The Master’s Katana is a legendary gear item from the multiplayer Ghost of Tsushima: Legends. It is a legendary weapon that goes in the Katana gear slot.
How to Get the Master’s Katana
The Master’s Katana is obtained as a legendary random drop when completing Ghost of Tsushima: Legends missions.
Because it doesn’t drop from a specific event, the best way to get the Master’s Katana is to complete Nightmare difficulty missions and Tales of Iyo raids for their overall increased chance of legendary drops.
Special Ability
Allow switching between any stance with
R2 + (X, Square, Triangle, or Circle)
Advantages of Using the Master’s Katana
- Players are able to change freely between all 4 stances (Stone, Water, Wind, Moon)
- Unlocks all 4 Master stances
Disadvantages of Using the Master’s Katana
- Most players won’t need more than 1 or 2 stances
- Other Legendary Gear Items provide more benefits
Perks
The Master’s Katana has 8 possible perks:
Burning Blade – Melee attacks have a chance to apply the Burning effect
Intimidating Counter – Perfect Parry counter attacks have a 50% chance to also deal damage to nearby foes
Moon Master – Spinning Strike can combo 3 times. The final attack in the Heavy Strike combo deals increased damage.
Poison Blade – Melee attacks have a chance to apply the Poison effect
Stone Stance – Allows switching to Stone Stance (R2 + X)
Way of the Flame – Ignite the katana to apply Burning damage to melee attacks for a short time (R1+ Circle)
Water Master – Inflict increasing damage with each attack in your Surging Strikes
Wind Master – Typhoon Kick deals increased Stagger damage and causes knock down
Properties
There are 9 weapon properties that can be rolled on the Master’s Katana. The first slot can only use 5 of the 9 properties. Also, because it is a legendary item, its properties will always roll at the maximum value.
Property 1 List
The Master’s Katana has 5 Properties that can be rolled in slot 1:
Counter Damage +20%
Melee Damage +12%
Melee Resolve Gain +10%
Melee Stagger Damage +12%
Perfect Parry Window +12%
Property 2 List
The property 2 list contains all 9 properties for the Master’s Katana, including the 5 properties listed in property 1.
Ability Cooldown Reduction +12%
Counter Damage +20%
Melee Damage +12%
Melee Resolve Gain +10%
Melee Stagger Damage +12%
Oni Damage +10%
Perfect Parry Window +12%
Staggered Damage +20%
Ultimate Damage +20%