Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii’s Pirates’ Coliseum is one of the best places to train, earn money, and increase your Pirate Rank up to Legends of the Sea. However, just when you’ve earned the four Dark Instruments and started to think you’re the greatest pirate out there, you unlock the Swashbuckler Showdown.
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Adding naval combat into Like a Dragon is a bold move that pays off incredibly well.
The Swashbuckler Showdown offers you one last chance to battle Captain Yakuza, Captain Ronin, Captain Shinobi, and Captain Zeus of the Devil Flags again. These battles all feature 100 of each captain’s best underlings to contend with, pitting your full crew up to the task of defeating some of the most dangerous pirates in Hawaii.
How To Prepare For Swashbuckler Showdown
Swashbuckler Showdown is a late-game tournament that only unlocks once you’ve finished the Legend of the Goro Pirates by clearing the islands and helping Misaki to avenge her father’s death.
After you’ve finished the climactic battle against the final of the four captains, you’ll be able to access Swashbuckler’s Showdown.
Presumably, since you’ve already defeated most of the hardest ship battles in the game, your ship should be well-equipped by now.
However, if you haven’t spent adequate time leveling up the Goromaru, now would be the perfect time to finish off any upgrades still in progress.
While there is no cannon portion of the battle, your Cannon Squad will join you on land.
The crew used for these battles is as follows:
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The best style to use on Majima is Sea Dog due to its excellent crowd control, movement speed, and overall damage.
How To Beat The Duel With The Third Fleet
If you take these on in order, then your first battle is against the Third Fleet, a 100-enemy battle on an open beach.
This is essentially a redux of your previous fights against the Devil Flags, so expect to see the same enemy types and numbers as before.
Focus on AoE skills like the pistol, cutlasses, or spinning attack for their respective styles to decimate several enemies at once.
The enemies here aren’t extremely difficult, and you should clear the battle quickly.
How To Beat The Duel With The Second Fleet
The Duel with the Second Fleet takes place in the same arena as the first, with yet another 100-person force to face down.
While Ronin is tougher than his predecessor, there’s no reason for this fight to require much effort since you’ve already beaten their original battles and earned all four Dark Instruments.
This battle is just as straightforward as the last and should take under one minute with the aforementioned crew composition.
How To Beat The Duel With The First Fleet
The battle against the First Fleet continues the same trend against 100 enemies on the same beach, but these opponents are starting to finally put up a fight.
Level up Majima’s Attack and Health to at least extreme level three or above in each to keep up with these fights without struggling.
If you take too long, the enemy Shinobi will begin to fire homing missiles at you – avoid them and keep on the offensive.
Despite taking around a minute or more this time, you should easily make yet another S-rank with a swift victory here.
How To Beat The Duel With The Strongest Fleet
Your last fight is against the Devil Flags Strongest Fleet, led by Zeus.
Unsurprisingly, this set of 100 foes is the most formidable, though your 32 crew mates should provide plenty of backup to sift through the riff-raff.
The previously introduced homing missiles telegraphed by the bull’s eyes on the ground return, so take care to avoid them before continuing your onslaught.
The regular pirates here are much stronger than previous rounds and can lock you in combo attacks if you let them gang up on you – keep your distance.
Zeus is the only other major threat here, so team up against him with your crew as soon as you find him and the fourth battle will be completed.
If you’ve completed every other Coliseum Match thus far, you’ll also earn the Earth Stone, becoming $650,000 richer in the process and gaining 300,000 Pirate Reputation Points.
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