Soul Calibur IV - unlocks guide Options

[Rob Cram]

SOUL CALIBUR IV TOWER UNLOCKS, ACHIEVEMENTS & CHARACTER EDITS & DATA

CONTENTS:

-Game Overview
-Characters
-Stages
-Tower of lost souls items/strategy guide
-Astaroth spam attack
-High Stat characters
-Custom Items Unlocks
-Weapons list
-Character creation guide (overview, attributes, weapons, skills)
-Final options
-Limited Edition in game extras
-Achievements/Honors guide/strategies
-Downloadable content

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Game Overview

Developer: Project Soul (NBGI)

Publisher: Ubisoft (Europe) Namco (North America)

Release date 29/07/2008 North America - 01/08/2008 Europe






The world's premier weapon-based fighting game franchise returns to showcase the epic struggle between the spirit sword Soul Calibur and the cursed sword Soul Edge in Soul Calibur IV. Set to finally reveal the origins of this ongoing story, the game features new and familiar faces from across the galaxy seeking the rival swords for vengeance, honor and salvation. A revamped battle system revolutionizes the fighting game genre and with character customization to amazing guest characters to online battles, this venerable franchise vaults into the next generation with style. In a monumental alliance, NAMCO BANDAI Games and LucasArts have joined forces to feature the iconic Star Wars characters within the Soul Calibur universe, including an Xbox 360 exclusive character in Jedi Master Yoda. PS3 owners can play with Darth Vader as a unique character.

Game Modes:

Training mode to practice your skills.
Story mode to uncover each character's story line.
Arcade mode to compete in endless battles (8 stages)
Tower of Lost Souls where you must customize your skills in order to reap the rewards from special battles.
Character Creation, edit the basic lineup or make some new characters.
Museum, see your unlocked movies, backgrounds, and game art.
Xbox Live, test your skills against the rest of the world
Versus, local head to head fighting.

SCREENSHOT GALLERY

MOVIES

SOUL GAUGE & CRITICAL FINISH SYSTEM/ IMPACTS

Soul Calibur IV features a new Critical Finish system. On screen there is a new gauge under the characters' Health Meter, called the Soul Gauge. This meter fills up when attacking and decreases when guarding (indicated by colour change from Blue to Red). When the meter is empty, the opponent can attack which breaks off a part of the recipients armor, altering their appearance and making them weaker for the remainder of the match. There are also three green boxes below the gauges, reflecting the state of the characters armor: high, mid, or low.

If the character manages to empty out the opponent's Soul Gauge again, they will get a short chance to perform a unique Critical Finish move, which will kill the opponent instantly, This is done by pressing all four face buttons at the same time or a designated shoulder button (LB Xbox 360). Each character has their own unique Critical Finish move. Try the training modes to practice these new game concepts.

IMPACTS - These are effectively parry counters and are performed by pressing forward+ A or X just as an opponents attack is about to strike. You'll see a Green/Blue or Red flash effect when successful. You can set custom characters to do this automatically. Just Impacts are the same but require more precise timing they are indicated by a RED flash. Guard Impacts are GREEN flashes and Parry Impacts are Blue. For parry Impacts press Back+A or (X on PS3).

The best way to get Just Impacts is to create a high defense character and equip them with Master Impact skill which makes every impact you perform manually a Just Impact. Combining Auto Impact and Master Impact does not gain you Just Impacts. If you fight in Story mode the scoring below your health bar will flash Master when you perform a Just Impact (with Master Impact skill equipped of course).

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Characters

There are 33 confirmed and revealed characters. including 24 returning characters. Some will need to purchased in the character creation mode for 4000 gold each. Bolded characters are new additions to the roster. Once you have unlocked/purchased every character, there is a blank slot next to Yoda/Vader and Apprentice. No one knows what goes here, although this could be used for accessing new characters as part of downloadable content. All characters basic stats are Attack-100% Defense-121% HP 100%

- Algol - (Unlocked beating Story mode)
- Amy - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Astaroth
- Cassandra
- Cervantes - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Ivy
- Hilde
- Kilik
- Lizardman - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Maxi
- Mitsurugi
- Nightmare
- Raphael
- Rock - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Seong Mi-na - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Setsuka - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Siegfried
- Sophitia - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Taki
- Talim - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Tira
- Voldo
- Xianghua
- Yoshimitsu - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Hong Yun-seong - (buy for 4000 gold)
- Zasalamel - (buy for 4000 gold)


Bonus characters .

These can be unlocked by beating them with certain characters in the Story Mode. We've given some examples but they are not 100%, as you can unlock them using other characters. You cannot edit these characters appearance in any way shape or form at present, only their weapons and special items can be changed.

- Angol Fear (designed by guest artist Mine Yo****aki) - beat her using Kilik, Zasalamel, Apprentice, Scheherazade, Algol.
- Ashlotte (designed by guest artist Oh! great) - beat her using Talim, Rock, Lizardman, Maxi, Astaroth, Angol Fear.
- Scheherazade (designed by guest artist Yutaka Izubuchi) - beat her using Siegfried, Yoda, Voldo, Nightmare, Yoshimitsu.
- Shura (designed by guest artist Hiroya Oku) - beat her using Cervantes, Taki, Rapahel, Setsuka.
- Kamikirimusi (designed by guest artist ???) - beat her using Mitsurugi

Guest characters

- Darth Vader (PS3 Only) - cannot be edited in create mode
- Starkiller (The apprentice) (Both Systems) - unlocked by beating the Arcade mode with Yoda or Vader - cannot be edited in create mode
- Yoda (360 Only) - cannot be edited in create mode

It's unclear whether the two bonus characters unique to each system will become available as down-loadable content so that Xbox 360 owners can play with Vader and PS3 users Yoda. This video shows Vader on Xbox 360 version.





STAGES

New stages are unlocked by beating the campaign with various characters in story mode. The stages with character names are the characters home stages.

Phantom Pavilion - Seesaw - Perform three Guard Impacts (forward A (X) just as an attack connects) in Tower floor 14 to unlock.

Tower of Remembrance - Degradation - Algol

Tower of Remembrance - Spiral of Time

Tower of Remembrance - Ancient Gate

Kunpaetku Shrine - Dream Remnants - Lizardman/Astaroth

Egyptian Temple - Sacred Flame - Taki/Voldo/Ivy/Yun-Seong

Ostrheinsburg Castle - Twilight

Jyurakudai Villa - Virgin Snow - Mitsurugi/Yoshimitsu

Grand Labyrinth - Corridor of Suspended Time - Zasalamel

Sailors Rest - Maxi/Seung Mi-na

Phantom Pavilion

Wolfkrone Monument - Amy/Hilde/Tira

Ice Coffin of the Sleeping Ancient - Rock/Cervantes

Ostrheinsburg Castle Throne Room - Raphael

Thesmophoros' Imperial Garden - Sophitia/Cassandra/Setsuka

Distant Marsh - Talim

Hall of the Warrior God - Xianghua/Kilik

Star Destroyer Docking Bay - Laser Gates - Apprentice/Yoda

Star Destroyer Docking Bay - Bridge Overhang - Yoda/Apprentice

Tower of Remembrance - Encounter - Siegfried/Nightmare




Tower of Lost Souls overview:

Soul Calibur IV features a Tower of Lost Souls where you get to choose one, two or three characters (although they can all be the same if you choose (with different outfits). You have to embark on clearing floors in succession. Each section has a specific number of floors to beat and will often pit you against more than one opponent. There are various handicaps and characters can use weapon/skill abilities to aid them - these can be changed in the character creation mode once you've leveled up your chosen ones.

Beating floors with certain conditions can unlock treasure chests which gains extra equipment or gold. You can ascend the tower and then descend it (once you've ascended to level 20). Floors are often grouped into stages, and so you can repeat stages, and if you have beaten a stage you can resume from where you left off, without having to start over. Make sure you create characters suited to the challenges that are specific to certain floors. On the floor select screen you can see what treasures you've unlocked already, and once you've beaten a floor and not unlocked the treasure; the next time you play a hint is given at the start of the fight.

NOTE: There are other ways in the game to unlock the items that appear in the tower. You can unlock items by gaining Honors (per 5 Honors you gain, new items become available. If you already have an item and fulfill the Tower requirement, then you will gain GOLD instead of the item. If you've already gained around 30 honors and are merely after the achievement for beating the Ascend Tower, then you can ignore the treasure tasks and just focus on beating the last few levels.



Tower of Lost Souls :Ascending - items Guide

Floors 1-2

1F - Soldier's Hat, clear stage while taking no damage
2F - Warrior Trousers, clear stage with no ring outs from either side

Floors 3-4

3F - Pauldron, switch with ally more than 2 times (Press RB or R1 to switch characters)
4F - Warlord's Belt, perform 3 attack throws - foward Y (triangle) with Shura (Attack throws are marked as AT in the command lists).

Floors 5-7

5F - Clergy Clothes, defeated an enemy with a ring out (use Shura's forward, hold forward Y (triangle) attack)
6F - Wonder Jacket, threw an opponent

7F - Warrior Trousers, cleared the stage without missing any attacks - simply do a quick single attack at the start of the round and then continually grab for the rest of the fight. Make sure you duck a lot and only go for the grab after Lizard has attacked you first. If you use a High HP and Impact character this helps - Taki has good grab range.

Floors 8-10

8F - Armor Ring: Ice Mirror, switch characters twice
9F - Scarlett Blossoms, guarded the opponent's attack 3 times in a row

l0F - Silver Boots, guarded the opponent's attack 10 times in a row - be wary of Cervantes constant low attacks. You can simply stand there and continuously block and you might get lucky. The best way is to anticipate the low attacks which are obvious as he tends to twist his body a little before unleashing. Use high HP characters due to being thrown.

Floor 11

11F - Grim Horn, defeated all enemies with a critical finish

Floor 12-14

12F - Magus Cloth, defeated all enemies with ring out - Use Yun-Seong and Left Trigger Throw - Place back to to the crash-able fence to open up the area where ring outs are easily performed. Throw opponent into fence. Then place your back to the abyss and throw the enemies (LT or L1) when they are close.

13F -Pegasus Sallet, destroy all the walls - Position yourself with back against the wall and let CPU attack with a smash attack which knocks you into the wall. Use a high HP character. Or use the same Yun-Seong throw technique.

14F - Phantom Pavilion: Seesaw, performed guard impact more than 3 times (forward+A (or X)

Floors 15-17

15F - Submissions Belt, clear the stage using only the A and G buttons (A and X) or (Square and X)

16F - Warlord's Belt, clear the stage with 0 time remaining - keep grabbing the two skeletons to win as quick as possible. Then take down the third skeleton's health to a slither. avoid his aggression in the last seconds of the round and then as the timer reaches 1 grab him for victory.

17F - Arm Bandages, execute a 5+ combo - use Maxi and keep pressing Y+B as fast as you can against an attacking opponent. You'll get 8+ combo.

Floors 18-20

18F - Kouchu Kabuto, stood on all corners of the stage
19F - Longhua Qippo, switch with ally more than 5 times
20F - Life Gem: Sun, cleared the stage with a critical finish

Floors 21-23

21F - Longhua Qippo, voluntarily performed a ring out - Use Taki and stand near the edge and press X+B (Square+Circle) to jump into the water. You do need to be close to your opponent.

22F - Honor boots, perform more than 4 counter hits
23F - Frilled skirt, guard more than 3 times in a row

Floors 24-26

24F - Protect Gem: Cardinal directions, Perform a combo with more than 240 damage - for a 240+ damage combo create a male or female Astaroth with maximum attack stats and buy the 8000 Great Maul weapon. Then perform a quarter circle movement forwards on the d-pad or stick and then press Y+B (Triangle+Circle) then follow up with Y,Y (Triangle, Triangle) you should get around 259 damage although I've gotten 283 with a female whose attack stat is 173%. Don't confuse this with the other unblockable attack which uses Y instead of Y+B. You can also do this using the detailed Astaroth's spam combo detailed below.

25F - Zhuque Changpao, threw more than 5 times

26F - Warthog Cuirass, executed a 10+ combo - Use AMY based character then simply -- forward B (to kick stun) then, Forward Y+B, then Immediately Back Y+B 10 hits easily. (PS3 Forward circle, then Forward triangle+circle, then Back triangle circle).

Floors 27-29

27F - Iron Gauntlets, cleared the stage with no damage taken

28F - Aculeus Suit, opponent guarded a guard break attack at least twice - use Yun-Seong's forward+Y,Y and you should get it easily

29F - Menghu Boots, switch with ally 5+ times

Floors 30-32

30F - Spirit Gem: Noniple Heads, clear stage without guarding

31F - Longming Qippo, perform 5+ Just Inputs - create a character which has Master Impact then press forward and A (or X for PS3) as a strike against you is going to connect. With Master Impact, each one you perform will be a Just Impact. Sadly equipping Auto Impact A and Master Impact will not gain you Just Impacts.

32F - Vane Mask, perform a low throw

Floors 33-35

33F - Battle dress, perform 3 attack throws

34F - Power Gem: warrior Princess, perform guard impact 3+ times - Create a character with Auto Impact A.

35F - Warthog Pauldrons, clear without switching

Floors 36-38

36F - Parlor Blouse, clear stage with 0 time remaining - quickly beat up the first two characters with a high HP team and on the last opponent take down his health to almost zero and then block until the timer reaches 1/0 immediately perform a final grab move.

37F - Siren's helm, defeat all enemies with critical finishes - keep spamming forward+Y Y (Triangle) with Yun-Seong based character. Don't miss the Soul Crush as time is limited. Use a high attack character in one slot and a high defense in the other. Only use the high defense character if your attack character is low on HP.

38F - Gorgon Fauld, defeat all enemies with ring out

Floors 39-41

39F - Kingfisher Greaves, clear the stage without changing position
40F - Deer Head, execute a 5+ combo - see floor 26 - use a high defense Amy
41F - Minotaur, perform 5+ Just Inputs - see floor 31 - use a high defense high HP character

Floors 42-44

42F - Demonic Gloves, clear the stage without letting opponents invoke a skill - be aggressive and don't let up.
43F - Repel Gem: Iron Shell, perform an over the back throw - side step as an opponent is running into the ring and immediately throw.
44F - War Cloak, no ring outs either side

Floors 45-46

45F - Tiger Lily Kabuto, Defeat enemies without using any skills - basic character to be used here use the high stat template posted below.
46F - Butterfly salet, Defeat enemies without using any skills - same as above.

Floors 47-49

47F - Succubus Boots, throw 5 times
48F - Life Dem: Jade, Clear stage with a character equipped with the "invisible" skill
49F - Horns of Calamity, clear stage with no attacks missing

Floors 50-52

50F - Tiger Lily Breastplates, execute a 10+combo - see floor 26
51F - Tiger Lily Fauld, perform more than 4 counter hits - use a fast attacking character.

52F - Feathered Wings, clear stage with a critical finish - this should be easy enough with the Yun-Seong high stat characters posted below, the first two floors should be no problems, but by the time you get here, no doubt your health will be depleted somewhat seeing as you are alone for these floors.

These guys switch frequently and are tough to ring out. Plus they are all fast poke characters that are good at Impacts. Your best bet is to try and seize the opportunity to side step and throw often. Yun Seong's BACK+B kick works very well against them if they keep trying to counter hit you after each hit you inflict. This works especially well when they are trapped against the edge of the ring. Side stepping is a good tactic seeing as most of their moves are vertical based thrusts and pokes.

If you're going for the treasure then wear them down continuously with Yun-Seong's Forward+Y,Y (Triangle) attack and make sure you critical finish the last standing opponent.

The best combo with Yun Seong is to Forward+Y,Y then Y,Y into BACK +B or B,B,B then repeat. This should enable you to perform the final critical finish.


Floors 53-56

53F - Blade Ring: Demon Lord, defeat all enemies with a ring out - Vs Voldo's use same tactic as before - try and throw force them back against ring edge and throw them out.

54F - Leviathan Pauldron, destroy all the walls - Vs Yoshimitsu's smash them against the fences

55F - Priestess Kimono, perform 3 attack throws - Vs Astaroth's - same tech as earlier. These guys are very defensive though so you'll have to counter hit them if you can.

56F - Leviathan Burgonet, perform a combo with more than 240 damage Vs hyped up Lizardmen. Avoid the venom attack they inflict if you get grounded. Use the same Astaroth character that you used earlier. You can use the spam attack combo with the kick to get this as well. (see detailed description below).

Floors 57-59

57F - Voodoo Armlets, voluntarily perform a ring out - use the same leaping character as before (Taki is good).
58F - Tiger Pauldrons, defeat all enemies without any skills equipped - use a basic High HP/Def character.
59F - Voodoo Greaves, guard an enemies attack 10 times in a row


Floors 60 final floor

60F - Voodoo Breastplate, clear the stage without switching characters - This is versus Algol try and let him jump out the ring to get lots of cash (back up near the edge of ring and get knocked to the ground and just stay there- do not get up to attack. You can repeat this stage to gain around 12,000 cash quickly.


Tower of Lost Souls items Guide Descend & general tips


Descend 5 floors - Dark Knight's Cloak - Ellie lurks on this floor
Descend 10 floors - Blade Ring: Raging Thunder
Descend 15 floors - Lapin Chapeau - Silvia lurks here

Descend 20 floors- Repel Gem:Fox Demon - watch out for the Invisible character on this floor if you're trying to go beyond here. Luckily you get the achievement for just reaching this floor.

Descend 25 floors- Succubus Gauntlets - beat Ellie and Silvia!
Descend 30 floors- Demonic Armor
Descend 35 floors- Demonic Pauldrons
Descend 40 floors- Voodoo Crown

General Tips

Simply fight your way down through the levels without losing the one partner you have. Try and build high defense or HP characters in create a character to stand a better chance. Make sure you use your switch efficiently so that your non active partner heals. Be wary of the timer, take too long and it will run out during latter stages. Also HP Drain A is useful for the attacking character, as they can gain tiny amounts of health whilst fighting.

A great set up other than using Astaroth's cheap spamming attack over and over is to create a character with Auto Impact A, Impact Edge, HP Drain A and Nullify Ring Out A,B or C. Simply copy the character into a blank slot and use these. It's optional if you want to mess with the colours of the clothing for your own benefit.

A crucial tip in the early floors is to win as quick as possible as the timer adds overall and when things get more difficult you really need as much time as possible. In my experience the AI is weak against throws and ring outs. If you can get the ring outs by throws early on then this is a perfect way to build up time against overly blocking opponents.

Another easy thing to do that seems to work early on is when you've KO'd an opponent and the next attacker runs in, keep side stepping and throw them as soon as they run in. This seems to work quite often and can give you a edge if you're low on health and need HP Drain to work for you.

Watch out for the super enemies such as Ellie on Stage 5 and Silvia on stage 15. These Cat suit wearing women, might look silly but they have uber skills and can often ruin your chances by lowering your health (or worse) for both characters severely. What's worse is on floor 25 you get to fight both Ellie and Silvia!

Watch out for cheap ring outs, because once this happens, you might as well start over. The Nullify Ring Out C will help but is not a guarantee. So make sure you don't position yourself badly.

Always check your opponents skills on the loading screen. It's easy to ignore these, but they do give you a good idea of whether throws or fast attacks will work or not.

Advanced Tips

Utilize those ring outs effectively, especially with characters whose throw moves push the opponents forwards. By pushing opponents back towards the ring edge you'll be able to perform those rings outs very easily. An advanced tip is once an opponent has been thrown out and the 2nd is about to run in. If you back up away from the edge so that you're just off screen slightly. The next opponent will run in from the front, often allowing you to immediately throw them out of the ring.

Unblockable attacks for the 2nd opponent running in can give you a massive advantage. It's rare that a character will run in and attack, so with careful timing you'll most often be able to punish them before they get a chance to strike. Look at the letters K.O and and use this as a gauge to when you should start your attack so that it lands on the opponent running in.

Stun switching combos. The harder AI does this a lot and it can make a huge difference to battles. If one of your fighters stuns an opponent, use the split second you get to switch character, and finish off the combo. This takes practice, but can really mess with the AI if done correctly.


Astaroth Spam combo method

This is a commonly used method and one that works well on the last few floors ascending but can equally net you great results descending as well. It can get a little mundane though.

We'll use female Astaroth as an example here.

1. Create a female with Astaroth's character (level 8 minimum) and equip the following items.

Head - Winged Circlet
Face - Fox Mask
Neck - War Cloak
Shoulders - Punishment Spaulders
Underware - Tiger Lily Stockings
Upper Body - Ashigaru Shirt
Arms - Gorgon Gauntlets
Lower Body - Roman Belt
Legs - Laced Stockings
Feet - Polar Boots

2. Equip the Great Maul Weapon

3. Use these skills - HP Drain A, Auto Counter B, and Appeal (or whatever is left)

This combination gives you

165% Attack
112% Defense
90% HP - despite having low HP the HP Drain and the attacks you use should keep refilling any damage taken. You can also have a partner who is the same so that you can swap and let the damaged one heal up.

You can obviously mix and match to change skills to whatever you prefer as long as you keep the damage around 160-180.

Now during fights hold Back and Down on the D-pad or Stick (Diagonal) and press and hold X to charge up and then press Y. Thats Square and Triangle on the PS3. if you opponent bounces after the 2nd hit then you can hit them with another attack, a kick works well. Just keep repeating this combo and see how far you get. If you don't charge the first part of the combo, then the second part won't work, although even this basic attack is very damaging.


High HP & Defense template


To make reaching floor 20 and beyond much easier here's an Uber stats template that should work with most female characters that have an evenly balanced weapon equipped (each character has a weapon with even skills).

1. Create female (use Yun-Seong as an example) - make sure she's maxed out at level 9.
2.Select your skills first so you can see what points you need - Use the following skills

HP Drain A
Auto Impact C
Nullify Ring Out C
Hysterical Strength

3.Select weapon (in Yun Seong's case, Giant Butcher Knife) although with other characters choose one that has overall balanced skills.

4.Choose the following equipment, you'll most likely have to have earned a number of honors before you can use some of these.

Head - Gorgon Armlet
Face - None
Neck - Feathered Wings
Shoulders - Gorgon Spaulders
Underware - Sarashi
Upper Body - Gorgon Curass
Arms - Gorgon Gauntlets
Lower Body - Gorgon Fauld
Legware - Shinobi Tabi
Feet - Gorgon Greaves
Special - None.

5.This set up will now give you the following stats which in my experience is pretty hard to get any better at present other than the relatively average attack power. The CPU effectively has to fight four characters and due to their stats. The HP Drain A makes this character extremely tough to actually KO. Your worst enemy is going to be the ring out or the timer running out.

Attack 110%
Defense 146%
HP 170%

6. Copy the character into a blank slot and now choose both of these for tackling the descend Tower of Souls. You'll most likely be able to take quite a few hits due to the high defense and HP and make light work of most enemies until you reach floors 13 and beyond. However with careful switching your HP bars and general high defense makes things a lot easier. The worst thing that can happen is being knocked out of the ring, but if you are far enough it's still possible to carry on with just the one character due to those impressive Defense and HP stats and the HP Drain A. Your other worst enemy is the timer, but if you follow the tips posted earlier then this shouldn't pose a problem.

ADVANCED TIPS FOR USING ABOVE TEMPLATE WITH YUN-SEONG BASED CHARACTER

-The early floors are pretty easy as you are most likely able to continually throw opponents (which also nets you a decent chunk of health due to the HP Drain A. Use Y+B (Triangle+ Circle) rather than the slower Left Trigger throw. You can map this to the Right Trigger if you find it easier.

-A good tactic throughout is to start the round by running up to opponent and throwing them. Alternatively, and this works well against the more tougher opponents later on is to hammer them with the Forward+Y,Y (Triangle on PS3) move - although be wary of side stepping opponents. This stuns them and allows you to keep following it up with the same move. If they keep blocking then they set themselves up for being Soul Crushed - the down side is that it's a time consuming move against the blockers. The best use of this move is to keep using it to drive them back to the edge of the ring and then once they are stunned move in quick and grab them with the Y+B (Triangle+Circle) throw. For the most part you'll get a neat ring out netting you some additional time.

-From the position above after ringing out the first opponent, if you continuously side step (hold UP or DOWN), as the next opponent runs in you'll often grab them from behind allowing you to humorously throw them out of the ring.

-For opponents that are more aggressive and are cornered by the ring edge but seem to throw break a lot or duck your throw attempts, the three kick combo B,B,B (Circle on PS3) is good for pinning them, even if they block all three. On the forth attack do a low kick by pressing DOWN B to thrown them off guard. The best move for overly aggressive opponents is to continuously use the BACK+B spinning kick, for some reason the aggressive AI can't seem to shake this move as they try and get out of being pinned from the B,B,B high kick combo.

-If you want to aim for a quick ring out without a throw then BACK+Y (Triangle) followed by B,B is great - although can be blocked.

-Be wary of those enemies with Impact Edge, and Auto Impact A,B or C. It's probably best to keep throwing these.

When or if the BLUE part of the health becomes depleted, simply switch to the other team mate if you're not confident in gaining it back Via HP Drain.


USEFUL MOVES with YUN-SEONG.

So in a nutshell here are the few moves that you can use to reach floor 20 and beyond - letters denote actual controller buttons .

FORWARD+Y,Y (Triangle on PS3)
Y,Y
Hold UP or DOWN to sidestep then press X (Square on PS3) to attack sidestepping opponent - although used rarely.
B,B,B (Circle on PS3)
BACK+Y (Triangle) followed by B,B
BACK+B
DOWN+B - low sweep kick
Y+B (Triangle+Circle) throw
Tap FORWARD, FORWARD, Y (at longer range to smash opponent with a heavy attack)



Credit goes to Shadowmask/Topcat269/



CUSTOM ITEMS UNLOCKS


Basic Equipment Earn 5 honors

More Equipment Earn 10 honors

Intermediate Equipment Earn 15 honors

Advanced Equipment Earn 20 honors

Animal Head Equipment Earn 25 honors

Leviathan & Voodoo Equipment Earn 30 honors




CHARACTER WEAPONS

Each character has a number of weapons (6) which have various stats that can boost skills. They can also boost Attack,Defense and HP stats. See Skills section for details of the effects. You unlock 2 bonus weapons once you beat the story mode with that character. The 1P & 2P weapons are the defaults. Please note, the lightsabers cannot be used in the create a character modes. Maybe they will change this with DLC at a later date. The weapons are listed in the order they appear in the menu, with the last two always being the unlockable ones.

Purchasing/changing default characters weapons.

To change a default characters weapon for Story/Arcade/Vs modes go to character creation, select a blank slot and then choose either 1P or 2P costume option. Go to style/weapon tab and select weapons/style.

YODA -

Lightsaber 1P

Attack 100,
Defence 50,
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30


Lightsaber 2P

Attack 100,
Defence 50,
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30


Lightsaber 3

Attack 120,
Defence 50,
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills Native/Venom Fang B

Lightsaber 4 - cost 8000

Attack 130,
Defence 55,
HP 30
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 30

Skills None


Lightsaber 5 - cost 8000

Attack 150,
Defence 40,
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills None


Lightsaber 6 - cost 8000

Attack 150,
Defence 40,
HP 40
Power 50
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills None



Lightsaber 7 - cost 22000

Attack 180,
Defence 65
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills Native Skill/Auto Counter A


Lightsaber 8 - cost 13000

Attack 90,
Defence 40
HP 25
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 60
Special 40

Skills Native Skill/Guard Breaker



Apprentice


Lightsaber 1P/2P

Attack 100
Def. 50
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skill None


Lightsaber 3


Attack 110
Def 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Magnet


Lightsaber 4 - cost 8000

Attack 120
Def 70
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 40

Skill None


Lightsaber 5 - cost 8000

Attack 130
Def 50
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill None



Lightsaber 6 - cost 8000

Attack 150
Def 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 60
Boost 60
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None


Lightsaber 7 - cost 22000

Attack 175
Def 65
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 20
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/Nullify Aerial Control




Lightsaber 8 - cost 13000

Attack 115
Def 35
HP 30
Power 50
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skill - Native Skill Invisible




VADER


Lightsaber 1/2P

Attack 100
Def. 50
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None


Lightsaber \V All weird symbols

Attack 120
Defense 50
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Nullify counter B


Lightsaber Backwards F

Attack 110
Defense 80
HP 30
Power 0
Imapct 50
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skill - none



Lightsaber L7

Attack 175
Defense 60
HP 25
Power 60
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - none



Lightsaber ?

Attack 130
Defense 30
HP 60
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 60
Gauge 40
Special 30

Skill - none


Lightsaber [l] turned sideways

Attack 150
Defense 45
HP 50
Power 50
Boost 20
Gauge 20
Special 20

Skill - Impact Edge



Lightsaber dc looks something like this

Attack 65
Defense 25
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 60

Skill - Soul gauge vamp



LIZARDMAN

Grudge Ax & Aya S (1P + 2P)

Attack 100,
Defence 50,
HP 50
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills None

Hand Ax

Attack 120
Defence 60
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native/Hysterical Strength


Tabarzin - cost 7500

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None


Lunatic - cost 8500

Attack 170
Defence 40
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 60
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skills - None


Kora - cost 7500

Attack 100
Defence 70
HP 45
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 60

Skills - None


Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 210
Def 60
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skill - Native Skill/Evil Sword Berserk


Meat on the Bone - cost 11600

Attack 65
Def 30
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/HP Burst

SOPHITIA


Omega Sword & Elk Shield 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 0

Skills - None


Sword Breaker

Attack 90
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 20
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - Native skill/Appeal


Firebreaker - cost 8000

Attack 160
Defence 60
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None


Blue Crystal Rod - cost 8000

Attack 90
Defence 50
HP 75
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 60

Skills - None

Orichalcum- cost 7000

Attack 120
Defence 65
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 50
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 160
Def 70
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Boost A


Love - cost 16000

Attack 80
Def 60
HP 40
Power 50
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skill - None




AMY


Albion 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Rapier

Attack 130
Defence 20
HP 45
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Boost C


Schweitzer - cost 7500

Attack 145
Defence 65
HP 20
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skills - None

Stiletto - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 40
HP 55
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 40

Skills - None

Unicorn - cost 8500

Attack 160
Defence 45
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None


Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 180
Def 20
HP 60
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/Start Dash A


Magic Wand - Cost ???

Attack 85
Def 40
HP 35
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/Charge Cancel


SETSUKA


Ugetsu Kageuchi 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skills - None

Sword Umbrella

Attack 110
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Recovery B

Suitou - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 45
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 30

Skills - None

Yakou - cost 7500

Attack 110
Defence 60
HP 35
Power 60
Impact 60
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Ugetsu Shinuchi - cost 9000

Attack 170
Defence 40
HP 25
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 40
Special 50

Skills - None


Soul Calibur - cost 20000

Attack 150
Def 70
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 20
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Charge Cancel


Lizard Umbrella - cost 14900

Attack 90
Def 35
HP 20
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Strong Impact




MITSURUGI


Shishi-Oh 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Masamune

Attack 120
Defence 50
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Auto Unblockable Attack C

Two Handed Sword - cost 7500

Attack 130
Defence 65
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Kokuenra - cost 9000

Attack 200
Defence 50
HP 20
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skills - None

Damascus Sword - cost 8000

Attack 120
Defence 70
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 40
Gauge 50
Special 0

Skills - None


Oniyukiyasu - cost 20000

Attack 170
Def 60
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 20
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Auto Unblockable Attack B


Hard Practice - cost ???

Attack 70
Def 40
HP 40
Power 80
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skill - None




CASSANDRA


Digamma & Nemea Shield 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - None

Katzbalger

Attack 120
Defence 40
HP 45
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Magnet

Spine Blade & Ivan - cost 7500

Attack 160
Defence 55
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - None

Dark Blade - cost 8500

Attack 145
Defence 35
HP 60
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 40

Skills - None

Valkyrie - cost 9000

Attack 120
Defence 70
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 30
Special 60

Skills - None


Soul Calibur - cost 20000

Attack 180
Defence 55
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Nullify Aerial Control

Baker's Daughter - cost 13800

Attack 100
Defence 35
HP 20
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/Hysterical Strength

RAPHAEL

Flambert 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 20
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - None

Epee

Attack 130
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Shave Damage C

Holy Antler - cost 8000

Attack 140
Defence 35
HP 50
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 60

Skills - None

Estoc - cost 7000

Attack 110
Defence 50
HP 55
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 50
Special 0

Skills - None

Queen's Guard - cost 9000

Attack 170
Defence 45
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 50

Skills - None

Amy - cost 22000

Attack 150
Def 75
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 20
Gauge 0
Special 10

Skill - Native Skill/Charge Cancel


My Beloved - cost 12900

Attack 125
Def 30
HP 40
Power 50
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Evil Sword Berserk



TAKI


Rekki & Mekki-Maru 1P & 2P

Attack 150
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 50
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Assassin Dagger

Attack 130
Defence 50
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Shave Damage B

Kagenui- cost 7500

Attack 150
Defence 40
HP 35
Power 50
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Kagekiri - cost 7000

Attack 120
Defence 60
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 60

Skills - None

Fu-Ma-Kugi - cost 8000

Attack 190
Defence 45
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Kris Naga - cost 18000

Attack 160
Defence 50
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/Invisible

Battledore - cost 12400

Attack 60
Defence 50
HP 40
Power 50
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skills - None


SIEGFRIED

Soul Calibur 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - None

Great Sword

Attack 120
Defence 50
HP 35
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/ Alignment

Requiem - cost 7500

Attack 110
Defence 80
HP 30
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - None


Gram - cost 7500

Attack 150
Defence 40
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 40

Skills - None


Faust - cost 8000

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 60
Impact 40
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Soul Calibur (Final Form) - cost ???

Attack 160
Def 70
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 20
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Nullify Aerial Control


Take Off (Surf Board) - cost 12500

Attack 80
Def 45
HP 25
Power 0
Impact 20
Boost 30
Gauge 20
Special 50

Skill - None


NIGHTMARE


Soul Edge 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 20

Skills - None

Claymore

Attack 120
Defence 60
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Auto Counter B

Soul Edge (Nauplius) - cost 9000

Attack 210
Defence 40
HP 25
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Slow Feet

Giant Buster - cost 8000

Attack 130
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Steel Paddle - cost 6500

Attack 110
Defence 80
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None


Soul Edge (Final Form) - cost ???

Attack 180
Def 60
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 20

Skill - Native Skill/Auto Unblockable Attack A


Giant Squid - cost 12800

Attack 80
Def 35
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 70
Boost 0
Gauge 70
Special 70

Skill - None


HILDE


G Nova & F Himmel 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skills - None

Corsesca & Broadsword

Attack 100
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 20
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Damage B

Scorpion - cost 8000

Attack 180
Defence 45
HP 20
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 30
Gauge 60
Special 0

Skills - None

Eisonowaki & Kandachi - cost 8500

Attack 130
Defence 70
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Zhang Ba Shemao - cost 8500

Attack 145
Defence 35
HP 40
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 60
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Ga-Derg & Ga-Boi - cost 22000

Attack 160
Def 55
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Vamp


Eighteeth Hole (Golf flag) - cost 13500

Attack 95
Def 35
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Auto Counter A





MAXI


Soryuju 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skills - None

Tetsuryu

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 20
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Auto Impact C

Huoshen - cost 7500

Attack 190
Defence 35
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 60
Boost 60
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Chained Kozuka - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 70
HP 40
Power 20
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Vajra - cost 9000

Attack 100
Defence 60
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None


Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 160
Def 55
HP 60
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 20
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Strong Impact


Maracas - cost ???

Attack 80
Def 40
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 90
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 80

Skill - None




VOLDO


Manas & Ayus 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - None

Jamadhar

Attack 110
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 20
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Start Dash B

Cat Claws - cost 7500

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 60
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Tofana Scissor - cost 7500

Attack 100
Defence 65
HP 55
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 30

Skills - None

Guillotine - cost 8500

Attack 180
Defence 30
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 50

Skills - None


Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 140
Def 90
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 20
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Will Power


Pasticcere (blenders) - cost 12800

Attack 100
Def 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 60
Boost 60
Gauge 60
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Auto Counter B




TIRA

Eiserne Drossel 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 40
Special 30

Skills - None

Circular Sword

Attack 120
Defence 60
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/Hysterical Strength

Bifrost - cost 7000

Attack 110
Defence 90
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Ixion - cost 8500

Attack 155
Defence 45
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 40
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Vimana - cost 8000

Attack 130
Defence 55
HP 35
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skills - None

Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 180
Defence 70
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Slow Feet

Hula Hoop - cost 14500

Attack 80
Defence 40
HP 35
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/HP Drain A


XIANGHUA


No Name 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 20
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Straight Sword

Attack 120
Defence 50
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Step Speed Up

Kard - cost 7500

Attack 120
Defence 85
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - None

Northern Star - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Kopis - cost 8000

Attack 160
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skills - None


Soul Calibur - cost 20000

Attack 150
Def 65
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 20
Special 20

Skill - Native Skill/Start Dash A


Foxtail - cost 14500

Attack 80
Def 45
HP 25
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skill - Native Skill/Nullify Ring Out A



KILIK



Kali-Yuga 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - None

Iron Rod

Attack 100
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/HP Recovery B

Ling-Sheng Su Staff - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - None

Amud - cost 7500

Attack 110
Defence 30
HP 70
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Jingu Staff - cost 8500

Attack 150
Defence 65
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 50
Special 0

Skills - None


Embrace of Souls - cost 23000

Attack 135
Def 80
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 10

Skill - Native Skill/Strong Impact


Haneman - cost 12000

Attack 90
Def 40
HP 25
Power 60
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/Auto Counter A



ASTAROTH



Kulutues 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Bulova

Attack 120
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Damage B

Terror Moon - cost 7500

Attack 130
Defence 45
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 30

Skills - None

Great Maul - cost 8000

Attack 210
Defence 35
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Nanbanfu - cost 7500

Attack 150
Defence 30
HP 50
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 190
Defence 55
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill Hyper mode


Pow Hammer - cost 15800

Attack 140
Defence 40
HP 20
Power 100
Impact 0
Boost 100
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Double Edged Sword






IVY


Valentine 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skills - None

Viper Edge

Attack 120
Defence 55
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Venom Fang C

Dream Blade - cost 7500

Attack 110
Defence 65
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 50
Special 30

Skills - None

Alraune - cost 8000

Attack 170
Defence 45
HP 30
Power 50
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - None

Kaleidoscope - cost 8500

Attack 140
Defence 70
HP 25
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 60

Skills - None

Soul Calibur - cost 20000

Attack 130
Defence 75
HP 50
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 20
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/HP Burst

Magical Sausage - cost 12600

Attack 70
Defence 20
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/HP Recovery A



YUNG -SEONG


White Storm 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 20
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - None

Qing Long

Attack 130
Defence 40
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Will Power

Giant Butcher Knife - cost 7500

Attack 130
Defence 75
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Dragon Sword - cost 8500

Attack 180
Defence 45
HP 25
Power 60
Impact 60
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Ramdao - cost 7000

Attack 110
Defence 55
HP 45
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 50

Skills - None

Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 200
Defence 60
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 30
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/ Evil Sword Berserk


Sorghum (Cob of corn) - cost ???

Attack 80
Defence 25
HP 40
Power 50
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skills - None


SEUNG MI-NA


Scarlet Thunder (1P & 2P)

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Hyup Do

Attack 110
Defence 60
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Impact Heal

Ambassador - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 50
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Halberd- cost 7500

Attack 170
Defence 45
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - None

Hraesvelgr - cost 9000

Attack 140
Defence 40
HP 50
Power 40
Impact 60
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Soul Calibur - cost 20000

Attack 150
Defence 60
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 20
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Soul Gauge Recovery A


Open Handed Slap - cost 13500

Attack 100
Defence 30
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 60
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/Knock Down




ROCK


Onslaught 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 20
Special 0

Skills - None

Morning Star

Attack 130
Defence 40
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/ Strengthen Vertical

Giant Mace - cost 6500

Attack 140
Defense 30
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - None

Ropalon - cost 7500

Attack 180
Defence 40
HP 25
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 60
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Juggernaut - cost 8500

Attack 110
Defence 80
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 40
Special 30

Skills - None


Wayakin - cost 18000

Attack 160
Defence 60
HP 50
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Hyper Mode


Iron Fist - cost 11800

Attack 200
Defence -20
HP -10
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Shave Damage A



CERVANTES


Acheron & Nirvana 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Firangi

Attack 100
Defence 70
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Alignment

Styx - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 40

Skills - None

Erlang's Blade - cost 7500

Attack 150
Defence 50
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Phlegethon - cost 7500

Attack 180
Defence 40
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


Soul Edge - cost 20000

Attack 220
Defence 50
HP 35
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 20
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Impact Edge


Gurgitator (Skewered meat) - cost 12400

Attack 75
Defence 5
HP 70
Power 0
Impact 20
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/HP Burst



TALIM



Syi Sarika & Loka Luha 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 50

Skills - None

Elbow Blade

Attack 110
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Magnet

Tonfa - cost 6500

Attack 100
Defence 80
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 60

Skills - None

Side Harp - cost 7000

Attack 160
Defence 30
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 30

Skills - None

Double Crescent Blade - cost 8000

Attack 135
Defence 55
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None


Soul Edge & Soul Calibur - cost 22000

Attack 125
Defence 60
HP 70
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/HP Burst



Ocarina (pipe instrument) - cost 12500

Attack 80
Defence 45
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Auto Grapple Break A






YOSHIMITSU


Yoshimitsu 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - None

Manji Sword

Attack 100
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Magnet

Kastane - cost 7000

Attack 140
Defence 70
HP 25
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 50

Skills - None

Kagekiyo - cost 8500

Attack 120
Defence 30
HP 55
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skills - None

Hihiirokane - cost 9000

Attack 170
Defence 45
HP 30
Power 60
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 0

Skills - None



Soul Calibur - cost 20000

Attack 145
Defence 40
HP 70
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 20

Skills - Native Skill/Invisible



Omikuji - cost 13000

Attack 90
Defence 30
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - Native Skill/Auto Unblockable Attack B




ZASALAMEL


Kafziel 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 20
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skills - None

Death Scythe

Attack 140
Defence 40
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Soul Gauge Boost C

Ankou - cost 8000

Attack 150
Defence 60
HP 25
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 30
Gauge 50
Special 0

Skills - None

Balor - cost 7000

Attack 130
Defence 35
HP 45
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Mrtyu - cost 7500

Attack 200
Defence 45
HP 25
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 30

Skills - None



Irkalla - cost 20000

Attack 165
Defence 45
HP 55
Power 30
Impact 10
Boost 0
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Venom Fang A



Beak - cost 12500

Attack 85
Defence 40
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skills - Native Skill/Soul Repel



ALGOL


Soul Edge & Soul Calibur 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 40
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - None

Soul Edge & Soul Calibur #1

Attack 125
Defence 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Nullify Ring Out B

Soul Edge & Soul Calibur #2 - cost 10000

Attack 115
Defence 80
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 40
Gauge 0
Special 60

Skills - None

Soul Edge & Soul Calibur #3 - cost 10000

Attack 140
Defence 40
HP 50
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Soul Edge & Soul Calibur #4 - cost 10000

Attack 170
Defence 50
HP 20
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 30

Skills - None



Soul Edge & Soul Calibur - cost 25000

Attack 155
Defence 60
HP 55
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Hyper Mode



Soul Edge & Soul Calibur - cost 15000

Attack 80
Defence 45
HP 25
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 50

Skills - Native Skill/Nullify Aerial Control




KAMIKIRMUSI


Denryu Bakuha 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 20

Skills - None

Denryu Bakuha Cedar

Attack 120
Defence 60
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Auto Counter B

Denryu Bakuha Fir - cost 8000

Attack 200
Defence 40
HP 25
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - Native Skill/Slow Feet

Denryu Bakuha Cypress- cost 8000

Attack 140
Defence 50
HP 35
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Denryu Bakuha Hemlock - cost 8000

Attack 110
Defence 80
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None



SHURA


Rajin & Fujin-Maru 1P & 2P

Attack 100
Defence 50
HP 30
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None

Rajin & Fujin: Taishakuten

Attack 100
Defence 70
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skills - Native Skill/Alignment

Rajinu & Fujin: Zochoten - cost 8000

Attack 130
Defence 60
HP 40
Power 40
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 40

Skills - None

Rajin & Fujin: Jikokuten - cost 8000

Attack 150
Defence 50
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skills - None

Rajin & Fujin: Tamoten - cost 8000

Attack 180
Defence 40
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skills - None


ASHLOTTE



Krnielk 1P/2P

Attack 100
Def 50
HP 30
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None


Krnielk Heaven

Attack 120
Def 40
HP 40
Power 0
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill - Native/Double Edged Sword


Krnielk South - cost 8000

Attack 135
Def 65
HP 35
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 60
Special 30

Skill None


Krnielk East - cost 8000

Attack 230
Def 30
HP 20
Power 50
Impact 30
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None


Krnielk North- cost 8000

Attack 150
Def 30
HP 50
Power 50
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill None


Krnielk West - cost 20000

Attack 190
Def 55
HP 40
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 20

Skill - Native Skill/Hyper Mode


Krnielk Earth - cost 13000

Attack 140
Def 40
HP 20
Power 100
Impact 0
Boost 100
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Krnielk Earth


Lucifer Spear Black II - cost 8000

Attack 130
Def 50
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill None

SCHEHERAZADE



Alf Layla Wa Layla 1P/2P

Attack 100
Def 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 50
Boost 50
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None


Alf Layla Wa Layla Saba'a

Attack 130
Def 20
HP 45
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/Nullify Counter B


Alf Layla Wa Layla Ithinin - cost 8000

Attack 145
Def 65
HP 20
Power 40
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 40
Special 0

Skill None


Alf Layla Wa Layla Thalatha - cost 8000

Attack 130
Def 40
HP 55
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 50
Special 40

Skill None


Alf Layla Wa Layla Arba'a - cost 8000

Attack 160
Def 45
HP 30
Power 30
Impact 0
Boost 50
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill None


Alf Layla Wa Layla Khamsa - cost 20000

Attack 180
Def 20
HP 60
Power 20
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/ Impact Edge


Alf Layla Wa Layla Sita - cost 13000

Attack 85
Def 40
HP 35
Power 30
Impact 30
Boost 30
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill - Native Skill/ Soul Gauge Vamp




ANGOL FEAR


Lucifer Spear Black 1P/2P

Attack 100
Def 50
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill None


Lucifer Spear Black Nulla

Attack 110
Def 60
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 40
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Impact Heal



Lucifer Spear Black II - cost 8000

Attack 130
Def 50
HP 45
Power 30
Impact 50
Boost 0
Gauge 30
Special 30

Skill None


Lucifer Spear Black III - cost 8000

Attack 170
Def 45
HP 30
Power 0
Impact 0
Boost 30
Gauge 40
Special 40

Skill None


Lucifer Spear Black IV - cost 8000

Attack 140
Def 40
HP 50
Power 40
Impact 60
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None


Lucifer Spear Black IV - cost 8000

Attack 140
Def 40
HP 50
Power 40
Impact 60
Boost 30
Gauge 0
Special 0

Skill None



Lucifer Spear Black V - cost 22000

Attack 150
Def 60
HP 50
Power 0
Impact 40
Boost 20
Gauge 30
Special 0

Skill - Native Skill/Soul Gauge recovery A



Lucifer Spear Black VI - cost 13000

Attack 100
Def 30
HP 20
Power 30
Impact 60
Boost 0
Gauge 0
Special 40

Skill - Native Skill Knock Down







custom created characters examples.


CHARACTER CREATION:

In Soul Calibur IV you can edit existing characters or by highlighting the center icon on the character select screen (the one with two characters) create a new one from scratch. Naturally, if you edit an existing character you won't be able to edit their physical form other than hair style and clothing.

EDITING ORIGINAL CHARACTERS.

Go to character create, select the character you want. Where is says (Customized) press A (or X). Then choose 1P or 2P costume from the list, press A or X again. Press RIGHT on D-pad and you can now change colours. Including hair colours.

You can use an auto template for new characters by messing around with the following options.

Option 1 - Male or Female

Option 2 - Choose a fighting style from the normal characters

Option 3 - Choose Equipment trait (none/light armor/heavy armor/standard equipment)

Option 4 -Choose Battle trait (none/attack focus/defense focus/HP focus/maximum defense/maximum attack/maximum HP/concentrated skill type/dispersed skill type/HP focus)

Option 5 - Choose Alignment (none/good/evil)

Then you can Auto- Generate - you can then edit this character or change traits or generate again using same conditions.

Character Creation Options

You can tweak the follow areas of all characters although as mentioned already you won't be able to change certain attribute if you're editing an existing character.

-Change the entire equipment set in one go

-Change head equipment (headbands, masks, helmets etc)

-Change face equipment (glasses, masks etc)

-Change neck equipment (scarves ribbons etc)

-Change shoulder equipment (armor such as spaulders)

-Change undergarments (chain mail, leggings, shirts etc - although these are likely to get covered up)

-Change upper body equipment (shirts, breastplates, dresses,tunics,robes etc)

-Change arm equipment (gloves, armlets etc)

-Change lower body equipment (skirts, trousers, belts etc)

-Change ankle equipment (socks, bandages, stockings etc)

-Change leg equipment (shoes, boots etc)

-Change special equipment

Using tabs (pressing left or right on the d-pad) you can then edit the colours of each of these, with some having more than one colour option.




Changing Physical Attributes

For new characters you can edit the following areas:

Physique - change mass and muscularity (although you won't notice muscle changes as well if your character is already fully clothed).

Voice - there are several templates (more can be unlocked) and here you can change the pitch +50 or -50. You get a looped audio sample as a reference.

Hair Style - there are a number of templates with more being unlocked as you purchase new characters and play.

Face - You can choose from 8 female face templates by default and 20 male faces.

Change Hair Color - some will allow for multiple colors. You can choose two shades for most.

Change Eye Brows and Facial Hair

Change Eye Color

Change Skin Color

Change Color of Base Equipment - this changes the basic underwear colour such as bra and panties.



Changing weapons/fighting style

Here you can select the base fighting style that you chose from the earlier option.

Japanese Sword - Mitsurugi

Zanbatou - Seong Mi-na

Ninja Sword x2 - Taki

Nunchuck - Maxi

Katar x2 Voldo

Short Sword w/Small Shield - Sophitia

Zweihander - Siegfried

Snake Sword - Ivy

Rod -Kilik

Chinese Sword - Xianghua

Zweihander - Nightmare

Giant Ax - Astaroth

Sword Rapier - Raphael

Tonfa x2 - Talim

Short Sword w/Small Shield - Cassandra

Lai Sword (hidden in umbrella) - Setsuka

Ring Blade - Tira

Sword Lance - Hilde

Sword Rapier - Amy

Each character then has various weapons with differing attributes you can then equip. Some will need to be purchased and some will have abilities in the slots.



Skills Overview

Each character has four available slots although some can be filled if using a weapon with special abilities. There are five main attributes (listed below) although the skills that you select have a points requirement, which means if you do not have the required points you won't be able to add that skill. To gain more points you need to level up your character and change weapons first. You cannot stack skills over your maximum limit. The effects of skills can either a constant effect, a chance effect or entered manually by pressing A+B+K simultaneously.


POWER

IMPACT

BOOST

GAUGE

SPECIAL


Skills

Numbers indicate skill points required and level (P=power/I=impact/B=boost/G=gauge/S=special/lvl= level)

-POWER SKILLS-


Shave Damage C - Shave a small amount of HP from opponent even if the attack was blocked. (50P 20G -lvl 1)

Shave Damage B - Shave a small amount of HP from opponent even if the attack was blocked. (70P 30G -lvl 3)

Shave Damage A - Shave a small amount of HP from opponent even if the attack was blocked. (100P 40G -lvl 7)

Auto Counter C - Has a slight chance of turning an attack that lands on the opponent into a counter hit. (60P - lvl 2)

Auto Counter B - Has a chance of turning an attack that lands on the opponent into a counter hit. (90P - lvl 4)

Auto Counter A - Has a high chance of turning an attack that lands on the opponent into a counter hit. (130P - lvl 8)

Auto Unblockable Attack C - Has a slight chance of turning the next high damage attack into unblockable attack. (80P - lvl 2)

Auto Unblockable Attack B - Has a chance of turning the next high damage attack into unblockable attack. (110P - lvl 5)

Auto Unblockable Attack A - Has a hight chance of turning the next high damage attack into unblockable attack. (140P - lvl 9)

Knock Down - Increase knock down power. (80P 30S - lvl 5)

Nullify Aerial Control - (constant) Opponent is unable to gain aerial control after being attacked three times in the air. (100P - lvl 6)

Guard Breaker - (manual) All high damage attacks are guard breaks for a set time by pressing A+B+K . (90P 40B -lvl 8)




-IMPACT SKILLS-


Nullify Counter C - Has a slight chance of turning the opponent's counter hit into a normal hit. (50I - lvl 1)

Nullify Counter B - Has a chance of turning the opponent's counter hit into a normal hit. (70I - lvl 3)

Nullify Counter A - Has a high chance of turning the opponent's counter hit into a normal hit. (100I - lvl 6)

Auto Impact C - Has a slight chance of performing an impact when an attack is blocked. (60I - lvl 2)

Auto Impact B - Has a chance of performing an impact when an attack is blocked. (90I - lvl 4)

Auto Impact A - Has a high chance of performing an impact when an attack is blocked. (120I - lvl 8)

Impact Heal - (constant) When an impact is performed HP is recovered proportional to the impact strength. (50I 30G - lvl 3)

Impact Edge - (constant) When an impact is performed damage proportional to the strength of impact is inflicted on opponent. (80I - lvl 4)

Strong Impact - (constant) When an impact is performed, the next attack will turn into a counter hit. (90I 40P - lvl 5)

Master Impact - (constant) All impacts will be just impacts, but must be executed within a shorter time frame. (130I - lvl 7)

Soul Repel - (manual) Repel any attacks at any time except when in air by pressing A+B+K. (110I - lvl 9)




-BOOST SKILLS-


Hysterical Strength - (constant) Stats increase inversely to the amount of soul gauge remaining. (50B - lvl 1)

Start Dash C - (constant) At the start of battle, all stats are slightly higher for a set time. (50B - lvl 1)

Start Dash B - (constant) At the start of battle, all stats are higher for a set time. (60B - lvl 5)

Start Dash A - (constant) At the start of battle, all stats are much higher for a set time. (80B - lvl 8)

Will Power - (constant) All stats increase when HP decreases to a set amount. (30B 20G - lvl 2)

Soul Gauge Recovery C - (constant) Increase the rate at which the Soul Gauge recovers by a small amount. (30B 20G - lvl 2)

Soul Gauge Recovery B - (constant) Increase the rate at which the Soul Gauge recovers. (40B 30G - lvl 4)

Soul Gauge Recovery A - (constant) Increase the rate at which the Soul Gauge recovers. (50B 40G - lvl 7)

Alignment - (constant) Stats increase or decrease depending on the opponent's alignment (good/evil/none). (50B - lvl 3)

Strengthen Horizontal - (constant) Strengthen horizontal attack while weakening other attacks. (70B - lvl 4)

Appeal - (constant) Stats increase when fighting against the opposite gender and decrease when vs the same gender. (50B - lvl 6)

Hyper Mode - (manual) All stats increase for a set time by pressing A+B+K. (70B 30P - lvl 6)

Strengthen Vertical - Strengthen vertical attacks while weakening other attacks. (60 B - lvl 7)

Skill Ability Up - (manual) enhance the effect of a random skill by pressing A+B+K. (80B - lvl 9)




-GAUGE SKILLS-


Soul Gauge Boost C - (constant) Start with the Soul Gauge full. (70G 40B - lvl 1)

Soul Gauge Boost B - (constant) Start with the Soul Gauge full and slightly decrease damage to Soul Gauge when blocking attacks. (80G 50B - lvl 3)

Soul Gauge Boost A - (constant) Start with the Soul Gauge full and decrease damage to Soul Gauge when blocking attacks. (100G 50B - lvl 5)

Soul Gauge Damage C - (constant) Small increase in the amount of damage on the opponent's soul gauge when opponent blocks. (40G - lvl 1)


Soul Gauge Damage B - (constant) Increase in the amount of damage on the opponent's soul gauge when opponent blocks. (60G - lvl 4)


Soul Gauge Damage A - (constant) Large increase in the amount of damage on the opponent's soul gauge when opponent blocks. (90G - lvl 6)

HP Drain C - (constant) When an attack lands, HP recovers a small amount proportional to damage. (60G - lvl 1)

HP Drain B - (constant) When an attack lands, HP recovers a medium amount proportional to damage. (90G - lvl 3)

HP Drain A - (constant) When an attack lands, HP recovers a large amount proportional to damage. (120G - lvl 8)

Soul Gauge Rate Up C - Small increase in the amount Soul Gauge recovers when attacking. (30G - lvl 2)


Soul Gauge Rate Up B - Increase in the amount Soul Gauge recovers when attacking. (50G - lvl 4)


Soul Gauge Rate Up A - Large increase in the amount Soul Gauge recovers when attacking. (80G - lvl 7)

HP Recovery C - (constant) When hit with a combo of 3 or more, HP recovers a small amount proportional to total combo damage. (50G - lvl 2)

HP Recovery B - (constant) When hit with a combo of 3 or more, HP recovers a medium amount proportional to total combo damage. (70G - lvl 5)

HP Recovery A - (constant) When hit with a combo of 3 or more, HP recovers a large amount proportional to total combo damage. (100G - lvl 8)

HP Burst - (manual) Recover HP by pressing A+B+K. Soul Gauge will gradually decrease after a set time. (130G - lvl 6)

Soul Gauge Vamp - (manual) Randomly decrease the opponent's Soul Gauge and absorb part of it by pressing A+B+K. (100G 30S - lvl 9)




-SPECIAL SKILLS-


Switch Speed Up - (constant - increase the rate at which Switch Gauge increases during AMB. (80S - lvl 1)

Auto Grapple Break C - (chance) Has a slight chance of performing grapple break when you are thrown. (30S 30I - lvl 1)

Auto Grapple Break B - (chance) Has a chance of performing grapple break when you are thrown. (50S 30I - lvl 3)

Auto Grapple Break A - (chance) Has a high chance of performing grapple break when you are thrown. (70S 40I - lvl 7)

Double-Edge Sword
- (constant) Increase the rate at which Soul Gauge gains and loses. (60S - lvl 2)

Nullify Ring Out C - (chance) Has a slight chance of preventing a ring out. (40S - lvl 2)

Nullify Ring Out B - (chance) Has a chance of preventing a ring out. (70S - lvl 4)

Nullify Ring Out C - (chance) Has a high chance of preventing a ring out. (100S - lvl 6)

Venom Fang C - (constant) Additional small poison damage to a downed opponent. The poison ends when opponent lands an attack or after a set time. (50S 20P - lvl 3)


Venom Fang B - (constant) Additional poison damage to a downed opponent. The poison ends when opponent lands an attack or after a set time. (70S 30P - lvl 5)


Venom Fang A - (constant) Additional large poison damage to a downed opponent. The poison ends when opponent lands an attack or after a set time. (100S 40P - lvl 8)

Magnet - (constant) Reduce knock down power on both sides. (75S - lvl 4)

Run Speed Up Increase running speed. (70S - lvl 6)

Invisible - (manual) Become invisible for a set time by pressing A+B+K. (130S - lvl 7)

Step Speed Up - Increase stepping speed. (70S - lvl 8)

Charge Cancel - (manual) Cancel the move when used while attacking by pressing A+B+K. (150S - lvl 9)



FINAL OPTIONS

Here you can:

Finish- end the session by saving.
Cancel - Quit session
Name entry - add a name to your character (up to 12 letters)
Background - change the stage you are on
Test Play - test out your edited character vs cpu
Pose - change the standing pose
Undo - remove the last edit you made and so on.

Pressing Y (Triangle on PS3) button at any time will clear the hUD and allow you to view a full screen of your creation.

Right Trigger Zooms in

Left Trigger Zooms out

Right Stick rotates camera

Left Stick changes pose/action

Hold L+R triggers and moving right stick rotates character on the spot

Hold L+R triggers and moving right stick up and down changes camera elevation



LIMITED EDITION - EXTRAS

The LE auto unlocks the Soul Calibur and Soul Edge weapons.

These items of clothing might be unlockable via standard edition or added as DLC. (M denotes male F female) Credit SteveTwo


M-Uniform A+10 D+20 H+30 Special+45

M-Blazer D+15 H+30 Impact+45 Special +10

M-Format Pants D+15 H+15 Gauge+35

M-Leather Loafers Boost+10

F-White Brim A-15 H+25 Power+25 Impact+25

F-Lace Tie A-20 H+15 Power+10 Impact+10

F-String Necktie A+10 D-10 H+10 Power+10 Special+5

F-Ribbon Tie A-10 D+10 H+10 Impact+10 Gauge+5

F-Feminine Blouse D+10 H+30 Gauge+50

F-Sailor Shirt D+15 H+30 Impact+40 Special+10

F-Knit Vest A+25 D+15 H+15 Power+35

F-Blazer A+15 D+25 H+25 Special+40

F-Short Apron D-20 H+20 Impact+20 Special+20

F-Apron Skirt A-5 D+15 H+10 Boost+40

F-Pleated Checkered Skirt A+20 D+15 H-10 Power+25 Gauge+15

F-Loose Socks A+20 D+10 H+5

F-Knee Socks D+10 H+10 Special+10

Mitsurugi in a Blazer (Suit and Tie), Formal Pants and Leather Loafers





ACHIEVEMENTS/HONORS:

The game features an in built guide for obtaining achievements in the museum (called Honors) where you can check your progress of how close you are to completing certain tasks.

Encounter with the Unknown 10
Fight against Yoda. - choose Apprentice in Arcade mode and Yoda appears in stage 7 - you'll have to unlock Apprentice first.

Pursuer of the Secret 10
Clear STORY MODE on difficulty: NORMAL.

Mystery of the Swords 20
Clear STORY MODE on difficulty: HARD.

May the Force be with You 20
Clear STORY MODE with Yoda.

War Veteran 10
Clear ARCADE MODE - just clear it, don't worry about continues.

Hero on the Battlefield 20
Clear ARCADE MODE with over 450,000 points. - try and gain as many perfects in the early stages (you get 15,000 points per perfect) - don't lose any rounds. Also bear in mind that you get 1000 points for each Soul Crush and 10,000 for each Critical Strike. You'll also get an accumulated bonus if you don't lose any rounds, starting at 1000 then doubling up each time (every two rounds) leaving you a nice 64,000 bonus at the end (and total over the entire mode 125,000) - although you'll lose this multiplier if you lose a round or restart (Apprentice on stage 7 being the opponent most likely to break this) . You can restart each round if you fail to get either a perfect or Critical Strike. The latter stages are easier to get the critical strike rather than aiming for perfects. Yung-seong based characters are great for these with spamming the forward+Y,Y (triangle on PS3) move mixed in with a few kicks and throws to spice things up.

Another great character to get some easy perfects early on is Mitsurugi and his Down+Back X (Square on PS3) low sweep - this works wonders against grounded foes. The sweep move works well throughout the mode and whilst a cheap tactic might just get you through without too much fuss. It also means you'll avoid facing fast recovery barge Astaroth who can be a pain for tapping you. Apprentice seems to fall foul of it often. Just remember that if you spam it a few times and the AI blocks, to mix in another move or pause before sweeping again.


Legendary Hidden Treasures 20
Acquire over 30 treasures in TOWER OF LOST SOULS - see extensive guide above .

Never Ending Advance 20
Descend 20 floors in TOWER OF LOST SOULS - see extensive guide above.

Tower's New Guardian 30
Clear all upper floors of TOWER OF LOST SOULS - see extensive guide above, although clearing is easier than trying to obtain the treasures.

Scorpion's Sting 10
Win a battle with Critical Finish. - Press LB (L1) or A+B+K+G once opponents HP gauge is red and you've stun attacked them (they flash). So in a nutshell, keep attacking a blocking opponent. When their health bar flashes red this means you are able to perform a Soul Crush. To do this, keep attacking your opponent without taking any hits yourself. Once you perform the Soul Crush (your opponent will stagger back for a split second, press the LB button quickly and you'll perform a Critical Finish - you have a very small window of opportunity to do this, so be careful and try and do single move attacks when you "feel" that they are about to get Soul Crushed.

Smasher 10
Destroy all of the opponent's equipment. - create a weak attacking character (max defense) then keep attacking high, mid and low. Or play long 5 rounds online. Does not work vs CPU in versus mode. Play Tower ascending Floor 11 where they have high defense or versus Hilde who blocks a lot - hard arcade mode is best.

Iron Hammer 10
Land an attack on a taunting opponent. - you'll get this if you fight often without much effort at all.

Death on the Battlefield 30
Perform 100 Critical Finishes. - Use Yun-Seong and keep using forward+Y,Y (triangle) attack you'll get the timing when to press LB or L1 after the Soul Crush is performed.

Like a Flowing Stream 20
Perform 200 Impacts. - When opponent attacks, hit forward and A immediately. You'll see a flash effect or battle with a character who has Auto Impact A and generally block a lot in your battles.

Lost in the Moment 30
Perform 20 Just Impacts. - Create a high defense character with Master Impact skill and then perform impacts by pressing forward+A (or X for PS3). Try the first stage on Story Mode (Hard difficulty) for best results. If you die just keep replaying until you get the achievement over so many rounds.

Quick Strike 10
Perform 5 First Attacks in a row in Arcade. - as the round starts immediately run up to your opponent and grab.

Swift Strike 20
Perform 100 First Attacks. Throws work just as well as normal attacks.

Mad Destroyer 20
Perform 100 Soul Crushes. - When opponent's health bar is flashing red, keep attacking to Soul Crush them until they are stunned.

Violent Storm 20
Perform 50 Wall Hits. - knock opponent off walls

10,000 Strikes of Proof 30
Land 10,000 attacks.

Endure 1,000 30
Guard 1,000 times against attacks.

Water Moon 20
Perform 30 grapple breaks - create a high defense character with Auto Grapple Break A

Distance will not Betray 20
Reach over 10,000 meters in total movement distance in battle - side step and run a lot.

First Step as an Artist 5
Customize a regular character - in the character create mode select a regular character and then choose an empty slot. There is an option to customize the character's third outfit.

Chosen by History 5
Create a custom character.

Sharpened Teeth 20
Maximize a style's level. - Keep fighting in any mode other than versus with the same character (or custom edit) until you reach level 9. Points are gained in story, tower and arcade mode win or lose. When there are more characters on your team, remember that it's the character who performs the KO who gets the points, not the character on standby.

Equal Skill and Power 20
Use all skill points and set up 4 skills. - create character that uses all skill points available (use low level skills or use template below - some items may need to be unlocked).

1.Create female character and use Taki template (base character at level 1)
2.Select the Kagenui weapon
3.Use the following clothing

Head - Feather Beret
Face - None
Neck - Fur Scarf
Shoulder - Pauldrons
Undergarments - none
Upper body - none
Arms - Leather Gloves
Lower body - Roman Belt
Ankle - Shinobi Tabi
Feet - none

4.Use the following skills

Shave Damage C
Nullify Counter C
Hysterical Strength
Soul Gauge Damage C


Engraved into History 30
Fight 100 times (Online) - this can actually be done in Player and Ranked modes.

World Class Fighter 30
Fight against 20 different fighting styles (Online). Seeing as you'll probably face Kilik, Maxi and Cervantes more than anyone else, due to peoples preferences, you might want to team up in player matches with a friend to get this.

World Traveler 30
Fight on all stages (Online) - see stage list above. Don't forget the seesaw stage which is unlocked via the Tower of Souls. Although if your opponent has it unlocked already you can ask him/her to select that.

Gladiator 20
Win consecutive Ranked Matches (Online).You only need 1 or two consecutive wins to get this.

Unknown Swordsman 20
Win 10 times (Online) - this can be player match or ranked matches.

Hero King 30
Level up to 20 (Online) - you're going to need to win around 80 fights with few losses - if you lose, you lose points so this only delays you.

Divine Punishment 20
K.O. with an Unblockable Attack. - timing is crucial but Lizard's down/back +B+Y(triangle+Circle) works well.

Reversal Wizard 20
Win 20 times with low HP - make sure your HP is literally on the last few blocks.

Phoenix 10
Win with all equipment destroyed. - create high HP/defense character and block a lot (be careful of throws) Try stage with mulitple opponents (tower floor 24 is a good one to try). Arcade mode on Hard is very good on a stage against 4 opponents. Learn to block effectively.

Wandering Assassin 10
K.O. opponent with over 20 types of weapons. You should get this by playing story mode with each character or general play over time.

Repel All Blades 30
Win perfect 30 times. - this is an overall 30, not in a row.

Numeric God 20
Measure the two passages of time and win. (end time must be equal numbers - random how you get this)

Two Cannot Exist Together 20
Exhaust each other's power. - a double KO (both of you KO'd) - This is best and easiest with Yoshimitsu who has a suicide attack.
1.Go to Arcade mode stage one Versus Talim (close range fighter).
2.Spend the first part of the round lowering her health to just a tiny bit remaining.
3.Deliberately sustain hits so that your own health is low.
4.Make sure you are as far away from her so that she will likely run at you
5.Whilst she dithers (before she runs at you) press Back+Y+B to turn around - (Triangle+ Circle)
6.With careful timing just as she's run at you and literally touching you press Back+X+B - (Square+ Circle)
7.Double K.O.

Gathering of the Best 20
Complete CHAIN OF SOULS.- buy all characters and obtain apprentice, then look at Chain of Souls.

Observer of Souls 30
Collect all illustrations in Art Gallery - simply buy them all when you have the funds.

Sword Hunter 15
Collect all weapons for 5 characters. - remember to complete the story mode with a character to unlock his or her last two weapons.

The Controller 20
Get Soul Calibur (Final Form). - Complete Siegfried's story and buy Soul Calibur (Final Form) in the Create a Character Mode.

Wild Run to Tragedy 20
Get Soul Edge (Final Form). Complete Nightmare's story and buy Soul Edge (Final Form) in the Create a Character Mode.

Looter of the Battlefield 20
Collect all accessories. - buy these in the create mode. It's the items for the bonus characters who have special items for sale. You'll unlock these as you gain per 5 honors. Try attempting this when you've gained 30 honors.

Wandering Weapon Merchant 20
Collect 350 pieces of equipment - just keep buying the male/female items until you have it. 350 is not all of the items in the game.

Transcend History and the World 50
Acquire all weapons and equipment. - be wary of Voldo's unique item (Imprisoned Face -1350 only available if you edit using Voldo) if you're missing one. You gain all of the items by gaining honors, so don't stress too much if you can't unlock them via the Tower of Souls - however you'll have to pay for them rather than getting them for free via the tower.

Secret Achievements

Start of a New Era 5
Welcome to the new world of SOULCALIBUR! - boot up game and watch the opening with out skipping - press Start when it appears.

Tower of Gold 20
Acquire over 1000000 Gold. - you can spend gold (it's your total gained overall)


DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT:

Released on 31/07/2008

Customization equipment 1 100 MP

Devil's Mask - +30 ATK, -20 DEF, +30 HP. Astaroth's 2P mask from Soul Calibur II

Tsurugi Shiragame - +10 DEF, +25 HP, 20 Gauge, 20 Special. (Yoshimitsu costume part).

Iron Mask - +15 ATK, +30 DEF, 20 Boost. Voldo's Alien mask from Soul Calibur II

Scorpion - +20 DEF, +15 HP, 20 Impact, 20 Gauge. Another Voldo mask.

Nightmare Helm Torment - +20 DEF, +20 HP, 20 Impact. Nightmare's 1P helmet from Soul Calibur

Nightmare Helm Misery - +20 ATK, +20 HP, 20 Gauge. Nightmare's 1P helmet from Soul Calibur II

Nightmare Helm Agony - -5 ATK, +40 HP, 20 Special.

Clown Mask - +30 DEF, +20 HP. Voldo's 2P mask from Soul Calibur. Voldo-only.

Goddess' Blessing - -15 ATK, +40 DEF, +10 HP, 35 Impact, 35 Special. Sophitia's 3P chest armor from Soul Calibur. Female accessory.

Downloadable Music complete set 1200 MP

Downloadable music tracks 1 - 17 80 points each.

Released on 13/08/2008

Customization equipment 2 - 200 MP

Note: these are included in the LE version of the game.

F-White Brim A-15 H+25 Power+25 Impact+25

F-Lace Tie A-20 H+15 Power+10 Impact+10

F-Short Apron D-20 H+20 Impact+20 Special+20

F-Apron Skirt A-5 D+15 H+10 Boost+40


Released on 03/09/2008

Customization equipment 3 - 200 MP

Note: these are included in the LE version of the game.

No data - school outfits for female fighters only.


Released on 17/09/2008

Customization equipment 4 - 100 MP

Note: these are included in the LE version of the game.

No data - school outfits for male fighters only.


Released on 25/09/2008

Customization equipment 5 - 150 MP

Halloween gear for male and female fighters.


Released on 01/10/2008

Weapons Set Bonus Weapons - 300 MP

All of the bonus weapons you can gain by playing the arcade mode with each character and purchasing.


Released on 01/10/2008

Weapons Set Ultimate Weapons - 300 MP

All of the bonus weapons you can gain by playing the arcade mode with each character and purchasing.

Released on 30/10/2008

Vader character 400 MP.

Darth Vader for Xbox 360 owners and Yoda for PS3

[Jtru84]

Thanks, this is going to be a lot of help.

[Rikoshay]

Great work Rob !

[Rob Cram]

All Weapons and their respective stats finally added. Phew.

[trevthelegend]

Hi there, great guide thanx. I dont know if i'm doing something wrong but none of my characters i create ever get any skill points - so i cant add any skills. A couple of them i have got up to level 9 but still no skills
Any help wud be most appreciated it is driving me mad.

Cheers.

I'm so sorry, i thought it woz 00/120 skill points i had left, not that i had used 0/120. sorry. My wife figured it out for me

Sorry again

This post has been edited by trevthelegend: Aug 7 2008, 07:40 PM

[Rob Cram]

An easy mistake to make, and in case anyone has a similar issue, the numbers on the left indicate how much is used and the numbers on the right indicate how many you have spent. If the numbers on the left are red then you've gone over your limit. If they are whie then you are good to go.

[Katara1337]

damn, I just feel like vomiting some of that lame comment when you complete story mode: and he finally found what he was looking for, and was happy...

this guide is totally awesome, I really admire your work here rob, and I think I'm talking on every narrow minded/casual gamers(who cant figure out what those riddles mean in the beginning of each floor) behalf when I say: thanks, you're the man!

and I wanted to add something too, I followed your advice on floor 24; creating an astaroth type character with maxed out attack...
yeah...its funny see, I failed to manage the combo you mentioned, but it ended up with a huge GB attack which actually did the trick too!
I think its backwards once, then press backwards simultaneously as you press B (triangle). The character raises its axe and swings a vertical chop forward whilst covered in flame!
and the good part is: it can not be blocked :>

also, I hope you could give some advice on fighting with amy online, I always face raphael or mitsurugi when picking amy, and I really tend to get beaten:< I wonder if there is any coherent closure after doing the all so imba backwards+A side spin slice, because its almost the only move (that I know of) which is fairly efficient online...only that it lacks closure....

This post has been edited by Katara1337: Aug 9 2008, 08:40 PM

[Rob Cram]

I'm not up to speed on Amy, however like my main dude Yun-Seong she has a feint poke move which although doesn't have as much range as Yun-Seong's, is still good for those characters moving towards you. I think it's tap back back then Y. She'll step back a little before lunging forwards with a poke (which also stuns I believe). These feint type attacks fool a lot of people online (as long as your timing is good and you don't over use the move to become predictable).

Amy has very fast poke attacks, although not so damaging, so if you're good at side stepping, and mixing up the high to low attacks you'll often be able to pin an opponent.

[Katara1337]

thanks a bunch:3 and its very true, if I ever get some coherrence in my online play, I might win by feinting constantly and hitting low!
I'd like to ask you something else: which character did you fight with to pull off five just inputs, also, whom you prefered to fight against:>

[Rob Cram]

I used a Taki clone to do the Just Impacts although this is incredibly easy when you have MASTER IMPACT skill equipped. As stated in the guide, any stage on Story mode HARD difficulty is the place to get these.

As far as fighting, Cassandra and Sophitia seem the most challenging in terms of CPU AI with Taki and TIRA being close.

Online is a different matter as the scene is mostly dominated by Kilik's, Cervantes, Maxi's and Mitsurugi's the character that seems to mix things up the most in capable hands is Yoshimitsu.

[Oinkdaddy]

Rob-

thanks for doing this guide! I've used it for Tower of Souls for the last few days... Two things I can think of immediately: the "Looter of the Battlefield" achievement does not require buying every piece of clothing... I just earned it by purchasing all the special equipment (gems and rings and such) that I hadn't unlocked through floor 35 of the Tower, and having the equipment from at least 30 achievements. Before I purchased the final gem, I had just purchased the extra Voldo mask, so maybe you need that, too. Still, I have probably a million worth of male equipment still to buy but got the achievement anyhow.

Also, on floor 32, merely attempting the low grab on a crouching grapple break S player like Voldo gets the chest--I didn't actually grab him.

[Rob Cram]

Yeh I wasn't 100% but I got mine by merely buying the special equipment using Yoda. I'll amend. Thanks.

[feebas]

good tips and guide

i only have a question, for the tracsending in the world and history achievement, is necesary buy the equipment pack of 100 MICROSOFT POINTS?, because i bought a lot of equipment and weapons of all characters and the achievement not appeared and i didnt bought the equipment pack of 100 MICROSOFT POINTS , and another question, when i did some treasures of the TOWER OF LOST SOULS it was gold and not items, i thought maybe was because when you bought and you did achievements to unlock equipment, the equipment that you unlocked was some equipment of the treasures, but i dont know exactly the reason

[Katara1337]

merely attempting the low grab on a crouching grapple break S player like Voldo gets the chest--I didn't actually grab him.

man! I had voldo taking a bow about five times, and now you tell me that you dont actually need to succesfully grab him..
thanks for the info, things got a lot easier!

[Rob Cram]

Feebas - if you have already unlocked equipment by gaining honors (you get new items per 5 honors gained) then the chests in the tower will give you money instead. No you do not have to buy the DLC and anyways, the DLC items are free when you enter the items menu. - hehe that would be pretty low if you had to buy them twice!

[Oinkdaddy]

There are two Nullify Ring Out C in the skills guide... I'm just saying, is all.

[Rob Cram]

Amended thanks and I have 1000/1000 gamerscore from this game!

[Katara1337]

I used a Taki clone to do the Just Impacts although this is incredibly easy when you have MASTER IMPACT skill equipped. As stated in the guide, any stage on Story mode HARD difficulty is the place to get these.

what are you saying!? you must be incredibly perceptive or have super human senses with 0.1 seconds reaction time if you ever wish to pull this one, I managed four in a row by chance when spamming...closest I ever got

the move is triggered by forward + A/G, if you hit too early the move will be useless and one second will be lost in the motion, and if you hit too late then you simply get beat....this "impeccable" timings really getting on my nerves argh! and the marigins about a quarter second which is a bit more for any ordinary human to handle!

[Threash]

Is there a way to make a custom character with the skeleton head?

[Rob Cram]

Just Impacts.

A lot of people suggest fighting against a slowish character like Astaroth or Rock to time the just impacts. For me it's also a big help to know the basic attack moves of your opponent, thus making the timing much easier and precise. I suggest going into training mode and picking a character that's likely to be the starting character in Arcade or Story mode for your character of choice, and set them to perform the same attack move or two over and over, so that you get the timing right. I assure you, once you've got it mastered it's pretty easy...online however you stand no chance due to the slight latency issues.

Skeleton head.


No I don't think you can get a full blown skeleton head or mask, you'll have to make do with the demon type masks - perhaps they'll bring a skeletal mask out as downloadable content?