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Everything you need to know about the best Dual Katana build in Ghost of Yotei, including the charms, armor set, and more.
Dual Katana is easily the coolest new weapon in Ghost of Yotei. While the regular two-handed Katana gets the job done, it’s nowhere near as fast or efficient as the Dual Katanas, especially when you’re faced against enemies wielding Yari. The Dual Katanas excel at landing fast hits while also leaving enough room for counterattacks and parries. That said, the Dual Katans do have a rather lengthy charged attack animation.
Thankfully, you can offset the Dual Katana’s shortcomings with charms. Here’s a comprehensive guide on the best Dual Katana build in Ghost of Yotei, including details on the armor set, charms, skills, and more.
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Overview of the Best Dual Katana Build in Ghost of Yotei
For the Dual Katana build, we’re essentially focusing on the weapon’s counterattack skills. While the Dual Katanas have a rather powerful light attack chain, it doesn’t provide enough poise like other weapons. As such, you can easily get staggered out of your regular attacks, even by regular enemies. You can try to offset this with the charged combo. However, the charged attacks also have a long wind-up animation.
That said, you can easily overcome all the shortcomings of the weapon using its Tempest Strike skill. Furthermore, pairing the Dual Katanas with the Bounty Master set, you can essentially become a Ronin with exceptional parrying skills. Here’s a breakdown of the Dual Katana build.
Breakdown of the Dual Katana Build
Armor
- Bounty Master armor set
Perks
- Perfect Parry and Perfect Dodge windows are increased by a minor amount, but regular Parries are disabled.
- A Perfect Parry enables 2 additional counterattacks.
- All Spirit Gains are increased by a minor amount.
Upgrade Effects
- Level 2: Perfect Parry and Perfect Dodge windows are increased by a major amount, but regular Parries are disabled.
- Level 3: All Spirit Gains are increased by a massive amount.
- Level 4: A Perfect Parry enables 3 additional counterattacks.
Charms
- Father’s Charm: Perfect Parries regain a minor amount of Health.
- Takezo’s Charm of Bold Deflection: Parrying inflicts a minor amount of additional Stagger damage.
- Charm of Furious Attacks: The Dual Katana’s Tempest Strike deals a minor amount of additional damage.
- Charm of Last Chance: Heal technique triggers automatically when suffering lethal damage from combat.
- Charm of Fearful Defense: When killing an enemy after a Perfect Parry or Perfect Dodge, the chance to Terrify nearby enemies is increased by a minor amount.
Skills
- Tempest Strike: A series of Dual Katana attacks that end with an unblockable strike that inflicts major damage.
- Takezo’s Dual Slash: A double slash attack with Dual Katana that Interrupts enemies. Capable of striking two different enemies.
- Relentless Fury: Continue a Dual Katana Focus Attack combo after dashing. Requires fewer attacks to perform Tempest Strike after a successful Parry or Dash.
- Strength of Winds: Increase Stagger damage against Polearm enemies.
- Deflecting Strikes: Dual Katana Heavy Attacks automatically Parry Polearm attacks.
- Improved Tempest Strike: Tempest Strikes inflict massive damage.
- Dual Tempest Strikes: Grants two unblockable Tempest Strike attacks at the end of a Focus Attack combo with Dual Katana.
Also Read: Ghost of Yotei: Best Skills To Unlock First
How To Get the Bounty Master Armor Set?
The Bounty Master armro set unlocks as part of an optional quest (Bounty) – Soma the Condemned. To unlock this quest, you need to complete all the Bounties in Yotei Grasslands and talk to Kojiro. The start of the quest is a bit tricky as Soma is sheltered behind a locked door, which cannot be opened using brute force. Instead, you need to use your Shamisen to unlock the door and reach Soma.
After you defeat Soma in a duel, you will obtain the Bounty Master armor set. The set essentially disables your regular parries. However, at the same time, it increases the timing window of perfect parries. Furthermore, it also adds up to 3 counterattack moves following a parry. It’s a high-risk, high-reward armor set. However, it works really well with the Dual Katana playstyle.
How To Get the Charms for the Dual Katana Build?
Here’s how you can obtain the charms used in this build:
- Father’s Charm: Unlocks at the Shrine in Mount Yotei.
- Takezo’s Charm of Bold Deflection: Unlocks after defeating the third disciple of Takezo, at the Dueling Tree.
- Charm of Furious Attacks: Sold by Taro the Scavenger (for 300 Zenny).
- Charm of Last Chance: Sold by Taro the Scavenger (for 150 Zenny).
- Charm of Fearful Defense: Unlocks as a reward at the Onryo Gift Altar after completing the Saito Brothers quest.
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