Nioh | The BEST Build | 30k+ Finishing Blows | 18K+ Strong Attacks | "The Assassin"
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2017
- There wasn't a build video as devastating as this on CZcams yet, so I decided to make one that doesn't rely on Living Weapon bugs or lv 320 bugs. I'm pretty confident it's the best build out there at the time of publication, and it has room to be optimized or be adapted to your preferred play-style. It offers flexibility, great survivability, and devastating strikes, without the hassle of having to use elements or de-buff everything that you come across.
Like I explain in the video, it isn't simply the best because it does the most damage out of anything I've seen so far (I expect, and hope, others will augment and optimize), but rather because it focuses on what I believe to be the most prevalent, scaling, devastating, and fun stats in the game--Damage From Behind and Finishing Blow Damage.
Enjoy "The Assassin", friends!
THE HINDSIGHT UPDATE:
-To further enhance your armor, you can take an inherit special effect (as signified by the side-ways triangle flanked by two vertical bars on a weapon) of +Attack on a glove and pass it along to your other pieces of Kingo's via soul-matching it. If people have a hard time understanding how, perhaps I'll make a quick video, but mainly note your "base" material has to have the +attack as an inherit special effect and be at max familiarity in order to pass it along. This will substantially rise your damage as each piece of armor can roughly raise your attack by 33 if its divine.
-Kingo's armor's stat requirement of 13 body and strength can be reduced if you craft them yourself. You can farm the centipede for the parts to craft it, or if you prefer you can fight revenants to attain the items (the higher the rev. lv, the more items drop from it; try fighting revenants on the bridge level), or even fight the frog on "The Giant Frog Brawl," as someone mentioned it drops a lot there.
-If you are lucky enough to get the yanasaki magatama (reduces set reqs by 1) with yokai damage or increased dmg to a poisoned or paralyzed enemy, you could try to get the bonuses from other sets, such as Warrior of the West's 4-piece bonus, or extra finishing blow damage with The Red of Devotion set (if it even exists).
-Some players are having difficulty reforging both FBD and DFB on their weapon. Obviously, both can be on at the same time, but it seems to be a problem of two things--bad RNG, in which case you just need to push through (you can upload your save data before a reforging session and redownload that data if you utterly fail and go bankrupt from trying to essentially try again without loss), or I've also heard from others--including a comment on this video--that there might be "pools" of special effects that rotate within their given pool, meaning that you might be trying to roll off a special effect that doesn't share a pool with FBD or DFB so it would be impossible to get it (think the prestige point pools that rotate as you pick an option). I don't have definitive details on this, but I thought it important to share.
-I'd like people to know, too, that footage of this video was a mixture of NG+ and normal mode, but also that this build tears through anything in NG+ that is susceptible to DFB, and by "tears through," I mean it just, just, well, hurts it a lot. Bosses and enemies will drop extremely fast in NG+. I saved some hodge-podge footage of me trudging through NG+ with this build, and not even with the set fully equipped as I was trying to gain familiarity with items to soul-match pass-on +Attack, and every level was a cake-walk. So, be not afraid, DFB and FBD scale extremely well into late game and probably just as well into any new DLC Team Ninja releases in the future.
Credits:
Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo for such a great game in Nioh.
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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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By the way, I have no idea why I said Nioh 3. One can only hope we get that many sequels, I suppose! haha I hope everyone enjoys the build and style of play; like I said in the video, it has plenty of room to be optimized, and is flexible enough to be altered to fit varying play-styles, whether that's a more safe, projectile play-style or a riskier one centered around doing even more damage at critical health levels. There's been good discussion so far, so keep sharing your ideas and repping Nioh!
Ditronus Hey Mate, where do you farm that Kingo set? I am not clear on Divine items
Ditronus getting confused with darksouls there buddy :)
Star Wars :Rouge One. If have compleat the game and have the ability to you can craft it with centipede fang... Or something like that
Thanks for answering some comment questions. It helps everyone!
Brandon Mcneil Thanks for the advice ha I look forward to em. Btw,Way of the strong is wat lv requirements ? I have to kill that Centipede boss to farm for his thing??
What an awesome guide! We need more comprehensive and fun build guides like these for Nioh! There aren't too many gamers doing them. Thanks for the video!
Jake Stidham, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Hi Ditrounus I have a question or is the Kingo's armor ? Thanks have a nice Day
THE HINDSIGHT UPDATE: Hey, everyone! I'm glad my video is making some waves in the community; share the video, own the build, and continue having a great time in this great game. I'd like to highlight some things I've learned, whether from continued play or from the community, that I wish I added in the video or would supplement the content of the video. You'll find this "Hindsight Update" compiled in the description. There's nothing as powerful as focusing on DFB or FBD as this build does, but remember, it's about having fun and trying new things, not merely chasing numbers; that's how my build, The Assassin, was discovered. Enjoy!
Close Combat Damage is also really good, and it's often inheritable :)
thanks man just watched dozens of videos with impossible solution your video is the only one that actually helped me
hey man found myself watching this on my lunch break and really enjoyed it been trying out new builds since I best the game last weekend and started new game plus love the challenge increase
Thank you. That's the first and most important thing I want to say. It's December and I've only just started the "Bloodshed's End" DLC and one of the side missions, "Raid on the Hirano River" was murdering me; I literally stayed up until 4am trying to beat the boss in that mission and was failing so miserably I would have made a one-legged man look like a champion in a race against Usain Bolt.
Then I come across your video. Did 90% of everything you recommended and BAM! Mission completed, first re-try since my 4am Nioh binge, and here I am thanking you profusely. I was on the verge of selling my disc out of rage.
The game may have been bashed in the face with a nerf-warhammer since February, but your build is still solid. Again, thanks a million!
Excellent guide, great explanation, I'm going to try it!
The best Nioh guide for sure love your video man keep up the good work
yasakani magatama plus a piece of the sanada crimson set adds a nice touch to this build.
If you press the options button when looking at an item you can scroll through the effects and it will tell you exactly what something does. For example to differentiate between defensive and offensive stats (dmg from behind).
Love the vids! Thank you for all the help
Good guide and with a lot of detail. Thanks for the video!
thank you so much, you have made my life easier. Now I do more than 200 damage per attack.
I saw a reddit post already talking about one improvement to this build. Add the Yasanaki Magatama to lower set bonus requirements, then swap out one Kingo Set piece for another Warrior of the West set piece for that 10.2% extra Close Quarters Damage from the 4 set piece bonus (Bow + Sword + Chestpiece + Magatama).
For the purposes of weight, the chest piece saves the most weight, since the Warrior of the West set is lighter than Kingo's.
Adam Atkins, that does sound like an improvement. Is that accessory able to roll any of the other important special effects like Yokai close combat damage or increase damage to status affected enemies? If so, that's a great idea. I haven't seen one of those yet.
I dunno yet, I'm going through the process of making this build right now, so I haven't got all this put together yet.
But I have come up with a further improvement.
If one wishes to go through the extra effort they could get superior damage on bosses by replacing one more kingo armor piece with another Warrior of the West piece, and make sure to attune two elemental thunder shot magic.
This eliminates the 7.1% boost from Kingo's, but adds a 27.5% boost against electrified enemies. Against a boss, tossing three thunder shots should be enough to proc electricity, triggering the superior boost while also slowing the enemy down like Sloth.
You can add Sloth after this for a double slow.
Then the innate water element on your sword will trigger discord, if they live long enough. But if they live that long, they are extra boned.
For bosses immune to electricity, the previous setup will be optimal, but when it works...
:)
yes it does
I think water shots are even better since they stack with weakness talismans. So use weakness, water shot and carnage and bosses will cut down like butter.
If you pre-ordered the game, you can also swap out another piece for 19% Final Blow Damage from the Sanada Crimson Set, but then you'll lose the 8.2% or whatever the last bonus from Kingo gives :)
Once I'm ready I mean on your level I'm going to go with this awesome build.. Nice video bro keep up the good work
It's fun! I hope you get to try it soon. Being able to stealth around and assassinate is a fun way to navigate through the trap-laden areas of Nioh.
what a well thought out video. thumbs up to you sir, not enough content creators doing this.
Thanks for the kind words!
Amazing Video man.. Holds good even after a year... Thanx a lot for this - Learnt a lot from you (was running around with a living weapon like an idiot before this)
To all who have been asking: YES - This build still holds good today. Tweak around a little bit to even improve this - Iam on patch 1.21
Excellent guide. Trying it tonight. Thanks Ditronus
Nice guide! A lot similar to my own original one. You're right about the Red Demon going crazy lol. I'm using the National Unity set primarily for the amrita and +10 bonus for Tengen Kujaku (Peacock). One key accessory that is super important in my opinion is the Yasakani Magatama. I never expected them to make that imperial treasure this good in the game! It reduces the set bonus requirements by one so right now I have the 2 piece bonus from WoTW, Japan's Bravest, Saika's Yatagarasu sets along with the full bonus from National Unity set. My playstyle is more sword-oriented along with Onmyo abilities though I ran a ninja build too. Lots of Books of Reincarnations to try out different builds and styles to finally settle with one. While I don't do that much damage, I do annihilate the dudes and demons of all sorts with relative ease. I just cleared the NG+ at level 209 and it was all super cool and easy thanks to being familiar with mechanics and patterns. Challenging at times but not impossible
Built it, tried it, and love it. Thanks for the build friend.
loved your voice dude, very soothing and comprehensible greetings from chile!
I love getting viewers from different parts of the world! Enjoy my friend.
I loved your Witcher 3 Build and this is on the same level of badassery.
happyaccidents, Sweet! Glad to hear that. Take the build, augment it, and own it! I'm excited to see where the devs take this game and how it affects the community's build creations. This is probably the best game since Witcher 3 to me.
Nice build dude! Also with the accessory that gives -1 set requirements you probably could get away with 4 pieces of kingos and rock 2 pieces of armor+a weapon or two for another 4 or 5 set bonus
Awesome vid! I also think the way you are speaking is cool and entertaining, man 😀 subbed
Michael Bdog, I'm glad you liked it! I will also give you a heads up and say this video has information over a year old now, and several big pieces of dlc have come out since. There should be more up to date videos out there. It's a great game, isn't it?
Yeah I am addicted to the game.. Finished the story multiple times and loved every moment of it.
very awesome thanks!!! going to give this a try!
Hey thanks for the spoilers in the thumbnail, really appreciated that for a game that came out two weeks ago!
this is the build I was looking for thx Brother! !! :-)
I'm glad it helped. Have fun!
This build seems really good. Gonna try this out and hope this helps me get through NG+
Best is probably arguable, but the build looks like a bunch of fun and easy to follow. 👌Nice job!🤙
You sir got a new sub. I really like nioh its a fun game but ya 9/10 people u summon have red demon set i love crushing them with my tri spark axe combo.
Daheadsmiter red demon armor everywhere, i also use an axe i love crushing them too
lol i do exactly same trispark spam cheese ±D
monobe axe or kaido
Dude. Awesome video
Finally a nice sword build, so sick of spear builds. Definitely trying this out.
First of all let me say that this is an awesome guide! I'd like to ask for your opinion on something though. What about using the Sanada Crimson armor pieces with the Yasakani Magatama? Just by equipping any piece of the crimson set gives you +19% Final Blow damage when crafted. That's what i'm using at the moment because the armor is not heavy and still keeps your agility at B.
Amazing video. And yes, I do run Red Demon set but at least I do use the set spear! I also run a sword, but my build is nowhere near as lethal as yours. I should make a video on my build... It is an all around fun build with huge item/equip find and I decided to cap my level at 126 to not abuse the game too muchThanks for the great video.
Your build helped me a lot
dude said “elaxers”😂 rs though. this is a really good guide and you’re right about the mystic art for the magic. had to switch to that.
spell last longer skill is aweome, helps a lot with stealth duration and buffs
That's just fantastic, 10/10
I did this build by myself probably 2 weeks ago. I didn't know this is probably one of the best
Nice build, similar to my own, I just figured I'd stack up on final blow/grapple/behind damage and do a crazy amount of damage and it worked out pretty well.
Become a parry god, and when PvP comes out you'll own people lol.
Hello this is Casey Kasem with America's top 40
My first build was on its' way to becoming something like this, but I decided to go for a max break build with Enko/dual swords/fire and wind talismans/weakness/kekkai/carnage/summon. Right now I have 90 break on dual swords, which instantly shatters NG+ Munsehiges guard with just the square/triangle/triangle combo. All the buffs and kusarigama passives mixed with high stance L1+triangle is strong enough to slaughter yokai in seconds too. NG+ bosses die in a matter of seconds, with each hit from behind doing about 4 or 5k damage fully buffed. Considering the attack speed, that adds up VERY fast. Like two shot NG Orochi heads fast, with whirlwind. With all the break they basically can't fight back. This is by far the best revenant/human killer I have come up with.
Got this build to work and its my favorite of the OP builds i have tried. Sure i die in 1 hit pretty much on NG+ but the damage is insane. I killed Nue in like 3 seconds once i got behind him on NG+
also if u use the peacock u get like 60% more dmg after using amrita in high stance, so it kinda beats every other spirit, u can even just eat a crystal with amarita to get the bonus before first kill or pick amrita from any drop body on floor or chest
thank you for this guideline =)
after i beat the game i started using this set up (as the whole green armor set droped from some revenats) because the warrior of the west set wasnt as good any more (the like 50% extra damage was great but it wasnt as good anymore later in the game when finishing blows and backstabs are better) so thanks for the advice adn info
i dont use a whole lot of ninja shit, i find it less powerful than the magic, i know it doesn't give a damage boost but the dragon guardian will straight up know down any human hit regardless of there ki
Hey man your guide is so awesome and i end up using them :D btw how about prestige points? Where should i use it for this build?
cool video, I'm just at lvl 72 and enjoy the game but I will try this late on. I love Ninja style play.
dude sick build!!!
Man, your voice sounds amazing, have youever thougt about voice acting?
just adding to this if you craft the amour yourself the stats needed is reduced to six. also if you want to farm for it the sub mission "The Giant Frog Brawl" drops it pretty much every time
I finally finished my version of this build!!!
Hey, thank you for the guide. Is the guide updatet and works at the moment ? Thank you..Tick
i am now running this build and i have a question, right now to mix max as much as i can i am looking for the best sword i can for it, at current i have the set sword and the warrior of the west sword BUT i would like a sword with higher damage multiplayer, i found that nobanagas sword and the one that drops off the last boss have the higher i have found so far but i have a problem with the ladder as it scales with spirit not heart and always seems to deal less damage (night now i have like 52 heart and 25 spirit) what sword would you recommend to really bring out that little extra pow in the damage! thank you! also you might want to add some advice later, for instance i found that using haze 2 really helps ALOT as when you counter with it it puts you behind that target and then attacks, this attack on its own deals grapple damage but the attack from behind bonus adds in, then on top of that it will knock down or stagger the target, if they get knocked down you can hit them with a finisher and if there staggered you can give them a little boop to knock them down and finish them off ^.^ tempest works well if you know how to use it and are good with the timing!
as for the set its very glass cannon, i personally stack takenashi or oyamatsumi + 4-5 different pieces to rack up defence reduction., with -1 req accessory each piece counts as 2 giving u multiple dmg reduction bonuses. without it ur very likely to be 1 shotted.
i think some people use hyper mode: drop to 0 hp, resurrect , enter living weapon and if they still keep 1 hp or so , all critical status bonuses apply while living weapon shields them. i am not sure if thats how it works though, but i saw some people do something like that.
Amazing, I think I'm gonna try this build first thing when I head into NG+. From what I've heard, I'm gonna need to be at my A game to survive lol and this OP build will definitely help.
Jacen Mun, It's a great build for NG+. Some of the footage in this video is NG+, and now that I'm farther along in the regions in NG+, I'm debating about releasing more footage of me fighting bosses. It destroys any enemy if you play to its strengths, and it obliterates almost every boss that is susceptible to behind damage, which is most except the centipede and umi-bozu I've found. Kills the rest ridiculously fast. And it's fun being an assassin, right? Make sure to get that quick-change scrolls with the instant cast mystic arts; casting a 3+ minute "don't die" buff on yourself instantly, even while you block, run, or dodge, is powerful. Enjoy.
Thanks for the additional input and quick reply. I was wondering if I could get your opinion about whether or not the impact of the build will be similar if I decide to invest more points into Skill rather than Heart for damage? I do know Heart is the primary stat for sword, but putting points into Skill still ups the damage of sword (albeit by lesser scale?), right? Reason I ask is I wanted to switch between Sword and Dual Swords once in a while as my primary weapon without having to respec the build every time, and still take advantage of the behind-the-enemy damage. As far as I know, I think Skill is the better investment than Heart if I wanted to scale damage for both sword and dual swords (and spear?)... not 100% sure though.
Jacen Mun, Yep, that sounds right. Tailor the build to how you prefer to play. If you like dual swords and want them to be a viable weapon to switch to, beef up skill. Swords still scale off skill, just not nearly as much. You won't have that katana mystic art, either, if you switch to dual swords, but you will retain all the back damage and final blow damage from all the other ways. Just remember that the stats on your currently equipped (as in drawn/out) melee/long-ranged weapon applies stats to your character at that moment.
You could also opt for a katana that scales with skill as an A (as a special effect). I think I've seen some around. That'll make your play-style work great.
I am sad now. I finished the game (100% platinum) using Oroboro's living weapon guide starting on NG+ and just plowing through everything. I would have liked to try this but I don't think I can go back before some updates or new DLC is coming out :-( Oh well, thanks for the build. Looks pretty good.
Thanks am using this build now its really great but how much stamina u need to get agility A ? Am lvl 178 or where to put my lvl point after heart 99?
hay ditronus any suggestions for early game build using this set up for like around lvl 63 ?? like what are some core stats I can use at lvl 63 thanks much in advance.
Nice, thanks for sharing
I have a question in your video your weapon has final blow damage and damage from behind but in 1.06 all I can find is killing strike (aka final blow) but i cannot find damage from behind so has it all changed or different versions I have European version
I'm playing with Red Demon. I have on my spear fire dmg and an A+ rating for Body for dmg on it. I choosed the spear because I mainly play against other dead players. With the spear I need only three attacks until they don't have any Ki left.
Hello thanks for the great build ^_^ a quick question is it really rare to get DFB on my weapon with reforgeing ? because I did like 20-30 times and no luck T_T lost all my money on that
is there a reason for stopping at equipment B vs going for A? just assuming A would give more DMG or am I not correct. love the build by the way been playing it on my game havent yet beat the game but getting very close.
Hey man, I tried out your witcher 3 build and loved it. saw this and looked at it. If you take requests, could you do a kusarigama build and post it please.
You think you can create a similar strong build as this around Usura-Hicho, the butterfly guardian?
hey i know this an old video but i got nioh2 weeks ago and im on region 3 almost 4 and i was wondering is full raging bull armor good or should i farm for the rest of the red demon set since im only region 3
I was doing kusarigama with blade spin with this same idea of dmg from behind, and the final blow works for the final hit from the 3 hit spin from blade spin as well, not just grapples or impaling them when they're on the ground. But tbh I really just wanted to use a katana so I'm sticking with this lol
what if u have more then 1 agility bonus? they stack or just 1 applies?
Hey I'm new to ur channel. this was a very helpful guide but where do i find the kingo's set? greetings from germany
It can be crafted, once you find the smithing text, or even more easily gotten from revenants in areas where people die a lot--such as the bridge sub-mission.
I killed a bunch of the red sword people you summon till I got the set.
i cant believe this will work....ok i have set up but had extra points to level up. what areas should i add more points to? some of your areas are super low...ignore or add to the sword etc?
Thanks for the tips. I like the idea of your assassin built. I'm still in NG. How can I build Atagi Sadamune (the sword) with high enough water points? I kept getting +9 and below. How can I get more than that?
it has probably to do with the rarity of your weapon. you shouldn't have access to divine gear, since you still haven't finished ng.
skills on weapons get stronger the higher familiarity you get with them. a blue weapon's max familiarity is 750 for example. a green weapon can get up to 999 familiarity.
i have a weapon with water 12 that becomes water 17 by just using it long enough.
thank you it was fun build thank you
Does this only work on starting NG+ ? i mean i just finished the 1st region i was wondering if i can build this while finishing the story.
How would you recommend putting my stats as lvl 54 aiming for this build. Still new to the game, would be awesome to have some input
So the ability's for back attack in say kasuri-gama effect sword back attack i thought they only worked for that particular weapon the tree is for ....now i have to reset lol great guide think i will tinker with this .i would like to try and make a ray dihmitri style one shot build any other suggestions?
Great video, me too was trying out the kingo set recently to maximize my damage, I do have a question though, is the passive skill you learned from one particular weapon skill tree is going to affect all weapons I am using? For example the spear has a passive which increase my damage when my health is low, do I still receive the bonus if I am using the other weapon like a sword?
Fan William Yes
I'm trying to get DFB and FBD but it isn't possible on the armor. Also I get only one of them on my sword. Can't explain why. Can someone please explain me where I am wrong? Please. I'm getting mad
Well, that's what I've been trying to do. Agree, kingo is the sword way
What I never understood is how you get the Final Blow stat in your weapon. I’ve tried reforging normally and with umbracite and I still never get the stat, same goes for attack from behind.
When i did play the game, i felt the apply two Elemental Status to an enemy was way more fun and gives u a ton of damage too. Water Sword Nami o something plus element talisman raiken or wind bat. talisman usually pretty much applies the full effect immediately and then u can apply the other buff with the sword.
the rest of the build i used too
it was fun until the game gets boring with the same thing
on my overleveled guy fanatic+kusarigama+Kato+carnage crit build can do like 18K per back attack on Oda in co-op. so like 54K in one and half seconds. throw in weakness and I've seen 24K on one hit.
Raven tengu on demon king revealed in co-op get killed in one blade spin from the front with no carnage. they'd probably die in one hit with carnage on and from behind. basically all non boss yokai die in one blade spin from the front. boss yokai need like two spins if you can land the back attack (with carnage).
for some reason i sometimes stay in stealth after casting magic an/or doing dmg from behind, usually if it kills but not always, i am not sure how it works.
You can increase the effectiveness of this build by simply using the yasakani magatami (or whatever the heck it is called), so you can remove the warrior of the west bow and implement the revenwing rifle for the sweet life recovery from bullseye, and most importantly you can remove a piece of the Kingo Armor and put on one of the Sanada set to increse the killing strike damage by a 16% or more, and not losing a single bonus you already have, 'cause yasakani is OP.
I don't have sandana :( But yes, there's several ways you can ekk out more damage from this build, especially with that magatama. I wrote about it a bit in the description. Thanks for the input!
I cant for the life of me get damage from behind and final blow on my sword! I have the sword you have and I tried to reforge it, but no success.. can I soul match it somehow?
Nice video!, d u know how can I get damage from behind bonus ?
In which stats do I put points into while I’m leveling up with this build ? .....please help !! 😁
What would it take to run this build while still having A agility? Seems like I would have to invest a hell of a lot into stamina. Any suggestions?
how did you get all those buffs on your armor, I made it and it has just the couple stock buffs? and the look is different which also threw me off...on first playthrough btw lv 70
hello if i roll familiarity bônus and attack from behind and finalblow they all stack together ?
hey Ditronus I was wondering, are the stat weights set? Because I noticed on your FBD you have around 23% or something, but I only get 17% on the one I have. is there a chance if I reroll to get a higher number?
I'm trying to copy this build but I die fast I dunno y, also where do u get such high dog sword? I've got green kingo without the sword and I'm farming the cccesory but with no luck.
So is not necessary to have the actual weapon to get the buff? What I mean is if I have a sword would I get the buff from the spear tree?
Does putting stats like the final blow damage in the kasurigama tree increase damage for swords as well??
Sure does!
wait, if you get a passive for a kusarigama does it affect your other weapons too?
how do you get a sword above 1000 damage? Mine is max 953 with all proficiency max... Please advise
Hi Ditronus i hope you can respond to my inquiry. Was wondering where did you get that sword? And how is it were u able to reach that kind of final blow damage on that sword and at the same time has damage from behind? Thats insane. You wouldnt believe it but I literally did the exact look and stats of my character same as yours! So far my final blow to nobunaga is 17k when hes down when playing meeting on the other shore. My sword is not same as yours and dont have good accessories yet. Thanks!
1 thing i dont get is how defence works. I stacked 6000 defence, -40% from yokai and 62% dmg reduction and still get 2 shotted, does it even stack? and what exactly defence alone means? 5000-6000 defence means what exactly?
Where do you get this armor and weapons?