Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans/Controls

Basic Controls

Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans is a 4-button game, with the controls being Weak, Strong, Special, and Shaman Power.

The buttons are abbreviated and referred to as W, S, SP and X respectively, for the sake of easier reading.

Notation

 7    8    9      Buttons:        |  Default/PS1 Buttons Layout:
                  W   S   SP      |  SP   W
 4   (5)   6      X               |  X    S

 1    2    3

This wiki uses the Numerical Direction System, more commonly referred to as Numpad Notation. The numbers of a numpad represent the 8 digital directions the arcade stick/pad can be moved; with it always assuming the player is facing right, 5 being neutral (not inputting anything) and 7, for example, being up back. Some common inputs you may find include:

• 4+X: Back + Shaman Power, which initiates Reflector when held down.
• 5+W: Neutral + Weak, which initiates a standing weak attack.
• 2+SP: Down + Special, which initiates that character's down special.
• c.5+S: Close-range Neutral + Strong, which initiates a "proximity normal", being a different attack from a 5+S performed from farther away.

Universal Commands

• Dashes

L1 / R1 - Dash. You can't dash by tapping forward or backward twice unlike most games, and they are instead their own buttons for left and right

W / S After Dash - By pressing either attack button after a dash, you can do a Dash Attack. There are different Dash Attacks for both forwards and backwards.

• "Shaman Power"

6+X - Spirit Burst - click to jump to the Systems page more info

4+X - Reflector - click to jump to the Systems page for more info