Long Sword styles are as follows:

Style 1 - Sacred Sheath Combo

This one-hit KO style focuses on long press actions. The Sacred Sheath Combo becomes your long-press action, which allows you to use up the Spirit Gauge to perform powerful techniques.

Sacred Sheath Combo Style Main Actions

  • Sacred Sheath Combo
    Hold a long press to sheathe your sword and begin Sacred Sheathing Focus. Release the long press while the sword is sheathed to perform Sacred Sheathe Counter. Use in time with a monster’s attack to evade and fill up the Spirit Gauge as well as perform Spirit Roundslash.

  • Sacred Sheathing Focus
    Using Sacred Sheathing Focus will decrease the Spirit Gauge faster than usual, but continuing to long press will increase your Charge Level. (Maximum increase of 2 levels)
    Flick while Sacred Sheathing Focus is active to Quickstep Evade. The Charge Level will increase while evading. When the Spirit Gauge is depleted or the long press is released, you can deliver a powerful Spirit Release Slash.

  • Spirit Release Slash
    This is a high-power attack chained from Sacred Sheathing Focus.
    You can attack multiple times based on the Charge Level of Sacred Sheathing Focus.

 

Tips:

・Evading monster attacks with a wide berth can make time for you to perform the Sacred Sheath Combo.

・Create the perfect timing to unleash Spirit Release Slash by utilizing Quickstep Evade to close distance and evade attacks while Sacred Sheathing Focus is active.

・You can keep up Sacred Sheathing Focus for a longer time after the Spirit Gauge increases from Spirit Helm Breaker (SP).

 

Style 2 - Spirit Reckoning

This style allows you to perform high-power attacks by entering a boosted state. Entering a boosted state causes attack actions to change and allows you to perform Spirit Reckoning. The key to this style is maintaining the boosted state.

Spirit Reckoning Style Actions Main Actions

  • Attack actions differ between regular and boosted states.

Regular

・Combo is changed to Overhead Slash→Thrust→ Rising Slash.

・Under normal conditions, you can repeat the above combo.

Boosted

・Combo is changed to Spirit Blade I→Spirit Blade II→Dividing Slash→Spirit Reckoning.

・While boosted, you can repeat the above combo.

  • Spirit Reckoning

The Spirit Gauge will decrease by a certain amount when Spirit Reckoning is activated.

After the second motion, you will rush towards the monster.

  • Iai Slash

The Special Sheathe chain attack will change to Iai Slash.

By landing the attack, the Spirit Gauge will fill up over time.

Use in time with a monster’s attack to evade and continue attacking.

 

Tips:

・Making use of Iai Slash and Spirit Helm Breaker (SP) will make it easier to maintain the boosted state.

・While boosted, the attack after a Perfect Evade will become Dividing Slash, making it possible to quickly perform Iai Slash.