Ghost of Yotei

Best Charms

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Best Charms

Charms are equippable items that can enhance Atsu's combat capabilities and resource gathering. They can affect spirit gain, damage inflicted, or enhance skills even further. See here for a list of all the best charms in the game!

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Best Charms to Equip
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1. Charm of Mount Yotei

	Minor Defense
Effect: Reduce all damage taken by a minor amount II: Reduce all damage taken by a moderate amount. III: Reduce all damage taken by a moderate amount.^Regain a minor amount of Health after a Perfect Parry. IV: Reduce all damage taken by a moderate amount.^Regain a moderate amount of Health after a Perfect Parry. V: Reduce all damage taken by a moderate amount.^Regain a major amount of Health after a Perfect Parry.
How to Get: Finish the puzzle of the Reliquary of Courage by turning all 4 nearby statues towards Mount Yotei itself.
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The Charm of Mount Yotei is always a must have charm as it is the best for for defense. It lowers the damage you receive and you receive heals whenever you upgrade it. You can get the charm and upgrade it by completing all Reliquary puzzles.

How to Solve All Mountain Reliquary Puzzles

2. Father's Charm

	Major Defense
Effect: A gift from your father, so your sword flows like a brush stroke. Perfect Parries regain a minor amount of Health.
How to Get: Found in the Mount Yotei Shrine at the end of a path
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The Father's Charm is another great defense charm that allows you to heal after a perfect parry. When combined with the Charm of Mount Yotei, a perfect parry is almost, if not better than a regular heal using spirit.

How to Get to Mount Yotei

3. Charm of Futsunushi

Charm of Futsunushi	Major Defense
Effect: Parries, Perfect Parries, and Perfect Dodges are easier to perform.
How to Get: Found in the Faithful Leap Shrine
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The Charm of Futsunushi is a staple charm that all melee builds must have, especially for players using the Bounty Master Armor. This charm makes it easier to perfrom perfect parries and dodges, great for all melee encounters.

How to Parry Attacks

4. Charm of Onryo's Protection

	Major Onryo
Effect: Taking damage reduces kill streak count by 2 instead of resetting it. Kill streaks power Onryo's Howl and other deadly techniques.
How to Get: Bought from Taro the Scavenger
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The Chaem of Onryo's Protection is great when storming enemy strongholds or areas, as getting hit will not reset your killstreak, it will simply take away one node. This charm makes it easier to clear enemy waves due to its support for Onryo's Howl or Ghost Stance.

Onryo's Howl Skill Effects

5. Charm of Hachiman

	Major Melee
Effect: Maximum Standoff Streak increased by 1. After a successful Standoff, an additional enemy will rush in and open themselves to a killing blow.
How to Get: Obtained as you progress throught The Oni quest line.
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The Charm of Hachiman is grants an additional standoff steak which may be useful for enemy encounters. Depending on your upgrades to the standoff, you can kill about 4 to 5 enemies depending if you also have the wolf standoff skill unlocked.

Best Skills and Techniques

6. Charm of the Prepared

	Minor Ranged
Effect: The Tanegashima reloads while stowed.
How to Get: Obtained after praying to the shrine found in the Blushing Forest Fox Den
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The Charm of the Prepared allows a combination of ranged and melee combat made possible through the Tanegashima. This charm is useful for enemy waves and even duels, all without its lengthy reload.

How to Get the Tanegashima Matchlock

Best Alternative Charms

Best Charms For
Melee				Ranged				Defense
Stealth						Utility

Melee Charm

Takezo's Charm of Bold Deflection

Takezo's Charm of Bold Deflection	Minor Defense
Effect: Parrying inflicts a minor amount of additional Stagger damage. II: Parrying inflicts a moderate amount of additional Stagger damage. III: Parrying inflicts a major amount of additional Stagger damage.
How to Get: Defeat the third disciple at the Dueling Tree
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This charm increases stagger damage, and can be upgraded the more you are able to parry without getting hit. Fully upgraded, this lets you dominate the fight and break through the defense of your opponents.

Best Ranged Charm

Mother's Charm
Charm of Raining Arrows

Mother's Charm

Mother's Charm	Major Ranged
Effect: A gift from your mother. Her presence on the wind quickens your Arrows, increasing their damage by a minor amount.
How to Get: Found in the Mount Yotei Shrine at the end of a path
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Mother's Charm increases your ranged damage, and can also be upgraded the more Shamisen songs you are able to find. When this charm is fully upgraded, you'll be able to effectively use your bow against enemies and be unmatched in terms of power!

Charm of Raining Arrows

	Major Ranged
Effect: The Hakyu rapidly fires arrows with automatic aim. Arrow damage is increased by moderate amount, but disables headshots.
How to Get: Complete Secrets of the Heart side quest at Teshio Ridge
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Charm of Raining Arrows allows you to rapidly fire arrows with automatic aim. This makes it great for dealing quickfire damage against ranged enemies or doing hit and run tactics while on your horse.

Best Defense Charm

Charm of Last Chance
Charm of Healing

Charm of Last Chance

	Minor Defense
Effect: Heal technique triggers automatically when suffering lethal damage from combat.
How to Get: Buy from Taro the Scavenger for 150 Coins
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Setting a charm with Auto-Heal can be useful for players who get mowed down too fast by their enemies attacks. This charm pairs especially well with charms that increase spirit gain and healing potency.

Charm of Healing

	Minor Defense
Effect: While at half Health or less, potency of the Heal Technique increases by a minor amount.
How to Get: Buy from Taro the Scavenger for 300 Coins
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While simple, this charm allows players to focus less on their health, and more on their enemies. While it cannot be upgraded, it can be obtained pretty early in the first region.

Best Stealth Charms

Charm of Assassin's Resolve
Charm of Fearful End
Charm of Wolf Stalking

Charm of Assassin's Resolve

	Minor Stealth
Effect: All types of Assassinations grant a minor amount of additional Spirit.
How to Get: Obtained after praying to the shrine found in the Flowing Water Fox Den
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This charm lets you gain more Spirit, which is always pretty handy to have, whether for healing or for certain techniques.

Charm of Fearful End

	Minor Onryo
Effect: All types of Assassinations have a minor chance to Terrify nearby enemies. II: All types of Assassinations have a moderate chance to Terrify nearby enemies. III: All types of Assassinations have a major chance to Terrify nearby enemies.
How to Get: Obtained from the Onryo Gift Altar after completing The Way of Dual Katana quest
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This charm pairs especially well with Chain Assassination or the Metsubushi as it stuns the enemies momentarily, allowing you to kill multiple enemies with ease.

Charm of Wolf Stalking

Charm of Wolf Stalking	Major Onryo
Effect: Assassinations in areas where the wolf can be summoned have a minor chance to summon the wolf instantly. The wolf performs a stealth assassination if able.
How to Get: Bought from Masujiro the Melodious
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Leveling up this charm can greatly improve the effectivity of your assassinations, especially if you level up the Combat section of the Wolf Skill Tree.

Best Utility Charms

Charm of Enduring Resolve
Toku's Charm of Blessings
Charm of Taming

Charm of Enduring Resolve

	Minor Utility
Effect: Abilities that use Spirit have a minor chance to regain 1 Spirit. II: Abilities that use Spirit have a moderate chance to regain 1 Spirit.
How to Get: Obtained after praying to the shrine found in the Twin Path Fox Den
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For players that often find themselves with constantly low Spirit, this charm eases that pain. Useful for players that rely on techniques that cost spirit, or find themselves low on health constantly.

Toku's Charm of Blessings

	Minor Utility
Effect: Increase Spirit earned by a minor amount.
How to Get: Bought from Taro the Scavenger after The Loss we Carry
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This charm further eases the burden of getting more Spirit, letting the player use it for techniques or for healing.

Charm of Taming

	Major Defense
Effect: Playing the shamisen turns nearby hostile animals into allies.
How to Get: Bought from Masujiro the Melodious
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The Charm of Taming is especially useful when taking on enemy camps that make use of wolves. It can even be useful when facing against bears in the wild!

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Best Charms

Best Charms to Equip

1. Charm of Mount Yotei

2. Father's Charm

3. Charm of Futsunushi

4. Charm of Onryo's Protection

5. Charm of Hachiman

6. Charm of the Prepared

Best Alternative Charms

Melee Charm

Takezo's Charm of Bold Deflection

Best Ranged Charm

Mother's Charm

Charm of Raining Arrows

Best Defense Charm

Charm of Last Chance

Charm of Healing

Best Stealth Charms

Charm of Assassin's Resolve

Charm of Fearful End

Charm of Wolf Stalking

Best Utility Charms

Charm of Enduring Resolve

Toku's Charm of Blessings

Charm of Taming

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