It vastly increases your Ki recovery speed so you can run, dodge and attack more. Armor: Stick with low weight armor, below 30% total equipment weight.When you get to the point that armor requires higher level of Skill to activate its effects, put more points in Skill. Also put some points into Magic. Attributes: Start by bringing all attributes to level 10 for a solid all-rounder (Dexterity can be ignored).In addition, its damage is mostly affected by Constitution which is the most useful attribute as it gives you more health. It’s also faster than other long weapons and can easily sweep human bosses off their feet. It allows you to reach some weakpoints of enemies that’d be hard to hit with a short sword.

Recommended Weapon: Spear - it has the longest reach and you can attack with it while sprinting.However, there is a very beginner-friendly setup and if you have trouble early on just give this a try: Pick what weapon feels the most natural to you, whatever you like best. Nioh 2 All Boss Fight Videos – YouTube Playlistįirst of all, every weapon can defeat any boss.Also try to get behind the boss while they miss their combo, as attacks from behind do double the damage. After they miss you land a single high-stance heavy hit and repeat. The same basic strategy works in 95% of fights: Run sideways in a big circle around the boss, let them miss a combo.Memorize their attack pattern and after which attacks they are slow to recover, giving you an opportunity to counter-attack. When reaching a new boss, do a test round where you just block and dodge without even attacking.They will help you out until they die or leave your game. You can also summon visitors (other human players) at Shrines in exchange for cups.To summon them you must first defeat Revenants from red graves to get the required cups.

This gives you an AI companion to aid in battle.

Summon Benevolent Graves (blue graves).

Get the Kodama in every mission! Every 5 Kodama in a region gives you +1 Elixir on respawn (if you find all 25 in a region you respawn with 8 instead of 3 Elixirs, making bosses a lot easier).

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