Blade: Metsu

Weapon Skill Information
Description:	Yoshimitsu/Kikoku: Additional Effect: Temporarily enhances Subtle Blow effect.
Weapon Type:	Katana  Skill	Target:	Single
Class:	Physical
Stat Modifier:	80% DEX	fTP:	5.0
TP Modifier	1000 TP	2000 TP	3000 TP
Aftermath (+10 Subtle Blow):	20 seconds	40 seconds	60 seconds
Skillchain:	Darkness / Fragmentation
Command:	/ws "Blade: Metsu" <stnpc>
Job Level Information
Level	Jobs
75	NIN via Yoshimitsu or Kikoku
85	NIN via Sekirei

Equipment Modifying Ability
Equipment	Lvl.	Slot	Modifier
Yoshimitsu			In Dynamis: Weapon skill access, Relic Aftermath
Sekirei			Weapon skill access after performing 13 other weapon skills
File:Kikoku icon.png KikokuFile:Kikoku description.png			Weapon skill access, Relic Aftermath
Kikoku (Level 90)			Blade: Metsu damage +25%
Kikoku (Level 95)			Blade: Metsu damage +25%
Kikoku (Level 99)			Blade: Metsu damage +40%
Kikoku (Level 99 II)			Blade: Metsu damage +40%
Kikoku (Level 119)			Blade: Metsu damage +40%
Kikoku (Level 119 II)			Blade: Metsu damage +40%
Kikoku (Level 119 III)			Blade: Metsu damage +40%

Notes

• Relic Aftermath: Subtle Blow +10
  • Kikoku (Level 119 III) gives Subtle Blow +10, Attack +10%.
  • Sekirei does not give Aftermath
  • This is subject to the normal 50 Subtle Blow cap.

Translation/Localization

• "Metsu" means more than the other Katana Weapon Skills. The kanji for the WS in Japanese is 生者必滅, which means "All living things must eventually die". In short it could also mean "Return to nothing". In the English version, it is shortened from "shou ja hitsu metsu" to simply "Blade: Metsu".
• 生者必滅 is also Final Fantasy VII's Yuffie Kisaragi's second level 3 Limit Break, localized as "Doom of the Living" in the English version.
  
  
  

References

• Related - Blade: Metsu in action.
• Translation Note reference (ffdq.com)
• Blade Metsu testing (Langly, BG)