Yet do not forget: the tide of battle is wont to turn, and one’s window to retreat is best discerned. Finding your focus shall make the true power of this sacred bond manifest. The bond with your Guardian Spirit is strengthened while your body bears the form of a yokai. Doing this transfers the remains of the Yokai Shift Gauge to your Amrita Gauge. You can also end Yokai Shift by sheathing your weapon before th Yokai Shift Gauge is fully depleted.

Yokai Shift 2ĭuring Yokai Shift, you can consume your Yokai Shift Gauge to unleash a powerful skill unique to your Guardian Spirit. master this art to enhance your performance in battle, fleeting though its effects may be. Yokai Shift is the obscure art of channeling your Guardian Spirit’s power in order to unleash your own, temporarily transforming you into a full-blooded yokai. Absorbing amrita into your weapon instead will strengthen it and increase its area of effect. Absorbing Amrita into your body will charge the Yokai Shift Gauge. While Yokai Shift is active, your melee attack power will be increased and touching the Yokai Realm will automatically disperse it, producing Amrita in its place.

The Yokai Shift Gauge will also deplete with time, transforming you back into human form when it is fully depleted. While in Yokai Shift, any damage you receive will not affect your health or Ki, depleting your Yokai Shift Gauge instead. Activating Yokai Shift will replace your Life Gauge and Ki Gauge with the Yokai Shift Gauge. Activate Yokai Shift by pressing △ + O (B + Y on Xbox/Steam controller) when the Amrita Gauge is full.

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