Patterns

[tymbir]

Your first pattern is "leaf on the wind"

Pattern leaf on the wind is the following moves:
slide left
straight punch body
step right
round punch arm
brace block arm
twist back
straight strike head
dodge in
straight kick arm
jump left
round strike leg
catch block body
round kick body
roll back
sweep block arm
This pattern was created by Hedeki and taught to you by Codai.

No problems with this one. It is pretty straight forward. It works all of your Jaochi skills and gives examples of the directions used.

Using this in the Haunted Mansion, at level 4, I had all of my skills up to 20.

Attack Skills:
straight kick 20 straight punch 20 straight strike 20
round kick 20 round punch 20 round strike 20

Defence Skills:
brace block 20 catch block 20 sweep block 20

Movement Skills:
step 20 slide 20 jump 20
dodge 20 twist 20 roll 20

Combo Skills:
You do not have any yet.

[tymbir]

Your second pattern is "wave on the sand"

This one gets a little bit different.

patterns wave on the sand
Pattern wave on the sand is the following moves:
slide in,straight punch body
round kick leg,brace block arm
step left,round strike head
roll back,straight kick body
straight strike arm,catch block head
twist right,round punch leg
jump in,straight punch body
round kick arm,dodge right
round strike head,sweep block leg
straight kick arm,step back
This pattern was created by Hedeki and taught to you by Codai.

At first glance, it looks pretty straight forward, however in practice I keep getting "You practice the combo unnamed."


practice wave on the sand
You begin to practice the pattern wave on the sand.
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You bow as you start to concentrate.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You slide in.
You practice straight punch to the body.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You practice round kick to the leg.
You prepare to defend your arm with a brace block.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You step left.
You try to round strike to the head but fail.
You fail to round strike head.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You roll back.
You try to straight kick to the body but fail.
You fail to straight kick body.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You practice straight strike to the arm.
You prepare to defend your head with a catch block.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You twist right.
You practice round punch to the leg.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You jump in.
You practice straight punch to the body.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You practice round kick to the arm.
You dodge right.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You practice round strike to the head.
You prepare to defend your leg with a sweep block.
You practice the combo unnamed.
You practice straight kick to the arm.
You step back.
You finish wave on the sand.
You bow as you finish.

And now when I type jskills, I get this.

Attack Skills:
straight kick 20 straight punch 20 straight strike 20
round kick 20 round punch 20 round strike 20

Defence Skills:
brace block 20 catch block 20 sweep block 20

Movement Skills:
step 20 slide 20 jump 20
dodge 19 twist 20 roll 20

Combo Skills:
jump,straight punch 2 roll,straight kick 2
round kick,brace block 2 round kick,dodge 3
round strike,sweep block 3 slide,straight punch 2
step,round strike 2 straight kick,step 2
straight strike,catch block 3 twist,round punch 2

[tymbir]

Can you name the combos after the fact?

I guess you can. I did an addcombo for the moves in wave on the sand;

addcombo wave1 slide in,straight punch body
addcombo wave2 round kick leg,brace block arm
addcombo wave3 step left,round strike head
addcombo wave4 roll back,straight kick body
addcombo wave5 straight strike arm,catch block head
addcombo wave6 twist right,round punch leg
addcombo wave7 jump in,straight punch body
addcombo wave8 round kick arm,dodge right
addcombo wave9 round strike head,sweep block leg
addcombo wave10 straight kick arm,step back

Now this is what I see.
jskills
Attack Skills:
straight kick 24 straight punch 23 straight strike 21
round kick 23 round punch 22 round strike 24

Defence Skills:
brace block 20 catch block 20 sweep block 20

Movement Skills:
step 24 slide 22 jump 22
dodge 22 twist 22 roll 22

Combo Skills:
wave1 11 wave10 13 wave2 9 wave3 13 wave4 13
wave5 9 wave6 12 wave7 9 wave8 13 wave9 9

and;

Pattern wave on the sand is the following moves:
wave1
wave2
wave3
wave4
wave5
wave6
wave7
wave8
wave9
wave10
This pattern was created by Hedeki and taught to you by Codai.

In hindsight, I should have named the combos wave01 - wave10 but I can now monitor the progress through the pattern when in combat and know when to restart it.