You Loong, Frenzied Blackwater Crew Leader Guide

Who Is the Frenzied Crew Leader?

You Loong, the Frenzied Blackwater Crew Leader is what the Pangzhen pond hunter becomes when the Order’s rot finishes its work — entry 45 in Rock Paper Shotgun’s numbered list of all 61 bosses, fought at Meigu Lake during The Lake. The dossier is the same Maskwalker who hunts the living along the waterways — crew leader in Pangzhen, frenzied crew leader here. He is a Perfect Transcensions boss on a first playthrough at enemy level 19, and he pays 66,000 Remnant Dust on top of his weapon rewards.

Fought him in a flooded pond already? That was the first encounter — You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew in Pangzhen, who drops You Loong’s Deluge. This page covers the harder Meigu Lake rematch. The two fights are tracked separately on the You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew boss guide, and beating both feeds the region’s boss sweep.

Where to Find the Fight

You Loong waits on a shoal by the Blackwater Crew Dock bell in Meigu Lake, reached once the region’s boat travel opens up during The Lake. Game8’s Meigu Lake walkthroughs mark the encounter right at the Blackwater Crew Dock — his arena sits on the water, a hidden island boss PCGamesN warns players can sail straight past. Rest at the bell before you wade in: the dock is a legitimate rest point, and the fight’s opening seconds demand full resources.

Regional context lives in the Meigu Lake walkthrough, and the drop is logged in our all Phantom Edges table — the War Wagon pickup at Frozen Lake Dock and this trident fight are the two quest-and-boss anchors of the lake’s west side.

What Changes in the Rematch

PCGamesN’s boss guide is blunt: the fight is “pretty similar to the first in Pangzhen,” with two escalations. It starts with a red attack — you do not get a probing exchange, you get an unblockable in the opening second. And he is quicker, compressing the wind-ups you learned in the pond. The moveset itself carries over:

The flurry is the fight. Each swing sends a damaging wave across the water, and the frenzied version strings more swings together than the Pangzhen original. Game8’s strategy for the first fight still applies, harder: retreat out of melee so you only manage the shockwaves, then step in exactly as the string ends and perfect-dodge the closing spear thrust into a Ghoststep counter.

Strategy: The Same River, Faster

Everything you learned in Pangzhen transfers — spacing, bubble tracking, blue-glint parries — but the tempo punishes hesitation. Two adjustments matter. First, open defensively: with the fight starting on a red attack, spend the first seconds at mid-range until his opening string resolves. Second, never trade inside the flurry; the frenzied version’s extra waves will catch a greedy dodge attempt, so sidestep the water rather than the man.

The counter you cannot use yet: Game8’s tip table for the Pangzhen fight recommends the Loong Trident’s No Refuge Beneath art to yank him out of his dives — a tool that only exists once this rematch is already won. First playthroughs do it honest with bubble reads; NG+ turns his strongest phase into free damage.

Rewards: Loong Trident and High-Power Pump

Victory pays two water-themed prizes. The Loong Trident is a Rare Ranged Phantom Edge — the thrown Loong-fang spear he wields, with full stats and build notes on its own page. The High-Power Pump is the Soul Tempering material for You Loong’s Deluge, forging Scalding Steam so the Deluge’s jet detonates burning enemies. Rock Paper Shotgun’s boss list confirms both rewards, and finishing him alongside the region’s other named hunters feeds the Master of the Misty Waters trophy.

Common Mistakes

• Sailing past the dock. He is off the main route on a lake island; if you never rested at Blackwater Crew Dock, you never fought him.
• Blocking the opener. The fight begins with a red attack. Roll first, ask questions later.
• Greedy punishes after the flurry. The frenzy version clips players who dash in early; wait for the final thrust, dodge it, then counter.

FAQ

Where is You Loong, the Frenzied Blackwater Crew Leader? On a shoal by the Blackwater Crew Dock bell in Meigu Lake, sailed to during The Lake. PCGamesN flags him as a hidden boss on an island out on the lake, easy to miss if you hug the main route. Rest at the Blackwater Crew Dock Bell before the fight.

How is the Frenzied fight different from the Pangzhen You Loong fight? Same opponent, sharper teeth. PCGamesN’s guide: the whole fight starts with a red attack, and he is noticeably quicker, though his moveset is largely the same. The rapid-slash wave flurry sends more waves per string, so the spacing game from the first fight matters even more.

What does You Loong, the Frenzied drop? The Loong Trident Ranged Phantom Edge and the High-Power Pump Soul Tempering material, which upgrades You Loong’s Deluge into Scalding Steam. Rock Paper Shotgun’s list confirms both rewards; the fight also pays 66,000 Remnant Dust on a first playthrough.

Can you use the Loong Trident against him? Only in New Game Plus — the trident is his own drop. In NG+, its No Refuge Beneath art forces submerged enemies out of the water, which deletes his dive phase. On a first playthrough, track his bubbles and dodge the surfacing attack instead.

Sources

• Rock Paper Shotgun — All 61 Phantom Blade Zero bosses in order
• Game8 — You Loong, Leader of the Blackwater Crew Location and How to Beat
• Game8 — The Cube Walkthrough and Rewards
• PCGamesN — All Phantom Blade Zero bosses in order and how to beat them