>>12110942
>Oh that's how you charge essence fast? Thanks.
not him but INSTANT charge is hold Y right before landing from the air.
also if you hold block, essence won't auto suck in.
homing jump is good if you're lazy. (A+X). this can go into guillotine throw or flying swallow if correct range.
think of enemies as being other players in a fighting game.
play very defensive to learn movesets. its basically blocking 24/27 and learning when to roll.
some enemies can't even get past your block, you can also roll if your guard is broken by certain heavy attacks.
assuming you died 3 times and unlocked ninja dog mode, blocking/rolling and flying swallow will destroy most of the game.
later difficulties add new enemies, some even counter flying swallow because itagaki saw players were overusing it.
also shurikens are very very important. they keep ranged enemies "busy" and let you ATTACK CANCEL and freeform combos.
players get stuck on spamming "XY,XXXY" for izuna drop later but adding in shurikens can let you cancel the final X for on landing instant UT.
pressing Y and towards whatever direction simultaneously is a stand-alone launcher that can go into XXXY.
pressing X and towards whatever direction simultaneously has minor invincibility.