Long Sword [LS]

  1. Basis
  2. Earth Style
  3. Heaven Style
  4. Storm Style
  5. Extreme Style
  6. Daily bonus

Basis

LS uses the Spirit Gauge it gathers during its attacks to use the Spirit Combo, a powerful 3 attacks combo. Frontier diversify the ways to dodge with LS using side steps while also incorporating the Spirit Combo into these new dodges.

Earth Style

Frontier grants more mobility to LS with a backwards stab and side steps to your combos.

The Spirit Combo is also changed, allowing you to add a side step to the regular hits after the first two Spirit Attacks. It’s also possible to do a side step after the final Spirit Attack.

Spirit Liberation is a powerful hit than can be used by holding R1 after any attack. Its power increases within the Spirit Combo, dealing more damage after each Spirit Attack and even more damage depending on how much your Spirit Gauge is filled (meaning you should fully use the side steps to use it at its full power).

Heaven Style

Heaven Style replaces the base combo dodging attacks by the Phantom Slash, an attack with really short iframes at the start of the animation and which resets your current combo.

The side step can still be used in the Spirit Combo by pressing ○.

Storm Style

Storm Style replaces the basic thrust with a stronger version dealing 3 hits. An even stronger version can be used, the Spirit Thrust, if your Spirit Gauge is full. While it’s a powerful attack, its weird timing make people avoid this Style.

Extreme Style

Extreme Style allows you to run with the weapon unsheated. LS can charge a Spirit Attack during its run, with a stronger version available if you have some Spirit Gauge.

You get the original thrust back with ○ + forward, while keeping the stronger thrust with ○ and the Spirit Thrust by holding ○ with a full Spirit Gauge.

LS gets a counter allowing you to quickly pull the Spirit Thrust, useful against big monsters, or to dash teleporting in a direction. This dash has iframes and hits everything in your trajectory, making it a good tool to hit multiples monsters at once.

The Sword Gauge gets added under the Spirit Gauge and is filled with your attacks and counters. It gets emptied when you sheath your weapon, even if forced by a status such as paralysis or stun. The Sword Gauge allows you to use Sword Liberation, a powerful attack which power varies depending on your current charge. At full power, it’s pretty violent, the explosion having a 180 MV.

Daily bonus

Daily bonus increases the full Spirit Gauge buff, granting you 40 attack instead of 10.