Best way is to use the Dragon sword as it has more power than other weapons in your list> if you really want to use other weapons ( repeat the moves given above ) but when ninjas come you will have to destroy them before hitting murai as they are the partially the primary source as they will stop you from jumping from walls as they have shurikens or other dangerous objects

it will be more difficult to attack murai without doing the followings given after you just begin fighting with murai> you can perform your free moves but don"t use moves that requires more time to charge or perfromed as they are fast enemies to deal with > best is use the lunar press ( right + x then Y ) this allows you to perform fast and quite a high damage to ninjas but hard to damage murai

You must be aware that murai will grab you when you are close to him and when you perform an attack near him,he will knock you down...So i suggest you to attack at a fair distance.when you move back,murai will dash to you.when you are charging your ultimate skills,he will walk silently towards you.Use the lunar.charge your essence after killing the ninjas.Then let it off when full charge.It will burst off murai (sometimes) but murai will attack you after you let go of other weapons like swords and nunchuku.As weapons needed to hit something then it starts it's combos,don't use it...

whenever murai tried to vs you,when e hit you and you hit him,you will both use your powers to push someone who is weak away.WHEN DURING THAT,PRESS ALL THE BUTTONS RAPIDLY ON YOUR XBOX CONTROL!! THAN OU WILL PUSH MURAI BACK!!

Try not to perform the way murai perform nunchuku when out of chapter 1 becasue murai is specially created to be more powerful than ninjas.When you get to the archive room at chapter 6,when clone ryu appears,do not try to swing your nunchuku to hit back the skurikens Clone Ryu threw like murai...Or use any weapons and try to act like master as the clone ryu is ment to defeat you in this match as you are completing the whole story using money to buy exlirs and others which cis costly...

Whenever he uses his ultimate skrikes or walking or running,his defensive powers decreases as he takes time to walk,run or even charge his essences...so the best way is to attack when he takes time to do something.Most time taken is the charge straight skill murai uses.he takes about 1 second to charge that impressive skill.so whenever he is charging,use the lunar and charge Full Essence from the ninjas you killed and let off in full charged Essence.When murai finally rleases,you will still attack him a bit.So Murai will take full damage or partially the damage of your great moon lunar

Whenever he does not use his ultimate strikes or walking or running,his Aggrasive powers increases as he does not take time to walk,run or even charge his essences...so the best way is to attack when he is aggrasive is when you will get hitted by him.So when he comes to you,when he was about to hit you,JUMP AWAY and try to knock the ninja behind him by jumping towards the ninja in the air by pressing ( Y ) and will slash the ninja down and press ( Y ) again when you landed to stab it to kill it instanly.This way is saving your energy and time.Than Charge your essences and let go your lunar but it will get into more trouble when you are too close to murai,this hint is for good players.

When too many ninjas to cope with,do this,Jump towards A Ninja and press ( Y ) and then press ( Y ) again when you landed to stab it to finish him. Another Stab surpreme is by pressing ( X,Y,X,Y than press Y to stab it to the finish )But When It comes to a multi teamwork ninja,simply jump up the wall and press (X) when you hit the ninjas,press (Y) to stab multi enemies to kill them in 2 strokes or more...For Misson Modes,Try to press (X,Y,X,X,X,X) to deal high damage or Use the izuna drop by pressing (Y) at the end if you have the scroll of the izuna drop

Murai is planning to defeat you and will not care wether he hits his clan ninjas...So lure 1 ninja near murai when you are near murai.Murai will hit you.If you are lucky,he will hit both of you and his ninja or simply just his poor ninjas.So when he kills his own members,You will get Either a Yellow Essence or Blue Essence Or Red Essence Free and you need not kill the ninja...

When you equip your lunar,do not press (X,Y) this move will take away some time after you performed finished this move.And Murai will get a higher chance to hit you.Do not do this too with your Dragon Sword.Do not press (X,Y,Y) or murai will get a higher chance to hit you...This are Diasters

As it has the power Ryu's father offered him

Murai has a good speed that will knock you down even in far distance.He will charge his Essence and than charge towards yu and if you are close to him after his attacks,he will strike a perfect move to throw you away or charge again or hit you.So if he attacks you when you block,immediately jump away as he is going to grab you or charge his Essence and this cant be blocked.

Murai will attack you with his nunchuku by Charging his Essence and than STRIKE YOU!When he does that,your Dragon Sword will not work against this attack skill.When Murai swing his nunchuku,you can block but if he grabs you,you will get hitted by him and thrown away.So If he throw you away,immediately jump to a nearby wall and run on it then do the flying bird flip and you will be under murai or a few distance away from murai.than press ( X ) to strike down at him.He Will block and then charge his Essence or attack,If he charge his Essence,jump to a nearby wall and do that again.Than he will be damaged