NIOH 2 | Pressure Combos | Infinite Loops | Tips & Build Guide

A Guide on how to perform Pressure Combos, Infinite Loops as well as a Build Guide and General Tips in Nioh 2.
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00:00 - Montage
06:10 - Combat Tips
17:54 - Build
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[@Xenoswarm]

Discord: discord.gg/GS7C27G

[@Kagerasimaru]

I appreciate the shoutout and I'm glad more people are exploring the game's combat. Its so rewarding and satisfying. So much to learn and overall improve on, which to me is what nioh is.

[@Xenoswarm]

Agreed. It's what keeps me playing at end-game, cuz let's be honest, Depths certainly isn't it!

[@Y0LSY]

This man really just taught me how to go Ultra Instinct. Great vid. Keep up the good work.

[@naota909]

This is the video we've all been secretly waiting for.

[@ravenl.twilight3377]

There are two types of Nioh 2 videos. Those who help you build your equipment and those who help you build your skills. I just played Nioh 2 recently and your videos helps a lot! Thank you so much

[@AEAYOSHTON]

I knew you sounded familiar. Watched your stuff 4 years ago and you had the most detailed well done stuff about combat nuance and here you are doing it again!

[@eclipsegaming4516]

This is the kind of video I was looking for! Awesome content! I’m 51 years old and just got into Nioh and I’m hooked! But now I’m interested in technical combat and advanced mechanics cause I don’t like spamming the same loop and I love how creative you can get from watching your videos! Thanks for posting this!!!

[@marvelbladez993]

The type of content where you hit the like button before watching

[@nickrackel7949]

Xenoswarm has the sickest builds and he is a very skilled player as well. LastToLoad has some great training videos too. Thats where I learned how to use Flux and Flux 2 properly lol

[@LasttoLoad]

Great video, it is a good guide to learn how to start a combo. To avoid using flash attack, either Flux>switch weapon (guard to cancel flux animation) or sheath weapon before switching weapon with R1+O. Then again, it is definitely easier to avoid using it by unlearning that skill.

[@Xenoswarm]

Thanks man! Yeah I can flash cancel but it's so annoying having to add that extra layer of complexity to something that's complicated enough. Especially when you want to Switch into Tonfa and activate demon dance from delayed weapon switch Ki-Pulse. Almost impossible to do that one with Flash Attack on. No idea why there isn't an option to de-activate it like other skills.

[@elmerfudd5796]

Using the sheath to weapon change and altering the timing of when you press down takes care of the weapon change flux issue. Do R1, O down at the same time and R1, O and a delayed Down to alter how it'll work without having to do animation cancel.

[@darthj_der7447]

Hey! Lasttoload! Big fan dude! You weapon switching, animation cancel vids completely changed the way i play! Along with pooferllamas idea about using under leveled weps to force yourself to really work hard to survive ea encounter ie procing confusion, hammering on ki, using all your yokai abillities etc...this game is insanely much more fun now. Im halfway~ through DotW. Thanx guys for ALL your hard work!!!! Youve made my days off work even more fun now.😆

[@Rocky-oq9cy]

The production quality of these videos is so amazing.

[@ragura]

Loved the breakdown on this topic! Can I suggest adding a button display in one of the corners so we can watch your button inputs closely? We can see the stance swap on the indicator, but not the inputs to cancel or activate abilities. Just a suggestion, love the work you put in regardless!

[@grubalist]

Insane great video as always keep up the goid work

[@Xenoswarm]

Thanks! Will do!

[@robhenderson94]

Wasn’t interested in a ps5 until I saw your videos you make the game look extremely cool 🔥🔥

[@davidstone2751]

I got one and the remastered version even at just 60hz (TV limited) is awesome. Looks clean.

[@samuraicake5015]

Awesome vid, I've been waiting for some more hatchet focused stuff. As a new player to the Nioh series, I'm stil getting the hang of many things, but finding hatchet specific stuff seems kinda hard as most people I seem to gather don't like or rate them very much

[@TheDiamondSkye]

There's a lot of hatchet stuff out there. You'll be switching from low to high stance quite often, to apply serious stagger damage and then going into mid stance for overall damage and breaking as well. I use hatchets and they're fun if you can understand the idea behind them. Not a lot of people use it because other stuff has more representation. If you want to look at someone who's absolutely exceptional, there's whitegoat, who uses hatchets/spear as his main weapon, though he uses every weapon in the game and styles with every single one of em. The problem you might have is that, xenoswarm does high damage in very little time, where as whitegoat plays very methodically with A agility-- dodging a lot. Also, both use different abilities and are also very different in terms on stagger pressure and animation cancelling-- xeno does a lot of setup for burst damage while whitegoat is optimal at all times in terms of stagger pressure, but takes kind of a long time to kill an enemy. It's all about what kind of playstyle you're into my man. Your best bet is to understand animation cancelling with ninjutsu-- finding out how many moves have that window and using them almost all the time. I use 6-7 different weapons and interchange between all of them, you'd be surprised which ones are easier than others: tonfa low stance r1+triangle cancel is hard as absolute fuck compared to sword high stance triangle cancel.

[@samuraicake5015]

@@TheDiamondSkye I appreciate the words. I tried to check out WhiteGoat, I don't speak japanese so can't search the channel for keywords and all his videos are 6+ hours long so clicking on a few and trying to skip through and seeing no hatchets and not knowing how long ago they used Hatchets. I mean, I'd say that was the definition of pretty hard to find information for an English speaker, more so as you admit, their representation is lower. So if that's my best shot....oO

[@samuraicake5015]

@@TheDiamondSkye I would appreciate that, I will happily join Xeno's Discord as I've been enjoying watching some of the videos. I did notice the Hatchet builds being a little older and seeming to have some abilities missing. I have OCD so, I tend to get choice paralyse quite hard and annoyed if I don't think I'm being efficient. I was mainly looking for staple Hatchet Combos, the best skills for different enemy types as I noticed I've had real big trouble with some more human bosses where I don't seem to be able to deal as much Ki Damage as I'd want to with the melee range being small and the throws sometimes not being optimal. And then, we weapons are good with the hatchets, I'm enjoying using the Odachi on the side and I assume I could make that work eventually. I'm trying not to think about builds too much on my first playthrough, but I know I'll eventually focus fully on Magic to have Magic scaling for the Hatchets. I'm picking up mostly random Shifting and Magic skills as I don't really know what's best. Though the Lifeseal talisman used in this vid seems cool. I've just switched over to a lightning based Hatchet build , as the feral starter seems to have stats for it. I wanted to go fire but I don't have the stats to get the best out of things like Nine Tails or Tengun. I've gone for a light armor A agility style of hatchets. Which may not play well with Odachi, but oh well XD

[@carlosbarrias7928]

Enjoyed a lot. Well explained and edited video. Thanks dude

[@similaritiesendhere]

Step 1. Play Nioh 2. Step 2 Watch Nioh videos. Step 3. Go back to step 1.

[@penguins0301]

I thought u said step 3 : go back to sleep

[@VinheimScholar]

I thought you said sleep

[@x3mmusic1]

i dont know about turning off flash attacks, but you can cancel it by pressing block, so basically you ki pulse, block, change weapon and there wont be any flash attacks

[@rafaelbrito9519]

Good video, it's so satisfying to watch the combo into spirit atk into yokai ability into switch spirit and spirit atk, the combat in this game will take a while for any other action rpg to surpass.

[@vaclav222]

i say maybe 30 more years any only japanese game will do sadly i will be 64 by then just how i waited for games to be as good as xenogears and all of them failed 23 years still waiting

[@kaiserschnitzel89]

Your videos have inspired me to use stances other than high stance for a change.

[@nickrackel7949]

Another amazing video from Xenoswarm. Awesome builds played with amazing skill. My favorite is Shaman build with Fists with the transorm courage + ultimate courage. Basically never run out of Ki even when using Fists which normally blows through your Ki bar. Your are awesome with the Katana and Dual Swords too

[@blondinsentenza6862]

Great stuff as usual and the speech and montage are just excellent too ! Thanks for sharing such good work, man ! =) We want even more of this ! ;)

[@KnoxShadow]

I love this one cause I've still looking up videos about A Sword/Claw builds since their my favorite

[@AllAroundFlight]

Hes mainly using sword and fist / staff but in the build he shows different weapons? I am total noob still and just started but im confused ^^

[@Xenoswarm]

The build I was using wouldn't really be viable for anyone who wasn't in the final difficulties. That's why you can use any weapon combination with end-game builds, because you can change the stats on any weapon. Try not to worry so much about builds until you're deep in NG+, use the time to test lots of different things :)

[@KnoxShadow]

@@Xenoswarm Hmm I'm on DOTW should I wait until nioh n higher floors then?

[@pgame20]

Absolutely true about fighting games. To play any of them at a high level, especially something like Tekken, it has to be muscle memory. If you have to think, it's too late. That said, as you mentioned, there are times when you back up and begin the neutral game, and that's when the thinking kicks in. Absolutely the thing I love most about games like Nioh and the Souls series. You have to do very different things at very different times, all within the context of a great story and insane customization.

[@seedmole]

I've had great results play Fists with a focus on Anima recovery. I'll use Archyokai Talisman, and Wolf Claw to generate huge amounts of anima. Add to that the modifier from the Soul Core Box accessory and you can dip below zero Anima. From there, you have so much control that finishing out any fight is pretty simple.

[@nickrackel7949]

I really hope they make a Nioh 3. I love the combat and how creative you can be with the mechanics of it.

[@HydraDnB]

I hope too but the devs told that won’t happen anytime soon…maybe Nioh 2 is the last one :( they have other projects in making

[@nekoraver6179]

a little hard to sell combo pressure when your keeping them perma stunned with lighting. doesnt matter what you do if your using lighting to turn them into punching bags.

[@knightslayer6161]

They’re to freshen up the gameplay for those who want it. Efficiency without cheese like sloth on nin/omy jutsu. It’s up to you if you want to learn these or not. I too see there’s no real reason to learning some other than getting creative. Some of these are infinite loops tho which are combos. An infinite stun can be a form of combos.

[@knightslayer6161]

@@nekoraver6179 why are you calling them “assassins”? And I’m not new. There’s multiple times where he says you don’t have to copy exactly what he does. They’re templates. You can easily change an attack in a combo if you want with a different soul core or skill. There’s only like what, 2 times he uses lightening with stun loop? Because it’s a purple enemy…so ofc he’s gonna turn them into a punching bag 😂😂😂. Who the hell wants to be fancy on a purple enemy.

[@nekoraver6179]

@@knightslayer6161 ahh sorry for the misunderstanding. this little bell reply this is hard to tell what game it is sometimes. I thought this was a blade and soul thread i was in. your reply was hella late and i forgot about it. But my point still stands. run in circles all you want but when you lock down the boss with lighting, nothing you do after that will impressive. try doing your combo's and pressure while the boss can move instead of just rolling your face back and forth after you lock down the boss. My disappointment still stands at the lack of skill.

[@jstrobel3620]

I finally just said screw it and went to DotW instead of trying to get my level higher, and dang I’m glad I did! Lucky drop has gotten me better stuff already! I’m like way stronger than I was by just trying to level up

[@TheDiamondSkye]

It's always funny when people bring up tekken. I mean, coming from someone who understands what you mean almost to it's core, it's just interesting how people compare it to something like tekken because it is like tekken in terms of intuition and overall game sense. Though, as a fighting game player, I tend to more so enjoy the raw combat and figuring out the stagger pressure, than to use use 10 different buffs to do damage to an enemy.

[@darkbryan912]

so true mate lol) nioh 2 always my break from tekken. and im having fun with this game more than tekken

[@aredgert]

Very innovative zero ki loops! Great stuff!

[@legendaryviking281]

Ah yes spear and fists… the perfect combo that I need to try.

[@nizzynick9298]

Pure epicness and entertainment 😎👍

[@davidczarco]

Dayuum!! I really thought I was good until I saw you 😅 destroy

[@Unholypubgmobile]

Your content is fire 💪, thanks for the guides ✌️

[@gregory7572]

This is the best way to play Nioh

[@sonynade5375]

Wow what did you play this on? The recording is so smooth

[@Vendavar]

I didn't even know I didn't know some of this until you went over it xD Recommendation for new video title. 6:10 of Hardcore ultra instinct Flexing! Then some cheatcore facts to advance as a player.

[@aleee2010]

Well done very nice

[@davidstone2751]

This was epic. I love the combat in this game.

[@toripolliisi3929]

I want Nioh 3 to be the perfect platform for online tournaments. I wan't pvp + group pvp where you can summon a demon entity to fight by your side or fight and strategize in small player teams. Nioh 3 could pull off a platform for this kind of stuff so perfectly that no other game would have that kind of a learning curve!

[@Giannis_Krimitzas]

Thank you Xeno

[@gamefaqs3262]

nice video! I love to make combos on fighting games and never thought about doing it in nioh! Make a shuriken and kunai updated video! How can we apply kunai damage in all pieces? paralize damage for grabbs istoo much op now!

[@yanuarmustika5816]

Can you list ki break skill for every weapon? So we know what skill to spam.

[@krean50]

Amaizing montage Skills Bravo !!

[@TheKueiJin]

Quick question, wouldn't the Dragon skills (the ones for sword, duals and odachi[?]) work best with this, since it builds anima?

[@nagaraja1918]

which armors did you use to refashion it looks really cool

[@dantesolntwk]

If you put button mapping for combo skills that would be perfect...

[@jimmango5297]

Wooow really nice 👍👍👍👍

[@chadschulze1735]

like i said i love the depth of the combat....just a has to be bit a bit more ergo with the button scheme. and it really doesn't use the stances....they would have to slow it down..... each enemy uses it's own stances...if every enemy varied all stances, then you would really have to know your stuff.

[@elwenlie]

Eventho i cant play on the same level as you, and that makes me dont like light armor which could one shot me most of the time.. But still, i can still implement some of the combos to my play, thankyou, great video! I wonder if this combos will work on coop play tho..

[@sentienceRemains]

Is ultimate stamina/AA agility worth it over say, ultimate heart?

[@Jack_______oh]

This game is insane. I'm 80 hours in and can hardly keep track of all the things you're doing.

[@ThanatosReaper]

After beating this game twice I realize I still dont know how to play it and got a lot to learn...

[@HugoFoxHH]

I was playing on dotw farming and didn't know the samurai green stuff has to be alocated on the skills :P

[@seref139]

What's the best depths 26 build you would recommend ?

[@IamPantheR]

This is just unbeleaveble! Sometimes when i watch videos like this i think that i never going to get to that level! But i'm 250 hours in Nioh 2 (finished Nioh 1 just ones) maybe i need to give myself some time?

[@HydraDnB]

sure …I’ve got 1500+ hours in Nioh 1 (about 1000 pure gameplay and other just running the game in the background while doing something else lol) 400+ hours in Nioh 2 which I don’t play really often and has little different mechanics to get used to…and I have to tell u this guy has some serious skills which even I don’t have…especially with various weapons and he is thinking outside the box to mix up yokai abilities, skills and switching weapons to attack with perfect timing…but don’t worry later u get the timing for the enemies, your own combo habits etc. and it becomes muscle memory…u have to dedicate your time to the game and practice your skills..and I don’t know if it is worth it in real life..depends on you and your life situation…I was home after couple knee surgeries for long so I had the time to do the grind in Nioh 1..with Nioh 2 it is differend…but the point is to enjoy the game bro ! have fun ;)

[@HydraDnB]

oh and u have to choose your playstyle …me and obviously this guy are mostly enjoying meele combat ..most guys just cheese the fuck out of the game with range ninjutsu, onmyo hits or in yokai shift…find your way of playing the game ;)

[@DieForMyDOGs]

You can deactivate flash atack by switch stances before using iai techniques with switching weapon. Because you cansel iai animation by switching weapons you can ki pulse and switch stance to cancel flash atack

[@5ins519]

I don’t even know that you can use guardian spirit skill while in human forms Dose anyone know how to use it ?

[@penguins0301]

Damn i wish i can play like him

[@claudiocamilucci9189]

12 constitution XD amazing

[@darthj_der7447]

If there were a triple 👍 id give it that. If i may add to your list of acknowledgements. LasttoLoad has fuking INCREDIBLE tech, animation cancels, dodge cancels, stance switching for FluxII. Its awesome!!

[@Xenoswarm]

Yep, big fan of Lasttoload from the old days, he's even in the comments here somewhere! I might make a video section in another video and make a list of recommended content creators

[@sem7437]

Im curious to see how someone offensive like you would kill saito toshimitsu in the depths last floors, I fought him in the last floor with dual katana no onmyo/ninjutsu level 702, imo is the strongest human, cause he can readinputs spam with annoing hyperarmor and lots of unfair things (fast recoveries, lots of i.frames, weirdly big hitboxes, barely or not reactable attacks, unpredictable patterns...), i think ren hayabusa is easy in the depths, there are lot of ways to break the ai of ren only melee(no onmyo/ninjutsu) , but saito was very hard

[@nyzism]

my gout is crying

[@replyingtoadamabouteldenri8135]

that gear is insane lol i play with a cheat that maxes out luck and equipment drop rate and have never seen such gear :(

[@Drizzom]

What is that large flipping skill you did with switchglaive at 3:54?

[@yanuarmustika5816]

It's skill from tate eboshi, I forgot its name.

[@Raizen-HQ]

How did you hide your range weapons?

[@chadschulze1735]

i loved the games..i beat them but i feel like a i used 10%of the mechanics....they can make that game impooooosible if they wanted to with the stances. i look forward to niho 3. you know our stuff....switching stances was too much for the speed i thought but i like the concept.

[@Cerberus-VII]

Why are you stupid good at these games

[@SPIRITFURY777]

0:34 i didnt know that worked LOL 2:30 BRUH

[@four321zero]

Am loving your content. It's so sad this game has a dying community

[@Universe_28]

Bro, how u rich 500+ lvl ?!

[@CptEddyPrice]

do that on underworld last levels... way of nioh with good build is not that difficult actually.... its the abyss where i slowly chip enemy hp only for them to hit me once and regain 27 k Hp back lol....

[@Xenoswarm]

This is a mechanical guide/showcase. Not a build guide for high level depths. Once you have completed level 30 depths, you look for other reasons to have fun in the game

[@CptEddyPrice]

@@Xenoswarm hmm i get your point but can YOU do what you DO in that video in the last levels of depths?

[@MetalGearTenno]

Look at the state of that base damage. Team Ninja really messed that BD right up in Nioh 2. Without elemental procs you cant do anything in N2 endgame. 😔

[@jarcurpapu2214]

LOL

[@d3mentia538]

How do u have unlimited anima

[@Xenoswarm]

Watch the whole video :p it's the point of the build which is shown in the second half

[@alfiebarboza]

dude i dont understand how you barely use ani Ki at all. You only have like 300 points more than i do, but you never run out of ki. fuck.

[@Xenoswarm]

Combination of 150 courage, Ultimate Courage, AA agility and massive amounts of Ki-Cost reduction through various sources

[@kinge8128]

I have no idea how to make a build to be honest.

[@saibotshadow13]

@Xenoswarm can you please please please reach out to me??

[@Madman6231]

You are beautiful

[@IDKbruh420]

Too bad there is no reason to keep playing after you did everything, had 1000+ hours in nioh 2, i wanted a game to play for 4k hours+ i guess nioh 2 wasn't it ..

[@Xenoswarm]

The end game is kinda trash but, that's why I say you gotta fall in love with the combat system because then you can make your own fun for a long time.

[@malum9478]

waahhh this STUPID GAME only gives me new content and ways to play for *_over a thousand fucking hours_* what a SHIT GAME I WANTED A GAME THAT KEPT GIVING ME NEW CONTENT AFTER _FOUR_ THOUSAND HOURS (like most games in the industry? i guess?? because that's what happens???) REEEEEEeeeeEEEeeEE