresh your Enhanced Defense and Absorb Vitality spells if he gallops away or if you deflect his Critical Attacks.
• Doing this will increase your survivability by quite a lot.
• In addition, if Lu Bu’s spirit is depleted, immediately cast an Absorb Vitality before you execute your own critical hit. 
• Doing this will grant you a big burst of healing, so always do this.

Also, do not forget to use Calamity Bolts and Life Wither too, but only if your spirit is on the positive side. 

Reinforcements 

Summoning allies for this fight is not recommended as they are not that effective against Lu Bu. Almost all of the time, they will simply act as punching bags for Lu Bu and die. This leads to you going to help them and then getting hit while reviving them.

However, you could invite players to help you with this fight.

Loot 

Other than the immense satisfaction from killing Lu Bu, players can also obtain random pieces of the Flying General set and a guaranteed Sky-Piercing Halberd.

Preparing For Lu Bu 

In order to make the encounter with Lu Bu a little bit easier, we recommend the following steps.

Leveling Your Base Stats

• The recommended level for this fight is level 37. 
• However, we recommend that you go for an even 40 to get a higher advantage against Lu Bu.
• In addition, you should invest at least 15 points into the Water stat as Lu Bu has many powerful attacks that utilize fire against you.

If you wish to level up quickly, make sure to check out our best Qi farming methods guide.

Leveling Up Your Gear

Head to the blacksmith at the hidden village to upgrade weapons and armor. This can be done by selecting travel and then pressing square on the travel menu. If you do not have enough materials to upgrade your stuff, consider salvaging some items that you do not use to attain materials.

Leveling Up Your Fortitude Rank

Fortitude Rank is imperative for your survival against Lu Bu as it boosts your attack and defense. This can be achieved by finding battle flags located in every nook and cranny of the mission. Also, do not worry about missing these flags, as they are easy to find.

We recommend summoning some allies while exploring the mission to help fight the ganks. In addition, we recommend you get a fortitude rank of at least level 18 if you want a good chance against Lu Bu.

Finding The Right Divine Beast

Out of all the Divine Beasts, Qilin worked the best for us against Lu Bu. The reason is the rock pillars it spawns that give you a type of shield. You can lure Lu Bu into these pillars and he will take hefty damage. We recommend that you use the Divine Beast when Lu Bu is below 30 percent health.

Also, summoning a Divine Beast while Lu Bu is executing a Critical Attack will completely cancel out Lu Bu’s attack, so keep that in mind.

Attaining The Right Spells

In your fight against Lu Bu in Wo Long Fallen Dynasty, we recommend you utilize spells to make the fight much more lenient. Also, you can bring some water spells to nullify Lu Bu’s fire attacks, but it is not mandatory.

Unrelenting Frost

Unrelenting Frost is a Water spell that requires 15 points in your Water stat and a morale level of at least 3. It fires a volley of ice shards at the enemy. It is useful against Lu Bu as it douses the flames on his Halberd.

Life Wither

Life Wither is a Metal spell that requires 7 points in your Metal stat and a morale level of at least 15. This spell is incredibly powerful as it debuffs the enemy, making them take extra damage.

Enhanced Defense

Enhanced Defense is an Earth spell that requires 2 points in your Earth stat and a morale level of at least 3. This spell increases your defense and makes you not stagger against enemy attacks.

Absorb Vitality

Absorb Vitality is one of the best spells you can use in this fight. It only requires 3 points in your Wood stat. This spell lets you recover your HP by consecutively hitting the opponent. In addition, you can absorb a big chunk of health by executing a critical hit, when the enemy’s spirit is fully consumed.

Calamity Bolts

Calamity Bolts is a Metal spell that requires 4 points in your Metal stat and a morale level of at least 3. This spell reduces the enemy’s attack power, making it very effective against a powerhouse like Lu Bu.

Summary

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is the latest endeavor by the creators of Nioh, Team Ninja. It takes heavy inspiration from Sekiro in its combat, with the addition of a posture system. In addition, it takes the QoL additions from Nioh and boasts an incredibly detailed character creator. All in all, it is a worthy addition to the Soulslike genre and a must-play for all hardcore fans of Team Ninja and Souls alike.

And there you have it; with our Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Lu Bu boss guide, you will easily overcome this mighty general in combat.

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