Ninja Gaiden Black - Fateful Confrontation: All Ryu Clone Boss Fights! (Mission Mode)

Oh, it turns out there's one more Ryu Clone with an Unlaborered Flawlessness.. He actually goes down pretty easily if he doesn't instakill you first and oddly enough doesn't get knocked down by every attack on it. It's virtually impossible to land Izuna Drops with it in the other fights unless he rolls into the 2nd hit since the first one knocks him donwn.

You can sometimes hit him with Inferno on lower difficulties, but he'll often just use it anytime you use it eventually forcing you to dodge (he has infinite Ki evidently). Also there's a random Jewel of the Demon Seal in the first fight, there's some obscure items hidden around in Mission Mode. If you hit him with 3 Level 3 Infero it will take out a ton of health but likely won't hit anyways on higher difficulties.. The Dabilahro fight in the Lava Cavern is one of the my favourite missions.

He's really good at guard breaking you right as Incendiay Shurikens are about to explode or catching your roll when you go to avoid them.. They can be pretty dangerous even if you can time rolls to avoid the explosion itself. Not nearly as bad as his Explosive Arrows. I already fought the Vigoorian Flails one using the Flails in Story Mode, it actually gives you the Dark Dragon Blade in all of these and some Elixirs so they aren't too tough. The one with 2 Ryu Clones is another story.

This is really one of the only fights where Hundred Man Slash is useful.. It's also pretty good for Shadow Imps if you don't have projectiles to worry about.