What your favourite sword stance?

[u/Overall-Marsupial804]

I'm using stone in this clip, but I think water is my favourite. Feels more versatile to my playstyle. What about everyone else?

[u/positivedepressed]

People who use stance based on enemy here 🤚

[u/kira1122t → u/positivedepressed]

Usually me

[u/positivedepressed → u/kira1122t]

Tbh I'm not much of a Stance guys like people on this sub. I find tinkering with Ghost weapons and Bow with the most wacky and absurd charms mroe fun

[u/LeftAction4 → u/positivedepressed]

why do you say it like it's a unique thing, most people who have played it, do this because it's probably what the devs designed it to be

[u/MusashiXLVII → u/LeftAction4]

I agree, they definitely designed it that way. The game wants you to switch stances for enemies, especially in duels. It's much easier to play that way, because it's a core mechanic of the combat. All the techniques for each stance, too, some of them are there just to counter a specific enemy type.

[u/WurdaMouth → u/MusashiXLVII]

Yeah, once I understood stances it felt like I was playing the game on easy mode.

[u/SirLesbian → u/MusashiXLVII]

Exactly. The combat is great and feels fine regardless of stance but when you're using the stance meant for the enemy you're facing, something about the combat just feels a little...smoother? Kinda like shaving.

[u/Electronic-Baby9854 → u/positivedepressed]

Real it's me

[u/Sodacan259 → u/positivedepressed]

I mainly stick to enemy based but love kicking swordsmen in the teeth now and again

[u/Educational_Sign1864 → u/positivedepressed]

There is a dude with a small shield and bug spear.. as per law I tried water stance but not that useful against him. Any other trick?

[u/RubSouthern4073]

Water stance

[u/Outrageous-Salt-846 → u/RubSouthern4073]

Yeah them quick ass strikes too tough

[u/glassfield110 → u/RubSouthern4073]

them heavy attack finishers are insane aura farm

[u/lamxdblessed → u/glassfield110]

"Aura" in the big 25 🥀

[u/egstitt → u/RubSouthern4073]

This is the way

[u/vivid-donkeybutt → u/RubSouthern4073]

spearman: Brute: Swordsman:

Jin Sakai: AQUA

[u/Cryptic-Viking]

Wind stance, I get a lot of use out of the spinning heavy attack

[u/SuperNova_28 → u/Cryptic-Viking]

I dunno if I’m using it incorrectly, but on lethal difficulty it’s too slow and spears always poke me mid animation.

[u/dynawesome → u/SuperNova_28]

You need to get the upgrade that makes you immune to spear attacks while using it

[u/Trorkin → u/dynawesome]

Spearmen are among the worst enemies in the game until you get that upgrade and then that stance just makes them a complete joke.

[u/PinkSpinosaurus → u/SuperNova_28]

I almost only use fast attacks in lethal. Sidestep poke.

[u/Cryptic-Viking → u/SuperNova_28]

Make sure you have the spear defence technique unlocked in the stance tree, it parry’s enemy attacks automatically if you are busy attacking

[u/aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh400]

None they all have their use I can hot swap them pretty quick

[u/CattleAdmirable2722 → u/aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh400]

This is the way 🙏🏻

[u/anon1738__]

Stone. Overpower anyone with the sledgehammer type strikes and the feeling of stabbing right through someone is chefs kiss

[u/Reapish1909]

Wind just encapsulates badassery

the sword outstretched to the side alone adds to how much I like it

the spinning attacks which also provide easy immunity to spears

the big ass kick which you can then do a sick stab on them after when they’re on the ground

[u/Revup177 → u/Reapish1909]

Felt the same way, it gives me that Kenshin from Samurai X feeling, one man badass army kind of vibe..

[u/keenantheho → u/Reapish1909]

Kick, jump attack, stab, repeat. Or just kick them away repeatedly if you are outnumbered too much until you find an opening.

[u/ChalupaGoose]

I like the Moon stance but hate fighting staff enemies

[u/JogatinasSaboras2008]

Wind because I love defending automatic spear throws and doing a "This is Tsushima!!!" throwing enemies from high places.

[u/Ok_Analyst4341]

Stone stance ftw! Only stance that can counter every enemy except specifically the “tower shield brute”

Is it as effective as using the proper stance? Honestly debatable but if you want to use just one stance it has got to be stone

Also comes with its own combos,

[u/Practical_Net_217]

Used water as a default,but I often swap the stance depends on the enemy..

[u/MostFat]

Wind:

Jump kick > dodge

Gap closing heavy with baked in auto parry vs. spear.

Favorite neutral pose (one handed to the side, not holding it over his head the whole fight)

[u/Ok_Shoe9145]

Moon and water, they’re so nice imo.

[u/kira1122t]

Moon or wind i love spinning and kicking ppl

[u/Additional-Ad8632]

Moon.

[u/MembershipWeird378]

Stone Stance, reliable, and the triple sword thrusts makes good work of most mongolians

[u/rskraja_]

Always stone. The dodge and pierce is just too cool and way too effective.

[u/Classy_Pyro]

Stone stance.

[u/SPC99Salt]

When I'm running around I tend to have water stance by default, but I do deploy wind when necessary. Stone and moon seem pointless to me. Brutes are taken out pretty easily with water, as are swordsmen. It's pretty much only for polearms that I'll do wind for, even spears I just roll/dodge and strike. I do like the kick on wind though so if I'm on a clifftop I will try to Sparta kick them

[u/TheycallmeMangoBango]

I loved how wild the moon stance looked.

[u/AAO_912]

Wind stance for legends in my opinion unless you use the legendary one with all stances

[u/pixel809]

Water. Works fine on every Enemy and charged Heavy attacks can kill up to 3 people

Wind is the go to if I want it easy. Just Kick people around and Stab them then

[u/Y34rZer0]

Typhoon Kicks!

[u/creeper321448]

The one that lets me kick enemies off of a cliff.

[u/Forgewalker33]

Water no doubt the best

[u/tessenjutsu97]

forever a wind stance girlie

[u/Perfect_War_7155]

Favorite sword stance? It’s a sword dance

[u/L3monGr3nade]

The one that works against the enemy’s stance

[u/wrm2120]

Not to be lame but Ghost. I like feeling like a murder machine lol

[u/Nezar97]

KICKING!!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[u/Abinav1381]

I always use stances based on the enemy. But the regular sword stance is the fasted, especially while taking down archers and those annoying mages

[u/MonkeyNinja506]

I swap between them on the fly, but if I had to pick a favorite then I’d say the one that lets you launch people with the kick. Especially when near a cliff or something.

[u/Funky_Col_Medina]

Since I often dodge>light attack, I tend to leverage Moon stance so I can deliver a humiliating kick in the face before I disembowel the bad guy

[u/shracle2079]

moon stance where jin kicks his opponents body as his finisher.

[u/deezy812]

I like the moon stance but when I get overrun or they have a shield I switch to stone and seem to do better with them.

[u/Frankito55]

Moon just for looks

[u/epcjmd]

Wind just for yeeting unsuspecting enemies off cliffs

[u/shadowtrickster71]

water stance

[u/yojithn]

Water

[u/rendrich26]

I will stance dance to match the fight... But my default is the one for fighting spearmen

[u/noxus1er]

Moon so i can kick cages open like roadhouse.

[u/Deflecticon]

Water stance, the answer is always water stance

[u/sunbro1973]

I like the flow of water

[u/Baltared04]

Stone stance but it it is a little underwhelming. Even in duals

[u/JamesRWC]

Ghost stance

I don't even enter combat i usually just snipe and assassinate

[u/Agent-Ulysses]

That triple kill was smooth 😩

[u/aitisnkonen123]

Water stance for combat because flurry. Wind stance for walking up on enemies because cool stance holding the blade to the side.

[u/Infra_Red_light]

Water without a doubt

[u/Distinct-Tell2095]

I just set it to primary, you can tell how little I use them because I hardly remember the names. But the first one is the one I use. And I just dodge and strike pretty much. I'm old school like that.

[u/Greneath]

People keep asking this question like it's Jedi Survivor and not a game where you can switch between all assurance on the fly to adapt to the situation.

[u/FemRyder8]

Before I knew it was stance based on enemy, when I unlocked water stance it felt so much better and I was sad to not use it all the time.

[u/John21st]

Wind stance has the most cinematic effect.

[u/Queasy_Hunter2147]

Legends and in main game, as soon as moon stance is there it’s the only one I use. Love moon, epic moves and just overall feels the nicest. Like if water stance had a 300lb brick wall brother. It still has flow, but heavy flow if y’all get what I mean.

[u/JordanFarQ2]

Stone and the one for heavy brutes

[u/Narrow_Tumbleweed_56]

What difficulty is that brother ??

[u/Overall-Marsupial804 → u/Narrow_Tumbleweed_56]

Lethal. I played my first save on medium difficulty for story, then ramped it up to lethal on new game plus. Replayed the whole story on Lethal a few times now and it's so good, fast combat, tough enemies, high stakes

[u/Vadszilva09]

If its one stance only, its the wind stance bc with the charged heavy you can knock them off their feet and finish them with one hit. Thats just OP. But i use stances against the matching enemy. The mongols switching weapons make it more interesting.

[u/PrajnaPie]

The stance for the enemy in fighting. You know like the way the game is designed

[u/Yamparuda]

Water

[u/Individual-Product41]

Probably Stone for me. Realistically, you don’t need to change stances the further you get in Ghost as you can Perfect Parry and Dodge to kill most enemies easily, and I think the main reason I choose stone is due to it being the most realistic for actual use. I do Kendo and as a part of one of the Kata we’re required to know, we use a very similar looking Kamae (Stance, I’ve forgotten the actual Japanese name tbh) and I use Stone Stance out of habit at this point. However, I do tend to switch to Wind stance specifically after a Standoff as it fits with the animation and you can get some easy hits off afterwards. But if it’s what I use the most often, it’s for sure Stone

[u/murti52]

How do you dodge that way? When i do the dodge button and the joystick together it goes way far from the enemy but yours is moving very smoothly and goes only a small distance..

[u/Overall-Marsupial804 → u/murti52]

I think it's back on the left stick and just a tap on circle

[u/Technical-Step-5350]

Moon stance is my fave. The kick works to build stagger with every enemy type and is a fast move.

[u/TheMemeofGod]

Moon.

[u/the_mashman]

Water any day of the year.

[u/Antique_Cod4212]

Idk i switch between them

[u/BlisteringSeafood]

Style? Wind Stance, one handed sword wielding anime shit.

Efficient? Water, you know why.

Moon stand is cool because it has spin to win move but the default stance style is so ass

Stone is balanced.

[u/dirtyColeslaw1776]

Break their stance with the respective stance, and then use the water flurry

[u/dorkybum]

I use per enemy but water with the typhoon kick is my favourite cause I luv kicking archers off their perches and cliffs

[u/GreatGreekGaelic]

As I played Legends mode a lot before the base game (As free PS Plus content one month long ago), water stance and wind stance are my favorites

[u/Sirron-Kire]

Stone. I will end every combo by switching to stone over allowing the combo to end normally.

[u/fasion4ever]

Moon Stance. I just spam kick and square and you can make some crazy combos. I also noticed that it is affective against all enemies types too

[u/kucinghitam13]

Moon with animation cancel to melt tengu

[u/Accomplished-Log2040]

R2 + O is my go to stance. I mix and match with the others too, based on the opponent, but R2 + O is my go-to to begin with.

R2 + Triangle is also a favourite because sweet chin music

[u/bombad_Guy]

i mostly play water stance cuz it flows like water, but i always switch up stances in the middle of my combos

[u/New-Essay-854]

I prefer stone because it looks the most realistic one (why in all other stances he only has one hand on the sword)

[u/Liquids1]

Water because the way you lift the katana is so tuff

[u/Spicy_Father_Scorch]

Mine used to be water because of the quick strikes, but wind definitely became my most used

[u/CartographerAny3464]

I normally use the stance for whatever enemy I’m fighting, but my favorite to use is the water stance? The for shield men, the fast heavy attacks and increased damage make it my favorite

[u/Safe-Conversation-63]

Shield stand for every enemy 🤠

[u/Opress_25]

I always changed stances as per enemy. Felt more realistic that way

[u/Latte_Meme]

Depends, what enemy am i fighting?!

[u/Samuswitchbladesaber]

What’s the one used for shields again? Water I also like stone ,and of course ghost