Gladiator Senpai blesses us with his teachings.

Great video you made man appreciate you taking the time making this!

if the box has 3 stripes on the sides, instead of 2, its a mimic, no need to wishle at all of them ^-^ may more videos come

Man, pretty great video and I've been waiting this kind of info for a while. The complexity of Nioh combat is pretty deep and it seems pvp would be a very competitive similar to a fighting game.

This is how the game should be played exactly. Goodness, just look at all the folks out there diligently playing this game Souls-style, ughh, they don't fully show the in-depth mechanics of the combat system.

As a Nioh-newbie - there's a lot of tips that are way over my head, but quite a few that are really amazing to find out! Thanks for putting this video together! :)

Hey man love your videos. I just wanted to share how I like to do Flux II. It's a hair faster than what you showed in your video. When you do the ki pulse, just slide your thumb across the face buttons instead of pressing each one individually. Can save you a few frames and it feels really smooth to do once you get used to it.

Also, just an fyi, the Attack Plus from Ki Burst on Medium and Low stance doesn't increase your damage at all. Instead, Medium stance lets you block a single attack for free (no ki use) and low stance gives you a single evade for free (again no Ki use). Only High stance gives the damage boost.

The amount of talent on this guy omg well played dude!

You noticed that you are the best KZfaqr about Nioh, right? I'm German, living in Japan and don't have enough time to play the game like I would like to. Also I don't understand perfectly what you say sometimes, cause it's too fast (my englisch sucks) What I want to say is: Thank you very much!

Some tips from end-game: 1.Until endgame equipment doesn't really matter,choose weapon for as high attack possible(over 10 worth changing) and set effect or special effect for armor, sensing enemy or kotana(?) is also pretty good. 2.Easy farming revenant : Spam the Ki burst of katana until they are out of stamina then execute, it's better if you are good with couter. 3.Counter tips: you should observe then counter for high stance and expect and counter before for mid and low stance. For katana it's better to use square counter as you can link 2 slash with an execute. 4.Sloth is OP, don't use it if you want to have fun.

Why you don't show your Life and Ki in numbers? You can change it in the options. Would be more interesting to see exactly what's going on ;) Beside this, a nice video like always!

once again thank you for taking your time to make this video and share your experience, greatly appreciated!

this is a great video that finally helped me with regaining my KI. Thanks a lot man.

Wow, thank you very much, this is really usefull, there are some things i didnt know about it. P. S you are a pro!. Oo

Great job man thanks for your time 👍🏽

FYI to anyone who gets the game on a Steam sale and finds this video now, as I have, or even who has played the game for years mistakenly believing what this video (and the game itself) tells you regarding this ... know that the buffs you get from perfect ki pulses after unlocking the relevant skill for each Stance are _NOT_ all attack buffs. They don’t all make your next attack stronger while the buff lasts. I tested this for hours once I became aware that my damage numbers were not any higher. It goes like this: High stance: this one actually works as described. If you connect with an attack during the few seconds the buff symbol appears, you will do somewhat more damage than that attack normally gets Medium stance: a successful ki Pulse here buffs your *blocking*. If you block while the buff is on, the first hit you take will do NO ki damage. This can even work on bosses’ strong attacks. situational, but very useful Low stance: you get one free dodge. This one is weird. If your dodge IS the perfect ki Pulse you used to proc the buff, that dodge won’t cost you ki so long as you perfect ki Pulse at the very end of the usual “perfect Pulse” window. If not, if your Pulse is “perfect” enough to get the perfect-Pulse buff yet also paradoxically slightly too early, then your _next_ dodge will cost no Ki. (Not 100%, but I think the next dodge must be while the buff is still acting). This can be hard to plan around and use with intentionality at moments it might be useful, and a ki-less low-stance dodge isn’t so massively useful enough as to be to be important. I think of it more like a minor bonus going on in the background. (If I think of it at all.) Idk why they messed the description up so badly, how they were so misleading. That seems to be just one particularly egregious example of an all too common issue in this otherwise excellent title, sadly.

I really improved my skills in this game thanks to you :3 Keep up the good work! I hope we'll have a playthrough soon :3

all those videos on internet just about building and equip. Nioh is not dark souls, stats and amours is important but what you must have is skill. Instead of showing how to build why not showing how to play like all of XLHGladiator's nioh videos

Super useful and advanced tips&tricks! Thank you!!

you a beast.been waiting for this video. thanks for your tips.

Awesome now I can attempt some of this stuff, thanks

And he delivers!! Great work!

Pro tip.....dont put text on the screen when ppl are supposed to be watching YOU lol thanks man, great vid

Thankyou for that weapon sheathe then switch tech! I was afraid I'd have to avoid flash attack on my triple sword character.

Your play style is too fkn awesome. GG

Very good

Going to pimp this video...excellent tips here.

Very informative video I still have some difficulty in changing stances in mid fight -_-. By the way, you can tell wguch gesture you should use for the Walls just by looking at their eyes. And I believe there is an item you can buy that resets your level and return to you all Amiritas that you used for leveling, I'm not actually how it works or how many you can buy it...you can check it out at the blacksmith.

Man I gotta practice with the weapon switching more, still have trouble doing it fluidly. On that note its good to know more about the weapon switching attack. Since I'm still practicing weapon switching mid combo I was worried it would interfere too much. I'll have to try out your combos for practice time, and I'll be sure to do it in the Dojo Cave. Two little things I thought I would mention that you didn't, but may know about. One with the sell all menus be careful which tab you are on. If you are on all items or everything tabs it will select all your items and materials too. Obvious when you think about it, but you can accidentally sell your hoard of forge materials and usables if your aren't careful. The second thing was the Refashion. I avoided this option for a while but it's actually quite helpful to be stylish and get stat bonuses at the same time. I run a lot of Spirit to Defense and Ki Reduction abilities, but prefer the look of other armor. This way it lets me mix and match. I noticed you weren't huge on min/maxing armor abilities so you might like to use this to refashion Red Demon armor into your style so you can still get the Ki buff. Might be helpful since your almost using the whole set anyway. That and Ki regen is always super helpful.

To XLHGladiator: Thank you for this awesome videos! Well...how did you learned about gestures? Did you read it somewhere or you learnt it the hard way by yourself?

Nice video, cool combos! Hope you get lots of subs if pvp comes out for this game :)

The "bonus attack" from switching stance is not exactly bonus attack. While high stance does indeed increase the damage, mid stance increase 'parry' stat and low stance makes your next evasion maneuver cost no ki.

Hey man, thanks for the tips, there's one move at 6:09 where you hit the spider with a fast upward attack, I can't seems to do it, it's always come to the dash-attack which has longer animation

I appreciate the infoand I wanna thank you first and foremost but it's hard to be engaged in a half hour video of in-game audio and screen text. I think presentations could be thought out to help your videos be a bit more digestible

Thank you very much for this video! It is pretty useful, and you really are very good at this game! >_

super informative more videos please! :)

Hey, first of all, nice videos, really skilled player I really like it ;3 I do have a question tho, I have a ps4, but no playstation plus (online), and seeing there's a petition to make Ni-oh on PC aswell, I'm wondering if it's worth getting it on ps4, if it ever gets out on PC. Because I probably won't get online in a while, I was wondering how much time you spent online, and if it really affects the game if you don't have it. That'd be great to have an answer from you, I hope to see more ! ;3

Do you ever stream your games? I'd enjoy seeing this live.

Amazing video. Thanks again. I have two issues: 1- when you double flux I'm a bit confused on the input. So say I do the high stance attack you showed. So then I'd hit ki pulse and stance switch at the same time followed by the next stance inputs? 2 - still a bit confused with the sheath cancels.

Hey, XLH, do you know a good Nioh walkthrough I should watch? Preferably, one with no commentary and few deaths.

Noob question.....but to unlock further skills per weapon, is it entirely based off proficiency plus the prerequisite skill? I've completed ALL dojo missions yet still cant unlock the duel katana skills I'm after

meanwhile Ryu Hayabusa and Dante are like "can you believe how slow this guy is XD ???"

really good

damn didnt knw the game had that many mechanics need to try them out

Does armor influence only the distance of the dash or does it involve s as well ?

See this giant enemy slime? you have to attack its weak point for massive damage... +1 subscriber

B....butt buttttt, I use the Odachi and Dual Swords!

So Gladiator--- Is maining a third weapon a viable option? because while the Katana and Spear are my main weapons, I've been enjoying the Dual Katanas and would like to use it as my third main weapon. The reason I ask is because in most videos or guides, they recommend that you only main two weapons.

Great video, really useful. Could you teach me the fastest way to be proficient with my weapon?

Yeah I know picking anything in NiOh would work for anyone butttt it won't be cool as you doing it!! (I have no problems with tiny spiders at all because I use my Odachi's earthquake spamming it easily lolol)

Thanks, for the video. Saw something new for me, but question about Flux still up, for me. Because I don't see any real advantage on doing exactly Flux, usually perfect Ki Pulse is enough.

Is it just me or can you not see much in this dark cave ?

Are you gonna pvp when the dlc come out? Are all of these attacking tech goona work? What do you think

I knew stances are pretty advanced, but omg... Now I realise, that I'm playing this game in a very wrong way :/

Awesome video, any tips on gold and amrita farming?

so whenever you do draw strikes it is easier to do them from switching weapons because i have issues from time to time where my button input wont register because something else is active. i remember in dmc3 and 4 we can still pull off the draw strikes with vergil when the command is put in like a que during the animation of the last attack.

Hi dear how do you perform random slice without moving? Thx

Did you finished Nioh without dying at all, XLHGladiator?

I cannot get Tempest to work! I'm surely doing something wrong.

this awesome. Got my Sub and a like. Try to reach your Level of mastery

@XLHGladiator i know this is an old video, but i was wondering what setup you use on the controller? The standard one or attacks on R1 and R2?

yeah good video

The depth of this game made me quit being a ds .

Tempest, the skill I can't do even after watching instruction videos. Maybe I'm not pressing guard quickly enough.

What's the input for method #4? I can't figure out the order I should be doing the weapon switch, and stance change.

someone is gonna kick my ass when pvp comes out....

Hey, could you make one for dmc4 as well? Also cool vid and how u doin??

other than kick and sword ki, what other skill to good to deplete enemy's ki for every weapon?

the game has so much technique than dark souls. its hard to accomplish the easiest one

holy shit

Anybody know the quickest way to raise proficiency?

the Ki flux still works if you change to circle?

Uggggh my IQ can't handle this *circuit overload circuit overload, Force shutdown* 😵

show us your hands while playing the game please )

you should like record how your finger movements look like on the controller

I play this game in light armor, A category. The enemies in this game can hit HARD. Even in heavier armor they can take out a fair chunk of health in one hit. Not good. For me the solution has been to AVOID GETTING HIT! which means being able to move out of the way and avoiding attacks RIGHT NOW. This translates into wearing light armor. Keep out of harms way and trust your weapon to deal the damage, that has been my philosophy. Also I play in 60fps mode, none of this Movie mode nonsense. Game looks plenty great running fast and the fps hit in slower mode is not worth it.

Goddammit I was only using the damn Katana in both slots T_T Ps: I guess i will stay in my High stance Square, square, square xD

How much of this translates to nioh 2?

im new bt i fux wit you,Great content

Still waiting on a playthrough guide :(

I dont see the value of changing stances during combat. you never have enough time to actually hit an enemy that many times in a row so whats the point?

Nice video, but honestly, I'd rather just watch you kill shit. If you did a series of videos, of your gameplay throughout the whole game. I guarantee you everyone would watch it haha. Could even do a no armor playthrough, since you've done no armor in the past for Nioh.

porque no hablas español :'( , por que yo no se ingles :'(

Want to coop some time soon?

Why doesn't he just talk. ahh it's irritating reading subtitles

Final Fantasy XV soon please?

8:47 - never true, ever heard of Devil May Cry 3 and 4?

ever considered speedrunning?

none of these combos work on all enemies it rarely works so whats the point in wasting it i really dont see why id rather do 10 k a low stance like i do on my katana and Iai does 70k at lvl200 ng+ than doing ussless low dmg combos just to look cool id rather just use the katana combos via the skills and combo those instead of other weapons

jesus christ this game is slowpaced