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InWild Hearts, you will use a variety of weapons to fight massive monsters that have fused with their natural environments. These monsters, known as Kemono, have powerful abilities that can devastate the landscape, wreaking havoc on the lives of the people of Minato.
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To hunt these creatures and return the land of Azuma to balance, you’ll need an equally as powerful weapon. The Karakuri Staff is a special weapon that can rapidly change between five different forms, granting unmatched combat variety for taking on a range of foes. Below, we’ll take a look at everything you need to know about using this weapon.
The Karakuri Staff
The Karakuri Staff is aSlash-damage weaponthat canrapidly change between five different forms; the Staff, Double Blades, Shuriken, Polearm, and the Juggernaut Blade. You will change between these forms quickly through your combos,building up the mutation gauge by morphing the weapon at just the right moment, which then allows you to unleash yourJuggernaut Bladefor massive damage.
The Karakuri Staff is one of the most complex weapons in Wild Hearts, and requires a deep understanding of each form’s attacks to do well with. Unlike other weapons, the Karakuri Staff isunlocked upon completing the first chapter and defeating the Earthbreaker.
Basic Moves
As mentioned above, there are five different weapon mutations for the Karakuri Staff, each with its own string of attacks. The Juggernaut Blade is a unique case, as this weapon isonly used when your mutation gauge is full, and doesn’t have normal attacks.
Each mutation has a string of either one, two, or three Light Attacks, and a single Heavy Attack. These are described in detail below.
Using these attacks, you will unleash achain of attacks, the number depending on the current form your Staff is in. At the end of each chain, the weapon willflash, indicating your mutation gauge will increase by one if you transform the weapon now. The first sequence of attacks is detailed in the table below.
At this point, if you continue mutating the weapon at the mutation flash, you willmove into the next sequence, detailed below.This sequencecan only be performed after the previous one, and these attacksdo not have a different Heavy Attackassociated with them; only the Light Attacks change.
As you successfully perform mutation flash attacks, you willbuild the mutation gauge, which willincrease the power of your next Juggernaut Blade attack. This attack can be performed by pressingF+Middle Mouse Button, RT+Triangle, or RT+Y. The damage and number of slashes with the Juggernaut Bladeincrease at certain intervals.
Draw Attacks
The Karakuri Staff has three different attacks that you can use while drawing the weapon. These are as follows
Karakuri Attacks
Using the various Karakuri devices, you may attack in several different ways. These are detailed below.
Karakuri Staff Tips And Tricks
The Karakuri Staff is a weapon that seems complicated and difficult to use at first, but gets easier as you practice. Below are some tips and tricks to keep in mind as you learn this weapon.
Although the main objective of the Karakuri Staff is to utilize mutation flashes to rapidly change the weapon’s form,staying in one weapon without switching can be beneficial. For example, the Dual Blades have muchhigher mobility and faster attacksthan the other forms, allowing you to get a few hits in before dodging away. This is especially useful against Kemono that haveshorter attack windows.
Additionally, when fighting Kemono that have little room to attack, it may be better touse the second form of the Juggernaut Blade instead of the third. The second attack animation is much shorter than the third, themutation gauge requirement can be reached much faster.
Use theChain Trap Fusion Karakuriwhen your mutation gauge is full toimmobilize the Kemono, allowing you toexecute a fully powered Juggernaut Blade attackwithout the Kemono moving away. You’ll unlock the Chain Trap by bringing the Stake and Crate Karakuri to theDeathstalker hunt.
The Juggernaut Blade can beactivated more quickly when morphing from certain weapons. This aspect of the Karakuri Staff takes a bit of practice to use well, so try different things and see what works. Additionally, the Karakuri Staff has several different draw attacks that morph into different forms. Use these to your advantage tostart attacking in a form that is more beneficial to the situation, like drawing the Shuriken to deal multiple hits of damage against an immobile Kemono.
