Ninja Gaiden II

System

20-Hit Essence Rule

If the hit count is over 20, yellow essence is a guaranteed drop, preventing blue essence from dropping. Intentionally reducing hit count is necessary. It is unclear whether this is per enemy or total hit count. Source: wiki

Damage Analysis

Delimbs do NOT deal additional damage, eg. de-limbing with Dragon Sword lvl1 X will still deal only 80 dmg.

Items

• Life of the Thousand Gods: gives +150 max HP

Weapons

Shuriken

10 (per Shuriken, max 4x10)

Dragon Sword

Attack	Lv1	Lv2	Lv3	Lv4	Note
X	80	104	136	160
XX	80	104	136	160

Level 1/2/3/4

• X: 80/x/x/160
• XX: 80+80
• XXX:80+80+120
• f.X: 100
• Y: 200/x/x/400
• f.Y: 150

Jumping

• j.Y: 160/x/x/320
• j.f.Y (Flying Swallow): 250 (normal hit)

Dragon Claws

XX→XYYY kills bosses?

Enemy Stats

Black Spider Ninja

HP: 550/650/750

Claw Ninja

HP: 700/800 (usually 800)

Difficulty

Difficulty affects these things:

• Starting HP
• Enemy count
• Enemy AI

Difficulty does NOT affect these things:

• Weapon damage

Way of the Acolyte / 忍の道

• Starting HP: 2100

Way of the Warrior / 強者の道

• Starting HP: 1950

Path of the Mentor / 悟りの道

• Starting HP: 1800

Chapter I

Battle 1

Before Muramasa

• Acolyte: 4x Claw Ninja (4x800)
• Warrior: 5x Claw Ninja (4x800+1x700)

Battle 2

After Muramasa

• Acolyte: 4x Ninja (3x750+1x550)

Battle 3

After opening the door

• Acolyte: 4x Ninja (3x650+1x750)

Battle 4

Before wall run

• Acolyte: 4x Ninja (3x650+1x750)

Battle 5

After wall run

• Acolyte: 3x Ninja (2x750+1x650)

Battle 6

Drop after crystal skull

• Acolyte: 4x Ninja (3x750+1x550)

Battle 7

Stairs after drop

• Acolyte: 1x Ninja (1x550)

Battle 8

After stairs

• Acolyte: 3x Ninja (2x650+1x550) +1x Claw Ninja (800)

Battle 9

Wall run behind door

• Acolyte: 2x Ninja (1x650+1x750)

Battle 10

After wall run

• Acolyte: 3x Ninja (2x750+1x550) +1x Claw Ninja (800)

Battle 11

After pole swing

• Acolyte: 3x Ninja (2x650+1x750) +1 Ninja(delayed) (750) Note: all 3 of them are missing an arm for whatever reason

= Sources