The Yoshitsune’s Hand 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 Yoshitsune’s Hand
The Yoshitsune’s Hand 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 Yoshitsune’s Hand is to complete Nightmare difficulty missions and Tales of Iyo raids for their overall increased chance of legendary drops.
Special Ability
Stance: Water
Staggering a target has a 30% chance to cause knock down
This special ability can be useful for Assassins who can take advantage of a knocked down enemy by performing assassinate or critical strike.
Perks
The Yoshitsune’s Hand 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 Stance – Allows switching to Moon stance (R2 + Square)
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 Stance – Allows switching to Wind stance (R2 + Triangle)
Properties
There are 9 weapon properties that can be rolled on the Yoshitsune’s Hand. 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 Yoshitsune’s Hand 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%
Melee Stagger Damage synergizes well with the Yoshitsune’s Hand since its playstyle is aimed at staggering enemies.
Property 2 List
The property 2 list contains all 9 properties for Yoshitsune’s Hand, 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%