How to defeat your Blade Twin in Rise of the Ronin

This guide includes Rise of the Ronin's final climatic battle. So, you know, spoilers.

Admittedly, the headline itself is a bit of a spoiler, though, yeah? Still, anyone who has played this game past the character creator stage probably saw this coming. If you have a game where you play as either one or both twins, they are more often than not going to end up fighting each other by the end.

I can think of one exception, but then I'd just be spoiling another game. So yeah, I should probably focus on the task at hand here.

So, without going into too much plot detail, in Rise of the Ronin, your character discovers that their once thought-dead twin is alive and spends the game looking for them. Like in Mass Effect Andromeda, while creating your player character, you also create your partner simultaneously. This has an effect on these battles.

The player and their twin are separated in the Rise of the Ronin mission, "Infiltrating the Black Ship." The weapons you equipped during that mission will determine your twin's Martial Skills during this one. On top of that, they have gained a mechanical replacement arm — the Demon Claw — with the accompanying Martial Skills.

Four new, in fact:

As you and your twin are attempting to murder each other, there's someone outside of the building with a Gatling gun. Although the firearm lacks range, it can do some serious damage.

If you can find where the gun is firing from (listen out for shattering glass, that should clue you in), attempt to stay underneath it. Hugging the walls in the back, right, and left (and away from the room's entrance) should also keep you out of the line of fire. Furthermore, there are plenty of pillars and elements to hide behind.

Since you'll be diving and dodging a lot,