The Staff discipline makes use of an "extendable" staff; this otherwise makes its moveset one of the more eccentric yet unpredictable ones around. It partially concentrates on using simple and combined hand movements and gyrations which, unfortunately, is justified with dealing minimal damage. However, these combos can be stretched to long-range combos with the staff, if the corresponding buttons are pressed and held down, instead of letting go of them quickly. It should be said, however, that most of the combos take a delay time to be executed; this becomes the ultimate Achilles' heel of the user. On the one hand, a dramatic increase in damage compensates for this.