Advanced(ish) Techniques/build elements

[puzzlefox]

Here is where you post the stuff the took you awhile to lear or figure out. I’d be interested to hear some fancy new things!

For example: with the weapon stat “bonus after evasion-attack (nullify damage), you can dodge+attack into an enemy and safely give the enemy a charged attack (such as Lai Quickdraw) while soaking blows for 0 dmg!

[Deostades]

Simple enough one, but combine a Kekkei Talisman with a Purification (xxxx) effect on your armor. The Kekkei Talisman auto-purifies any Yokai Realm you get close to, which will trigger your Purification effect.

Look for complementary build elements. For example, the equipment set Izanagi's Grace has an Increase Attack on Recovery bonus, which mean that when you restore health, you get a pretty impressive attack buff. Pair this with Izanami's Grace, which restores your health when you are in a Yokai Realm, and all of a sudden you're excited to see the little shadow-circles near every boss drops with regularitly.

Another possibility is to have a Bonus on Absorbing Amrita (Auto-Recovery) (which you can also pair with an Extraction Talisman, which will have every blow you land give you Amrita), and you will virtually always be healing and have an impressive attack bonus.

[puzzlefox]

Another one is: if you find helmets with "elemental guard reduction" as an enheritable stat, you can stack these effects across your armor to get 100% reduction.

You can also use the god of War looks down set to get elemental damage reduction (EDR), reforge EDR onto the chest piece, and get accessories with EDR. You can actually stack this effect enough to get 100% EDR.

[Azura]

For anyone who doesn't run Living weapon / Ninjutsu / Onmyo. These are effects I find it very useful
- 100% Elemental Reduction when guarding (as @puzzlefox said)
- Zero Ki Bonus Attack Damage (Dont use Attack Damage Surge, it is useless). This one is on your Joi
- Zero Ki Bonus Ki Recovery (on boot)
- Bonus after purification Nullify Damage
- Bonus after status ailment suffered : Movement speed

[montengo]

There are many ways to skin the cat, here's mine:

* stacking Received Firearms Damage (RFD) to / over 100%
(assuming Yasakani or any other accessory with 'set bonus requirements down')

2 pieces of Hiraishi (Dragon God's Sacred Treasure)
1 piece of Tatenashi (The God of War looks Down)
1 accessory with RFD (max is 9.9% AFAIK, but max isn't need)
Head, torco and one other piece of armor (through inhertable slot) with RFD
(max is 10.9% at 0 familiarity)


* stacking both, EDR and RFD to / over 100%
(assuming Yasakani or any other accessory with 'set bonus requirements down')

4 pieces of Tatenashi
torso with Received Elemental Attack Damage (16.9% @ 0 Familiarity)
any 4 armor pieces with RFD
both accessories with EDR and RFD (very rare)
or replace one instance of EDR with clan - Otani.


Random:
* when reforging / temper already equipped piece of armor, remember to re-equip it for new effects to take place. The game does not immediately recalculate some new effects.

For example, if you're trying to get Agility A and apply through reforging / temper weight reduction 14.9% to your currently equipped Head armor, let's take Hiraishi - weight is 6.7 - the weight does not change to 5.7 and isn't recalculated in your character's status either. Going into mission though will recalculate.

* If you use equipment sets, changing to different set works even when your equipment is stored in your Storehouse.

* Equipment sets are greate time savers when you respec to change just few of your stats. Loading equipment set after respec will take care of your shortcuts - no need to visti shrine for Ready Jutsu.

[Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator]

Thank you so much! Just hit Way of the Wise and your posts are really useful right now.

Originally posted by Deostades:

For example, the equipment set Izanagi's Grace has an Increase Attack on Recovery bonus, which mean that when you restore health, you get a pretty impressive attack buff. Pair this with Izanami's Grace, which restores your health when you are in a Yokai Realm, and all of a sudden you're excited to see the little shadow-circles near every boss drops with regularitly.

Does this even work if you are already at full health? Always thought it only worked when actually regenerating missing health and ignored it.

Originally posted by montengo:

* stacking Received Firearms Damage (RFD) to / over 100%

Does having over 100% grant any advantage? Or should I just make sure to have at least 100%?

Thanks again guys, really appreciate all the information!

[montengo]

Originally posted by Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator:

Does having over 100% grant any advantage? Or should I just make sure to have at least 100%?

No. Sorry for the confusion - stacking to over 100% is what I always arrive at, never had it at exactly 100%.
(plus my habit from Diablo days where mobs had means to lower your resistances, so stacking over was the way to go, but that's unimportant in this game)

[Brawndo - The Thirst Mutilator]

Thanks for clearing it up. Getting to 100% might take some time for me, good to hear that I don't have to hunt for even more ;)

[puzzlefox]

Another fun tip: with Intentions of a Gallant Warrior full set bonus, if you enter LW at 0 hp, you stay in whatever stance you were in, and the skill that come with them ;)

[Kúsař]

Odachi are my favourite weapons, so here are some interesting uses:

*imperative strike - does more dmg than sneack attack; useful against enemies that does multi-hit combo - just stand back and time it properly to greet them with powerful blow.

*devastating rush - useful against human enemies that like to block attacks too much

*moonlit snow - useful against enemies with long stagger duration(wheelmonk, some bosses - especially those out of KI)

*best synergy with Flux skill, since many combos will put you into another stance....

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On different note - I was just experimenting with ninjutstu and groundfire trap and it seems to have really good effect on human enemies - throwing them on the ground and setting aflames. If you ever got stuck on some 1-1 or 1-2 duel....

[puzzlefox]

@kusarose
To add to that: moonlit snow can be used in LW for obnoxious damage as well. It kills big yokai stupidly fast

[Tanjiro]

Hi folks,

a little bit weird but not really surprising in Nioh, is the fact u can put "long range dmg for cannon" or "short range dmg for cannon" ability on bow - so you can pair and distributed short and range dmg on two range weapons. When you use the cannon u benefits of both.

CU

[Kúsař]

Originally posted by puzzlefox:

@kusarose
To add to that: moonlit snow can be used in LW for obnoxious damage as well. It kills big yokai stupidly fast

I'll try that. I am so far in the game now but still I didnt know which skills can be used during LW.

And to add something more about odachi:

*Crashing waves - can quickly deplete KI of human-type enemies. Just do it 2-3x in a row and then follow with final blow. It's also the easiest way to finish Odachi Dojo mission.

Notable odachi non-set items are: Hotaromaru, Mijinmaru, Monohoshizao

[puzzlefox]

Crashing waves and other ki dmg attacks can also be extremely useful against yokai such as the ice lady. I've found that moonlit snow is actually the best guard break attack for human foes as it breaks guard insanely fast AND is a very powerful attack to lay in some major pain instantly once their guard is broke.

Be sure to hit those 0 ki KO'd enemies with an imperative strike before doing the finishing blow for about twice the dmg ;)

[Kúsař]

Dude, *you are* Nioh

[puzzlefox]

Lol it can be a fun way to cheese revnants too. Summon revnant and get imperative strike charging while they're spawning for an attack that they cannot avoid. Funny enough is this will turn them around so you can hit them with moonlit snow while they're trapped in their own guard spam. They'll be dead before moonlit snow finishes, but in the miraculous event that they survive, they'll be 0 ki ready for a grapple or finishing blow.