All Skill Challenges in Like a Dragon Ishin

Complete all Skill Challenges in like a dragon ishin, including defeating enemies with Heat Actions, special moves, destroying scarecrows, 99-hit combos, and achieving Deadly rank.

Skill Challenge 1

This challenge makes it so you can only do damage with Heat Actions, as no other attacks will actually cause damage. You will have infinite Heat for this challenge. Each Heat Action can only deal damage once, meaning you will need to perform many of them to defeat all enemies. Some Heat Actions that can deal damage to more than one enemy at a time, or are easy to do, include:

• Swordsman - Run towards a group of three enemies to see the Heat Action icon pop up.
• Brawler - Knock down an enemy on their back, then approach their feet to do a giant swing.
• All styles have a Heat Action when the enemy is on the ground.
• Brawler - Grab an enemy for one, which can split into two more.
• Swordsman - Evade towards an enemy to see a Heat Action, which can split into two more.
• Wild Dancer - Evading near an enemy should trigger one.
• Wild Dancer - Another Heat Action after the second button press of the Phoenix combo.

Skill Challenge 2

Similar to the first challenge, you will have unlimited Heat gauge during this one. The Wild Dancer’s special move is probably the most proficient in taking out many enemies at once. Use this move on the first wave of enemies, then wait for your Heat gauge to fill back up and clean up any stragglers. After the first wave, an armored enemy will appear alone in the second wave, so switch to the Brawler or Swordsman special attack. For the Brawler, after the initial hit, spam the normal attack button to continue punching. When you use the Swordsman’s special attack, hold the initial button down, then press in the direction of the enemy, plus the normal attack button to perform a slash. After the initial slash, you can keep doing additional slashes (direction + attack), as long as you have Heat leftover. The third wave is a set of normal enemies, then the fourth wave (final) will be two more armored enemies. There is no time limit.

Skill Challenge 3

You will be going through a Scarecrow Chateau room, where you need to destroy all of the scarecrows that pop up. None will spawn behind you, so you can keep moving forward. With the exception of two scarecrows behind barriers that require Gunman, you can use whichever style you want. The Gunman style is probably the best here, especially if you utilize the trick to get behind the scarecrows to inflict critical damage. You have 3 minutes and 30 seconds to complete this challenge. Black scarecrows have a lot of health. Gold Scarecrows, as well as regular ones, should go down very quickly; red ones will also be destroyed easily. The challenge starts with normal scarecrows and a black one here and there. Eventually, the first set will all become black scarecrows. The final row of the first set will have some red ones, so be careful with the gun ones, as they can knock you down with their shots (you can try blocking with a katana if you won’t make it in time). The first diagonal set will all be red ones with guns, so be cautious. Right after this diagonal set are the two golds behind barriers that require Gunman. From there on out, it will mostly be black ones, with a few reds and golds sprinkled in until the end, when more reds appear.

Skill Challenge 4

Achieving a 99-hit combo requires you to not take too long between hitting enemies or have the enemy hit you. You have a 1-minute timer. The best style for this is probably Wild Dancer, since its attacks are quick and the Phoenix combo is great for racking up hits. Keep enemies close enough to you so you can play off of one and attack another, without getting hit or breaking your combo by not hitting anything.

Skill Challenge 5

There is one rank above Godly, which is Deadly, and is what’s required here. The battle ranks are: Rough - Solid - Sharp - Keen - Bloody - Godly - Deadly. As soon as the battle begins, switch to Wild Dancer and try to evade the enemy’s attack at the last possible second. Do this three times and your rank should increase twice. From there, start doing combos, beginning with a 5-hit, then a 10-hit, and lastly, a 20-hit combo. Begin with the lowest count first to ensure it doesn’t become screwy.