Katana Shadow: Demon Hunter
By @Kim
Master precise parries and elemental slashes to defeat demonic bosses while navigating a perilous board map.
How to play
- Roll the dice to move your pawn across the regional board map.
- Manage your thirst and health levels between combat encounters.
- Attack enemies while watching their telegraphs to time your defenses.
- Hold the parry input to block, or time it perfectly to break enemy posture.
- Use directional evades to dodge unblockable high and low strikes.
Controls
- Touch
- Use the on-screen joystick to move and tap the action buttons to slash, parry, or dash.
- Keyboard
- Press J to slash, K to parry, L to evade, and Space to roll the dice.
- Mouse
- Click to slash, hold to parry, and swipe to dash or jump.
More about this game
Your goal is to defeat regional bosses like the Rune Demon and Silk Widow by mastering timing-based combat. The core loop involves rolling dice to navigate a board map, managing your thirst and health, and engaging in intense duels. Difficulty increases as bosses enter enraged phases with faster, unblockable attacks and complex mix-ups. A run ends when your health drops to zero during combat or if you succumb to dehydration on the map.
Tips
- Time your evade within the 150-millisecond window to execute a perfect dodge and avoid damage.
- Keep your thirst level above 20 percent in the second region to avoid severe dehydration penalties.
- Watch for the boss's enrage phase, which triggers new attack patterns and temporarily makes them invulnerable.
Questions
How do I recover health?
You can restore health by visiting specific map tiles like the Moonlit Oasis or by equipping healing techniques before a battle.
What happens when a boss's posture breaks?
Breaking a boss's posture creates a strike opening, allowing you to deal 2.0x critical damage for a short time.
How do I dodge unblockable attacks?
Use the jump evade for low sweeps and the crouch slide for high attacks when you see the red warning indicators.