At a glance
- Puppet who plays music. Yuzan, puppet number 3, belongs to the Vessel class and the Musician type; her pipa produces both string attacks and blue blades of sound.
- Final stretch of Village of Lu. Her post is the Puppet Testing Grounds, reached by going down through the Well of the Three Puppets, and she has to be defeated before you can move on.
- Heartrend Pipa. Beating her earns the Heartrend Pipa Phantom Edge, an older instrument that shoots sonic projectiles.
- Part of a foursome. Yuzan counts as one of four Great Puppets, and defeating each of them is what unlocks the trophy named Four Freed.
- Starts a tale. After her defeat, a weeping child puppet close to the Puppet Testing Grounds Bell begins the Cui side tale.
Overview
In Phantom Blade Zero, Yuzan is the Musician Puppet numbered 3, a boss who plays the pipa and appears in the Village of Lu region.
A pipa-bearing Vessel-class puppet, Yuzan defends the Puppet Testing Grounds under the village. Slicing damage comes from both her strings and the thrown blue blades of sound, so the encounter is mostly about recognising and parrying those strikes.
Skipping her is not an option. Her post lies where the Village of Lu route ends, immediately before the Mu Xiaokui encounter. Four puppets share a theme, as Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding and Yucong take their names from jade vessels and are jointly called the Four Great Puppets.
Victory yields the Heartrend Pipa, a Phantom Edge that the Illusory Pipa eventually supersedes.
Relationships
- YubiPuppet No. 21, a Swordfighter Puppet
- YudingPuppet No. 12, the Crescent Blade PuppetYudingPuppet No. 12, the Crescent Blade Puppet
Also a Vessel-class puppet; she commands Mirage Estate's training ground and carries a blade on a long haft.
View more - YucongPuppet No. 34, a Chaos Puppet with three facesYucongPuppet No. 34, a Chaos Puppet with three faces
Stationed by the Threadbound Great Tree in Crimson Forest.
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Background
Among the numberless puppet bodies that housed minds of Village of Lu people, Yuzan was a single example. Although she surpassed her peers, the one who made her never felt fully content.
Role in the Story
Down in the Well of the Three Puppets
Having left the Temple of Blue Fireflies, Soul goes back to the Well of the Three Puppets, where a fresh passage now stands open. Going down takes you past the Beneath the Well Bell and over a bridge to the Puppet Testing Grounds, in which Yuzan awaits.
Her defeat unlocks two things: the portal at the side of the testing grounds, where The Herald's Illusion has its first goal, and then Mu Xiaokui, whose battle brings the region to a close.
Missions Featured
| Appearance | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Yuzan, No. 3 Musician Puppet | Boss fight | A mandatory boss in the Puppet Testing Grounds of Village of Lu, entered by way of the Well of the Three Puppets. Beating her yields the Heartrend Pipa and starts the Cui side tale. |
Gameplay
Battling Yuzan
Pipa strings and blue sound blades make up Yuzan's attacks. She fights by imitation, which doubles as her weakness, because precise parries of sound waves and blue blades turn the backlash against her.
She has 10,000 HP and 2,400 Sha-Chi at base, numbers that grow on harder settings and when you replay. Fire (-30%) and lightning (-16%) hurt her most; she shrugs off 30% of ice and water damage, and poison, bleed and Blood Burst do nothing to her.
Winning the fight yields the Heartrend Pipa.
Heartrend Pipa
This Phantom Edge shoots sonic projectiles. It is an older instrument, not the mended Illusory Pipa that later takes its place and is needed to get through the mist barriers.
Trivia
- Every one of the Four Great Puppets takes its name from a jade vessel, the same word underlying the Four Freed trophy. Yuzan plays music, Yubi wields the sword, Yuding bears the crescent blade, and Yucong came out of Chaos.
- Yuzan and Yuding share the Vessel class, but Yucong is a different sort of fusion.
Frequently asked questions
Where is the Yuzan fight?
In Village of Lu's Puppet Testing Grounds. After the Temple of Blue Fireflies, go back to the Well of the Three Puppets and descend the passage that has just opened.
Can Yuzan be skipped?
No. Progress depends on beating her, since she blocks the finish of the Village of Lu route. Yubi and Yucong are the two Four Great Puppets you may leave alone.
What is the reward for beating Yuzan?
You obtain the Heartrend Pipa Phantom Edge, and the weeping child puppet by the Puppet Testing Grounds Bell, who begins the Cui side tale, becomes reachable.
Yuzan features in which trophy?
The Four Freed, awarded for beating all four Great Puppets: Yuzan, Yubi, Yuding and Yucong.