Stone Hand Iron Fever can be difficult because of his lengthy combos and quick attacks that drain your Shachi gauge. However, you can take advantage of his multi-attacks and block him to drain his Shachi. The secret here is to keep blocking, strike whenever you can, and switch your weapons to get your Shachi back.
Keep Guarding and Attacking
By keeping your guard pressed while attacking, you can block the moves of the Stone Hand Iron Fever and take measure of the Shachi gauge. However, it is worth noticing in this case that you will be draining your own Shachi, thus switching weapons as soon as that happens.
When his Shachi meter is depleted, you can punish him with standard combos in order to keep the upper hand while he recovers. Normal attacks will allow you to burn his Shachi efficiently while locking him in a stun. You can also unlock Masterful Flow to reduce your weapon-switching cooldown by two seconds.
Counter His Flash and Shadow Attacks
Stone Hand Iron Fever uses red and blue flash attacks that restore your Shachi when successfully countered. The boss executes the red flash attacks particularly quickly while on the ground when close to the player, and he will use them more often when surrounded by his purple aura.
The blue flash attack occurs sometimes while hovering in mid-air and normally after using several punches or kicks. If players find it difficult to parry blue flash attacks, it is better to dodge them since blocking them without precise timing consumes a great deal of Shachi.
Be careful to defend against shadow attacks indicated by black clouds appearing around the middle of the enemy’s body as well as a darker screen.
Use Weapon Abilities
Utilizing the Weapon Surge will allow you to interrupt his attacks based on the weapon you have equipped. The Power Surge will also be able to make an impact on the amount of damage inflicted to his Shachi gauge.
One of the best weapons is the Jacket Steel, which is known to inflict blood loss, but cannot do it faster than some weapons that do not deal any status effects.
At the same time, you are free to use any weapon you would like. Just do not forget to block and change your weapon when it runs out of Shachi.
