The Gai Tailed Spirit Sub Ability is a Mode Sub Ability that can be obtained by defeating the Gai Spirit boss, which spawns in the Nimbus Village at 8:25 AM/PM EST with a 1/10 chance.
Description
By holding Z, the user can activate Gai Tailed Spirit, initially starting at Stage 1. The user can switch between stages by holding Z and pressing the stage's corresponding number (except Tentacion Mode), as long as they meet the sub-ability level requirements of the stage. This mode drains 40 MD per second.
For Stages 1-4 of Gai Tailed Spirit, the user goes down on all fours similar to Okami's mode and gains a translucent cloak and tails in the color of their Tailed Spirit, with the number of tails being one, four, six, and eight respectively. In the case of the Gai Tailed Spirit, the tails resemble tentacles of a cephalopod.
For Stage 5 of Gai Tailed Spirit, the user's cloak becomes opaque and their face is replaced with a bestial appearance. The user also grows two pairs of horns on their head.
For Stage 6 of Gai Tailed Spirit, the user's cloak loses it tails and gains a certain pattern. The user also stands upright.
For Stage 7 of Gai Tailed Spirit, the cloak alters itself to resemble a full-length haori, and regains its tails. The tails are now opaque and have patterns on them. The tails also change appearances, resembling bushy tails of a fox instead of tentacles.
For Stage 8, the cloak alters itself to resemble a coat, and loses its tails. The user's hair glows the same color as their Tailed Spirit, seven black orbs hover behind them, and two short black rods appear on their outer thighs. The user also appears to be wearing a black body suit underneath their coat, with six tiny circles under their neck and a circle on their stomach.
For Tentacion Mode, the user's cloak mostly disappears except for its tails, with a simple cape appearing on their back and black pigments that resemble long eyebrows around their eyes. Tentacion Mode can only be manually activated by the user when they type and enter !tentacion in the chat. Upon activation, the user will have 50% of their health, and 100% of their Chi, Stamina, and MD restored. However, they will not be able to use Tentacion Mode again for 10 minutes after their MD runs out.
Ability
For Stage 1-3, after pressing Z while in this mode, the user shoots three ink bubbles at the direction of the cursor, dealing damage and stunning enemies. This ability does not use Chi and has a 20 second cooldown.
For Stage 4-5, after pressing Z while in this mode, the user curls up their tails and creates a black ball in front of their face, before launching it at the direction of the cursor, creating a giant explosion that deals damage multiple times upon impact. This ability does not use Chi and has a 20 second cooldown. For Stage 4, pressing Z while holding down right-click allows the user to use the ability from Stage 1-3.
For Stage 6, after pressing Z while in this mode, the users raises their right hand and creates a black ball of energy with ink bubbles swirling around it, before throwing it at the direction of the cursor, causing a giant explosion and briefly creating an equally large ink bubble that damages and partially blinds enemies hit by it. This ability does not use Chi and has a 30 second cooldown. From this stage onwards, the user's speed is significantly boosted, and their dash is replaced with teleport.
For Stage 7, after pressing Z while in this mode, the user summons the Gai Spirit and rides on top of it, which rampages around before creating a ball of energy with ink bubbles swirling around it (similar to Stage 6's attack) in front of its mouth and launching it at the direction of the mouse cursor. This ability does not use Chi and has a 30 second cooldown. Pressing Z while holding down right-click allows the user to use the ability from Stage 6.
For Stage 8, after pressing Z while in this mode, the user summons the Gai Spirit and rides on top of it, controlling its movements for roughly 10 seconds, during which the user can fire a ball of energy with ink bubbles swirling around it (similar to Stage 7's attack, but with lower damage) every 3 seconds. This ability does not use Chi to summon the Gai Spirit, uses 500 MD to fire an energy bomb, and has a cooldown of 30 seconds. Pressing Z while holding down right-click allows the user to use the ability from Stage 7.
For Tentacion Mode, after pressing Z while in this mode, the user summons the Gai Spirit and briefly stands on top of it, before flying towards the direction of the cursor while wielding two black energy bombs with ink bubbles swirling around them in each hand. Upon impact, the user creates two giant explosions and ink bubbles, damaging and partially blinding enemies hit by them. Meanwhile, the summoned Gai Spirit behaves exactly like the Gai Spirit boss and will automatically attack nearby players with its special attacks for 20 seconds before despawning. This ability does not use Chi and does not have a cooldown. Pressing Q allows the user to use the Z ability from Stage 8. While this mode is active, the user's basic melee attacks emit teal sparks and drain Chi from the enemies they hit, they passively teleport every second in the direction they are moving, and have a chance to automatically dodge an attack.
For Stage 1-7, after pressing Q while in this mode, the user roars loudly, dealing damage to nearby enemies multiple times. This ability does not use Chi and has a 12 second cooldown.
For Stage 8, after pressing Q while in this mode, the user shoots several large black orbs at the direction of the cursor, which explode upon impact and deal great knockback, and are also capable of homing. This move uses 3,700 Stamina and has a cooldown of 13 seconds. Pressing Q while holding down right-click allows the user to use the ability from Stage 6. While this mode is active, the user's basic melee attacks are done with the two black rods, which behave the same as Weapon Ninja Tools.
For Stage 8 and Tentacion Mode, the user can fly up by holding down spacebar and descend by holding X with no cost of Stamina.
Stat Bonuses
Stat bonuses given by Gai Tailed Spirit when activated are:
| Stage | Level Requirement | Chi | Ninjutsu | Taijutsu | Health | Image |
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| Stage 1 (Z + 1) | Level 0 | +1,800 | +1,800 | +2,200 | +1,800 | 
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| Stage 2 (Z + 2) | Level 240 | +2,000 | +2,000 | +2,400 | +2,000 | 
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| Stage 3 (Z + 3) | Level 400 | +2,100 | +2,100 | +2,600 | +2,100 | 
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| Stage 4 (Z + 4) | Level 700 | +2,300 | +2,300 | +2,800 | +2,300 | 
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| Stage 5 (Z + 5) | Level 830 | +2,500 | +2,500 | +3,000 | +2,500 | 
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| Stage 6 (Z + 6) | Level 1200 | +2,650 | +2,650 | +3,000 | +2,650 | 
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| Stage 7 (Z + 7) | Level 1500 | +2,800 | +2,800 | +3,000 | +2,800 | 
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| Stage 8 (Z + 8) | Level 1700 | +2,900 | +2,900 | +3,100 | +2,900 | 
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| Tentacion Mode | Level 2000 | +3,500 | +3,500 | +3,500 | +3,500 | 
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Location
The Gai Tailed Spirit spawns next to the red bridge leading to the outskirts of the Nimbus Village.
Location video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JtOsBu0nlI
Gallery
Trivia
- For unknown reasons, switching back to Stage 1 after switching to a higher stage will cause the user's cloak to have two tails instead of one. This is purely an aesthetic change and does not provide greater stat bonuses.
- Gai Tailed Spirit's Stage 7 bears a striking resemblance to Kor Tailed Spirit's Stage 7, and is likely due to a glitch since the original model had tentacle-like tails instead of being fox-like.
- Gai Tailed Spirit utilizes Ink.
- Gai Tailed Spirit Gen 1 and 2 is based of Eight Tailed Beast (Gyūki) from the anime franchise, Naruto.