

Odachi combos can eat a lot of Ki, so it's important to Ki Pulse. The main stances you want to use with this build are High Stance and Mid Stance. My preferred Mystic Art of is Shifting Serenity. You can also get Devastating Rush, a "Hold Triangle attack" which jets you towards an enemy, and functions well as a lead attack. Clarity is handy in many encounters, but is ill advised for boss fights and fights against large enemy groups. At Veteran level you can acquire Clarity, a buff that increases Ki recovery at the cost of movement speed. You can also consider getting Sword of Severance (novice) to improve odachi damage against Humans. Behind Charging Bull is Passage to the Afterlife (passive) which improves your Grapple damage for all weapons. The downside of Charging Bull is that it doesn't deal a lot of regular or Ki damage if it just lands a hit, and the enemy isn't guarding. Charging Bull is a powerful and simple combo ender, designed to deal heavy Break damage and go into a unique Grapple if it knocks the enemy out of Ki. If you want to, you can get Charging Bull (adept), which is to be switched with Waking Winds: Heaven on Mid Stance. Along with that you can also get Crashing Waves (novice), a different counterattack (L1+Square) that's faster, also deals a lot of Break damage, but has fairly short range. This combo is potentially 5 hits long and is really damaging and hard to guard against. Another great skill you can get right away is Groundquake, it's a counterattack (L1+Triangle) that can't be interrupted, is fairly fast and deals a lot of Break damage. This combo starts from the Mid Stance strong attack sequence, then goes into a High Stance quick attack then ends with Twin Moons. Another favorite combo of mine requires Twin Moons (novice), which is a combo ender for the High Stance quick attack combo. It's costs a lot of Ki, but it's fast and really powerful. One combo I particularly like is High Stance strong attack -> Mid Stance quick attack -> High Stance strong attack. The above skills focus on comboing from Mid stance to High stance and from High Stance to Mid Stance.

They allow you to vary and extend your strong and quick attack combos by going into a combo from another stance.

The Odachi offers the rather unique possibility to combo in and out of other stances, and that's what the above two skills are all about. The first Skills to get with this build are Waking Winds: Heaven, Sunset Breeze: Heaven and Sunset Breeze: Man. A powerful odachi build for enthusiasts with tips and equipment advice.
