Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

Enemy Health & Tactics

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Analyzing Enemies

In order to defeat your enemy you must understand and know your enemy. Knowing how much HP an enemy has, what tactics they will use, and what they look like (so you can quickly identify them visually on-screen) are all important information to know when crafting builds, doing damage, strategizing, and completing the game modes. At high-level play (speedruns, solos, etc) these are the differences between success and failure & min-maxing builds to hit optimal damage rates.

For the enemies, there are 3 Main Types (Mongols, Oni & Miscellaneous), and within those, there are further deviations with 11 total Sub Types across the 3 Main Types (that roughly tie to difficulty of encounter):

Measuring Health Bars (HP)

The below data is calculated from taking screenshots of every enemy’s HP bar and then counting them after magnifying the image. They were then re-checked by using a Katana (Total Ki at 120) to do square strikes to kill the enemy and count the number of strikes & verify vs the image (confirm both = final value). The Helmet column is important when it comes to headshots (helmets will deflect arrows/darts unless you have the Helmet Piercing perk OR shoot them in the face for certain helmets). Special notes are intended primarily for newer players OR simply recognizing particular enemies/movesets.

These numbers will change in lower Difficulties. Example is the Basic Mongol Archer. In Gold, Platinum, & Nightmare he has 4 hp bars. In Silver he has 3 hp bars. In Bronze he has 2 hp bars. You will see similar discrepancies for lower difficulties. For the sake of what is most ‘valuable’ to planning, only end-game values appear below (ie Platinum/Nightmare), and that is where all data-gathering occurred.

Category Descriptions

NAME: The name of the enemy in-game
HP: The number of health bars an enemy has (1 hp bar = 1 katana strike)
HELMET: If the enemy wears a helmet (* = variants wear a helmet)
STANCE: Intended stance to counter the enemy (optimal stagger damage)
OUTFIT: Clothes and/or Armor coloring (easier visual identifier)

Mongols

Mongols have 4 Sub Types that consist of Basic Mongols, Elite Mongols, Eagle Warriors, & Heavy Armored Mongols.

Basic Mongols: The Base Units of the various Mongol Enemies you encounter in Gold, Raid, and Nightmare content. These units will be in a variety of attire ranging from plain beige clothes, some red/brown outfits with light armor padding, to a standout Blue coloring for some of the tankier enemy types in this category.

Elite Mongols: The stronger versions of the Basic Mongol Enemies, featuring stronger attacks with additional effects as well as higher HP. These units will be in Yellow and/or Green Clothing with visible armor padding covering their body. These enemies are more common than their Basic Units in Gold Story and Challenge Content.

Eagle Warrior Mongols: These enemies are characterized by Purple & Blue coloring. They appear only in select maps (Rivals, Platinum/NMS Blood & Steel, Platinum/NMS Twilight & Ashes). They mirror the 3 new enemies introduced in the Iki DLC.

Heavy Armored Mongols: These enemies are donned in full suits of metal armor. They strike hard and tend to have a large health pool. Their tactics can be more difficult to face head-on than regular mongols (including feints, counters, guardbreaks, etc)

BASIC MONGOLS

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Archer	4	No	N/A	Beige or Red/Brown
Rapid Fire Archer	5	Yes	N/A	Blue
Flash Bomber	5	Yes	N/A	Blue
Swordsman	5	*	Stone	Beige or Red/Brown
Dual Swordsman	5	*	Stone	Beige or Red/Brown
Shield Swordsman	5	*	Water	Beige or Red/Brown
Heavy Swordsman	7	No	Stone	Blue
Spearman	5	*	Wind	Beige or Red/Brown
Advanced Spearman	7	*	Wind	Blue
Bludgeon Brute	8	No	Moon	Grey
Axe Brute	10	*	Moon	Grey/Blue
Shield Brute	10	*	Water	Red/Brown

ELITE MONGOLS

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Fire Archer	6	*	N/A	Yellow
Poison Archer	7	No	N/A	Yellow/Green
Black Powder Bomber	6	Yes	N/A	Yellow
Dual Swordsman	8	*	Stone	Yellow
Shield Swordsman	8	*	Water	Green
WotF Swordsman	8	*	Water	Yellow
Heavy Swordsman	9	No	Stone	Yellow/Green
Advanced Spearman	9	*	Wind	Green
Powdergun Brute	8	*	Moon	Yellow
Shield Brute	12	No	Water	Yellow/Green

EAGLE WARRIOR MONGOLS

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Shaman	7	Yes	Wind	Purple/Blue
Triple Weapon	16	No	Stone/Water/Wind	Purple/Blue
Twinblade Brute	14	No	Moon	Purple/Blue

HEAVY ARMORED MONGOLS

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Swordsman	9	Yes	Stone	Bronzed
Dual Swordsman	14	Yes	Stone	Bronzed
WotF Swordsman	14	Yes	Water	Bronzed
Heavy Swordsman	16	Yes	Stone	Black
Spearman	9	Yes	Wind	Bronzed
Advanced Spearman	16	Yes	Wind	Bronzed
Shield Swordsman	22	Yes	Water	Bronzed
Elite Shield Swordsman	28	Yes	Water	Golden

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Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous have 4 Sub Types that include regular Animals, Bandits, Ronin, & Ghost types. These enemies are those that are not Human Mongols and are also not Oni. The Human enemies in this category are Japanese and will speak your games set Language.

Animals: this will include certain Dogs & all Bears. They are unparryable and can be tricky to counter (they aggressively charge unless you distract them)

Bandits: They will resemble Basic Mongols in terms of attack types and overall health. They are relatively trivial but can be overwhelming in groups.

Ronin: They are advanced combat enemies that strike quickly and are similar to the Ronin encountered in the base game (unblockable/unparryable attacks, decent health)

Ghost: Invisible enemies that can be hard to see. If you look closely in brighter areas you can identify them by a faint shadow on the ground. The auto-lock-on will also detect them (but can be hard to judge distance).

MISCELLANEOUS ENEMIES

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Dog	2	No	N/A	Black
Bear	10	No	N/A	Black
Bandit Archer	5	No	N/A	Beige
Bandit Swordsman	6	No	Stone	Beige
Bandit Spearman	6	No	Stone	Beige
Ronin	9	No	Wind	Grey/Blue
Ghost Archer	5	No	N/A	Translucent
Ghost Samurai	9	No	Stone	Translucent

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Oni

Oni have 3 Sub Types that include Basic Oni, Elite Oni, & Boss Oni.

Basic Oni: These enemies are the demon enemies that frequent Boss Waves and Story Modifiers.

Elite Oni: These are the tanky versions of the basic oni with Purple Health Bars. They are what spawn from Oni Chests.

Bosses: These are the named enemies in a select few Story Missions and the Raid.

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ONI ENEMIES

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Dog	5	No	N/A	Black/Red
Disciple of Iyo	8	No	Stone	White/Red
Tengu	15	*	Wind	Black/Red
Archer	12	No	N/A	Grey/Red
Defender	17	No	Water	Black/Red
Brute	18	No	Moon	Black/Red
Lord	34	No	Wind	Black/Red

ELITE ONI ENEMIES

NAME	HP	HELMET?	STANCE	OUTFIT
Archer	21	*	N/A	Purple
Defender	29	No	Water	Purple
Brute	32	*	Moon	Purple
Lord	44	No	Wind	Purple

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