Boss

Tsukikage, the Moon Ronin

A dead samurai still honoring his last duel. He sheathes, breathes, and cuts.

Specter of the Red Moon

Animations

Tsukikage, the Moon Ronin

Animation paused by your reduced-motion preference. Pick an animation to see it.

Stats

HP
150,000
Speed
0
Damage
40
Size
70.2
Threat
5 of 5

Base game values. Difficulty, run time, co-op and events like the Blood Moon raise health and damage.

Behavior

A scripted fight in its own Boss Rush arena, with phases, hearts and telegraphed attacks.

When it appears

  • Boss RushIts own arena in Boss Rush, picked from the menu.

Maps and stages

Attacks

Phase 1

  • Crescent Slash

    A cone in front of him, in sequence: exit to the side or behind.

  • Lightning Thrust

    4 dashes in a row aimed at you: sidestep 4 times.

  • Iai — Moon Cut

    An edge-to-edge line: leave it or hide behind a lantern.

  • Phantom Step

    He vanishes and reappears slashing: avoid the spinning petals.

  • Eclipse

    The screen goes dark: run to the marked pool of light.

  • Thousand Cuts

    Lines appear and cut together: find the free gap.

Phase 2

  • Wind Blades

    Moons in a fan: stay in the gap between them.

  • Katana Rain

    Katanas fall in a checkerboard: stand on an empty square.

  • Ashina Cross

    An X centered on him: stand in a free diagonal or dash.

  • Red Thread

    A thread ties you to him: don’t go farther than it allows.

Phase 3

  • Delayed Cut — Zanshin

    He crosses the arena and the cuts land later: leave his trail.

Execution

Executable below 8% health.

Once executable, it staggers for 2 s without moving or attacking, and its health holds at 1%. Get within 150 px and press Execute: a finishing blow, invulnerability, +25% health and +50 gold.

In Boss Rush, only in the final phase, after its desperation.

All about Execution →

Elements and resistances

No creature resists or is weak to any element: fire, ice, arcane and physical hurt the same.

Elites and bosses cannot be frozen or stunned by shock (shock becomes a 15% slow), and each stack of chill slows them only 4%. Bosses take only 12% of knockback.

Bestiary reward

This creature has no entry in the in-game bestiary yet.

How to face it

  1. The Boss Rush attacks, each with its own video, are on the mode's page.

See also