Monitoring your stamina usage in combat is crucial to not burning out and opening yourself to attack. You're not a machine who can unflinchingly continue to batter enemies with your staff combos without an exhaustive cost. Enhancing your ability to recover stamina more rapidly or cater to specific attack strategies is in your best interest as you progress in your journey. Below are all the skills that fall under the stamina category as well as their cost.
Excessive use of the Immobilize spel l to hold them to the ground, combined with Cloud Step , is considerably deadly. The use of Red Tides Transformation can come in handy since Kang-Jin Loong likes to keep their distance from the Destined One, and this transformation can initiate long-range attacks, catching them off guard.
Staying mid-range during the fight is deadly as Kang-Jin will release Frost Breath, and dodging it can be tricky . Retreating is also a viable option, but if you get caught in the Frost Breath , it will inflict both Chill and Shock elementals along with physical damage .
Keeping with the theme of darting in and out of melee range, Thrust Stance's variable combo (once unlocked) performs a backstep when you use a heavy attack during a light attack combo, carrying you back a short distance. If you tap heavy attack again and have at least one focus point, you can follow this with a ranged jab similar to the stance's heavy attack which can be followed up with Whirling Thrusts if desired. With the right upgrades, you can also transition Whirling Thrusts into the Tactical Retreat backstep to disengage.
The attack is fairly easy to avoid by dodging . The boss raises one of its arms into mid-air as he sweeps it to the side. It only uses this move when the player is either on one of his sides so you can see it coming.
Defeating Tiger Vanguard requires you to be a bit patient with your attacks . If you’re equipping the best possible armor and weapon that you can craft right now, you’ll easily be able to withstand a lot of hits, but you won’t be able to defeat the boss by relying on that alone and will have to focus on dodging correctly by learning the patterns of his attacks.
Shigandang hits hard and has tons of HP . However, its attacks are slow and easy to dodge, making it much less of a threat compared to some other bosses that you may encounter in Chapter 2, such as the Tiger Vanguard , and the Yellow Wind Sage.
Patience is a must-have before engaging Kang-Jin Loong in the fight since the dragon's nimble movements allow them to move past your attacks swiftly. Kang-Jin Loong excessively delivers the Shock and Chill elementals , so ensure these right items, summons, and armor:
As the name implies, this tree is completely focused on bolstering the Destined One's combat prowess. These skills are both active and passive. Below are the skills you can expect to obtain under this tree.
To defeat Shigandang, the best strategy you can follow is to just stick to its back. Stay behind it, and you will shut down half of its attacks. You’ll still have to keep an eye open for the Body Slam, Side Sweep, and Shoulder Slam attacks, but most of the time, the boss will just keep turning around to find you.
This attack can be avoided by dodging to the sides . The charge has a fairly short range but deals a ton of damage if you get caught by it. You can also sprint away from the boss when you see him charging.
This skill tree helps bolster your resilience to the damage enemies can inflict on you. For starters, this is where you can upgrade your health meter. However, you can also bolster your resistance toward any of the four banes (status effects) that some hostiles can wield: burn , poison , chill , and shock damage. There are also skills that help boost the recovery rates of your various meters. Below is a complete listing of these skills under this branch and the costs associated with each.
In Black Myth Wukong tips Myth: Wukong , there are many opportunities to upgrade your character's abilities and combat prowess. One of those options is through unlocking skills and talents under the Foundation skill trees. The Foundation skill trees are skills that enhance the core gameplay mechanics. They ultimately enhance your basic combat power, defense, and endurance. They are divided into 3 trees: Stamina , Martial Arts , and Survival .
Defeating Tiger Vanguard rewards the player with the Key Item, Keeness of Tiger, alongside the Rock Solid spell . If you’ve also defeated the Stone Vanguard boss, you’ll be able to progress the story by interacting with the small statue in Tiger Vanguard’s boss arena . Doing so will open the way to the Yellow Wind Sage, the final boss of Chapter 2.
Smash Stance also allows you to move around freely while charging a heavy attack and can even be used to charge while sprinting if you purchase the appropriate upgrade, making it a great stance with which to initiate fights. Running in with a fully-charged heavy attack can shave tons of health off an enemy or crush weaker foes in a single blow. That said, Smash Stance's attacks aren't great at hitting multiple targets unless they're standing in a straight line when you go for a Skyfall Strike, so you'll probably want to swap to Pillar Stance for that.