ShiKage's Ultimate Hayato Guide

I didn't like D-->W because the rushing effect tends to be disrupted or incomplete with a large group of mobs.

I'm still at the point where both handily 1hko stuff I'm training on (Surging Blade mostly does too, with Battoujutsu it always does), if I took more hits I'd probably Sweep-D cause it pulls things in and you don't move round the map.

Dankuusen's really the core of all the combos I prefer atm, even dankuusen+ 1 hit of Sanrenzan is a pretty decent move - I find that the Dankuusen+1Sanrenzan is approximately as fast for movement as 3 Surging Blades, although I'm not as good on timing of the repeat casts for that. D-W is much faster than either of them, but is a bulkier combo cause W's a bit slow.

The Dankuusen+Sanrenzan's also nice for turning around, cause it's not really a chain - you can stop after the Sanrenzan (which has an incredibly fast cast anyway), turn around, and immediately Dankuusen the other way.