Embark on a swashbuckling adventure as Goro Majima in *Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii*. This amnesiac ex-yakuza starts with a single fighting style, but soon unlocks devastating new abilities and weapons. This guide highlights the best early upgrades to maximize your Mad Dog's potential.
Throughout the game, you'll progress through four skill trees: Overall Stats, Shared Abilities, Mad Dog, and Sea Dog. Here are some early game upgrades that provide significant advantages without requiring excessive resources:
Max Health Boost (Overall Stats)
Early on, boosting Goro's maximum health is crucial. Many encounters involve numerous enemies, and a larger health pool allows you to withstand more damage, enabling aggressive crowd control and maximizing your offensive capabilities. This is essential for surviving challenging boss fights.
Attack Boost (Overall Stats)
Increasing Goro's attack power significantly improves his damage output across all basic attacks. Given the game's real-time combat, maximizing damage is key to efficiently clearing enemies and progressing through the story. Consider the Attack Boost Plus upgrade later for even greater offensive capabilities.
Knockdown Evasion (Shared Abilities)
Facing multiple opponents increases the chance of being knocked down. Knockdown Evasion ensures a swift recovery, minimizing downtime and allowing you to quickly resume your offensive. This upgrade is invaluable for maintaining control during chaotic battles.
Quickstep Strike (Shared Abilities)
Quickstep Strike allows for follow-up attacks after dodging, enhancing your offensive capabilities. This crucial upgrade increases your overall damage output and provides a significant advantage in all combat scenarios, particularly against bosses. It's also helpful for activating your heat gauge attacks.
Grapple Counter (Shared Abilities)
This upgrade is excellent for crowd control. It allows you to counter grab attacks, preventing damage and immediately countering with your own attack. This effectively turns a potentially dangerous situation into an offensive opportunity.
Serpent Trick (Mad Dog)
Mad Dog style utilizes dual swords, a flintlock pistol, and a grappling hook. Serpent Trick launches enemies into the air, setting up devastating combos and leaving opponents vulnerable. This is particularly effective against groups of enemies.
Frenzy Trick (Mad Dog)
This spinning attack is a powerful crowd control tool, knocking down surrounding enemies. Its wide area of effect makes it exceptionally useful against large groups of pirates, especially in naval combat side quests.
Catch ‘n’ Slash (Sea Dog)
While initially unlocked, upgrading Catch 'n' Slash extends the duration of the throw and allows for immediate follow-up attacks, creating longer and more damaging combos.
Charge ‘n’ Shoot (Sea Dog)
This upgrade significantly improves the flintlock pistol, allowing for multi-target shots and improved crowd control. It transforms a previously less-effective weapon into a valuable tool.
These upgrades will significantly enhance Goro Majima's combat prowess in *Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii*. Enjoy the pirate life!
Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.
