Surging Strikes

Surging Strikes is the third Water Stance upgrade. Flurry Strike now runs to five cuts, enough to take a shieldman from a full guard to broken in one go.

Type: Upgrade
Skill tree: Water Stance
Tier: 3
Cost: 1 Technique Point
What it does: Flurry Strike grows to five rapid cuts.

Requires

Strength of TidesAll Water Stance attacks deal more Stagger damage to shieldmen.

Good to know

Tier 3 of the Water Stance techniques.
Input: hold Triangle, then tap Triangle four times.

How to use it

Open on a shieldman with the full five-hit Flurry Strike and follow up while he is staggered.

Unlock order

Upgrades in this tree unlock in order, so you need Strength of Tides first.

Related skills

Water Stance
Flowing Strikes
Flurry Strike grows to four rapid cuts.