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Sasaki Ganryu

佐々木巌流

Stats

Health
5,000 HP
Combat range
50 m
Detection range
4 m
Soul-boost rate
20%

Soul behaviour

Defeating Sasaki Ganryu releases souls into your Oni Gauntlet. Performing an Issen counter-kill boosts the yield by 20%. See the soul-growth tables for how souls convert to experience.

Combat profile

How hard Sasaki Ganryu is to break and burn — higher numbers take more to trigger.

Guard break
550 / 1,650 max

Stagger threshold — pile on guard damage to break it open.

Fire resistance
100 / 1,000 max

Fire buildup it shrugs off before burning.

Attack profile

How Sasaki Ganryu hits back — its damage output and the attacks worth respecting.

Hit damage
40–500

Range of damage its standard attacks deal per hit.

Guard pressure
600

Most guard-gauge a single hit drains — block these and your guard buckles fast.

Attacks
85

Distinct damaging attacks in its repertoire.

  • Unblockable
  • Drains Oni energy

Moveset

42 actions

Every action Sasaki Ganryu can perform in combat, grouped by type — its full attack, defensive and movement repertoire.

Attacks22

  • 1 Mot Atk Act Combo Start
  • 1 Mot Atk Tentacle Cancel Act
  • Back Step Sub Unit Slash
  • Extend Blade Stab
  • Extend Blade Stab Success
  • Extend Blade Stab Success Tentacle Attack
  • Four Continuous Slash1 Tentacle Combo
  • Four Continuous Slash2
  • Four Continuous Slash2 Tentacle Combo
  • Grap Attack Counter
  • Grap Attack Start
  • Grap Attack Success
  • Grap Sub Unit Attack Counter
  • Grap Sub Unit Attack Start
  • Grap Sub Unit Attack Success
  • Kesa Slash
  • Special Attack
  • Step Atk Stab
  • Step Atk Wrap Around Slash
  • Sub Unit Slam Attack
  • Tentacle Sweep Slash L
  • Tentacle Sweep Slash R

Issen & counters5

  • Block Issen
  • Block Issen Body First Time
  • Block Issen Head First Time
  • Block Issen Sub Unit
  • Block Issen Sub Unit First Time

Defense2

  • Evade Base
  • Parry Tentacle Cut

Stance2

  • Change Combat Emotion Active Act
  • Phase Change

Reactions2

  • Damage Enhanced End
  • Grapple Counter Success Down

Other9

  • Create All Tentacle
  • Create Tentacle
  • Grapple Counter Success Up
  • Provocation Act
  • Soul Boost Activate
  • Start Enhanced
  • Sub Unit Pick Flower
  • Tentacle Fall
  • Tentacle Rush

Battle quotes

What Sasaki Ganryu says when it spots you and during the fight.

  • “Game if you are...!”
  • “Your funeral...!”
  • “You won't outlast me.”
  • “Were you always this weak, Musashi!?”
  • “You think this is a game? Huh!?”
  • “This'll only get worse for you...!”
  • “Put your back into it!”
  • “Is that your best!?”
  • “I'm just getting started, Ganryu!”
  • “You knew this was coming.”
  • “Here I come, Ganryu.”
  • “Go back to hell!”
  • “Right where we left off! Death can't stop us!”
  • “Yes, yes! This is what I wanted! What I needed! This dance with death! I love it!”
  • “What a thrill! What a riot! More, Musashi, give me more, you stupid bastard!”
  • “I'll never get sick of this! Let's go, Musashi!”
  • “Time to finish you off.”
  • “You look terrible, Musashi!”
  • “You're weak, weak, so damn weak, you fraud!”
  • “I really have gotten too strong...”
  • “No, you cannot be done already!”
  • “That's it? Th-That's all you've got?”
  • “Ugh, why is your blood so filthy!?”
  • “Does that hurt? Does it!?”
  • “At least pretend to try!”
  • “That's not happening!”
  • “So easy to read!”
  • “Swing!”
  • “Take this!”
  • “Oh this is fun!”
  • “Got you!”
  • “I'm right here!”
  • “So slow!”
  • “Oh-ho! That stung!”
  • “Would you just die!”
  • “Oh, nicely done.”
  • “What could be more fun...than dancing with death!?”
  • “What? Lost your nerve? Scared?”
  • “You thought that'd cut through? Too bad!”
  • “I wish it would stop you, at least!”
  • “I'm not done having fun yet...!”
  • “Who the hell wears a metal hat!?”

Names by region

How Sasaki Ganryu is named across the game's supported languages.

日本語
佐々木巌流
Русский
Сасаки Ганрю
한국어
사사키 간류
繁體中文
佐佐木巖流
简体中文
佐佐木岩流
العربية
ساساكي غانريو

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