The Ninja Gaiden 4 weapons offer you an entire arsenal to chop down your enemies with, but it surely pays to know what all of them are. Throughout the plot of Ninja Gaiden 4 Yakumo seeks to interrupt the seals on The Darkish Dragon, as a way to awaken the legendary beast and put it away for good. These seals are protected by highly effective weapons, so not solely does Yakumo break the seals, he will get a cool new weapon to play with every time.
Every weapon has its personal distinctive upgrades to amass and, due to Yakumo’s Bloodraven type, every weapon is definitely two weapons in a single! Here is the way you unlock every weapon in Ninja Gaiden 4.
Yakumo’s Weapons
Takeminakata (Twin Blades / Tachi)
While you start Ninja Gaiden 4, Yakumo begins out with the Takeminakata as his default weapon. Within the default twin blades type these are a light-weight duo of katanas, which permit Yakumo to dive head first into that fast-paced fight you are accustomed to in Ninja Gaiden and are glorious all-rounder weapons.
In Bloodraven type, this turns right into a tachi, which is a slower, heavier sword with unimaginable vary and big injury potential, excellent for maintaining your distance earlier than flying in with the dual blades to place the strain on.
Yatousen (Rapier / Lance)
The primary weapon you choose up throughout your journey is Yatousen, which is unlocked by finishing Chapter 3: Phantom Pleasure Quarter. Within the default type, Yatousen is a rapier that comes outfitted with fast-hitting assaults, which is nice for one on one fight however not so sizzling in the case of teams.
In Bloodraven type, Yatousen turns right into a lance outfitted with a large drill on the finish, and apart from being the best weapon within the recreation, it does large injury to enemies the place holding down the assault button retains the drill spinning. Though it shares a weak point to teams with its base type.
Magatsuhi (Workers / Hammer)
Magatsuhi is unlocked by defeating Kurobo in Chapter 7: Altar of the Mountain God. In its default type, Magatsuhi is a large employees which sees Yakumo tackle the traditional technique of “spin to win”. That is bar none the most effective weapon within the recreation in the case of taking over teams of enemies, as its crowd management prowess is second-to-none.
The identical could be mentioned for its Bloodraven type, which turns it into a large hammer. This weapon is sluggish, making it most likely the worst alternative for fast Bloodraven counter assaults, but it surely’s heavy-hitting, has a large vary, and may flip a gaggle of enemies right into a pile of mulch in seconds.
Kage-Hiruko (Murderer’s Instruments / Mechanical Arms)
Kage-Hiruko is unlocked by finishing Chapter 10: Bounding Spirits. This weapon in its base type is a literal bag of methods, as Murderer’s Instruments give Yakumo throwing shuriken, bombs, and tonfa, claws, two giant shuriken, machete, and a mace for shut vary assaults. This weapon excels at longer vary, but it surely’s no slouch up shut both, because it’s particularly helpful for taking flying enemies out of the sky.
Within the Bloodraven type Yakumo has entry to mechanical arms that amplify the facility of those weapons, making the projectiles even bigger and dealing out much more injury within the course of. The Nocturnal Rain Bloodraven talent is particularly helpful whenever you’re getting crowded, because it sends you to the sky and drops a ton of bombs.
Darkish Dragon Blade
The Darkish Dragon Blade is Yakumo’s last weapon and is given to you after defeating Ryu Hayabusa in Chapter 19: Ebon Wings. This has successfully the identical moveset as Ryu’s Dragon Blade, with Bloodraven type being swapped out for Darkish Gleam that amplifies your entire assaults into multi-hit barrages.
Nonetheless, after you full the sport the Darkish Dragon Blade vanishes out of your moveset, leaving you with out it within the new recreation plus. To unlock the Darkish Dragon Blade completely it’s essential to defeat each Boss Trial in Trials mode, which is able to then can help you use it anytime you need. It additionally does not matter what issue you do that with, so even for those who beat the sport on Exhausting, you are able to do these boss replays on the far simpler Hero mode with all of the assists turned on.
Ryu’s Weapon
Dragon Sword
Sadly, regardless of his large moveset in different entries, Ryu solely has one weapon in Ninja Gaiden 4. Ryu has the Dragon Sword from the second you begin taking part in as him in Chapter 14: Unholy Descent. As an alternative of Bloodraven type, Ryu has Gleam that turns all of his assaults into multi-hit speedy slashes the place he flies far and wide.
Ryu additionally has entry to 4 Ninpo assaults, and these are lengthy vary magic strategies which can be accessible from the get go. Nonetheless, utilizing this takes from the identical meter as Gleam assaults, so choose rigorously. You may have to unlock Ryu in Ninja Gaiden 4 to make use of this weapon in different missions, nevertheless, so learn the way to do this in our separate information.
If you have not picked up Ninja Gaiden 4 but, then try our Ninja Gaiden 4 evaluation and discover out why it is one of many highest-rated entries within the sequence.
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