How to Defeat Matthew Perry in Rise of the Ronin

Team Ninja’s one of the most awaited games of 2024, Rise of the Ronin was released only a few days back and within this short period, the game has attracted a massive crowd. This game takes players to mid-19th century Japan to experience the life of a Samurai. However, the experience is not going to be a smooth one, as the game features multiple powerful bosses to deal with. If you are going through the guide, you must have completed the Prologue and struggling with the first mission.

Challenging boss fights are one of the most attractive parts of an RPG. No matter how interesting a storyline a game features, without powerful bosses, things won’t work out well. So, Rise of the Ronin features multiple challenging boss fights which start with Matthew Perry. If you struggling while taking down Matthew Perry, this guide will help you with all the required information.
Let’s not directly jump into the fighting strategy. Before that players should know some important details about the boss including the location.

Rise of the Ronin- Matthew Perry Location and Other Necessary Details

In Rise of the Ronin, Team Ninja has presented a fictional story and a fictional cast, which are inspired by real characters and incidents. Once you start the journey, eventually you will understand that the game is pretty brutal, especially when it comes to boss fights. While Matthew Perry is the first major boss of the game, he will give you a proper idea of the challenges a boss can impose in the game. Don’t make the mistake of taking him lightly because of his early appearance. 

Matthew Perry is a skilled commander of the ship named ‘Black Ships.’ After players finish their tutorial part of the game and start progressing through the first mission, eventually they will locate the ship on the coast of Yokohama. On the ship, the first boss of the game waits for you.

Perry has several attacks to deal massive damage which make him one of the toughest enemies of the game. Once you reach the ship, don’t randomly dive into the fight. Instead, wait until you have searched the entire ship thoroughly and found Perry’s Report and the Rifle. These will help you during the fight.

How to Prepare for the Matthew Perry Fight in Rise of the Ronin?

Though we are warning not to take this boss lightly because of his early appearance, there is indeed nothing much to prepare for this fight. Once you have searched the entire Ship to locate the Rifle and Perry’s Report, you are almost ready for the fight. At this point, players don’t have lots of weapons or abilities to equip for the fight. So, more than weapons and abilities, strategy and defense skills matter in this fight.

If you have prepared a proper strategy and carefully studied all the attacks of the boss, the fight may take some time, but won’t give you a hard time. Therefore, let’s check out the strategies for this fight.

Tips and Tricks to Defeat Matthew Perry- How to Defeat?

As the first major boss of the game, Matthew Perry will introduce players to several things and the most vital among them are Martial Skills and Critical Hit. When you progress through the game to a certain distance and look back at these attacks, they seem to be easy. But trust me, without any prior experience, when you first time encounter these attacks, these will be deadly for your character. Perry is an excellent swordsman who generally doesn’t miss his targets. Along with that, Perry’s gunshots are deadly.

As the fight begins, Perry will become agile and aggressive. He starts launching attacks in quick succession. At this point, players can’t attack the boss. So, the strategy here is to defend your character from the incoming attacks. You can either Countersparks the attacks which is just the other name for parrying the attacks. Timing plays a vital role here; a slight mistake can hit you with a deadly blow.

Most of Perry’s attacks can be parried, but a few of them can’t be, especially, when the boss glows red before launching an attack. In those cases, players need to focus on dodging their attacks. That’s also a time-based move and even the slightest mistakes can cause great damage. Both parrying and dodging require great practice to master. 

Fortunately, the boss doesn’t have lots of attacks to deal with. His first attack that players need to be careful of is the Martial Skill. In this attack, the boss will glow red and take his sword to the backside. Next, he will quickly rush to launch a downward slash of his sword.

Another attack that can be proved deadly is Perry’s Critical Hit. In this attack, the boss will glow red like the previous one, and this time, he will charge at you with an upward sword slash. If the hit successfully connects, the boss will launch you in the air and shoot with a Rifle to make the attack more deadly.

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Apart from that, Perry will often use his firearms to shoot players and even during combo attacks. However, after the combo attacks, players will find the boss vulnerable for a few seconds. Don’t waste this opportunity and shoot him with the Rifle. It is always recommended to keep a distance from the boss. So, headshots with the rifle can be a good counter. 

Apart from that, players can find an excellent counter for the boss if they carefully notice the surroundings. The battle arena will have a few explosive drums placed here and there. Take advantage of the explosives to deal hefty damage to the boss. Make your distance from the enemy and use your Grappling Hook to explode the drums. The boss will have a burn effect as soon as the explosives connect to Perry. It will deal damage to him over time. 

That’s everything players need to know about defeating Matthew Perry in Rise of the Ronin. As the initial boss, Perry seems to be someone impossible to defeat. However, stick to your strategy and shoot the boss occasionally to deal damage. The fight won’t take long if you don’t try to speed up the process.