Fighting Styles

Legendary Strike
The most basic yet not-so common of all fighting styles is the Legendary Strike style set. The best thing about this style is that it is very bare-knuckles Martial Arts fighting. You have a moderate speed to rip through enemies quickly, yet efficiently. Legendary Strike does well in the damage department, to boot, and you will very easily beat the competition in the ol' patience game. You can easily outlast your opponent using Legendary Strike.

Thousand Cuts
Thousand Cuts is widely regarded as the thieves' Martial style, as it is extremely quick in speed and very blunt with the punches that are thrown. Thousand Cuts is not by any means a powerful Martial style, however, it is a decent starting Martial style to give you tons of diversity early on in the game, as you can purchase and learn other styles as you progress.

Leaping Tiger
The Leaping Tiger Martial style is one of the fastest styles in the entire game, whether it is Martial style or any other kind of style. Due to this, the Leaping Tiger is a very nice varied style to use if you're at a loss of what to master next. It does not, however, provide as powerful of a punch as the likes of Legendary Strike. Regardless, if you're looking for a great alternative to Thousand Cuts, Leaping Tiger is definitely your choice.

White Demon
The White Demon Martial style is the most powerful Martial style in the game. The main problem being that with power, you lose speed. Due to this, the White Demon Martial style also happens to be one of the slowest styles in the game. It all comes down to planning your attacks way ahead of time. If you feel that you can actually master this style, then you likely can. It's not entirely too hard to figure out what to do with it, but it is hard to correctly nail your timing.

Drunken Master
You can only use the very awesome, very drunken Martial style of Drunken Master when you have the master chef/master fighter Henpecked Hou in your party. Check the Followers section for information on Henpecked Hou. Unlock other Followers, Henpecked Hou cannot fight the enemies around you, but he will toss out wine bottles for you to get drunk off of. Drunken Master is great for tactical battles where you must time your attacks. It is not, however, great for fast-paced battles.

Heavenly Wave
Heavenly Wave is a support style that can be connected with a Martial style to complete a Harmonic Combo. Heavenly Wave is highly heavenly when used against common criminals and such, and somewhat effective against bigger enemies.

Spirit Thief
Hui the Brave will teach you this wondrous technical support style once you have helped her at the beginning of Chapter 2. The tough part about fighting in long, drawn out bouts is the fact that you simply run out of Chi entirely too soon. With Spirit Thief, you can quickly transfer your enemies' spirit to your own, giving you more Chi as you go along. You will happily be able to drain Chi and use it, but this style is extremely sluggish and does minimal damage compared to a lot of other styles. Be careful when spreading the love.

Paralyzing Palm
This support style can be obtained by completing your Sidequest against Smiling Mountain in the Black Leopard School in Chapter 3. The Paralyzing Palm is a very rare and distinguished Support style that can cause your opponents to go completely paralyzed for a long amount of time. This is the good news; the bad news is that your attacks will be incredibly slow as you use this style. It's extremely important that you dump a lot of style points into speed here.

Storm Dragon
The Storm Dragon Support style is the ideal Support style to begin with, as you will have to learn and master switching in and out of combination styles to create Harmonic Combos. Due to the sluggish nature of the style, you will do little damage with your lightning attacks in comparison with the amount of time it takes to attack. When put together in a Harmonic Combo, however, look out! This one could get deadly.

Hidden Fist
Hidden Fist is an earth-based attack that will completely crush your opponent, if you know what you're doing when you have multiple opponents near. Like all other Support styles, you will have to think ahead of time due to the slow delivery of the style itself. The area of effect attack is very powerful, as it causes an earthquake to roam through the area and disrupt everything that is near.

Fortune's Favorite
At the beginning of Chapter 1, you will receive one of two legendary weapons of your choice. You cannot have both of them throughout the game, so the weapon that you decide to take will certainly change how you battle throughout the entire game. Fortune's Favorite is certainly short range compared to the legendary staff weapon, however you can attack more swiftly and just as powerfully, if not more. Being a lovely decent-sized sword, we thoroughly recommend this choice, as it is lovely in close combat.

Golden Star
The Golden Star is one of two legendary weapons that you can choose near the start of the first Chapter in the game, leaving you to question yourself: do you prefer sword fights, or staff sweeps? The Golden Star is one completely gnarly staff; it has a long range and can easily sweep the feet from the floor (figurative sense). You will have an excellent range of attack, although you will move a lot slower than the short-ranged Fortune's Favorite, the legendary sword option. The choice is yours, but please remember that you cannot choose both!

Tien's Justice
This weapon style can be purchased while you visit Tien's Landing and rid the ghosts along the forest path. Tien's Justice is the longest staff in the entire game, giving it a distinct advantage over the common weapon style. As far as staves go, you can get no longer in reach, and it shares many of the stats of the Golden Star. The only disadvantage to swapping the two weapons is your waste of attribute points that you have likely dumped into the Golden Star.

Crimson Tears / Eyes Of The Dragon
These dual sabers are certainly no laughing matter, and this very rare and very deadly style can only be taught by the Bronze class champion in Chapter 3's Imperial Arena, Crimson Khana. You must choose not to poison her before the bout, and tell her of the poison plot. After you have defeated her fair and square, she will explain how to use this lovely, powerful style. This is a very fast and cunning Weapons style to use, as you can easily rack up fast combos with precision and elegance. This is a very nice style to have by your side. The Eyes of the Dragon are also dual sabers with nearly the same attack pattern.

Mirabelle
Oh, what a wondrous beauty! Mirabelle is the prized possession of the British fellow that sounds remarkably like John Cleese in Chapter 3. You will have to defeat him in order to obtain it, which is an accomplishment in itself. Mirabelle is a hunting rifle that will do extreme amounts of damage upon impact. The main problem with this weapon is that if you are facing an extremely sly and quick enemy, you will likely miss your shot. You will not want to be interrupted whilst aiming, either, as you must start over with your shot.

Tang's Vengeance
If you are looking for the slowest of all of the Weapons styles in the entire game, you should look no further. Tang's Vengeance is certainly a force to be reckoned with, as it will certainly tear your opponents to little bits and pieces. While it may seem awkward to control, once you have the correct timing down pat, you can easily roar through the air with these dual axes and smash your opponent(s) with a very high damage ratio. This is a simple case of tough to master, but worthy of the effort.

Dire Flame
You can choose between Dire Flame and Ice Shard in the first Chapter of the game. You can only have one of the two Magic styles. You will throw balls of fire from the palm of your hands when you use this Magic style, and you can easily burn down Ogres with their furry bodies in a few fireballs. This style works very well against enemies that appear in furry form. You cannot use Magic against demons.

Ice Shard
You can choose between Ice Shard and Dire Flame in the first Chapter of the game. You can only have one of the two Magic styles. You will shoot shards of ice sickles from wrists to freeze and immobilize your enemies. This is a very well-rounded magic type that works well against practically any type of foe, with the exception of demons, which are immune to magic. You can use this on a big crowd of enemies for excellent crowd control.

Stone Immortal
In Chapter 2, you can choose to walk the path of the Open Palm to a heavy degree, or walk the path of the Closed Fist to a heavy degree. If you walk the path of the Open Palm, speak with Mistress Vo to receive her special training and obtain the Stone Immortal Magic Style. You will literally have the power of earth right in the palm of your hand. This is a great style to have due to the excellent area effect burst. Use a solid Chi blast to engulf the enemies around your target in the power of mother earth.

Tempest
In Chapter 2, you can choose to walk the path of the Closed Fist to a heavy degree, or walk the path of the Open Palm to a heavy degree. If you walk the path of the Closed Fist, speak with Jian to receive his special training and obtain the Tempest Magic Style. This will give you complete control over Mother Nature in her prime state: the power of the baleful gusts. Much like Stone Immortal, this has excellent crowd control. If you're going down the dark road, you'll need the Tempest magic style with you on your journey.

Toad Demon
Upon defeating your first Toad Demon in the game during Chapter 1, you will obtain the Toad Demon Transformation style. When you equip this style, you will transform into a large toad that is completely immune to magic. All of your attacks will do heavy, heavy damage with additional poison effects to wither away your opponent's health bar. You should definitely equip the Toad Demon style when dealing with the earlier bosses in the game, as you can claw right through them fairly easily.

Horse Demon
You will find the Horse Demon Transformation Style during Chapter 2 in your first trip to Heaven after killing your first Horse Demon. Much like the Toad Demon style, you will be completely immune to all types of magical attacks while you are transformed. While the Toad Demon style poisons, the Horse Demon style will immobilize all of your enemies with a powerful area of effect attack.

Jade Golem
The "boss" of all other golems, the Jade Golem will be the most powerful of any style in the entire game. In other words, if you're having trouble killing one of the more complicated bosses in the game, just simply switch to the Jade Golem and get prepared to absolutely slaughter the poor guy or gal (or it, for that matter). The major downside is the fact that your attacks as the Jade Golem are very incredibly slow, so be patient and watch for openings before your transformation ends.

Red Minister
The best thing about the Red Minister Transformation style is the fact that, while the previous two transformation styles have enfeebling magic within their attacks, the Red Minister Transformation style comes fully equip with health and Chi draining abilities, allowing you to literally eat your opponent's soul! The major downside to this style compared to the Demon transformations is the pure lack of strength. You will gain his power in Chapter 5.

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