Shoha

 

Shoha

Acquired

 SAM (actions)

Level

80

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

15s

Range

10y

Radius

10y

AoE Type

Line

Targeting

Enemy

Patch

5.0

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Delivers an attack to all enemies in a straight line before you with a potency of 640 for the first enemy, and 40% less for all remaining enemies.
Can only be executed after accumulating three stacks of Meditation by executing Iaijutsu, Meditate, or Ogi Namikiri while in combat.
Meditation effect fades upon execution.

— In-game description

Shoha is an action unlocked at level 80. It is available for Samurai.

Related traits

•   Way of the Samurai III (Lv. 94) - Increases the potency of Jinpu to 140, Shifu to 140, Enhanced Enpi to 270, Gekko to 160, Higanbana damage over time to 50, Kasha to 160, Yukikaze to 160, Midare Setsugekka to 640, Kaeshi: Setsugekka to 640, Shoha to 640, Ogi Namikiri to 1,000, and Kaeshi: Namikiri to 1,000.
  

Related actions

•   Iaijutsu
•   Meditate
•   Ogi Namikiri

History

• Patch 7.3 (2025-08-05): Reduction in potency after the first target has been changed from 50% to 40%.
• Patch 7.2 (2025-03-25): Reduction in potency after the first target has been changed from 65% to 50%.
• Patch 7.0 (2024-07-02):
  • Target has been changed from a single enemy to all enemies in a straight line before you.
  • Potency has been increased from 560 to 640.
  • Now does 65% less damage after the first enemy struck.
  • No longer shares a recast timer with Shoha II, as that action has been removed.
  • Action icon and animation has been updated.
• Patch 6.4 (2023-05-23): Potency has been increased from 520 to 560.
• Patch 6.11 (2022-04-25): Potency has been increased from 500 to 520.
• Patch 6.1 (2022-04-12): Potency has been reduced from 580 to 500.
• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07):
  • Potency has been changed from 400 to 580.
  • Added "Shares a recast timer with Shoha II."
  • Tsubame-gaeshi no longer grants stacks of Meditation. Players may instead execute Ogi Namikiri.
• Patch 5.11 (2019-11-11): The hotbar icon is now clearly indicated when the action is ready to use.
• Patch 5.1 (2019-10-29):
  • Potency is now fixed at 400.
  • Requirement for execution is now fixed at 3 stacks of Meditation.
  • Recast time has been increased from 1 to 15 seconds.
• Patch 5.05 (2019-07-29): Potency has been changed from 50/100/200/300/500 to 100/300/400/450/500 for 1/2/3/4/5 stacks of Meditation, respectively.
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02): Added.

Trivia

• Shoha 照破（しょうは）means "Shining Cut".