Need some advice for switchblade

[Senki]

What are some good skills to combo for it and how do people play with it in general?

Right now I'm kinda just spamming cyclone and magic stuff and it's very effective but I'd like some more variety in my move set. I'm in NG+ if that matters btw.

[JtDarth]

Switchglaive either ends up combing basic strings, or spamming cyclone, usually. It's active skills don't really lend well to 'combo' play, for the most part.

If you want variety, make yourself build 3 stacks via the swap skill before you let yourself use cyclone. Or just take up a different weapon and save the switchglaive as your 'I'm done with the game's crap' weapon. Between arc of chaos (hidden skill) and cyclone, it's got solutions for every problem that are relatively mindless.

[Senki]

I see. I'll probably try to use the splitstaff as well since it also scales with magic.

Thanks for telling me about arc of chaos though, I completely forgot hidden skills existed. Gotta find that.

[kripcision]

use the moves that the mystic arts requires. i forget the name but it works well, if you use it repeatedly you gain a damage boost and/or reduced ki usage depending on which mystic arts you choice and if you use the mystic dyad (switchglaive). i basically just spam quick attack then switch stances for another attack, the way i do it i also do a cyclone randomly too at times, it puts a lot of pressure on enemies especially humans.

[Trehek]

Some switchglaive combos I like:

* high light + high light + Cyclone w. Masterful Strike, main ki breaker combo

* mid light + Mind's Eye + Switch Stance: Retribution + ki breaker combo, main dps when engaged

* Infinite Retribution w. best damage boost, burst dps vs unmoving out-of-ki enemy, either when they're cornered or downed. Can deal way more damage than final blow.

* high heavy + Switch Stance: Blade + low light + Kibosh Kicker + Switch Stance: Edge + dps combo, for engaging from just outside enemy melee range. Also good for charging the mystic art in early combat.

* For an even longer range engage from outside aoe range I use Thin Air into low stance, then continue with the low light + Kibosh Kicker etc. as above.

Adjust combos as you fighting situation and total ki pool allow.

[Safarel]

we begin in high stance

empty retribution > switch stance: edge > single light attack > cyclone > switch stance: blade > single light attack > kibosh kicker > switch stance: retribution

required a LOT of ki, it is possible that this combo are impossible to make without ultimate courage

[Senki]

Thanks for the tips, i'll probably need to improve my ki for some of those.

Another question related to my magic build, which armor set is the best for magic? Currently using genmei onmyo's set don't know if there are better ones.

[JtDarth]

Originally posted by Senki:

Thanks for the tips, i'll probably need to improve my ki for some of those.

Another question related to my magic build, which armor set is the best for magic? Currently using genmei onmyo's set don't know if there are better ones.

Depends on your desired armor 'weight'. Later on it becomes pretty much whatever armor you want because of divine/ethereal graces.

[Trehek]

Originally posted by Senki:

Another question related to my magic build, which armor set is the best for magic? Currently using genmei onmyo's set don't know if there are better ones.

The Genmei Onmyo set and the Onmyo Warrior set are the best on Way of the Samurai IMO. While the Genmei set's final bonuses are defense debuff on onmyo hit and 15% untouched onmyo magic, the Onmyo Warrior medium armor set provides an attack debuff on onmyo hit and melee damage scaling with onmyo power. However, the Onmyo Warrior set doesn't have a helmet and instead has an odachi as its fifth item.

There are a few options I've tried with these sets. If you wanna keep your weight light for agility A and want effortless repeated application of a defense debuff, you can use the Genmei set. If you're fine with agility B, you can use the Onmyo Warrior set to get Toughness A instead. If you use the set's odachi or a Yasakani to reach the fifth set bonus, you get some nice damage and can still apply effortless attack debuffs. Weakness talismans also become really strong since they'll now debuff both attack and defense. Alternatively, you can forgo the fifth set bonus and use a Yasakani to get the fourth bonus on both sets and just apply attack and defense debuffs with any offensive onmyo spell.

Personally, I like going for Onmyo Warrior 5 first. The scaling damage bonus combined with weakness talisman is a huge increase in damage, and I feel like the weakness talisman debuff is stronger than the set bonus debuff. With a Yasakani I combine that with Genmei 3 for additional onmyo power.

[kripcision]

Originally posted by Senki:

Thanks for the tips, i'll probably need to improve my ki for some of those.

Another question related to my magic build, which armor set is the best for magic? Currently using genmei onmyo's set don't know if there are better ones.

later on you can get Onmyo Austerity and grace of tsukuyomi both are the best for magic, you can even combine the 2 if you got a -1 set requirements effect.

[{5LINE}Cows with Guns]

Magic and Courage - Ah, the mage builds...

You can "combo" in switch glaives via stance dancing with "Switch Stance: Blade/Edge/Retribution" (on the right side of the skill tree).

When you have mystic arts unlocked, after reaching 5 stacks you can "release" the stacks into a hard hitting attack (wildfire flux and/or tempest flux).

IMO this is way better than Odachi's Sunset Breeze and Waking Winds and away from the cyclone spams.