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All Sekiro Skills DB Guide: Skill Trees, Points & Prerequisites Master List

Complete searchable and filterable database for every Combat Art, Shinobi Martial Art, and Latent Skill in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Includes exact Skill Point (SP) costs, prerequisite unlock paths, Spirit Emblem consumption, and fastest routes to unlock the Mushin Arts tree.

Total Skill Trees 5 Complete Trees
Total Skills 35 Core Skills
Total Points to Max 125 Skill Points
Platinum Trophy Height of Technique

Shinobi Arts

33 SP
12 Skills Total

Prosthetic Arts

27 SP
10 Skills Total

Ashina Arts

16 SP
6 Skills Total

Temple Arts

22 SP
7 Skills Total

Mushin Arts

27 SP
5 Skills Total
Skill Tree:
Skill Type:

Shinobi Arts (Shinobi Esoteric Text)

Giver: The Sculptor (1st Skill Point) Total: 33 SP

Whirlwind Slash

Combat Art
1 Skill Point
Prerequisite: None (Starting Base)

A spinning attack that slices surrounding enemies. Deals damage even when guarded. Great for crowd control and gap closing.

Mikiri Counter

Martial Art
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Whirlwind Slash

Step forward on incoming enemy thrusts to crush their weapon and deal massive Posture damage. Absolutely essential for the entire game.

Mid-air Deflection

Martial Art
1 Skill Point
Prerequisite: Whirlwind Slash

Allows you to guard and deflect incoming enemy attacks, projectiles, and bullets while jumping in mid-air.

Mid-air Combat Arts

Martial Art
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Mid-air Deflection

Allows executing equipped Combat Arts (like Ichimonji, Whirlwind, Mortal Draw) during a jump. Essential for speedrunners.

A Shinobi's Karma: Body

Latent Skill
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Whirlwind Slash

Permanently increases the maximum number of Spirit Emblems that can be held on your person by +1.

A Shinobi's Karma: Mind

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: A Shinobi's Karma: Body

Further expands your maximum Spirit Emblem carrying capacity by an additional +1.

Shinobi Eyes

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Mikiri Counter

Permanently boosts the Posture damage dealt to enemies upon successfully executing a Mikiri Counter.

Breath of Life: Light

Latent Skill
5 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Shinobi Eyes

Permanently recovers a portion of your Vitality upon successfully executing any Deathblow (stealth or combat).

Suppress Presence

Latent Skill
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Whirlwind Slash

Reduces an enemy's ability to spot you visually, making stealth approaches significantly easier.

Suppress Sound

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Suppress Presence

Suppresses footsteps and movement sound so enemies will not hear you running or dropping behind them.

Vault Over

Martial Art
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Suppress Sound

When an enemy's posture is broken, jump over their head to get directly behind their back and trigger a Ninjutsu backstab deathblow.

Shadowrush (Ultimate)

Combat Art
6 Skill Points
Prerequisites: Breath of Life: Light + Vault Over + Mid-air Combat Arts

Unleash a devastating long-range forward thrust that pierces defenses and catapults you into the air on hit.

Prosthetic Arts (Prosthetic Esoteric Text)

Giver: The Sculptor (3 Tools Fitted) Total: 27 SP

Chasing Slice

Martial Art
1 Skill Point
Prerequisite: None (Tree Root)

Perform a lunging dash attack immediately after deploying Shuriken, Firecracker, or Loaded Spear. Great gap-closer.

Fang and Blade

Martial Art
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Chasing Slice

Execute a heavy dual-weapon follow-up strike using sword and tool simultaneously after swinging the Loaded Axe or Spear.

Grappling Hook Attack

Martial Art
1 Skill Point
Prerequisite: None (Tree Root)

Allows you to perform a sweeping sword attack while mid-grapple towards environmental points or boss grapple markers (Gyoubu, Demon of Hatred).

Mid-air Prosthetic Tool

Martial Art
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Grappling Hook Attack

Deploy prosthetic tools (Shuriken, Firecracker, Axe, Umbrella, Flame Vent) while jumping in the air.

Projected Force

Martial Art
1 Skill Point
Prerequisite: Mid-air Prosthetic Tool

Release absorbed energy from Loaded Umbrella or Mist Raven as a heavy ranged blast or shockwave slash.

Sculptor's Karma: Scars

Latent Skill
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Fang and Blade

Permanently expands your maximum Spirit Emblem carrying capacity by +1.

Sculptor's Karma: Blood

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Sculptor's Karma: Scars

Further expands your maximum Spirit Emblem carrying capacity by an additional +1.

Emma's Medicine: Potency

Latent Skill
4 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Fang & Blade + Projected Force

Significantly amplifies the recovery strength of all Healing Gourds and Pellet items.

Emma's Medicine: Aroma

Latent Skill
5 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Emma's Medicine: Potency

Maximizes the healing potency of all recovery items, ensuring full bar restorations.

Living Force (Ultimate)

Martial Art
4 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Emma's Medicine: Potency

Imbues Kusabimaru with lingering elemental fire (after Flame Vent) or divine exorcism confetti (after Phoenix Lilac Umbrella).

Ashina Arts (Ashina Esoteric Text)

Giver: Tengu of Ashina (Rat Quest) Total: 16 SP

Ichimonji

Combat Art
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: None (Tree Root)

A heavy overhead downward strike that deals massive posture damage to foes while actively recovering your own posture bar.

Ascending Carp

Latent Skill
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: None (Tree Root)

Permanently increases the Posture damage dealt to an enemy's posture bar when you land a successful deflection.

Descending Carp

Latent Skill
1 Skill Point
Prerequisite: Ascending Carp

Increases the Posture damage dealt by all of your attacks for several seconds immediately after performing a successful deflection.

Ichimonji: Double

Combat Art
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Ichimonji + Ascending Carp

Follow up the first Ichimonji with a second devastating overhead slash. Fully restores your posture and crushes boss poise. 0 Spirit Emblems.

Flowing Water

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Descending Carp

Permanently reduces the Posture damage you sustain from enemy sword and blade attacks.

Ashina Cross (Ultimate)

Combat Art
5 Skill Points
Prerequisites: Ichimonji: Double + Flowing Water

Assume a sheathed stance and unleash two lightning-fast cross slashes. Deals high vitality damage through enemy blocks.

Temple Arts (Senpou Esoteric Text)

Location: Senpou Cave Pagoda Shrine Total: 22 SP

Praying Strikes

Combat Art
2 Skill Points
Prerequisite: None (Tree Root)

Unleash rapid unarmed elbow and palm martial arts strikes. Inflicts high continuous posture damage without consuming emblems.

Praying Strikes: Exorcism

Combat Art
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Praying Strikes

Adds a devastating heavy charged shoulder and open-palm finisher that blasts enemies backward and interrupts moves.

Virtuous Deed

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Praying Strikes

Permanently boosts Sen gold drop amounts and increases the chance of acquiring rare items and materials from defeated enemies.

Most Virtuous Deed

Latent Skill
4 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Virtuous Deed

Further stacks with Virtuous Deed to maximize Sen gains and rare item drop rates across the entire game.

Devotion

Latent Skill
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Virtuous Deed

Extends the active duration of all Sugars and Spiritfalls (Ako, Ungo, Yashariku, Gokan, Gachiin) by +50%.

Senpou Leaping Kicks

Combat Art
3 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Virtuous Deed

Leap into the air to jump over sweeping attacks and deliver a devastating downward kick to the enemy's head.

High Monk (Ultimate)

Combat Art
4 Skill Points
Prerequisite: Senpou Leaping Kicks

Chains the initial downward leaping kick into a devastating 4-hit flurry of kicks and sword slashes. Supreme anti-sweep move.

Mushin Arts (Mushin Esoteric Text)

Giver: Tengu / Isshin / Emma Total: 27 SP

Shadowfall

Combat Art
6 Skill Points
Prerequisites: Shadowrush (Shinobi Arts) + High Monk (Temple Arts)

Upgrades Shadowrush with a powerful mid-air downward spinning plunge attack that shreds posture and knocks enemies down.

Empowered Mortal Draw

Combat Art
5 Skill Points
Prerequisites: Mortal Blade (Key Item) + Living Force OR Ashina Cross

Enables charging the Mortal Blade slash. Unleashes an immense arc of miasmic red energy that slices through any boss defense.

Spiral Cloud Passage

Combat Art
9 Skill Points
Prerequisites: Floating Passage (Pot Noble) + Ashina Cross + Shadowrush/High Monk

Unleashes a 9-hit spinning storm of sword slashes surrounded by flying vacuum shockwaves that inflict heavy guard-piercing damage.

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