Nioh 2: 10 Tips Every Player Should Know

Small tip for sneaking around, it worked in Nioh 1 and it works here too - hold the block button and walk up to the enemy. You literally tiptoe around when you do this. Also works great for narrow ledges bc it makes you walk in a straight line. Still gotta get the sneak attack skill tho, just dont want the tiger scroll, such a waste.

Such a deep combat system, good Lord. I’m STILL trying to find a weapon I feel comfortable with. Wish me luck and to all of you stay safe indoors and play more Nioh 2.

Here's some additional tips: 1) Burst Counters, each have their advantages, and some are more valuable in certain situations than others. I would recommend either Brute or Feral as starter guardian spirits as their Anima bonus is more useful in the early game. 2) Soul Core typings can be changed by combining them with mortal soul cores of different types. In this way you can create a phantom type Ippon-Datara soul core. 3) Getting a headshot on an enemy prior to engagement is normally more advantageous than a sneak attack, and leave mortal enemies prone. It's also the best way to grab an enemy's attention and pull them from patrols. 4) Early on in the game, there's very little need to respec if you spread out your points for the initial few levels. Min-maxing is best saved for end-game. 5) Whetstones are a thing, if you have a large stack of them, don't hesitate to use them on your new shiny weapon. 6) I genuinely didn't know that, but there's honestly few instances where I need to pause in the middle of a fight. 7) The Dojo Missions needed to unlock skills are unlocked via story. Also, while the novice dojo missions are easy, they do get harder. 8) You can also get locks of hair you missed in a mission by playing as a visitor. Simply look up where the locks of hair are in that particular mission, and guide your quarry to them. When they loot the hairs, they will also drop for you. 9) Try to get quick winded recovery on a piece of gear and keep it through your playthrough via soul matching. You'll thank me later. 10) Sell blues, yellows, and whites; disassemble purples. Money is important for soul matching and forging. You'll also quickly get to a point where rarity and abilities on your armor are more important than anything else, and it's much easier to soul match a low level piece of gear with baller abilities than it is to play the rng slots to try and replicate it through forging.

You can gesture at mimics instead of fighting them.

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A game with a legit pause feature. Haven't seen that i a while

I just discovered something today, not sure if it was a secret or not, but it gave me an achievement Hehe. When scrolling on the main map, the controller will vibrate and the circle will turn from blue to red. Click on it when it's red and it's gives you a piece of lore and an item. You also unlock the explorer title and achievement.

When starting a new character I used to wait until "Manage Soul Cores" option was available before equipping a soul core. You don't need to wait, you can equip them as soon as you get 1 which is usually in the very 1st mission which gives a small damage boost.

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That fact that you can pause just blew my mind!

An actual pause button wow I didn't even think to look for that. I'm so used to these souls like not having them, thanks for that tip above all!!!

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One thing I felt like wasn't explained clearly (or I just missed it) is how Yokai enemies have two Ki gauges. You need to blow through their first one to begin staggering them with attacks (at this point you can go on the offensive), and then depleting the second one lets you knock them down for a grapple.

Feral burst attack dodge is also great in that you can cancel any move and immediately dodge

Didn't even notice until watching this video, but you can easily see whether a piece of armor is light medium or heavy by the number of weight icons grayed out to the left of the defense number

You make the best rpg videos thanks for all the build videos that's have saved me so much time

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Great advice thank you and just wanted to ask if i should offer all the equipment im not using anymore in the shrine or keep it?

I got this back when it first came and and spent only around 50 hours playing and I got fairly decent at the combat. I just started from scratch after beating Elden Ring and I do not remember it being this difficult 😅 I shall persevere! I also watched this video back then too and now I am again. Thank you 🙏🏻

Unless they changed it since the first game, you stop getting staggered by most normal attacks at exactly 200 (blue) toughness. Anything below that is completely unreliable and is mostly for reducing Ki damage on block, which begins at 100 (green) and scales up indefinitely. Your goal should be to remain at A agility, while reaching at least 200 toughness at some point. Higher toughness and defense if you can, but that's the minimum, and not an easy to reach baseline. You will likely be at B agility the first time you can realistically reach 200 toughness at best.