Guruguru

Basic attack

Guruguru Yamato's Basic Attack is 4A. 1A swings an arm and throws wooden spikes, 2A strikes with True Thousand Hands, 3A creates a giant wooden hand that hammers three times and then sweeps the enemy up, and 4A extends several wooden hands to form a giant arm that smashes the enemy into the ground.

Tip On 3A you can control the Great Buddha's movement, and on 4A pulling the stick also controls which way the Great Buddha turns after the Basic Attack ends.

Five Elements JutsuSkill 1

The Buddha statue can use one of the Five Elements Jutsu each time. Each time the statue uses a Five Elements Jutsu, the next use changes to a different move. The move order is: Lightning Style, Water Style, Fire Style, Earth Style, Wind Style. The current move carries over to the next round.

Tip Swiping this skill toward Wood Style: True Thousand Hands unleashes the combo Heavenly Punishment: The Buddha statue summons a huge arm that slams forward, and if it hits an enemy, follow-up attacks are added.

Five Elements JutsuSkill 1 · Water Style

Use Water Style, and the Great Buddha fires a water jet that sweeps across in a half arc.

Tip The skill can attack across the Y axis.

Five Elements JutsuSkill 1 · Fire Style

When using Fire Style, the Great Buddha fires fireballs into the sky that track enemies across the whole map, then fall and explode.

Tip Fire Style keeps the target launched after it hits, making it good for attacking ranged targets.

Five Elements JutsuSkill 1 · Earth Style

When using Earth Style, the Great Buddha raises its hand and leaves an Earth Style trap ahead; when enemies approach, rock spikes grow up and impale them.

Tip The trap lasts for a while and can effectively restrict the target's movement.

Five Elements JutsuSkill 1 · Wind Style

After using Wind Style, the Great Buddha creates a tornado that slowly moves toward the enemy for a set time, and on a hit it sweeps the enemy up and knocks them away.

Tip Wind Style has a large attack range and can effectively suppress the opponent.

Wood Style: True Thousand HandsSkill 2

Short press: the Buddha statue extends its arms into the air and then strikes downward repeatedly; hold: the Buddha statue summons wooden spikes around its body; swipe Basic attack: the Buddha statue throws punches rapidly and continuously forward, and you can control movement during it.

Wood Style: True Thousand HandsSkill 2 · Hold

Hold to release wooden spikes around the body. A hit stuns the enemy, and then the wooden spikes grow out after a delay and stab the surrounding enemies.

Tip Attacks nearby targets quickly and can effectively keep you from being hit by rapid close-range attacks.

Wood Style: True Thousand HandsSkill 2 · Swipe Attack

Use the skill with a swipe on basic attack, and the Great Buddha unleashes the True Thousand Hands, throwing a rapid, continuous barrage of punches forward, during which you can move slowly.

Tip Keeps attacking a wide area in front of you and can effectively suppress the target.

Heaven's PunishmentSkill 2 · Combo

The Great Buddha extends a wooden hand to slam the enemy into the ground, Guruguru Yamato bursts out from underground and impales it with Wood Style, and then the Great Buddha releases the Five Nature Transformation Ninjutsu at once, which merge together and blast the enemy away.

Tip Using the combo can counter super armor ninjas, and the Great Buddha will not be driven into the weakened state during it.

Annihilate!Ultimate

The Buddha statue slams down hard with its huge arm, then crushes the enemy with countless arms infused with the Five Elements Jutsu.

Tip Special mechanics: The Buddha statue stays in a Vajra Body state the whole time and accumulates a Weakness bar when it takes damage. When the Weakness bar is full, the statue enters a Weakened state, cannot be controlled for a while, and takes increased damage. The Buddha statue has the sub-skill Buddha Turn: it lets you turn the statue, and you can use the direction keys to control the final facing during the turn; the Buddha statue has a special substitution skill, Meditation: the statue enters a meditation state that continuously reduces its Weakness bar, and when it is Weakened, tapping the Substitution key consumes a set amount of Ultimate points to leave the Weakened state immediately; the Buddha statue has a special Summon skill, Returning Light: while in the Returning Light state, the statue cannot be knocked into the Weakened state, and the cooldown of the Five Elements Jutsu is greatly reduced; the Buddha statue has a special Secret Scroll skill, Wood Style: Thousand Needles Piercing the Heart Technique: the arms behind the statue turn into wooden spikes and stab at the enemy ahead.

Thousand-Armed Great BuddhaSpecial mechanic

The Thousand-Armed Great Buddha has diamond-body damage reduction throughout. Below the health bar there is a weakness bar showing the Great Buddha's state, and when it fills the Great Buddha enters the weakened state, during which it cannot be controlled. While the Great Buddha is on the field, the Substitution button becomes a special skill: Meditation, which continuously reduces the weakness bar when used, or you can spend 4 Ultimate points to instantly empty the weakness bar and end the weakened state.

Tip The Great Buddha always faces forward when it moves, and you can turn it with a sub-skill. While turning you can pull the joystick to control the direction it rotates, and the turn also strikes enemies.

Wood Style: Thousand Needles Piercing the Heart TechniqueSpecial mechanic

Any secret scroll→BecomesWood Style: Thousand Needles Piercing the Heart Technique

When the Great Buddha is on the field, any secret scroll you carry is replaced by its own exclusive scroll skill: Wood Style: Thousand Needles Piercing the Heart Technique. The Great Buddha extends three wooden spikes that quickly pierce the enemy ahead.

Tip A ranged attack skill with fast attacks, good for taking the initiative.

Returning LightSpecial mechanic

After using it, the Great Buddha enters the golden body state and Skill 1's cooldown is reset. In this state it cannot be driven into the weakened state, and the cooldown of Five Elements Jutsu is greatly reduced during it. When the skill's yellow circle ends, it returns to its normal state.

Tip The exclusive summon skill does not consume summon points, but it can only be used once per match.