Read this Ghost of Tsushima guide on the best Techniques / Skills to get early in the game. Including best Samurai Techniques, Best Ghost Techniques, Best Stance Techniques, and more!
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Best Samurai Techniques / Skills
Best Samurai Techniques / Skills Chart
| Category | Skills |
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| ▼Deflection | Perfect Healing Parry Recovers health with perfect parry |
| Unyielding Spear Parry Parry unblockable spear attack | |
| Deflect Arrows Deflect arrows while guarded | |
| ▼Evasion | Shoulder Charge Sprint to knockback enemies |
| Sprint Strike Sprint and slash enemies | |
| Perfect Dodge Counter red glint attacks | |
| ▼Mythic | Dance of Wraith Sprint to knockback enemies |
| Heavenly Strike Sprint and slash enemies | |
| ▼Exploration | Choose Own Preference - |
Best Deflection Techniques
Perfect Healing Parry
| Effect | Perfect Parries recover a small amount of health |
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Perfect Healing Parry recovers a small amount of health whenever you make a perfect parry. This helps sustain your HP bar in the thick of battle.
Unyielding Spear Parry
| Effect | Parry unblockable spear attack |
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This allows you to parry unblockable spear attacks usually marked by blue glints.
Deflect Arrows
| Effect | Parry incoming projectiles while blocking |
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When guarded, this skill allows you to deflect arrows. This is a great skill to have in order to avoid getting overwhelmed by the enemy force's archers.
Best Evasion Techniques
Shoulder Charge
| Effect | Charge into enemies while sprinting to knock them backward |
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Sprinting forward will charge towards an enemy, knocking them back. This gives you space to move or continue attacking.
Sprint Strike
| Effect | Sprint toward your enemy and slash them with a quick strike |
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Sprint Strike allows you to sprint and slash at your enemies. This is a great skill to have when rushing towards enemy archers & taking them down in just a few hits.
Perfect Dodge
| Effect | Dodge at the last possible moment to perform a deadly counterattack |
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With this Technique, you'll be able to counter attacks with red glints. It's very effective against most enemies and will help you throughout your gameplay.
Best Mythic Techniques
Dance Of Wraith
| Effect | Unleash three consecutive unblockable attacks that inflict high damage. Kills may Terrify nearby enemies |
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Using Dance of Wraith unleashes 3 very powerful unblockable strikes that can easily take down any foes. Kills with this move can Terrify nearby enemies.
Heavenly Strike
| Effect | A quick unblockable attack that inflicts extra damage against Staggered enemies. Kills may Terrify nearby enemies |
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The Heavenly Strike kill lets out a single, powerful unblockable attack. It's great to interrupt enemy bosses but it can also miss. It has a chance to Terrify enemies when used to kill.
Best Exploration Techniques
Choose According To Preference
There are several Techniques under Exploration Samurai skills. It's best to choose whichever collectible you want to gather first as each Technique focuses on a specific collectible.
Check Out All Collectible List Here!Best Stance Techniques / Skills
Best Stance Techniques / Skills Chart
| Category | Skills |
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| ▼Stone | Stone: Momentum Can use heavy Stone attacks with high speed |
| ▼Water | Water: Surging Strikes Does five rapid sword strikes |
| ▼Wind | Wind: Spear Defense Auto-parries spear attacks in Wind Stance |
| ▼Moon | Moon: Finishing Strike Auto-parries spear attacks in Wind Stance |
Unlock 2nd Skill To Increase Stagger
When you unlock the 2nd Technique in each line, this will increase their chances of staggering enemies. It's best to unlock these Techniques if you want to continuously stagger opponents.
Best Stone Stance Techniques
Stone: Momentum
| Effect | Perform Stone Stance heavy attacks with ferocious speed |
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Stone: Momentum allows you to deal heavy Stone Stance attacks with high speed. This is great to use when facing duels with other swordsmen.
Best Water Stance Techniques
Water: Surging Strikes
| Effect | Drown your foe with a flood of five rapid strikes |
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Water: Surging Strikes unleashes five rapid sword strikes. This can easily overwhelm foes in the thick of battle.
Best Wind Stance Techniques
Wind: Spear Defense
| Effect | Automatically Parry spear attacks during any Wind Stance attack |
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When you're in the Wind Stance, this Technique automatically parries spear attacks. This is very effective against camps & missions that have many Spearmen enemies.
Best Moon Stance Techniques
Moon: Finishing Strike
The Moon: Finishing Strike Technique lets you deal more melee and Stagger damage with heavy attacks, making it more effective against heavy set or Brute-type enemies.
Best Ghost Techniques / Skills
Best Ghost Techniques / Skills Chart
| Category | Skills |
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| ▼Ghost Weapons | Black Powder Bomb: Concussive Blast Knocks enemies down with shockwave |
| Sticky Bomb: Guarded Throw Protects damage from your own bomb's explosion | |
| ▼Evolving Tactics | Archery: Concentration Slows time when aiming bow |
| Archery: Mental Fortitude Reduces Concentration cooldown | |
| Assassination: Chain Assassination Assassinate nearby targets continuously | |
| Focused Hearing Detect nearby enemies |
Best Ghost Weapon Techniques
Black Powder Bomb: Concussive Blast
| Effect | Knocks down enemies struck by the shockwave of a Black Powder Bomb |
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This Technique can help you take down throes of enemies with its explosion, making it a great skill to use for crowd control.
Sticky Bomb: Guarded Throw
| Effect | You're no longer adversely affected by a bomb's blast |
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Protects you from the explosion of a Sticky Bomb. Incredibly useful when surrounded by enemies so you can make space for yourself.
Best Evolving Tactics Techniques
Archery: Concentration
| Effect | Briefly slow time while aiming to improve accuracy |
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This Technique allows you to briefly slow down time when you're aiming your bow. This helps you make more accurate shots.
Archery: Mental Fortitude
| Effect | Reduce Concentration cooldown by 15% |
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With Archery: Mental Fortitude, the cooldown for Concentration is reduced by 15%. You can use Concentration more often, making it useful when taking down a lot of foes.
Assassination: Chain Assassination
| Effect | Assassinate two nearby targets in quick succession |
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Allows you to stealthily kill enemies in quick succession. Max upgrade allows you to target up to 3 enemies, making it easier to infiltrate camps.
Focused Hearing
| Effect | Detect nearby enemies by sound |
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Focused Hearing lets you detect nearby enemies, providing their silhouettes so you know their immediate location.
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