How To Play As Kisuke Urahara In Bleach Rebirth Of Souls

Bleach Rebirth of Souls hosts a plethora of characters that can accommodate all sorts of unique archetypes and playstyles. Among them, Kisuke Urahara is the classic definition of a high-risk, high-reward fighter; his attacks are swift, powerful, and have incredible range, but the one thing holding them back is how easily they’re punishable if they miss their target.

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When playing as Kisuke, you need to go the extra mile and consider all the possibilities and potential consequences when pressing a button. Fortunately, you won’t need to overwhelm yourself, since his attacks are fairly basic, and the lack of extra gauges or resources means you only have to learn the core mechanics. Thus, if you’re good at calculating risks, this might be the character for you.

Kisuke Urahara

Move Name	Input	Description
Heavy Byakurai	Forward + Y/Triangle	Unleash a Heavy Byakurai from the tip of your Zanpakuto. Has long range, making this a good move to keep foes at bay.
Too Bad, So Sad	B/Circle	Wield your blade to fend off opponent attacks. Taking a close-range attack transitions into a slash attack.
Kamisori Benihime	LT/L2 + Y/Triangle	Releases Benihime to launch a slash. This is followed a moment later by more hits, which follow the first slash and seek out the opponent.
Are You Prepared?	LT/L2 + B/Circle	Go all-out, strengthening yourself for a brief period. Attacks, Steps, and Dashes are improved dramatically while the effect is active.
Hiasobi Benihime “Juzutsunagi”	Hold RT/R2	Destroys 3 Konpaku.

Kisuke Urahara In Offline And Online Matches

Kisuke Urahara firing a red beam at Yasutora Sado in Bleach Rebirth of Souls.

Kisuke’s strength lies in his control at medium range. The Heavy Byakurai and Kamisori Benihime are excellent zoning tools that keep opponents at bay. Still, if they get too close, you can unleash your Signature Move to counter close-range attacks and transition into a combo. The counter’s free, too, but it’s still vulnerable to Breaker moves.

The real magic, however, happens when Kisuke enters his enhanced phase with “Are You Prepared?”, his second Spiritual Pressure Move. Your Quick and Flash Attack strings now gain different animations that assist longer combos, but the main highlight here is that your attacks and dashes have lower recovery.

Upon using the second Spiritual Pressure Move, its blue bar will appear atop your Spiritual Power Gauge corresponding to the move’s lifespan.

In this phase, you can chain two Kamisori Benihime attacks back to back, using them as a combo starter or combo extension. In fact, if you follow up the Benhime with a small dash (with or without “Are You Prepared?”), you can lead into a full combo that typically exceeds 30 hits. The higher hit count also means you can reach Awakening far quicker.

With the cards laid out, the game plan with Kisuke is fairly simple: try to activate and stay enhanced as long as possible, and use your Kamisori Benihime exclusively in this phase for a better damage payoff.

Using the two Kamisori Benihime at the start of a combo to negate any damage scaling and deal a whopping 4,000 damage!

Awakened Kisuke Urahara

Kisuke Urahara unsheathes his sword amidst red plates in Bleach Rebirth of Souls.

Move Name	Input	Description
Heavy Byakurai	Forward + Y/Triangle	Unleash a Heavy Byakurai from the tip of your Zanpakuto. Has long range, making this a good move to keep foes at bay.
Blood Shield	B/Circle	Triggers Blood Shield to receive an attack. Taking a close-range attack transitions into a counter. Taking a long-range attack while “Are You Prepared?” is active will launch a counter slash.
Kamisori Benihime	LT/L2 + Y/Triangle	Releases Benihime to launch a slash. This is followed a moment later by more hits, which follow the first slash and seek out the opponent.
Are You Prepared?	LT/L2 + B/Circle	Go all-out, strengthening yourself for a brief period. Attacks, Steps, and Dashes are improved dramatically while the effect is active.
Hiasobi Benihime “Juzutsunagi”	Hold RT/R2	Destroys 4 Konpaku.
Hado Number 91: Senjukoten Taiho	(While Sublimation is active) Hold RT/R2	Destroys 5 Konpaku.

Awakened Kisuke Urahara In Offline And Online Matches

Kisuke Urahara attacking Yasutora Sado with blood armor shards in Bleach Rebirth of Souls.

Kisuke’s Awakened state is almost identical to his normal state, excluding the obvious buffs you get from the transformation — increased damage, higher Spiritual Power Gauge buildup, and stronger Kikon Moves.

The only change to his kit on paper is the new Blood Shield, which has a larger active window than the old counter. Unfortunately, the upgrade is so minuscule that it doesn’t add anything significant. As such, the strategy in his normal state is just as effective here, but it’s worth mentioning that the damage boost means it’s easier to trigger Soul Break with the consecutive Kamisori Benihime strikes.

Landing a Kikon Move during Soul Break allows you to destroy an extra Konpaku.

Another thing to note is that his second Spiritual Pressure Move has slightly improved recovery times during Awakening. If you’re quick enough, you can end a Flash Step combo with a Kamisori Benihime to squeeze out some extra damage. However, it’s incredibly risky, and you can waste 50 Spiritual Power if you’re not frame-perfect.