Great Sensei

Last revised: 9 June 2007

URGH. Behold THE MOST annoying ass (in CaT's opinion) in God Hand. This old geezer has very high HP and long attack range; you need to memorize some of his moves to efficiently evade from them.

He usually starts out talking to himself, so if your TP isn't maxed out, taunt him quickly, then unleash godhand (considering you have it ready from the previous battle) and spam the Chain Yanker + Yes Man Kablaam tactic (considering you have any orbs). If he gets dizzy right by a wall, you can also spam High Side Kick-cancels as long as possible for higher damage.

Great Sensei does 50/50 high and mid attacks (which will require you to back flip to evade), but since he does high attacks more often, stick with ducking unless you're alert enough to tell what he does next. Some of his combos combine a few high and mid attacks so try to evade them the right way (duck or back flip).

Great Sensei's cheapest move, ever, is his secret duplication technique where depending on your enemy level he duplicates 1-4 clones of himself. To stop him from doing it, you'll have to quickly interrupt his stance, which can be really hard since if you're even a little too late, he gets invincibility frames and you won't be able to break his stance in time.

You can tell the real thing apart from the clones by looking at his shadow. Those without shadows are clones. You can take out the clones with a single Roundhouse Kick but due to constant interruption, it's mostly impossible to do so. To get rid of them, you can throw objects at them or simply perform La Bomba 1/Typhoon Kick. Attacking a clone hurts the real thing but only by a little.

Do your best not to get hit by Great Sensei or his clones' katana-knock attack (where they swing it downwards with both hands 3 times). Those hits always dizzy you (CHEAPASS!) and you're more than dead if they gang up on you when you're dizzy. You can duck from them but all it takes is 1 miss to mess up, so be careful.

There's an umbrella in one corner that you can pull out to use, but it's very weak. Lastly, if you think your head is about to explode from fury and frustration, give yourself a break and pick the easy way out - Drunken Twist-cancels. Zing! =P