/ng/ - Nioh general

Best girl.

Latest Patch Notes
>fextralife.com/nioh-1-04-patch-notes/

>What does each element do?
nioh.wiki.fextralife.com/Status Effects

>What should I do with the armour/weapons I don't want/use?
Purple/Blue = Disassemble (Then use the blue mats to forge a purple if you have enough)
Yellow/White = Sell or you can give it to the kodamas for amrita and the odd free item.

>What does the summoning candle do?
It returns your guardian spirit to you when you die along with the amrita you collected.

>Should I use soul match?
Honestly, no, not unless you have basically finished the game and have a weapon with some really great stats. As you progress you will get a steady flow of new weapons and armour that is better than what you have. Don't waste your money on soul matching until later.

>Why do people keep mentioning "smithing texts"?
Bosses tend to drop pieces of their armour and weapons when you defeat them. Very rarely they will drop a smithing text which allows you to forge their armour/weapon.

>Which clan should I join? (clan unlocked through progression)
Whichever one has a bonus that you think will benefit your build the most.

Beta guide that could still be useful : pastebin.com/VEHby7kd

list of smithing texts:
pastebin.com/iDcwJWuy

First for inb4 >girl

Stop using sloth

Carnage + Weakness is more broken.

What're some good magic/ninja skills to pour into? Scratch that, what're some good ninja skills to pour into? I find myself pouring those passives into passives instead

I want to run a sneaky backstabbing ninja build, what bonus should I look for? Is that final blow?

it's fun for a second character.

ok
>throws makibishi ball and uses paired raiken guardian talisman

Carnage+Weakness+Sloth+Steel+Makibishi

is more broken

How do I get change attack to skill on my 1kat? Just spent 5 million reforging and got nothing

Steel overwrites carnage.

only the debuff part

No.

Huh. However the Guardian Spirits/minor deities work, I guess it's confirmed that our Nekomata is Byakko.

I just wonder why he's idly hanging out with Hanzo if he apparently doesn't deserve a spirit of his own.

William has SHURSHA, so I don't really buy that it's because William is a western white man.

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Stop not posting the pixiv Fuku art

It overwrites all of it the same way power pill does.

>Trying to get Mitsunari Crusher
>Always get nicked by his opening wind blade bullshit
HOW

it doesn't

git gud

It's not a matter of "deserve" or not. After all, Hiroie has Hinezumi and feels he doesn't live up to his father and uncle. Hanzo just might not have the right mindset to see guardian spirits, so Byakko hangs on to his cat. Cats are known to be able to see supernatural stuff anyway.

living weapon

I was able to use the torii gate to co-op with another player without ps plus. I tried to do the same today and it brought me to the buy ps plus screen. Anyone else experience this?

Why is Umibozu so strong?He's wrecking my shit

Hyottoko masks

stand still, it will go over your head.

I would, but that's all there is of her. Sorry mate. Have something I found on Twitter.
There's also now a pic on pixiv of Ginchiyo getting gangbanged by oni.

Isn't that fiend usually up top to begin with?

>Ginchiyo getting gangbanged by oni.
the only good porn so far

plus was free for a few days, it ended

yes, i aggro'd him and he dropped down

>Short hair or a bun on the back of the head
>Not a bun on the top of the head

That's an odd interpretation of how her eboshi works.

Better than nothing, I guess. Thank you?

there are occasionally free PS+ trials, usually only for a few days. Not sure where they're announced. just happened that there was one for a couple days recently and it made lots of people think Nioh's coop feature was free

Stack luck for farming texts or item drop rate?

Yes, but be careful, a later blast is aimed lower and would hit you.

So, by that point

both

item drop rate

>So by that point
just step to the side.

Weird. At least he wasn't invisible.

Would that picture happen to be over in r34?

What happens if I, with my full divine gear, used a reset book to delevel to 1, go to the first mission, kill myself to get rid of all the amrita (Just in case it calculates your possible level) and killing myself again.

Would the game make a divine gear revie?

it's on pixiv

Am I missing something
I can't find this new menu that's supposedly in the hidden teahouse

Uhh, you are missing something alright, but on the wrong end?

There is no "new menu that's supposedly in the hidden teahouse"

I'm so glad we have the Koan Manual and the Book of Reincarnation, way better than making new characters every time

post Willys

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Account needed eh? R34 doesn't seem to have it, but they did have one of William with Hino-enma and Okatsu in the bath. And one more, but didn't get a good look. Think it's Hino-enma and some yokais. They're below average, but it's something I guess.

More like a spickky

Is there a smithing text for the mariner's set?

Is the Rabbit's Luck in LW better than Spider's constant luck up if I can consistently get a kill with LW on, and get LW every time I run the mission? Or is there a miniscule difference in the first place?

seeing how they patched speedrun exploits the onmyo meta's days are pretty much numbered now, aren't they

I kek'd

user. Ask yourself a simple question, one that will answer everything for you if you ever feel the need to ask this sort of question about weapons and armor again.

Does a boss NPC use it?

Oh shit.

does that mean i can wear okatsu's outfit?

No, because sloth+steel+carnage+weakness is still the most broken shit around and make shit like one hit iai kills possible without sneaking or butter churning 2kat spam melting.

user, did you not listen to Danjo?

what did danjo say?

Big ol willy.

Actual armor set, or just refashioned?
>99 Stamina and Strength
>34.3
>B

Anything's possible.

>Actual armor set, or just refashioned?
>99 Stamina and Strength
>34.3
>B
>Anything's possible.

The only thing possible is you being an idiot.

You're not a girl.

Is it possible to be TOO lucky? I'm farming Mitsunari and I'm just getting piles of greens rather than any materials, and Smithing Texts are purple rarity, or at least their model is.

I don't memorize equipment weights.

I just remember if you max out both stats you can run heavier armor with B agility.

You could be wearing anything, and if you wanted to run around all Deus Vult, you could just refashion anyway.

what does that have to do with wearing okatsu's outfit?

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They have a model?
I just see the "You have a smithing text" notification in the center if one dropped from a boss.

user, you really shouldn't need this explained. Danjo is going to have to tell you the story of the spiders and the umibozu isn't he?

Smithing Texts drop as purple material sacks, I believe.

Fanatics set with warrior of the east chest.

Which is supposed to be which? Bozu is reasonably phallic.

go on

Long ago there was a lonely spider. It lived in solitude in the trees unable to attract the attention of anyone. It was so lonely that even leaves didn't stick around very long, even though new ones showed up eventually.

Tired of being alone the spider went to the sea. There, faced with the sparkling expanse of blue, it shouted, "UMIIIIIII."

That was when umi-bozu appeared.

"Yes?"

The spider didn't know what to do. It was the first time anyone had paid any mind to it.

"Is this friendship?" It asked in a pitiful voice fearing the large being would leave.

"No, fuck off." And umi-bozu went back to the ocean.

So the spider went off, built a castle, found a tea kettle, and started killing flies because fuck you.

You get smithing texts for boilerplate items as quest rewards.

It wouldn't be unimaginable if you could get one as an obscure sub-mission reward.

>Mariner set smithing text
>Drops from the first Onryoki boss fight

>you will never use Okatsu's unwashed outfit
It hurts

Purple sacks. The worst part was getting 8 purples from Yasuke and none of them being the axe smithing text. Ended up getting them shortly after though.

Final Blow refers to the attack you do on an enemy that's downed/on the ground.

Grapple is the attack you do when they are standing and weakened.

You want Damage From Behind. The Twin Sickles set you can get (Kingo's Armor), which is easy to get once you do get access to it, will give you a lot of these bonuses.

Otherwise, pick up the catwalking scrolls and general 'stealth' stuff. Pay a lot of attention to the 'grapple' damage on weapons--Katanas tend to be really good and even get a MYSTIC ART that gives more damage from behind. Finally, hope you luck out and get 'STEALTH' on an accessory or armor--this can show up as 'STEALTH FROM HUMANS' or 'STEALTH FROM YOKAI' and in the game basically means that the enemy won't notice you until you're right up on on them, allowing you to sneak about even without sneaky ninja magic.

Ninja Skills are all very good. I suggest trying out a little of everything.

You can really hose humanoid opponents with the bomb you set on the ground, as they'll fall, you can stab them, then plant another for them to hit and fall again.

Now I get what's Grapple/Final blow. But what about killing strike?

Some crusher titles are easier than others.

>"No, fuck off." And umi-bozu went back to the ocean.
>So the spider went off, built a castle, found a tea kettle, and started killing flies because fuck you.
Not gonna lie, user. Laughing my ass off right now.

killing strike and final blow are the same thing, this games localization is awful.

I get so teary-eyed at the end. The spider found its way in life.

peacock attack buff stacks with carnage?

So it might be the placebo effect playing its mindgames, but after doing fifteen runs on Mitsunari via the quit to menu method, I did the thing where you connect to co-op to refresh your revenant set.

So I killed a revenant, loaded in another revenant set for good measure, and then on my 2nd attempt on Mitsunari I got his sword text.

So RNG may be linked to your current revenants. If you're having trouble getting a boss to drop shit while doing quit out farming, consider reloading your revenants and then giving it another shot.

No idea, never looked into it since its not the reason I'm using pcuck.

BRAAAAAP

>mfw running through levels in NG+ because I don't have to find Kodamas and killing early level enemies isn't worth the time when I can farm the later levels
Tiger scrolls and an electric bunny, man.

Pretty out of date but I don't feel like turning on my ps4 to take an updated one

How to kusarigama? Build/skills/armor? I only have done 1 kat.. but I'm lost and all the guides suck

axe or spear?

put all of your points into dex and wear iga

Why not both? You can level every stat to 99 and amrita per level caps at 10 million.

What does the Veeky Forums 404 boy have anything to do with that?

Suppa, Catwalking, Tiger Running, Quickchange scrolls. All really good. I would go with iai strike and stack behind the back damage for sneak attacks. With even the bare minimum stealth scrolls you can run through an entire level easy.

>boy

Should I bother with high stance? What about a mix of ninjutsu?

My strength is at 5. I can't really use much medium armor as a result. I tend to use light and medium armor.

Should I respec to 10 strength for anything but a super light onmyo build?

I'm in full redboy because it's plentiful off revs but that's kinda the only reason. I'm surprised I can use full red armor with 5 strength. I don't use axes at all.

because that's dumb and optimizing your build for a certain level is way more fun

plus being at a lower level increases revenant difficulty and therefore drops

yes

you should commit flux to muscle memory and alternate between high and low stance to combo infinitely

then use mid stance for playing defensive when you over-aggro

>what about a mix of ninjutsu?
dex IS the ninjutsu stat

How do I get change attack to skill on my 1kat? Just spent 5 million reforging and got nothing

strength isn't what you're looking for

you want to level stam

and just level it, don't bother respecing just for that

collect all of the unique matagamas for tome and pray to god that you get the roll

I mean like what skills would compliment the kusarigama?

Hey /ng/. I'm pretty new to games of this sort. I played Bloodborne for about 10 hours or so, but I never found a weapon that I felt comfortable with, and the game was really frustrating for me. I'm absolutely loving Nioh so far, though. Are there any other games with combat similar to Nioh? Do you think I'll be better at Bloodborne after I play Nioh?