The Heavenly Strike Walkthrough
Overview
| Mythic Tale | ||
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| The Heavenly Strike | ||
| Locations | Obtainable Items | Rewards |
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| Unlock Conditions | ||
| After clearing Hammer and Forge, talk to the musician at the crossroads south of River Falls Bridge. | ||
Obtainable Items
| Item | Location |
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Walkthrough
Investigate Yasuhira’s path – Defeat the Mongols
| 1 | Speak with the woman under River Falls Bridge northeast of Komatsu Forge. |
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| 2 | After talking to the woman, go up to the opposite side of the bridge to find Yasuhira’s tracks. Examine them and go with the woman to follow the tracks. |
| 3 | Make a left at the forked road and examine more tracks. Head right when the road splits up again. |
| 4 | Take out the Mongols at the camp and talk to the villager. |
Search the watchtower – Rescue the hostage
| 1 | Head to the watchtower and examine the scroll with white leaves on the table to your left and a painting of a dueling ring on the right. Afterwards, talk to the old woman for the location of the trees with white leaves. |
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| 2 | Follow the road going south from Shigenori’s Peak. Follow the guiding win after Jin remarks on the trees with white leaves. |
| 3 | Take out the mongols holding a peasant hostage at the house. Afterwards, talk to the peasant. |
Travel to Shigenori’s Rest – Bury the man killed by Yasuhira
| 1 | Ride to the southwest and cross the cut down tree to reach Shigenori’s rest. Take out the Mongols there when you arrive. |
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| 2 | Go up the stairs leading to the dueling ring and examine the old man’s body, the sword, and the footprints there. |
| 3 | Defeat Yasuhira and use Heavenly Strike to kill him. Head back to the old man’s body and bury it. |
Strategy
Defeating Yasuhira
Switch to Stone stance for this duel and focus on parrying Yasuhira. The best time to do so is when he opens up with his downward slash. Deflect the attack and follow up with three strikes before waiting it out again.
Yasuhira’s most dangerous move is an unblockable side slash that comes out fairly quickly. He tends to use it at mid to long range, so try to stay close to him during the duel. Alternatively, you can position yourself a good distance away from him to give you more time to react to the move. Dodge to the side to the avoid it and follow up with a few good hits (moving backwards will still get you clipped because of its range). Yasuhira will also sheathe his sword to perform another unblockable move in the form of an advancing slash. Watch for the tell and dodge it before retaliating with your own strikes.
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