Sasori

Basic attack

While controlling Hiruko, the Basic Attack has 5 hits: 1A and 2A swing the scorpion tail in advancing strikes, 3A leaps and whips the tail, 4A fires poison senbon from the mouth, and 5A grabs the enemy with the tail and slams them to the ground. During the Basic Attack, the enemy is also inflicted with a poison effect that continuously drains health.

Tip The Basic Attack has a wide range, 5A grabs on hit, and combos are fairly stable overall.

Kazekage PuppetBasic attack

While controlling the Third Kazekage, the Basic Attack is 5A in total: 1A straight push, 2A thrusts forward, 3A keeps spinning in an attack, 4A tosses the enemy up, 5A condenses a huge iron sand block and slams it down, knocking the enemy away. After releasing the joystick, the Third Kazekage puppet Body Flickers back to Sasori's position. While controlling the Third Kazekage, Basic Attack 2A lets you control Y-axis movement with the joystick.

Tip While controlling the Third Kazekage, enemies hit default to substituting behind the puppeteer; after switching to Hiruko form, enemies will substitute in place.

Puppet Hand ManeuverSkill 1

Hiruko rapidly spins the device on his left arm and fires it toward the target. At its farthest point or upon hitting a target, it breaks apart and detonates.

Tip Hold the skill to fire upward; after a short delay it lands at the enemy's current position and detonates. If used when the tail blade basic attack hits an enemy, it instead fires the spinning arm at close range and blasts them to bits!

Puppet Hand ManeuverSkill 1 · Hold

While controlling Hiruko, holding Skill 1 makes Hiruko Sasori raise a hand and fire a left-arm device that tracks across the whole screen, then bursts open. The hit likewise inflicts poison and burn.

Tip A held attack locks onto the target's position and homes in, but the missile needs some time in flight and is easy to sidestep.

Puppet Hand ManeuverSkill 1 · Basic Attack Follow-up

While controlling Hiruko, linking Skill 1 after the last hit of the basic attack combo produces a follow-up skill. Hiruko Sasori slams the opponent to the ground with 5A of his scorpion tail, drills them repeatedly with the left-arm device, and finally blasts them far away with the left-arm device in an explosion.

Tip Used as a follow-up, it holds the opponent for a while and deals heavy damage.

Iron Sand ShowerSkill 1 · Kazekage Puppet

While controlling the Third Kazekage, tapping Skill 1 gathers 5 iron sand kunai around the Third Kazekage puppet and fires them forward one after another. If you hold, each iron sand kunai is fired after its own delay.

Tip After holding, you can move Sasori freely or tap the basic attack to control the Third Kazekage, closing the distance to improve the iron sand kunai's hit rate and cover a wider range.

Tail Blade SlashSkill 2

Hiruko spins and uses the tail blade to hoist the target ahead into the air and stab them into the ground, then injects venom for massive damage.

Tip While spinning, you can control the direction with the joystick.

Iron Sand WingsSkill 2 · Kazekage Puppet

While controlling the Third Kazekage, casting Skill 2 makes the Third Kazekage puppet spread iron sand wings, dive forward and then return, after which the iron sand wings explode and launch the enemy.

Tip When combo-ing near the edge of the stage, if the enemy uses Substitution, the detached return of Skill 2 can be used as a reverse hit.

Puppet Technique: Heavy Blade Armory / Iron Sand World MethodUltimate

Hiruko summons the Heavy Blade Armory to bombard the area ahead, then finishes the enemy in one strike with the tail blade amid the explosion's dust.

Tip Tap the switch skill to control the puppet Third Kazekage instead. In this state, moves change as follows:
Basic Attack: Controls the Third Kazekage; on the second hit, you can control the direction with the joystick.
Iron Sand Wings: The Third Kazekage flies forward gathering enemies together, then finishes them with his twin wings.
Iron Sand Shower: Gathers iron sand behind the Third Kazekage into five kunai, then fires them forward one after another; hold the skill to make the kunai follow the Third Kazekage's movement.
Iron Sand World Method: Gathers iron sand above yourself into an iron hammer and an iron cone, then slams the two together at high speed, producing a large number of spikes that attack the target; hold the Ultimate to release it at the Third Kazekage's position.

Iron Sand World MethodUltimate · Kazekage Puppet

While controlling the Third Kazekage, casting the Ultimate makes the Third Kazekage puppet generate a large amount of iron sand under the enemy's feet, which condenses into a huge iron sand block and iron sand cone that collide at speed, producing many spikes that pierce and finish off the enemy.

Tip A wide-area execution Ultimate that quickly deals heavy damage.

Puppet Switch: Hiruko to SasoriSub-skill

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Switch SkillSpecial mechanic

Hiruko Sasori fights controlling Hiruko by default when he enters. The energy bar under Hiruko Sasori's health bar represents Hiruko's durability. If Hiruko is hit while you control him, tap the "Third" and "Hiruko" skill buttons to switch puppets. The two skill sets share a cooldown, so you cannot switch again right away. Also, Hiruko's energy bar does not recover on its own, and 50% of its durability is restored in the next round.

Tip When switching, watch how the skills change and Hiruko's durability.