Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

What is a “Build”?

How we define a ‘build’ on this site: The basic gist of what makes a ‘build’ a ‘build’ is having some type of focus that synergize your Class, Ability, Techniques, Gear, and overall “playstyle”. Generally, a build will focus on 1-2 primary aspects or attributes and then shape the rest of the choices around that.

Here is how we categorize ‘builds’ here:

1. By Class – generally this is the most common one, you choose a Class and then assign an Ability, Techniques, & Gear to suit that Class
2. By Game Mode – This really just takes it a step further to say “each game mode has a different purpose/objectives, how do I maximize efficiency to suit that mode?”
3. By Playstyle – After you have a firm mastery of classes & game modes, you can start to experiment more with what suits you best (ie do you like melee combat, or more focused on staggering opponents, or applying statuses like fire & poison). Then you choose gear and class to optimize your output.

How do I find a build?

At the start of the game, you will not want to focus too much on creating a build; rather, the advice is to save all Resources (Essence/Honor/Blessings), and just equip the highest Ki gear per gear slot (regardless of what it does/what it is). Then grind out leveling and gaining more gear until you reach 105-110Ki. At that point, you can start re-rolling gear and setting up your build.

When you reach the end-game content (Challenge Modes), there will be objectively better builds & classes for particular scenarios (Speed-running, Survivability, Support, Solo, etc) but this is not to say they are the “only” builds allowed; rather, if you are trying to achieve a particular goal, there are some better-tested & proven builds that increase the odds of success. That is what will be provided here; a baseline for things that work well and give you the platform to experiment. One thing to keep in mind is that every build typically needs a set ‘purpose’, that is you build around 1-2 primary attributes or playstyles

When you are in the Gear menu, you can select a particular gear to ‘modify’ (Square button on PS controller). If you navigate to a particular gear slot (ie Property 1), you have the option to Reroll it to other properties (and view those Possible Outcomes). If you press + hold R2, it will display a brief description of each Possible Outcome.