Mastering Goro Majima's Skills in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Amnesiac Goro Majima, the protagonist of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, begins with a single fighting style but unlocks new weapons and the Sea Dog style as the story progresses. This guide highlights essential early upgrades across the four skill trees: Overall Stats, Shared Abilities, Mad Dog, and Sea Dog. These upgrades provide significant advantages without requiring excessive resources.

Early Game Priorities for Goro Majima

Max Health Boost (Overall Stats): This is a crucial early investment. Facing numerous enemies in boss fights necessitates a robust health pool to withstand damage and maintain offensive pressure. Increased survivability is key to victory.

Attack Boost (Overall Stats): Boosting base attack damage significantly improves combat efficiency. Given the game's real-time combat, maximizing damage output is paramount for quicker battles and easier completion of story and side content. Consider the Attack Boost Plus upgrade later for even greater impact.

Knockdown Evasion (Shared Abilities): Essential for multi-enemy encounters. This upgrade ensures rapid recovery from knockdowns, allowing you to swiftly regain offensive momentum.

Quickstep Strike (Shared Abilities): This upgrade allows attacks after dodging, enhancing offensive capabilities and facilitating Heat Gauge activation. It significantly streamlines combat.

Grapple Counter (Shared Abilities): Counter grapple attacks to avoid damage and deliver a retaliatory strike. This is particularly effective against multiple opponents.

Serpent Trick (Mad Dog): This Mad Dog style upgrade launches enemies into the air, setting up devastating combos and leaving opponents vulnerable.

Frenzy Trick (Mad Dog): A powerful crowd-control technique that knocks down surrounding enemies. Its wide area of effect makes it invaluable in naval combat scenarios.

Catch ‘n’ Slash (Sea Dog): While initially unlocked, upgrading this projectile attack increases its duration and allows immediate follow-up attacks, extending combo potential.

Charge ‘n’ Shoot (Sea Dog): Upgrades the flintlock pistol's effectiveness, enabling multi-target attacks and improved crowd control.

These upgrades will significantly enhance Goro Majima's combat prowess in the early stages of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.