Crazy good recommended boss skills like "Swirling Snow"?

[Rontemon]

I have really taken a liking to swirling snow + warrior of east set!

Would love to know if there are any other notable boss skills that is absolutely ridiculous strong like Swirling Snow to farm for that would taken a weapon to a whole new level?

[袁銀-ゆん-Yun]

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Severing Spin: Minamoto no Yorimitsu for Katana is cool too.

Fleeting Edge: Mumyo is great for Switchglave.

And if your feeling up for it, Izuna Drop from Hayabusa Ren.

[Addam]

If yokai abilities are a big part of your build like me, Dragon Fang (a boss grapple for katana) restores a ton of your anima bar and still does great damage on top of that.

[Bishop]

Dragon fang and izuna drop are good. All samurai and ninjutsu skills are garbage. No idea about other weapon skills.

[Filthy Cur]

Izuna drop is a lot of fun, and if you're quick, you can follow up with a final blow right after. Just bring lots of caltrops for that fight.

[Vex]

Both of the spear skills you get from Maeda Toshiie are pretty much essential for the weapon. They are really strong, and as a bonus, they are also really flashy.

[Guldo]

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Severing Spin: Minamoto no Yorimitsu for Katana is cool too.

Fleeting Edge: Mumyo is great for Switchglave.

And if your feeling up for it, Izuna Drop from Hayabusa Ren.

is fextra life incomplete or something because it sais the minimoto only has kurama sword dance for sword.

[Silver Nightbane]

Originally posted by Kenshiro:

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Severing Spin: Minamoto no Yorimitsu for Katana is cool too.

Fleeting Edge: Mumyo is great for Switchglave.

And if your feeling up for it, Izuna Drop from Hayabusa Ren.

is fextra life incomplete or something because it sais the minimoto only has kurama sword dance for sword.

Yep. Pretty much.

[JtDarth]

Originally posted by Silver:

Originally posted by Kenshiro:

is fextra life incomplete or something because it sais the minimoto only has kurama sword dance for sword.

Yep. Pretty much.

Yep, anything DLC related? Expect Fextralife to not have full info for Nioh 2.




That said, True and Through is surprisingly powerful as well. Drops from Azai Nagamasa for sword. That hold Y and flash forward that the Odachi has? You now has that on basic sword (with a bit lower range), and it hits pretty hard for a single hit. At least two thirds of an Iai quickdraw that's fully charged, with much less downtime both before and after, as well as a lot of traverse. I've actually used it as a dodge before.
Combined with night rain, it absolutely embarasses most bosses that aren't at DotS Ren Hayabusa levels of relentless assault.

[󠀡]

The fire bomb ninjutsu you get from Hayabusa is good. You can combo humans that are out of ki with it because it deals damage around you before you even shoot the projectile, they will get burned and knocked on their ass again and then eat the fireball.
It also hits really hard, I have no %increased ninjutsu damage at all and only around 60 Dex but it hit up to 25k+ on enemies weak to fire.

[Merik Lobo]

You'll have to do the final dlc for this, but Otakemaru (only in that dlc) and Nightmare Bringer both drop boss skills for each Yokai Shift that power up your Yokai Shift charge attacks.

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Do these skills scale off of heart or courage or something? As a constitution/strength build I've always found that they do jack all damage. If that is the case then its weird since you can assign them to any weapon.

Originally posted by Addam:

If yokai abilities are a big part of your build like me, Dragon Fang (a boss grapple for katana) restores a ton of your anima bar and still does great damage on top of that.

There's actually 3 of these skills and they all drop off the boss of Hollow Fortress, Saito Yoshitatsu. You can duel him in the Point of No Return side mission. Its Dragon Fang for katana, Dragon Claw for dual swords, and Dragon Horn for Odachi.

Originally posted by Bishop:

Dragon fang and izuna drop are good. All samurai and ninjutsu skills are garbage. No idea about other weapon skills.

A lot of people would disagree about Hayabusa's ninjutsu skills. at least for the fireball skill Flame Dragon. A lot of people run that one. Its one of the highest damaging ninjustsu skills and, even more so for a pyro build as it also is one of the strongest fire attacks. The flame tornado it creates while you are casting it knocks back and damages enemies making it pretty safe to cast and on top of that the high damage numbers make it useful for leveling ninjutsu proficiency.

Originally posted by Vex:

Both of the spear skills you get from Maeda Toshiie are pretty much essential for the weapon. They are really strong, and as a bonus, they are also really flashy.

I got to agree, but I'd say Triple Threat IN PARTICULAR is pretty beastly. Timed right the damage is very high, the reach is deceptively long, and human enemies have a hard time guarding against it.

[袁銀-ゆん-Yun]

Originally posted by Kenshiro:

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Severing Spin: Minamoto no Yorimitsu for Katana is cool too.

Fleeting Edge: Mumyo is great for Switchglave.

And if your feeling up for it, Izuna Drop from Hayabusa Ren.

is fextra life incomplete or something because it sais the minimoto only has kurama sword dance for sword.

It's listed under Samurai Skills and can be used by all weapons.

Originally posted by Merik Lobo:

You'll have to do the final dlc for this, but Otakemaru (only in that dlc) and Nightmare Bringer both drop boss skills for each Yokai Shift that power up your Yokai Shift charge attacks.

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Do these skills scale off of heart or courage or something? As a constitution/strength build I've always found that they do jack all damage. If that is the case then its weird since you can assign them to any weapon.

I do not know if it can scale from stats or is based on your current weapon's stats.

[Merik Lobo]

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

I do not know if it can scale from stats or is based on your current weapon's stats.

If it scales off your current weapon than it is incredibly weak. I can't test if it scales off a different stat than Con or Strength right now. To be more clear, I'm just disinterested in testing that. I'd have to completely restat myself just to do that. Can anyone confirm whether or not they get decent damage from these skills?

[Safarel]

Sometimes (if i'm in a mood) i could clear all mission using only triple threat, this skill a really, really good

[orthostatic]

Very fond of the fist skills dropped by Hyabusa.

[Skiptro]

Originally posted by 袁銀-ゆん:

Sacred Bird Cry: Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Sacred Bird Flight: Minamoto no Yorimitsu comes to mind.

Severing Spin: Minamoto no Yorimitsu for Katana is cool too.

Fleeting Edge: Mumyo is great for Switchglave.

And if your feeling up for it, Izuna Drop from Hayabusa Ren.

Hayabusa dropped all his skills on first try for me, is this a guaranteed drop or was I like the luckiest guy ever?