Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Good setup to provide damage & carry others (Restorative for easy healing/revives with Drums)
Pros:
– Good damage output
– Able to heal & revive others (Restorative)
Cons:
– sacrifice some damage in exchange for Restorative to provide revives/healing

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Hunter that is focused on easily building Resolve to wipe enemies (especially for the Blood Well of Chapter 2)
Pros:
– Quickly build Ultimate (BoLC, headshots)
– High Damage output
Cons:
– No smoke to de-aggro enemies

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Rivals meta hunter setup (similar to Survival meta)
Pros:
– SK for refreshing Smoke & Explosive
– Foul/Firemaster on charm for damage
Cons
– No self-healing (not critical in Rivals when competing for speed)

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Hunter that focuses on building Resolve quickly to use Ultimates and wipe Rivals waves
Pros:
– Very efficient Resolve gain (BoLC, Reload cancel headshots, Sticky)
– Good AOE control (Explosive Arrow, Sticky)
– No source of Munitions (rely on map)
Cons:
– Very limited healing (BoLC only)
– High skill floor with no Smoke

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Focus on optimizing Ultimate for high-damage (Oni targets) and Explosive + Spirit Kunai to refresh Ability + Smoke
Pros:
– Quickly refresh Explosive Arrow & Smoke
– Previous meta setup that focuses on total damage and spamming Ultimates
– Low skill floor for new players
Cons:
– No sources of self-heal (not new-player friendly)
– High skill ceiling (to go from proficient to skilled) due to ranged-heavy playstyle

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 3-2-3
This hunter uses 3 legendaries and focuses on using Explosive Arrow for killing groups of enemies while the Ultimate is for wiping the remaining 2-3 enemies
Pros:
– Very high damage on Explosive Arrow
– Great AOE damage and single-target damage
Cons:
– Requires being at Full HP (Enjos)
– Need to be skilled in Kunai kill refreshes to be efficient with this build
– Limited self-healing

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 3-2-2
This Hunter is the pre-Patch 2.18 Meta that used SSB only. Still effective if you do not have Spirit Kunai for the current Meta setup
Pros:
– Explosive -> Ultimate to quickly wipe waves
– Low skill floor for new players
Cons:
– No sources of self-heal (not new-player friendly)
– High skill ceiling (to go from proficient to skilled) due to ranged-heavy playstyle

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Due to the total increase in fire damage available, the new meta focuses on the ability to refresh Explosive Arrow (with Spirit Kunai)
Pros:
– Quickly refresh Explosive Arrow & Smoke
– Previous meta setup that focuses on total damage and spamming Ultimates
– Low skill floor for new players
Cons:
– No sources of self-heal (not new-player friendly)
– High skill ceiling (to go from proficient to skilled) due to ranged-heavy playstyle

ABILITY: Staggering Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Focus on using Stagger Arrow for easy pauses in combat combined with Smoke Bomb (de-aggro at will). Use SK to refresh Stagger Arrow & Smoke Bomb (Keep enemies de-aggroed all game)
Pros:
– High Survivability (Smoke, Stagger, Blessed)
– Good team support (Smoke, Stagger, Blessed)
– High ranged & ultimate damage
Cons:
– Limited self-healing (need to be in melee range)
– Lacks some aoe damage that Explosive Arrow Hunter has

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Joey Dominguez Hunter setup
Pros:
– Tried & tested (recommended by Joey)
– Similar to Hunter Meta

ABILITY: Explosive Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-2-2
Hunter that is geared for damage in order to kill as quickly as possible to minimize time available to get hit (make mistakes)
Pros:
– Perfect Parry % on katana (PP > Headshot)
– Moon Katana for MMC as necessary to stagger/finish off enemies
Cons:
– No self-healing (swap Foul/Fire -> Blessed on charm OR SK -> Mist of Yagata)

ABILITY: Staggering Arrow
TECHNIQUES: 4-3-2
Hunter that optimizes for Ultimate damage & pure damage
Pros:
– Enjo’s for +15% damage on all attacks
– 2x Ultimate % for more damage
– Staggering Arrow to stun enemies (build resolve with headshots)
– Blessed Arrow for Healing
Cons:
– none
*NOTE: Foul Arrow should be re-rolled to something else (+Health, Combat Regen, etc)