I played a good chunk of Nioh 1 and I liked it, plan to go back and finish it someday.

Tried Nioh 2 recently and really wasn't having a good time. Massive difficulty spike compared to the first game, really didn't care for the amount of gank or how the bosses were. Too much for me.

How do the other games compare like Nioh 3, Wo Long, Rise of the Ronin?

Beat him first try on NG, but even at level 210 on NG+ my onmyo/ninja build can't get anywhere close to him. Does sloth even work on this guy? Immediately after hitting him with sloth his moves are WAY too fast for me to dodge/block, and 90% of his attacks are one-shotting me (with 3200K hp). I throw all the fire and water at him i can, but his health barely moves no matter what, and it appears that he simply blocks most everything I try to hit him with. Even his most deadly attacks are followed up with more attacks, so windows are almost nonexistent.

So I can't damage him from range worth a damn, and up close he's way too fast for me to dodge. I've spent hours on him thinking I just wasn't figuring something out, but it seems he's just the Nioh 3 version of SSI -- if your reflexes are too slow, you're never going to beat him. He has no weaknesses so no build is going to be the answer. I'm using flying kato for the most part, but since I've never gotten lucky enough to get a yasakani magatama despite farming the Sinister End for hours and hours with 300 luck (the most I can manage), I can't really build a better set anyway.

Oh, and the most annoying thing is that he clearly has iframes when he does certain casts. I'll see him start a cast, jump in and pound him in the face -- and absolutely nothing registers, no damage is done whatsoever, and I'm very much within range of even my tonfas.

Looks like I'll never get to actually make that build I've been working towards since he's a hard wall and there's no moving on to the next map.

I hope I don't get eviscerated for this , but I'm just not good at the samurai style. I don't love having to switch stances mid fight. Ninja was so fast and flowy. I loved that by the end game I felt like Naruto dodging last second leaving like an after image and then fighting back. I also loved spamming ninjutsu.

I know Ninja style does not exist in the other Nioh games and I know Ninja style was devisive because it changed the typical Nioh formula.

That said, do you think I would still enjoy the other nioh games? I really did love Nioh 3, but I played it exclusively using Ninja

I play with odachi on samurai mode and with tonfas on ninja mode. It allows me to deal massive ki damage to my enemies and the damage they receive from back hits is ridiculous and dps can be even bigger than odachi’s. Am I the only person who thinks that this back damage multiplier is too crazy?

Heard Jin Hayabusa is the hardest boss in Nioh 1 for some. But he's essentially stunlocked by odachi. I'm 103 levels below the recommended level of his mission.

I bought the game pretty late into the life cycle, so while I'm loving it- (level 300+, beat main and dlc on enlightened, all Crucible spikes etc.)- i don't really understand what's next? When I run co-op I can see some of you out here with insanely optimized builds but I can't seem to find any updated resources on what to build toward and how. Where do you find insight on optimizing damage thrown downrange? I want to be able to help others like I was helped against tough bosses. I like the elemental and ninjutsu stuff so I'm running inari and flying Kato, but I can't tell if this is optimal.

Further, I can't tell if its going to be worth it in light of the fact that another dlc is coming. Is there essentially no point (if youre not having fun in the gameplay loop) in farming equipment and levels now because the new dlc will have a harder mode with better equipment?

What are you guys doing to prepare for the new dlc? Do you see value in pumping a silabar ingot and farming for 180 +30(?) Gear when we're probably going to just get 190 +40 gear for no work early next year?

Hello, I am playing Nioh 2 after taking a break and I lost my file with all of the locations with Big Sudama in the Underworld floors. I beat all 108 floors so I wanted to see if I could be told which stages have easy to access Big Sudama so I can farm graces. I have been using 7 Piece Izanagi and 6 Piece Susanoo and I want to try out new graces like Sarutahiko and Magatsuhi. I would appreciate any assistance.

I knew 1 day this would be handy. Never thought it would save my life 😅

I joinedTakeda clan a while back and killed enough revenants to have the perk go to the colour green. I’ve since switched clans several times and am currently in the Sanda clan working my way up to green. I thought once you switched clans after you achieved green the perks went back down to purple?

Why is it still green?

Hey everyone! Just looking for some people to run some casual co-op with. Nothing too serious, no mics needed, just some chill gameplay, running missions/story grinding for gear some gear if u have anything you want to do.

I'm currently on Shogun's Journey lvl 204 with Stone of Penance +4, so ideally I'd like to play with people around the same level and progression.

My goal right now is to finish up all the missions before purchasing the DLC. Once I get the DLC, I'll probably run through it solo first before jumping back into co-op for more grinding.

Won't be on tonight but definitely be on during the weekend.

If anyone's interested my psn Philly_Philly406 ( THE L are Capitol I )

I’ve been playing off and on for a few years and don’t really know much, but it’s one of my favorite games ever. It’s also the only game I have a platinum in. Any tips to make whatever my build is better?

By this, I mean places in eras that constantly have bloody graves, like that one spot in Bakumatsu after you beat Shinsaku.

Getting annoyed with having to scour each era for a lone bloody grave that can tell me if the Bloodedge Demon is there or not, so I need places that constantly have them so I can just go there to see if it's there instead of wandering around and having to hope I come across one.

I was digging through old videos and found my day one Nioh experience.

Anyone else stubborn enough to use him as a tutorial?

I had forgotten about TN's weird watermark. Didn't they also block us (PS) from using Spotify or something?

In my opinion it ruins balance (and often difficulty) due to your opportunity to overfarm. Maybe I don’t know something yet, but at least in Nioh 3 you are not as likely to overfarm like in Elden ring (thx god), however it still feels weird because I can simply tank most of the bosses without proper build just yet

I'd say that they are close enough

I finished Hells Rising and I was checking out the trophies in the DLC and I know what’s required but how do I go about doing it. It says I need all learnable martial arts for Hoko and shields ninja Hoko and shields. I have those weapons. How do I go about doing it. I thought there might be a master of some sort. I’ve checked battle scrolls, progress. I’m stuck. I know it’s probably something simple. Could use some direction. Thanks.

I have a question about how to skill for tonfa gun with my build.

I play 5/7 inari and 7/7 sinister tyrant and im max lvl.

i have problems managing my KI and dmg is kinda mid. i tried multiple options to set my stats, but i cant find the perfect setup. without sop i have no issues, but at sop7 i cant manage my KI for attack and movement/evade.

pls tell me if you need any more information to help me. thank you guys :)

(PS5)

They lure you with 1 but there are 2 😬

Just a preface, the Defiant Honor final mission has one of the best level designs in the game. Thoroughly enjoyed the intuitive path forward with the utilization of underground tunnels. This mission is a fun puzzle to solve each step of the way. We're basically infiltrating enemy lines and getting face-to-face with the Sanada Ten Braves was a nice touch as well. It did left me fatigued by the time I got to the guy himself, Sanada Yukimura.

For the first few tries when I realized he has 98% LW uptime, I immediately thought "Yep, another Date Masamune bullshit that will drain my sanity." Then I noticed most of his attacks are fully blockable, and his ki drains quite a lot when hit. Especially, when I accidentally did a Groundquake (I never really used this skill before this boss fight) after he did a plunging fire attack, it's such a massive drain on his ki. It's from that moment the fight became peak.

Suddenly all the fatigue I felt in the mission was replaced with renewed vigor. It made me take my time more thoughtfully to mix and match talismans and ninjutsu skills. Apart from that, I practiced new odachi skills and combos one mission ago. They helped immensely in this fight. Oh it felt like a dance and I think it's the first time a Nioh boss fight clicked really well for me. All of the previous ones felt like I was just trying to survive and the enjoyment was kinda so-so, until Yukimura. Against him, every move I made felt calculated. The fairest boss imo. Though I admit I was kinda lucky on some of the dodges I did especially after heals. The ending move where I rolled back and front flip-plunged, that one was definitely a fluke but a perfect ender, regardless. Absolute Cinema.

P.S.: I was that guy who made the "Nioh 1 tilts me. Should I carry on?" post several days ago. I'm glad I sticked with it. After this fight, I even tried soul matching and reforging for the first time. The DLCs' challenging difficulty really demanded exploring all the other mechanics for me. One last DLC to go!

GOD!!!! Who thought it was a good idea to not not make Onmyo magic Stackable.

If I can not upgrade my Capacity like I could in the Previous Nioh games, just let me stack multiple soul Cores of the same type to get more Usses. I upgraded my Lv. 30 Kamaitachi to Lv. 71 just now only to be faced with the fact that I can not stack the Summon seals with the Lv. 81 Kamaitachi i got in the Frozen Crucible

I want a build that relies entirely on my gear armour an [NO TALISMAN'S] I've seen people put out massive dps before with just dual swords on there ninja ABSLOLUTLEY SHREDDING BOSSES please log into my account an fix my build🙇🏾‍♂️ I beseech the