Spear Skills

Allows you to use Spear Stance Change from any stance, and lets you combo into any stance from Spear Stance Change.
Requires completing Steel Across Steel.

Prevents thrusts from ricocheting off walls, and extends the range of your attacks.
Requires completing Steel Across Steel.

Mid and Low stance only. Follows up a combo with a kick that uses your spear for support.
Requires Grapple.

「△ at end of combo」

When your health drops to 30% or lower, close combat damage increases by 4% / 2% / 2%.
Requires Grapple, Pole Kick, completing
The Way of the Warrior: Adept
and The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

「Hold R1 + O」

6
7
8

Shoves an opponent using the spear's shaft, stunning them.

「L1 + △ (△ while guarding)」

3

Follows up a combo with a blow that launches the opponent up with the butt of the spear. If the attack deplets an enemy's Ki, it will lift them and hurl them back.
Requires Spear Shove and completing The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

「Press△ to perform a follow-up attack」

When a Living Weapon is active, hold △ to perform a powerful slam attack.

Spins the spear around to unleash a shockwave.
Requires Celestial Spear and completing The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

「△ at the end of combo」

After knocked down, press △ to attack while getting back up.
Requires Celestial Spear, Tornado and completing The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

Launches an opponent who is out of Ki into the air and follows up with a series of powerful blows.
Requires Celestial Spear, Tornado, Rising Dragon and completing The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

「△ for opponent out of Ki」

4

High stance only. Follows up a combo with a flurry of powerful blows, fiercly thrusting at the enemy five times.
Requires Ki Pulse: Heaven.

「△ at end of combo」

Increases damage of thrust attacks by 6% / 3% / 3%.
Requires Ki Pulse: Heaven, Piercing Rain and completing
The Way of the Warrior: Novice,
The Way of the Warrior: Adept,
and The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

4
5
6

High stance only. Follows up a combo with a horizontal slash, then slams the spear down on the enemy.
Requires Ki Pulse: Heaven, Piercing Rain and completing The Way of the Warrior: Adept.

「L1 + △ (△ while guarding)」

High stance only. Changing stance when performing a Ki Pulse knocks the enemy back.

「During Ki Pulse」

High stance only. Extends the spear as long as possible for a huge swing.
Requires completing The Way of the Warrior:Adept and The Way of the Warrior: Novice.

「L1 + △ (△ while guarding)」

3

Pressing and holding the button causes you to continue to spin.
Requires Windmill and completing The Way of the Warrior: Adept..

「L1 + △ (△ while guarding)」

Mid stance only. Swap places with the enemy in front of you to get behind them.
Requires Ki Pulse: Man.

「L1 + ⬜ (⬜ while guarding)」

Mid stance only. Follows up a combo with a vertical spear strike that smashes down on the opponent.
Requires Ki Pulse: Man, Body Swap and completing The Way of the Warrior: Adept.

「△ at end of combo」

Mid stance only. Parries an enemy's attack and knocks them down.

「L1+ △ (△ while guarding)」

When Twirl is successful, attack power increases.
Requires Twirl and completing The Way of the Warrior: Novice.

Swings the spear around to generate power, then performs a single powerful strike.
Requires completing The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

「Hold △」

Charges forward while swinging the spear around.
Requires completing The Way of the Warrior: Veteran.

「L1 + ⨉ (⨉ while guarding)」

Mid stance only. Sweeps an enemy's legs to knock them down.

「L1 + △ (△ while guarding)」

Low stance only. Slash an enemy when stepping back.
Requires Ki Pulse: Earth.

「L1 + ⬜ (⬜ while guarding)」

Low stance only. Uses the butt of the spear to quickly throw the opponent off balance.
Requires Ki Pulse: Earth, Back Slash and completing The Way of the Warrior: Adept.

「⬜ at end of combo」

Low stance only. Leap over an enemy to get behind them.

「UP + ⨉ at end of combo」

After Flying Monkey, lets you stab downward with an additional ⨉ button press.
Requires Flying Monkey and completing The Way of the Warrior: Novice.

「UP + ⨉ at end of combo」