如何擊敗 Yan Qiansui, the Zither Maiden

Yan Qiansui's fight is conducted like music: attack strings resolve on musical phrases, flashes land as accents, and the whole duel runs on her tempo. Fighting on your own rhythm loses; fighting on hers — reading the phrases, acting on the resolutions — turns the duel fair.

Like Yuzan in the village, the maiden punishes mashing with structural precision. The transferable skill from both fights is the same: watch the phrase, act on the accent, rest in the hold.

Learn the score with one life: her phrases repeat. Parry the accented blue flashes, dodge the red ones on the same beats, and use the held pauses — her longest rests — for switch-resets and short combos. Take the execution on every guard break; her recovery after a break is the fight's most generous window.

• Audio discipline: Turn sound on to read the zither tempo — her attack strings and flashes sync to musical beats
• Parry blue accents: Parrying her rhythmic blue flashes costs zero Sha-Chi and drains hers rapidly
• Dodge unblockable red chords: Never block her red notes; roll sideways on the chord release
• Guard break punishes: Execute immediately on every guard break — her stagger recovery gives your longest damage window