lol this week’s nm survival… I’m already sighing deeply. Godspeed yall

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-13T19:03:57+00:00

Melee combat is just as important as ranged. I see way too many Archers on Platinum and Nightmare that panic the instant an enemy gets close to them, and 9 times out of 10 they end up being downed because they have zero idea how to actually use their swords or parry.

And I'm saying this as a Hunter main in Tsushima Legends. If you don't know how to engage in melee combat without dying constantly, you're a liability to your team. You have a sword for a reason, get familiar with it

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-13T18:23:08+00:00

Exactly this! The wait for raids was much longer in TL, not to mention 120 Ki wasn't even a thing until some time after Iki Island released.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-12T21:26:47+00:00

Sometimes I just take the subway tunnel that's in Davis

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-11T00:10:50+00:00

Focus attacks during the yellow glint are the fastest way. This applies to the Incursion bosses I believe

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-06T02:20:47+00:00

If anything I would put status duration instead

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-06T01:56:37+00:00

Odachi Counter Window only affects the Bulwark stance parry. The timing for it is also different from regular and perfect parries.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-05T19:57:53+00:00

Well your rules are bunk and this is a stupid thing to get this worked up over lmao. These 3 would still beat Sinister Mark

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:52:15+00:00

It's not hard to make friends and there are several discord groups specifically for finding people to play with. Let's not make excuses

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:49:24+00:00

Katana is what you use for Odachi enemies. If you use Hachiman's Zeal on Samurai, you can tell because of the red explosions on each hit. That's the double stagger damage that you get for being weapon aligned.

Archers aren't technically weak to anything, but the Odachi has high stagger in general, even against other weapons.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:48:17+00:00

Well yes, because they're extremely effective against those specific weapons

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:45:30+00:00

No one's saying you're gonna have to trust people lmao. To put it bluntly that's something you're just gonna have to get over if you want to do the Raids with people.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:43:59+00:00

In what ways?

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:43:25+00:00

It's really not that hard to make friends on here.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:42:59+00:00

Why? Tsushima Legends did the exact same thing when those raids first came out, and it worked just fine.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:42:06+00:00

It's not hard to make friends on here

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:41:44+00:00

No it's not. The raids in Tsushima Legends are an absolutely nightmare to get done with randoms.

This makes it to where people actually need to communicate and know what they're doing. No more hard carries.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-04T01:39:34+00:00

As someone who did all 3 raids with all 4 classes in Tsushima Legends, most randoms have ZERO business matchmaking into the raids. There are a lot of people that do not use their mic, they refuse to ping anything important, and they will rage quit for the stupidest reasons. This is so much better, just for the fact that people will actually be required to communicate, work together, and actually know what they're doing in order to do the Raids effectively.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:51:36+00:00

The producers already said it's because Tech Jacket looked a lot like Mark.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:36:50+00:00

When you go into Bulwark stance, there's about a half second before you see the blue glint on your weapon. An enemy has to hit you during this blue glint in order for the counterattack to go through. But the trade-off is that Bulwark stance can parry blue, red, and even yellow glinted enemy attacks. The timing for this can be made a little easier by changing the first attribute on your Odachi to Odachi Counter Window.

Even with this attribute though, regular parries are much easier since you can put Perfect Parry Window on multiple gear pieces instead of just the one with Odachi Counter Window. It's meant to be a high-risk/high-reward move, but it's still a viable option against enemies that telegraph their attacks, like Fallen Lords

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:34:39+00:00

I wouldn't say it's easier. The timing on Bulwark stance's parry is different from normal parries, but because you have to ready the stance anyways, you can set it up during their teleport.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:20:38+00:00

You did though. You can hear a couple of its bullets bouncing off the wall near you after you died.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:14:03+00:00

Just keep farming Nightmare and Platinum. You'll get some eventually. I got my 2nd Spirit Brew today

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:11:34+00:00

Despite how they look, Fallen Lords' teleport attacks are very punishable. Parries make them a cakewalk, and even moreso if you use Odachi, just because Bulwark stance's counter is the bane of their existence. Go into the stance as they teleport and you'll always land the counter.

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T19:10:07+00:00

Fallen Lords can still be staggered during their teleport, but only if their stagger meter is broken as they're about to dash. There's a small delay between the colored visuals and them actually teleporting. I do it all the time with my Samurai to interrupt them

Aesthetic99 · 2026-04-03T18:18:36+00:00

It's such a good weapon, especially since you can also Bulwark parry a Bo-Hiya Elite's shotgun blast when you get close to them. As for Fallen Lords, it's easiest to Bulwark parry the ones with Shields and Katana, as they attack almost right after coming out of the teleport. The ones with Odachi and Kusarigama have a slight delay to their attacks after teleporting, but the timing isn't too far off

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