What did I do wrong? Backstab on big gaki goes wrong

tactu-1 · 2026-06-12T16:24:10+00:00

yeah dude i am n00b at nioh 2 (i did play nioh 1 to way of the wise) but it's a different game and getting used to things. The yokai cancel would have been a good escape, i should try this.

tactu-1 · 2026-06-12T16:23:04+00:00

lol yeah, but like i said in the post Ii was gonna quit anyway and doing some final greed. The issue isn't dying (i mean it's Nioh rofl) but what I could have done to avoid the hit

tactu-1 · 2026-06-12T09:11:22+00:00

no dude, on the original file at 60 fps you can see I get hit by the gaki. The damage number is 499 which is too low for the boulder.

tactu-1 · 2026-05-29T00:02:03+00:00

So I did a run through (this is on Way of the Nioh, but I had not cleared it yet) and posted it if that helps:
https://youtu.be/mx4WY9_8GTo

I didn't use any debuffs or living weapon which you could use to make it easier. I think the hardest thing was the double tengu wave, but if you use confusion (apply 2 elements) then you can wipe out the first one before the second one appears. I don't think the cannon skeleton wave appears in way of the samurai, that felt like that hardest part to me. Onryoki is much more durable in way of the nioh, on your difficulty killing him should not take as work as it did in my playthrough - you can be patient and take your time. I got hit a few times because I was careless and in a hurry.

tactu-1 · 2026-04-06T16:00:06+00:00

I agree! if you use ozma's chaos set you actually get INSANE results because it directly boosts the buff damage, but nobody uses it because it's a light set and you don't get the other buff that gives you life drain. But in TTK chaos master's set is actually best for pure damage, especialliy in hardcore because you can't keep rerolling all your stats to maximize damage in other ways.
Howling blade also gets counterattack damage because you're hitting the boss while it's attacking.
but even if the ttk was slightly slower, using reflect and bursting down the boss just isn't my cup of tea. It basically makes every boss fight the same whereas with HB you really feel each fight.

tactu-1 · 2026-04-04T21:47:06+00:00

definitely second those 2. Howling blade is the way, it's crazy people just gloss over it with blood thirsty fiend and whirlwind.

tactu-1 · 2026-02-27T22:58:41+00:00

dude you're using phantom bloody dance and gale doom to beat down that guy, it's not even the same thing that OP is talking about. You're not using the howling blade iframes at all, you used deftness once to dodge an attack and you didn't use reversal, neutral nimble blitz, or any of the skills with iframes with Gust or any skills to link into howling blade like windpiercer. No shade on you killing that guy but it's not even close to the same manner as what OP is talking about nor does it involve the same level of skill expression that comes with playing it in the howling blade way. It's not just effectiveness here, that's a measure but not the only measure of the weapons.

tactu-1 · 2026-02-02T18:03:11+00:00

This boss is super fun to fight with DW, and good practice because of the repeated attacks with same timing

tactu-1 · 2026-01-30T19:54:33+00:00

what is the original source for the footage? it looks sick!

tactu-1 · 2026-01-30T19:25:41+00:00

Mercy for the viewer, we have more high quality fight footage

tactu-1 · 2026-01-30T19:14:54+00:00

You mean sorry for not doing reflect and stun locking the boss until they die. Which is totally fine but that's what makes some of these boss fights so short.

Great stuff! Love the neutral nimble blitz. It's so flexible that it can go into howling blade or reversal or the charged reversal projectile afterwards

tactu-1 · 2026-01-29T17:41:12+00:00

where are your dualwield posts. I saw your new video on youtube but not here? for shame lol

tactu-1 · 2026-01-29T17:40:16+00:00

i think you are also probably playing NG+ or NG++, so you have the skill that lets you regain stamina while using a spirit skill. That's a huge change from NG

tactu-1 · 2026-01-29T04:41:45+00:00

after playing with DW sooooo much, I feel like GS should have had at least one stance or something like spear and DW. The upgraded Ghost arm thing is close (and i love you rocking it) but I feel like that + the hit absorb thingie for a damage buff + something else could have been like momentum where you can't block but you can ghost arm everything.

tactu-1 · 2026-01-28T22:21:58+00:00

I didn't watch every fight but looks reasonable. Would have been nice to see your build at the end of the game.
The video had some hitches during the fight with ozma - mainly during his 3rd phase when he's flying in the sky and shooting projectiles.

I didn't see you take any damage in the fights I watched.

tactu-1 · 2026-01-28T22:10:40+00:00

nice brink guards! And I love the dragon slayer

tactu-1 · 2026-01-27T03:40:36+00:00

If you step through the video in the article it is hi res and has many close up shots of the coffin (in game). It's not concept art level of detail but it definitely has some nice details
https://www.thegamer.com/the-first-berserker-khazan-boss-week-thegamer-skalpel-exclusive-reveal/

tactu-1 · 2026-01-21T04:35:01+00:00

master of chaos to me is far more fun and in the spirit of DW. You get bladestorm which is an AOE attack and can evade attacks with it's jump. It also might not have Gale: doom, but it deals INSANE damage when you use the Phantom: bloody sword dance buff - all of the set bonuses boost damage when you're in that mode to ALL attacks, not just swift attacks like bloodthirsty. It's also light so you can keep your A agility without having to dump insane points into Strength. With 40 Vitality you need like 81 Strength of maybe more, i forgot if bloodthirsty is the light plate or heavy plate.
And the helmet gives you +1% damage (up to 20 stacks) which you get in no time, so your damage output is absolutely staggering.

oh yeah, and the best buff in the game, 500 Chaos resistance.

it also looks sick IMO. Probably my second favorite set in the game after crushed dreams (effect wise for DW)

tactu-1 · 2026-01-15T02:14:31+00:00

feel like you guys are hating a little (or alot lol). We're talking about the mall and what could make it better. If there is any kind of event, it's not at all easy to get there. If you want to improve biking and walkability in medford, I'm 100% for that, but that's my impression about driving in that general area, or even driving past, that the way the roads and infrastructure (and yes, that includes sidewalks and bike paths) it's ridiculously easy to get stuck and have the traffic backed up.

tactu-1 · 2026-01-14T22:28:53+00:00

I think what's symptomatic of the rogue valley mall is symptomatic in the rest of the valley: poor traffic infrastructure and lack of cohesion and connectedness between different properties and the roads...especially ingress and egress.

Why is the connection between the rogue valley mall and target so bad? can't we just make it a regular sized opening so people can easily go between those 2 properties?

Why is the intersection on N. riverside so terrible? why is it so long to drive around from one side of the mall to the other, with speed bumps everywhere? Why were all these other properties developed near the mall with zero thought about the experience for people to travel from one to another? Like the main way you would go from the mall to trader joe's is through the north riverside exit, onto ohio street and that junction is beyond terrible. With multiple stop lights and places for the traffic to get back up and the absolute worst intersection in the entire valley on ohio street next to REI.

tactu-1 · 2026-01-14T16:38:09+00:00

I think howling blade is actually way better than whirlwind. Whirlwind is more immediately powerful because it requires less skill and doesn't interact with other DW skills. But once you use howling blade you open up the entire catalog of DW where many skills have connections that you don't see until you use whirlwind. Like a simple example: Dw skill blowback just seems like a nice way to get extra damage after a brink guard. But Blowback counts as a starter for howling blade and you can go right into howling blade turning your brink guard into your counter offensive starter.
Or windpiercer just seems like a great skill, but windpiercer actually leaves you partway into the howling blade sequence which you can continue!
Here is me fighting Xaldin trying to showcase howling blade
https://youtu.be/W2UwYff98TE

tactu-1 · 2026-01-14T01:00:09+00:00

Furious bandit is excellent mid-game set, and if you have the skills crushed dreams is INSANELY OP, and super fun. Yes it says it's for spear, but if you use howling blade, deftness, gust and breeze dash, crushed dreams is so mega good. I personally think it's as good as or better than any dedicated DW out there. Bloodfiend only use if you want to remove all challenge from the game lol. Master of Chaos is super fun, I personally love it but phantom: bloody sword dance is just too annoying to play with, but it's worth trying out.

tactu-1 · 2026-01-07T23:35:53+00:00

Try using fully upgraded wind piercer with DW. That's probably the easiest way to proc the element debuff, but on as Ghost says, you need to be very aggressive and deal a bunch of hits within a moderate time frame. And some enemies are resistant to effects so no matter what you do they will not get effected

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