Author: Chirag Kapadia
Chirag Kapadia
Gamer since Atari 2600 was a thing. Worked across organizations for 16 years including McKinsey; has since then switched over to the dark side - and started writing. Most likely to be found these days doing a re-run on Elden Ring
Locations and how to get all 5 Kuba Abari for Ace Archer: Nijojo Castle quest in Onimusha Way of the Sword.
The ultimate guide to all movesets and the best strategy to defeat Burai in Onimusha Way of the Sword
The complete guide with movesets and strategies to defeat Benkei in Onimusha Way of the Sword.
The Greater Nue is the toughest skill check in early game in Onimusha Way of the Sword, and appears at the end of a lengthy dungeon run as part of the quest ‘What Lurks in the Shadows’. You would have already defeated the Nue, and then two Nues together, and hence feeling confident that you would have somewhat got the measure of what would essentially just be a larger version of these boss fights. This notion, though, quickly gets corrected as the Greater Nue unleashes its swipes, shoves, claws, charges, and of course, lightning. If all of this is getting…
The complete guide to getting the key and solving the mask puzzle in Onimusha Way of the Sword
The Careful What You Wish For quest in Onimusha Way of the Sword will have you searching for 3 Stout Pillars, and will probably be your first experience where you have to figure out crawlspaces, ladder locations and similar such devices to be able to reach to your goal. The game is not all about combat options and intimidating bosses, you see. While later parts of the main quest will not have this happening very often, but it is a useful primer early on if you are looking to get all required items to fully upgrade your skill tree and…
Yoshitsune in Onimusha Way of the Sword is worthy of a final boss fight, spread over three gruelling phases, with an especially tanky third phase where he only takes damage when you are in Awakened form. However, like in all bosses in Onimusha WotS, he has a well-defined moveset, and once you figure that out, the boss does become much less intimidating and much more manageable as you keep an eye out for those visual and verbal cues to separate out attacks to counter, and attacks to avoid. In this guide, I have put up all moves for the boss…
All main bosses in Onimusha WotS, and their tier list on difficulty.
The signature move of the Onimusha series is back powerful, and tricky as ever to pull off.
All combat mechanics in Onimusha WotS, and when to use them explained.