Vigoorian Flail

Vigoorian Flail
Type	Melee Weapon
Power	3/5
Speed	5/5
Range	2/5
Location	Chapter 6: The Monastery
History	A weapon used by Medieval Vigoorians; it can be swung like Nunchaku in combat.
Max Upgrade	Lv2

For the Ninja Gaiden II iteration, see Vigoorian Flail.

The Vigoorian Flail is a Melee Weapon in Ninja Gaiden (Xbox), Ninja Gaiden Black, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus.

Location

• Chapter 6: The Monastery
  • In the container within the Ritual Room hallway. (Normal)
  • In the container at the ends of Tomb of The Eons.

Upgrades

In the Blacksmith section of Muramasa's Shop, you may spend Yellow Essence to upgrade your Melee Weapons:

Level	Cost	Availability
Lv2	3000	Chapter 6

Overview

• Pros:
  • TBA

• Cons:
  • TBA

Techniques

Name	Notation		Note	Level
Dragon and Phoenix	Xbox	X X X X X X
	PlayStation	☐☐☐☐☐☐
	Nintendo	Y Y Y Y Y Y
Fire Pit	Xbox	X X X X X Y
	PlayStation	☐☐☐☐☐△
	Nintendo	Y Y Y Y Y X
Fire Pit	Xbox	X X X X Y
	PlayStation	☐☐☐☐△
	Nintendo	Y Y Y Y X
Fire Pit	Xbox	X X X Y
	PlayStation	☐☐☐△
	Nintendo	Y Y Y X
Fire Pit	Xbox	X X Y
	PlayStation	☐☐△
	Nintendo	Y Y X
Wide Heavens	Xbox	X Y	Air
	PlayStation	☐△
	Nintendo	Y X
Cremator	Xbox	X X X → X X X X X		Lv2
	PlayStation	☐☐☐→☐☐☐☐☐
	Nintendo	Y Y Y → Y Y Y Y Y
Dragon Slaughter	Xbox	X X X → X Y		Lv2
	PlayStation	☐☐☐→☐△
	Nintendo	Y Y Y → Y X
Runaway Lightning	Xbox	Near an enemy X Y	Throw	Lv2
	PlayStation	Near an enemy ☐△
	Nintendo	Near an enemy Y X
Sweeping Kick	Xbox	→ X
	PlayStation	→☐
	Nintendo	→ Y
Flame Wheel	Xbox	Y Y
	PlayStation	△△
	Nintendo	X X
Auspicious Crane	Xbox	Hold Y, Release
	PlayStation	Hold △, Release
	Nintendo	Hold X, Release
Auspicious Phoenix	Xbox	Hold Y, Release (Essence)
	PlayStation	Hold △, Release (Essence)
	Nintendo	Hold X, Release (Essence)
Gathering Clouds	Xbox	Hold Y, Release (Essence Max)
	PlayStation	Hold △, Release (Essence Max)
	Nintendo	Hold X, Release (Essence Max)
Ripping Thunder	Xbox	→ Y Y Y		Lv2
	PlayStation	→△△△
	Nintendo	→ X X X
Earth Slide	Xbox	While running X
	PlayStation	While running ☐
	Nintendo	While running Y
Thunderclap Kick	Xbox	While running Y
	PlayStation	While running △
	Nintendo	While running X
Ring of Heaven Kick	Xbox	While blocking X or Y		Scroll
	PlayStation	While blocking ☐ or △
	Nintendo	While blocking Y or X
Demon Chaser	Xbox	Next to a downed enemy Y
	PlayStation	Next to a downed enemy △
	Nintendo	Next to a downed enemy X
Sweeping Strike	Xbox	While jumping X	Air
	PlayStation	While jumping ☐
	Nintendo	While jumping Y
Dragon Emperor Kick	Xbox	While jumping Y	Drop
	PlayStation	While jumping △
	Nintendo	While jumping X
Red-Hot Iron Bar	Xbox	While jumping towards an enemy Y	Air
	PlayStation	While jumping towards an enemy △
	Nintendo	While jumping towards an enemy X
Guillotine Throw	Xbox	Near an enemy X + A	Throw	Scroll
	PlayStation	Near an enemy ☐ + X
	Nintendo	Near an enemy Y + B
Red-Hot Iron Bar	Xbox	While wall running X or Y	Air
	PlayStation	While wall running ☐ or △
	Nintendo	While wall running Y or X
Hell Drop	Xbox	During a Flying Bird Flip X or Y	Drop
	PlayStation	During a Flying Bird Flip ☐ or △
	Nintendo	During a Flying Bird Flip Y or X
Mountain Crane	Xbox	During a Flying Bird Flip X Y or Y Y	Drop
	PlayStation	During a Flying Bird Flip ☐△ or △△
	Nintendo	During a Flying Bird Flip Y X or X X
Aqua Thrust	Xbox	While floating on the surface X or Y
	PlayStation	While floating on the surface ☐ or △
	Nintendo	While floating on the surface Y or X
Water Formation Kick	Xbox	While underwater X or Y
	PlayStation	While underwater ☐ or △
	Nintendo	While underwater Y or X
Reverse Wind	Xbox	L + →
	PlayStation	L1 + →
	Nintendo	L + →
Wind Path	Xbox	While jumping near an enemy A
	PlayStation	While jumping near an enemy X
	Nintendo	While jumping near an enemy B
Wind Run	Xbox	X + A
	PlayStation	☐ + X
	Nintendo	Y + B
Flying Bird Flip	Xbox	While on a wall A
	PlayStation	While on a wall X
	Nintendo	While on a wall B

Strategy

As with the Nunchaku, the key component of the Nunchaku is the ability to cancel the Dragon and Phoenix (Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick Attack) combo before the final uppercut, which puts Hayabusa in a lengthy recovery. Despite the low damage and short reach of the weapon, this string has a lot of priority against weak enemies due to its speed and effectively generates hitboxes all around Ryu to protect him against strikes from all sides. The alternatives are the Fire Pit finisher, which has a chance to deal substantial bonus damage, if the enemy hit is also knocked against a wall, or to loop the chain itself indefinitely by pressing Block in between attacks.

The unique Cremator (Quick, Quick, Quick, Forward Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Quick, Attack) string behaves similarly, being interruptable with a Strong Attack into Dragon Slaughter at any point prior the final move, despite not being reported in the movelist iself.

The most powerful technique is by far Ripping Thunder (Forward Strong, Strong, Strong Attack) and its damage can be massively increased to 140% by The Armlet of Potency. Another strong combo that benefits from this accessory is Wide Heavens (Quick, Strong Attack) into Dragon Emperor Kick (While jumping — Strong Attack), however since swift foes may dodge even after the first hit connects, it's best to use it once the enemy is downed by either a Ring of Heaven Kick (While blocking — Quick or Strong Attack) Counter Attack, Guillotine Throw (Near an enemy — Quick Attack + Jump) or Wind Run (Quick Attack + Jump) plus Wind Path (While jumping near an enemy — Jump) into Dragon Emperor Kick or Earth Slide (While running — Quick Attack). All these Kick and Throw techniques too receive the same boost.

Not only Red-Hot Iron Brand (While jumping towards an enemy — Strong Attack) grants Hayabusa plenty of invicibility during its execution, but also leaves him in an aerial state, allowing to follow-up with a Dragon Emperor Kick, Shuriken toss or an Ultimate Technique upon landing.

Mountain Crane (During a Flying Bird Flip — Quick, Strong Attack or Strong, Strong Attack) is also a powerful move that offers lengthy invulnerability frames and has a high chance to knock foes against a wall.

Notes

• Dragon and Phoenix is also an effective string against Mist Fish, since it can be interrupted into Sweeping Strike (While jumping — Quick Attack) and this repeated indefinitely.
• The Demon Chaser (Near a downed enemy — Strong Attack) finisher benefits from a massive hitbox.
• To perform the Runaway Lightning (Near an enemy — Quick, Strong Attack) Throw successfully, the third hit of the first Quick Attack needs to connect: if the Strong Attack is initated too soon, the move will turn into Wide Heavens instead, so use the Hit Count displayed below the Health Gauge as a reference.
  • Only the damage of the final two hits themselves is increased by The Armlet of Potency.
• In the original Ninja Gaiden release, Fire Pit could only be initiated after two Quick Attacks.