Loading...
Loading...
Ursa - Version 13 vs Version 14
Aug 17, 2026, 03:12 AM
Rebuilt around the shipped Ursa encounter and corrected the pre-release reading that placed it eleventh in a longer Nushi roster
Aug 17, 2026, 03:30 PM
Renamed the page to the name the shipped game uses for this Nushi and rewrote the stale pre-release description
1-The Bear Nushi is Ursa, the fifth of the game's six Nushi and one of the last major fights before the Capital. Bear Nushi is the descriptive name the encounter carried in pre-release coverage; Ursa is the Latin term for bear. Unlike Rangifer or Taurus, Ursa is fought exactly once.1+Ursa is the fifth of the game's six Nushi and one of the last major fights before the Capital. Bear Nushi is the descriptive name the encounter carried in pre-release coverage; Ursa is the Latin term for bear. Unlike Rangifer or Taurus, Ursa is fought exactly once.22Encounter44ChapterLevelZoneWeaknessPhases1046Starfall Tower Zone, in the wasteland stretchAcidTwo66Only one Nushi is fought after Ursa. Erymanth waits in the Capital at level 47, and the campaign closes on the Beast of Reincarnation itself.77Moveset99AttackWhat it doesAnswerDouble SwipeTurns its body sideways, then swipes twice.Parry both, then counterRock SlamJumps and slams a paw down on Emma's position, leaving debris.Parry, then counterRock ThrowThrows a rock. Two rocks in the second phase.Cannot be parried; dodge sidewaysEight-Hit ComboRoars, glows red, lands six hits, then a body slam followed by a delayed paw slam.Dodge the body slam on the jump. The delay before the paw slam is an attack window, but it is a short oneFlowers From BelowRaises both arms, slams the ground, and flowers erupt after a short delay.The slam can be parried, the flowers cannot; dodge on the arm raise and answer at rangeBlooming RootsPlants both paws and sends roots along the ground that bloom as they travel.Cannot be parried; keep moving sideways and use ranged weapons1111How to Fight It1212Acid is the lever. Acid arrows and acid bolts are the reliable option, and Hazebringer is the blade built for it. Without an upgraded acid blade, Purity for its lifesteal or the Cirrus Sword for the shared damage buff both hold up.1414Ursa telegraphs almost everything, so the efficient approach is to build the stagger gauge rather than trade raw damage into its health bar. It chains attacks together far more often in the second phase, which narrows the counter windows considerably.1616The second phase leans heavily on Blooming Roots, and Ursa mixes rock throws into the same stretch. Neither can be parried, so the phase is largely about movement and ranged chip damage until it commits to something punishable.1818Skill Rewards2020Beating Ursa makes two skills purchasable: Asagao: Boa II, an upgraded Bloom Art for Koo that creates asagao over a wider area and keeps lighter enemies airborne, and Finisher: Asagao for Emma.2222As a Nushi2424Nushi are the giant Malefacts that generate the Blighted Forests spreading across the world, and each one sits at the centre of the forest it created. Reaching Ursa means working through the wasteland stretch and the corrupted terrain around the Starfall Tower before the arena opens, so the fight closes a long approach rather than standing alone.2626Defeating a Nushi lets Emma absorb its blight, and that absorption blooms another flower in her hair. It also unlocks the skills tied to that Nushi, which is the main way the toolkit grows across the campaign. By Ursa, most of the Sakura, Dokuzeri, Botan, and Nobudou lines are already available, and the Asagao line is what this fight completes.2828Preparing for the Fight3030LayerWhat matters by Chapter 10BladeHazebringer for direct acid buildup. Purity for lifesteal or the Cirrus Sword for a shared damage buff are the fallbacks if no acid blade is upgradedAmmunitionAcid arrows and acid bolts. Plain arrows still hit hard on a Nushi and are worth keeping stocked for the phases where parrying is off the tableArmorA six-slot piece is available well before this point. Acid resistance does not help here, since Ursa is weak to acid rather than dealing it, so raw defense or Spirit Stone depth is the better tradeSpirit StonesThe Entangled family pays off in a fight this long, since every parry, dodge, and riposte feeds the gauge and Koo's FP backBloom ArtsAnything that binds or staggers buys attack windows during the second phase, when Ursa chains attacks without pause3232Position in the Campaign3333By the time Ursa is reachable, every system the game gives the player is available: the full parry and riposte loop, both ranged weapons with all six ammunition types, a mature Bloom Arts menu with mods, and armour with enough Spirit Stone slots for a finished build. The fight reads as a check on that build rather than an introduction to any single system.3535Pre-release footage showed Emma approaching this fight with eleven flowers in her hair, and that was widely read at the time as evidence of eleven or more Nushi. The shipped game does not support that reading. There are six Nushi, each with its own defeat milestone, and Ursa is the fifth. Emma's flower count tracks story progress more broadly than Nushi kills alone.3737What Pre-Release Coverage Got Right3939The one reading that held up is the placement. Everything shown before release pointed to a late-campaign fight built for a finished toolkit, and that is exactly where Ursa sits: Chapter 10 of thirteen, with only Erymanth and the final boss after it. What did not hold up was the roster arithmetic drawn from the flower count, and the assumption that the fight's biome and weakness would stay unpublished. Both are documented above.4141After Ursa4343The wasteland stretch closes shortly after this fight and the route turns toward the Capital. Chapter 11 runs through the Mount Hiei Zone and the third and final Shidou and Nue encounter at level 48, and Chapter 12 opens the Capital itself, where Erymanth waits at level 47 and Kunai and Kirin return at level 49. Chapter 13 is the Beast of Reincarnation.4545Ursa is therefore the last quiet moment in the build curve. Nothing after it introduces a new system; the remaining fights ask for tighter execution of the same kit, and the skills unlocked here are among the last additions to it. Players chasing the collection milestones for every blade and every seedling type usually find they cannot finish both in one run, and a New Game Plus cycle on Reincarnation+ difficulty is where the remainder gets cleared.4747Related Pages4949The complete encounter order is under Bosses. The other Nushi are Rangifer, Lacerta, Taurus, Corvus, and Erymanth.
