How to get Serpent (Snake) Breathing in Slayers 2

Serpent’s trainer is a short run from where you start: Obari stands on the cliffs above Windy Peak, the starting village, about forty seconds’ run away. Three things confuse people about this style, and each has an answer below.

On a bare rocky hilltop. The interaction prompt reads Serpent Trainer Obari over Chat. The minimap in the corner shows Shrine, Mother Bear and Bamboo Grove.

Serpent or Snake?

Same style, two names. Snake Breathing is the name you will often meet outside the game, in videos and tier lists. Search for either and you are looking for the same thing.

The game’s own labels all say Serpent:

the trainer’s prompt, Serpent Trainer Obari;
the boss title, The Serpent King;
the drops, Serpent Haori, Serpent Katana and Slithering Serpent;
and the note beside the move scroll for a Slayer who uses another style, Missing Serpent.

So when the game tells you what you are missing, the word it uses is Serpent.

Does Obari want Demon Horns?

Serpent’s price is settled except for the horns: Obari may want 20, or none.

Requirement	Amount
Level	25
Beast Cores	5
Demon Horns	20 or none

What to do about it

Talk to Obari before you farm anything. He is a short run from the starting village, so checking his dialogue costs you about a minute. The full training bill may run higher than this table. If you want one trip only, bring 5 Beast Cores and 20 Demon Horns, which covers both versions of the price.

Beast Cores, also called demon cores, come from the horned demons that appear at night; see where to farm Beast Cores and Demon Horns. He may also ask for 1,000 Wen, so keep some on you.

The short climb to him

Leave the starting village; you pass the bandit camp on the way.
The area label under you reads Wilderness, then Bamboo Grove.
A wall climb prompt comes up at the first rock face. From here it is up: head for the top of the mountain.
Obari is at the top.

Several trainer routes reportedly need climbing, so unlock Double Jump and Wall Climb in the skill tree by level 25.

Two NPCs called Obari

The trainer on the cliff and the world boss The Serpent King (Obanai in the anime) share a name but are separate NPCs in separate places. The trainer teaches you the style. The boss stands in the open further on, in Bamboo Grove just past Mother Bear, on the way to the Thunder trainer. Killing the boss does not unlock Serpent; farming him is covered on the Obari boss page.

What the boss does give is the style’s ultimate as a scroll. Its line stays struck through until you qualify: Must be Slayer if you are not a Slayer, Missing Serpent if you are a Slayer on another style. You need to be a Slayer, and a Serpent user, before it can drop for you.

Obari's health bar with the drop list printed under it — `The Serpent King` `Obari`: the health bar, and under it every drop with its chance.

Obari's boss health bar, with the skill drop struck through and a red note beside it — `The Serpent King` `Obari`, `3000 / 3000`, `World Events Chest`. Under the bar: `Serpent Haori x1 (3%)`, `Serpent Katana x1 (5%)`, and `Slithering Serpent x1 (5%)` struck through, with `Missing Serpent` in red beside it.

Serpent Haori: 3%
Serpent Katana: 5%
Slithering Serpent: 5% at launch; the v.09 patch raised every boss skill drop by 5%, so it is higher now

Farming him for the katana? The drop calculator turns those percentages into kill counts.

After you pay: training

Paying Obari opens a training quest that ends with a trainee fight. Serpent’s five minigames, in order, are on the training quest page. Muzan’s trainee hunts for demons cover five styles, and Serpent is not one of them. Stone’s six steps on the breathing styles page give an idea of the format.

Changes, and what the lists say

Neither patch touched Serpent. It stays among the strong specialists: its teleport and knock-up moves set up combos, and its barrages hold up in PvE. Serpent and Thunder are both good farming picks.

All three lists put Serpent in A, one of only two styles they agree on (Sound is the other). The tier list comparison sets every style side by side.

ABeebom
ADestructoid
APro Game Guides

No official showcase

The developer, Ouw Productions, previewed six styles before release. Serpent and Insect are the two without a showcase, so the nearest thing is the trainer route video, where Serpent is the first stop.

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Serpent is the first trainer in this run: the short climb from the starting village up to Obari.

Picked Serpent and regretting it? Switching costs a reset from the shop; the switching section has the price.