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Axe Skills

Axes offer massive damage to enemy Life and Ki. Many Axe attacks cannot be interrupted by enemies, regardless of Toughness.
Axes offer a good number of buffs which may be triggered manually and their Skill tree incorporates bonuses to Life.

Skill Description Rank Required Samurai Skill Points Required Skill Type Command Prerequisite
Grapple Grapples an enemy who is out of Ki, then follows up with the equipped weapon. - 1 Active
opponent is out of Ki 		 N/A
The Adamantine Increases your Defence by sacrificing movement speed. Can only be used when your weapon is sheathed. - 2 Active Hold R1+O Grapple
Rage Increases your Attack, but also the amount of Ki used when attacking. Can only be used when your weapon is sheathed. (Damage increase is about 35% --> 65%, depending on player / enemy equipment) Adept 3 Active Hold R1+O The Adamantine
Battle Focus Increases Ki used when dodging in exchange for decreasing Ki used when attacking. Can only used when your sword is sheathed Novice 3 Active Hold R1+O The Adamantine
Fortitude Life + 100 Novice 4 Passive N/A  Battle Focus
Purify Yokai Realm Activates when you recover the maximum amount of Ki from a Ki Pulse. Purifies the defilement clinging to you and your vicinity. - 0 Active Ki Pulse -
Flux Changing to another stance on a successful Ki Pulse increases the amount of Ki recovered. - 1 Active Ki Pulse / Stance  Purify Yokai Realm
Flux II Increases Ki recovery when you switch stances during Flux. Novice 2 Active Ki Pulse / Stance Flux
Flash Attack Performs a quick attack when switching weapons after a succesful Ki Pulse. Adept 3 Active Ki Pulse / Weapon Flux II
Mad Spinner Spins your body and your axe. - 2 Active
Hold		 Purify Yokai Realm
Mad Spinner II Gradually increases speed of your spin. Adept 3 Active
Hold		 Mad Spinner
Rumbling Earth Swings the axe overhead, slamming it to the ground, creating a shockwave that damages all enemies in the area. - 2 Active
Hold		 -
Rumbling Earth II Allows you to accumulate more power during Rumbling Earth. Novice 3 Active
Hold		 Rumbling Earth
Titanic Strength Launches the enemy up before slamming them back down. Veteran 3 Active L1+Triangle Rumbling Earth II
Ki Pulse: Heaven High stance skill. Activates when you recover full Ki from a Ki Pulse. Raises the damage caused by your next attack. - 1 Active Ki Pulse -
Living Water: Heaven High stance only. Enables you to use Ki Pulses even when dodging. - 5 Active Dodge Ki Pulse: Heaven
Heaven and Earth High stance only. Follow a combo with a jumping slice that knocks the enemy into the air, then slams them back down to earth. - 2 Active
mid combo		 Ki Pulse: Heaven
Kintaro Kata Axe damage increases 6% against Yokai. Novice 4 Passive N/A Heaven and Earth
Lumber Chop High stance only. Focuses your strength before unleashing a powerful blow. Novice 3 Active
Hold		 Heaven and Earth
Ki Pulse: Man Mid stance skill. Activates when you recover full Ki from a Ki Pulse. Raises the damage caused by your next attack. - 1 Active Ki Pulse N/A
Living Water: Man Mid stance only. Enables you to use Ki Pulses even when dodging. - 3 Active Dodge Ki Pulse: Man
Roar Mid stance only. A frontal charge in full guard. - 3 Active Hold X while guarding -
Cornered Boar When your health drops to 30% or lower, received damage is reduced by 10% - 6 Passive N/A  Roar
Spirit Wind Mid stance only. Slams the enemy while parrying their attack. Novice 3 Active L1+Square Roar
Tri-Spark Mid stance only. Attacks three times in a row. Veteran 4 Active
Hold		 Spirit Wind
Stone Mallet Mid stance only. Rams into the enemy and sends them flying. Veteran 3 Active Hold X while guarding Spirit Wind
Ki Pulse: Earth Low stance skill. Activates when you recover full Ki from a Ki Pulse. Raises the damage caused by your next attack. - 1 Active Ki Pulse -
Living Water: Earth Low tance only. Enables you to use Ki Pulses even when dodging. - 1 Active Dodge Living Water: Earth
Cloud Crush Low stance only. Follows up a combo with an upward slice. If the attack depletes an enemy's Ki, it will lift them up and hurl them back. - 3 Active
mid combo		 -
Earth Carver Low stance only. Scrapes the ground as you swing your weapon upwards, sending debris flying. Novice 3 Active 
Hold		 Cloud Crush
Bears's Bane Slams the axe deep into the earth before pulling it out and creating a shockwave that damages nearby enemies. Veteran 3 Active L1+Triangle -
Rampage Uses the axe to launch into a powerful kick that will combo into a grapple if it depletes the enemy's Ki. Fully charge the move to perform an additional slashing attack. Veteran 3 Active
Hold		 -
Intensity Massively boosts the damage of attacks that reduce your Ki to zero or below. Mystic 7 Mystic Art  N/A Cleared Mission "The Invincible"
Inner Light Massively boosts the damage you deal when in the Yokai Realm. Mystic 7 Mystic Art  N/A Cleared Mission "The Invincible"
Melee Mastery Melee Weapon Attack increase Veteran   Passive N/A Cleared Mission "The Way of the Warrior: Veteran"
Deadly Eye Ranged Weapon Attack increase Veteran   Passive N/A Cleared Mission "The Way of the Warrior: Veteran"
Fatal Fists Bare-handed Attack increase Veteran   Passive N/A Cleared Mission "The Way of the Warrior: Veteran"



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