Staff Stances

There are three Staff Stances in Black Myth: Wukong. They are Smash Stance, Pillar Stance and Thrust Stance. Each of the stances have their own skill tree that costs Sparks to upgrade and enhances the stance. There is also a Talent tree that can enhance other aspects of the combat.

Smash Stance

The Smash Stance is unlocked from the start.

Smash Stance: The Heavy Attack of the Smash Stance, capable of charging while moving around in battle, is highly versatile and the best choice for engaging in tactical combats.

Upgrades:

Force Unbound: Enables Sprinting while charging.

Pillar Stance

The Guardian Triplet for the Pillar Stance is unlocked by interacting with a statue near the Black Wind King. Enables powerful thrust attacks while dodging.

Thrust Stance

The Thrust Stance unlocks at level 20.

Talents

Name	Spark	Level	Effect	Requirements
Exhilaration	1	3	Each talent level slightly increases the Health recovery upon consuming a Focus Point.	Unlocked automatically
Focused Attack II	3	N/A	Increases Maximum Focus Points from one to two.	Invest 3 Sparks
Focused Attack III	10	N/A	Increases Maximum Focus Points from two to three.	Invest 10 Sparks
Focused Attack IV	20	N/A	Increases Maximum Focus Points from three to four. The fourth Focus Point does not sustain for long and its gauge depletes over time.	Invest 20 Sparks
Instinct	1	3	Each talent level moderately reduces the Stamina cost of charged Heavy Attacks.	Focused Attack II and previous node
Versatility	1	3	Each talent level slightly increases Damage dealt by all Varied Combos.	Focused Attack II and previous node
Quick Hand	1	4	Each talent level slightly increases the charging speed of all Stances.	Focused Attack III and previous node
Secondary Damage	2	2	Heavy Attacks that cost a Focus Point deals additional Damage to the enemy based on their remaining Health.	Focused Attack II and previous node
Endeavor	2	N/A	When below 1 Focus Point, the Destined One can still perform Varied Combos, but with significantly reduced damage.	Focused Attack IV and previous node

Great Sage Form/Wukong Stance

There is a fourth secret stance that Sun Wukong/Destined One uses which combines all three stances into one stance. Fragment of the Ocean-Settling Pillar, which lengthens the time the player can use this stance for, refers to it as "the Great Sage form". It is unofficially called the Wukong Stance by the fans of Black Myth: Wukong.

First used by Sun Wukong in the prologue, the stance is initially only available to the Destined One as long as the player is in Mount Huagou (Chapter 6), and only so long as they are wearing the full Monkey King's Armor Set with the Jingubang equipped. The stance can be used freely at this point, until it is lost during the second phase of the final boss fight. In order to obtain this stance for the rest of the game the player must unlock all 18 Relic perks (you must defeat Erlang Shen in three cycles to maximize Free Mind), and again equip the Monkey King's Armor Set and the Jingubang.

Great Sage form charged

Charge up anytime

In order to activate the Wukong Stance, the player must fill their focus meter beyond maximum and perform a heavy attack. Once you've collected all six Relics three times you'll see a new threshold between the fourth focus point and the "Wukong Stance focus point". It takes a deceptively large amount of focus to charge this. With Supreme Gourd and three Steel Gensing, 5 drinks to almost charge four Focus Points, 10 drinks to charge the stance.

Once charged, you can wait to activate the stance. To enter the stance perform a Heavy Attack and it will become a new unique LV 4 Heavy Attack, after which you will enter the new stance for 60 seconds. This can be extended to 120 seconds by equipping the Fragment of the Ocean-Settling Pillar, obtained by clearing the "Monkey Mind" challenge in Gauntlet of Legends. Upon entering the Great Sage form, the Destined One/Sun Wukong will make a heroic declaration accompanied by musical fanfare.

While using this stance, the range of your Light Attack Combo will be noticeably extended, the speed of charging Focus Attacks is noticeably faster, you can freely charge to the fourth Focus Point, and all actions cost no stamina. You will gain an additional 25% Attack (40% with the Curio equipped), and 25% Damage Reduction.

Moveset

This stance has a large amount of Varied Combos. Similar to Non-Able, a different Varied Combo is available after every input of the Light Attack Combo, with the alternative to the Light Attack Finisher becoming Pillar Stance's Heavy Attack. You can charge up to three Focus Points as normal, and benefit from Skylarking and Towering Mountain as well, but you still can't charge to a LV 4 Pillar Stance while in this form.

• Light Attack Combo
  • Resolute Strike
    • Skyfall Strike
  • Unnamed Varied Combo I - A spinning horizontal strike followed by what seems to be Thrust Stance's Heavy Attack, consumes a Focus Point
    • Skyfall Strike
  • Unnamed Varied Combo II - A singular horizontal strike in an arc, consumes a Focus Point
    • Churning Gale - does not consume an additional Focus Point, Collapsing Gale does not affect this or damage
  • Pillar Stance Heavy Attack
• Unnamed Sprinting Light Attack
• Staff Throw - Perform a Mobile Spin, then a Staff Spin, then press the Heavy Attack button. Consumes a Focus Point.
• Heavy Attack: Smash Stance - Smash Stance's LV 2 Heavy Attack is now the first level, LV 3 Heavy Attack being on the second level, LV 4 Heavy Attack assigned on the third level, and the unique triple-hitting heavy attack is now on the fourth level.

Trivia

• Staff Spin and Mobile Spin was originally a stance according to the 13-minute gameplay trailer four years ago.
  • In the same video, the Light Attack combo of a Spear-type weapon was originally meant for the Thrust Stance.