Oikaze & Rairei Tag Team Guide — Every Combo Answered

Published 2026-09-11Updated 2026-09-184 min read

The thunder brothers' double fight solved: kill order, substitution grabs, and all four duo combo attacks with their exact counters.

Gale and Thunder, fighting as one — the brothers' coordinated rematch.

The tag-team rematch at Kennin-ji reuses both brothers' solo movesets — nothing new individually — but wraps them in four coordinated duo attacks. Learn the kill order and the four answers, and the four health bars stop looking scary.

Core Strategy

  • Kill Oikaze first. The gale brother is the more disruptive of the pair; take him out, then duel Rairei alone.
  • Watch the substitutions. One brother engages while the other hangs back, and they trade places mid-fight — the swap moment is when grab attacks sneak in. Keep both in view at all times.
  • No new solo moves. Everything they do alone matches their earlier fights; your muscle memory transfers.

The Four Duo Combos

Combo 1 — Linked charge. The brothers teleport together, Rairei back-to-back with Oikaze, and Oikaze rockets at you head-first. Deflect or block only — it's his old charge with a tag-team skin.

Combo 2 — Double ultimate. Both teleport together and raise their weapons, then unleash their phase-two ultimates simultaneously. See the wind-up, sprint to maximum range — at enough distance you don't even need to dodge.

Combo 3 — Sky ride and lightning dive. They board their shared mount, take off, and lightning hammers the ground while they circle — then they dive-charge you. The longest wind-up of the four: dodge the falling bolts, line up the charge, and sidestep it.

Combo 4 — Pincer from both flanks. They teleport in standing apart, then charge you from both sides. The shortest tell of the four — watch their positioning the moment they reappear, and dodge laterally early.

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