"The best players use all 3 (stances) when possible." You goddamn right. Preach it.

Coming from Elden Ring and Sekiro [which I love], I've always wished the movesets for various weapons was a bit more customizable than it is in FromSoft games. Having three distinct movesets per weapon type looks awesome. Guess I'm gonna have to pick this one up.

So far your tutorials are the easiest to grasp and understand. Seen some others and they kind just jump in assuming you know what you are doing already lol

This series of videos is a godsend for learning how to play this game. Thank you so much for taking the time to make these. You're the bomb!

this video not only helped me understand the timing but also exactly how it works unlike the other videos which just said press r1 or just had them doing it got the boss first try after simply understanding what i was doing

First time playing on PC and this was very helpful. Thanks!

Really enjoying all these videos. Even though I'm halfway through Nioh 2 I had no idea that you regained ki while blocking in midstance! Very cool info.

And he did it again ladies and gentlemen 7 videos in and you made me completely understand these mechanics in one foul swoop thank you my dude for real your the nioh goat prove me wrong

These are great man thanks! I'm just now getting into NIOH and this is a super comprehensive short cut into learning about the system.

I am playing on the PC with the keyboard, and I have noticed that I can also do a Ki pulse by changing stances or weapons. The Ki pulse button (in my case it's F) is called "Change stance" even though it doesn't change my stance. I do that with Z (High), X (Mid), and C (Low). I thought I had to do a Ki pulse by pressing F, and then switch my stance to get the Flux bonus. But that's not necessary. For Flash Attack it works a bit different. Changing my weapon does a Ki pulse, but after that I have to press the change weapon button one more time to activate the Flash Attack. In other words, I have to double click the change weapon button (V). But F and then V also works. Thank you for all the Nioh 2 Academy videos. They made the game so much more playable and enjoyable for me. If only I can unlearn dodging in mid stance ;)

This is a very helpful guide. I would notice that I would accidentally do perfect ki pulses when I was switching stances, but I couldn't nail it every time. I'm glad that I found this video so I can try and nail it every time.

Your videos have helped me get back into this game and work to finish it 😊

Dude you are straight up killin this thing.😆 i REALLY wish this had existed when i 1st started playin! Brilliant!

Dude just want you to know your freaking awesome. Your vids deserve millions of views as does the Nioh series itself. I mean look at the spinoff of soulslikes...such as The Surge. None of them hold a candle to Nioh except maybe Salt and Sanctuary/Sacrifice which isn't nearly as deep but still worth mentioning. This is probably the deepest systems in a game I've ever seen. Just got me a PS in order to play this. Your vids are great man. Do you play Salt and Sacrifice by chance? And one other question if you don't mind...can't help but ask, Nioh, or Bloodborne? Sorry I had to do this to you 😆

I knew that after +850 hours I'd still learn something

for all new players, these are the points I wish I knew when starting the game: 1) avoid the bosses in the first mission until you know the next points; 2) running is activated when you press and hold the dodge button, it makes combat more fluid and easy for you, lets you bait enemy animations, etc,etc, watch what this guy does in his videos (it consumes a bit of ki per second) (if you go to tutorial you won't get this info and inside control or keyboard settings it doesn't have a configuration that says you can run, it's like.....humm.....it doesn't exist......its....humm.....hidden); 3) fight normal mobs to get exp to gain levels for your weapon and SAMURAI; samurai is important to level up since you need the "running water skills". it's a must-have. actually, you will need every skill that gets you free ki or ki pulse for most movements you do. and get skills that activate good fighting animations, usually they hurt more than basic attacks and give you better combos.

You sir, are the Nioh 2 Professor!

Great vid. Thank you. Trying to learn and remember different mechanics from different game's, Nioh 1/2, HZD, W3, AC:O, Koa:R-R, Greedfall, Botw, For Honor, GoT, GoW, Hellblade, IFR, KC:D, Outward and Bloodborne is taxing on my old brain. Your video was very helpful. Thank you.

This is the video i needed. Thank you sir.

very helpful series

I've never in 35 years of life found such a needed mechanic that is necessary for beating the game, that is so insanely difficult to pull off reliably. People keep saying this game is well made....

I Love your Guides Pooper

Any guide on what are the most usefull skills out of weapon trees and onmyo/ninjutsu/samurai/shiftling? Also the soul core mechanic is somehow really confusing to me, but everything else seems to be like in nioh 1 that's good.

Thanx another great lesson for me as starter in nioh2. Yesterday beat cursed blossom and the first side mission. How can i get point for the Ninja skilltree?

your vids are really good for beginners like me. so much to learn before even playing lol

2000 hours and I'm just consciously knowing about the midstance ki regen during block movement wow

as addition...there is a lot for new players to focus and practice. It gets overwhelming. So put priority on what to practice. Master the Ki pulse first or you might as well not play this game. It is that important to take down enemies and keep the combat flowing Switching stances is great and becomes more important the further into the game you get. Except for Yoshitsune in the DLC I imagine most players being able to get through new game without switching stances even once. Then have more time practicing and mastering it during NG+ since that is a "Throw away" difficulty where you can do whatever. Perfect place to try and practice new stuff once again. in NG++ and beyond "stance dancing" becomes more and more important. Enemies are sturdier and last longer. So you need to be more aware of when to attack in high stance for big damage and when to back off in low to manage Ki and evasion.

Could u make advance combo guide for few dlc weapons like splitstaff fist

more action games should use a 'do stuff meter' like this encourages tactical thinking without being too punishing

I can’t use ki-pulse after attacking its a spell that stops me from using ki-pulse how do I remove it? Please help

This skill is key

Great vid again...

I got my Ki at 33 should I keep pumping it? It feels like I never have enough and although I read online like yeah keep going it gets better returns, it seems like an absolute waste atm for many other things I could be doing

I’m not sure why but the game isn’t allowing me to use ki pulse unless I’m transformed.

just for curiosity, are you playing on pc? if yes how i get the playstation prompts instead of xbox's? or maybe you are on playstation but recording on pc through an elgato or similar

whats the difference between dodge vs dash?

*me who beat the game without ki pulsing* hmm maybe I’ll go learn how to ki pulse

Probably should take some time to describe what the stuff on the UI are, like, what is that purple symbol? What is this bar? Stuff like that

i can only attack twice and then im huffing and puffing

"Cross or X, whatever you wanna call it." ?!?!?!?! Lmao no dudes it's X. It's literally only ever been X 😅 Other than that insane little tidbit; this series has been extremely helpful and informative.