Discover all of the possible Battle Arts abilities that you can unlock and level for each weapon type in Dynasty Warriors: Origins.
The Battle Arts system in Dynasty Warriors: Origins offers and versatile approach to combat, allowing each weapon to unlock a distinct set of skills and abilities that can turn the tide of battle. Whether you prefer the powerful slashes of a greatsword, the nimble strikes of a spear, or the ferocious whirlwind of an axe, each weapon comes with its own signature moves that shape the way you fight.
This guide dives deep into the Battle Arts available for every weapon in Dynasty Warriors: Origins, providing an in-depth look at their abilities, effects, and how they can be used to gain the upper hand against your enemies. We’ll explore the strengths of each weapon type, their unique Battle Arts, and how mastering them can transform you into a true force of nature on the battlefield.
Battle Arts Weapons in Dynasty Warriors: Origins
Battle Arts in Dynasty Warriors: Origins are the individual abilities that you can unlock for weapons in the game. Each of the ten weapon types will have unique Battle Arts that build on their individual strengths. When you first unlock a new weapon type, you will have access to three Battle Art abilities as a default. Additionally, you can purchase/unlock two more in the store. You can also unlock at least four more for each weapon by completing quests, increasing companion relationships, and increasing peace.
Furthermore, using your Battle Arts in Dynasty Warriors: Origins requires Bravery. Bravery is a special recourse that you can generate by successfully hitting enemies with normal attacks. The more normal attacks you can string together without being interrupted, the more Bravery you will build. You can also increase the total amount of Bravery and how you gain it through skill passives, portables, and weapon traits.
Additionally, all Battle Art skills can be Mastered. You work towards mastery of a Battle Art by using the ability in combat. Moreover, once Mastered, your Battle Art ability gains additional effects and power.
Finally, some Weapon Battle Arts in Dynasty Warriors Origins are designated as ‘Special’. Typically, this means that they possess the ability to interrupt enemy attacks. Therefore, when choosing your four active Battle Art abilities, always ensure to have at least one Special.
All Sword Battle Art Abilities
The Sword is your starting weapon in Dynasty Warriors: Origins, and consequently you do not have to do anything special to unlock it.
Here are all of the Sword weapon Battle Arts abilities you can unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Shadowless Blade
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Shadowless Blade is a good low-cost Battle Art ability that does decent damage and also ‘stuns’ enemies that are hit. However, although it can strike multiple enemies in front of you, you’ll still need to watch your back for enemies charging up behind.
[Sp.] Palm Strike
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Palm Strike is a great early-game special Battle Art ability for the sword. It only costs one Bravery, and is very easy to always have on-hand as an interrupt. You’ll probably want to switch it out with something stronger later on, but this is a good first choice.
Swallow Slash
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Swallow Slash is a decent early-game Battle Art ability for the sword, but will likely not be one that you have on your active bar for very long. This attack only hits enemies directly in front of you, so be careful when there surrounded.
All Mad Blade Rush features and mechanics:
Mad Blade Rush is a much better early Battle Art ability choice for the sword because of the speed and mobility it grants you. Moreover, because you’re swinging the sword around as you move, you’ll be creating a small radius AOE that will clear out enemies in the path ahead. Because you’re on the move, you don’t have to worry about enemies at your back, either.
Falcon Flurry
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Falcon Flurry is a decent ability that will mostly cause damage to the enemy or boss right in front of you but can also hit other nearby opponents. Additionally, the ability appears to have a slight amount of range, so you can keep a bit of distance from your enemy.
[Sp.] Absconding Slash
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Absconding Slash has a higher Bravery cost than a simple interrupt like Palm Strike. However, using the Absconding Slash ability will not only stop a boss attack but will let you dash back. This will give you a bit of distance from your opponent when you are feeling under pressure.
Flying Dragon Slash
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As we start to get into the higher Bravery cost Sword abilities, Flying Dragon Slash is one of the first that gives this weapon a serious area-of-effect radius. Moreover, it can also hit enemies at a distance, giving you some much-needed range.
Shadow Dance
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Although it’s a high-cost Battle Art ability, Shadow Dance offers some nice crowd control to move enemies off when you’re feeling under pressure. Create a shadow clone and the enemies will not only attack it instead of you, but the clone’s attacks will pull in the enemies it hits and then throw them even further back.
Divine Eagle Dance
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The final, most powerful Sword Battle Art ability, Divine Eagle Dance is a truly powerful AOE. You can use it to deal single-target damage to a boss directly. However, with each strike, you will create energy that builds in a globe surrounding you. This will then explode, pushing back any nearby enemies.
All Spear Battle Art Abilities
The spear is the second weapon you will unlock in DWO, and will be rewarded to you after the Battle of Guangyang. They give you a much wider range of attack, and the pointed blade at the top is typically narrow.
Here are all of the Spear weapon Battle Arts abilities you’re able to unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Piercing Vengeance
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Piercing Vengeance is one of the Battle Art skills for the spear that will be available as a default and it’s a decent, low-cost damage-dealing ability. However, this ability does not interrupt more powerful boss attacks. It will only trigger when you are hit with a regular strike.
Spree of Devastation
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The Spree of Devastation ability is a great knock-back ability that will easily clear some space around you on the battlefield. Although you swing the spear all the way around you, most of the force of the strike will hit enemies directly in front of you.
All Wild Rush features and mechanics:
The Wild Rush Battle Art for the spear is a nice low-cost gap closer that allows you to devastate the enemy’s frontlines. However, keep in mind that if you use this ability to rush into a large group of enemies, you can leave yourself vulnerable to being flanked on the sides.
[Sp.] Aerial Assault
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This is the first interrupt ability that is unique to the spear, but it has a higher cost than the Power Shot ability you can unlock in the Expert Rank passive skill tree. However, if you don’t have access to that ability yet, then Aerial Assault will serve as a good placeholder.
Rising Dragon Vortex
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The best way to use the Rising Dragon Vortex ability would be to pair it with another Battle Art ability that can be performed in midair, so you get the additional damage. Wild Rush would be a great option for this, as the cost of chaining these two abilities together would be 5 Bravery.
Savage Thrust Barrage
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Savage Thrust Barrage is a good combination of single-target damage directly against a boss. Additionally, the strikes can reach beyond the opponent you are hitting directly and can impact enemies beyond. Finally, the hit will swing your spear around in a sweep, knocking foes back.
Dance of the Whirlwind
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Dance of the Whirlwind is a great crowd-control ability to use when you are surrounded by multiple enemies. As the whirlwind pulls enemies up off the ground they will not be able to attack you, in addition to taking damage.
Dragon Flash
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Dragon Flash is an expensive ability, costing all of your 8 Bravery to use. Moreover, you won’t unlock this until end game. However, it deals a massive amount of damage, and shreds through officers’ fortitude, making it a must-have for assaulting high HP bosses.
All Gauntlets Battle Art Abilities
Gauntlets in Dynasty Warriors: Origins are a physical, personal type of weapon that allows you to strike an enemy multiple times very quickly. You will unlock them after completing the Battle of Guangzong.
Here are all of the Gauntlet Weapon Battle Arts abilities you can unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Flying Kick
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Flying Kick is a good early-game Battle Art ability for Gauntlets that can even provide a little crowd control. So long as you hit an enemy on your first kick, you’ll be carried forward into another. Additionally, you can hit more enemies with the kick as you move forward into them. You can chain up to three kicks in total.
Elbow Strike
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Elbow Strike is a low-cost gap closer ability for the Gauntlets. It can be very useful in the early game, because of the gauntlet’s lack of range. However, it probably won’t be something you keep on your active skill bar for long.
Flowing Form
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Although Flowing Form is a low-cost ability, you won’t be able to use it until you unlock it by raising the peace meter in Xu Province. Once high enough, inspect the waypoint at Zhao Yun to receive it. This ability won’t do damage but allows you to change stances more quickly.
Hurricane Kick
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Hurricane Kick is a Gauntlet Battle Art ability with a moderate Bravery cost that you’ll want to add to your active skill bar. It does good damage in a radius around you, which makes it an effective AOE. Additionally, it allows you to move while the animation is active, so you can target groups of enemies.
Maw of the Tiger
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Although this is not an interrupt ability, Maw of the Tiger can deal decent single-target damage. Be careful when using it against officers, because only a normal strike will trigger this effect.
[Sp.] Ardent Energy Strike
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This is an interrupt ability that is unique to gauntlets, but it has a slightly higher cost than the Power Shot ability you’re able to unlock in the Expert Rank passive skill tree. However, if you don’t have access to that ability yet, then Ardent Energy Strike serves as a good placeholder.
Stone Strike Blast
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Stone Strike Blast is also a moderate-cost bravery battle art ability that deals damage in front of you. This ability is great for burst damage and has the added bonus of dealing a knock-back against your enemies.
Wrath of Earth
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Wrath of Earth is another great burst damage ability, this time dealing area-of-effect damage in a full radius around you. It’s a high-cost ability, however, so you’ll want to be strategic using it when you can deal the most damage to multiple enemies around you.
Heaven and Earth’s Wrath
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The Heaven and Earth’s Wrath ability will do an incredible amount of damage, both to your main target and to any foes that happen to be in the damage radius. However, it will cost all of your Bravery to use this Battle Art. Therefore, be sure to slot a low-cost interrupt so that you can quickly build Bravery back up.
All Wheel Battle Art Abilities
Wheels in Dynasty Warriors: Origins come in pairs and are hand-held circular blades that can be thrown to deal damage against enemies at mid-range. You will unlock them after the Suppression of You Province battle.
Here are all of the Wheel Weapon Battle Arts abilities you may unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Relentless Rings
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Relentless Rings is a nice early-game damage ability that can hit enemies in a full radius around you. This isn’t something that has been available so early on previous weapons and is a good starter Battle Art for Wheels.
Crawling Dragon
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The delay on Crawling Dragon before the ‘spirit blades’ of the wheels come down to hit your target will make this tricky to time correctly. However, it’s a low-cost ability and the real feature of it is the ability it has to stagger, rather than the damage it deals.
Claw of the Predator
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The Claw of the Predator Battle Art is a good ability to use for crowd control. When you have high Bravery available, use this to pull enemies in towards you, and chain with another ability to take out multiple enemies.
Harvest Moon
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Harvest Moon is a Battle Art ability that requires you to let go of your weapons, and they spin around doing damage independently. If you have some distance from your enemies this might be a good way to deal damage before you’re in the midst of them, but letting go of your weapon while surrounded probably isn’t recommended
Triple Tempest
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Triple Tempest is a solid area-of-effect ability that will not only damage enemies all around you but finish with a knock-back hit against those in front of you.
Flying Spirit Wave
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The effectiveness of the Flying Spirit Wave Battle Art ability will vary depending on your skill. Those who can execute it at the right moment after catching a returning wheel will increase the damage done. Furthermore, this is a good ability to use when fighting with an officer but pressed by other enemies on all sides. The thrown wheels will spiral out to deal AOE damage, and then fire forward directly into your main opponent.
[Sp.] Tornado Slam
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With a cost of 4 Bravery, the Tornado Slam ability is a little pricey for an interrupt. It does deal good damage, but you’re more at risk if you’re in need of an interrupt before you’ve rebuilt your Bravery.
Flying Lotus Gambit
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Flying Lotus Gambit is a higher-cost Battle Art ability that sounds like it is more single-target, but the wheels can actually fly off to the side some for a bit of AOE. However, the wheels do not come near going around in a radius, so be aware of enemies at your flank.
Twin Tiger Blast
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The Twin Tiger Blast ability is one of the game’s highest Bravery costs, but the highest damage abilities. You won’t unlock it until end game, but you’ll likely want to slot it for difficult battles against challenging officers. However, be aware that the ability can be interrupted, requiring precise timing.
All Podao Battle Art Abilities
The Padao in Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a single-edged infantry weapon, with a large blade and longer hilt than a traditional sword. It can produce power attacks with a single blow, which can additionally be charged for even greater power.
Here are all of the Podao Weapon Battle Arts abilities you can unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Dragon Sweep Slash
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The Dragon Sweep Slash ability is a basic attack that allows you to swing the blade fully around and push away enemies in front of you. A good knock-back ability that can clear some area around you.
Fierce Focus
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The strength of the Padao weapon is the ability to charge your attacks, making powerful attacks hit even harder. Using the Fierce Focus ability will boost your charge attacks one level further. However, verify to use this ability before heading into a crowd of enemies because otherwise you could get knocked out of it.
Bounding Earth Strike
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Bounding Earth Strike is a great battle art ability to slot if you want to increase your mobility on the battlefield. It works as a combination of gap-closer and knockback, so you may rush into an enemy and then toss a company of troops away.
Burgeoning Devastation
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The Burgeoning Devastation battle art ability starts as a low-cost ability but can increase in both strength and cost if you are willing to consume more Bravery. Consider powering this ability up as a high-risk, high-reward tactical maneuver that can send multiple enemies flying.
Lingering Tempest Slash
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The Lingering Tempest Slash ability provides a nice defensive feature with a protective wind barrier. Any enemy who touches it will be knocked back and will be staggered.
[Sp.] Sea of Flames
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Sea of Flames is the interrupt battle art ability that you can unlock specifically for the padao. It provides good single target damage against an officer, and can also deal fire damage to other soldiers nearby.
Blade Typhoon
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The Blade Typhoon ability has a moderate Bravery cost and will deal damage not only to the enemy right in front of you, but also to any soldiers farther back. It’s something like a delayed burst tool, where you have a first solid strike, but then the skill persists.
Sharp Fang Flurry
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Sharp Fang Flurry is a strong single-target attack that is best used against officers and other challenging bosses. However, you’ll be vulnerable at the sides while this attack animation plays, so be careful of your flanks before triggering the ability.
Ardent Aura Slash
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Finally, Ardent Aura Slash is the strongest padao battle art ability, and unleashing it will come at the cost of nearly all of your maximum Bravery. you may charge the attack twice for even more damage. However, there will be a pause while charging. Therefore, it’s best to strategically use this ability only against officers that you’ve been able to stagger first.
All Staff Battle Art Abilities
The staff in Dynasty Warriors: Origins is an incredibly strong, versatile weapon that allows you to make quick strikes against multiple enemies. You can spin a staff relentlessly, clearing out a space around you and forcing enemies to keep their distance.
Here are all of the Staff Weapon Battle Arts abilities you may unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Vaulting Leap
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Vaulting Leap is a low-cost Battle Art ability that will likely hit only a small handful of enemies right in front of you. However, your leap will also take you outside of melee range for a moment, and the action throws back the enemies hit.
Ruinous Wave
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Ruinous Wave is a much better early staff battle art to equip to your action bar in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Although it will not knock enemies away in a full 360 degree radius around you, it has a much wider fan of attack in front of you.
Shadow Step
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Shadow Step is a good, low Bravery cost, gap-closer that you can use to get yourself to a specific target for a fight a little quicker than normal. This will give you some extra mobility and allow you to attack officers before they do more damage to your troops.
Brutal Barrage
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Brutal Barrage is a very useful staff battle art because it does decent damage at a lower Bravery cost. Moreover, while it might not hit enemies behind you, it has a good radius of attack that hits enemies at your sides.
[Sp.] Chaotic Flurry
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Chaotic Flurry is a charge attack ability that doubles as an interrupt for officer attacks. It costs more than a universal interrupt ability like Power Shot but gets you mobile and does decent damage.
Soaring Sky Dance
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The Soaring Sky Dance ability is powerful, but tricky to pull off while hitting the maximum number of enemies. The first strike will send your foes up into the air, but if the second strike doesn’t hit quickly enough, some will fall to the ground and you’ll miss out on additional damage.
Thrashing Inferno Sweep
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Thrashing Inferno Sweep is a powerful ability that sends you charging forward while swinging your staff in a full 360-degree radius. This is an effective ability to use when you are surrounded by enemy troops, and you can keep moving into them for additional damage.
Tiger Paw Bash
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Tiger Paw Bash is a moderate-cost battle art ability that will create a small AOE directly in front of you. As you swing your staff, you can even hit enemies directly behind you, but you’ll be vulnerable at the sides.
Double Wave Slam
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The Double Wave Slam ability acts as your high-cost area damage skill which hits multiple times in an area in front of you. Furthermore, this ability is primarily meant for destroying officers’ fortitude, leaving them vulnerable to follow-up attacks after.
All Twin Pikes Battle Art Abilities
Twin Pikes are dual-wielded weapons in Dynasty Warriors: Origins, which have strong attacks are powerful, and can be charged for even deadlier strikes. They give you the potential to take out enemies in an area-of-effect swoop, but the charge time for more powerful attacks can make you vulnerable.
Here are all of the Twin Pikes Weapon Battle Arts abilities you can unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
All Ascension features and mechanics:
Ascension is a very nice, low-cost ability for the twin pikes, but using it effectively will require a player with the skill to chain it together with a dodge maneuver. This is a nice gap-closer that allows you to dodge but then get right back into the fight and deal damage.
Shadow Rush
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Shadow Rush is a much more straightforward gap-closing ability, and if you hold the button down you can continue to push forward repeatedly. This is most effectively used at the beginning of an engagement when crowds of enemies are charging towards you.
Double Bite
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The Double Bite ability will deal strong damage in a complete circle around you, letting you clear some space if you’re getting surrounded.
Furious Dual Rush
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Furious Dual Rush is a decent single-target damage battle art ability that can be effectively used against officers after they have been staggered. However, you’ll need to watch your flanks, because your strikes will only be pointed forward.
[Sp.] Wings of the Phoenix
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Although you’ll want to save using the Wings of the Phoenix as an interrupt against officers, your twin pike blades will also pick up any nearby enemies and toss them into the air, too.
Battle Roar
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Battle Roar is a battle art that boosts your overall damage for a brief time. The purpose is to use this pre-emptively and then execute a combo where you strong attack and popup an enemy to destroy them while airborne.
Earth Blast
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The Earth Blast ability works both as a damage and crowd control ability. The area of effect will spread out from your twin pikes in a fan, however, will leave you vulnerable from behind.
Roaring Maelstrom
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The Roaring Maelstrom ability shoots out a tornado and can stun and knock up enemies. This includes officers and is a perfect duel skill after you parry an incoming attack.
Sky Sunder
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The Sky Sunder ability will require all of your Bravery to trigger but has the potential for massive damage. Moreover, if you time a secondary button press, you will do even more damage and it’s perfect for clearing large swaths of enemies. Additionally, this skill is used from the air and won’t be easy to interupt.
All Lance Battle Art Abilities
Although visually similar to the spear and staff, the Lance has a unique built-in counterattack when charging a strong attack. Furthermore, while charging an attack, you can retaliate against enemies with a powerful sweeping blow, giving you offensive and defensive capabilities built into one weapon.
Here are all of the Lance Weapon Battle Arts abilities you can unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Skirmisher Strike
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Skirmisher Strike which costs two bravery but does a massive amount of damage. Use this low-cost skill to bust through fortitude on officers for assaults.
Vengeful Stormquake
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The Vengeful Stormquake battle art ability is great because it only costs two bravery and twirls your lance in a 360 radius. Furthermore, the damage is powerful, and you can hold the battle art to continuously damage enemies at the cost of two bravery per rotation. Consequently, you can get great on demand damage and hold the animation as long as necessary when AOE is needed.
Focused Will
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Focused Will an a battle art ability for the Lance that can restore your HP and also increase your HP recovery rate. This is a great ability to slot if you are having trouble with survivability.
Relentless Charge
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The Relentless Charge ability deals decent damage, but is best for crowd control and clearing out a space when enemies start to pack in tight. Additionally, it can be used as a gap-closer if necessary, but you’ll lose some of the damage while dashing across the empty space.
Spirit Wave
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The continuous movement of the Spirit Wave swings will knock back any enemies that come into contact with your lance. Moreover, the strikes will cover your flanks, so it will be difficult for new troops to attack and interrupt.
Tenacious Heart
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Tenacious Heart is another useful survivability battle art for the lance and will bolster your defense against attacks. However, be careful because this additional protection won’t make you completely invulnerable, and it only lasts for a limited time.
Battle Cry Blast
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The Battle Cry Blast ability has a bit of risk-reward to it if you are willing to trigger it while surrounded by foes. If you charge this up with enemies nearby, then their attacks will strengthen the ensuing damage.
[Sp.] Crouching Tiger Strike
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The Crouching Tiger Strike interrupt is expensive, requiring 4 Bravery to trigger, but can do some serious damage to an officer’s fortitude. Additionally, when you slam them into the ground it will knock back any troops in the near vicinity.
Crushing Earth Gambit
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The Crushing Earth Gambit is an ability that deals burst damage and has a dramatic knockback effect at the end of the animation. It’s the strongest of all the Lance battle art abilities, but watch out for the debris that can come down on your head, too.
All Crescent Blade Battle Art Abilities
Mastering the powerful crescent blade weapon type will require you to practice combos and timing, so you can chain together successive hits. Furthermore, it can do wide-sweeping area (AOE) damage with normal or strong attacks. This makes it a great weapon for striking enemies that surround you on all sides.
Here are all of the Crescent Blade Weapon Battle Arts abilities you’re able to unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Adamantine Flesh
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The Adamantine Flesh ability can help you increase your upgrade levels for a limited time, but using it means you’ll have to sacrifice a spot for a straight damage ability on your action bar.
All Mist Walk features and mechanics:
Mist Walk is a mobility ability that will cause you to evade an enemy attack. Moreover, if you time it correctly, this is another ability that increases your upgrade level. Using this ability effectively will depend on your skill in reading enemy actions and timing your triggers.
Star Sunder Slash
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The Star Sunder Slash ability is a low-cost damage-dealing ability that is best paired with another ability that upgrades your level. For example, using it after successfully executing Adamantine Flesh or Mist Walk will allow you to deal extra damage with Star Sunder Slash.
Dragon Tail Swipe
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The Dragon Tail Swipe skill is another battle art that does 360 damage but costs lower bravery and doesn’t pull enemies in. This is a better early-game alternative until you unlock more skills.
[Sp.] Relentless Whirl Slash
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The Relentless Whirl Slash ability starts out relatively low cost, but as you hold the button for additional attacks it will continue to consume your Bravery. This is a high-risk maneuver if you are using this ability as your interrupt. You want to be careful about completely draining this combat resource when you are fighting officers.
Bursting Wave Slash
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The Bursting Wave Slash ability is the best crescent blade battle art for single-target burst damage. It can be difficult to aim, but if you can execute it against an officer it will tear away their fortitude.
Rising Cloud Crusher
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The Rising Cloud Crusher battle art ability is a useful ability that can pull you and your enemy up off the ground, giving you some mobility and moving away from attacks if you’re surrounded. Pulling the enemy with you can be very useful against officers, making them pause their attacks for a short time.
Azure Dragon Bellow
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The Azure Dragon Bellow ability is a powerful AOE that sucks in enemies and does damage in a spinning attack. This is unlocked through a companion and helps the lack of mobility by pulling in enemies.
Great Mountain Throw
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The Great Mountain Throw ability will require the use of your entire pool of Bravery to execute. It unfortunately does not do damage in a full radius around you, but only in a wide fan directly in front of you.
All Halberds Battle Art Abilities
You won’t unlock the Halbred weapon until you have beaten the main campaign for the first time in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. Consequently, it is the most powerful weapon due to its battle arts (abilities), mobility, and combos. No other weapon blends high-powered damage, mobility, and fun factor so well.
Here are all of the Halberd Weapon Battle Arts abilities you may unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Defiant Shockstorm
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The Defiant Shockstorm ability is a good low-cost battle art that can provide you some crowd control when you get surrounded. The swing of your halbred will hit in a full 360-degree radius, and deposit everyone it pulls up in front of you.
Divine Wrath
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The Divine Wrath ability is a simple, low-cost battle art that can hit surrounding enemies but is best as single-target damage against an officer. If you go for the extra damage by holding the button, but careful of how much Bravery it uses, however.
Force Quake
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The Force Quake ability will be risky to execute on the battlefield because of its charge time. You don’t want to be interrupted, so make sure you have some space around you first.
[Sp.] Boundless Launch
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As an interrupt, the Boundless Launch ability should save for instances where you are fighting a challenging officer. Furthermore, at the end of the hit, you’ll toss the officer away from you, also knocking back any enemies in his path.
Menacing Tempest
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Menacing Tempest is a great battle art ability for crowd control and crowd clearance. Not only will the charge forward damage and push the enemies in front of you back, but the final strike downward will knock back any nearby enemies in a radius around you.
All Sky Blaze features and mechanics:
The Sky Blaze ability provides less crowd control than other abilities, but does decent damage and can crack fortitude shields. However, while the final strike can knock back regular troops it may not affect officers.
Sky Crusher
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The Sky Crusher ability does decent damage and can knock back enemies. However, like the Sky Blaze ability the knockback may not work against stronger officers.
Hellraiser
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The Hellraiser battle art is one of the best AOE damage skills in the game. However, the downside to this ability is a period of vulnerability. Therefore, make sure to trigger it before incoming damage is expected.
Dance of the Demon
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The Dance of the Demon battle art ability is your single target officer destroyer. Although it’s costly in terms of bravery, this can single-handedly destroy officers with high fortitude.
All Universal Battle Art Abilities
Universal Weapon Battle Arts abilities are unlocked though the passive skill trees in Dynasty Warriors: Origins. As the name suggests, you can use these abilities no matter what type of weapon you choose to equip. Furthermore, at least a couple of these Battle Art abilities are so good that you will likely want to use them no matter which weapon type you are fighting with.
Here are all of the Universal Weapon Battle Arts abilities you can unlock in Dynasty Warriors: Origins:
Whirlwind Kick
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The Whirlwind Kick ability will be available to you on any weapon by default, and is a low-Bravery cost ability that deals moderate damage. However, the major benefit of this ability is that you will momentarily be invulnerable to enemy attacks.
Aerial Retribution
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This ability is a more defensive ability, without much damage to it. If you’re surrounded by enemies, however, it’s good for pushing opponents off and getting some space.
[Sp.] Power Shot
All Power Shot features and mechanics:
Power Shot is a fantastic, low-Bravery cost, special Battle Art ability that can be used with almost any weapon or build. Moreover, this can be fired at range, even if you are using a close-quarters weapon type like Gauntlets.
Boundless Sunburst
All Boundless Sunburst features and mechanics:
This ‘ki’ beam attack is flashy, but its use in combat is situational at best. Although you can move and turn the beam to attack around you, it slows you down and takes away a lot of your mobility. Additionally, you can completely drain all of your Bravery if you’re not careful.
Tempest Dance
All Tempest Dance features and mechanics:
Tempest Dance is a decent crowd-control ability that will have the greatest impact when you are surrounded by enemies. Trigger this ability to deal some damage, and gain some space around you on the battlefield.
Dispersion Arrow
All Dispersion Arrow features and mechanics:
This Battle Art ability is a fantastic knockback, that can really push a wave of enemies back on their tails. The more arrows you draw, the larger the spread of arrows that will shot forward on the trigger. However, drawing the arrows can take time. Consequently, using this ability while other enemies are at your back is strongly discourage.
Peacebringer
All Peacebringer features and mechanics:
Peacebringing does powerful area-of-effect damage, but unfortunately comes at a high Bravery cost. You’ll want to be very strategic when using it, otherwise you may drain all of your Bravery and have nothing left to interrupt a boss.
[Sp.] Ice Luan
All Ice Luan features and mechanics:
This powerful AOE Battle Art also double as an interrupt that can stagger your opponent. Unfortunately, it comes at an incredibly high cost of Bravery. Using this ability will drain your entire stock of Bravery. You’ll need to be skilled enough to build up that amount of bravery without otherwise using it. Consequently, you’ll want to slot at least one very low cost interrupt ability, so you aren’t just reliant on this one.
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