Originally Posted by
Lord Falcon
Ha! Nicely done with the pun. Gramps may have open rolled attack too, agreed.
Houken doesn't use armor at all and is only shown using one type of weapon - a glaive. He used the glaive even when his arm is broken and swapping to something different would probably work better, allowing Shin greater leverage in their duel when Shin attacked his blade.
Houken puts a lot of stock in mystical descriptions of martial prowess.
He waltzes into armies, wrecks shit like some unstoppable force of nature, and then leaves. Much more of a Technician playstyle. So that's my take.