Hua, Deadly Betrothed is one of the first optional bosses in Phantom Blade Zero , below the Sha-Chi Tower in the Weeping Creek Valley, but you'll have to defeat her if you want to find a Flesh Lily for Yu'er.

The trickiest part of this fight is avoiding Hua's spider lilies, but here are some tips to defeat her, plus a video above of my successful run employing these strategies:

Avoid her lilies and stay mobile : There are three types of lily in this fight: Those that bloom periodically and when she attacks, before exploding.

Those that patrol the arena and explode when they all meet in one spot.

White lilies she fires out that track and stun you, letting her follow up with a red grab attack. These are the most dangerous, especially as she teleports to attack you after she fires them.…