I know right? It makes me laugh at the in game tutorial you get after the prologue mission. Oh, here is a stance switch. Oh, here is a ranged weapon. Oh, here is a living weapon. Oh, here is a Ki pulse.... Ok... You are TOTALLY ready to kick ass at this game! Go getem champ!!! "Gets bodied by Nue 40 times in a row." Me: Hmmmm. Why do I feel like I have been mis-lead somewhere? LOL
@@TheDocbach Funny how everyone has different experiences with bosses in games like these. I only got killed twice by Nue but I kept getting killed by Onryoki and Hino-Enma over and over again
James Stewart i almost give up twice because of onryoki and hino enma because of how hard for me to beat them but once i beat them i went to fight them again and i just beat them easily. Once you get their pattern its more easy to predict when to attack and dodge. But i used the chain weapon when i beat them first.
Finally, one who understands how was Nioh meant to be played. I am tired of all those overpowered shity builds to break the game killing bosses with a single swing from a kusarigama. Mastering this techniques is the real challenge on Nioh. Try putting some abilities while weapon switching and you will be on the next level. There are some pretty good weapon combos out there...
The Virgin Living Weapon: Uses a meta build Only spams one attack Needs 16 buffs before a fight The Chad Sacredforce: Uses all stances Knows how to ki-pulse and sheathe attack Doesnt rely on buffs
nice try virgon, but its just the opposite. Virgin stance changer puts hours into the game trying to master stances and flux and shit. chad just uses unlimited LW.
Dont we also spend hours getting the best build for unlimited LW? (Which it became weaker than before.) And grinding countless hour for material and money just to get the best stat in the game?
You forgot getting into critical state (post-nerf) before the first enemy contact ... then getting knocked out of it due to a stupid mistake followed by a gentle nudge from the weakest and most predictable enemy on the field, die, and blame it fully on the support because the support doesn't take his shit serious with his 0 buffs, "low" damage and his attitute - dancing around enemies avoiding every single hit, paying attention to the surroundings, adapting, countering, ... and so on instead of doing "real" damage.
I just bought this game and I didn’t realize how technical and deep it actually was it’s like a rabbit hole now and I can’t stop watching videos about it I love when games like this game out more ppl need to take cues
your Martial etiquette is impeccable, if I had seen it before I would have learned faster and the ki pulse is essential in combat in nioh. translate it into Spanish and it would be spectacular for Latin America this really is excellent.
I've beaten every dark souls game. And I still can't believe I've owned this game for 2 and a half years and still haven't completed it 😭 and I'm a huge gamer!
I’m linking this because it’s a very good and informational video, even if I can only get to the flux part. And that’s it. My fingers can’t handle the rest...
I am slowly beginning to realize that I have been sabotage my own skill growth at this game by relying on Omyo/Ninjitsu/Living weapon skills. I need to go back to the fundamentals, then use all the stuff listed above to supplement the fundamentals listed in this vid. This vid has opened my eyes to that reality. Thank you.
Last to Load: In Technique 4, It's getting more difficult since you will need previous techniques to effectively use this one. Me: I guess I should go back to the first minute and replay it at least 100x times.
I suggest you to follow this one: ua-cam.com/video/56og5N0qlnY/v-deo.html its a full remake version with the most detail possible, and you can watch and learn a few techniques. you can always come back later for others technique that are hard to do.
Hey I am still trying to learn this game and it's mechanics and this video really helped. I have a question I have a roll on from using anima stones what give me more damage to guard break immune enemies. What exactly is a guard break in nioh? Is it just attacking until they are out of ki when they human bosses guarding? I am trying to figure out if there is any guard break immune enemies in game?
Break stat increases ki damage to enemies who are blocking. its a good stat against enemies who can guard. There is a stat later on that is called everlasting ki, it prevent you from being broken when reaching 0 ki by chance base.
I just got this game in a steam sale, and I’m in love with it. I thought I was getting the hang of it, using all the stances, but then I see this... I don’t even. I can manage performing some attacks, then dodging or a move the gives some space, and switching stances to perform another move. On a good day I can manage switching stances between attacks without needing the extra time and space to think. How on earth can you add extra button presses before you dodge without getting hit all the time? I always played fast characters in the souls games. I’m pretty good at dodging, and am becoming so in Nioh as I get used to the rhythm of various weapons. I can’t comprehend committing to an attack, then realizing you need to move ASAP or get hit... and somehow having time for extra button presses. Given how close the calls can be, I don’t get it. I’ve learned to block in mid and dodge in low, and to switch to high when I have time to punish. I simply cannot see the time for swapping between the two on the fly every time I need to do one or the other.
Whenever you start to attack, you will need to consider recovering your ki in order to maintain your ki so that you dont run yourself low on ki (such as out of ki situation). Sometimes, even if you can see yourself dealing as much damage as possible (in the most stricted opening), you may want to replace your 3rd quick attack for ki pulse+double flux. You will have to exchange between attacking and ki recovering at some point. I dont know how possible it is to add all of these input with m/k but, with a controller, you can use your whole thumb to press from high to low stance or slide your thumb between buttons. On a side note, knowing your enemy attack pattern helps a lot when you need to recover and stay back.
That looks realy complex. Especially the fast changes between stances and weapons. I will try this out, but with the fact i only have one reliable hand, because the left one is partial intact this could be really hard.
I would imagine more of a fourth stance like katana/odachi sheathing technique. Circle is usually sheathing weapon, but it could be a new hidden stance for other weapon.
@@LasttoLoad That would be cool. But still, aside from switching stances, pressing circle alone (without pressing r1) doesn't do anything at all right now. I wonder if they'll change that. Personally, I'd be happy if they kept the combat controls exactly the same (they're so good) but added more mechanics like spear's ki pulse attack, tonfa's kannagi dodges, flying monkey or tiger blade jump evasion. An extra button could help with those kinds of things.
Im guessing its only for interaction/opening chest, but it would be interesting if the circle changes depending if your weapon is sheathed (aka out of combat stance) or not. If sheathed, circle button work as interaction with npc and environment. If unsheathed, might be something for yokai power or jump basically. Really there is so much more to add in nioh control scheme. Some weapon have buttons input that other weapon dont. I do hope there will be a variety of it.
Surprisingly, katana seems to be able to deal way more damage than dual katanas due to how long it take to perform a sheath attack. While dual does a double hit, one katana is only on single hit, and can take even longer to charge for more damage.
I thought I was just fucken trash at this game until I saw all my brothers in the comments who probably only play on 1 stance like me LOL. OP is just a god.
This is a great video. One thing I think could have improved it tho is if you had included the button presses to make it a little easier to understand. Showing what and how for the button presses would have really made it more helpful. Great video nonetheless still. I fully understand how shit I am at this game when watching you lol
You have to do this in order: ki pulse (R1) -> switch stance (flux) -> switch weapon. Hold R1 while doing all of this process. For easier way (without flux), first ki pulse with circle (O), then switch weapon.
For example, I usually use my whole thumb to press from triangle (tip of the thumb) to square and X (bottom of my thumb) for switching stance instantly. You will learn how to use your whole thumb in any other order for switching stance by playing with your thumb (by sliding or pressing).
I didn’t even know 2 fucking tricks that are double flux and switch weapon without attack, now I know. It would be so good to me to train Axe at the moment, that weapon like I touched it 3 times in fucking entire my games. I had learn so much from your videos and I think my play style is kind of the same as yours rofl (sorry lol but I think its good)
I fighted Tachibana a thousand times till i learnt how to change stances better, and i think this game is so good that in any of my defeats i felt angry or thought it was a cheap death. Yes, even when he summoned electric "rabbits" and beaten me with a electric sword using a ultra fast sword unsheathe strike that ignored everything. I beaten him and didn't felt lucky, i felt proficient. Everybody talks about Dark Souls, but DS gameplay is absolute garbage compared to Nioh.
Only in low stance dodge and mid stance first dodge, you will be side stepping left or right. If you dodge forward, its mostly a dash animation (while in high stance, its rolling) In special case with spear and katana, they have different side dodge will faster and smaller range. But, its still work the same as that "dash animation". So other weapon except spear and katana will have that "dash animation" instead. Its a weird design, but its still the same thing.
TheHolydruid it isnt something that can be learned in one day really. But, if you practice it while grinding, it will become second nature. Your finger will adapt to it eventually.
Couldn’t agree more with the grinding part. After a certain point you just want to be as fast on the grind as the system will allow, although most people I’ve seen online use specific builds and jutsu set ups instead of the raw mechanical savvy this mad lad is showing
i can do everything besides the double stance swap, the way ive mapped my keys i have my stances set to 1,2 and 3, so to do the double swap id have to take my finger off my WASD in the middle of combat, which i do not want to do, i could set it to my mouse wheel but id have little control over what stance i go in and out of, or overshoot the stance i want and spend forever trying to swap back to it.
XD. Well the vid is still quite helpful. William looks like he is having a seizure by the end of the lessons with all the stance switching, weapon switching and blocking happening XD
Wow, i'm a total scrub.
same...
how many fingers does this guy have? sheesh!
Added to my favorites. I plan to learn and get most of this down. Thanks for you're hard work in making this video
amazing sensei is amazing, such a great video
Are we playing the same game ?
I know right? It makes me laugh at the in game tutorial you get after the prologue mission.
Oh, here is a stance switch. Oh, here is a ranged weapon. Oh, here is a living weapon. Oh, here is a Ki pulse.... Ok... You are TOTALLY ready to kick ass at this game! Go getem champ!!!
"Gets bodied by Nue 40 times in a row."
Me: Hmmmm. Why do I feel like I have been mis-lead somewhere? LOL
@@TheDocbach Funny how everyone has different experiences with bosses in games like these. I only got killed twice by Nue but I kept getting killed by Onryoki and Hino-Enma over and over again
James Stewart i almost give up twice because of onryoki and hino enma because of how hard for me to beat them but once i beat them i went to fight them again and i just beat them easily. Once you get their pattern its more easy to predict when to attack and dodge. But i used the chain weapon when i beat them first.
Finally, one who understands how was Nioh meant to be played. I am tired of all those overpowered shity builds to break the game killing bosses with a single swing from a kusarigama. Mastering this techniques is the real challenge on Nioh. Try putting some abilities while weapon switching and you will be on the next level. There are some pretty good weapon combos out there...
The Virgin Living Weapon:
Uses a meta build
Only spams one attack
Needs 16 buffs before a fight
The Chad Sacredforce:
Uses all stances
Knows how to ki-pulse and sheathe attack
Doesnt rely on buffs
nice try virgon, but its just the opposite. Virgin stance changer puts hours into the game trying to master stances and flux and shit. chad just uses unlimited LW.
Dont we also spend hours getting the best build for unlimited LW? (Which it became weaker than before.)
And grinding countless hour for material and money just to get the best stat in the game?
You forgot getting into critical state (post-nerf) before the first enemy contact ... then getting knocked out of it due to a stupid mistake followed by a gentle nudge from the weakest and most predictable enemy on the field, die, and blame it fully on the support because the support doesn't take his shit serious with his 0 buffs, "low" damage and his attitute - dancing around enemies avoiding every single hit, paying attention to the surroundings, adapting, countering, ... and so on instead of doing "real" damage.
I just bought this game and I didn’t realize how technical and deep it actually was it’s like a rabbit hole now and I can’t stop watching videos about it I love when games like this game out more ppl need to take cues
I haven’t felt this much excitement to learn a game since melee
your Martial etiquette is impeccable, if I had seen it before I would have learned faster and the ki pulse is essential in combat in nioh. translate it into Spanish and it would be spectacular for Latin America this really is excellent.
I've beaten every dark souls game. And I still can't believe I've owned this game for 2 and a half years and still haven't completed it 😭 and I'm a huge gamer!
Feelsbadman
my mind and fingers do not react that fast, my method is mid-stance spam spray and pray
I was as slow as you were when I finished WOTS. You just need to keep trying until you totally get a hang of it. You will make it!
I know I'm kind of off topic but does anyone know a good place to stream new movies online ?
@Otto Bentley try FlixZone. Just google for it :)
@Jason Beau yup, have been watching on FlixZone for since march myself :)
@Jason Beau thanks, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there =) Appreciate it !
Sensei,your teachings are most valuable.
I’m linking this because it’s a very good and informational video, even if I can only get to the flux part. And that’s it. My fingers can’t handle the rest...
3:07 That little chain there looked like a Dynasty Warriors combo there.
I am slowly beginning to realize that I have been sabotage my own skill growth at this game by relying on Omyo/Ninjitsu/Living weapon skills.
I need to go back to the fundamentals, then use all the stuff listed above to supplement the fundamentals listed in this vid. This vid has opened my eyes to that reality. Thank you.
Excellent video! I am in the Way of the Wise and still so much to learn...Thanks!!!
Best Nioh player i have ever seen
He have 19 finger
Its impossible to do his trick
Last to Load: In Technique 4, It's getting more difficult since you will need previous techniques to effectively use this one.
Me: I guess I should go back to the first minute and replay it at least 100x times.
I suggest you to follow this one:
ua-cam.com/video/56og5N0qlnY/v-deo.html
its a full remake version with the most detail possible, and you can watch and learn a few techniques. you can always come back later for others technique that are hard to do.
Excellent video!
Hey I am still trying to learn this game and it's mechanics and this video really helped.
I have a question I have a roll on from using anima stones what give me more damage to guard break immune enemies.
What exactly is a guard break in nioh?
Is it just attacking until they are out of ki when they human bosses guarding?
I am trying to figure out if there is any guard break immune enemies in game?
Break stat increases ki damage to enemies who are blocking. its a good stat against enemies who can guard.
There is a stat later on that is called everlasting ki, it prevent you from being broken when reaching 0 ki by chance base.
Well. I've been playing like a worthless piece of shit. Thank you for make me notice!
this is insane...what a god
I just got this game in a steam sale, and I’m in love with it.
I thought I was getting the hang of it, using all the stances, but then I see this...
I don’t even.
I can manage performing some attacks, then dodging or a move the gives some space, and switching stances to perform another move.
On a good day I can manage switching stances between attacks without needing the extra time and space to think.
How on earth can you add extra button presses before you dodge without getting hit all the time?
I always played fast characters in the souls games. I’m pretty good at dodging, and am becoming so in Nioh as I get used to the rhythm of various weapons.
I can’t comprehend committing to an attack, then realizing you need to move ASAP or get hit... and somehow having time for extra button presses.
Given how close the calls can be, I don’t get it.
I’ve learned to block in mid and dodge in low, and to switch to high when I have time to punish. I simply cannot see the time for swapping between the two on the fly every time I need to do one or the other.
Whenever you start to attack, you will need to consider recovering your ki in order to maintain your ki so that you dont run yourself low on ki (such as out of ki situation). Sometimes, even if you can see yourself dealing as much damage as possible (in the most stricted opening), you may want to replace your 3rd quick attack for ki pulse+double flux. You will have to exchange between attacking and ki recovering at some point.
I dont know how possible it is to add all of these input with m/k but, with a controller, you can use your whole thumb to press from high to low stance or slide your thumb between buttons.
On a side note, knowing your enemy attack pattern helps a lot when you need to recover and stay back.
Thanks for the tips!
Good luck trying to master all of this (for me) :D
im confused , when u are using sheathing on dash u are pressing l2 to aim for cancel the animation?
OH NVM I got it
Can you please advise the name of your armor set? I need it for my fastion souls.
Also thanks for good tutorial.
Brawler set (mid weight armor)
Thank you master
You're welcome
Can you give some advise concerning build and stuff for beginers (i'm currently at something like 20 hours in Nioh.
the double flux is actually really cool and looks like a glitch. definitely gonna abuse that
Its called flux ll in the skill list so its a thing.
**thumbs up** ^^ (basic knowledge)
But i embrace it that someone finaly bring it to the ppl outthere! Thx, Ace Gaming!
That looks realy complex. Especially the fast changes between stances and weapons. I will try this out, but with the fact i only have one reliable hand, because the left one is partial intact this could be really hard.
You will find your way around. You will probably learn other methods that I dont know about.
Hardest part is the Iai Draw stuff
Quite technical
I wonder if they will make the circle button do something in Nioh 2. Maybe jump? or parry? Or feint an attack? -Thanks for the video.
I would imagine more of a fourth stance like katana/odachi sheathing technique. Circle is usually sheathing weapon, but it could be a new hidden stance for other weapon.
@@LasttoLoad That would be cool. But still, aside from switching stances, pressing circle alone (without pressing r1) doesn't do anything at all right now. I wonder if they'll change that. Personally, I'd be happy if they kept the combat controls exactly the same (they're so good) but added more mechanics like spear's ki pulse attack, tonfa's kannagi dodges, flying monkey or tiger blade jump evasion. An extra button could help with those kinds of things.
Im guessing its only for interaction/opening chest, but it would be interesting if the circle changes depending if your weapon is sheathed (aka out of combat stance) or not.
If sheathed, circle button work as interaction with npc and environment.
If unsheathed, might be something for yokai power or jump basically.
Really there is so much more to add in nioh control scheme. Some weapon have buttons input that other weapon dont. I do hope there will be a variety of it.
I cant use high stance to complete train dude u gonna help me
The qucik draw for katanas seems way longer than dual katanas , what about the damage , are katanas still better for that one shot ?
Surprisingly, katana seems to be able to deal way more damage than dual katanas due to how long it take to perform a sheath attack. While dual does a double hit, one katana is only on single hit, and can take even longer to charge for more damage.
i see , so overall damage is higher for single katana , got it.
I'm liking, commenting and subscribing cause I'm a scrub =(
You're lucky the content is good or else I wouldn't
Yes. Quality content is an accident LtL just happened to be lucky. LOL.
I thought I was just fucken trash at this game until I saw all my brothers in the comments who probably only play on 1 stance like me LOL. OP is just a god.
This is a great video. One thing I think could have improved it tho is if you had included the button presses to make it a little easier to understand. Showing what and how for the button presses would have really made it more helpful. Great video nonetheless still. I fully understand how shit I am at this game when watching you lol
yea, i will definitely do this on the next one (whenever i have another one to make like nioh 2)
I cannot switch other weapon without activate plus attack from other one? how can I avoid that ?
You have to do this in order: ki pulse (R1) -> switch stance (flux) -> switch weapon. Hold R1 while doing all of this process.
For easier way (without flux), first ki pulse with circle (O), then switch weapon.
yeah thank so much I got it. the key here is switch stance -_- how the fuck can you do it so fast
For example, I usually use my whole thumb to press from triangle (tip of the thumb) to square and X (bottom of my thumb) for switching stance instantly. You will learn how to use your whole thumb in any other order for switching stance by playing with your thumb (by sliding or pressing).
I didn’t even know 2 fucking tricks that are double flux and switch weapon without attack, now I know. It would be so good to me to train Axe at the moment, that weapon like I touched it 3 times in fucking entire my games. I had learn so much from your videos and I think my play style is kind of the same as yours rofl (sorry lol but I think its good)
one more thing, do not forget to block to cancel switch stance animation to switch weapon quick.
I fighted Tachibana a thousand times till i learnt how to change stances better, and i think this game is so good that in any of my defeats i felt angry or thought it was a cheap death. Yes, even when he summoned electric "rabbits" and beaten me with a electric sword using a ultra fast sword unsheathe strike that ignored everything. I beaten him and didn't felt lucky, i felt proficient. Everybody talks about Dark Souls, but DS gameplay is absolute garbage compared to Nioh.
I used the rock and beat him first try. no shame. he cheats. I cheat
How to do the side stepping dodge?
Just dodge on left or right
@@LasttoLoad why mine is always dash animation?
Only in low stance dodge and mid stance first dodge, you will be side stepping left or right. If you dodge forward, its mostly a dash animation (while in high stance, its rolling)
In special case with spear and katana, they have different side dodge will faster and smaller range. But, its still work the same as that "dash animation". So other weapon except spear and katana will have that "dash animation" instead.
Its a weird design, but its still the same thing.
Last to Load im using katana mid stand , i beat wotn and im in the abyss floor 200 and i still can’t perform that side step dodge :(
Its mostly in low stance while targeting an enemy. Either with spear or katana, you will side step left or right.
What armor is that? It looks great.
Demonstormlord Brawler armor set. It's a basic armor.
Thanks!
👹🤺🌞 Awesome Thanks
WHAT WIZARDRY IS THIS😍😍😍😍
Magic
Fuck. This game have such complicated mechanics.
Yeah.. no. I lack the finger dexterity to do this, and lack the urge to learn. I'll just stick to my highstance.
TheHolydruid it isnt something that can be learned in one day really. But, if you practice it while grinding, it will become second nature. Your finger will adapt to it eventually.
Couldn’t agree more with the grinding part. After a certain point you just want to be as fast on the grind as the system will allow, although most people I’ve seen online use specific builds and jutsu set ups instead of the raw mechanical savvy this mad lad is showing
Bout to get nasty
But Sensei.....mouse and keyboard, halp.
Voldebutt lmao
ua-cam.com/video/N7g01lAOpaI/v-deo.html
I mastered on keyboard and mouse as hell :D hehehe takes time bro
i can do everything besides the double stance swap, the way ive mapped my keys i have my stances set to 1,2 and 3, so to do the double swap id have to take my finger off my WASD in the middle of combat, which i do not want to do, i could set it to my mouse wheel but id have little control over what stance i go in and out of, or overshoot the stance i want and spend forever trying to swap back to it.
Voldebutt double flux is quite easy to use mouse? why dont you have to be over complex it? just click on mouse
sheath. sheath. sheath. how can you get that wrong so many times?
I asked that myself every day.
XD. Well the vid is still quite helpful. William looks like he is having a seizure by the end of the lessons with all the stance switching, weapon switching and blocking happening XD
SHEATH
SHEATHING
Sheat is a type of fish.
dark494 But I like fish.
This is one of the things that unnecessarily complicate gameplay, I hate nested actions...
yea it is just surprising how deep the gameplay is