Ranking the Nioh Bosses from Easiest to Hardest [#15-1]

[@theDeModcracy]

A few commenters suggested my commentary is lacking my usual energy. Thank you to those of you voicing concern, but I am doing great! I have been working overtime lately for the Nioh videos and more you're soon to see. It definitely led to me being worn out when recording this audio. I've also been making an active effort to slow my speech, so that may have played a role. I'd love feedback if you felt like the tone of my commentary was off. I'll keep it in mind for videos to come!

[@seanrydell112]

No worries my guy! You just sounded like you played the entire game AND THEN started recording right away, don't push yourself too hard and take breaks when ya need em

[@ERscopezz]

Really glad you made this comment because I was about to say that you sound like this video was a chore for you almost. The quality wasn’t lacking, just tonal differences were clear from your usual persona

[@vrageanalyst2931]

Glad you're okay!!!! Was worried about you! Thank you for leaving a comment on it so we all are aware!!!! ^_^

[@rizeshogun6663]

I was gonna mention this but I'm glad you're ok

[@notrealjacob]

Part of what made me love your videos is delivering your opinion at the top of your lungs. Do what feels natural for you - we’re all here because we like your content :)

[@catzilla3961]

Lady Maria got tired waiting in the Clocktower and traveled to Japan

[@renegonx80]

Lmao🤣🤣

[@flawless360]

Lol

[@takoen_taotaan]

Geralt also traveled to Japan

[@dolphspaghetti7123]

XD

[@cosmic2750]

Geralt somehow got tired of Toussaint and decided to travel to Japan in a Dutch ship under the pseudo-name of William...

[@crimsonbehemoth]

between this and bloodborne, I think I'm gonna have a fetish for women named maria

[@Zarryon12]

Nah Maria in astral clocktower: hawt Maria in Nioh: BITCH. Okatsu: hello sexy ninja lady!! @3:16...both Maria's do not even offer dying like this...truly the best death.

[@SoftSpokenShank]

Eh, Okatsu for me.

[@neurotypicalkirby]

Fuku tho...

[@WAyuso34]

@@Zarryon12 lady maria is a walking corpse what the fuck

[@drcox012]

@@neurotypicalkirby Fuku is best girl because she at least has the decency to hint at her curves. Okatsu is a twig (not that that's bad) and all the other girls are either yokai or monsters seemingly.

[@joeb1955]

Fun Fact: Hideyori is the only boss who can parry you. And when he does his parry, you best back allllllll the way up cuz his parry window is about 45 years long.

[@biscuiteaterelliott6367]

Tachibana can parry too.

[@joeb1955]

@@biscuiteaterelliott6367 Muneshige doesn't have a parry. He does have two versions of the Iai quickdraw, one of which is blockable and the other is not.

[@biscuiteaterelliott6367]

@@joeb1955 I just checked to be sure. He does. He uses Backwave as a parry sometimes if you hit him while he is charging up quickdraw.

[@joeb1955]

@@biscuiteaterelliott6367 I don't understand how that could be possible since Backwave is a timely guard and you can't perform two actions at once, which is what would need to happen if he does it while charging a quickdraw. Since you aren't guarding while you do it. And since he charges it so quickly there wouldn't be time to cancel out for a block. Because, at least on Way of the Wise and up, that quickdraw comes out near instantly.

[@biscuiteaterelliott6367]

@@joeb1955 It has the same start-up animations as the charged quickdraw. In fact, he has several moves that start with that animation. At least four. You evidently have the game; you can test this yourself. Just hit him while he's charging and eventually he'll do backwave.

[@FiendMatadorSlayerOfNoobs]

I'm gonna be honest, bosses like Sakon Shima and Yukimura made me start Nioh all over and run Spear. And it's really fun to use as well on top of it! It's got so many flourishing, stylish combos that it's insane.

[@theDeModcracy]

They wielded it like champions, that's for sure. Those bosses made me realize how diverse the moveset of Nioh's weapons can be with the proper skills

[@uncledreisenior]

@@theDeModcracy After Hino-enma, I quit. I returned using a spear high stance. I was able to finish it and had a better performance.

[@blackjet2000]

They make you want to style with spears rather than play boring/safe. I am still a katana user but lots of fun potential with spears

[@uncledreisenior]

@@blackjet2000 I have Kusarigama as my 2nd choice but I'm really bad at it. I find my playstyle to be a slow but sure especially with the spear high stance low sweep rinse and repeat. Nearly the same as his bread and butter. But min'es a bit slower but a higher damage output

[@satitlertritsumpun8930]

Spear with Spearfall unlock = rip humanoid enemies. Just spearfall all days and stab them when they fall. (Not really, some bosses just don't fall. But it is so good against Honda and Li)

[@stevensm6459]

18:43 Stuck for hours? I STUCK FOR 2 YEARS! Luckily after finishing Nioh 2 last week, I immediately fight him again and it took me around half an hour. And I finally finish the whole Nioh DLC today

[@ObligatoryBook]

Be me Be in the middle of class Be studying hard Think: “I can’t let anything distract me, I have to study.” Look at phone to change music See DeMod upload video *FURIOUSLY START TYPING COMMENT.*

[@theDeModcracy]

Nice to see you here as always. Studies are imporant, keep up the good work!

[@marcos_derozzi]

Nioh's difficulty logic: let everything one-shot you.

[@trustypatches669]

That's what happens when you go for light armor

[@s0uLMisT3rY]

I mean, of course they gonna one shot you if you're wearing red demon armor, that's the point (you are trading mobility for defense)

[@haydeng3316]

@@s0uLMisT3rY other way around. Trading defense for mobility

[@Melia_67]

@ale landeo So you are saying the proper way to play this game is to wear heavy armor and tank the damage? Lol this game is stupid and it's funny seeing people like you trying to justify getting one shot to 65% of the bosses.

[@sieghardtofcatarina7827]

@@Melia_67 Let me guess, being KOd for the tenth time in a row and going trough the third phase (anger)?

[@Ribboppity]

I love Nioh, honestly. It's such a good game that brings a great flavor and depth to what we'd consider the souls like formula. But god, those DLCs.. the levels? Awesome. The atmosphere? Amazing. The story? Loved it. The bosses? ..the bosses? I could only find it within myself to enjoy three of the DLC bosses: Date Shigezane, Toyotomi Hideyori, and the Nine-Tailed Fox. All the others found me fighting off physical pain as I tried desperately to power through them and adhere to not using Living Weapon my first go of bosses. Date Masamune, Maria, Sarutobi Sasuke, Sanada Yukimura.. probably the most miserable experiences I had with Nioh. Sanada and Maria especially. To me, they embodied the worst of boss balance the game had to offer. Massive health, insane damage, incredible speed, hyper armor, projectile attacks often enough, and worst of all non-stop Living Weapon usage that leaves them outside of LW state for maybe 10% of the fight total. Isn't the point of Living Weapon to be a kind of limit break that gives you great power for a short time? Every other boss in the main game did it right, what the hell happened here? This absurd combination forces you into the tactics of either debuffing them to hell, waiting around for them to just about run out of stamina in the LW state so you can try and go for a risky knockdown to deal actual damage, or just headshot them with something to take them out of LW state and go for a grapple. What else are you gonna do, try to fight them straight-up and get shredded when you inevitably mess up one dodge by a tenth of a second? And it's even worse for Maria: at least the others go into LW and drain stamina as a tradeoff. But she doesn't *technically* use Living Weapon, so she has no such weaknesses with virtually all the benefits, with the only thing in your favor being her lightly smaller healthbar than usual. All that made a good bit of the DLCs I was looking forward to such a slog, which was pretty unfortunate, since I adored the rest.

[@Walamonga1313]

You were probably underleveled, as was I. Basically in this game you either cheese or get cheesed.

[@Ribboppity]

Especially with the double boss missions. It's break the game or break your controller.

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

i see everyone complaining about maria.... i killed her my first try with a single moonlight snow... though my odachi ninja build was pretty insane...

[@mauriciohiure2192]

@@brayachdragonbane7529 same thing for me, i tanked her like it was nothing, i was probably a bit overleveled? idk, my damage was pretty balanced tho

[@Sniper2sword]

Boss number 1 holes in the ground. RIP

[@Avghistorian77]

The level that you fought umi bozu in was complete tits.

[@Dildozer42069]

It's crazy how different your experience in this game when using different builds. I used an axe and got one or two hits in before backing off, and my armor was based around increasing my ki and toughness so that I could block often. As a result, my ranking of the difficulties was very different from yours. The sheer amount of different and viable ways to play this game never ceases to impress me - I really like Nioh for it.

[@Eckef]

1. Not gonna lie, Nue was incredibly easy when you're playing patiently. I almost always hit it's head when it spits lightning and hit it's belly to break it's stamina, thus breaking it in the middle of it's attacks until it doubles down on the sky lightning. 2. Oh Nine Tails lady is *ungodly* in her side mission. You DON'T get a helper and if I remember she gets him beside her. (I broke a controller against that BS :D) 3. Maria... was honestly not hard for me. The thing is when you explain it, I don't know *HOW* I did. I played extremely offensively and won in I think 3 tries? Again I'm not sure how since I just went in Leroy Jenkins style. (Also this was during the time when I stuck only to the Odachi and high stance) 4. 0/10 list, not a single Tengu on here Edit: 5. Also I know they are easy to deal with on their own, I'm referring to the god damn team ups they have with other enemies like Flying bolt or *god forbid Nue*

[@vb_blokeboi7251]

THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING TENGU FUCK

[@jlit5215]

What makes the tengu thing worse is that now in 2 their spin attack is faster and they got like two brand new moves. It’s something

[@paleprince7983]

Fuck Tengu, cheap pos

[@splinter360]

Water buff for Nue.

[@itsokay7989]

All of the main game's bosses were easy as fuck tbh. Only DLC started to be interesting. And yea, fuck tengus

[@thebananaboater2339]

Watched this after finally beating Hino-enma after like 2 hours to make myself feel better about taking so long. Glad she's so high on the list.

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

Well now you know we need a ranking of Ninja Gaiden bosses

[@draw2death421]

Ninja garden?!? Ninja Gaiden you mean?

[@hishomie4466]

Only if played on Master Ninja!

[@uafc1]

@@hishomie4466 He only plays game on normal. That's what he did with God of War and Devil May Cry series. He also never played souls game in NG+7 or this game in the Way of Nioh. So, no way he will play it on Master Ninja

[@hishomie4466]

@@uafc1 That's unfortunate

[@cartoonvideos5]

@@uafc1 Normal is the intended and Default difficulty that's why. Basing difficulty on purposely unfair or broken modes makes no sense at all.

[@MerkinMuffly]

Two words for your #1 boss: sticky pots.

[@noxthestar8300]

Funnily enough, a lot of these bosses were actually on the easier side for me -- though I really wasn't afraid of using Sloth and other debuffs. The difference builds and playstyles make is quite interesting. Also, a fun fact : if you let Nue hit the bell on the left side of the arena with a lightning attack, it stuns the everliving SHIT out of the thunderpussy. Just deletes its health.

[@itsokay7989]

He seems to be just bad at the game tbh. How someone could even name Nue as one of the hardest bosses in Nioh is beyond my comprehension. Even further suggesting that it's unbalanced. 50 attempts at Maria is the icing on the cake. Plus, thinking that being underleveled is actually an issue in Nioh... Not to mention that he could've grabbed overleveled gear from revenants all the time

[@rav3style]

It's okay he literally says it’s not unbalanced, that it’s his fault for refusing to learn

[@hmnanda]

@@itsokay7989 oh look! we have a badass here. not everyone has the same character build as you. different people struggled with different aspects of the game. no need to be a pretentious twat. also, revenants give you shit items most of the time.

[@TheMysteriouswatcher]

@@itsokay7989 not to mention putting both the first Onryoki AND the flying vampire zombie bitch over the Big Blob of Bullshit..

[@raoulduke2924]

I think he avoided Sloth more often in this playthrough because in his first Nioh boss ranking list he used sloth the whole way through and was criticized for it.

[@Bear_Witness_]

Your honesty and illustrative explanations are top notch. Its baffling how you don't have millions of views on this countdown series. Well done mate

[@aX0n777]

I LOVE how you use a lot of sekiro music while talking about nioh

[@JTSindustries]

Demod really out here keeping up his rep for mispronouncing boss names with "new" XD

[@theDeModcracy]

Even after I got Date right this time. I'm slowly learning lol

[@jamesholden5587]

@@theDeModcracy no offense but do you know how to actually pronounce nue?

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@@jamesholden5587 "new-ay"

[@abhayv1698]

Nuu-ey*

[@nero6202]

You don’t need to be a dick

[@thabus5815]

2:49 the transition... amazing

[@rocketscientist14]

Date Masamune was my absolute favorite character & boss in Nioh 1. Such a challenging & fast paced aggressive fight. I was very surprised when I beat all the DLCs but Date was still the top dog in terms of difficulty lol

[@sammyjones2081]

The irony is that some the easier bosses on part 1 are in fact some of the ones I had the hardest time with and vice versa. Whilst this may be due to our different play styles, as you clearly have a better grasp of debuffs, I also think it has due in part to how some of them are faced later on in the game, whilst I'm best versed with earlier bosses due to my more frequent playings of both their levels and the Twilight Missions

[@theDeModcracy]

Makes a lot of sense. Of any game I've ranked, I think the RPG nature of Nioh mixed with it's overall difficulty makes for a ranking that will be very different from person to person. Hopefully mine is still an interesting look into another experience :)

[@TheAntiSanta]

I mean, the really tough ones, that are on the bottom of his list, are mostly there, because he bum rushed them and murdered the piss out of them before they could actually do anything and he didn't get to see any of their moves.

[@shahnazkhan5084]

@ThefantasticPaul , but wouldn't that be most people's experience.

[@dantevic]

@@shahnazkhan5084 depends on the weapon. The weapons he used hit alot an destroyed their ki.

[@eeroh9423]

Jin was a nightmare on way of the nioh. I circled around that rock the whole fight.

[@robertmcpherson138]

Dammit DeMod... now I'm making another attempt at this game...

[@theDeModcracy]

Yes! I hope you like it this time around. Take it slow, make sure you do the dojo missions as they come available, and fight revenants for 30-60 mins any time you feel underleveled for some fresh gear

[@krs1297]

Good and this time don't be a scrub about it

[@missblob8908]

Me too

[@urameshitrev1851]

Number 0: The Side Mission where you fight Hideyori and Nine Tailed Fox at the same time. *Edit:* While I never reached it, there's also the Abyss Floor 999 Boss where you fight Both Date and Sanada.

[@d.g.m.8455]

For the life of me, I could not win that fight. The only boss battle I couldn't get through in the game. Cheap-ass crap.

[@Drakkanoth]

D. G.M. I was only able to overcome the fight by running in circles and slowly doing damage to the fox when I had an opening. The fight took 15 minutes but I was able to defeat Lady Chacha, and after that, it was just a matter of being careful and patient with the other boss. It’s ridiculously tough, though. It’s possible, but you don’t have enough margin for error based on how long you have to bait attacks and dodge everything coming at you. Just an unfair mission in general.

[@dbidda84]

I was lucky to find an interesting sinergy. Basically you can roll a perk on your chest piece called"nullify damage after purification". Hideyori uses an attack wich creates tons of yokai ponds, you purify it( you can help yourself with Kekkai talisman) and deal as much damage as you can. Hermit talisman nullifies stunlock,so you can beat them up without worries. Naoe clan gives you a nice damage bonus after purification,it's good to have. If you have a good spirit to apply chaos,the fox goes down quite easily; I use Janomecho+Nurarhyon.

[@renegonx80]

100% agreed. On Way of Nioh......this took me around 5 hours......i never cursed so much in my life😪

[@100_pesos]

Yeah, that side mission was a completely BS fight. It seems winnable but it felt way too cheap to be remotely enjoyable. I didn't bother to finish it after a few attempts. It's just bad and lazy multi-boss design, the worst this game had to offer.

[@delinquentqueen3643]

Your energy and love for these games always makes me feel a little better when I’m depressed. Thanks for being yourself, DMod.

[@theDeModcracy]

Hope tomorrow is a better day for you. Try to take a moment to do something nice for yourself, not matter how small. See you soon in another video :)

[@delinquentqueen3643]

theDeModcracy Thank you so much. I hope you have a good one too.

[@vogunBurgundy]

Now, I'm curious as to which bosses you found to be the _best_ quality-wise. Suppose it'll have to wait for another time.

[@theDeModcracy]

Not sure I'd do a quality ranking. Of the top of my head, I loved Date Masamune, Hino-Enma, Giant Toad, White Tiger, Onyroki, and Yuki-Onna in particular.

[@superwhitesugar1977]

Jin made me put 99 points in ninjutsu. He traumatized me to this day.

[@jamielylehill]

The only way I'll see the DLC bosses is through your video. I loved the main game but can't stand the DLC. Everyone's opinion is valid and that's fine. But when I am getting 1-2 shot by literally everything when I beat the main game with no problem, I am no longer having fun, and don't wanna go through NG+ just to enjoy the DLC. Cheers!

[@ryanweible9090]

nah they did ramp it up a little too much. it kind of ruined the fun, as i felt the base nioh game was superior to the dark souls series, but the dlcs seemed to be more about invalidating strategies than adding interesting mechanics. i used to backstab like i was in a tenchu game, but those stupid centepede neck guys barely felt it, and could counter grab-kill you.

[@jamielylehill]

@John Bennett There's always the one git gud guy. I'm just ok at these type of games. I've beaten every SekiBloodSouls game plus the dlcs for those. I'm not the best at them, but I have enough experience with those games, plus having beaten Nioh to feel a bit of validity in thinking they scaled the Nioh dlcs wrong. But hey you're probably better than me at the game and so are a lot of other people. But when I'm not having fun, that's when I'm done.

[@yaboi2500]

John Bennett Why are you defending the DLC? All three of them were full of bullshit. I’d much rather Team Ninja go back to making Ninja Gaiden. They can’t make balanced ARPGs to save their lives.

[@Walamonga1313]

I literally just played through the dlcs for the first time and it was hell. It was 70% fun 30% frustration. They clearly didn't balance them properly towards a New game. What they should've done was make them available in Way of the Strong and beyond only. I started a New Game on PC (after getting platinum trophy on PS4) cause I bought the complete edition, since I had only ever played base game. Now, I still think double bosses are pretty bullshit, especially Obsidian+Oda cause you fight so many enemies before them. But not even that was as stupid hard as the dlc. Not smart hard, stupid hard. Everything 1 or 2 shots you, you deal so little damage and there's even more ambushes and ganks as main game. Maria in particular pissed me off cause of her instant grab and it took me a while to beat her (I was underleveled like 70 levels or so). After finishing the dlcs I went back on a more appropriate level and destroyed her. They're really unbalanced and it's a shame cause most of the fights are fun (save for grab attacks and ganks) but the damage and tankiness is just absurd

[@SomeRogueAI]

Another great, well thought-out list. Pronunciations of Japanese names in these last videos has gotten better too, which is nice.

[@theDeModcracy]

I'm reading feedback in the comments in an effort to learn! Glad you enjoyed the list Rogue :)

[@ologracz1110]

20:16 no, it wouldn't. I was playing dlc on way of the strong, properly equipped and leveled through new game+, with body nearing max. Nine tails and onmoraki went on first try, but Date and Maria deal so much damage, that armor and health doesn't matter. I honestly find it a glaring flaw - dark souls games rarely one-shots you, unless you take glass cannnon build like you. But in NioH, especially in dlc, damage taken is just insane - requires to wear equivalent of full havel set to survive 2 hits. I love NioH combat, but in many cases boss fights simply required to charge in hoping you will kill a boss, before he manages to strike you twice.

[@marcosdheleno]

13:49 and this is why random weapons dont work for balance, they always end up with this absurdly high number that is hard to balance. this is why i still defend static equipment numbers(with upgrades), deliver a much better experience.

[@Inferno144]

'Fear the Spear' is a good slogan to live by

[@matodragonespor5000]

Jin Hayabusha has the Dragon Sword, uses Art of the Inferno Ninpo and he even uses the Izuna Drop (23:49)! Holy Shit!!

[@JLHoskins]

I agree with you about the leveling in Nioh not being fun. Nioh at its best has the potential to be better and more fun than Fromsoft games, in my opinion, but the leveling really ruins that. The moments where you're outmatched, and outnumbered but your skill and strategy allows you to overcome any obstacle is what I love about combat games. But i hate it when you're doing a mission that's really tough and challenging in Nioh; and when you finally overcome it the next mission is 30 to 50 levels higher than the last. I don't know about you but for me I never get that euphoric sense of accomplishment when I beat a boss in Nioh because I'm either under leveled and the boss is bs or at the recommended level and I destroy the boss.

[@theDeModcracy]

There were moments of boss euphoria in Nioh for me, but more often it was skewed by excited awe at my damage output. The quality is very hit or miss. Most human bosses are revenants with living weapon as their one notable difference. I enjoyed the Yokai bosses a lot more overall due to their greater diversity. The level scaling does make things rough though. I hope to see boss mechanics shine brighter in Nioh 2

[@2112mrrushfan]

That's only because you're still at the lower difficulties, just wait till you do Way of the Wise, which is NG+4, believe me it gets mean and you pretty much have to resort to nearly raw skill at that point

[@2112mrrushfan]

Nine-Tailed Fox on max difficulty took me over 20 minutes just on my successful attempt, and that's with Sanada fighting alongside you

[@theninja2k14]

@@2112mrrushfan way of the wise is ng+3, ng+4 is way of the nioh

[@2112mrrushfan]

@@theninja2k14 Oh wait, yeah you're right lol. But anyway my point still stands regarding the higher difficulties

[@yeah2956]

The key to making a lot of these bosses a whole hell of alot easier is not getting greedy.

[@SlayerSla]

thats true!! but often they just do absolutely random shit that 1shot you to death, you cant fking calculate them ....

[@MrMattogreen25]

Hitting Nue in the head when it's eyes glow as it's charging its beam stuns it, trivializing the fight quite a bit

[@snoopJosele]

Wow, this video reminded me many good moments, but also a lot of bad ones while I was playing it. I considered dropping the game with umi bozu until I found an op strat to defeat it, but the hardest and most unfair boss was hino emma without a doubt (didn’t play dlcs). Good video man

[@itsokay7989]

Hino Emma is an absolute joke. If you got stuck there then it's good you dropped it probably

[@tinminator8905]

@@itsokay7989 I played through the whole game and she was the second to hardest for me. Low health bosses are by far the most luck or stat dependant in the game. Every single one of her attacks/combos oneshot/paralized me and got me killed, so I had to get a no hit fight outisde of living weapon. Experiences vary a lot in Nioh.

[@MerkinMuffly]

If you want to make nearly all these bosses easier, daiba-washi, rinse and repeat.

[@Felana1988]

I'd say for me it would have to be Maria. Probably both on Way of the Samurai as well as Way of the Nioh. Her sheer speed, power and combo'ed attacks utterly destroyed me so many times. Fantastic vid!

[@Lyserg250]

What you explained at some point about the level cap was exactly my problem with the DLCs and why I stopped around the half of the 2nd DLC. The level of each mission suddenly went extremely high even double my own level where I could barely hurt standard enemies. I found it so stupid and no fun where I just didn't want to bother anymore.

[@EthanSchmethan]

It's really funny how you've put more thought and care into Nioh's mechanics in the 2 weeks of playtime than my 3 years. It seems you're Nioh-Sensei now, Dmod.

[@copperfield17]

Thank you for taking the time to revisit Nioh. I know it was not your favorite experience initially and it doesn’t hold a candle to the Souls experience that most people went in looking for. Nioh was advertised as “Samurai Souls” erroneously. It is essentially a 3rd person action RPG Diablo set in Japan. After I treated the game more like playing a clunky Ninja Gaiden, the mechanics got much easier. The boss designs are centered around different weapon strategies as in the Ninja Gaiden series. And Team Ninja has much more experience making that kind of game centered around katana combat rather than most of their other weapons. You may have had a very different experience playing katana, spear, and hammer/ax rather than the quick weapons like the kusarigama. Either way, Nioh certainly is more designed for people wanting to experience the Diablo loot grind and pressing buttons to make the numbers go up rather than tight and excellent enemy design. Nevertheless, I thoroughly respect your perspective on the game and it’s bosses and I appreciate you revisiting one of my favorite games of the last decade.

[@ryujijitei]

I was going to comment about you leaving out the sub mission bosses and ask for an exception for Jin...and then I saw you DID make that exception. I'm very, very happy to see that you gave the game another shot, man.

[@theDeModcracy]

I had to. He's too great (and difficult) not to mention. I know the gank side missions are hard too, but at least Jin is unique. I'm happy I did as well, it would've been a shame to miss out on the great things Nioh has to offer.

[@AlfonsoSRT]

Love your music choices. Lady Maria theme when explaining Maria, Ninja Gaiden 4-2 for Jin Hayabusa

[@alexwalter8669]

I'm glad you added the bit about Serpent strike+Foot Sweep+Finishing Blow, because seeing you use a kusa and all the human bosses on this list was a little confusing. Also, hardest boss drops the best gear. Infinite shuriken makes living weapon bosses much easier because even though the damage is lower it drains their ki at a normal rate. Extended I-frames makes it more like Bloodborne and Truth from the 7-piece is a huge damage boost. If Red Demon = Glass Canon, the Dragon Ninja = Glass Nuclear Bomb.

[@calvinatorks4673]

A play style consisting of R1 spamming and buff/debuff doesn't encapsulate the true nature of how you play Nioh, although it's obviously there to exploit. Nioh has a balancing system that will change from waiting for one specific rare attack (like Nue's Laser attack) in order the hit their weakspot (specifically Nue's glowing underbelly) in order to dish damage rather than rampages at the enemies to count in your egotistical DPS range. For me Yuki-onna was my favourite boss, it conditioned me to stay very far away and keep a lot of range timing only one or two hits per window to experience the ambiance and emotion throughout the fight. Although I did not beat her quickly, I managed to beat her without taking a single hit through dodging attacks accordingly and not being too greedy. Obviously this is my personal opinion and it shouldn't mark as so called 'textbook howtoplay' on Nioh. But I do get annoyed at casuals who'll just go full retard and have R1 as the only button they press alongside holding down sprint to run away from enemy barrages.

[@Avghistorian77]

I mean, it works, which may just be the problem. Sloath, and the kusarigama kind trivialize Nioh, you gotta admit.

[@TheRazer456]

I played the hell out of this game when it came out and I really enjoyed the experience. The dlc turned everything up to 11 when you got to way of the wise/nioh even with the 750 max level and level 310 gear bosses like Maria will shred you in a flash with a single mistake. But pulling the wins out at that difficulty is beyond satisfying.

[@Rahnonymous]

Me, a living weapon god: this game is too easy! Yuki-Onna and Nobunaga: team up Me: I can't believe you've done this...

[@alicedescartes]

I got stuck on that fight for a solid 4 hours. I was tired af and refused to go to sleep until I could beat them. Totally worth it.

[@cartoonvideos5]

Nice video, I agree that balancing the DLC around having NG+ gear was a weird decision.

[@nickthegun]

Maria was the boss that made me realise the thing you pointed out about the DLC level requirements. After an hour of getting murdered, I went back and ran through a decent chunk of NG and started to properly tune my weapons and armour. When I came back, I killed her on my second try.

[@sirnotawholelot7650]

> Repeatedly talks about playing a glass cannon with magic > Absolutely melts bosses with his own damage > Complains about their damage being too high Also, your stubborness in sticking to the sprint-around-and-smack-the-back-with-kusa-high-quick-combo might have affected your perceptions more than you think. It worked wonders on some bosses because of high stance damage and kusarigama high stance combo having little to no gaps between hits, letting you land the whole thing without a fear of a counterattack in between if the enemy can be staggered, but made things a lot harder on others. Ogress is a complete joke if you don't try to run around her. Okatsu is quite easy to beat if you approach her carefully. Using your spear properly would have turned Hino-Emna into a non-threat. On the other hand, the damage you got from magic let you not have to really fight a boss multiple times - Ishida Mitsunari, Date Shigezane, Yuki-Onna and Sanada Yukimura are much more dangerous when you don't melt them in moments. I wonder what you would think of the bosses after fighting them as a medium-tanky no magic/no ninjitsu build.

[@judeclips6866]

DeMod literally talks without breathing THATS CRAZY! Love the vids man keep it up

[@ayo3450]

Hino enma forced me to quit for almost a year. The same thing happened with Father Gascoigne for me too. But once I got over Gascoigne and Hino enma, I really enjoyed both games, and the satisfying feeling of beating them was unmatched

[@asrea9704]

Great list as always! More Nioh content please its my current obsession! Edit:Speaking on the importance of the numbers over skill. It hit me like a truck when i got to the 3 kellys at level 80. Finished dlc at 125 it was painful.

[@BlackedRaaw]

Anyone know what the song in the background at 7:06 is? Also great video DeMo. :D

[@yaboi2500]

Nymiera Sounds like some variation of “Gymnopedie No. 1”.

[@BlackedRaaw]

@@yaboi2500 Hmm, I'll have to figure it out. I really enjoy the music.

[@mininabs]

Great video/ranking. While I found Ogress a lot easier (high stance spear destroys her health pretty quickly), some of the bosses were right where I would rank them. I played through with a spear and magic build, so fighting spear wielding bosses was a bit of a pain due to having the same reach. Can't wait for the next video.

[@e.y.d.6079]

Using the Lady Maria theme. I see what you did there! Thanks for reminding me of that absolutely stunning piece of music.

[@jorgehuertas3995]

Glad I waited to go to bed. (It's late in Spain)

[@theDeModcracy]

I'm glad as well. Apologies on the late upload. I had it prepared to go up hours ago, but there was a corruption error in the new upload tool. I try to upload by at least 3 PM EST, keeping my EU friends in mind. Sleep well, Jorge :)

[@Fallenecho45]

As someone who is finally finished with my way of the nioh playthrough of the game prior too the sequel coming out my top 3 is a bit different. My top 3 are as follows, 3. Mitsunari(that wind debuff sucks) 2. Sanada(that wind living weapon phase is so hard to I frame through) 1. Jin hayabusa(the combo of speed and attack power is so rough to deal with). My difficulties may have been compounded by my refusal to have less than a agility or use any weapon combo other than triple sword but that was my experience with the top end atleast.

[@NiraSader]

Funny thing about Sasuke was I got the “beat the boss with only tonfas” achievement on my first try without deliberately trying to get it

[@bibosbarb9627]

Me sees how much dmg the sickle weapon can do and gets intrested. Opens nioh . Ah shit here we go again

[@haydeng3316]

@5:05 no mention of Shima Sakon's oneshot move that has absolutely no tell even while sloth is active? Or has that been rightfully removed?

[@theDeModcracy]

I don't think I saw that move in any of my three attempts. I played on stream and someone did mention it, so I likely didn't.

[@TheBlackKakashi]

I just beat Nioh last night and I seriously watched your ranking list every time I fought a boss for tips. The eight headed snake was the key one I beat it with no Elixirs lol

[@simonli9867]

Everyone talking about how easy the bosses are and I’m here struggling on the third boss

[@joesheridan9451]

The third boss is one of the hardest, gets easier the further in the game you get

[@Avghistorian77]

Oh don't feel bad, that is one of the harder ones.

[@JW-vp7cb]

Another great ranking Demod! I'm a little embarrassed by this but the hardest boss in Nioh, for me, was Okatsu. I just really suck at dodging her attacks 😂

[@theDeModcracy]

We all have our own struggles lol. I'm sure Ogress wouldn't make most people's top ten

[@MrFreedomforyou]

Great video ! Before I watched this video I was wondering where you would put Maria since just like you she gave me the most difficulty and i'm glad you put some respect on her name by placing her at the number two spot. Personally with me I never played the last dlc so I never got to fight those last bosses because the level gap intimated me too much and I didn't feel like grinding like 40 levels to play so I stopped pretty much after Maria.

[@marciobarbosa2598]

DeMod have you never thought about playing Monster Hunter World? Basically, it 's a game with many bosses and the goal is to kill all the bosses. I think it will be great have a ranking video about the monsters in MHW and Iceborne.

[@jeffn4836]

The name pronunciations are hilarious ! Great vid!

[@DerFilc]

3:15 She never did that with me :(

[@lharwest1571]

The real #1 hardest boss: Repetition. The biggest issue I have with this game is the mind numbing repetition that slowly drives you insane. I am a person who goes for everything in all games, but Nioh started to go down hill even before I reached the final boss. I was getting sick of it even before completing it. The levels themselves are not good and the large grinding you need to do with a very limited number of enemies really drives this game down for me. I did complete the game + all DLCs, but I still did not like it. Sad since the gameplay is great and bosses for the most part are good only to be brought down by rest of the game.

[@joesheridan9451]

Couldn't agree more. The grinding is absolutely awful. I have mostly just ignored it but now I'm about 20 levels behind the recommended level in the main story and I've done every single sub mission available... Such awful game design tbh. Grinding should never be conpulsary

[@lilbiggy1366]

Just wait till you get on WOTN levels are double if not triple your level

[@astrolight5220]

Damn ive never been so early, Love you Democracy

[@theDeModcracy]

Love you too Stanley, thanks for popping in early

[@Denobambino814]

I love you & your godly levels of narration & adjectives

[@theDeModcracy]

Haha appreciate the love. I do what I can to use a diverse vocabulary (and hopefully pronounce names well)

[@ricardodarcangelo2437]

@@theDeModcracy hahaha you do always pronounce names well, but it's funny you say that. It's Noo-Ay for Nue. But awesome list as always DeMod!

[@rubenhoelz1464]

What's up 360p gang? ;-) Had to click on the video as soon as I saw it. :)

[@theDeModcracy]

Glad you did! 1080p any minute now, I hope lol

[@CoolBanana]

Damn it youtube, i was in a minute after you but your comment hadn't loaded XD i would have said hi

[@dad6765]

I don’t even play nioh, I just watch for the sick commentary

[@TheAsianian]

Anyone else ever abused the chaos/confusion debuff? When you get two elemental damaged stacked on an enemy they pretty much become a punching bag that can't retaliate at all. This honestly made the game really easy and broke the game, so I only really used it on tough bosses. Hard to avoid using it tho since I was onmyo build. Glad they changed on Nioh 2 and made it less broken. At least it feels less broken cause enemies don't get staggered.

[@AfterlifeAnubis]

I didnt mind the Yuki-onna fight when it was just her, when its her and Nobunaga, I spent like 8 hours fighting them two finally getting lucky enough to kill him and make it a solo fight with her

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

even if you dont like sloth, the double team missions make it much less slimy feeling.... i usually slothed nobunaga and went for Princess Noh... (had to farm nobunaga's smithing text for my armor setup)

[@lilbiggy1366]

Jin is incredibly difficult around wotw but wotn is almost impossible. But the drops are worth it and the set is crazy powerful

[@ExieusedOverWrite]

これがハヤブサ流の忍術…

[@jorgehuertas3995]

I loved the Maria fight, I rematched her so much times I could beat her blindfolded. I pretty good move make her mission just the boss fight

[@onebadduc1937]

For Nue there are to tiny places that have a ceiling that can be opened by nue’s attacks that lightning strike can hit you in. If you bait out the multiple lightning strike attack take cover and then throw a shuriken or kunai it will delete his ki instantly then just go for some attacks then rinse and repeat

[@soulsmasterxw7373]

Man, Nioh 2's bosses are sooo much better. Otakemaru is better than all the other final bosses in Nioh 1 put together, and Tate Eboshi (dlc) is better than the entire boss roaster put together

[@aimanimran3010]

so cringe man have to fight and Otakemaru like a dozen times Nioh 2 have the most lame and lazy DLC imo

[@soulsmasterxw7373]

@@aimanimran3010 What do you mean? It brings more than 8 truly unique bosses to the table. All repeats also have completely different movesets so the fights are wildly different. (Ottakemaru is only reused once, Nightmare Bringer is completely different than him. Did you even play the DLC's?)

[@marcellXcatalyst]

13:10 this is basically why I droped Nioh. I made it all the way pass the first DLC main mission and was 40 lvs bellow the recomendation. That couple with being bored of fighting the same enemies over and over again and the game being unfair to fake difficulty. It has without a doubt the best and most diverse combat system, but all that's for naugh once you realise it's actually a numbers game.

[@theDeModcracy]

It is a sad realization. I do think the game and some of the bosses had some excellent mechanics to offer, but the RPG nature does hinder it (though it can be a boon as well). I'm very mixed. Even so, I loved my time with Nioh.

[@hitotsunokami9004]

I love how the attacks and movement in Nioh are like Ninja Gaiden 3:RE but more polished. I stopped playing Nioh 1 before the latest DLCs were released, but seeing Maria that high up on the list doesn't surprise me. She uses the same fencing skills as Regent of the Mask.

[@ExieusedOverWrite]

I actually have a funny story. Earlier today, I beat Hundred Eyes and unlocked the 3 DLC regions. However, I have yet to complete them, since I haven't tried. I originally started Nioh around late 2017-early 2018, and I got my ass completely whooped by EVERYTHING. Even Onryoki was mopping the floor with my blood! Now, after 5-6 years, I've returned, and I speedran the game INCREDIBLY underleveled (I beat The Demon King Revealed at around level 85) and whooped Yamata-no-Orochi my second try. The first try, I made it to the last phase with no stuff except for Salt, and so I was screwed. But I came back with only 3 elixirs and knocked it around! Then I beat Hundred Eyes in less than 30 seconds since my Kusarigama was INSANELY ridiculous. Well..I may have been using Lifeseal, Sloth and Weakness Talismans along with Power Pills, Maxed Kunai, Storm Kunai and Shuriken, along with sneaking by most enemies with Suppa and Catwalking Scrolls, and the only boss that slightly pissed me off was Saika Magoichi (damn arena with flames), so I jokingly called myself a pussycat. But, I now have the DLCs unlocked, and during all those times ago, I remember me not being able to beat Jin. But I did know what he dropped. Now, I've returned, ready to kick his ass. Buuuut, I have to beat the DLCs first. I remember when Date Masamune made me chuck my controller through my closet wall, and Yukimura made me shut off my PS4 and kick my headphones at the wall! And Jin..let's just say a lot of stuff broke during that time. A. LOT. But yeah rlly great vid! The only problem I have was with Maria. Yukimura was insane. But it's your gameplay, so I won't judge :D Have a great day even tho this is like 1-2 yrs old!

[@CoolBanana]

Oh nice, Getting my daily dose of Demod boss rankings

[@quills4922]

NPC Living Weapon modes will only end when they're out of stamina or knocked down. Their stamina doesn't regenerate while they're using LW iirc. I see people get confused by how it works a lot so I thought I'd post an explanation.

[@ardd24]

Okatsu is my favorite boss fight in Nioh 1. And that soundtrack is amazing

[@dhampirsilver1260]

I distinctly remember beating Maria on the first few tries But I’ve had my shit pushed in by centipede demon guy, and the guy which Demod cheesed by standing slightly below him This game man

[@tinminator8905]

Yeah, low health bosses really are very luck dependant. I needed about 100 tries because of her very inconsistent hyperarmor. Sometimes you can stagger her for two hits and sometimes you can't at all. She one shot me with all of her combos also breaking through my block when I tried that. Easily the boss I had the most trouble with.

[@coldwater5814]

Killed that stupid centipede on second try.

[@joesheridan9451]

How he had centipede guy so low on his list is just insane. That thing is ridiculous

[@BarackObamaMukbangchanne-ui7fx]

Or you use spirit talisman with the spirit dai a washi, and all of the human like bosses are easy as the tutorial boss

[@liamace1107]

You can hit the see through parts of Nue when they're glowing to stagger him and do massive ki damage.

[@Seriouzlied]

Just bought the game last week and im only 20 hours into it...it would be better to experience the bossses without spoiling me here, but on the other hand i would have to wait weeks untill i beat the game to watch this dmod video uff

[@edparadis4371]

Jin hayabusa is a pain flying swallow attack with a lot of very fast hits and huge endurance.

[@vincenttorrijos9680]

now that you've done this, you should do a top 10 hardest souls-like bosses

[@fullmetal1666]

You know what would be lovely from Jin Hayabusa? An Izuna Drop

[@MystiInferno]

Nue's lightning breath is a perfect time to hit its side, a big glow bit makes it quick to take out his Ki by hitting his side during it. I got him down in 3 attempts my first time playing the game. Heno-Enma, however, 30ish tries.

[@jseigle_]

I agree with you about the difficulty spikes in the game. I finished the main game today. Spear/light armor build with no magic or ninjutsu at all, I didn’t want to trivialize any bosses with magic because I had heard it was busted. Went to the DLC after finishing and it feels like even the basic enemies are total sponges. I feel like the only reason I’m not being one shot by everything is because I have over 3k health since spear scales with body. I really loved the game but I don’t feel like having to to NG+ just to do the DLC. It’s a shame because the bosses look really fun

[@Fadedpigeon4343]

honestly props to you, im so impressed you beat this, i could barly beat the recking ball dude thats the 2nd boss!

[@Kaosxca]

You gotta play aggressive and practice dodging

[@brayachdragonbane7529]

@@Kaosxca block... you can block 99% of stuff with the right weapon... i mean, you can block ALL of onryoki's moves except the ball toss with any weapon.... you might get ki broke but he physically cant capitalize on it between comboes

[@j.garcia87]

I quit playing Nioh during the first mission of the second DLC, I was mentally exhausted with the grinding.

[@darthzayexeet3653]

10:43 You wrote Sanada YukiMARA in the title screen! Edit: 14:41 Again...

[@doctorhunter5553]

you'd be suprised that discord effect can turn most bosses in swiss chess my strategy was casting sloth, throw iga style mega horuko duma for fire effect than use any element that boss is weak too and it's damage time as they stagger and take huge damage. i'm curious do you find the discord effect to be too overpowered?