r/Nioh

Love this game man. How do you think a heavier hitting and slower weapon would work with the Ninja Class.

I would love to see something like the War Hammer or Dabiliharo sword from Ninja Gaiden Black. I'd also be cool with something like the Scythe from NG2.

Personally I think this would be a great addition, y'all reckon this could work on the Ninja class?

Although it's built around agility etc.... maybe this weapon type could have a higher block stat than the usual ninja weapons? Or maybe it could have the ability to launch certain enemies, stagger etc...

Smarter ppl than I work at Team Ninja, but would be interesting to see how they tackle this.

At higher levels of Stone of Penance, bosses seem to get enhanced ailment resistance, making it harder to inflict Confusion with Thundering + Glacial Calamity (which was my go-to through most of the game), so I'm looking to see what other things can be done for fun.

I'm asking for things that aren't obvious and can increase the skill ceiling in the game. If something only works with certain build options, make sure to say what it is (a set, jutsu-related accessory mods, certain weapon skills, passive skills, etc).

One thing that might help is an analysis of how much ki damage the various jutsus do. I don't have a good way to analyze that (other than going to the training dojo and just kind of eyeballing it).

Here are some things I'm aware of:

• Against most humans, you can follow up a grapple with a quick shuriken / kunai to force a knockdown, allowing a final blow opportunity (fire shuriken can sometimes interfere with this, and storm kunai are too slow to take advantage)
• With most (if not all) weapons, you can speed up jutsu casting speed by casting from the air and following each jutsu with a quick attack.
• Using a jutsu starts your ki recovery, so you can use them in between attacks (particularly in the air) to keep up pressure without running out of ki (particularly good with ranged jutsus that let you move, so you can attack while recovering ki and avoiding the enemy's attacks)
• The passive skill Streamflow should allow you to mix aerial MAs with jutsus to keep long aerial uptime (as long as 3 MAs is enough to refill one use of each of your jutsus, you should be able to have infinite airtime). Add Ascension so that your jutsus get stronger as you do this.
• Hatchets can use Boulder Breaker to disengage (or any weapon can flash attack to hatchets for the same effect) and follow up with any ranged jutsu to keep up the pressure and get back some ki before using Piercing Hurl -> Wild Surge (and potentially flash attack back to your preferred weapon) to get back into melee. You can also toss in a ranged GS skill somewhere for added fun.
• Poison Mist and Flame Breath have much shorter animations from the air. With the Shadowclad passive, they also imbue your weapon.
• Shadowclad can be used to trigger Inari's damage buff without having to worry about elemental talisman onmyo / consumables or locking yourself to Tengen Kujaku.
• Shadowstitch doesn't actually apply an ailment, so it doesn't seem to have a shorter duration no matter how many times you use it on a given enemy. That makes it exceptional in coop, where 3 players can take advantage of the mini-paralysis it causes. It's even better with an accessory that gives additional Shadowstitch stock, letting one ninja apply it two or three times in a row before the enemy gets to do anything.
• The ninja passive skill Physical Art Strike (when used with the common passive skills Flexibility and Tourbillon) lets you use Lightning Step -> Style Shift -> [any strong samurai MA] in a small window from a pretty big range.
• You can also use Physical Art Strike with Pheasant Leap / Cicada Shell to dodge attacks and retaliate with a bit more oomph.
• Ninja passive skills Patience of the Gods + Venomfang Technique + Snakebite Technique should allow you to keep using Poison Mist to keep a boss poisoned most of the fight. Add on Shadowclad so your attacks also apply poison buildup for further poison-induced pain.
• The passive skill Ninjutsu Link works great for Thundering / Tempestuous Calamity and Enhanced Shrapnel Bomb since you can hit multiple enemies and refund the cast even if only a single trash mob dies.
• The Sinister Tyrant set makes Thundering / Glacial Calamity (in particular, but all elemental damage, really) hit like a truck, so long as you have enough spirit force.

Here are some things I'm aware of, but not sure how to capitalize on:

• You can use the various traps from the air, which drops the trap directly beneath you. I don't know if groundfire / toxic groundfire are better than using shrapnel bombs / poison mist directly, but this might be the best way of applying paralysis via jutsu.
• You can flood the zone with caltrops by using Caltrop Ball in your aerial combos. Not sure if this is good vs anything, but its fun to have the floor covered in glowing red spikes.

Im having a lot of fun with all the weapons and cant really decide on just one for a build...So im looking for a build and recommended set that doesn't depend so much on the weapon? Thanks in advance.

What do you think? Is he your favorite boss too?

What’s everyone’s favorite soul core? Are you Ninja build or Samari mainly (or both)?

I hardly ever get stuck on games. I’m stuck on the Baba Nobuhara. I can get really close to beating him but Seems like he can just kill me in a few moves especially if he grabs me. What am i doing wrong? How do i build my defense. The forging system not only seems confusing in this game but very expensive with gold and items.

I somehow just managed to beat Hiruko (Nioh 3) purely in ninja style. I thought his second phase was impossible but it turns out he hates poison.

I have +57 poison imbue hatchets and I use poison ninjutsu alongside it and will literally run away as poison ticks away at a boss’s health bar until they get close enough for me to pull off the cheesy victory. I tried to fight Hiruko in a more noble way but resorted to my comfortable poison cheese to pull off the W.

That’s now the entirety of the game up until this point played entirely in ninja style, seeking the cheesiest wins possible…

I have to ask, is this the most degenerate way to play Nioh 3? Am I missing a huge part of the game by ignoring samurai style and playing this way? Am I a shameful person?

So after running the gauntlet and testing out skills and all that, I like the dual swords. Not just for the look but also the speed and movement they offer, even if they don't hit hard.

But like...are they bad though? Like are they too weak to do everything in the game with? Also side note, what is best armor for them?

So I was kinda burnt out of Dream of the Nioh, so I decided to replay Nioh 2 from NG1 on a new save, and it's really fun seeing how much or my growth is in player skill and not just more levels and better gear. Stuff that used to be super tough for me is just like, not that hard because I know what I'm doing now. It's really fun.

I've nearly perfected my spear build, I've got nothing really left to do except the most minor of adjustments and drop farming. 110 hours in.

But I just can't stop playing. It's so fun, literally the only game I want to touch right now.

I might just working to refine another build entirely and save it to a new gear slot, I guess.

I did a quick search in and couldn't find any relevant info so here goes:

Recently I've been experimenting with retrograde flow water and, among others, I found that it effectively counters most yokai burst attacks..

If anyone else is interested in trying it out, it would be nice to hear your input.