Nioh 2 Fists Combo Guide for beginners

[@babayaga4320]

Thank you for this. I don't think many weapons need a guide, but I think being good with fists takes the most skill and has the biggest learning curve out of all the weapons. I'm actually going to go into practice mode and go through everything in this video because I struggle at times with this weapon.

[@kileddy436]

I think katana has the largest learning curve

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

Another thing to mention: punching gloves have a 1.25 modifier to Ki DMG dealt whereas slashing claws have a 1.25 modifier to regular DMG dealt.

[@umngyr]

I was having trouble getting my unbroken to stack, this helped a lot to figure out the mechanics, and get some nice combos going. thanks a bunch ^^

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@RiseRyder]

and now i realize i've just been mashing the buttons. i've got some training to do.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. Good luck.

[@kinh0t]

And you still win mashing buttons

[@191Oscar]

Good shit dude, taught me a lot! Wasn't sure about the weapon but you've given me hope

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@DrakKMan]

Combat with fists feels very much like absolver especially with the chaining of skills. Great video!

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you Sir!!🙏

[@noxthepreacher5958]

That's literally a must-watch guide for any fist-weapon users in Nioh 2. Thank you!

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@NoRussianman]

I learn something know about this weapon everytime i look up a build i swear. This video was very informative and i apperiacte it. Thank you.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@blondinsentenza6862]

I just started playing this weapon, this video is extremely useful ! Thank you very much ! :)

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@reignguard]

Damn. I only play on low stance and play the long game but this, this opens my eyes. I'll probably stick to low, but I'll try to expand my horizons. Thank you.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. Good luck.

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

Haha I know the feeling I only play high stance either light and hen hold heavy & punch til my ki Runs out or hold heavy for that auto combo

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

The only thing I just can’t nail down is the timing of Beyond Infinity. That truly is the hardest thing in Nioh II.

[@Xelod93]

Small correction: Opportunist can block all the attacks except grapples! Great guide Nuclear! Nice job!

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you xelod93

[@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll]

Well nothing can block Grapples so that’s a given (aside from Burst Counterable ones with the Phantom “block”).

[@Xelod93]

@@Ett.Gammalt.Bergtroll Very true!

[@killaken2000]

awesome. I also used to just mash buttons but now I'm trying to really understand combos and stacks. Great video.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@wintersotero9749]

I was burnt out of Nioh 2 but neacuse of the Fists, It made the Game Brandnew again. Thanks for this.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. Good luck

[@unrealsimon93]

What an amazing display of skills and mastery of the game! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us One question though, what was the attack at 14:51 that broke the horns of Kiryoki?

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. That attack is high stance evasion attack.

[@unrealsimon93]

@@nucleartooth thanks!

[@freaknature823]

It’s been awhile but starting a new playthrough after about 1000 hours on my main save. Always come back to this video to remind myself. I really wish you would have done videos for all weapons. Best advice videos hands down. Well, Last to Load is amazing too. Ok you’re tied with L2L but that’s still amazing.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you Sir 😃

[@freaknature823]

@@nucleartooth I could never have gotten beyond infinities timing down without you.

[@lethuan2097]

I found a way to build unbroken charge fast and safe, just do ocean zephyr => kick cycle => cancel kick cycle by ocean zephyr => kick cycle ... => repeat until max charge or when enough. You DO NOT need to hits enemy, just lock on them and run away, do the trick while enemy doing its shit

[@FTGxSoJuFoRcEs]

SKILL Practice begins at 8:50

[@emirmrad4285]

Yeah fists is definitely the weapon that takes the most skill to use. I started out with Katana and Odachi. But Fists are a blast to play with.

[@KeironP1]

Awesome info , awesome tunes, awesome video! Liked and subscribed! :-)

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@johnposa3807]

Well done dude. Great combos. I have also spent a lot of hours to master fists and i need more work. Correct me if i m wrong but opportunist skill because of the recovery times doesn't work with consecutive quick attacks of enemies, right. I have tried to parry the long combo of the yokai at dojo but nothing. I think too that versatility especially with this weapon is a must. I tried to combine it with death dancer but i m not too good to evade hits. Have you checked the other mystic art of weapon with full ki pulse if it s worth it? Lastly the skill with L1 and square when you rush towards the enemy with hyper armor, is great and very useful. I saw you use the evasion skill instead. Well done again for the great video

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@DisFunctor]

excellent guide. Loving the music too!

[@critzzbdo2963]

Very nice video with explanations, thanks alot ! :)

[@critzzbdo2963]

what skill is middle dodge attack ? sorry

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@dyw77030]

Great tutorial! One question: how much of this is possible to do in the early-mid game? At level 150 I feel like I run out of stamina in 2-3 moves, and can never build up a good unbroken chain. Are fists just meant to be more of an endgame weapon?

[@nucleartooth]

I think fist is hard in the early -mid game. Because Ki consumption of the fist is so high. Therefore I recommend using it in DotW, DotN.

[@001geeko]

@@grill6411 you can't stack unbroken after flux bro that's the main issue

[@jameshicks2231]

I've seen you do a lot with opportunist but I don't get it. Do you have to work it just like a parry? Hit L1 just before strike or hit triangle just before strike?

[@nucleartooth]

Timing of opportunist is just like a parry. Keep pressing the L1 button and press triangle button at hit timing.

[@TheGreatAndEpicMe]

Am I the only one who likes to spam reckless charge lol

[@anime6161]

this is dope this combat system is so deep anmazing job

[@anime6161]

amazing*

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@anime6161]

@@nucleartooth this tut made me so much better with fists, before this vid i played it like a souls like now i play it more like a dmc. So i need to thank you for taking your time making this vid

[@nucleartooth]

@@anime6161 Thank you for your comment.

[@essam007]

Awesome! Now the only questions is how should I build my fist set? Came back and the last time I played was before all the DLC’s dropped. So any tips? What’re the scrolls? Nee rarity weapons/ armor/ builds? Thanks I’m advance ^^

[@michael8492]

Thx, very helpful vid. It would be perfect if you could show us exactly which skills you have in high, mid, low and the skill consumption

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. I’ll make it next time.

[@michael84p22]

@@nucleartooth maybe with some advice which skill for which enemy/Situation. Human/yokai ki break etc. Or spirits you like 😀 Thx a lot

[@nucleartooth]

@@michael84p22 ok. Thank you.

[@witthawasphanthawimol5534]

Thank you very much, I'm very appreciated it😊😊😊

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you very much. :)

[@fady5642]

Very well done. With mezuki what was the skill u were using?

[@nucleartooth]

I don't know exactly what you mean.

[@kidam8438]

Do you mean the that hammer flip? If so, that's from the ippon-datura soul core.

[@fady5642]

@@nucleartooth the skill flows u used. What order of skills did u use against mezuki

[@nucleartooth]

@@fady5642 I used the skill flow that introduced in this video. I damaged enemy’s ki with Spinning Kick and Battering Ram then used Skill flow and grapple-some skill-Limitless. Used skill flow: Fracture Foe-Stomp-Archer’s Impact-Spinning Kick-Kick Cycle. Thank you

[@MrJmeuh]

Really nice dude, thanks.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@Ebiru2387]

Are there certain combos that will not work? For example i cannot use Battering Ram and Spinning Kick to get a stack of Unbroken. I dont know why.

[@LeHoa-pi7sl]

so the title says for beginners.. but your character is level 454.. personally i do not intend to do any NG+ so is there a guide for anyone that just wanna go throught base game

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. You’re right. This video list is a guide that throught base game. But weapon is Odachi and language is Korean. kzbin.info/aero/PLrSsPGiqt3VHd0F2t9HuQB06j7vhWGwSC

[@LeHoa-pi7sl]

@@nucleartooth i see, well for quick answers, what armor set do you recommend for fist build (base game) can you list some sets for me to look up

[@Burtyburtburt8]

Dude I've always said this game has devil may cry 5 combo potential combined with a deep souls like rpg experience....this game hasent ceased to surprise me a single time. Just had to physically force myself to micromanage all of the gear and menus so I wasent crushed by all the content

[@nucleartooth]

Yes. i agree your opinion.

[@johnmoody1642]

Hey dude, thanks for the tutorial! Question, why is the strength so low? - isn’t it supposed to be THE stat for the fists?

[@johnmoody1642]

@@user-lz5vh9bb5w hey man, thanks for taking the time to explain! even early game spec into them? - i'm around 80ish lvl, you do gain lvls quickly i was just curious about the 'optimal' points distribution.

[@191Oscar]

@@johnmoody1642 Yo dude from my limited understanding you can change the weapon scaling attributes once you complete the game. So he changed the main scaling from strength to heart. I think early game for plebs like us it's probably more optimal to hit soft caps and focus mainly the primary scaling stat. My plan is to then respec once I can adjust my weapons to scale with heart

[@johnmoody1642]

@@191Oscar what do u mean soft caps? Otherwise seems it’s exactly what i’m doing rn, really annoyed you can’t really optimally pair fists with split staff at least early game..:(

[@underwater1997]

@@johnmoody1642 soft cap in games like this is usually the point where you're effectively at "max" and any additional levels after that go from being big boosts in effectiveness to small ones, so basically the point in where you start seeing diminishing returns for level. Typically soft caps can be figured out by level requirement of gear and missions in the end game, though since i just started playing this and I'm barely a few missions in i don't personally know what the soft cap is but i know in other games like this its usually in the 40's-60's

[@lethuan2097]

how do you perform Spinning kick => Battering Ram? to perform battering Ram you need to Strong attack then quick attack button, it break Unbroken chain

[@lethuan2097]

What armor/agility is best for Fists weapon? is it worth it to invest stamina and wear medium and get A agility because those move drain Ki like crazy

[@nucleartooth]

Quickly press the button.

[@nucleartooth]

@@lethuan2097 I finally used Dragon ninja set.

[@Lock2142]

Hey pal, I can't seem to find anything on it so I wanted to ask here, is that headband a mod? I'd love to get that if it is!

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. It is not a mod. It is customize. Square + Square + Leaf.

[@Lock2142]

@@nucleartooth Oh wow, thank you!

[@AstralSaiyan]

I know this is old but why not put points into strength? Fists scale off strength.

[@sparkymin]

세계로 뻗어나가는 도타겟사마 ㄷㄷ

[@nucleartooth]

수갑 처음 나왔을 만든 가이드에요. ㅎㅎㅎ

[@babayaga4320]

What is ''middle dodge attack''?

[@nucleartooth]

Middle stance dodge attack. Command is “X button - square or triangle button” in middle stance

[@kentower]

Can you explain the timing for Opportunist please

[@duytatruong9428]

Please can you tell me what is middle dodge attack skill, i can't find it in any skill tree. Btw, very nice video

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you middle dodge attack is not skill. it is a basic attack. command is " X- □ " or X-△"

[@SaintAdjacent]

Is your character supposed to be Chie from Persona 4?

[@nucleartooth]

No. He is young Naruto.

[@SaintAdjacent]

@@nucleartooth lol i thought it was a girl with a bowlcut you made his face too kidlike its almost feminine

[@nucleartooth]

@@SaintAdjacent yes. I felt that it was hard to make a young guy. So I used female base.

[@SaintAdjacent]

I'm also new to this weapon so seeing as the game lets you combo either an Active skill into a normal attack and an active skill into another one isn't the best Optimal route to max stacks to link 2 active skills then a normal, then 2 more active skills then repeat with each unique active skill and a normal follow up. So if there are only 8 active skills in the combo you cap out at 8 stacks but if you just link 2 of those active skills with a normal skill but go through all 8 skills you get the full 10 stacks? Even better you could probably link each Stomp to a Unique AC into a normal(which won't waste the stomp and follow up with another stomp-active skill pair-normal attack) so say Stomp Fracture Foe Normal, Stomp Archer Impact Normal, Stomp Spinning Kick Normal, Stomp Kick Cycle Normal, Stomp Battering Ram, Stomp Limitless = 10 stacks(I dont have all the skills unlocked to test this)

[@SaintAdjacent]

This is a bit confusing so another way to think about it is AC>AC>N (+ 2) AC>AC>N (+2) AC>AC >N (+2) AC>AC>N (+2) AC>AC (+1) AC>AC (+1)

[@elwenlie]

How long did you practice with this weapon ? I just started to use it and its my fav weapon, this is just the next level, i was just doing simple combo to stack Susano, good video! Gotta train more, the combo looks awesome..

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. Good luck.

[@elwenlie]

@@nucleartooth I have mastered your combo to get those susano stacks and unbroken stacks.. I played co op mostly, so any suggestion on what mini combo should i use, since in co op smaller mobs will die fast.. Or what combo should i use for bosses after i get all the susano stacks ? Should i repeat the same combo ? Im still practicing the beyond infinity.. And whats the difference between normal guarding + regular attack with opportunist ? As for my secondary weapon to support fist, which one do you think better, tonfa or switchglaive ?

[@nucleartooth]

@@elwenlie Thank you. There are some videos of using fists on my KZbin channel. Refer to that videos. for example kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6fWYo2tj8iCeMU. Etc.

[@elwenlie]

@@nucleartooth Thankyou!

[@-ShiraZen-]

Oh, and what is that music track at 345 onwards? That beat is fire.

[@-ShiraZen-]

It's called Forget Me Not by Anish Aryadev Biswal .

[@MrAlexkoe]

Hi great vid. May I ask what's the best stat for fist for lvl 30 to 100 Courage/str/heart. I see u have courage max.

[@nucleartooth]

distribute all stats.

[@Filippo7338]

hi, im noob of nioh2 and i want to ask you why you don't use heart and strengt for fists damage?

[@-ShiraZen-]

I'm really new to the game and I was thinking about running Odachi/Fist strength with heavy armor. Any suggestions here on what stats to level first, and what weapon feats/perks I need first? I run out of Ki in like 1 light attack combo, and I really would rather stay heavy armored. Oh, and what is that music track at 345 onwards? That beat is fire.

[@pierre_wayne5809]

best heavy armor in kintaro set, you can probably equip like 4 of it before being over weight. if your weight is over 70% your attacks will require wayyyyyy more ki than necessary. on your first run just use what ever is best. on your omnyo tree get the sloth talisman and weaknes talisman. and on ninja get the scroll that revives you

[@-ShiraZen-]

@@pierre_wayne5809 I was thinking about going with the Golden Boy set. Honestly I haven't had much time or dedication to play recently, but I've done a lot of research into things I need to be aiming for.

[@ivorymantis1026]

I'm literally just the guy that just plays to a high-pressure profile. Striking a few combos between flux pulses whenever I see my opening present itself. Always close, basically on the guy like a rash. Is there a reason to do it as these long chained combos? Are these "true combos" that don't allow enemies to do much of anything in there?

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

I enjoy playing and doing the slow dance nightmare when I play co op with 2 mates and they want to gank just a real bad habit but I think these combos is more of what's possible with a high enough skill set like you I stick to one stance high gives me everything I need just like odachi mid

[@vahnayasaki6989]

It works when the enemy's ki is empty and gets staggered by your attacks

[@nanashiryuu5630]

I like this playstyle. The meta builds endgame are so boring. Usually one move spams after 5 minutes of buffing... This is interesting gameplay! 👍

[@ludovic8304]

why you put 0 point in strenght ? nice video mate

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. I used ultmiate courage. So i focused Heart and Courage.

[@ludovic8304]

@@nucleartooth if i dont use this scrool i need to put my full point in strenght or 50 in courage for the ki speed and 50 in strenght ? im lvl 100 at this moment

[@MarthXY]

What a great watch 👌

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you

[@Ebiru2387]

I am confused. Why so low str?

[@Giannis_Krimitzas]

Thank you very very much NT

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you. 🙏

[@eymenalm3855]

Bro i finished the game but i still dont have fist how can i get them

[@nucleartooth]

Fists is weapon of DLC. Thank you.

[@fatblackswan9461]

Damn, this is indepth af

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@xiaowei1374]

quite informative, thanks

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you

[@laserspasti3965]

Are fists Tonfa? Cause I don’t have them

[@Okta808]

grace of susano for beginners?

[@Cleptomancer]

perfect! thank you

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you

[@lacqs9129]

wow, thank you for the guide :D

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@dylang.860]

How can I unlock the fists skill tree? Im starting my first run in Nioh 2 and I dont know why they dont appear when I want to choose the weapons

[@zakiaddow89]

It's exclusive to DLC 2 I think.

[@zakiaddow89]

Like how split staff is DLC 1

[@dylang.860]

@@zakiaddow89 Oh, thanks

[@its-yaboi-mr1429]

Is that the fucking ghost runner soundtrack😳

[@quietriot5593]

Enlightened. 👌🏾

[@avgSTING]

I play with fists in dauntless there was the same conditions .you must stack all 3 atacks then you got ultimate skill / repeat till the beast end.

[@Kang7877]

Thanks!

[@nucleartooth]

You’re welcome. :)

[@KishorTwist]

This is way too advanced stuff.

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.

[@KishorTwist]

@@nucleartooth I have to practice only skill > rising > skill, not ready for longer combos... 👍

[@nucleartooth]

@@KishorTwist Yes. This combo is suitable for more than NG+++ because of consumption of ki.

[@KishorTwist]

@@nucleartooth I've been practicing more and now your instructions make much more sense! 🙏👍 Why do you not use Rising Gale as much in between two skills?

[@nucleartooth]

@@KishorTwist I rarely use the Riging Gale to accumulate Stacks of Unbroken quickly.

[@bladecommando]

감사합니다

[@nucleartooth]

감사합니다. 🙏

[@psychoaincradsekai8271]

Wow

[@psychoaincradsekai8271]

Great work

[@nucleartooth]

Thank you.