Nioh 2 - Axe Build - Cyclone of Death

[@billybobbo9032]

That opening was one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen

[@branhasknowidea]

"How to sell your video in six seconds or less"

[@denny3639]

I got blessed with a fucking raid shadow legends ad again God i dont want to play that game so bad

[@darknesswave100]

I was doing a sword build. I saw this video. Sword got thrown out the window and I picked up an axe lol

[@AllUPinYouRBooTyHOle]

You've made me realize how subpar my axe build has been. Thank you so much.

[@chrono_s9699]

All of these builds are so tempting. Man I want to try out everything now.

[@yurilowell217]

I already wasted 500000 gold just changing my build off and on. But I'm keeping this build.

[@darknesswave100]

That's the beautiful thing about this game that I always tell my friends. You can make a build for literally anything and if you do it right you can decimate everything. I'm doing an axe build now and then I'm gonna go down the list of every weapon in the game just for shits and giggles

[@lukeakaash]

Thank You Cowboy! This Build Works like a Charm. I switched out my Ninja Build to the Axe Build and I'm loving it. I'm currently working my way up to finishing NG+ to get the Yasakani. But even without it, I'm more than Satisfied with the Results. Thank You Again.

[@Darknssabids]

I think this is the best and most fun looking build so far haha

[@jesselawrance7952]

Cant wait to give this a whirl! 😁

[@TryHardPants45]

Been loving these videos as they help get me through work, and make me salivate for whenever I'll have time to finally push towards endgame. Now I just can't wait for your walkthrough series on Nioh 2! Despite beating all the Souls-type games solo first, I always find it's surprisingly fun running the game alongside your walkthrough. Keep up the great work!

[@darthnightwolf1011]

So many cool builds to try out. Hatchets were my favorite, but now its probably Axe build

[@kojirokeibatsu3943]

Followed you for years, since all the adventures of Biggus, and your videos always entertain. Thanks for build videos, has given so many ideas. When raising stats early game. Do you split points or put fully into your main, apart from armour needs?

[@FightinCowboy]

I do armor stats and them focus on my primary almost exclusively.

[@kojirokeibatsu3943]

@@FightinCowboy thank you. Even in the souks games I tend to punt my stats every which way and oddly struggle when I do no damage. Did have a question unrelated, in regards to Yokai weapons. Do you have a favorite when it comes to their personalitys? Thought it was a quirky little touch

[@FightinCowboy]

@@kojirokeibatsu3943 Haven't paid enough attention to em tbh.

[@J_TeeG]

No offense, but isn't that hardcore min/maxing killing the fun for you? I mean you destroy every boss in the game in seconds, I don't relly get whats the point of playing at this point?

[@FightinCowboy]

Why would you purposefully make the game harder by not making good gear LMAO

[@redparadox2765]

17:53 i swear some of lines cowboy drops are pure class lol

[@Olemrac11]

Cowboy is the build dealer of any min/max game in existence. People who aren't subscribed to you, are 10 steps behind when it comes to meta in souls like games.

[@WhatNow505]

Gonna try out this build and give that spin-to-win skeleton warrior a taste of its own medecine

[@LincolnsDementure]

The opening plus the fact the axe built up confusion which was purple and matches Jotaro’s “Star Platinum” was absolutely perfect

[@torvamessorem6686]

Now that is some serious damage output. And it looks fun as hell.

[@mikeskates2502]

Been going back through nioh 2 videos and saw this build, never was huge on axe till seeing this and love it, i added in some more onmoyo with the fire familiar and a lightning axe for discord and after the spin is done i drop ryomen......its dirty. Thank you for all your work

[@NguyenVuThai]

That opening has earned you a like

[@Marc_Soulslike]

How did you manage to remodel the club into A in stamina and B in strenght. When i remodel to stamina strenght scaling goes to D. There's gotta be something I'm missing here

[@Kasaaz]

Maybe because it's +5? I don't know if that matters.

[@bobbob-cf5gm]

Press triangle to 'select' one scale option and then before clicking accept, move your highlight/cursor to the other scaling option, then click accept. It basically let's you pick the two best scaling options. :D

[@Kasaaz]

​@@bobbob-cf5gm Nioh likes to bring the degree of difficult even in to the UI. At least they're staying true to their design philosophy...

[@bobbob-cf5gm]

@@Kasaaz LOL yeah it actually annoys me sometimes how late I spotted this stuff :'D

[@Kasaaz]

@@bobbob-cf5gm For some reason I got it in my head early on that you couldn't Temper accessories. And it wasn't til after I finished the first playthrough that I realized I was just not finding them for some reason.

[@fakeigniz13]

You can have the most galaxy brain build... Or just spin to win

[@Aoki3997]

Just beat the game using a ninja build now ina try this out, thank you man. Been following you since DS3 love your content man.

[@lNerdzerkerl]

this might actually be my fave build lmao

[@kousseye155]

Hey Cowboy, love the build. Its what im working towards but im still on my first NG playthrough. I currently have the full obsidian set euipped and im wondering why you didnt pick that set for this build.the 7 set bonus has a damage bonus based on your stamina level and it really brings out the damage. Just curious as to why you decided to go for the kintaro set instead. Thanks dude Love your vids and guides

[@itisijeeemus4036]

Starting to build my equipment up to respec for this. I’ll have to progress more through Dream of the Strong to unlock some amrita farming areas and then build up my axe proficiency to get the Kintaro set. This seems like the build to run when the DLC comes out.

[@cheesedoogbah1]

Maybe I'm an idiot but it only seems like I'm able to get ability damage up on my gauntlets, am I doing something wrong?

[@Ghost_Embers]

Im following your play through now Cowboy. 😃 AMAZING stuff. Im so glad i stuck with the axe. 👍

[@airzonasprite4060]

9:23 were not running what with this build?

[@capdrag2921]

Just now saw this vid. Mimiced the build. Got a yellow and a missing a piece of the set. The rest is divine. But im loving this build. Its very self sufficient. Dont really need buffs but better to be on the safe side. All time favorite build.

[@TheArnoldification]

Hey fightin, have you tried to make a bomb build? The malefactor set has bomb support and from tinkering with equipment and accessories it seems like you can roll a decent amount of support for bombs on gear too. I was planning on trying it out but I need to farm everything for it first.

[@FightinCowboy]

I did actually, damage was kind of meh I felt.

[@tanmo4569]

Anyone know where can I get Bloodlust Axe recipe? Cant even find any info on goodle.

[@lhgaming945]

Is there a good farm for gaining proficiency with a weapon. I probably going to do all of these builds so if there is any advice you can give me that would be much appreciated!

[@FightinCowboy]

I typically do the gozuki/mezuki mission. I get around 6000 proficiency per run and a healthy amount of amrtia.

[@lhgaming945]

@@FightinCowboy thank you

[@MrSuckeragi]

Hey, I main mostly switchglaive - sometimes dablle with dual axes, but was originally and still am a dualswords addict. I was just wondering How exactly Rage buff from axe works? And also the other similar buffs, can I use the buff then swap to glaive and keep it? what other buffs overlap/cancel out rage? are there any other buffs good for builds as well? sorry for the basic questions

[@Arisdex]

*Fist build soon man*

[@polymathecian]

You make the best build videos!

[@collinnunez8054]

What's giving you that double defences buff that you mentioned? Love love all your vids bro.

[@valentinoa8334]

Can't wait to make this myself, just hitting the later stages of my first play through. Currently using the Obsidian set

[@thelegendaryone100]

is there a build centered around using your bow and or rifle all the time or atleast as much as possible i think it would be pretty cool to be more of a ranged fighter

[@supertrace666]

theres a mid game set that gives some heavy gun bonus' and several armor skills u can roll into to get shots back when u fire, lots of skills in the samurai tree to invest in for ranged damage and more bullets to. Seems pretty good but semi hard to optimize till mid game

[@thelegendaryone100]

cool thank you

[@Raydr62]

Really difficult to optimize to it's full potential due to the skill it requires: for decent damage you have to land head shots or hit the break parts of an enemy.

[@byron5299]

Lovin the synergy on all the build videos.

[@nyzism]

like your build. but i wanna know whats the name of the mission where you fight those two big horse and a bull.

[@DiggyNutz]

The Refined Man, something like that. It's in region 4. Great for Amrita runs before you unlock Eye of the Beholder in Afterglow region.

[@NoOne-fo1di]

Hey cowboy just wanna say thanks for all your work you've helped me through so many of these games. I don't think I'd have enjoyed Dark Souls as much as I do now if your videos hadn't helped me get the hang of the first one. Keep it up man

[@KRRooga66]

Hey cow im just started playing Nioh for the 1st time sick. So I was wondering if you could give me some hints on a build for switchglaave&twin 🪓s

[@ineedmoneysp]

watching ur walkthrough has made me want to make an ax build. I think making a life steal ax build would be really awesome but the ax seems to have a few really cool moves.

[@martinrehout9121]

Hey how is it possible that you have set bonus for 6 pieces of the kintaro set but you’re wearing only 5 kintaro pieces ? I don’t understand I’m new to the game thanks ! :)

[@shaany78677]

I suck at making builds, tryna make an axe mage (99 stamina 99 magic then whatevers required for armor and the rest goes anywhere else) what armors u reccomended?

[@haythamkenway2312]

maybe too late for the party 😅, but I started playing the game (now in the third region) and I'm watching your walkthrough where you use the AXE and I'm loving it. So my question is this build still valid with the latest update/version of the game ? ... I mean has it been nerfed or something ??

[@lightspeed2014]

Damn, I just realised how strategy based this game can be in the builds section

[@SoulShrowden]

just finished making this build. Good Lord the damage... and its not even minmaxed yet...

[@joshuanovak238]

Hey fightinCowboy I was following your axe build and what would you put lvl to to know im in to dream of the demon

[@Specialagntbob]

What would one put points in for Samurai and shiftling? Are there any other skills aside from Axe we should keep an eye out?

[@joesheridan9451]

Samurai you want all the ki pulse related stuff like flux and flux 2 as priority. Shiftling, burst counter related stuff is nice but generally for me the priority would be on all the stuff on the right of the tree, like yokai ability in the yokai realm, reducing cos if the type matches your gaurdian spirit. All that stuff makes constantly mixing yokai abilities into your combos much easier and stronger so I think that's the best part. Other than that some of the green things you can assign to active skills are pretty nice. Masterful slice is probably the best but theres a few other good ones, arcana of lightning on certain rapid hitting skills like hatchets deadly spiral gives you a free lightning status proc without having to put any lighting stuff on your build

[@3rrbigamer]

Can you upload your special effects list? you should be able to see it if you click R1 two times in the status tab

[@mattgreen753]

I saw in one of your videos that you unlock the ability to save builds in NG+. I'm still in my first playthrough but I would love to see a guide showing how to save / update / and swap builds.

[@korexkorex7242]

Hey i bought nioh 2 which weapon would be better choice Axe with heavier armor ir light and some swords ir other light weaps at start

[@ciekun]

The double buff did not work for me. Does the game have a patch for it already? Or am I doing it wrong?

[@sdunned7842]

This games builds make elden ring builds look like child's play.

[@toprap88]

What do you mean by 6set bonus?`You are only using 5

[@sawyerthereal]

That was a sick start! Bro! Your builds are fucking epic! Thanks for sharing them!! Now, to play some more Nioh 2!!

[@joaohernandez2846]

"NO YOUNG MAN! SIT DOWN BEFORE I CALL YOUR PARENTS!!"🤣🤣🤣👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@TheModsen]

How early in the game does this build work? Early NG+ or far more into the game since you are level 250?

[@Bogart-The-Defender]

Probably around level 70 or so

[@TomStian]

Hey great build. What tea hose factory Did you choose?

[@PerezMetal]

Which Clan are you in? And ¿Do it help you to resist the heavy armor?

[@literum7474]

why is the dubble defence buff not working anymore?

[@denidlx]

@FightinCowboy love your build videos ! thank your for your hard work . what are your favorite builds so far?

[@FightinCowboy]

This and tonfas

[@nothingbutsilber8468]

My adventure has finally ended

[@6O8gamer07]

So if I'm just starting out to build up to this, just recently picked up Nioh 2, how should I allocate points at first? To fit armor requirements then onto str and stam?

[@THEDAMNED02]

If you want to build axe build just put into stamina. Put into strength when you don't meet requirements of an Armor you want to use. Put point into other only when u don't meet requirements for Armor or weapon and if you want to use onmyo put points in magic. But main stats is stamina. strength is also important but focus on it later in game

[@yousef_afc9363]

What's the best way to get damage bonus:stamina etc? Do you just craft weapons and hope for the best or do you use umbracite?

[@Jsobone]

Gotta temper the gear to get what you want

[@Juan-bx5rq]

Bro I swear this ost always make me swing from side to side 😂😂😂

[@korexkorex7242]

Can į do this build in ng+ early or it can be done at the end ?

[@zebracakes9296]

Does -damage taken mid attack count for mad spinner?

[@NoisiBoi305]

In NG do u focus armour stats first , then Stam to 30s? then Str to 30 then focus HP?

[@FightinCowboy]

Stam is axe main stat, so dump everytime into Stam unless you need to meet stat requirements

[@NoisiBoi305]

@@FightinCowboy can u get ur stam to level 99 before the end of NG?

[@NoisiBoi305]

@@FightinCowboy is it worth picking up ground paralysis for smaller humanoid bosses??

[@FightinCowboy]

Not needed but it can help?

[@wenhaochua2959]

Hi Cowboy, been following you since Sekiro and you’ve always been my go to for Nioh 2 builds. Presently main-ing this Axe build with Todo Clan, but I’m also enjoying your dual swords Toxic build. May I ask if there’s any downside gg with Honda instead as I’m playing both builds. Thanks!

[@FightinCowboy]

Honda works great with any build where you're boosting a skill.

[@wenhaochua2959]

@@FightinCowboy Wow thanks man... didn't expect a reply from the man himself so soon haha. Great, will transfer to Honda to benefit both builds then!

[@AnnaOliviayy]

There's something I don't quite understand. It says you need 33 Dexterity/Skill to activate the relevant Guardian Spirit Protection from Tengen.. And you don't have that. But you still get the protection or how does it work?

[@FightinCowboy]

I don't get that one bonus, I get all the others.

[@AnnaOliviayy]

@@FightinCowboy Okay that makes sense, thank you :) For some reason I just thought you had to meet the requirement of the stats to even use the Guardian Spirit.. Guess I'm still clueless.. By the way, thank you so much for all your videos, they are so useful :)

[@christopherheiser6090]

Could you explain or anyone for that matter explain how he remodeled like that? I can only get an A in stamina and a D+ in strength but he's rocking a B in strength as well as his A in stamina. What am i missing? I have just about everything on his build except his magic scaling lol.

[@UmTalDeUmPH]

You press triangle during remodeling which allows you to get a combination of any 2 options.

[@MateMilinkovic-yy3zm]

do you have an underworld axe build.

[@JuanHMartinez]

This was amazing and super funny to watch. SPIN TO WIN!!!

[@dragnoft619]

what mission were u testing that build on ?

[@oguzakdeniz809]

How do you compare Obsidian set to this?

[@benshapiro4159]

How do u get ur wep to plus 5 i can only get mine to plus 3?

[@somato2688]

is this the same axe build that you use in your playthrough?

[@CaptainGunlance]

I'm new to these build things but why do i put 99 in strength it doesn't seem to be buffing anything and courage buffs everything?

[@FightinCowboy]

Because strength and stamina are where you damage comes from and you need the equipment weight

[@CaptainGunlance]

@@FightinCowboy okay i gotcha thanks man i guess i gotta respect my points because i have 45 in courage and 22 in strength

[@Cragnous]

Finally my Axe build! ty

[@zikarisg9025]

Loved the opening. I have a question: what is the best way to level up weapon proficiency. Do you gain it based on number of attacks or damage dealt. So if I would try to skill up ninjutsu or axe, would I need a build that already does some damage with that stuff or just go into a low level mission with my current Onmyo built and start trowing lots of ninja-stars at the next best guy even they do next to no damage and whack level 10 enemies with a white axe?

[@FightinCowboy]

Put proficiency bonus on your accessories and just play the game, that's what I do and I leveled every weapon to 200,000 in less than a week

[@zikarisg9025]

@@FightinCowboy K, thanks, have 0 proficency in axe, odachi, katana and kusiragama, very little nijutsu usage as well. Mainly want to go for the platinum, but also want to try your axe built at one point.

[@Jsobone]

@@zikarisg9025 Kasurigama goes up real fast, also just throw the shrapnel bombs at groups of enemies. That will get you ninja points real quick. Abduction mission has 3 enemies grouped together at the beginning of the mission to spam bombs at.

[@batman2199]

Where can i get etherial versions of the armor set?

[@Kasaaz]

Farming him in the Hatchet mission is super easy if you have Advancing Storm. He will almost never block it and if you use it well he'll also never get close to you.

[@Cc-oj8ev]

How did you open the (2 Peces) of the bow while you ware only the bow

[@BappinProductions]

Yasakani Magatama accessory , it reduces the set bonus requirement by 1.

[@N0._.B00f]

I think I might try this build out since I primarily use axe. Shit looks fucking fun to play with

[@nicholasazuara3777]

hey cowboy how doy you have a six pice kintaros set im running what you are and its only a 5 pice set

[@kornflakes89]

If you don't have your answer yet, it's because he's got Kintaro's axe as his secondary weapon, the weapon is part of the set bonus.

[@Apoptosis99]

Anybody know where to get the master swordsman crown?

[@RDAndrey]

can you bring a good build for switchglaive?

[@FightinCowboy]

Check the playlist

[@mariomancebo7839]

hi men i want 2 ask you how can i increise the shortkots

[@BappinProductions]

Menu settings

[@edmond0073]

This is a VERY GOLDEN build 😄

[@Nuuccii92]

Im farming kintaro to make this build for tomorrows dlc but I'm using hanbeis fire blind helm then adding fire to my spin + the ki bonus buff. I defo agree Tengen will always be king but I'm using the boar, might use Tengen for ng++

[@Nuuccii92]

Also I never thought about trying to spin through pools xD only really got into axe recently as its my late game nioh 1 build I'm doing.

[@blackwidow7804]

Axe tree have a lots of passives which are not weapon dependent. In other words they work even if you dont have axe equiped.

[@FightinCowboy]

This isn't true. Look at the skills, every one of them say ""have an axe equipped as your main weapon"

[@blackwidow7804]

@@FightinCowboy not every passive in axe tree have that or? Some just say what they give you without the added text.

[@FightinCowboy]

Yes they do lmao look at the tree

[@blackwidow7804]

@@FightinCowboy I am looking at the Axe skill tree right now and it looks like i am right. Not every passive have the "when you have an axe equipped..." text. Check Cornered Boar I-III, Kintaro Kata I-III and Indomitable Spirit I-III. Or am i missing something?

[@FightinCowboy]

You're either looking at trees in the original or blind. The skills all say Axe as main weapon.

[@mbtravel7294]

Can you use obsidian set with this build?

[@kronosleblu888]

Seems like when he picks the guardian spirits his requirements are different. Coz even with no points in dex or skill, he was still able to equip tengen kujaku and receive those perks like enemy sensor etc. How is he doing that?

[@GuitarDaan]

You are able to equip the guardian spirits if you don't have the stats for all the perks, you just don't get that specific perk. So he didn't get the sensor ability from Tengen.

[@kamui2755]

This build is awesome. Played with it all day, didn't die once. The regen coupled with the heavy armor and high damage potential make this a monster.

[@dragnoft619]

that build is insane bruh

[@mrsmiggins81]

Bit late to the party but you can upgrade that club to level 170 by soul matching with a 170 soul core for a nice damage increase.

[@nothingbutsilber8468]

Will you be doing a video on secret arts/skills?

[@FightinCowboy]

No, there's nothing special other than farming for lots of hours.

[@bentmercer]

Nice, I need to try axe next

[@benv7016]

The jojos reference in the beginning was on point

[@lokichan6701]

Please how get green kintaro armor??

[@J_PIK]

Is 160 the current cap? I see all your builds at 160.