General of the North Ai Nengqi Boss Guide

General of the North Ai Nengqi is an optional boss encountered in Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. This guide covers his weaknesses, resistances, location, strategies for the fight, and the rewards you’ll receive for defeating him.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Damage Type Weakness

While specific elemental weaknesses are still under investigation, Ai Nengqi is particularly vulnerable to a certain type of physical damage.

Recommended: Blunt Attacks Ai Nengqi has low mitigation against Blunt attacks. This means weapons and attacks with the Blunt property will deal significantly more damage compared to Slash or Stab attacks.

How to Beat General of the North Ai Nengqi

This fight requires careful management of status effects and knowing when to create openings. Follow these strategies to gain an advantage.

Summon Nian Suichang to Split Aggro

Immediately upon entering the boss arena, use the Bone Whistle to summon your companion, Nian Suichang. Be aware that using the whistle triggers an animation during which you are vulnerable. Once summoned, Ai Nengqi will often change targets to attack Nian Suichang, giving you a crucial window to deal damage or heal.
Use Lightning Attacks

As an armored foe, Ai Nengqi is susceptible to Lightning damage. You can leverage this weakness in two primary ways:
- Bone Needle - Lightning: Unlock this skill node in the Impetus Repository.
- Thunderstorm: This powerful spell is dropped by an elite enemy located near the Rebel Camp shrine. Defeating this enemy also grants you the Rebel Camp Key, which is required to access Ai Nengqi’s arena.
Equip for Resistance

Ai Nengqi inflicts multiple status ailments. He uses attacks that build up Frostbite and Paralysis. When his health drops to about 50%, he imbues his sword with fire, adding Burn to his arsenal. Equip armor with high resistances to these three status effects to reduce their buildup and avoid being incapacitated.
Utilize Skyborn Might

When Ai Nengqi leaps into the air to fire his bow, perform a perfect dodge against his first arrow. This will grant you the Skyborn Might buff. After gaining the buff, maintain your distance from him. This will bait him into firing more arrows, allowing you to stack the effect and increase your damage output.

Cheese Strategy: Use the Arena Entrance for Cover

For a safer, albeit less reliable, approach, lure Ai Nengqi towards the sides of the arena. There’s a chance he will jump to a corner near the entrance to fire his arrows. If he does, you can position yourself behind the impassable terrain at the entrance, which will block his shots. This provides a safe opportunity to heal, reapply weapon buffs, or use items.

Note that this method is not guaranteed to work. Ai Nengqi may land in a different spot where his arrows can still reach you.

Ai Nengqi Moveset

Ai Nengqi’s attack patterns change once his health is reduced to 50%.

Attack Patterns at 100% HP

Move	Details
Ground Slam	Leaps into the air and slams down. Dodge forward as he lands to get behind him and use a heavy charged attack to open him up for an Obliterate Strike.
Ground Stomp	Raises his foot and stomps, creating a small area-of-effect shockwave. Dodge to the side and prepare for a follow-up attack.
Ice Punch	Delivers a punch with his right arm, infused with Frostbite. Dodge to your left to evade.
Dual Slash	Performs two wide slashes, first from left to right, then right to left. Dodge backward to stay out of range.
Airborne Slash	Slashes his sword upward from the ground. If it connects, it will launch you into the air. Dodge to the sides.
Crouching Slash	Executes a spinning slash that ends with him in a crouching position. Dodge forward through the attack to capitalize on the brief opening.
Uppercut	A quick upward slash from his side. Dodge in any direction to avoid.
Sword Slams	Slams his sword onto the ground four consecutive times. Stick close to him and dodge to your left with each slam, then counter with a heavy attack.
Overhead Slash	Raises his sword high above his head for a powerful downward strike. Dodge to the side and punish him from behind.
Ice Spikes	Grips the ground and hurls a volley of ice spikes that erupt from the ground around you. Dodge sideways to get a clear view of his next move.
Lightning Shot	Fires a single explosive arrow at your location. Dodge to the side to avoid the arrow and the subsequent explosion.
Lightning Volley	Nocks five Lightning-infused arrows and fires them at you, which build up Paralysis. Dodge forward through the volley.
Lightning Strike	Jumps into the air while performing an upward slash, then fires a single arrow at you before landing. Dodge to the sides to bait more arrow shots for Skyborn Might.

Added Attack Patterns at 50% HP

Move	Details
Frost Wave	At 50% HP, he stomps the ground, releasing a wide wave of frosty mist. Dodge forward through the wave to get behind him for a counter-attack.
Imbued Flames	Ignites his sword and performs a series of spinning slashes. The final spin releases bouncing fireballs. Dodge backward to create distance.
Spinning Flame Arc	Leaps and spins with his flaming sword, striking as he lands. Dodge to the side, or dodge forward just as he lands to attack his back.
Billow Volley	Fires arrows into the sky that rain down in an expanding circular pattern around you. Dodge forward or backward with each wave; dodging sideways will likely get you hit.

Ai Nengqi Location

You can find the General of the North Ai Nengqi in the Cloudspire Outskirts. From the Rebel Camp shrine, follow the path that leads downward and to the left. Continue left at the next fork to reach the boss arena.

Drops & Rewards

Boss Drops

Defeating General of the North Ai Nengqi rewards you with the following items:

Item	Quantity
Echo of Ai Nengqi	1
Flamebringer	1
Seven Treasure Rosary	1
White Jade Dumpling	1

Items from the Seven Treasure Rosary

After obtaining the Seven Treasure Rosary, give it to the merchant Tao Qing. This will unlock Ai Nengqi’s armor set for purchase in her shop.

North General’s Helmet
North General’s Armor
North General’s Vambraces
North General’s War Boots

Trophies & Achievements

Defeating this boss will unlock one achievement.

Type	Name	Description
Bronze	General of the North - Ai Nengqi	Defeat General of the North - Ai Nengqi.