Cheers.

Thanks.

I did post my original playthrough build, which was single sword. I'd change some of that now that I have more experience though. But hmm. Last night I was playing with single sword, but every time I pick up another weapon other than dual swords I get bored. It's a conundrum!

I get that a lot lol. Been told I sound like about a dozen different people by now haha.

Fuzzy Bearbarian Your videos have been extremely helpful to me so thanks. Pretty new to this style of game so its a big learning curve from Battlefield. Level 140 got to this point with alot of trial and error.

Great to hear. I'm pretty new too. My first game of this type was Bloodborne. That got me into Dark Souls 3. Then this. So yeah. But I'm hooked.

GlacierRain 8k hp. How?

+ 111 Life on a few armor pieces, prestige points, max body and max stamina for Todo clan bonus (for each point in stamina get x points in hp). could get more from the right guardian and set bonuses but that might be overkilling the overkill

Oh yeah, I think you're right. Damn, I completely forgot the rifle!

Funny you should say that. I've been leveling up Red Demon Armor to do exactly that. I'd probably still go Kara-jish with that build, but as usual I'd test it out first.

It seems like a fun build, and I did some major dmg with it using Kara-Jishi. My major problem with it is that you either have to use a sword or a spear. I'm not a fan of either. I like each better than axes, but dual swords and kusarigamas are my weapons. So I'm going with a mix between Sanada Crimson and Warrior of the West (which you introduced me to---I knew of it, but strangely never investigated what its perks were). I can proc "electrification" pretty easily(Magic & Spirit 99 = serious lightning shots), and then go to town. I always, always, wanted to keep my Agility at A (You can do this with 66 Stamina with the Discord Build---red demon + WoW; but I already explained my problems with that build), but even at 99 Stamina, it's literally (and I mean "literally" in the literal sense of the term) impossible to hit A Agility with my Sanada-WoW setup. I do have a question for you: Do you know the dmg difference between your character having A agility or B Agility when you have an A+ Agility Bonus on your ranged weapon? I'll try to run some tests, but you might already know. Thanks. Cheers!

Yes, it's 4% difference exactly. 12% at B, 16% at A. And I too am not a fan of spears. I did play through NG with a katana, but last night I went back to it thinking I might do a katana build, but it just wasn't fun for me like dual swords are. Kusa is my second favorite. I'm not much of an axe fan either to be honest. That's why all my videos are dual swords, I .. just ... can't ... let ... go lol.

Close combat attack and skill damage will do the same thing all factors being equal. However, what I think the argument is you are referring to is the level of damage that can be obtained by stacking these things. I was going to make a video discussing this today, but ran out of time (there's a thing called life that got in the way). But in a nutshell, the way to maximize your damage is to vary the types of damage you use to increase your damage and the sources from which they come. For example, instead of stacking close combat damage like you see in this video, stack maybe two pieces of close combat damage, put skill damage on your sword, and use a set that gives you another type of damage like critical or damage from behind too. Those will then add up 100% together. But, if all you do is stack, say, close combat damage, there is some kind of diminishing return/penalty being applied that in the end gives you less damage than the stat indicates. It's not that much of an issue unless you're trying to min/max everything, but if getting more damage is what you're after, then it's an issue. Best set I can see right now is 4 pieces of Kingo's armor and 3 pieces of A Master Swordsman armor, plus skill damage on your weapon instead of close combat damage. That combination may very well give you the or if not close to the most raw damage you can get in the game.

You literally read my mind and answered the exact thing I was looking for! I actually use the Master/Kingo combo and just started upgrading skill dmg on a second set of swords. (Gotta do the whole 160 and upgrades later if I get time) Thanks as always for the great info!

No problemo.

15% is the max on a weapon not at max familiarity. 20% at max. It doesn't matter which + level the weapon is at.

Sounds like one of the attributes you need for the set to work hasn't been levelled up. If you didn't craft the gear, from memory you need Body and Strength of 9 (don't quote me on that, it's been a while since I played, so just double-check). You can look at individual armor pieces to see what they require. If you're missing what you need it will be red.

When I forge I use 10 divine fragements. 99% of the time I get all slots filled when I do that.

Affects both, whereas skill affects just skills. However, recently we've learned stacking CCD has diminishing returns and you may not havet the full CCD you have in your stats equate to damage. Very tricky. So it seems the way to max your damage is to have a mix of different damage increasing types. Therefore, even though CCD does affect skill damage, having CCD and skill damage as your perk would seem preferable.

Fuzzy Bearbarian i see. Thanks for the info. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for your comment mate. Just a few points. 1) Yatagurasu. Yes. I forgot about the rifle. Woops. 2) Re finishing out WotW. There are 3 pieces of Warrior of the West to get close combat damage. Finishing out Warrior of the West would require adding 3 more pieces from that set. You would only gain 14.1% close combat damage. However, to add those pieces you would lose 15.8% close combat damage. You would only gain close combat attack (when electrified) of 27.5%. However, you would also lose one piece of Master Swordsman in addition to losing Yagyu to achieve that, which in turn would lose you the 30% sign of the cross damage. So you lose 30% off a skill that can be done any time, to gain 27.5% close combat attack only when enemies are electrified. Also, putting lightning on Yokai is hard compared to humans, whereas using sign of the cross is easy against yokai or humans. So against Yokai you're really losing a lot of potential damage. Against humans obviously not so much as it is easy to put lightning on them, but a 30% sign of the cross skill damage plus 27.5% close combat attack plus lightning damage buff is not that different to a potential 75% sign of the cross with kara-jishi. But even if it was, the damage we're talking is still enough to obliterate most human bosses either way, so making a change that loses damage in a lot of yokai situations to gain more damage in an area where it isn't actually needed isn't the best plan in my view. 3) As I stated in the video, Close Combat Damage and Close Combat Attack are two different things. When you say you can possibly get 70% extra close combat damage, that's not accurate. What you're getting is 27.5% more close combat attack, and then you're getting the percentage of your extra lightning damage on top of that, which is completely different to close combat attack. It's purely a percentage of the elemental part of the attack that gets buffs, not the close combat attack. So not anywhere near 70% close combat attack. It still results in more damage, yes, but the point of this build as I stated in the video was about maximizing raw damage and not having to be situational, including proccing elements to get extra damage. My previous builds do that, including the very last build I posted that did take into account electrified enemies. This build is aiming to be different to that one. 4) Regarding easily pushing 200% close combat damage with kara-jishi. You can't. Sorry, but there's no way you can do that with any build in the game.

Fuzzy Bearbarian you can equip yatagarasu rifle to get to 3 pieces and ccd bonus.

Fuzzy Bearbarian I can do that math for you if you want to see it. So my current build set bonuses give me 32% CCD. Kara jishi provides 45%. Carnage 30%,. Both of my accessories provide a total of 30%. My weapon provides 20%. Could also factor in 12% when full health seeing as in most of these farming runs I never get hit. Also I didn't really understand what you were talking about with the close combat attack/damage difference. Close combat attack (enemy electrified) flavor text states increased close combat damage against enemies who are electrified, this applies for poison, paralysis, enemies blustered, etc.... so with my build, not using any of those I'm sitting cozy around 170%CCD. But I know for a fact you can go higher with poison/paralysis builds. And if you're not looking for CCD exactly the japans bravest set has the technical highest damage boost in the game since it has 12.2CCD along with 20%Skill damage. With WotW this is the theoretical highest damage boost from sets possible as it will total to almost 45%damage increase when using skills. I can't get into every technicality though

You're confusing the damage types. Kara-jishi gives skill damage, not close combat damage. Carnage gives a close combat attack buff, not close combat damage. The wording on enemies electrified is confusing, but it doesn't give a close combat damage buff, it gives a close combat attack buff. The difference is an increase in your attack value, not your damage value. Now, I still get your point that you're getting more damage in the end, but that damage is the funnel-end result of close combat attack, and does not equate to the 170% or 200% close combat damage numbers you're talking about. If it did, you would kill every boss in the game with half a windstorm...

You're right. I utterly completely forgot about the rifle damn it all! Hahah. Nioh!!!!! (Yelled in Khan's voice).

Yeah, the day I can be bothered trying to for 5 160 level armor pieces is the day I'll get +36. The gain isn't really worth it though, so I haven't been bothered so far. Change to Attack doesn't scale with the scaling attribute of the weapon. It scales on the number of points put into the stat that it applies to. So it doesn't matter what change to attack you have on your weapon so long as you level it up. Change to attack on any attribute will equal the exact same attack gain on the weapon per point allocated to the stat.

Yes. I was very lucky. Got it on my 3rd try for it.

If you're weapon isn't at max familiarity, max CCD will be 15%. It goes to 20% at max familiarity, so bear that in mind. The rest is RNG, meaning reforge after reforge after reforge until it happens. Some people say it makes no difference if you use spirit chunks or divines, and that might be right. But, I tend to find better success with using divine fragments. That's not science though, it could just be RNG working better there or a placebo, I don't know. Worth a try maybe?

Ah, I think a few attempts where on new weeps and gear.. oops. Thanks 👍

Also is there a spot where divine +3 drops or do you have to start small each time

Glad to help :)

Basically the higher the mission level the highest the potential + drops will be. At 330 you can get +6's frequently. So it's just a case of working your way up.

Tea-time Entertainment sub mission.

The Grimmest Blades dojo mission is where it drops the most.

I did that and got the blue version? Do I have to do it in new game +? If so how do I activate it?

Tengen doesn't give you a straight increase. Tengen requires amrita absorption to proc the skill damage, meaning you have to have had damage and the amrita has to have been asborbed before the high stance attack value kicks in. It also forces you to always be in high stance. Any skill damage gains on other skills are lost. On windstorm Tengen just doesn't do as much damage as kara-jishi. I've spent time running with Tengen, Kato and Kara-jishi to see the differences, and nothing compares to kara-jishi for windstorm damage.

Xanatos Xan Xerxes just for the sake of it tengen and Kara jishi offer the exact same damage bonus now. Admittedly tengen is more situational but if I run extraction talismans, which I frequently do to use luck with LW, it can be just as viable. Also the buff carries through stances and they all stack, you can get all 3 at the same time, so yes you can use that damage for other abilities.

​@@fuzzybearbarian Can't you use a spirit stone for the amrita absorption requirement?

aka the ki killer build

You have to get to the second last region and farm the Sekigahara boss.

Fuzzy Bearbarian that doesn't tell me which revenant to look for -_-'

Ah, a revenant named Fuzzy Bearbarian...

Fuzzy Bearbarian ok

Dropped them for your on The Battle of Ohashi Bridge just now.

You're awesome thanks a lot. How long does a revenant stay in place as I'm unsure on how the revenant system really works?

I honestly don't know. I do know my Revenant has been picked up after more than 24 hours, so at least a day.

Fuzzy Bearbarian Thanks for replying once again. Will go farming right away. Cheers for the build vids. Looking forward to seeing what you can come up with once the dlc drops

Just checked, appears it didn't stay.