Rank 4/5 Tech Tree List by _davidovitch_ based on Ramtieger's RS:MS FAQ for

ps2
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o Technique to learn (Rank) --> Techniques used to learn it
Technique with "#" in front of it = technique that will glimmer it more
easily.
FOIL:
o Blitz (Rank 4) --> #Sonic Slash, Impact Slash, Cutting Lunge
o Eulogy (Rank 5) --> Golden Note
o Insight (Rank 5) --> Sonic Slash
o Kaleidoscope (Rank 5) --> Blitz, Roundabout, Sonic Slash, Artful Slash
o Mega Thrust (Rank 4) --> Blitz, Triple Star, Paralyzing Thrust, Sonic Slash
o Resonance Edge (Rank 4) --> Sonic Slash, Artful Slash
o Screwdriver (Rank 5) --> Spin Thrust
o Shimmering Slash (Rank 4) --> Blitz
o Southern Cross (Rank 5) --> Triple Star
o Triple Star (Rank 4) --> Artful Slash
SCIMITAR:
o Blood Rage (Rank 4) --> #Artful Slash
o Deadly Spin (Rank 5) --> Time Lapse, Rolling Slash, Maim
o Dopplegangers (Rank 5) --> Time Lapse, Double Slash, Maim, Artful Slash
o Insight (Rank 5) --> Basic Technique
o Kaleidoscope (Rank 5) --> Artful Slash, Jackal Blade, Spinning Strike
o Spinning Strike (Rank 4) --> Knee Split, Time Lapse, Jackal Blade, Maim
SHORT SWORD:
o Blitz (Rank 4) --> #Sonic Slash, Impact Slash, Cutting Lunge
o Blood Rage (Rank 4) --> #Artful Slash, Sonic Slash, Golden Note
o Eulogy (Rank 5) --> Golden Note, Knee Split
o Kaleidoscope (Rank 5) --> Blitz, Roundabout, Sonic Slash, Artful Slash
o Mega Thrust (Rank 4) --> Blitz, Triple Star, Sonic Slash
o Resonance Edge (Rank 4) --> #Double Slash, Sonic Slash, Artful Slash
o Shimmering Slash (Rank 4) --> Blitz, Knee Split
o Triple Star (Rank 4) --> Artful Slash
LONG SWORD:
o Blood Rage (Rank 4) --> #Artful Slash, Sonic Slash, Cross Cut
o Dopplegangers (Rank 5) --> Time Lapse, Double Slash, Artful Slash, Cross Cut
o Insight (Rank 5) --> Sonic Slash
o Mega Thrust (Rank 4) --> Sonic Slash
o Resonance Edge (Rank 4) --> #Double Slash, Sonic Slash, Artful Slash
o Shimmering Slash (Rank 4) --> Knee Split
o Still Blade (Rank 5) --> #Insight
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> Cutting Lunge, Knee Split, Running Slash
GREAT SWORD:
o Arm of Light (Rank 4) --> Basic technique
o Charging Slash (Rank 4) --> Switch Back, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail
o Resonance Edge (Rank 4) --> Smash, Swing Down
o Spinning Strike (Rank 4) --> #Swing Down, Upper Smash, Running Slash,
Dragon's Tail
o Still Blade (Rank 5) --> Smash, Swing Down
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Swing Down
o Upper Smash (Rank 5) --> Switch Back, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Spinning
Strike, Smash
o V-Impact (Rank 5) --> Vertical Smash, Upper Smash, Cross Cut, Cross Break,
Swing Down
o Vertical Smash (Rank 4) --> Swing Down
o Wheel Swing (Rank 5) --> #Charging Slash, Switch Back, Cross Cut, Running
Slash, Dragon's Tail, Good Timing
2HANDED-SWORD:
o Axle Spin (Rank 4) --> Switch Back, Upper Smash, Running Slash, Dragon's
Tail
o Charging Slash (Rank 4) --> Switch Back, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Axle
Spin
o Leaf Shaker (Rank 4) --> Dragon's Tail, Secret Three-step, Good Timing
o Secret Three-step (Rank 4) --> Leaf Shaker
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> #Axle Spin, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Swing
Down
o Upper Smash (Rank 5) --> Axle Spin, Switch Back, Running Slash, Dragon's
Tail, Smash
o V-Impact (Rank 5) --> Upper Smash, Cross Cut, Smash, Cross Break, Swing Down
o Vandalize (Rank 5) --> #Smash, Upper Smash, Leaf Shaker, V-Impact
o Wheel Swing (Rank 5) --> #Charging Slash, #Leaf Shaker, Switch Back, Cross
Cut, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Good Timing
KATANA:
o Arm of Light (Rank 4) --> Aimed Thrust
o Charging Slash (Rank 4) --> Switch Back, Gust Blade, Running Slash, Dragon's
Tail
o Gust Blade (Rank 4) --> Double Vertical, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Good
Timing, Leaf Shaker
o Insight (Rank 5) --> #Good Timing, #Leaf Shaker, Gust Blade, Secret Three-
step
o Leaf Shaker (Rank 4) --> Artful Slash, Gust Blade, Dragon's Tail, Secret
Three-step, Good Timing
o Lunar Blade (Rank 5) --> #Gust Blade, #Secret Three-step
o Secret Three-step (Rank 4) --> #Artful Slash, Vertical Smash, Gust Blade,
Arm of Light, Leaf Shaker
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> Gust Blade, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail
o Vertical Smash (Rank 4) --> Bonecrusher, Secret Three-step, Leaf Shaker
o Wheel Swing (Rank 5) --> #Charging Slash, #Gust Blade, #Leaf Shaker, Switch
Back, Cross Cut, Running Slash, Dragon's Tail, Good
Timing
CLUB:
o Aqua Luna (Rank 5) --> Cruncher, Bonecrusher, Bending Beat
o Axle Spin (Rank 4) --> #Hyper Hammer, Gong Ringer, Switch Back, Spinning
Strike, Cruncher, Bending Beat
o Charging Slash (Rank 4) --> Gong Ringer, Switch Back, Cruncher, Axle Spin,
Bending Beat
o Grand Slam (Rank 5) --> #Earth Dragon, Gong Ringer, Bonecrusher, Smash
o Nutcracker (Rank 5) --> #Vertical Smash, Cruncher, Bonecrusher
o Rock Splitter (Rank 4) --> #Bonecrusher, Charging Slash, Knee Split, Gong
Ringer, Crushing Hit, Vertical Smash, Spinning
Strike, Hyper Hammer
o Spinning Strike (Rank 4) --> #Hyper Hammer, #Axle Spin, Knee Split, Crushing
Hit
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> #Axle Spin, Knee Split, Cruncher, Hyper Hammer
o Vertical Smash (Rank 4) --> Bonecrusher
STAFF:
o Aqua Luna (Rank 5) --> Cruncher, Bonecrusher, Good Timing, Leaf Shaker,
Bending Beat
o Blitz (Rank 4) --> Cruncher, Running Slash, Leaf Shaker
o Discord (Rank 5) --> Cruncher, Bending Beat
o Leaf Shaker (Rank 4) --> Cruncher, Dragon's Tail, Good Timing
o Time and Tide (Rank 5) --> #Spin Thrust, #Leaf Shaker, Cruncher
o Vertical Smash (Rank 4) --> Bonecrusher, Leaf Shaker
POLE ARM:
o Aqua Luna (Rank 5) --> Cruncher, Bending Beat
o Blood Rage (Rank 4) --> Bending Beat
o Charging Slash (Rank 4) --> Switch Back, Cruncher, Charge, Bending Beat,
Puncture
o Discord (Rank 5) --> Cruncher, Ten Side Around, Bending Beat, Split Cranium
o Divine Lancer (Rank 4) --> #Puncture
o Insentience (Rank 4) --> Ten Side Around
o Puncture (Rank 4) --> Double Stab, Charge, Grasshopper, Divine Lancer, Split
Cranium
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> Cruncher, Hyper Hammer, Charge, Puncture
o Triumvirate (Rank 5) --> Switch Back, Twin Dragon, Bending Beat
o Twin Dragon (Rank 4) --> Double Stab, Ten Side Around
LANCE:
o Acupuncture (rank 5) --> #Divine Lancer, Drill Stab, Aim, Ten Side Around
o Arm of Light (Rank 4) --> Aimed Thrust, Double Stab, Drill Stab, Twin
Dragon, Aim, Divine Lancer, Throw, Split Cranium,
Puncture
o Divine Lancer (Rank 4) --> #Puncture, Arm of Light, Drill Stab, Aim, Throw
o Mega Thrust (Rank 4) --> Aimed Thrust, Twin Dragon, Ten Side Around,
Puncture
o Puncture (Rank 4) --> Aimed Thrust, Arm of Light, Double Stab, Drill Stab,
Charge, Grasshopper, Aim, Divine Lancer, Throw, Split
Cranium
o Stardust (Rank 5) --> Arm of Light, Aim, Divine Lancer, Throw, Puncture
o Twin Dragon (Rank 4) --> Aimed Thrust, Arm of Light, Double Stab, Ten Side
Around
o Ultra Splitter (Rank 5) --> #Mega Thrust, #Aimed Thrust, #Ten Side Around,
Double Stab, Twin Dragon, Puncture
HAND AXE:
o Deadly Spin (Rank 5) --> Time Lapse, Rolling Slash, Maim, Switch Back
o Dimensional Break (Rank 4) --> Cut Timber
o Flyby (Rank 4) --> Hawke Blade
o Night Crossing (Rank 4) --> Time Lapse, Wheel Strike
o Nutcracker (Rank 5) --> Bonecrusher
o Reverse Delta (Rank 5) --> #Spinning Strike, Time Lapse, Wheel Strike, Night
Crossing, Bonecrusher
o Spinning Strike (Rank 4) --> Time Lapse, Maim
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> #Cut Timber, Rolling Slash, Maim
2HANDED-AXE:
o Axle Spin (Rank 4) --> #Hyper Hammer, Maim, Switch Back, Upper Smash,
Spinning Strike
o Deadly Spin (Rank 5) --> Rolling Slash, Maim, Switch Back, Hyper Hammer,
Axle Spin
o Dimensional Break (Rank 4) --> Vertical Smash, Cut Timber, Hyper Hammer,
Axle Spin
o Four Seasons (Rank 4) --> Vertical Smash, Upper Smash, Smash, Cross Break,
Swing Down, V-Impact
o Grand Slam (Rank 5) --> #Earth Dragon, Smash, Swing Down
o Spinning Strike (Rank 4) --> #Swing Down, #Hyper Hammer, #Axle Spin, Maim,
Crushing Hit, Upper Smash
o Switch Back (Rank 4) --> #Cut Timber, #Axle Spin, Rolling Slash, Maim, Swing
Down, Hyper Hammer
o Upper Smash (Rank 5) --> Axle Spin, Switch Back, Crushing Hit, Spinning
Strike, Smash, Hyper Hammer
o V-Impact (Rank 5) --> Upper Smash, Smash, Cross Break, Swing Down
BOW:
o Instant Shot (Rank 4) --> #Plasma Shot, Power Shot, Multi Shots, Aimed Shot,
Maiming Volley, Flying Squirrel
o Millionaire (Rank 5) --> Splash Shot, Triple Shot, Multi Shots, Maiming
Volley, Flying Squirrel, Rapid Volley, Rain of
Arrows
o Multi Shots (Rank 5) --> #Instant Shot, Triple Shot, Rapid Volley
o Phoenix Arrow (Rank 5) --> Power Shot, Zapper, Aimed Shot, Flying Squirrel,
Sidewinder, Sparrow Shot
o Plasma Shot (Rank 4) --> Power Shot, Splash Shot, Instant Shot, Zapper,
Flying Squirrel
o Shadow Shot (Rank 4) --> Plasma Shot, Instant Shot, Multi Shots, Aimed Shot,
Flying Squirrel, Shadow Weave
o Sparrow Shot (Rank 4) --> Power Shot, Splash Shot, Plasma Shot, Aimed Shot,
Flying Squirrel, Sidewinder, Phoenix Arrow
o Zapper (Rank 5) --> #Flying Squirrel, Power Shot, Splash Shot, Plasma Shot,
Aimed Shot
MARTIAL ARTS:
o Jackhammer (Rank 4) --> Suplex, Disrupt Air, Shimmer Strike, Square Throw
o Nine Marks (Rank 5) --> #One-Two-Three
o Raksha (Rank 5) --> Basic technique
o Shimmer Strike (Rank 4) --> Rocket Spear, Suplex, Jackhammer
o Silent Assassin (Rank 4) --> Drunken Strike
o Submission (Rank 4) --> Suplex, Square Throw
o Thunder Kick (Rank 4) --> Flash Flood, Round Kick
o Triangle Kick (Rank 4) --> Thunder Kick, Flash Flood, Blast Magic
o Triple Dragon --> #Silent Assassin, Thunder Kick, Triangle Kick