# Question about combat styles

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-combat-styles/10586>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [September 24, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-combat-styles/10586 "2015-09-24T21:38:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![skoormit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@skoormit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/skoormit)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-combat-styles/10586/1 "2015-09-24T21:38:40Z")

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I’m sure this must be explained somewhere, but I can’t find it.

I have read a book and learned the Niten Ichi-Ryu style.  
When empty handed, I can hit the \_ key and select Niten Ichi-Ryu.  
When I do so, “Niten Ichi-Ryu” stays in my UI (in blue letters), just beneath my current sound level (in yellow).  
But when I wield a Nodcahi, the “Niten Ichi-Ryu” disappears from my UI. Instead, I see the word “Normal” (in red letters) in the same place.  
I can still hit the \_ key and select Niten Ichi-Ryu, but that won’t change the UI. I still see “Normal” (in red) rather than “Niten Ichi-Ryu” (in blue).

Furthermore, I don’t notice any improvement in my melee abilities with the nodachi. I do about the same amount of damage as before, and take about the same amount of time to attack.

Am I missing something? Can Niten Ichi-Ryu not be used with a nodachi? Do I need to do something else to activate this combat style while wielding a weapon?

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**Author:** ![Xfin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e95f7d/32.png) [@Xfin](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Xfin)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-combat-styles/10586/2 "2015-09-25T02:05:50Z")

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[quote=“skoormit, post:1, topic:10586”]I’m sure this must be explained somewhere, but I can’t find it.

I have read a book and learned the Niten Ichi-Ryu style.  
When empty handed, I can hit the \_ key and select Niten Ichi-Ryu.  
When I do so, “Niten Ichi-Ryu” stays in my UI (in blue letters), just beneath my current sound level (in yellow).  
But when I wield a Nodcahi, the “Niten Ichi-Ryu” disappears from my UI. Instead, I see the word “Normal” (in red letters) in the same place.  
I can still hit the \_ key and select Niten Ichi-Ryu, but that won’t change the UI. I still see “Normal” (in red) rather than “Niten Ichi-Ryu” (in blue).

Furthermore, I don’t notice any improvement in my melee abilities with the nodachi. I do about the same amount of damage as before, and take about the same amount of time to attack.

Am I missing something? Can Niten Ichi-Ryu not be used with a nodachi? Do I need to do something else to activate this combat style while wielding a weapon?[/quote]

That combat style is extremely powerful with a katana or wakizashi, wouldn’t suggest letting a 2nd hostile get near you incase it trigger flowing water  
Forget if it did it in the stable but pushing ? when highlighting it will display all weapons that can be used with it

And i forget what the colors means

seems in the experimental the nodachi works with it…

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**Author:** ![Thwap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4af34b/32.png) [@Thwap](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Thwap)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-combat-styles/10586/3 "2015-09-25T08:28:06Z")

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Nodachi should work with Niten Ichi-Ryu.

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**Author:** ![skoormit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@skoormit](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/skoormit)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/question-about-combat-styles/10586/4 "2015-09-25T16:10:28Z")

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[quote=“Xfin, post:2, topic:10586”]…  
Forget if it did it in the stable but pushing ? when highlighting it will display all weapons that can be used with it  
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Ah-ha! I totally missed that I could push ? to get a description of the style.  
Yep, nodachi is not listed. That explains it.

This is 0.C stable, by the way.

I can maybe see the rationale for the nodachi not working with Niten style. It is a very long sword, the size of a claymore. Longer than a typical long sword.