Nioh 2 | PS4 | Out Now

[Brief Keef]

i might respec (i dont wanna lean on the suri like i did in nioh 1) i main the hatchets now so i might as well put those dex points in skill and make the dual swords my 2nd....smh some of these maps have 2 mini boss fights and 2 main boss fights.
each mission is takin me like a hr minus the dying some of the maps just cruel the enemy placement...big goons be hanging on trees my soul almost came out my body with this jump scare

 

[FloorGeneral]

i might respec (i dont wanna lean on the suri like i did in nioh 1) i main the hatchets now so i might as well put those dex points in skill and make the dual swords my 2nd....smh some of these maps have 2 mini boss fights and 2 main boss fights.
each mission is takin me like a hr minus the dying some of the maps just cruel the enemy placement...big goons be hanging on trees my soul almost came out my body with this jump scare

Yeah, they fukked me when they took Tonfa from skill. It’s courage now, so it’s gonna be a bytch playing with 3 different weapons. I’ll make it work though. I’m still trying to adjust to my toughness not being up to par. I’m still spoiled from my A agility/A toughness character in the first game. I might respec myself and start investing in stamina so I can atleast get up to B toughness with A agility.

And you’re not lying about the maps. Levels feel LONG now. I think that could also be our unfamiliarity with them too. I knew the Nioh 1 levels like the back of my hand. Once we learn these, shyt will go quicker I’m sure.

And lol at enemies hanging out in trees. First time an Enki landed on me I was like

 

[Brief Keef]

Yeah, they fukked me when they took Tonfa from skill. It’s courage now, so it’s gonna be a bytch playing with 3 different weapons. I’ll make it work though. I’m still trying to adjust to my toughness not being up to par. I’m still spoiled from my A agility/A toughness character in the first game. I might respec myself and start investing in stamina so I can atleast get up to B toughness with A agility.

And you’re not lying about the maps. Levels feel LONG now. I think that could also be our unfamiliarity with them too. I knew the Nioh 1 levels like the back of my hand. Once we learn these, shyt will go quicker I’m sure.

And lol at enemies hanging out in trees. First time an Enki landed on me I was like

lmao word @ that enki but nah they're def longer now yea we'll learn them and they'll fly by after a bit but they're still longer

 

[Don Mack]

I switched my Guardian from Brute to Feral to experiment because I kept getting beat by a boss and the difference is night and day. No longer have to worry about being tired and getting slaughtered after stamina runs out as long as you have a little anima. Beat the boss easily after that. I think they might nerf Feral in the future but hopefully not.

 

[Brief Keef]

I switched my Guardian from Brute to Feral to experiment because I kept getting beat by a boss and the difference is night and day. No longer have to worry about being tired and getting slaughtered after stamina runs out as long as you have a little anima. Best the boss easily after that. I think they might nerf Feral in the future but hopefully not.

the burst counter for the phantom form is wack the timing gotta be just right...i think you gotta counter right up close to get it right...im def gonna respec when i get home

 

[Brief Keef]

mighta been the dopest boss fight ive seen in a min in a video game

 

[FloorGeneral]

I switched my Guardian from Brute to Feral to experiment because I kept getting beat by a boss and the difference is night and day. No longer have to worry about being tired and getting slaughtered after stamina runs out as long as you have a little anima. Beat the boss easily after that. I think they might nerf Feral in the future but hopefully not.

lol what took you so long? I've been on Feral since the beta. The only time I've tried the others is in the tutorial. Just feels like Feral fits my style more. Plus I've been rocking with the bird guardian for increased running speed and ki recovery speed. I just now switched over to a different guardian to switch it up for a bit.

If Kara-Jishi isn't in this game, and if it is, it's not Feral, I'm gonna be upset.

I haven't done shyt today except farm these 2 bosses for skills. Still trying to get this other Dual Sword skill from Imagawa. shyt's a pain in the ass.

 

[Morose Polymath]

lol what took you so long? I've been on Feral since the beta. The only time I've tried the others is in the tutorial. Just feels like Feral fits my style more. Plus I've been rocking with the bird guardian for increased running speed and ki recovery speed. I just now switched over to a different guardian to switch it up for a bit.

If Kara-Jishi isn't in this game, and if it is, it's not Feral, I'm gonna be upset.

I haven't done shyt today except farm these 2 bosses for skills. Still trying to get this other Dual Sword skill from Imagawa. shyt's a pain in the ass.

Which skill you farming for?

 

[FloorGeneral]

Which skill you farming for?

Right now I'm trying to get 'Punish the Proud' for Dual Swords. I got Dragon Fang (Katana) and Dragon Claw (Dual Swords) from Saito. Both of those are replacements for grapple though.

Here's a known list as of now from reddit:

Spoiler: Boss Skill Drops

Sword:

• Dragon Fang (drop from Yoshytatsu Saito)
  
  
• True and Through (drop from Azai Nagamasa)
  

Dual Swords:

• Punish the Proud (drop from Yoshimoto Imagawa)
  
  
• Double-Headed Slice (drop from Tokichiro)
  
  
• Ultimate Sign of The Cross (drop from Tokichiro) thanks to u/PooferLlama
  
  
• Dragon Claw (drop from Yoshytatsu Saito)
  

Spear:

• Triple Threat (drop from Toshiie Maeda)
  
  
• Bracing Breeze (drop from Toshiie Maeda)
  

Switchglaive:

• Windswept (drop from Yoshimoto Imagawa)
  
  
• Fleeting Edge (drop from Mumyo in dojo) thanks to u/Vikaluka
  

Axe:

• Spirit Storm (drop from Obsidian Samurai) thanks to u/mararioch
  

Kusarigama:

• Water Drop (drop from Hachisuka Koroku) thanks to u/n7_stormreaver
  
  
• Second Wind (drop from Hachisuka Koroku)
  

Odachi:

• Dragon Horn (drop from Yoshytatsu Saito)
  
  
• Swirling Snow (drop from Magara Naotaka) thanks to u/Gailardios
  

Dual Hatchets:

• Deadly Spiral (drop from Shibata Katsuie) thanks to u/Yamerus
  

Tonfa:

• Storm of Strikes (drop from Hattori Hanzo in dojo) thanks to u/Bradleye
  

 

[Morose Polymath]

Right now I'm trying to get 'Punish the Proud' for Dual Swords. I got Dragon Fang (Katana) and Dragon Claw (Dual Swords) from Saito. Both of those are replacements for grapple though.

Here's a known list as of now from reddit:

Spoiler: Boss Skill Drops

Sword:

• Dragon Fang (drop from Yoshytatsu Saito)
  
  
• True and Through (drop from Azai Nagamasa)

Dual Swords:

• Punish the Proud (drop from Yoshimoto Imagawa)
  
  
• Double-Headed Slice (drop from Tokichiro)
  
  
• Ultimate Sign of The Cross (drop from Tokichiro) thanks to u/PooferLlama
  
  
• Dragon Claw (drop from Yoshytatsu Saito)

Spear:

• Triple Threat (drop from Toshiie Maeda)
  
  
• Bracing Breeze (drop from Toshiie Maeda)

Switchglaive:

• Windswept (drop from Yoshimoto Imagawa)
  
  
• Fleeting Edge (drop from Mumyo in dojo) thanks to u/Vikaluka

Axe:

• Spirit Storm (drop from Obsidian Samurai) thanks to u/mararioch

Kusarigama:

• Water Drop (drop from Hachisuka Koroku) thanks to u/n7_stormreaver
  
  
• Second Wind (drop from Hachisuka Koroku)

Odachi:

• Dragon Horn (drop from Yoshytatsu Saito)
  
  
• Swirling Snow (drop from Magara Naotaka) thanks to u/Gailardios

Dual Hatchets:

• Deadly Spiral (drop from Shibata Katsuie) thanks to u/Yamerus

Tonfa:

• Storm of Strikes (drop from Hattori Hanzo in dojo) thanks to u/Bradleye

yeah I'm nowhere near ready for any of those, haven't touched the game since this weekend. Despite the Rona Quarantine, Ive still been hella busy with work

 

[Animal House]

Yo this game is the shyt!

I love this already like Bloodborne. I been playing Sekiro and Bloodborne a days before I copped so I had to readjust my skills but that didn’t take long. I only beat the second boss and did one sub mission of the first level where they Yokai rush you, my magic is at a 10 but I haven’t got anything to use it for. How do I use magic?

 

[Fani Willis fan]

Installing

 

[FloorGeneral]

Yo this game is the shyt!

I love this already like Bloodborne. I been playing Sekiro and Bloodborne a days before I copped so I had to readjust my skills but that didn’t take long. I only beat the second boss and did one sub mission of the first level where they Yokai rush you, my magic is at a 10 but I haven’t got anything to use it for. How do I use magic?

Long-ish answer, so I put it in a spoiler.

Spoiler

First you have to unlock skills. Go to the onmyo tree in the ‘Learn Skills’ menu. The tree is self explanatory. You have to unlock certain skills to get access to other skills. Wander around the tree and figure out what direction you wanna go. Don’t worry about messing up too much, as you can reset your skills whenever you want in the dojo (provided you have gold to pay).

You unlock the skills with points. You get points in 3 ways: leveling up the magic skill (your level 10), using magic (raising proficiency) and picking up mages locks. There are locks (both onmyo and ninjitsu) littered throughout the game, so get all the treasures. There’s an option you can change to have them consumed automatically when you pick them up, but it’s not like that by default, so check your items to see if you’ve picked any up so far.

When you unlock them, go to a shrine and move to the ‘ready jutsu’ tab. There you activate what scrolls you want. Each scroll costs a certain amount of points to activate, and you’re limited to how many points you can use. So you gotta pick and choose what you want active at a time. Keep in mind that you can level up most skills multiple times, which will lower the point requirement for each scroll, thus letting you activate more at a time.

The more you level up the magic skill, the more points you get. First game capped off at level 30 before it stopped raising your points. After that, it just made it stronger. There’s also a skill in both the ninja and magic trees that will raise it some more. First game capped at 34 I think, so I’m sure this will be the same.

Once it’s ready at the shrine, just set them to the quick menu and start using them. Once you run out, praying at a shrine will replenish them 100%. Also, there’s an item (Sacred Brush) that you can use at any time that will replenish 30% of your onmyo, so usually around one scroll. Ninjutsu has a similar item, called a Shinobi Box. Both these items are hard to come by early on though. You’ll eventually get a smithing text that you can use to make them (‘Forge’ menu at the Blacksmith), and access to the Hidden Teahouse where you can buy them.

Hope that helps.

 

[Brief Keef]

Yo this game is the shyt!

I love this already like Bloodborne. I been playing Sekiro and Bloodborne a days before I copped so I had to readjust my skills but that didn’t take long. I only beat the second boss and did one sub mission of the first level where they Yokai rush you, my magic is at a 10 but I haven’t got anything to use it for. How do I use magic?

this all u need playa

Nioh 2 - Walkthrough and Strategy Guide - SAMURAI GAMERS

 

[Animal House]

the burst counter for the phantom form is wack the timing gotta be just right...i think you gotta counter right up close to get it right...im def gonna respec when i get home

I started with phantom to and there is a bit of timing to do it right. I switched to feral last night and it’s mad easy to perfect counter