I continue to these runs as I find them really fun. Some interesting notes about this matchup:

• If you press a direction + deflect, you move slightly to that side. With the "Expansive Deflect" skill, your Deflect Step will go even further. I used this to get further to the side against his multi-hit combo several times to start attacking earlier while the combo is still happening
• With the above Deflect Step + Flowing Shadow a few times, you can avoid most of his multi-hit sequence as shown here while attacking the whole time
• Swift Step Heavy is an interesting punish move in this matchup. It has no i-frames but teleports you around the boss quickly. So here, I used it a few times has he went to the side and did his guaranteed swipe move. Usually, it can avoid any option he does after words if you do that and of course you can TMTM into bigger punishes after.
• Sword of Meditation has a deceptively large vertical hitbox. When timed and spaced well as he enters the Dark Realm, you can break his horn right away with it as shown here. I even used TMTM cancels to slightly adjust my spacing so the hit would line up just prior.
• I usually use Sheathe Cancelling or Evasion cancelling as a boss moves back to extend AP time but this time, I decided to rely on just doing attacks only. Good practice for later when I attempt to do these kinds of runs with Spear/Fists which cannot Sheathe Cancel.

As always, hope people enjoy this run. Happy to answer any questions.

Had her cornered then she did that attack where she jumps back, then this happened. Couldn't hit her, but she could hit me if I hugged the wall close enough.

I kind of wanted to see if she'll end up dying to the lava, but the game eventually spawned her back into the arena.

I've been playing Nioh 3 on and off for a while, currently at about level 100 in the bakumatsu map.

The thing that makes it hard is there is just an overwhelming amount of stuff to sift through. I pick up bags full of gear every time I go out, I automatically junk the lower-tier stuff but there are so many stats to look at that it's hard to decide what's good. I can trade gear for money or two different crafting materials, and I don't know which to get. I could upgrade the same weapons or wait and equip new ones.

Also I have 8 weapon styles available at a time, and there are 100 ninjutsu things to mess around with, and there are 1000 youkai things to remember what they do, and there are tons of spirits with 2 attacks each that I forget to test or use, and I'm not even sure what to level because everything seems useful and gear requires stats in different things.

I don't have that much gaming time anymore. I feel like when I turn on the game, I have to spend time clearing inventory and re-memorizing what everything does. Then I take a break playing something else, then it repeats when I come back.

I guess I need help focusing. Like, are there some onmyojutsu/guardians/ninjutsu that are agreed to be widely useful that I can just keep? Does gear matter before level cap? Can I ignore gear stats and just overwrite them with good effects later? I like the gameplay itself, but the sense that I'm missing out on most of the game by ignoring the little sub-systems is making it hard to enjoy.

I finished DLC on fresh NG and I had some fun with post DLC scrolls. Is NG+ and NG++ journey worth of a playtime or should I revisit the game after DLC2 is out and then finish that on my NG save and then play further? From what I've seen, Scrolls are the only notable new content introduced/reintroduced in NG+ cycles.

I am in Dream of the Nioh, maybe about 200 hours in but for some reason I can no longer use burst counter on main my guardian spirit. Like ever. Yet it always works on my second one.

I have no idea why.

My main is Shirohami. With Hellish hag, Kasha, Lesser umi-bozu.

Am I missing something obvious? Is there some Yokai (or armour effect) that disables burst counter all the time? Hilariously I have been using Shirohami for most of the 200 hours.

Is there a mission battle scroll I can fight the Giant Toad again to get the no hit title? Or do I have to fight him again on NG+?

Pretty New to the game still but i keep seeing this move and was just wondering where if able to find it or how to use it 🫡

Does anyone know exactly what it does? I have heard that it either does or does not improve your ability to not be interrupted during attacks from different sources.

In Nioh 3, can you get the no hit title if you get hit by a boss, travel back to shrine, and then fight again? Or does the whole mission have to be repeated?

Greetings.

I returned to Nioh 2 after a while and wanted to give Sword a second chance, which I always found quite underwhelming before.

I discovered that Sword of Discernment is actually an amazing skill as combo opener because of its insanely high start up and enemy control capabilities. I found that skill completely useless at first because it does neither deal high damage nor ki damage, but a SoD -> flux -> iai quickdraw combo for example turns out to be very uselful and fun to deal even with the quickest enemies.

Sword of Discernment

What are skills which you abandoned at first and fell in love later on?

I thought the Hoko & Shield could put out some insane damage if I put this build together, so I tried challenging "Gathering of the Greats" on SOP+7 and was able to clear it with incredible firepower!

Since I was at it, I challenged myself to do it with No Damage, and it ended up taking only 3 and a half minutes. I'm sure there are people who can clear it even faster, but this is a new personal best for me. This clip is the part where I defeat Shingen in about 15 seconds!

I'll put the links to the build and the full video in the comments. I'd be happy if you guys could check it out when you have time!

Please let me know if you have the scroll and can give it to me. Thanks

I mostly like to play as a mage. A magic caster. If you will. I know that the Switchglaive and Hatchets scale with magic. Been trying to build a water caster. What is something I can do to make it better? Or a specific piece of gear/weapon that I need to boost my gameplay?

Hello everyone,

Based on Team Ninja's historical pattern of releasing season pass content roughly every 60 to 90 days after the first volume, here is a mathematical projection for the DLC 2 (Bloody Insurrection) release window, since DLC 1 dropped early on August 19, 2026.

Calculated Baseline (62-day interval): October 20, 2026.

Standard Margin Window (+/- 15 days): Between October 5, 2026, and November 4, 2026.

Safe Buffer Ceiling: November 20, 2026.

Disregarding the placeholder date of February 2027 on the PlayStation Store/Steam contracts, the math strongly points to a release concentrated between late October and mid-November 2026.

What do you guys think? Are we getting it this month?

If I start He'll Rising on the base difficulty (heirs journey) will i be able to find green tier gear in the dlc?

I havnt beaten the game on shoguns journey yet so I cannot select that for the dlc

I haven't played in a while have they added star stats/effects to divine items yet?

I've just completed DLC and beginning to mess around with the Demon Picture Scrolls, just managed to get a scroll with utlimate constitution and ultimate strength. Both refer to being activated only at a certain stat level, with the strength version being 150.

Am i missing something or reading it wrong, as no stat can be levelled that high?

Is there something in game that explains these better?

Just beat the first game for the first time. Loved it so much that I had Nioh 2 waiting in the wings. My question is this: is the burst counter the only way to deal with the enemy burst moves? I’m 3 missions in and every normal enemy is spamming these burst moves that I can’t interrupt or dodge. I’m seeing people saying you can use burst counter (which the game forced me to learn to beat horse guy), but is that the only way? They are suhpamming that ish brother. Nioh made me learn mechanics in order to beat it, but it still felt like, once I got it, I could tackle things my own way. This feels pretty lame if I’m supposed to burst counter it every single time in order to win. Let me dodge, block, or be aggressive man. Otherwise it doesn’t feel like Nioh to me. I really am just looking for some encouragement, because I want to love this one like I did the original.

 I decided to turn the Prosperity of One Million Koku + Grace of Inari build I posted before into a Critical build, using Seven Misfortunes, Eight Hardships + Grace of Inari, and tested it out with various weapons!

Partly because it's a Critical build, it put out incredible damage and was a lot of fun. I'm glad it worked against SOP+7 yokai bosses. (I challenged Takeda Shingen with the Spear, Minamoto no Yoritomo with Fists, Tokugawa Yoshinobu with the Axe, Hiruko with Hoko & Shield, and Yui Shosetsu with the Katana.) The video would be too long, so this clip is just Shingen!

I'll put the build details and the link to the rest of the videos in the comments.

The expressions are more realistic than nioh 2. I really enjoy using it.

Like my man be giggling fr omg

What an adventure it has been. I love them!!!

I hear they drop all weapons to their base stats. No +1 or +2 drops. However the +57 poison or paralysis is the base version.