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Yakuza Kiwami 2features a plethora of powerful Battle Skills, Heat Actions, and other Skills that protagonist Kazuma Kiryu can learn through spending experience points earned through combat, completing substories, and progression through the game’s chapters. Completely unlocking Kiryu’s full arsenal of abilities takes a bit of effort. Many skills, especially Heat Actions, are tied to completing specific substories and obtaining variousTechnique Primers.
There is an important set of abilities that Kiryu can learn exclusively through training withKomaki Sotaro, legendary martial arts master. InYakuzaKiwami 2, Kiryu can learn a handful of new abilities from Komaki by encountering him in Kamurocho’s Champion District. However, it appears old man Komaki has been holding out on Kiryu this time around. Either that, or he overestimates Kiryu’s ability to recall things after too many baseball bat swings to the head. Regardless, there are four additional Komaki abilities, which Kiryu had previously learned inYakuza Kiwami, that are not actually taught by Komaki himself inKiwami 2.
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These are exceptionally powerful abilities that players won’t want to miss out on in their adventure. Most notable is the iconicKomaki Tiger Drop, a deliciously overpowered ability that makes far too quick work of most enemies. Here’s how to learn and unlock each of the hidden Komaki Techniques inYakuza Kiwami 2.
Where to Learn Hidden Komaki Techniques in Yakuza Kiwami 2
The four hidden Komaki Techniques inYakuza Kiwami 2are learned through visits to an Acupuncturist at hisclinic located in Sotenbori. Kiryu is able to access the Acupuncture Clinic as early asChapter 4, but not all abilities can be learned at this time. The clinic can be found on the same street and just north ofClub Four Shine, and the bar Aoi.
Through acupuncture, Kiryu will be able to re-learn four abilities. However, each ability has different unlock conditions that must be met before the ability can be learned at the Acupuncture Clinic. These abilities include:
Once Kiyru has learned an ability via acupuncture,he will still need to spendexperience pointsto unlock that ability.To do this, open the menu and locate the obtained ability in his Battle Skills menu, then spend the associated experience points to unlock and use the ability.
How to Learn Komaki’s Breakfall Recovery
To learn Komaki’s Breakfall Recovery, Kiryu simply has to visit the Acupuncture Clinic in Chapter 4, when it first becomes available. Here, speak with the acupuncturist seated at the front desk, and select “Ask for Treatment.” The first treatment he offers is free; subsequent treatments will run Kiryu 5,000 yen. This free treatment will allow Kiryu to relearn Komaki’s Breakfall Recovery.
How to Learn Komaki’s Breakfall Strike
To learn Komaki’s Breakfall Strike, Kiryu must visit Kamurocho and head to theShichifuku Street Parking Lot, where he’ll find “Mr. Try and Hit Me” and start substory #8 featuring the same name. The Shichifuku Street Parking Lot is located in the top left corner of Kamurocho, just below the bar Vincent.
The man in the parking lot proposes a relatively simple challenge to Kiryu: the player has 30 seconds to land a hit on the man. He has Kiryu put up a 5,000 yen bet and, upon winning, Kiryu will receive 30,000 yen in return. Once Kiryu has completed this substory, he can head back to Sotenbori and the Acupuncture Clinic. Ask the acupuncturist for treatment and pay 5,000 yen, and he’ll teach Kiryu Komaki’s Breakfall Strike.
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How to Learn Komaki’s Knockback
To learn Komaki’s Knockback, an improved version of Komaki Parry, Kiryu will have to face and defeat old Master Komaki in battle once more, this time inPurgatory’s Coliseum. Before Kiryu can fight Komaki in the Coliseum, he has to complete all of Komaki’s substories in the Champion District, up to and including “Duel with the Mentor,” substory 31, which become available inChapter 5.
After this substory is completed, Komaki will show up as an enemy in Coliseum tournament battles, which are also unlocked in Chapter 5. The player should look for tournaments starting at four-star difficulty, including the Carnage and Cataclysm, and reload the menus until they are against an opponent who uses “Ancient Komaki Style Martial Arts.” Fight and defeat Komaki, then head back to the Acupuncture Clinic and pay 5,000 yen to learn Komaki’s Knockback.
How to Learn Komaki’s Tiger Drop
Komaki’s ultimate technique,Tiger Drop,is the final ability Kiryu can unlock at the Acupuncture Clinic inYakuza Kiwami 2. This insanely powerful ability cannot be unlocked until the player completesChapter 12, the game’s second-to-last chapter. Chapter 13 features a “point of no return,” which the game will warn the player of, so make sure to visit the Acupuncture Clinic in Sotenbori to learn Tiger Drop before they are unable to do so. Again, simply pay 5,000 yen and the unbridled power of dropping tigers (and unruly Yakuza) is earned.
Yakuza Kiwami 2is now available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
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