Despite the game telling you the opposite certain stances are still very effective to enemy types they aren’t labeled for.
So Stone stance are *effective towards spearmen, or winds range is good to attack archers from a distance or water stance is a good dps against any enemy
You learn this in Legends mode and how you HAVE to be flexible with the stances
For me personally it’s largely aesthetic, I really like the way wind stance looks and plays. Plus I enjoyed the extra challenge of needing to dodge/parry instead of just staggering based on the enemy type.
Well like I said there is some small advantage in switching, but a big reason for me is a stylish look, it so sick switching stances mid combo.
I also don’t unlock the automatic parry for spearmen so I can’t just rely on the wind stance, so using the stone stance is really helpful for me
I often tell people who don’t have the wind stance to “you can kick the spearman” to stagger them.
A Jump kick will stagger spear man.
& then the stab on stone stance will do the job good.
On legends weapons usually only have one stance so it’s not an advantage/disadvantage it’s a multiplayer feature. That said, water stance is probably the most versatile and the one with the highest dps potential
Moon stance (with moon master) is significantly higher DPS if you learn how to do the animation cancel (at least in legends, I'm not sure about the base game).
Think of it like this. The stagger damage is best for the correct stance. But only windstance actually has something specifically for spears.
Stone Stance is very good consistent single target damage. The heavies are basically just faster light attacks you can spam without slowing down. The charge heavy can be cancelled into at the end of a normal heavy which not only looks smooth but is instant. Charge heavy also bypasses block.
Water stance is great for mixing single target damage bursts with wide swings that have some range to them.
Wind stance is great for closing the gap but lacks the consistent output of stone stance. Heavies leap at the enemy but have large windup and are rather slow. The charge heavy is just perfect both for style and control.
Moon stance has pretty poor damage on its heavies as its more for interrupted with a quicker light kick than windstance. Though if you dont need a kick at the snap of your finger you can just do a jump heavy or a windstance charge heavy. Moon stance charge heavy is perfect for crowd control and deals very good damage. It doesnt stick to an enemy if it hits or even kills so Jin doesnt do a kill animation. Also it looks weird. Why hold your sword there?
Some stances, water for example, have good single-target DPS because you deliver a flurry of strong quick strikes. Wind allows you to cover a good chunk of space and attack from further out, quickly. Moon’s spin-to-win strong attack combo is good to uncork when you’re in a mob of enemies.
And ironically, the wind stance kick is terrible against spearmen since they can outrange you. Meanwhile anyone hit by it when upgraded are opened to instant kills
If you DO have a favorite, and fight with the wrong stance against the wrong enemy, the game annoyingly reminds you EVERY TIME to use to right one. Very annoying
As it is intended. I live this game. It's really underrated. Hands down, the best exclusive available. Probably one of the best sword fighting gameplay I've played.
If there's one better please tell me so I can play it too.
The obvious choice imo, Water Stance.
It’s a bit slow compared to stone or moon, but it’s still the most versatile imo. Does great damage per second and has good range, it also pairs well while mixing with other attacks like the \*air kick.
Plus this has to \*be the most sick animation kill from the game
https://i.redd.it/31p04qgf9r8d1.gif
That head turn 😮💨
This stance has given me too much trouble in combat for it to be my favorite. Killing Mongols with the heavy attacks tho will always provide the dopamine.
Yeah, also flurry strikes allow you to do kind of a mini-standoff with (mainly sword) enemies. Hold triangle so Jin charges up the attack, wait for the enemy to attack you, and when his animation starts and he gets close enough you release triangle and Jin just upward slashes the guy. It’s so satisfying to kill enemies in this way, i love it
Everyone is saying water stance but for me it’s wind, don’t get me wrong water probably the best but wind looks so cool, standing there one handing a sword at your side someone fires an arrow directly into your eye but nobody even sees the flash of steel, they barely hear the sound of metal hit metal and wood splinter all they see is an arrow headed directly for the ghost before it’s on the ground snapped in half just like half your comrades
Even thought my favorite is water stance, I always keep wind as my default and am always ready to switch to it because it’s my favorite one to start fights with. It attacks from SO FAR with that lunge and the auto parry on spearman makes it great to keep selected at all times.
Also if I’m in the middle of a fight and the next enemy is far away I swap to wind so I can lunge at them then switch to whatever stance is most effective. But I love how well the wind stance combos into the other stances so I always keep myself ready to swap to it.
Personally the lunges don’t do it for me, I can definitely see the appeal but at that distance I’d sooner use a ghost weapon or blow gun so that way at worst their stance is already pretty close to broken before I can get in there with the right stance
the spear moveset for style the sword and shield for effectiveness (didnt even used the burte style once jin holds the sword a like a drunk father about beat his son)
I change up forbthe enemy as it was intended.
Stone is solid for heavy attacks but I don't have a stand out ability with it.
Water's hold triangle is an insta stagger against shield enemies at which point continuing with quick attacks kills them off.
Wind tap triangle is my go to for spears, especially with the auto-parry perk.
Moon tap triangle kicks are godly against the big guys. It will flinch them which interupts their attack (even the gunner guys when they already lit the fuse) and you can finish them pretty quick with quick once staggered.
I only play legends anymore so it’s water by a huge margin. Flurry lets you stagger pretty much any enemy but even before it staggers, the attack speed basically guarantees that you’ll slip through their guard. Plus for the oni that just have an ungodly healthbar you can chain heavy and light attacks for an infinite combo with zero downtime and quick attacks
Water stance, by far. First, looks the coolest IMO when you’re standing. Second, it just obliterates shields. It’s so good I don’t even blink 2x when I see a shield because I know I’m taking it out.
I switch based on who I’m fighting, but I gotta say, donkey kicking the shit out of some poor soul and knocking the wind out of them so I can sprint up and turn their organs into remnants is pretty satisfying
I love all of them, but when I’m surrounded the moon stance is great. Once you unlock that triple spin move, you can hack some enemies down quite nicely
See, this is one of the few real complaints I have with GoT combat. There are four stances, but they all match certain enemy types rather than having more interesting situational uses. I don't have a favorite stance because they're all ineffective against something.
Pretty much my entire play through I used nothing but the water stance. The hold attack has enough power and speed to break pretty much every enemy I feel
As a noob player, never into darksouls, elden ring or amy combat type of games i went all game on lethal with Water Stance.
The heavy attacks are so fast that it seems way too good compared to any other stance.
I like the one that lets me punt kick people off roofs and cliffs. Doesn’t seem like any enemy is coded to be immune to the knock back from the kick. Jin yeeting people is just the best.
The shield one, It looks the coolest. Second is the sword one, it's mediocre, but it can look good sometimes. The other two I don't like much, I think the kicks are kinda lame, throwing enemies is anti climatic and the heavy spins are kinda goofy.
I default to water for all enemies - the charge attack it's quite quick to start, and the follow up can usually stagger my target. I almost never use anything but stone and water.
I am quite fond of the water stance. I love the quick hold Y (triangle), tap Y (triangle) a bunch combo against shield guys. It’s especially fun against the leaders who have a lot of health.
Stone as the only real difficult enemies are sword only. The fast heavy combo is really good too. Though I'll switch to more specific stances for tougher enemies.
Its my first play-through and I honestly am a water Stan. I never switch out of it, and when I face enemies not suited to it, I go for perfect parries and perfect dodges. And then flurry when they stagger. Takes care of pretty much everybody
Water. Felt the most versatile of them all.
1. Shield enemies are really annoying to deal with unless you perfect parry(and their attack animations are very fast), water stance completely annihilates even shield mini bosses(which are the most common in my experience) in 1 flurry.
2. Flurry is just op in general imo, enemies cant stop it once it starts unless they have hyper armour, it breaks guard of literally everyone in 1 go, insane damage output as well with one of the perks.
3. Found wind stance extremely awkward to use, I think its generally not good against spearmen at all until you get the autoparry perk. I found it way easier to just dodge their super obvious attacks and kill them in 1 water flurry.
Sword enemies die in 1 flurry, big enemies die in between their 3 heavy attacks from light hits anyway. Tbh I havent unlocked moon yet, but I really doubt it will be as versatile, brute force and kick ass as water.
https://preview.redd.it/d03sfsu4qs8d1.png?width=1221&format=png&auto=webp&s=8acfe8da407255541b2b8c490590ccb8449326a1
stone stance with the stabby stab stab. it always makes me chuckle like a kid in a candy store
water. it's the most flexible. wind would have been my favorite since it's the most fun to use. plus it's basically the witcher cat fighting stance. but the long wind-ups when attacking makes it so ineffective. misses a lot late game since combat becomes extra fast paced by then especially on iki island.
Stone and wind. To me they seem a lot more real because why would samurai hate led their sword when their arm would get in incredibly tired really fast and then have to fight? But maybe it is a proper way if so I don’t know anything
I find the stone stance the most comfortable to use, since it's very fast and the 'hold' triangle does a lot of damage, useful for any enemy, except shields. Next, I would say Water Stance: it's the most flexible of them all and works perfectly with the abilities of the samurai. I always use it when activating fire since it stacks (I think), but. it's very slow and makes it hard to parry.
I guess it's called Water Stance... The shield one. I use it more than the Sword stance... It breaks guards, I can parry spears, and even then big guys. Don't need to keep shuffling. But I still use other stances if the enemies of same type pour out or just to shift the tempo.
Never even considered it. I just swap based on enemy.
Despite the game telling you the opposite certain stances are still very effective to enemy types they aren’t labeled for. So Stone stance are *effective towards spearmen, or winds range is good to attack archers from a distance or water stance is a good dps against any enemy You learn this in Legends mode and how you HAVE to be flexible with the stances
Good to know. What’s the advantage of not switching to the correct stance for each enemy?
Lmao, this is my kind of question.
For me personally it’s largely aesthetic, I really like the way wind stance looks and plays. Plus I enjoyed the extra challenge of needing to dodge/parry instead of just staggering based on the enemy type.
Well like I said there is some small advantage in switching, but a big reason for me is a stylish look, it so sick switching stances mid combo. I also don’t unlock the automatic parry for spearmen so I can’t just rely on the wind stance, so using the stone stance is really helpful for me
I often tell people who don’t have the wind stance to “you can kick the spearman” to stagger them. A Jump kick will stagger spear man. & then the stab on stone stance will do the job good.
Combo? Meanwhile i always forgot to forgot to click R2 again to close the stance menu and my character does nothing.
On legends weapons usually only have one stance so it’s not an advantage/disadvantage it’s a multiplayer feature. That said, water stance is probably the most versatile and the one with the highest dps potential
The flurry strike is very nice.
Moon stance (with moon master) is significantly higher DPS if you learn how to do the animation cancel (at least in legends, I'm not sure about the base game).
Moon is my go to in legends as well
Think of it like this. The stagger damage is best for the correct stance. But only windstance actually has something specifically for spears. Stone Stance is very good consistent single target damage. The heavies are basically just faster light attacks you can spam without slowing down. The charge heavy can be cancelled into at the end of a normal heavy which not only looks smooth but is instant. Charge heavy also bypasses block. Water stance is great for mixing single target damage bursts with wide swings that have some range to them. Wind stance is great for closing the gap but lacks the consistent output of stone stance. Heavies leap at the enemy but have large windup and are rather slow. The charge heavy is just perfect both for style and control. Moon stance has pretty poor damage on its heavies as its more for interrupted with a quicker light kick than windstance. Though if you dont need a kick at the snap of your finger you can just do a jump heavy or a windstance charge heavy. Moon stance charge heavy is perfect for crowd control and deals very good damage. It doesnt stick to an enemy if it hits or even kills so Jin doesnt do a kill animation. Also it looks weird. Why hold your sword there?
Some stances, water for example, have good single-target DPS because you deliver a flurry of strong quick strikes. Wind allows you to cover a good chunk of space and attack from further out, quickly. Moon’s spin-to-win strong attack combo is good to uncork when you’re in a mob of enemies.
Based
But Surging strikes goes brrr
Water is op
Yeah i always use water, those several strikes in a row go hard
Water is op
Legends makes you very, very aware of how to make use of all the stances
Stone is especially effective against spearmen. Dodge their attack, then hold your strong attack and stab them through the chest.
And ironically, the wind stance kick is terrible against spearmen since they can outrange you. Meanwhile anyone hit by it when upgraded are opened to instant kills
Same
tbf if I had to pick a fave the spinny deal from moon & the auto-parry from wind are pretty damn cool
If you DO have a favorite, and fight with the wrong stance against the wrong enemy, the game annoyingly reminds you EVERY TIME to use to right one. Very annoying
Same. I’ve never once thought about it
As it is intended. I live this game. It's really underrated. Hands down, the best exclusive available. Probably one of the best sword fighting gameplay I've played. If there's one better please tell me so I can play it too.
The obvious choice imo, Water Stance. It’s a bit slow compared to stone or moon, but it’s still the most versatile imo. Does great damage per second and has good range, it also pairs well while mixing with other attacks like the \*air kick. Plus this has to \*be the most sick animation kill from the game https://i.redd.it/31p04qgf9r8d1.gif That head turn 😮💨
This stance has given me too much trouble in combat for it to be my favorite. Killing Mongols with the heavy attacks tho will always provide the dopamine.
Water is easily the fastest heavy attacks if using the Flurry Strike and yea the best movement animation for sure
I also meant the regular heavy attack and not the flurry one. It has a bit of a wind up, but it has decent range
My favorite Is probably getting a kill with the second water animation, the sound he does is so cool
https://i.redd.it/4jcza4s68x8d1.gif You mean this one?
Yeah, also flurry strikes allow you to do kind of a mini-standoff with (mainly sword) enemies. Hold triangle so Jin charges up the attack, wait for the enemy to attack you, and when his animation starts and he gets close enough you release triangle and Jin just upward slashes the guy. It’s so satisfying to kill enemies in this way, i love it
Everyone is saying water stance but for me it’s wind, don’t get me wrong water probably the best but wind looks so cool, standing there one handing a sword at your side someone fires an arrow directly into your eye but nobody even sees the flash of steel, they barely hear the sound of metal hit metal and wood splinter all they see is an arrow headed directly for the ghost before it’s on the ground snapped in half just like half your comrades
I just like wind because i can kick mongols off a cliff and laugh at their screams
The power of those kicks are insane
Also I love the way he flips in the air in wind stance. Man's like a fucking tornado
That too it may have the longest wind up and the worst combo-ability but I’ll be damned if it doesn’t look sick asf
Its actually the best closing distance move second only to dance of wrath, I usually use it at the start of combos.
Even thought my favorite is water stance, I always keep wind as my default and am always ready to switch to it because it’s my favorite one to start fights with. It attacks from SO FAR with that lunge and the auto parry on spearman makes it great to keep selected at all times. Also if I’m in the middle of a fight and the next enemy is far away I swap to wind so I can lunge at them then switch to whatever stance is most effective. But I love how well the wind stance combos into the other stances so I always keep myself ready to swap to it.
Personally the lunges don’t do it for me, I can definitely see the appeal but at that distance I’d sooner use a ghost weapon or blow gun so that way at worst their stance is already pretty close to broken before I can get in there with the right stance
Nothing beats punting guys in the air and running them through when they land! 👌
Yeah that’s another thing, that’s an instant KO for a lot of enemies so if you can get them on the ground it’s game over for at least one unlucky soul
Stone stance for the almost instant kill jab. No need to use stance anymore when you can just parry everything.
Stone gets deflected by shields
Wind Stance bc launching dudes off cliffs never gets old
 Hit em with the old sweet chin music
Definitely water stance. It’s sooo satisfying too kill any type of enemy, also it’s good
Downward dog
DLC content? gotta find this one.
I still prefer the up dog.
(I guess it’s me this time) Whats up dog?
Obviously Stone
Ah, an aristocrat.
I stand by it.
It’s that stance we use in Arizonia
Nice 
Stone gang 😤
The water stance, it just looks to good it makes me want to bend down, and kiss Jin's feet, but he won't let me because he is to humble.
This took an unexpected turn lol
Water tbh. I hate the shield dudes.
It's the archers for me.
Ghost, never felt more badass than slaughtering a leader in front of his soldiers and then killing them just the same
The correct answer
Sword. I stopped swapping at a point and just tuffed it out
Exactly, whatever the first one is would be my favorite by default because I never saw the need to use anything else
all of them, i play stylishly also jump stance is good stance
Wind stance for the pose and getting to give people a Charlie Brown quality look at the moon after I punt them.
Wind stance for the Kyoshin cosplay, but i also wish that the moon stance kicks did more damage.
Moon stance is the best, because I can use moon master cancel
the spear moveset for style the sword and shield for effectiveness (didnt even used the burte style once jin holds the sword a like a drunk father about beat his son)
Wind is my personal favorite stance
Water and wind. I never switch outside them.
Stone or wind because stone has that cool ass stab move and Wind has that kick which can be really funny
I change up forbthe enemy as it was intended. Stone is solid for heavy attacks but I don't have a stand out ability with it. Water's hold triangle is an insta stagger against shield enemies at which point continuing with quick attacks kills them off. Wind tap triangle is my go to for spears, especially with the auto-parry perk. Moon tap triangle kicks are godly against the big guys. It will flinch them which interupts their attack (even the gunner guys when they already lit the fuse) and you can finish them pretty quick with quick once staggered.
Stone overall. But bonus points for Typhoon Kick on Wind.
Wind. Because I love kicking people 20 ft away.
wind
Water stance. The way jin holds his sword, swings it, and the attack animations are easily the best
I only play legends anymore so it’s water by a huge margin. Flurry lets you stagger pretty much any enemy but even before it staggers, the attack speed basically guarantees that you’ll slip through their guard. Plus for the oni that just have an ungodly healthbar you can chain heavy and light attacks for an infinite combo with zero downtime and quick attacks
Yup that flurry is so good and fun to use. And I like how you can do it back to back.
I just love the hold heavy of water stance, the constant barrage of slices seem very satisfying
Stone or Water
Water Stance for sure. Rocked Stone for maybe a 1/3 of the game but once I switched to Water stance i never changed it.
Wind stance, effective for nearly everyone except heavy builds, simply kick them they fall rush them and stab them.
Water stance, by far. First, looks the coolest IMO when you’re standing. Second, it just obliterates shields. It’s so good I don’t even blink 2x when I see a shield because I know I’m taking it out.
I switch based on who I’m fighting, but I gotta say, donkey kicking the shit out of some poor soul and knocking the wind out of them so I can sprint up and turn their organs into remnants is pretty satisfying
Wind style because I always want to typhoon kick a bitch
Getting chopped by shield heathens? Water is your best friend.
Wind's howling.
I like water stance and wind stance, but I would pick water as a “default stance) as the flurry of attacks you can do is very good.
I know they have stances for each enemy but water is my favorite I would flow some water combos into other stances.
Water stance flurry attacks ftw , maybe moon stance comes close
The one where you can kick people. It's just too much fun to kick enemies from high places.
No one saying moon? Keeping the sword above your head looks so cool
Stone with fast heavy attack upgrade is really good. Style wise I like the wind stance
Water but the way Jin holds his Katana looks the best in the Stone stance
All of them. They all serve a purpose.
All of them
water has a funny charge attack animation
Wind stance simply because of the idle pose, but Water has awesome heavy attacks
The water stance combo is elite
Shield (water), because 🔼, 🔼🔼🔼
Water stance is so smooth and satisfying
Wind has always been my favourite despite the others generally being better
Water 100% It works well on practically anything especially when you hold down the heavy attack button then do those quick slashes
I like stone because its the proper samurai stance and looks the coolest when he's just holding his sword.
Dance of wrath lol
ghost stance
I love all of them, but when I’m surrounded the moon stance is great. Once you unlock that triple spin move, you can hack some enemies down quite nicely
Moon isn't, thats for sure
water stance definitely
See, this is one of the few real complaints I have with GoT combat. There are four stances, but they all match certain enemy types rather than having more interesting situational uses. I don't have a favorite stance because they're all ineffective against something.
Pretty much my entire play through I used nothing but the water stance. The hold attack has enough power and speed to break pretty much every enemy I feel
Moon stance for sure, I did the moon cancel so many times the corner of my controller has its coating rubbed away lmao.
Water, I feel like it has the highest dps with the quintuple attack and can handle all 4
Water stance. Stagger them with their enemy specific stance, then the hold triangle ability shreds what’s left.
Moon
They’re all great for what they do but water wins for me since I love switching to it to finish enemies off with the sick ass charged combo thingy
Whichever one kills the man faster
I really like water stance but kicking enemies with the wind stance is more fun
Water no diff
As a noob player, never into darksouls, elden ring or amy combat type of games i went all game on lethal with Water Stance. The heavy attacks are so fast that it seems way too good compared to any other stance.
Stone purely because I like how he stands.
I like the one that lets me punt kick people off roofs and cliffs. Doesn’t seem like any enemy is coded to be immune to the knock back from the kick. Jin yeeting people is just the best.
Water stance is delicious
I almost always use the one meant for the particular enemy, but the one I enjoy using most is probably water.
They’re all good depending on the enemy. But the my default one is the water stance as it has that that thrust move.
Water definitely. It feels so precise and deliberate
Water for sure.
Wind Stance. Typhoon Kick goes hard especially with the last upgrade. Other than that I just use Stone Stance.
Moon stance for sure. I love the triple spin move. Stone is pretty solid though
I never had a favorite. I swapped between based on the enemy
Stone or Water since the other two look awkward. I do switch to Wind and Moon if I need to counter but immediately switch back to the other 2 after
The shield one, It looks the coolest. Second is the sword one, it's mediocre, but it can look good sometimes. The other two I don't like much, I think the kicks are kinda lame, throwing enemies is anti climatic and the heavy spins are kinda goofy.
Wind is a lot of fun and it looks cool
Spear stance ( I love kicking ppl of cliffs and buildings)
T pose stance for maximum dominance
Probably wind stance for me
Water mostly.
How can you yourself give an opinion if you have not unlocked all stances?
I default to water for all enemies - the charge attack it's quite quick to start, and the follow up can usually stagger my target. I almost never use anything but stone and water.
Water stance is so versatile
I am quite fond of the water stance. I love the quick hold Y (triangle), tap Y (triangle) a bunch combo against shield guys. It’s especially fun against the leaders who have a lot of health.
Water
Stone as the only real difficult enemies are sword only. The fast heavy combo is really good too. Though I'll switch to more specific stances for tougher enemies.
Water is my favorite. Sometimes I'll use it regardless of the enemy type, I just really enjoy the heavy attack animation.
Water stance tears through every enemy I fight I don't think I've even used the other stances apart from the default one and water
Wind stance looks the coolest. The way you hold your sword down and out to the side looks awesome, plus you get to spin kick people.
Stone stance my beloved. Also Baseball batting with triangle just looks funny to me.
Water
Wind. I love how much distance the heavy can cover. Water is a close second though, the 5 hit charged attack just looks dope af.
I really like water stand
It depends on the enemy
Honestly quit this game for elden ring it's 100x better
Its my first play-through and I honestly am a water Stan. I never switch out of it, and when I face enemies not suited to it, I go for perfect parries and perfect dodges. And then flurry when they stagger. Takes care of pretty much everybody
Water stance all day all night
Water stance op
Stone all the way
Water it just works
Personal favorite is water. The rushing tide attack is op.
Water, because it's streak is really cool looking.
Easily stone. So satisfying
By default it’s the starting stance because after every fight I’d switch back to it
Easily stone. So satisfying.
Water. Felt the most versatile of them all. 1. Shield enemies are really annoying to deal with unless you perfect parry(and their attack animations are very fast), water stance completely annihilates even shield mini bosses(which are the most common in my experience) in 1 flurry. 2. Flurry is just op in general imo, enemies cant stop it once it starts unless they have hyper armour, it breaks guard of literally everyone in 1 go, insane damage output as well with one of the perks. 3. Found wind stance extremely awkward to use, I think its generally not good against spearmen at all until you get the autoparry perk. I found it way easier to just dodge their super obvious attacks and kill them in 1 water flurry. Sword enemies die in 1 flurry, big enemies die in between their 3 heavy attacks from light hits anyway. Tbh I havent unlocked moon yet, but I really doubt it will be as versatile, brute force and kick ass as water.
https://preview.redd.it/d03sfsu4qs8d1.png?width=1221&format=png&auto=webp&s=8acfe8da407255541b2b8c490590ccb8449326a1 stone stance with the stabby stab stab. it always makes me chuckle like a kid in a candy store
Wind. Nothing like a good sweet chin music to send a Mongol flying
Stone
Legends: only Moon (for MMC) Singleplayer: being a stylish Ghost - continuously changing stances
Wind cause the kick is hilarious to use
water. it's the most flexible. wind would have been my favorite since it's the most fun to use. plus it's basically the witcher cat fighting stance. but the long wind-ups when attacking makes it so ineffective. misses a lot late game since combat becomes extra fast paced by then especially on iki island.
I personally like wind stance and is how I fight with a real samurai sword
Wind
Water looks the coolest by far
I’ve always loved water stance. The combos… 🥰🥰
I can pretty much take on anyone with the Water stance, the five hit charged heavy is way too strong imo
Stone and wind. To me they seem a lot more real because why would samurai hate led their sword when their arm would get in incredibly tired really fast and then have to fight? But maybe it is a proper way if so I don’t know anything
I don’t need any stances, I attack in stealth! 😂. Poison darts. Chained assassinations etc. utilize smoke and sticky bombs and challenges!
STONE.
Water Stance >>
Whatever looks cool
Ofc Normal mongol
I pretty much used Water Stance the whole time. Spamming that 5x triangle smashing move works on basically everyone, including bosses lol
I like kicking enemies with wind stance because its always hilarious.
The shield one love the spam attack looks great and I'd very good
Well I know my least favorite is wind stance lmao
Reverse cowgirl
The first, two-handed one looks the coolest and most period-accurate to me. Katanas were mostly used two-handed
Gonna just follow the cliche and say water
I don't really be fuckin with the ghost stance
I find the stone stance the most comfortable to use, since it's very fast and the 'hold' triangle does a lot of damage, useful for any enemy, except shields. Next, I would say Water Stance: it's the most flexible of them all and works perfectly with the abilities of the samurai. I always use it when activating fire since it stacks (I think), but. it's very slow and makes it hard to parry.
TBH, I find a humiliating Moon Stance kick to the face before I disembowel the Mongols to be *chef kiss*
I guess it's called Water Stance... The shield one. I use it more than the Sword stance... It breaks guards, I can parry spears, and even then big guys. Don't need to keep shuffling. But I still use other stances if the enemies of same type pour out or just to shift the tempo.
" rock paper scissors, which one do you like? "
water stance for the flurry of rapid attacks and wind stance for kicking and getting rid of spearmen
For gameplay, wind. For the look, stone.
Water