Xie Qiudong, The Divine Healer: boss guide

TheGamer, PCGamesN and PowerPyx name him Xie Qiudong, The Divine Healer. The Chinese guide we cross-checked, from Gamersky, calls him 神医-谢秋冬. We matched the two by name, title, the healer mechanic and the place, and found no official English-Chinese pairing. Game8's boss table does not list him. Reported · PowerPyx

At a glance

How the fight goes

The healer and the red strings

PCGamesN says healer characters can heal any enemy connected to them by a red thread, and that Xie Qiudong is the first fight to teach this. TheGamer says six enemies around the arena are held by red strings while he heals them from above: three in front of you as you enter, one on a roof to the left and two behind you near the stairwell. Gamersky says he can also recover health by attacking you, and that when he heals the minions he loses health himself.

TheGamer's order: bound enemies, then lure the rest

TheGamer says to ignore the enemies that are attacking you and defeat the six drained ones first, in any order, dodging as you go. Xie then drops to the ground. Do not fight him yet: lead the remaining enemies across the stairwell, well away from him, and fight them there. They are still healed, but now he pays for it with his own health. Keep fighting until he has none left to give, then finish him with a finisher.

Gamersky's order: free enemies first

Gamersky says the opposite way round. Ignore Xie and the bound minions at the start, fight the enemies that can move freely, and let him lose health whenever he heals. When most of the free enemies are gone he is nearly out of health and you only need to finish him. It warns that attacking the bound minions first gets you surrounded by him and the minions together.

PCGamesN's shortcut

PCGamesN agrees you should kill the enemies connected to him at the start, but then says there is no point chasing the others because he heals them: attack the boss whenever you can, to cut down the time you waste. It also says that when he lifts one arm and pauses, a red attack is coming. These are the outlets' own impressions, not tested results; the three do not fully agree on the order.

How to beat Xie Qiudong

• The common thread: he heals the enemies, and healing costs him health (TheGamer and Gamersky). Do not spend long on minions that he keeps topping up.
• If you follow TheGamer, kill the six red-string enemies first, then pull the rest away from the arena before you start on them.
• If you follow Gamersky, leave the bound enemies alone at the start and thin out the free ones; do not go at the bound ones first.
• If you follow PCGamesN, clear the connected enemies and then go straight for Xie Qiudong.
• When he raises one arm and pauses, expect a red attack and dodge it (PCGamesN).
• Finish him with a finisher once his health is gone (TheGamer).
• After the fight, PowerPyx points to the Green Serpent House bell past the arena, where Xie Huichun sells Green Serpent Brew.

Blue marks mean parry, red marks mean dodge Reported · TheSixthAxis Reported · TheSixthAxis. The combat guide covers timing and the Sha-Chi meter.

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