Mythical Martial Arts (mod)

This mod, added in 0.E (Ellison) contains additional martial arts styles from fictional sources such as movies or video games.

Five Deadly Venoms

These styles are based on the movie Five Deadly Venoms.

Centipede Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Zhang Yiaotian. Centipede Style uses an onslaught of rapid strikes. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Centipede Lu Feng

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Centipede Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 3		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Leg Block	Unarmed 4		-	Able to block melee attacks with legs
Centipede's Venom	Unarmed 1	OnCrit	2 turns	+15% damage
Centipede's Frenzy	Unarmed 5	OnHit	3 turns Stacks 4 times	-4 move cost

Centipede Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Centipede Strike	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	Rapid
Centipede Bite	Unarmed 2	Offensive (Crit)	50% move cost, Knockown duration: 1
Grab Break	Unarmed 3	Grab Break
Disarm	Unarmed 4 Armed opponent	Offensive (Normal)	Disarms opponent

Advantages:

• Centipede Kung Fu is the fastest style hands down.
• This style works really well with attack mutations.

Disadvantages

• Centipede lacks damage and with a Rapid technique as a main attack, you will find that armored opponents cannot be harmed at all by your attacks. This is true even with Centipede's Venom and Centipede Bite.

Strategies

Attack repeated to overwhelm enemies with your speed. With a full stack of Centipede's Frenzy, your Rapid technique will only cost about 45 movement. You will be able to attack about 3 times per your opponent's single attack. However, armored enemies with give you trouble. Equipping the best unarmed weapon available and picking up some attack mutations can help but you might have to change styles against heavily armored enemies.

Lizard Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Meng Tianxia. Lizard Style focuses on using walls to your advantage. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Lizard Kuo Chui

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Lizard Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 1		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Lizard's Cunning	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+2 Accuracy, +2 Block effectiveness
Lizard's Haven	Unarmed 0 Adjacent to a wall	Static	-	+2 Accuracy, +2 Block effectiveness, +2.0 Dodging skill
Lizard's Perch	Unarmed 2 Adjacent to a wall	OnPause	4 turns	+10% damage
Lizard's Leap	Unarmed 3	OnMove	2 turns	+2.0 Dodge skill, +10% critical hit chance
Lizard's Venom	Unarmed 5	OnPause	4 turns	+15% damage

NOTE: A "wall" is any tile containing an impassible obstacle. Examples: Building wall, fully grown tree, the side of a car. Creatures and NPCs are NOT walls.

Lizard Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Lizard Strike	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	Rapid
Lizard Tail	Unarmed 1	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	+20% damage
Grab Break	Unarmed 3	Grab Break
Lizard Wall Dive	Unarmed 4 Adjacent to a wall	Offensive (Crit)	+150% damage. Knockback distance: 1, Knockback spread: 1. Stun duration: 2

Advantages:

• Lizard Kung Fu has some of the strongest and longest lasting buffs in the game.

Disadvantages

• Obviously, you need a wall to enable the strongest parts of Lizard Kung Fu.
• You can easily be trapped by a group of enemies while using this style. Be careful and know when to move to avoid danger.

Strategies

Walls are a key part of Lizard Kung Fu. You can fight without them, but you will be at a disadvantage. Remember that anything impassible counts as a wall, including trees. Knowing when to move and give up your wall when you are in danger is important too.

Scorpion Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Gao Ji. Scorpion Style is a mysterious art which uses pincer-like hands and a stinger kick. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Scorpion Sun Chien

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Scorpion Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 3		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Scorpion's Venom	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+15% damage
Scorpion's Intimidation	Unarmed 1	OnAttack	1 turn	+1 Dodge attempt
Scorpion's Charge	Unarmed 2	OnMove	2 turns Stacks 2 times	+10% damage, Enables Pincer Fist techniques

Scorpion Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Roundhouse Kick	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	+25% damage
Pincer Fist	Unarmed 4 Scorpion's Charge buff	Offensive (Normal)	+25% Bash damage, Stun duration: 1
Stinger Kick	Unarmed 5	Offensive (Crit)	+100% Bash damage, Knockback distance: 3, Stun duration: 2, Powerful Knockback

Advantages:

• Stinger Kick is extremely strong and in open areas, it can provide a way to fight again groups.
• Scorpion's Charge and Scorpion's Venom can provide a powerful boost to damage.

Disadvantages

• Scorpion Kung Fu is heavy on knockback which isn't always the best tactical option.
• The style is weak until Stinger Kick is learned at Unarmed 5.

Strategies

Stinger Kick's Powerful Knockback and large knockback distance are a great way to handle groups if there is enough room. The time spent chasing down foes that have been knocked back isn't wasted because the movement will allow Scorpion's Charge to fully stack. Also, if you can knock one enemy into another, that enemy will also be stunned.

Toad Kung Fu

“ One of the Five Deadly Venoms, used by Liang Shen. Masters of Toad Style can focus themselves to protect against all attacks. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Toad Lo Mang

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Toad Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 3		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Toad's Iron Skin	Unarmed 0	Static	-	Gain Bash, Cut, and Stab Armor equal to 100% of Strength
Iron Skin Dissipation	Unarmed 0	OnMove	5 turns Stacks 5 times	Lose Bash, Cut, and Stab Armor equal to 20% of Strength
Toad's Venom	Unarmed 2	OnGetHit	3 turns Stacks 3 times	+15% damage, Enables Toad's Tongue technique
Toad's Meditation	Unarmed 5	OnPause	2 turns	Gain Bash, Cut, and Stab Armor equal to 50% of Strength

Toad Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Toad Smack	Unarmed 1	Offensive (Normal)	+25% Bash damage
Toad's Tongue	Unarmed 3 Toad's Venom buff	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	50% move cost, Knockdown duration: 1
Toad Slam	Unarmed 4	Offensive (Crit)	+40% Bash damage, Stun duration: 1

Advantages:

• Toad Kung Fu's armor will always protect you even if you fail to block an attack.
• Toad Smack and Toad Slam are very strong block counters.

Disadvantages

• If you are extremely good at dodging, this style is made obsolete.
• Even with Toad's Mediation, moving around too much will make you weaker.

Strategies

Toad Kung Fu works best if you do not move. Every turn you remain still or attack will let a stack of Iron Skin Dissipation wear off. If you get surprised and do not have time prepare your armor, pause to enable Toad's Meditation to compensate. Toad Kung Fu can even handle small groups but only if movement isn't involved. Lastly, while Toad Kung Fu has a lot of armor, don't neglect your actual armor. End game enemies can hit very hard.

Viper Kung Fu

“ A legacy of the Five Deadly Venoms, use by Qi Dong. Viper Style (originally called Snake Style) has a unique three-part combo, which initiates on a dodge, then follows up with a stunning Viper Bite and then finishes with the legendary Viper Strike. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Viper Wei Pai

Starting Trait: Venom Mob Protege

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Viper Kung Fu Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 1		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Viper Patience	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+1 Accuracy, +5% critical hit chance, +1 Dodge attempt
Viper's Venom	Unarmed 1	OnDodge	4 turn	+15% damage
Viper's Rattle	Unarmed 5	OnHit	3 turn Stacks 2 times	+1 Accuracy, +1.0 Dodging skill

Viper Kung Fu Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Viper Fist	Unarmed 0	Dodge Counter (Normal)	Rapid
Viper Hiss	Unarmed 1	Miss Recovery
Viper Bite	Unarmed 2	Offensive (Crit)	+25% bash damage, Stun duration: 2
Viper Tail	Unarmed 3 Stunned target	Offensive (Normal)	+50% bash damage, Weighting: 2
Viper Strike	Unarmed 4 Stunned opponent	Offensive (Crit)	+200% Bash damage, Weighting: 2

Advantages:

• Has a longer than normal stun technique.
• Attacking a stunned target does a lot of damage.

Disadvantages

• Lacks defense unless you are attacking.
• You need a crit to stun an enemy to start doing high damage.

Strategies

The new Viper Kung Fu is the "bully" of the unarmed combat styles. It attacks repeatedly, looking for a critical hit to stun the target and then unleashing really strong techniques once they are helpless. Just make sure not to fight too many enemies at once or you could end up being the one beaten up.

Hylian Swordsmanship

This style is based off the fighting style of Link from the Legend of Zelda

Hylian Swordsmanship

“ This rare form of combat has been practiced by many legendary heroes throughout the ages. Hylian Swordsmanship favors mobility for offense and defense by using spins, jumps, and flips to confuse enemies and strike from unexpected angles. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Book of Mudora

Starting Trait: Hero's Spirit

Style Weapons: 2-by-sword, broadsword, cudgel, heavy stick, katana, ladle, longsword, sickle, torch, zweihander

 

Hylian Swordsmanship Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Combat Acrobat	Melee 0	Static	-	+1.0 Dodging skill
Dash Attack	Melee 1	OnMove	1 turn Stacks 3 times	+10% damage
Flurry Rush	Melee 2	OnDodge	1 turn	-25% move cost
Intermediate Combat Acrobat	Melee 3	Static	-	+1.0 Dodging skill
Charge Up	Melee 4	OnPause	1 turn	+25% damage
Master Combat Acrobat	Melee 5	Static	-	+1.0 Dodging skill

Hylian Swordsmanship Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Spin Attack (Spin)	Melee 4 Charge Up buff	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Spin
Spin Attack (Wide)	Melee 4 Charge Up buff	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Wide

Advantages:

• Spin Attack is a powerful AOE technique.
• Has the highest passive Dodging skill bonus of any style.
• Flurry Rush can let you attack with Spin Attack twice in certain situations.

Disadvantages

• Spin Attack is the only technique in the style.
• Using Spin Attack is slow due to needing Charge Up.
• It isn't possible to use Dash Attack and Charge Up / Spin Attack at the same time.

Strategies

The core of Hylian Swordsmanship is its Dodging related buffs and the Spin Attack. Combat Acrobat sets up Flurry Rush easily, allowing rapid fire attacks for a short time. Properly timing a pause to gain Charge Up leads to heavy damage to a group of enemies with Spin Attack. If you can combine Flurry Rush with Charge Up, you can potential Spin Attack more than once for even more damage.

Panzer Kunst

This style is from the movie and manga series Battle Angel

Panzer Kunst

“ Panzer Kunst or "Armor Art" is a futuristic martial art devised for cyborgs fighting in zero-gravity environments. ”

Martial Arts Manual: The Life and Work of Tiger Sauer

Starting Trait: Künstler

Style Weapons: Unarmed, Bionic Claws, Monomolecular Blade

 

Panzer Kunst Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Arms Alloy Plating CBM		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Leg Block	Legs Alloy Plating CBM		-	Able to block melee attacks with legs
Schatten Folgen	Unarmed 0	Static	-	+1 Dodge attempts, Dodging skill increase by 15% of Perception
Einzug Rüstunge	Unarmed 3	OnDodge	3 turns	+1 Accuracy, gain Armor Penetration equal to 50% of Perception
Seinerweisen	Unarmed 3	Static	-	Gain Electric damage equal to 50% of Perception

Panzer Kunst Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Kumai Sharinraku	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal)	+20% Bash damage
Geschoss Schlag	Unarmed 2	Offensive (Normal)	Rapid
Grab Break	Unarmed 3	Grab Break
Herzschlag	Unarmed 5 Unarmed or Melee	Offensive (Crit)	120% move cost, +50% Bash damage, Gain Armor Penetration equal to 100% of Perception, Stun duration: 1

Advantages:

• The Electric damage and Armor penetration are really useful against late game enemies.
• Perception boosts both your defense and offense.

Disadvantages

• The increased move cost of Herzschlag can be problematic against groups.
• You need CBMs to use Arm Block and Leg Block.

Strategies

Panzer Kunst is well rounded style that favors Perception builds. The biggest draw is the Electric damage is added to all your attacks with Seinerweisen. No enemy in the game resists Electric damage so you will 'always' be doing some damage to armored foes, even if it is small. Aside from searching for CBMs to get the most out of the style, Panzer Kunst should work well enough in most situation without any extra requirements.

Pokken

This style was created from the moves and abilities from the anime and manga series Pokemon

Pokken

“ Pokken or "Pocket Fist" is a strange martial art developed from the famous Pokemon video game series. Somehow, a group of dedicated fans managed to combine the moves used by various pokemon with multiple existing martial arts such as boxing and karate. Amazingly, it actually works. Some might even say it's a super effective way to fight. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Pocket Monster Encyclopedia

Starting Trait: Pokken Master

Style Weapons: Unarmed

 

Pokken Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Sniper	Unarmed 0	OnCrit	1 turn	+50% damage
Stamina	Unarmed 3	OnGetHit	3 turns	Gain bonus bash, cut, stab armor equal to 50% of Strength
Moxie	Unarmed 5	OnKill	3 turns	+50% damage, Persists when switching styles

Pokken Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Smart Strike	Unarmed 0	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	+5 Accuracy
Low Sweep	Unarmed 1	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Knockdown duration: 1
Darkest Lariat	Unarmed 2	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Gain bonus bash, cut, stab armor penetration equal to 150% of Strength
Mega Kick	Unarmed 4	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	+100% bash damage

Advantages:

• Moxie makes it very easy to repeatedly kill weaker enemies.
• Techniques are all crit ok and do not have any restrictions.
• Mega Kick is one of the strongest techniques in the game.

Disadvantages

• You need an unarmed weapon to block to get the most out of Stamina.
• Aside from Mega Kick, most of the damage comes from situational buffs.
• Lacks group defense.

Strategies

Kill weaker enemies first to gain Moxie then use the damage boost to deal high damage to stronger enemies. Don't ignore stronger enemies for too long though since Pokken doesn't have much in the way for protection.

Jedi Combat Forms

Martial Arts used by the Jedi of the Star Wars series.

Shii-Cho

“ Shii-Cho, "The way of the Sarlacc" was the first form lightsaber combat developed by the Jedi during their transition from metal weaponry to lightsabers. Shii-Cho is regarded as a training form that all Jedi learn to understand the basics of armed combat. Shii-Cho excels at fighting against groups but lacks the offensive power of the other lightsaber forms.. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Jedi Holocron: Form I

Starting Trait: Jedi Training

Style Weapons: 2-by-sword, bokken, katana, longsword, nodachi, tanto, wakazashi

 

Shii-Cho Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Determination	Melee 0	Static	-	+1 Accuracy, reduce block damage by 100% of Strength
Apprentice Training	Melee 1	Static	-	+1 Block attempt, +1 block effectiveness
Knight Training	Melee 3	Static	-	+1 Block attempt, +1 block effectiveness
Flowing Water	Melee 4	OnBlock	1 turn	-25% move cost
Master Training	Melee 5	Static	-	+1 Block attempt, +1 block effectiveness

Shii-Cho Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Disarming Slash	Melee 2	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Disarms
Sarlacc Sweep	Melee 5	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Wide

Advantages:

• High bonus block attempts of any weapon style.
• Strong defense against groups.
• Flowing Water and Sarlacc Sweep are extremely useful at thinning out groups.

Disadvantages

• Lacks crowd control outside of the situational Disarming Slash.
• No damage boosting techniques or buff.
• Less effective against single targets than groups.

Strategies

Shii-Cho is a defensive style. It takes a longer time to kill enemies but it can handle group combat better than most styles. In group combat, you can let your Training buffs and Flowering Water handle weaker enemies while you focus on the most dangerous opponent.

Sublime Way

These styles are based on the martial arts from the Advanced Dungeons and Dragon supplement book: Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords.

Desert Wind

“ Desert Wind maneuvers focus on quick movement and swirling, flaming strikes. The complex spinning and slashing of the curved blade incorporated into many Desert Wind maneuvers are in fact carefully honed gestures that evoke the power of fire, if performed correctly and with the proper focus. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Scorching Sirocco

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: 2-by-sword, copper spear, forked spear, homemade halfpike, knife spear, mace, pipe spear, scimitar, simple knife spear, spike on a stick, steel spear, wooden spear

 

Desert Wind Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Wind Stride	Melee 3	OnMove	1 turn	+1.0 Dodging skill
Zephyr Dance	Melee 3	OnDodge	1 turn	+1.0 Dodging skill, +1 Dodge attempt

Desert Wind Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Burning Blade	Melee 0	Offensive (Normal)	+3 heat damage
Inferno Blade	Melee 1	Offensive (Crit)	+7 heat damage
Flashing Sun	Melee 2	Offensive (Normal)	Wide
Firesnake	Melee 4	Offensive (Normal or Crit)	Impale, +7 heat damage
Ring of Fire	Melee 5	Offensive (Crit)	Spin, +10 heat damage

Advantages:

• Desert Wind has the most AOE technique of any style in the game.
• Heat damage can bypass enemy armor.
• Both Wind Stride and Zephyr Dance aid in positioning AOE techniques.

Disadvantages

• Lacks crowd control and a grab break. Group combat can turn sour really fast.
• Even though spears are style weapons, you cannot execute techniques with reach attacks. You must attack in melee.

Strategies

Make the most of the style's AOE techniques. The buffs exist to make it easier to maneuver around enemies to set up favorable attack positions and to escape before things get too dangerous. Because the style is focused on offense, it is better to target weaker targets first to thin the numbers if it looks like you are going to be overwhelmed. The addition of heat damage will ensure that you will always be doing some damage to whatever you attack.

Diamond Mind

“ True quickness lies in the mind, not the body. A student of the Diamond Mind discipline seeks to hone his perceptions and discipline his thoughts so that he can act in slivers of time so narrow that others cannot even perceive them. A corollary of this speed of thought and action is the concept of the mind as the battleground. An enemy defeated in his mind must inevitably. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Perfect Clarity of Mind and Body

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: electrified epee, electrified foil, fencing epee, fencing foil, katana, pointy stick, raiper, sharpened epee, sharpened foil

 

Diamond Mind Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Pearl of Black Doubt	Melee 0	OnDodge	1 turn Stacks 2 times	+1 Dodge attempts
Mind over Body	Melee 2	OnGetHit	1 turn Stacks 2 times	+1 Accuracy
Stance of Alacrity	Melee 3	Static	-	-15% move cost
Quicksilver Motion	Melee 5	OnPause	1 turn	+50 Speed

Diamond Mind Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Insightful Strike	Melee 1	Offensive (Normal)	Bonus stab damage equal to 50% of Intelligence
Greater Insightful Strike	Melee 4	Offensive (Crit)	Bonus stab damage equal to 100% of Intelligence

Advantages:

• Techniques do a lot of damage if you have high Intelligence.
• Can attack multiple times in a row with Quicksilver Motion.
• Mind over Body can offset the accuracy penalty from damage.

Disadvantages

• With Pearl of Black Doubt, your success at handling groups relies on how well you dodge. Not dodging often means you do not get bonus dodge attempts.
• It is faster to attack repeatedly than it is to use Quicksilver Motion in the middle of combat.
• Diamond Mind favors stab damage which can be a problem against some enemies.

Strategies

Diamond Mind's attacks are faster than normal and will do good damage if you have high Intelligence. By waiting with Quicksilver Motion, you can attack repeatedly for high damage once an enemy enters your range. Pearl of Black Doubt and Mind over Body can buy you time against small groups.

Iron Heart

“ Absolute mastery of the sword is the goal of the Iron Heart discipline. Through unending practice and study, the Iron Heart adept achieves superhuman skill with her weapons. Iron Heart maneuvers are demonstrations of uncanny martial skill—weaving patterns of steel that dizzy, confuse, and ultimately kill with no recourse. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Stormguard Warrior

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: 2-by-sword, arming sword, broadsword, hatchet, longsword, katana, metal hand axe, stone hand axe

 

Iron Heart Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Disarming Strike	Melee 0 Armed opponent	Offensive (Normal)	Disarm
Lightning Recovery	Melee 1	Offensive (Normal)	Feint
Dazing Strike	Melee 2	Offensive (Crit)	Stun duration 1
Steel Wind	Melee 3	Offensive (Normal)	Wide
Scything Blade	Melee 4	Offensive (Crit)	+25% damage, Wide
Finishing Move	Melee 5 Stunned target	Offensive (Crit)	+40% damage, Stun duration: 1

Advantages:

• Has a good collection support techniques.
• Finishing Move does very high damage.
• Strong offense against groups.

Disadvantages

• Small choice of weapons.
• Relies on critical hits for extra damage.
• No buffs at all.

Strategies

Iron Heart is straight forward to play. Keep attacking to stun an enemy and then kill with Finishing Move while positioning yourself for AOEs if possible. Just because of your lack of buffs, you have no other support aside from your attacks.

Setting Sun

“ The Setting Sun discipline teaches its initiates to turn their opponents' strength against them With a quick shift in stance and carefully aimed attack, a Setting Sun warrior sends a charging enemy tumbling in a new direction. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Distant Horizon

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: Unarmed, 2-by-sword, crude sword, ironshod quarterstaff, kris, nord, powered quarterstaff, quarterstaff, xiphos, wakizashi

 

Setting Sun Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Arm Block	Unarmed 0		-	Able to block melee attacks with arms
Feigned Opening	Unarmed 1 Melee or Unarmed	OnGetHit	1 turn	+20 Speed
Baffling Defense	Unarmed 2 Melee or Unarmed	OnPause	1 turn	Dodging skill increased by 20% of Intelligence

Setting Sun Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Fool's Strike	Unarmed 0 Melee or Unarmed	Block Counter (Normal & Crit)	+20% damage
Mighty Throw	Unarmed 3 Melee or Unarmed Baffling Defense buff	Offensive (Normal)	+33% bash damage, knockback distance: 2, knockdown duration: 2
Hydra Slaying Strike	Unarmed 4 Melee or Unarmed	Offensive (Crit)	Stun duration: 1
Ballista Throw	Unarmed 5 Melee or Unarmed Baffling Defense buff	Offensive (Crit)	+50% bash damage, powerful knockback, knockback distance: 3, knockdown duration: 2, stun duration: 1

Advantages:

• Mighty Throw and Ballista Throw are useful for breaking up groups.
• Blocking an attack gets you a counterattack and a speed boost.
• All attack do very good damage with a weapon.

Disadvantages

• Requires Unarmed skill to progress through the style.
• Throws require a turn to prepare before they can be used.
• Baffling Defense doesn't work well with Fool's Strike and Feigned Opening.

Strategies

The key to using Setting Sun is to know when to use the throws. The throws work best as a way to break up small groups of enemies to keep them from ganging up on you. Use the time an enemy is knockdown to kill a closer enemy before they are able to re-engage you in melee.

Stone Dragon

“ The Stone Dragon discipline for focuses on strength, power, and toughness. Its teachings grant a martial adept the ability to splinter steel with a single, focused blow. Stone Dragon's defensive abilities focus on tapping into the enduring power of stone to turn aside attacks. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Shards of Granite

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: Unarmed, battle axe, mace, zweihander

 

Stone Dragon Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Stonefoot Stance	Melee 0 Melee or Unarmed	Static	-	+2 Bash, Cut and Stab Armor, +10% bonus damage
Cracked Stone	Melee 0 Melee or Unarmed	OnMove	1 turn	-
Shattered Stone	Melee 0 Melee or Unarmed Cracked Stone buff	OnMove	1 turn	-2 Bash, Cut and Stab Armor, -10% bonus damage
Stone Bones	Melee 2 Melee or Unarmed	OnHit	3 turns Stacks 5 times	+1 Bash, Cut and Stab Armor
Iron Bones	Melee 4 Melee or Unarmed	OnCrit	1 turn	+5 Bash, Cut and Stab Armor

Stone Dragon Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Mountain Hammer	Melee 1 Melee or Unarmed	Offensive (Normal & Crit)	Gain bash, cut, stab armor equal to 50% of Strength
Irrestistible Mountain Strike	Melee 3 Melee or Unarmed	Offensive (Crit)	Stun duration: 1
Colossus Strike	Melee 5 Melee or Unarmed	Offensive (Crit)	+30% damage, knockback distance: 2, knockdown duration: 1

Advantages:

• Gains armor by attacking.
• Can deal very high damage in the right situation.

Disadvantages

• Landing a Colossus Strike will lead to you losing your armor if you follow them.
• All armor buffs have a limitation you must work around.
• Limited style weapon list.

Strategies

Stone Dragon is aggressive. It uses its offense to generate armor allowing it to "tank" hits from enemies. It can dish out some high damage too with the right weapon. But it can also lose its advantage if it moves too much. Knowing when to move and when to stay still is an important part of playing Stone Dragon.

Tiger Claw

“ The Tiger Claw discipline embraces a feral rage that lurks within the heart of its initiates. In battle, such warriors growl like wild animals, attack with a furry similar to that of a barbarian, and rely on overwhelming, vicious assaults to defeat their enemies. ”

Martial Arts Manual: Reaping Talons

Starting Trait: Martial Adept

Style Weapons: Unarmed, battle axe, bionic claws, hatchet, kukri, metal hand axe, stone hand axe, tiger claws

 

Tiger Claw Buffs

Buff Name	Requirements	Buff Type	Duration	Effects
Pounching Charge	Melee 1 Melee or Unarmed	OnMove	1 turn	+2 Accuracy +10% damage
Cornered Predator	Melee 2 Melee or Unarmed	OnGetHit	1 turn	-20% move cost
Prey on the Weak	Melee 3 Melee or Unarmed	OnKill	1 turn Stacks 2 times	+30 Speed
Blood in the Water	Melee 4 Melee or Unarmed	OnCrit	1 turn Stacks 2 times	+1 Accuracy, +15% bonus damage
Improved Critical	Melee 5 Melee or Unarmed	Static	-	+5% critical hit chance

Tiger Claw Techniques

Technique Name	Requirements	Technique Type	Effects
Wolverine Stance	Melee 0 Melee or Unarmed	Grab Break	-

Advantages:

• Can attack extremely quickly under the right circumstances.
• Blood In The Water and Prey of the Weak let you go on a killing spree if they stack.
• Weapon choices allow for really high damaging attacks.

Disadvantages

• No offensive techniques at all.
• Almost no defense aside from a Grab Break.
• Relies on situational buffs for power.

Strategies

"Prey on the Weak" pretty much describes Tiger Claw. You can dish out a lot of damage with the weapons but most of the good stuff comes from critting or killing enemies. If you can manage to stack Prey on the Weak or Blood in the Water, you can do crazy amounts of damage. Try to kill weaker enemies first and use Blood in the Water to hit tough enemies HARD!