Phantom Blade Zero · Bosses

Blizzard Blademaster boss fight

Blizzard Blademaster is a Phantom Blade Zero boss on a snowfield, a pale swordsman cutting wide arcs who beat the player in the 66 Days mode, taking a day off the counter. Official State of Play gameplay deep dive, 12:04. Those ten seconds of the State of Play deep dive are all that has been shown.

A pale robed figure faces a dark figure on a snowfield.
Frame from the official State of Play gameplay deep dive, PlayStation on YouTube, blh1v1dGJ2s, 12:11.5 · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

In the frame above On a snowfield, a pale figure in robes faces a dark figure who leaps in with a long blade.

Key facts

Boss · name plate only · added 14 Oct

Blizzard Blademaster

OfficialEnglishUnknownChineseName sources for Blizzard Blademaster

First shown: twelve minutes into the same August 2026 State of Play deep dive, whose plate at 12:08 shows its name.

Sources so far: ten seconds of official footage in the 66 Days mode, with narration; no preview or interview has described this boss.

On this page 7 sections
  1. Key facts
  2. Watch the footage
  3. Phases and mechanics
  4. Blizzard Blademaster attacks and how to counter
  5. Where Blizzard Blademaster is fought and what it drops
  6. Blizzard Blademaster: name and sources
  7. Related bosses

Watch the footage

Ten seconds of 66 Days play on a snowfield, from 12:04 of the deep dive, ending on the “DEAD” screen. YouTube loads only when you press play.

Phases and mechanics

  • Shown as a 66 Days defeat. The player dies to him and the 66 Days counter drops from 37; narration: "It features the intensity of Hellwalker, but every defeat cost you precious time.". Official narration, State of Play deep dive, 12:14. Official · State of Play

Blizzard Blademaster attacks and how to counter

Attacks seen 3

These labels are our plain descriptions; the game has published no move names.

  • Wide blade arcs The pale-robed swordsman cuts wide white crescent arcs that catch the player mid-leap. Seen in the State of Play deep dive at 12:06. Official · State of Play
  • Snow-spray dash A huge spray of snow sweeps across the screen as he dashes in. Seen in the State of Play deep dive at 12:08. Official · State of Play
  • Long-reach lunge He lunges in with a long blade while the player is knocked down; the screen edges turn red. Seen in the State of Play deep dive at 12:10. Official · State of Play

How to counter

PendingCounters: filled in after launch (29 Oct 2026)

Frame by frame

Just before the clip, the narration sets up the mode: “this mode turns Soul's Sixty-Six day countdown into a literal gameplay timeline.” His moves have no published names.

12:06State of Play deep dive · PlayStation

  • Seen The clip opens mid-fight, with dark arcs already in the air.

12:08State of Play deep dive · PlayStation

  • Seen A wide white arc catches the player mid-leap (the frame on the bosses page).
A spray of snow sweeps across a snowfield between two figures.

12:09State of Play deep dive · PlayStation

  • Still A wide spray of snow sweeps across the snowfield between the player and a pale figure further back.
  • Seen A spray of snow sweeps across the screen as he dashes in.

Official frame at 12:09.10, YouTube blh1v1dGJ2s · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

12:12State of Play deep dive · PlayStation

  • Seen The player is knocked down and the edges of the screen turn red.
  • Narration It features the intensity of "Hellwalker," but every defeat cost you precious time.
A dark screen with a large red Chinese character and the line “Days Remaining: 37 −1”.

12:15State of Play deep dive · PlayStation

  • Still The defeat screen: a large red brushed character in the middle and, at the lower right, “Days Remaining: 37 −1”.
  • Seen The counter reads “Days Remaining: 37 −1”, and by 12:17 it shows 36.

Official frame at 12:15.78, YouTube blh1v1dGJ2s · © PARAWULIN PRODUCTION LIMITED / S-GAME

Where Blizzard Blademaster is fought and what it drops

  • Arena seen: open snowfield with ruined structures (State of Play 12:05). Seen in the State of Play deep dive at 12:05. Official · State of Play
  • Drops No drop recorded in the sources we read.

To be confirmedWhere: the snowfield’s place in the game and any reward; his ten seconds end in a defeat, so nothing was won on screen.

Blizzard Blademaster: name and sources

  • English name Official nameplate, State of Play 12:08.08
  • Chinese name Unknownno Chinese name yet
  • Status of this information The plate at 12:08 of the deep dive gives the English name. No Chinese name has been published for him, so there is no seal.

Sources Official its name plate at 12:08 of the State of Play deep dive; nothing else has been published.

Blizzard Blademaster on the names page