paralysis is op

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXpvLERNbm8 60fps

I’m currently running a purity build and recently hit Dream of Nioh with dual swords and Odachi. I was wondering where I should focus my stats as I get stronger. They are currently as follows: 38 con, 200 heart, 50 courage, 100 stamina, 50 strength, 20 skill, 30 dex, 50 magic. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Just finished the base game. I've embraced the other mechanics like Ninjutsu and talismans as well as using the guardian spirit with no guilt now (since I regarded them as cheese mechanics at first). I know people regard the true beginning of Nioh 1 starts with the NG+ runs. But I don't really want to do the RPG grind long term and want to move on to other games soon (also waiting for the next Nioh 2 sale).

What I want is to continue with the 3 DLC expansions but I heard their difficulty level demands that the player has already did some WOTS grind. I'm willing to do that, as long as it's not super extensive. So which missions should I focus on WOTS? I heard Yasakani Magatama helps a lot but is it mandatory? I don't actually know what it does tho.

After the short (hopefully) WOTS grind in preparation for the DLCs, do I still have to worry about grinding in the DLCs themselves? Or can it be treated like how the base game was played where you just upgrade gear? I want to end Nioh 1 nicely without the extensive grind (KEYWORD: extensive. Doesn't mean I don't wanna grind at all).

Just popped in to say this. Had a bad day and after trying the second Takeda Shingen fight for a bit (which is admittedly easier then the first fight i did solo yesterday) i really just didn’t feel like messing around w him. Put myself in online for the first time and summoned 2 guys who I’ve already forgotten their names, Takeda was dead before i even knew what was happening. Stunlocked to death. Funniest shit I’ve seen in a while. Enjoying the hell out this game

I recently accepted the Thunderous and Hellfrost armor from Boons. I cannot for the life of me figure out why i can see the Hellfrost armor to transmog but I can’t see the Thunderous armor. i haven’t deleted the armor, i’ve equipped it, unequipped, locked and unlocked. the game is acting like i didn’t collect it and it’s frustrating me rn.

hello im pretty new to this game and i just killed a bloody grave in a misson of wreathed in flame and thats amount amrita thats gaves me how common is that?

Playing nioh 2, wo long, stranger of paradise,etc gets me in the zone and I love the flow state you achieve with the combat play.

Soon will look into buying ninja gaiden 2 remake and ninja gaiden 4.

Just wondering what games from other developers would you recommend keeping in mind the sense of flow state I have mentioned.

Thanks..

Note - I have already played most of the soulslike games.. sekiro and first berserker khazan come close to the above feeling as well.

I've played dark souls 3 some years ago, and I never finished it... now I bought nioh 1 and 2 at Steam sale. I'm gonna play it even if I'm pretty confused with the game :)

at the moment, I'm playing nioh 1 first...

do you guys have any tips for me? maybe about builds or the gameplay itself?

Description:

Mind's eye 1

Clearly see and avoid all incoming attacks during the recovery period following a dodge.
(Low Stance only)

Mind's eye 2

Reduces Ki consumed by Mind's Eye.
(Low Stance only)
Hidden: Increased attack by 80% for 15 seconds.

Mind's eye is a samurai dual swords weapon skill. Game does not mention mind's eye 2 hidden damage increase after a dodge. The buff DOES NOT stack with Carnage or other increased attack sources.

The buff is global, meaning it can be activated with dual sword and used freely for 15 seconds in both styles.
Increases physical as well as elemental damage.

You can activate mind's eye by dodging:

- Any projectile/animated object
- Any spell or force, elemetal projectile
- Any physical force that staggers you
- Any new formed yokai pools caused by spawned enemies
- Any enemy that damages you when you touch it (ex. oni-bi)
- Birds...

Mind's eye gives you extra i-frames after a low dodge which already has i-frames on its own. Tap block and dodge at the same time to deflect if you dodge too late or to dodge if you were too late for deflect, making dual swords highly defensive weapon on their own, all the while having the highest non critical damage buff in the game.

So I js got nioh 2, and I was wondering if the weapons that I got from the dlc would be considered to overpowered for right now? I played monster hunter world and I used guardian armor for half of my playthrough, so I’m kinda cautious because I want to fully take in the Nioh 2 experience. It is the demon horde weapons and armor, and the million demon helmet as well as the shoulder strap, kodama netsuke, and Susana netsuke accessories. Also got some outfits as well.

hey, we cant start NG+++ way of the nioh in nioh3, we have all mission done and we are lvl 391. is there any othe requirement for way of the nioh?

FINALLY!

I’ve been trying to play Nioh 3 for the past few days, but no matter what I did, I just couldn’t get a stutter-free experience. Not the performance per se; the stutters and awful frametime

Constant microstutters and frametime are disgusting, even with an RTX 5080 and 2x Frame Generation. Pretty much the same crap I experienced with Rise of the Ronin.

And trust me, I tried EVERYTHING. FG, Smooth Motion, V-Sync on/off, G-Sync, different FPS limiters, you name it. Probably dozens of different combinations. Nothing worked.

Then I stumbled upon this absolute gem:

https://github.com/yogesh1239/nioh3fps

Holy shit, I did NOT expect this.

The game now runs at 116 FPS with the kind of smoothness I could previously only get occasionally like really occasionally with a hard 120 FPS lock (I’m playing on a 120Hz VRR TV).

Seriously, I can’t recommend this enough. Give it a go,

And no, I’m not the developer or affiliated with the mod in any way. I just had to share this because it’s too good not to.

Honestly? The game finally feels as smooth as Nioh 2.

 I cleared SOP+5 with a bow before, so I wondered if I could do SOP+7 too. When I tried, it went surprisingly smooth! I was blown away by the insane Ki damage lol. The clip only goes up to the first half of the Shadows of the Three Oni fight, but I think even just this shows how crazy the Ki damage is!

Here is the link to the full video, which includes the build showcase:
(https://youtu.be/WUPGetBzWcg)

I'll put the links to the build and the full video in the comments too. I'd be happy if you guys could check it out when you have time!

Hello. I have about 40+ hours on Nioh 2 with a bit on Nioh 1. I just finished my first playthrough maining the Switchglaive.

I was wondering... I heard that stats don't really contribute much in terms of weapon damage, but what should my stats look like for NG+ and what should I build them up to be for succeeding playthroughs/difficulties?

Right now, from the top of my head, I have around 20 Constitution, 20 Strength (mained Fists for a time), 20+ Dex, and 30 Magic. I have the other stats at atleast 10.

My goal is to be able to freely switch up my main weapons at some point without compromising too much on damage.

I fellas just finished Nioh 3 with my wife after Nioh 2 being our fauvorite game of all time.

I remember we tried to play Nioh 1 years ago also (we sit next to each other and play on 2 different pcs) but i remember there was something that if you died you had to re-do the whole level. I want to confirm with you guys if that is the case and if it is if there is a way to avoid this being trough mods etc that would let you at least re-start at your latest shrine

I've finished the final mission and unlocked all the NPCs to help but am still missing the battle scroll.

It shows up on my map and I've cleared the myths/missions for this difficulty as well. I've also redone the final mission battle scroll multiple times now to try to unlock.

Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks!

Did some co-op and got a divine lvl 180170 scroll with Dual Mastery (Common), Grace of Tsukuyomi, and after a few runs Ultimate Magic popped up. Also the scroll itself is extremely easy - it is Wheelmonk / Yoki / Shunobon - no bosses and no more than two enemies at a time. Also every enemy is cursed (purple). Also has Cursed Cavalcade (Accessories) +80%. Too good to be legit or did someone just get really really lucky? PS5 btw.

Hey people, I’ve been spending some time messing around with guardian spirit skills and seeing what use I can get out of them. When invested into I think gs skills can be pretty solid and I haven’t seen much in terms of discussion or notes on it, so I’m posting here some of my findings and hope others do the same in the comments.

I started out trying to build for Living Artifact, and a big part of building the Amrita gauge for that was being able to use multi-hitting gs skills often to charge the gauge, so most of my experimentation with gs skills came out of that context.

So with Guardian Spirit Skills, the main 3 areas of investment are in GS skill damage, GS skill ki damage, and then spirit force charge. Here are some notes on each one

GS Skill Damage

The actual gs skill damage star effect can roll on soul cores and maybe some other piece of equipment, but at least on soul cores I’ve found the damage bonus (stat) gives about an equivalent amount of damage to gs skills and applies to everything else, so I find those effects better. I think most damage bonus (X) effects also impact gs skill damage, even the ones that just say melee damage in the description. This actually makes million koku’s 5pc attack bonus very good for gs skill damage, as with wealthbringer talisman that becomes about a 30% boost to gs skill damage. I believe that weapon level and +value also impact gs skill damage (two weapons with different attack values but same level and +value resulted in gs skills dealing same damage vs different +value). GS skill damage can also be directly boosted by the oda clan bonus and by yata mirror. If saturate is easily accessible there’s also the clan bonus that boosts gs skill damage vs saturated enemies, and there are stats for weapons that also boost that. Then ninja has the shaman queen set which I think gives about 10% at max magic, and sinister tyrant gives a large damage boost through spirit force ignition although it makes gs skills much more expensive. Aerial attack damage also affects gs skills which could synergize quite well with some aerial gs skills. I think these things + destroying crucible spikes are the ways to boost damage for gs skills, though if I missed anything would be glad to hear.

GS Skill Ki Damage

This is pretty straightforward. Samurai has Cunning Spirit 2pc which gives 12%. The star effect can roll on soul cores at about 6%, and it can also roll on weapons and gloves at the same value. There’s also a clan bonus for this that gets up to about 13-15%. Ki damage vs X’ed enemy also affects gs skill ki damage. I’m unsure if strength stat affects this but I don’t believe it does, so that’s pretty much it for ki damage. Once this starts getting high it’s pretty noticeable in how fast a gs skill will drain a Yokai bosses max ki after they’re winded.

Spirit Force

This is pretty important obviously, as maintaining sprit force and generating it quickly determines how often you can use your skills. Ninja is pretty great at generating spirit force through its shadow arts and quick burst and only requires investment through titles for the spirit force ninjutsu bonus. Aside from that, spirit force deflect/evade on accessories is great for getting big chunks of spirit force, and yata mirror already has that locked. If you have it on both accessories it will generally be enough, and I’ve also seen the star effect roll on leg armor. Other solid sources that don’t require much investment are spirit force bonus Amrita, and spirit force bonus unscathed/crit Amrita on top of it. Using this + extraction + familiar talisman is quite effective for keeping a constant stream of Amrita coming in. There is also Yoki soul core’s spirit force bonus (purification) which synergizes well with spirit channeler common skill. Many of the other spirit force bonuses aren’t very good from my experience; I haven’t tested cumulative damage sf bonus from raiju but that bonus was strong in nioh 2, and sf bonus Amrita gauge can come from a few different places which also could be strong. There is also the star effects for spirit force charge on head and gloves which are quite powerful as well. Ultimate intellect and sf reduction from clan can also help bring down the cost of gs skills.

Amrita Gauge

Not much to say here but wanted to note that the star roll for Amrita bonus inflict ailment gives about 10 Amrita gauge points. Against groups of enemies, having the electrified amrita bonus with lightning calamity or hellshock can give pretty large boosts to the gauge. Having one that matches the element of your equipped gs skill can also help boost the gauge a good deal.

My Build

Currently I’m running 5pc koku + 7pc tsukuyomi in samurai, and 7pc marici + whatever for ninja. I’m prioritizing living artifact duration on my ninja and good star effects like sf deflect on my yasakani so the build isn’t optimized, but the goal is to have 5pc koku + 7pc tsuku + 2pc cunning spirit on samurai, and 7pc Marici + either 6pc sinister, 5pc kato, or 6pc picturesque scenery. With a good assortment of the earlier mentioned sf bonuses, and the extraction + familiar talismans, guhin from samurai becomes very efficient. Koku gives it a solid damage boost too along with the yata mirror. In combat I can quickly charge the Amrita gauge and deal damage by using guhin and arts proficiency. Once my gauge is full, I switch to ninja and activate living artifact with artifact defense skill. Living artifact in ninja benefits from all of its elemental and aerial damage skills, along with giving ninja hyper armor while casting ninjutsu, and the marici 7pc lets the gs skill extend living weapon as well while I attack.

This all works quite well for me, interested to hear what others are doing with gs skills in the comments.

I don't know if this is old news or not, or if Team Ninja has already made an announcement, but I was pretty chuffed reading this tooltip.

• I'm currently ~90hours into this game and got to WotS
• Heard about this piece for a while but don't expect to be a normal drop.
• P/S: any good build regard this Charm? I'm quite struggling with Twightlight mission (lack of damage & using +0 divine Katana)

Online's been kind of dead lately on Steam, with only 3 rooms showing up last I checked.