Heian Cursed Techniques - Guide & Tier List

Shrine is an aggressive Cursed Technique that offers both close-range and long-range options. Each attack deals incredible damage and makes unbreakable combos with other attacks.

To obtain the Shrine Cursed Technique, you must be at least a Grade 2 Sorcerer. You need to unlock the Domain until you reach Tengu and Fiend. Defeating them drops the Cursed Embryo. Take the Cursed Embryo to Kenny in the Light Cave, right past the Zenin Residence. He will transform your Cursed Embryo into a Cursed Finger. Eat the Cursed Finger to start the Shrine quest. Upon completion, you will receive the Shrine Cursed Technique.

A Cursed Technique with amazing utility. Each attack stuns or knocks the enemy back, making it an extremely oppressive option. Best ranged attacks in the game.

To obtain the Cursed Energy Discharge Cursed Technique, you must be at least a Grade 2 Sorcerer. This Cursed Technique is available when you have 60 CO.

Sword Saint has great damage and fast combos, along with some of the best chase potential in the game. It is easy and satisfying to play.

Go to Nagano village, enter the Bar, and talk to the Trainer inside repeatedly. Choose the "Tell me a story" option until he gives you a quest to retrieve four fragments of his blade. Locations: 1. Vashe Wilds - Cave past Kirisaki Village. 2. Tundra - Temple of the Forgotten Hero, down the stairs. 3. Overgrowth - Located in the Zenin Residence, inside one of the buildings. 4. Oasis - Located in the pit near the Demon calamity.

This Cursed Technique relies solely on its burst damage and combos. In the right hands, it can be one of the best in the game. But if you miss, oh boy.

Head to the peak of Mount Fujin near Nagano Village. Climb to the highest peak and wait to be struck by lightning. Once you are struck, return to the Trainer to receive a quest: Defeat a Sorcerer of the same power as you. Once completed, you will receive the Cursed Technique.

Limitless is a classic Cursed Technique with known and loved moves. It has good damage and stuns, but it is very hard to play.

For the Limitless Cursed Technique, you first need to acquire Maximum Techniques. To unlock Maximum Techniques, find an injured sorcerer with arrows who can appear anywhere on the map and choose to end his misery. He will drop a Boundless Scroll, which you can use at 80 CO or higher to access the techniques by holding C when your cursed energy is full.

A versatile Cursed Technique that allows manipulation of time and space through projection.

To acquire this Cursed Technique, you must be at least Grade 2 and complete the Zenin Cart Event.

A fire-based Cursed Technique that deals significant burn damage and has strong offensive capabilities.

To get this cursed technique, go to the Vashe Desert and find the NPC in a destroyed and burnt village, but you must first cross the burning entrance. Once you complete his quest to defeat 5 Fujiwaras, 1 Vice Captain, and 1 Captain, return to him for a light spar to learn the technique.

A technique that allows manipulation of blood for both offensive and defensive purposes.

To get Blood Manipulation, head to Whispering Valley and look behind the waterfall for the NPC who teaches it. You must be a Grade 2 Sorcerer and bring her a Mushroom to earn her trust, then complete her quest to defeat three strong humans, meaning players who are Grade 2 or higher.

A Cursed Technique that creates ice-based attacks with good crowd control capabilities.

You can learn this technique by finding an NPC in Vashe Tundra. From the entrance, head straight to the very end of the area and then turn right to see him nearby. To unlock the technique, you must complete two quests. First, defeat a Tengu. Second, find and retrieve a Blue Rose, which is located near the highest peak of Fujin Mountain, close to the presence of the Mythical Beast Amber Trainer.

A summoning-based Cursed Technique that calls upon mystical beasts to aid in battle.

To obtain Auspicious Beasts, go to the Ethereal Bamboo Forest and find the NPC who teaches the cursed technique. You must be a Grade 2 Sorcerer and meet his requirements, which can be done in two ways. Either pay him 20000 Yon, or choose the second option and pay 3000 Yon along with 10 Gold.

A mathematical-based Cursed Technique that calculates precise strikes and weak points.

To obtain Ratio, go to Kirisaki Village and meet the Grade 2 Sorcerer, who gives you two quests: exterminate five weak cursed spirits and defeat a Brute, a Frozen Brute, and a Kuchisaki. The Frozen Brute and Kuchisaki can be found in Vashe Tundra by accepting related job board quests.