NIOH 2 | Immortal Weapon Master | Any Weapon Build | DotW

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[@Xenoswarm]

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[@er9875]

You're the first smaller youtuber I've subbed to exclusively because of the quality of your content. I don't even have this game, is it worth $40?

[@Xenoswarm]

@@er9875 Thank you. It depends if you're into these kinds of games. It's not worth it for the story, but it's definitely worth it in terms of time investment and content. It's all about the gameplay and progression towards obtaining the perfect build etc. Souls meets Diablo within Japanese Mythology. So if you're into that, then yes

[@oguzakdeniz809]

@@Xenoswarm Wouldn't tsukuyomi be better because of reduced defense on onmyo and empowered onmyo? It's not specific to one element either

[@davidc5170]

You kill a boss quicker then I kill a normal enemy.

[@NoTouchThrow]

You can always count on Xenoswarm to bring the heat.

[@FuriousGunnerKat]

My guys puttin out FUEGO!!!!! Great content once again 😁

[@kairong8957]

Another great & high-quality build, congratz and thanks! I do not want to imagine how many hours of grind it did take for you to put this together. I fully agree with you that with the introduction of DotW, testing builds and getting ideas to work are becoming an unfun drag. I don't think that savescumming to get the right grace + starred effect was fun either in the DLC1 era, but it was at least accessible for everyone. Now it became an even bigger RNG fest to get everything you want even just for testing. I have been using your Vengeful Ronin build since the middle of DotD - which by the way works awesome on DotW as well in its original form, albeit it does not shred bosses that quick as it did on DotD, it is still very fun and let me breeze through DotW without much challenge. I would like to tweak Vengeful Ronin a little bit and upgrade Benzaiten to Susanoo, but I'm simply not getting drops with good stats that match my weapon/armor preference and/or have grace inheritance with Susanoo. And this is only a modification of an existing build, not getting together a new one from scratch. I sort of lost interest in this update after finishing DotW and spamming the highest level orange scrolls with a faint hope to get the right loot. I hope that they will address this somehow in the next update and DotN will be a less frustrating experience from build creating perspective. Keep up the good work!

[@mohamedbrigdar275]

Oh god, oh god, five stars for your video, I started playing it 8 months ago, and this video really covered 80% of my questions about the game, Thank you very much for posting, great job 👍👍👍

[@bonissoni1989]

And with this tutorial, I plan to make a Splitstaff/Fists(maybe) build inspired on the Monkey King. And just for the LoLz, I'll use both Enki, Kiryoki and Mujina's soul core on the 2nd guardian spirit. I'm actually excited to see how this goes.

[@oguzakdeniz809]

"DOESN'T PROVIDE YOU THE HIGHEST DAMAGE POTENTIAL." My god, this dude...

[@Xenoswarm]

What? lol

[@oguzakdeniz809]

@@Xenoswarm It's funny that you're melting bosses in seconds and use that sentence :)

[@safleishman]

You have the best Nioh 2 build and guide videos anywhere hands down. The intros are great and you explain everything in detail

[@messaoudboudraa6387]

This must have been haaard and loooong to put together respect my friend Nice vid and nice build hope your channel will grow bigger and bigger

[@channel-xn6kh]

You know the hardships of making videos.

[@andrefrazier8653]

As a spear connoisseur.... this build of yours I just witnessed was deadly AF... I thought my build for spear was nasty... exquisite mayhem lol

[@godaddy9837]

18:49 what he said from this point on is so relatable man this game really does waste a lot of your time in life

[@TheDocbach]

Yeah. There's no reason why you should ever have to farm a boss hundreds of times just for a piece of gear or for a combat art. I can understand why they just don't let them throw the combat arts out on the first or fifth try. They want you to replay the boss and really learn how to punish it. But its gotten way out of hand now. Its going to get to a point where hex editing is the only practical way to play this game with the gear and load out you really want.

[@ricardodarcangelo2437]

I'd really like to see a death dancer build bro. By this point, I can honestly make builds for myself as well as almost anyone; but nobody covers all the technical aspects like you do my friend. Appreciate the hard work!

[@189snake]

Good job on the build man but yeah the grind to make a build is just tedious, I agree totally with what Pwar said and now you seem to agree as well, its rather exhausting.

[@Xenoswarm]

Normally I'd be okay with a long-term grind in a game, however the game just doesn't justify having that process at this moment in time. I really hope they address this in the final DLC

[@MrSOM3A04Games]

thank you for sharing this build sadly alot of player stop playing nioh 2 because of ton of RNG worst than any Gatcha game they just play dlc once 17:51 like your said and project this really painful to farm i don't think team ninja will fix this soon

[@Xenoswarm]

Hopefully they've got something big planned for the final DLC. I just hope it's not too late for the player-base by then

[@S6Ryujin]

“Worse than any gatcha game” says someone who has not seen the true hell of gatcha games😂😂😂

[@Nezeracs]

You can't compare it to gacha dude...

[@MrSOM3A04Games]

@@S6Ryujin looooooooooool there is somthing beyond hell

[@MrSOM3A04Games]

@@Nezeracs its ok im just saying

[@blackwidow7804]

Maybe i missed it but you dont have increased attack winded enemy. Its a must have. Flat ~20% dmg buff when enemy is out of ki. For demons you dont need deplete both ki bars but only one for it to activate. You can get it on scroll or as a star roll on helmet. Other than that amazing job as always.

[@Xenoswarm]

I use Carnage. Carnage is a higher damage buff and Atk on Winded doesn't stack with it

[@blackwidow7804]

@@Xenoswarm Fair enough. I like to have both. Winded for regular clearing and use carnage for boses.

[@thenealtristan]

THE NEW HOTNESS!!!

[@Inocince]

we have gathered here today, to celebrate the life and death of any enemy that crossed paths with xenoswarm. may their souls rest in peace 😂🙏🏽

[@NieR-002]

Latom

[@raccooncity8285]

Wow! I'm impressed! 😲 My level is 550 but the damage I made is still far away from yours. You have the power my friend!

[@applecake6373]

Bro your grind is unreal

[@joshmay2944]

How the hell did you do the guardian spirit talisman into the fireball almost instantly at the beginning of the video? Insanity! Great video, thanks for doing what you do!

[@Xenoswarm]

There's actually no trick to that! Usually you would animation cancel certain jutsu by using low cost yokai abilities (for example, Ninja Feathers into Oni-b), but the Flame Dragon can actually be used immediately after Guardian Spirit Talisman

[@flickybicky9397]

reminds me of my 100% elemental dmg reduction and ranged dmg reduction build that was made to use with all weapons and worked great cause it made most fights trivial cause you just didn't take dmg

[@ricardodarcangelo2437]

Also, I wanted to touch on the rng and issues with farming: the way you covered it, was, I think, very realistic. For a content creator, you said, making specific builds can be frustrating; and I get that, I totally do. However, for me, i just love this game. I live alone. And though I work 40 hours, I don't really have much else going on. So I play nioh 2, and read, and play guitar etc... but I just enjoy playing the game. I love the combat, I think there is no better combat in any game. And it's a good time killer, and it keeps my mind off of crippling depression... I can understand if you want to get specific items, with specific skills, etc; it can be a drag. But I just play the game, and work with what I get. There's no fight I struggle with, no matter what I use, and there's so much variety and freedom of choice; so I can always work with what I have. However, as someone who literally lives on nioh 2, I'm extremely frustrated with Pwar, and all the people that just want easy OP builds, so they don't have to put effort into playing the game. It's ng+++, it's SUPPOSED to be very difficult. It's not for everybody. And I understand the frustration, but what would you have TN do? You can't make all the best gear and everything just drop on a whim, that takes the fun out of playing and trying to get the best stuff. People complain about farming, but offer no reasonable solutions.... and that dude just sounded like he was whining tbh... I can see both sides on this argument, but what frustrates ME, is all the negativity. Can't you just play the game and enjoy it for what it is? Imo, too many gamers in today's climate have been coddled by Mtx. They can just buy whatever they need, so they think the game should just give it to them. I don't play a single game that has even ONE microtransaction, so I'm used to playing the game until I get everything by playing. I won't touch any of the big AAA games that have all these trends that are ruining gaming. I play classics, and I'll play a game I enjoy for months or years. So I guess I don't understand the "I want it NOW" mentality of every day gamers. For thorough content creators like yourself, I get the frustration: but how do they fix it without destroying the game? I'm totally cool with you voicing your complaints because you were practical and professional; Pwar just sounded like a kid that can't have what he wants when he wants it, and I reject that kind of mentality. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but you shouldn't make the people who have never loved nioh 2 more than they do as it is, feel like we're wrong, or feel like we're being attacked because we love the system as it is. Idk how to approach this, but you're a cool ass dude, so I wanted to put in my 2 cents and see what you think. Ty as always

[@Xenoswarm]

I honestly only have the game's health in my interests. The main issue is within context of the bigger picture. The playerbase has drastically declined, and, as with Nioh 1, TN wait until towards the final DLC to implement the most engaging features. And now, the RNG is exceptionally high with more and more added to the table, whilst they actively remove features such as trading. My solution: It's actually not that complicated. Make it easier to obtain the graces/rolls that you want. Not EASY, but easier, in terms of actually having an avenue to do it that isn't entirely RNG dependent. From here, you can add the challenge and cost to upgrading this build. This is something I already expect them to add with the final DLC, similar to Abyss in Nioh 1 and what they have now with accessories through the penance system. Obtaining the build, not so time consuming. But powering it this build up, time consuming and challenging. This would allow people to make build templates, which would benefit content creators AND the player (you can make a base version of the build, test it out in lower difficulties, see that it's working right before you invest in it). So basically, like you, I do not mind investing time into the game. I just feel the process can drastically be improved, because currently it is not as enjoyable (or worth the time) as it could be.

[@mbeining11]

I'm getting back into nioh 2-- this helps so much, man! Thank you sir!

[@shinthomas8807]

You need to start listing the damn song names in the description.

[@mattbaker8489]

Xenoswarm is the master nioh player.. hands down

[@clashzero6093]

Your Character desing is the one that I like the most and nice builds those that you show in your videos.

[@astinhernandez3903]

Awesome bro 👏 gets to the point when grinding too much it starts to get a little bit tedious.

[@jeromesears285]

Until this day, I still watch your build videos over and over again.

[@codyconnor6981]

This build in a nutshell. Nioh Weapon selection: Choose you’re weapon. Xenoswarm’s Waifu: Yes.

[@SunyataManji]

Your*

[@trevorstone9060]

As a noob who has just beaten the game, I literally have no idea what any of this means.

[@isonnol]

"a noob who has just beaten the game"... It's absurd that this statement makes any sense. I'm in the same spot, and realizing this is a trip.

[@TheVaderdader]

Same bruh , they're speaking codes to me but its enjoyable to watch might learn something

[@sigilcap4801]

Dude, really amazing build, congrats! But I am curious about to which set the Style/Looking of your armor belongs?

[@stifukcleiton1353]

So beautifull all those ethereals.Makes wanna go to ng+ and then,and then,and then,but no I should play other things.

[@chillingcastkillinit7524]

Love your content man always helpful

[@arso_9333]

Really a good build thank u for all of ur effort and putting ur time to give us great builds i made ur fist build took me 3-4 days to complete and now am gonna make this as well hope that i can finish it fast lol Btw one thing Amma change on this build is is ill replace running speed with untouched omnyo magic on all of my armor cuz it well become handy on long missions i guess if it procs

[@TheCryptidBun]

Funny enough, I've been using a very similar build since the game came out. Yorik Armor+Water buffalo helm, an no graced Fire fly Odachi with transform Constitution and auto life Moonlit Snow. I also use fists with transform Constitution. Basically the same rolls on armor but my scrolls are no where near as good as yours. It's a Con+Heart build with only three talisman and no attack buffs. Boss can't kill you if you have unfairly high life recovery.

[@StayFractalesque]

superb stuff man, subbed

[@Mineral4r7s]

As someone that plans to play nioh 2 on pc release i do wonder if these are still viable?

[@BboySquidfoot]

You definetly entertained that guy

[@famuhuzo]

Appreciate the guide and walking through some of the whys and whats :) I really wish you captured some footage of how tanky the build is tho. Showing damage numbers on certain hi damage enemy moves and grapples against you for perspective's sake - especially since it is a tank hybrid build. Also a few clips from regular gameplay when youre not stacking buffs would have been cool :) This is coming from someone who's only two acts into WotW where putting this together will most likely mean wearing whatever dps grace set the rngesus throws at me (I'm actually close to the water grace) and filling the gaps with the highest defense armor available - so starting with 150 stamina and ultimate stamina and building from that. Any suggestions ?

[@elwenlie]

Hi Xeno, by the time you did this video, didnt you know that grinding and farming on Onroyki + Magara scroll is faster ? Just kill the Onryoki and use Earthfolding Talisman, hence and repeat, i could get around 150 ethereals in around 1 hour, that is using all the gears that i want with lucky drop, im doing this with Onmyo or Ninjutsu, so weapon isnt really a problem.. In DotN, im using Sukunahikona 7p on weapons and accs and ethereal drop rate scroll.. Im just wondering tho if you knew this method at the time you made this video.. Great universal build btw, i just reached DotN and currently farming for Susano + Izanagi set..

[@gabrieldta]

Nice work! Thank you!!!

[@paulgarcia9181]

Dude I live for your builds. Please make more! I'd legitmately pay you for a top tier hatchet/switchglaive build .

[@jaaspin9185]

Amazing video bro, I'm just trying to slam through Demon and about to hit Wise, very excited for the new drops :) Can I ask a stupid question... What would be a quick way for me to get to max rank in a clan? I've been playing a lot but not a lot online, should I go for expeditions or random encounters? Or even just farm revenants? Cheers!

[@alexjulien5985]

This was a really cool build thanks.

[@rikudo282]

Bro did anyone else peep the +9 penance stone for way of the wise......no? Just me?

[@gamefaqs3262]

Where can we get orange Inheritable Shuriken and Kunai Damage gloves from revenants in nowdays? You could post an updated poison kunai build video for the way of nioh! Can you make a revenant with those equipments?

[@bboy458]

Insta-like

[@jaytoochill_]

It kinda hard for me to understand all this stuff lol

[@jasonmurphy4957]

Awesome build!.....i am still using your omnyo hatchet build :)

[@Auream1991]

Great build Xeno 😁 kind of reminds me of your vengeful ronin build but combined with susanos Versatility and with the extra tankiness Say are you planning on an improved ninja build? Would be sick to see one in the future

[@Koeras16]

Small hint: while cheating sucks and shouldn`t be done for most people (you will kill off the experience and fun), in your case, if you wish to continue doing these builds, you might want to use cheat engine or a trainer (FlingTrainer) to radically increase drop chances and by consequence shorten the grind by a lot. This is of course only possible on the PC version.

[@TheAnimatedGamer]

Problem is that cheat engine isn't working for the updated version

[@Koeras16]

@@TheAnimatedGamer Did they install some anti memory tempering tool ?

[@bentmercer]

This is an ideal build, but end game isn't worth it due to crappy RNG. I went with dream dancer plus versatility, that was good enough to beat all dotw missions. Now waiting for final new dlc, see what new graces come out.

[@stokske7815]

Real cool build. But being a few months old and i'm not up to date with nerfs and buffs is it still viable ? Thnx in advance

[@scanzithibault7568]

Hi ! Why playing with purified spirit and you dont have purified weapon but water one ? Or i miss something ? Thx for the vidéo by the way and sorry for my english

[@halmvar9023]

Does anyone know how he is using kurama tengu and ho to attack at the start of the fight?

[@lachkapuze94]

yeah thats what i want also to know

[@achtung9263]

@@lachkapuze94 that's just talisman of spirit)))

[@Nuahsch]

Wow nice.

[@chemagomez250]

Good job friend. Where i find the governors armor?

[@bigbeef8190]

That ability u used where it makes a cross on the ground with lightning or something. What is that?

[@NieR-002]

Guardian Spirit Talisman while using the Ho-oh guardian spirit, hopefully that helps?

[@aleee2010]

great job smart player.

[@cdmanjak]

Well there goes my no nut november

[@onizorimura8217]

This looks fun, late to the vid but was wondering: Is this build possible on the first difficult? And if possible, what attribute spread would be recommended?

[@LitFabi]

I think you have to get to dotw to get the graces you need

[@crisv1390]

High do you have an axe build . Really need orange and white inhetitable gears with heaven and earth or rage duration .hope you notice me

[@K-popQueenSoo-Ah]

I am still struggling in dream of the demon. Even after switching to a tankier omyo warrior build. I just don't see how people play through Dream of the Wise. The enemies in Demon still 3 to 4 shot me.

[@nanashiryuu5630]

Gear roles help. The testing system in this game sucks so you have to find someone who can help you farm attack or skill dmg. If your struggling use gozuki core to destroy enemy Ki bars and then then beat em up from behind.

[@renew44]

Enemies kill you in 3-4 strikes even in normal difficulty, if you don't evade, block or counter. That's souls-like games for you. :p

[@klove5974]

@@renew44 That's it ain't it? I read thay and was sitting here thinking, "3 to 4 shots! You dead! Why you taking *3 TO 4 SHOTS!?*

[@dubstepdemon-_-7901]

Guide starts at 4:24 Add at 4:24 smart

[@mrolson0603]

Hey what spear abilities are the ones where you jump in the air spinning it and then slam it down, and the one where you do a falling attack? I haven't seen either of those and they both seem really good.

[@azureblade1119]

How do I get those ice fist or gloves you have on in the video?

[@veizenhar7405]

how long did it take u to get those governor's awatatsumi grace armor pieces ? best build i have seen so far?

[@xeroeddie]

Even though you can focus more on damage, this build is had more than enough damage for me. Getting confusion up as fast as possible is a big priority i gather. Are familiars the fastest way to apply elements do you find? How are feathers compared?

[@Jarery2000]

Where does the water buffalo helm come from ? i dont think ive ever seen it, and google search just talks about its use, not what drops it?

[@deadlyshells6830]

You have to craft it or it's a random drop. You'll h have to craft it, use a rarity inherent to increase its rarity, use a grace inheritance to choose the grace you want and hope you get good stats on it. This is part of the rng problem the game currently has.

[@lincolnprestes7617]

I have a similar build, but I couldn't get the armor with thr grace I wanted. Did you think use Onryoki soulcore to mitigate damage while attacking is worth it?

[@retroreaper867]

i would be scared to find his grave if he even has one in nioh

[@heatariesjc]

wow beautiful fight

[@cribarce]

Why should you have equipment weight? And why would you try to have that many toughness? Ultimate stamina already unlocks maximum toughness and agility, e.g. you can get 101% equipment weight without problems and without having to reforge toughness/weight on any piece

[@Xenoswarm]

Ultimate Stamina does not give you AA Agility and Toughness. It unlocks those ranks. You need 350 Toughness to achieve AA Toughness. The equipment weight increases your damage via Damage Bonus Equipment Weight (A)

[@janein7867]

hello where can i find ethereal 190 weapons and armor ?

[@ftenee-bloodborne7456]

bro where u get kodama netsuke accessory ?

[@thenealtristan]

Did you roll lucky drop to get the armor?

[@toxicityrose7759]

Relax bro this is insane I can’t even solo this game I always have help

[@maninfurnace2560]

what if... the final boss of the yokai is xenoswarm?

[@vinceclary8086]

Damn

[@unrealsimon93]

It sucks that they made the game so grindy because I really love watching your build videos, but I completely understand not wanting to do more. I wish you were playing on PC were you can just edit everything and don't have to grind anything if you don't feel like it.

[@alolandonaldtrump8368]

Dude do you think you could drop your character creation code? I really like the way your character looks

[@jonatasmota3777]

what is the% of the weight bonus? Great build!

[@jonnyboy2176]

Anyone know how to find more transform bonus stat rolls? I’m having a hard time finding any in DOTW.

[@Prinzelmo]

Hi guys, my English is not good enough to understand everything in this video. Could one of u write down the gear and all the stuff so I can read it and translate to build this also ? Would be very nice. Thank u

[@er9875]

English is the only language I speak and it still isn't good enough to understand half of this

[@Xenoswarm]

@@er9875 What are you finding hard to understand. The way I speak, or the game terms used?

[@er9875]

@@Xenoswarm just terms

[@XonixDerps]

Mmm maybe new player build? Im sure sohaya armor set is lovely but for the most part even after main game theyll prob be around 190 - 200 for abit unless they grind lol

[@limpingnad8100]

Ns tnx!

[@codywalker1041]

I have hours upon hours upon hours in Nioh and Nioh 2 and I dont know how you upgrade your clan bonuses. I fight every blooody grave on the map every time and I donate to my clan all the time.

[@Xenoswarm]

You are probably at max rank and dont even realize. When you check your rank, do not go to transfer (where it lists all the clans.) just press R2 to change tabs at the hidden tea house, middle option. It will display your personal clan rank

[@codywalker1041]

@@Xenoswarm I didn't try this. I'll try it later. What is max rank? Edit: thanks for the help and comment. Appreciate you man.

[@codywalker1041]

@@Xenoswarm I am max thank you I've never noticed that.

[@oukt237]

Well Made!

[@eunillee5977]

How are you doing so much damage? What attribute? Transform bonus?

[@alexgalays910]

onmyo buff stacking + saturated + confusion + unbroken stacks + versatility + playing well.

[@SmoothNobody]

how does he cast buffs this quick? i unlocked the casting speed skill from the dojo training and my casting speed is nowhere near this fast. 0:10

[@onlyquirk8921]

I still can’t finish the first mission

[@getrekt8365]

I really dont know why they made farming so hard in this game. It's not like its an always online experience where you have to put players to the grind to keep them as paying customers. Just make it easier for ppl to have fun.

[@JugosoAtsui]

New to Nioh 2, How can I implement this for early game or is this build for NG+?

[@ftenee-bloodborne7456]

great build bro ... but to make this need more farming lol

[@Redoer]

what mission drops ethereal governor so i can farm that heavy armor

[@1888CHAD8881]

is it normal to be under leveled in nioh 2? I'm on lvls that say recommend 65..and I'm just 50?

[@Xenoswarm]

It's more likely to happen at lower levels if you're just doing main missions, yeah. But there will be a balance where the higher level missions reward massively increased XP so your level should normalize eventually

[@alexgalays910]

Do you find that ultimate stamina adds that much value?

[@jerekt]

I can not understand how you take 2 set bonus. One with 6 pieces and one with 7 pieces. I think you can have 1 bonus per item and the total items is 11. I missing somethini important?

[@Ghostscar]

Some Magamatas have a bonus to reduce the nescessary number to get the buff in 1. So he got 6 pieces of 1 and 5 of other.

[@jerekt]

@@Ghostscar thank you for the answer

[@MrBruiser308]

Can I ask your friend to switch the game to Russian and show the build ???