Wooden Sanguine at a Glance
- Beginner weapon. Soul has it from the opening lesson, when it serves for practice.
- Flurry that cannot be blocked. Wooden Blade Flurry costs 1 Sha-Chi and produces a dense burst of slashes that nobody can block.
- Breaking guards. In the early game it helps you break a boss's guard, after which you move to a weapon that deals more damage.
- Bladeless. Quickness and cut count do the work, not depth.
Overview
Wooden Sanguine is the simple wooden sword Soul carried when his martial arts training started; it serves as a One-Handed main weapon.
Lacking any edge, all of its effect depends on speed and density. After the flurry starts, the slashes come one right after another, leaving enemies no opening to lift a weapon.
Thanks to the Guard Break pressure it applies, it remains worthwhile well past the first hours. The standard approach is to shatter a boss's guard using it, then change to a harder-hitting weapon while the boss is exposed.
How It Plays
Wooden Blade Flurry is the art you activate; it burns 1 point of Sha-Chi and rains down a quick, tightly bunched run of cuts. No enemy can block it.
Later forms, four in all
Four more arts become available afterwards, in the sequence Back to Basics, Falling Petal Strike, A Light Touch and Basic Forms.
Switching to a heavy hitter
Land perfect parries to lower the enemy's Sha-Chi, and once the guard collapses, change to a weapon that does more damage. On early bosses this goes well with Jagged Steel: the wooden blade takes care of Guard Break while Jagged Steel stacks up Bleed.
Pros, Cons and Ideal Situations
Strengths
- Since the flurry is unblockable, enemies holding a guard are unable to stop it.
- Its Guard Break pressure is a strong asset against bosses in the early stages.
Weaknesses
- Having no edge, it is a poor choice if damage is what you need.
Best used for
- Cracking a boss's guard prior to changing weapons.
- Bosses near the start of the game, used together with Jagged Steel.
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