With Assassin (and agility Priest) I like to use the purple Katana that you get from the weapon store area with 96 damage and 65 Agility. The Obsidian Kunai and the Viper Kusari is a decent combo, but I like the Katana better due to its higher agility and the fact that it can be upgraded before the last zone compared with the Viper Kusari, which is only obtained in the last zone so would not even be worth it to upgrade. I mean, who really cares about how good you are AFTER you defeat Kazuro unless you have premium?

All my characters kill Kazuro on their first runs of Shiroda Fortress (As compared to my Hard Warrior who re-runs a zone a few times for some equipment before taking on the boss with the exception of Shiroda which is also cleared on the first time.)

Even if the equipment is for better or worse, useless, unless you're a Premium player and those equipment cost quite the massive dollar, some people do like to collect the equivalent to the ultimate equipment for that time, it keeps them occupied, and it makes re-runs to torment that smarmy git for his Crystals easier.

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On a side note, I completed my Hard Warrior run, estimated amount of time taken, 6 hours, 1 hour slightly longer than Normal Assassin and Priest run.

Takeshi went down quick,

Asura required me to switch to using Bladestorm instead of Doomblade,

Tetsuo taught me to time Shockwave to weaken his Soul Shatter from 2K to 300,

And Kasumi failed to understand (Again.) that Tank Warriors counter Samurais and Assassins.

The last two bosses were piecemeal, the 2 Shiroda Priests might as well have been the big bosses, considering their Soul Shatter deals 4.1K DMG (And I have maxed out Heavy Armor and blocked it when I couldn't run.) as compared to Shiori's 3.3K eye. That's saying something.

I purchased the Premium Content.  How do I get to the last mission?  I just completed mission from Katai awarded in the Crow's Dojo, but I can't seem to find anyone else to talk to in order to get the next mission?

P.S.  I'm going on the theory that there is one more mission because I saw a screen grab where someone was lvl 25, and I am still only lvl 24.

Just because you're not max level doesn't mean the game isn't over.

There's just those 2 levels for premium content.

About the Kunai Sting Warrior power...

Combined with Brutal Advantage, it can get you on the back of your enemy with him stunned. Then a Slam deals him maximum damage.

Oh, by the way, you knew you could kill masaru-sama before fighting Takeshi just by using your Shuriken power ? It targets him, automatically !

Yeah, but it's kind of a waste of a Shuriken as you kill him in the story anyways.

Just simply stuck after the throne of flame. It doesn't say where to get my next quest from and I have none in my log. Any suggestions where to go? I beat the full throne of flame level.

Does anyone have tips to defeat ryota the sly with assasin. I am currently level 14. He just keeps on recovering health no matter how much I damage him.

Hey, I have a question regarding the Fancy Robe vs the Amulet of Focus. I know that if you give the Fancy Robe to the noble or w/e, he gives you the Amulet of Focus. Is there any way to get the Fancy Robe back? Or are you stuck with the Amulet of Focus? Also, which one is better? I already traded it, but I'm doubting my decision because the amulet is terrible IMO.