Animation Cancels: Ghost of Tsushima | Moon Master Cancel, Way of the Flame Cancel, Iyo's Eye Cancel

This may be the last time I'll be making a tutorial video for Ghost of Tsushima. Juggling back and forth between working at home, helping and loving my girlfriend, feeding all my pets, dancing on my down time, I finally pushed through to make the tutorial I told so many people I'd make. I hope you find all these tips to be helpful and useful for whatever you're trying to accomplish in this game. All that's needed to be said I've already said in the video.
Thanks for watching, and God bless!
Intro (0:00)
Moon Master Cancel (0:29)
Way of the Flame Cancel (4:52)
Perfect Parry to Ultimate/Special (7:23)
Reload Animation Cancel Variation (9:26)
Iyo's Eye Cancel (12:25)
Rolling Exploit & Sprint Stutter Step Roll (13:40)
Date & Time Setting Exploit (16:18)
Ending & Outro (17:58)
KitaKaze Apollon's KZbin Channel:
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Gooshy Gaming's KZbin:
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[@joeyAdominguez]

Here's an update of what's no longer in the game since the recent updates: -Reload Animation Cancel Variation (Fire arrow swap) -Iyo's Eye Cancel (the method in this video no longer works) -Date & Time Setting Exploit -Rolling invisibility exploit -Way of the Flame no longer counts as a Ghost Weapon. WotF doesn't stack with the Ghost Weapon Damage property. Also you can no longer use WotF when dueling Iyo in Raid Ch.3 or Trials of Iyo

[@pengdang982]

Hi Joey! Is this moon Katana cancellation no longer available?

[@elchema3655]

@@pengdang982it still is

[@joeyAdominguez]

@@pengdang982 it still works even til now. I still do it the same way too

[@ostojatesic9187]

I see a guy do iyos eye Cancel yestereday

[@SomeBoyWithAPc]

@@joeyAdominguez does katana cancel still w9rk ?

[@vnzcz]

These techniques are not the way of samurai, but I guess Jin has taught us to utilize whatever we can get when it comes to survival

[@joeyAdominguez]

Yes, honor died on the beach, the Khan deserves to suffer!

[@cookdislander4372]

Since I killed my father. . . I am no longer Samurai 😎🚬

[@themis828]

Thank you very much for taking the time to make this! Super helpful. Been searching for something that had multiple ways of doing the cancels.

[@rayryeng]

I tried grokking Gooshy's video on the moon master cancel but his explanation and demonstration was insufficient for me to do it properly. It really helped with the camera on your controller actually seeing it done. I nailed it in a couple of minutes after this. Thanks so much man!

[@mikeg8095]

Thank you Joey! Fantastic video.

[@zeke_fin1080]

Awesome video! Have been waiting to video like this to come KZbin. Great Job.

[@sababurd91]

Amazing job Joey!!!

[@fenris2687]

Wow, tyvm. Excellent demonstration of the moon cancel. I learned it in 5 minutes after watching your controller.

[@joeyAdominguez]

Glad this helped 🙏

[@MrSefiroh]

Excellent work! 👏 👏 👏 Thank you.

[@dienfhet5179]

This is the best demonstration on how to so the moon attack cancel, thank you 🙏🏽 I’m subbing for this

[@fisayoo1699]

Cool move, I tried it. 1. My fingers hurt from button mashing 2. Its hard to do consistently 3. Takes some fun out of it for me. Great video tho 😎

[@BozQ]

Very nice Joey! Thank you for the video. :D

[@joeyAdominguez]

Appreciate ya Benny

[@madjawbreaker]

Man love the all the videos, always so 🔥🔥🔥💪but was wondering if you ever thought about making builds and gameplay styles videos, loved to watch those… Keep up the good work brother🤙

[@agentsmith2378]

Awesome vid man ty 🤙

[@Thekidisalright]

Incoming comment from Liquid “yah we have been doing this for months but great video blah blah blah” 😂 well done Joey

[@joeyAdominguez]

Hahaha right?! Liquid is so dang good at this game

[@GooshyG]

I like your spin on these tech 😉

[@joeyAdominguez]

Hahaha thanks dude 😁

[@Captain_Klown]

I spent all night focusing on both reload cancels, parry headshots, and the WotF cancel. And man can i feel a difference in the amount of Ults and damage output! I almost gave up too lol. Felt weird getting the rythms down at first. Good video! Thanks for the training!

[@joeyAdominguez]

Thanks for watching! Glad this video helped! I had no idea this video has had over 20k views 😳 just randomly decided to look through my analytics and wanted to respond to a few comments I missed

[@Captain_Klown]

I'm a long time player but alot of new players these days! And it takes quite a while, skill wise, before i started to get into this stuff. Its loads of fun for a long time, until you see someone OP and get curious. Good video man!

[@SuperXVG]

You are the man! I wanted to learn moon master for a long time and I understand the buttons to press and all, and idea behind it, but could never get the timing right so I can start practicing lol. I got it now! And btw, I watched other videos of how to but no one described the timing like you did. Subscribed!

[@jukelsam4722]

I need you help on how to do it

[@SuperXVG]

@@jukelsam4722 I never got it down to use it because I have big hands and just wouldn’t be enjoyable to play even if I mastered it. Just did it feel right. Wasn’t comfortable.

[@femaleswolf]

Incredible video... more comments should be showing appreciation

[@Jojodemadrid]

It’s perfect 🤩

[@vege-gaming]

Setting the time is super great !

[@joeyAdominguez]

So good right? I used that trick to jump back and forth between nightmare weeks

[@vege-gaming]

@@joeyAdominguez Yeah! I use it to take raid chapter 3 rewards from the future

[@FrankieSing]

Great video

[@tiotito31]

That dash cancel is DAMN hard

[@DeimosComics]

Joey FTW! Awesome vid once again!

[@joeyAdominguez]

Thanks dude 🙏

[@prjoker4902]

It look easy but is not is hard but keep up the good work Bro 🙏

[@joeyAdominguez]

Someone on Facebook asked a good question about the date & time exploit. This doesn't apply to daily challenges. Like let's say you change it to the next day and you already used your free reroll on daily challenges, that free reroll won't be available until there's a full 24 hour cycle. Also if you turn back time to when the shadow of the colossus/God of War etc skins were available, this trick unfortunately does not work to get those skins

[@itschrispychips2012]

I used to do this and didn’t know that so many people found it useful. I try to always share what I find on my own, didn’t even know this was so popular and demanded haha. I used to the flame cancel in the Iyo boss fight too. Nice job

[@evolutionsedge]

You have the greatest ghost tips ever. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed 8-30-21

[@VonZuben]

Just wanna say thanks! I used the katana cancel for the first time the other night and it really helped. Missing my Back Button Attachment though. I did my original playthrough on the PS4 with it and really wish the PS5 had one.

[@SomeUnkindledAsh]

I miss it too. Hopefully we get an elite controller or something. They really missed an opportunity not putting them on the Dualsense

[@VonZuben]

@@SomeUnkindledAsh Yeah and I'm not even interested in it for "elite" reasons the way these kinds of things are marketed. Like, not for an edge on my competition or whatever, just ease of use. Certain button presses would be less tiring if they could be remapped, or things like pressing the analog sticks in is something I'd rather not do too often.

[@BulletFever100]

I couldn't wait for them to release one and found extreme rate ps5 back buttons. They also have several other controller attachments to change the look of your controller. Personally it is enough to make me happy without having to spend alot of money or time. You do have to take your controller apart though to install. Look extreme rats ps5 back buttons on KZbin if you're interested. Tutorial videos are on there for it too. It's not too hard to do and it has a warranty

[@VonZuben]

@@BulletFever100 Thanks for the suggestion!

[@SomeUnkindledAsh]

@@VonZuben I agree, I don't use it for fps games, or to be competitive. I usually map the buttons to l3 and r3 because I just don't like clicking joysticks

[@roadkxll_]

We need a 2.0 video!

[@trowa170]

'The fighting game grip'... Ok you just call it that lol. My guy used his left thumb to press buttons on the right side of the controller.

[@trowa170]

@@EightiethRocket He's losing out on his APM, he could be utilizing his tongue.

[@wafflegenie3924]

Im only now recently learning all these elaberate cancels lol. ive played since launch and never needed them but im picking them up now cuz i want to do the hidden heart challenge lol

[@Mellow429]

I can't wait to hit ki level 200 I'm ready for MOOORRREEE

[@koicarson.]

honestly the way i do mmc is the opposite position joey puts his hand in. ive always found it easier to click triangle with my middle finger than my index, but its personal preference !

[@apachegypsy88-98]

Amazing video! Can’t wait to get home and learn all these! Do they still work for PS4 controller? Not sure if it even mattered. Keep up the great work!

[@Captain_Klown]

I got the reload cancels down tonight, and i saw a guy running top of leaderboad doing Moon cancels. Just takes practice and rythm!

[@prakzy9055]

Moon Master Cancel: Hold (Triangle), release and press (Triangle) and (Circle) two times simultaneously and after that only circle. You need to get the timing down to not cancel to fast without activating the hitbox or to slow where you will do the normal spin. There is no need to hold your Controller with claw and do horse galopping. Had a lot of troubles with mmc but since I discovered this other variant I mastered it. I hope this will help people who still can’t do mmc. :)

[@aufidiusone3757]

Interesting. I’ll have to give this a shot. I can only sometimes get the mmc. Rarely. So you don’t cancel the first spin and then triangle and circle?

[@evolutionsedge]

I still struggle with this but I do like your method with out claw position.

[@prakzy9055]

@@evolutionsedge Think like you use stone striker and get the timing down that’s it.

[@tomascali1817]

Thank you. I thought you had to do the. CLaw hand. Its stupid.

[@prakzy9055]

@@tomascali1817 You’re welcome

[@user-gx7yn8pn9c]

To much work just to play a game I’ll just make sure my hands will work when I get older lol

[@Mr.Erikstad]

Moon master tech is so difficult. I can do all other tech, but this one. i want a longer index finger.

[@cryptodev2615]

How were you trying such powerful draws on your quick arrow shots? Mine are semi fast but no power

[@PR1ME98]

I just can’t get the moon master cancel consistently. I’ll just stick with what works for me.

[@izzisenpai6250]

I feel like im doing bamboo strikes with all the buttons

[@ShadowFlame420]

i cant seem to do the moon cancel no matter how hard i try. i dont know what im doing wrong. i try to do it exactly like you show in this video, and it just doesnt seem to do any damage

[@Raverjdog]

You say, triangle circle, finished off by square. But why do I see you pushing square and r1 or r2 at same time as square? Do we need to push any of the r buttons?

[@parkerengbrecht6683]

U should do a vid of u playing the story like in parts that’d be sick

[@joeyAdominguez]

A couple months back, I livestreamed my playthrough of the main campaign. It's somewhere back there in my uploads

[@mosthatedugly]

what sword kit was that for your hunter it was glowing

[@mik2dae143]

I recommend just practicing the parrys, you can just pick ronin and wipe out everyone except the spear guys and just practice the timing and if you get low on health just drop a heal. I got over 100 parrys in a row before without missing. It’s really hard and took my 5 plus hour to do, after 50 in a row my palms get sweaty! I haven’t played GOT in over a month! Wonder if I lost my skills! Also, liquid showed me there is a small box during the hwachas when you can just roll right through. He said you just wait a frame or something and roll out of it every time. I asked cause I would always see him rolling and never get hit by the hwachas

[@anterasosuke]

dash attack cancel i can do katana canel as well but the moon master im having so much trouble making it work XD

[@nave7537]

Me too. I think it's patched

[@shogouki__]

idk why but my mmc is too slow if i press both triangle and circle is going to be slow, if i do normaly the hit box wont work

[@rodgamer]

I wonder if some of these cancels I've seen are impossible on ps4 pro since it ain't as smooth

[@halfkimchi45]

So this weeks's modifier is slow revives. If I change the dates on my PS4 to change the modifier then pair up with other people, who hasn't changed their dates, will I still revive slowly? And will they still revive slowly?

[@joeyAdominguez]

Sorry for a late response, but actually no the world modifier will be different, it wouldn't be Slowed Revives but could be anything else. If you pair up with randoms there may be others time skipping too, but if you have a party of 4 with you, you can time skip yourself and the other 3 wouldn't need to change their times on their ps4/ps5, only the one person with the different time must select the game mode whether Raid or survival. People tend to use time skipping if they consistently want that one extra 110 Ki piece of gear when completing any nightmare mode if they have all their skins for each class unlocked already

[@UnknownUser-dj3gv]

Bro idk its not work on me... pls help mate

[@Don-4EveR]

I am too old for this I mean for the moon master lol I will stick with water katana square and circle 😂 At least I know how to shoot fast with hunter. Seriously I tried the moon katana cancellation I managed to cancel the first but the rest isn’t working for me oh well! Thanks bro

[@joeyAdominguez]

Haha never too old for button presses, but maybe sleight of hand 😅 moon Master was definitely tough for me to get consistent with, but with enough practice and understanding I was able to get it

[@Don-4EveR]

@@joeyAdominguez it’s just out of 10, one works I gave up 😂 I really need to learn that esp. I main assassin and sometimes when I vanish I need to weaken some enemies to assassinate them with moon cancel it’s amazing that you’re still vanished!

[@joeyAdominguez]

@@Don-4EveR crazy right? It's super useful. In due time if you keep practicing you'll eventually get mm cancel. Not gonna lie it took me a day or two to get it down the way I have it now

[@Don-4EveR]

@@joeyAdominguez Thanks really I will keep trying one day cheers bro

[@bartskihq1486]

the date and time setting exploit doesn't seem to work, has it been patched? DC, PS5

[@carlsanc3880]

On ps5 here, am able to trigger this moon cancel 1/6 attempts if I am lucky. I already mastered the bow cancel and it wrecks. But this is too Hard

[@blueghost8701]

I might be a bit dumb I never heard you say what inputs you have to do in order to do the way of the flame cancel

[@blueghost8701]

Nvm I got it you did say it but I thought it wasn’t that simple :)

[@vascomuijsers1453]

I think the date chAnginga has been patched, doesnt work for me

[@shadowboi5906]

Is its possible to do mmc with juat ur thumb?

[@m.a.s.hq8715]

Is it patched after the directors cut version??

[@dienfhet5179]

I feel like I’m doing it right but the second and third hit boxes aren’t coming out, but the animation looks the same as how you’re doing it

[@joeyAdominguez]

It's funny because recently for me my first hit box doesn't come out sometimes. Note to you and me: don't press the inputs too fast, it should work out. Also keep in mind how close enemies are to you Btw I'm stoked for Iki island

[@belalbalasmeh4058]

iyo eyes no more this trick work on

[@SeanPetitt]

Has this been nerfed? I will try this out redardless.

[@yungcash5465]

I still can’t do the moon master cancel

[@aboutthegiggins4236]

This video proves that us gamers cant have nice things

[@stix1096]

Fact is this takes much skill & practice. Most will give up quick & can’t survive w/o a good ronin anyway. 😕

[@aboutthegiggins4236]

@@stix1096 finding ways to cheese the game and cancel animations is not what I consider "skill" this isn't a fighter with a deep combo system and has cancels into a ult or super your just for real trying to glitch jin out

[@xcarter1893]

Question do I need moon master or can I use the first spin on the regular moon stance

[@joeyAdominguez]

You'll need moon Master as a perk for a moon stanced katana. However if it's a legendary katana like stone striker or masamunes edge, you can put on moon stance, and you could do moon Master cancel since sucker punch updated the game to have moon Master as a default for legendaries if moon stance is equipped

[@dprice2813]

Date and time setting patched

[@FrankieSing]

Just wondering if this is still working…

[@claudioestevez1028]

Does the date-time trick still work? I changed the date on my console but the nightmare challenges still appear completed. I want to know if this was patched or I'm doing something wrong.

[@marcuszer0]

Same here, and I just tried it now. I think it's done.

[@joeyAdominguez]

It's no longer working unfortunately. It's been patched ever since Rivals dropped

[@Arriss2121]

ooo

[@ziwalker2954]

Dam nerds

[@KaranShah731]

Do I necessarily have to hold my controller like that when doing MMC or was just he just holding it that way just for the webcam?

[@joeyAdominguez]

you can choose not to, but that's how I still do mmc now to this day. I can't do the thumb slide method. whatever method works best for you, by all means. you can watch sdk's moon master cancel videos for more help. just type sdk moon master cancel, should be the first videos you see

[@KaranShah731]

@@joeyAdominguez yes that was the very first video I ever watched on MMC but either way thanks for the tips 👍

[@fleshconfetti]

Does reload cancel still work after the Director's Cut update. Having trouble doing it.

[@MikeBeyene]

I don't think so

[@danielszatmari3243]

yes it works, but hard to do consistently.

[@yall_tree6644]

i can't do

[@Obscera]

is this patched?

[@leonidkorniienko4033]

it is not working, i am trying it now

[@starsofsirius559]

You probably won't reply but what are you doing at the 1:40 mark? You change your hand up to press a different button. Then there's another part you where it looks like you alternate between r1 and square. No idea what's going on. Other part of your video makes sense

[@joeyAdominguez]

That's actually something I'd call a "switch grip" that I do so I can transition from what I call the "fighting game grip" to the "normal grip" of the controller. I do that switch grip to transition from moon Master cancel into dash attack cancel. I still do that, but not very often anymore since I don't really rely on dash attack cancel because in my opinion DA cancel is the least consistent cancel in terms of timing

[@starsofsirius559]

@@joeyAdominguez dang I appreciate you replied on an old video and quick too! Two things I want to ask still. To confirm at 1:40 you're pressing circle and a direction to Dodge hence you moving your hand? Makes more sense why my Dodge wasn't working ahah. Forgot the input. What about 2:16 though? It looks like you're pressing square/r1. And once again thank you I appreciate it.

[@fauconvision5443]

Comment faire

[@Dasalli100]

I just wanna let u know I was one of the first person to discover the perfect parry and perfect dodge ghost cancel tech way back when legends first came out for ghost of tsushima

[@stix1096]

& this matters…why🤔

[@gostki3940]

How is it that an assassin can equip stepping stone bow? Only a hunter can equip it.

[@gostki3940]

2:49 this guy equip Hunter personal legendary bow on Assassin?

[@joeyAdominguez]

Reroll the 3rd perk to Versatile, then any class is able to use skipping stone bow

[@t3knyn]

There must be an easier way to hold the control while doing the moon master katana cancel

[@mr_expeditious]

You could use custom button assignments in your Playstation’s Accessibility Settings. Could make R1 = triangle and R2 = circle. It will swap the buttons about so your triangle will be the abilities button etc.

[@mr_expeditious]

Or just buy back paddles for your controller.

[@Ahmed-gh9hm]

Wait wait wait, is that skipping stone assassin?

[@joeyAdominguez]

Hahaha it was just for a quick demonstration/explanation. It wasn't a serious run 😅

[@Rudy92140]

The moon katana combo still work ?

[@LPluizLP]

yep

[@wtfckjackson]

Is this only possible in legends?

[@joeyAdominguez]

For each of the animation cancels, I usually say somewhere towards the end of each cancel if you can do either one in the main story and/or in Legends.

[@grodygibsonlcd8038]

Some anime Ninjutsu shit

[@jaime177100]

Date and time exploit still works?

[@joeyAdominguez]

No unfortunately it doesn't

[@SmokaveliSouljah]

The "Iyo's eye cancel" Dont work anymore. Right?

[@joeyAdominguez]

Yes, I'm not sure if my newest pinned comment is visible. But iyos eye cancel, the reload variation cancel, date & time setting change, and the invisibility when consistently rolling all do not work anymore

[@SmokaveliSouljah]

@@joeyAdominguez Ohh.. Now that's really bad that they patched it

[@SmokaveliSouljah]

@@joeyAdominguez Some of the reload variations with the bow still work, I use them myself, thanks for the tips by the way

[@zeus4884]

Is this patched?

[@joeyAdominguez]

moon master cancel is still in the game, I mention what's patched in my pinned comment.

[@xShinobiXx]

It’s cool and all but it’s kinda cheating if it isn’t part of the game mechanics

[@FractalPrism.]

while these techniques are cool to discover, they are all game breaking exploits that cheat the intent of how its supposed to be played and should all be patched out to keep the game fair. they all negate the threat of enemies and unbalance the game. being able to change the date to play the unintended weekly is just as bad but in a different way. in a future content update they could incorporate a version of the animation cancels to make the game fun, much like capcom did with sf2ww's unintended normal to special cancels.

[@pkaboo3889]

Don’t call exploits. techs to make it sound better lol. Youre just abusing mechanics.

[@leonidkorniienko4033]

PLaying in 2024 it is not working - cancel katana

[@joeyAdominguez]

Which one moon Master cancel? I can still do all katana cancels the same to this day 6/6/2024

[@Spaceman_issac]

Exploits and cheating are not the way of the samurai or the ghost!

[@-SILVERHAND-]

Not cheating and hard to execute and also legends is a PvE game so who tf cares

[@seccosec]

Oooh try hards...

[@jonwick1497]

Look at all the cheaters that don’t want to get good in the game but find loop holes in the game u shouldn’t need none of this KZbin going be death of video games I promise it’s not competitive no more bunch of people just sit here n watch KZbin just to find a way to cheat or cheese a game just practice and get good

[@-SILVERHAND-]

Lmaooo. It's really easy to play like your average player without cancels. MMC is not an exploit and difficult to execute buddy

[@jonwick1497]

@@-SILVERHAND- man stfu that ish is so easy to do play the game legit u shouldn’t have do all that extra stuff to play the game

[@jonwick1497]

@@-SILVERHAND- and I guarantee I can carry you anytime in this game you came on here to find out how to do this

[@sertacsilbastan]

I want these cancellations to not be discovered even by hardcore gamers. They shouldn't exist. I wonder why they don't fix them. Obviously these things weren't intentional.

[@HZGamingVR]

Why would I want to Cheat or Exploit when my defense and attacks are already Impeccable? This would only make me feel like a BEAAAACH!! lol #Facts #Bums

[@joeyAdominguez]

None of these are even cheats. The worst exploit this game has ever seen in my opinion was the infinite times the hunter could use explosive/staggering arrow. None of these animation cancels are close to being broken as the infinite ability use in the previous patch. You dont have to use any of these animation cancels, go ahead, just keep doing things like your average random you bump into

[@HZGamingVR]

@@joeyAdominguez Animation Cancels = Exploits. I am an IT Specialist and not an idiot my guy. Good try tho...

[@HZGamingVR]

@@joeyAdominguez You think this is the Only Game out there with Exploits? they all have them. It is a matter of Players wanting to use them FOR HELP (Cheat) or Players not using them cuz we are good already... (Real gamers)

[@HZGamingVR]

@@joeyAdominguez You call this Legit, but if people Report this enough, the DEV would Patch it. Only reason why is NOT Patch is because the computer AI don't have a voice. so they can't report the Exploit used against them. If this was a PVP game?? PAAAAATCHED! Hahahaa #Facts

[@joeyAdominguez]

@@HZGamingVR ain't no hahaha #facts that's just your opinion. Relationships with developers and gamers has never been the best, really a strong disconnect for some games. Look at for example super smash bros melee, versus the new smash bros ultimate. Developers absolutely HATE melee and its community of gamers who still play it because of all the "exploits" in movement and animation cancels that are in the game of ssbm. Despite their efforts, smash ultimate nor any other future smash game will ever have the same fluidity of melee. I dont think there's a strong disconnect with Ghost of Tsushima developers and its players, sure if there's ever a future patch maybe they'll patch Iyo's eye cancel, but maybe not the katana cancels. Animation cancels are what makes games more interesting to go outside of what developers intended and gives the game more depth in its movement outside of its original design. You can play super smash bros melee without doing any wave dashes, dash dances, shield drops, platform cancels, wave shines, but you'll be behind the competitive meta of the game. Same goes for this game, you can choose not to do the reload cancels, katana cancels, iyo's eye cancel, but you'll be behind on the competitive meta to even place on top of the nightmare leaderboards that are posted every week. There's always two sides to a spectrum. There's nothing wrong playing the game as intended by the developers, but if you stream that or post KZbin videos with that typical gameplay, good luck getting views Mr professional IT, and kudos to you if you do. I can live without doing the animation cancels, but there will always be an exploit no matter what the developers will try to do

[@losercastle1016]

Ngl mmc is so trash

[@shreyanshmishra1726]

Why?

[@losercastle1016]

@@shreyanshmishra1726 it is bro its to weak

[@HZGamingVR]

Play the Game correctly you Exploit Bums! Otherwise, do not Call yourself Great Warriors... THE END