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Contents 1 Samurai 1.1 Obtain 2 Guides 2.1 A Maat Fight Strategy 2.2 Video & Strategy 2.3 Alternate (Concede) Strategy 2.4 Macros for Self Darkness Skillchain 2.4.1 Note 2.4.1.1 Macro 1 2.4.1.2 Macro 2 2.4.1.3 Macro 3

Samurai

Obtain

A Samurai's Testimony from one of the following:

• Blood Demon (Level: 64 - 66) (Castle Zvahl Baileys) (These are probably the easiest).
• Gore Demon (Level: 71 - 73) (Castle Zvahl Baileys)
• Yagudo Templar (Level: 72 - 74) (Altar Room, Castle Oztroja) Notorious Monster

Guides

A Maat Fight Strategy

Get ready to dominate Maat with Skillchains and superior stats. The best way to ensure a victory is to obtain the Myochin Kote and Nobushi Kyahan. Then get ether a Shogun Rice Ball, Tonosama Rice Ball, Naval Rice Ball, or Salmon Rice Ball for great attack and defense bonus. Enter the burning circle and use Meditate, making sure your TP is at or above 100% before you walk up to confront Maat. You can wait for the timer to reset if you want. When ready, equip your Myochin Kote and/or Nobushi Kyahan and use your riceball of choice. Engage Maat, and immediately use Seigan & Third Eye, followed by: Tachi: Gekko > Meikyo Shisui > Tachi: Yukikaze (Induration) > Tachi: Gekko (Fragmentation) > Tachi: Gekko (Distortion). After the smoke clears, simply continue to duel Maat - if he hasn't given up already. Drink a potion to keep health up at this point if needed. You may also want to bring an Icarus Wing for another weapon skill (Meditate > Icarus Wing > Tachi: Yukikaze > Tachi: Gekko) if you still have time/life left. Have fun with the fastest Genkai in the game!

-Maat will use Meikyo Shisui after being hit.

Video & Strategy

Similar to the above strategy, but faster and safer. Use a Blink Band after entering, then your food (Meat Mithkabob), and Meditate. Immediately after attacking Maat; use Seigan and Third Eye, then your Weapon Skills. I recommend Tachi: Yukikaze, then Meikyo Shisui followed by Tachi: Gekko (Fragmentation), and one more Tachi: Gekko for Distortion. This leaves room for error if one of the lower accuracy Tachi: Gekko misses, so you can still close your chains with the remaining TP you have. I had an Icarus Wing with me just in case; however, you are unlikely to need one with this method, and I do not recommend potions as you will not have time to use them (even if you did, you would take more damage while using it than it would recover for you).

Alternate (Concede) Strategy

If you are fighting Maat for the first time (to break level cap), it is possible for Maat to concede the battle if you are able to perform a level 3 Skillchain, Light or Darkness. This is similar to Thief being able to win by stealing an item, rather than defeating Maat outright.

• For this to be possible, you must have a polearm skill of 150 (preferably higher) for access to the weaponskill Penta Thrust.

Bring a polearm along with an Icarus Wing to your fight. Equip your Great Katana upon entering the BCNM and meditate your TP. When your TP is above 100%, engage Maat and use Seigan + Third Eye then use Tachi: Jinpu. Immediately equip your polearm, use the Icarus Wing and fire off Penta Thrust, creating a Gravitation skillchain. Reequip your Great Katana, use Meikyo Shisui and then Tachi: Gekko. If all three skills land in a quick enough timespan, this will produce the skillchain Darkness. Maat should concede the fight during or after the skillchain's animation. This is an effective strategy for players who wish to do the quest early (~lv.66-69) or may not feel confident in their weaponskill damage output.

• It is recommended to macro the last two steps in the strategy as the window to complete a skillchain may expire when performing the actions manually

Macros for Self Darkness Skillchain

Note

The following macros hit in order should create a Darkness (Skillchain) as long as you aren't stunned by Maat. Remember to allow a moment after the Icarus Wing has been used to cover for lag.

Macro 1

1. /ws "Tachi: Jinpu" <t>
2. /wait 1
3. /equip Main "NameOfPolearm"
4. /item "Icarus Wing" <me>
5. /echo "Hit Macro 2 after Icarus Wing has restored TP!

Macro 2

1. /ws "Penta Thrust" <t>
2. /wait 3
3. /equip Main "NameofGreatKatana"
4. /ja "Meikyo Shisui" <me>
5. /wait 1
6. /echo "Hit Macro 3 now!"

Macro 3

1. /ws "Tachi: Gekko" <t>
2. /echo " Darkness {Just used it.}"