NIOH 2 | Advanced Combat | EP 2 | Sword/Dual Swords

[@Xenoswarm]

Discord: discord.gg/GS7C27G

[@michalot84]

Xeno, plz mate there is an amazing track in several of your MHW vids. It rotates with other tracks but it is always in charge blade montage (pre Safi) vid. What is the track's name?

[@Shadowninpo]

A bro who made the music on this video

[@michalot84]

@@Shadowninpo Sorry, I don't get your answer. Do you know the author of the song I mentioned?

[@bh9976]

Hey man! Im learning nioh controls. Do you recommend using middle Finger for r2? Atm im using index finger for both r1 and r2. Also what Finger for l1 and 2?Thanks in advance!

[@isthisadagger9607]

Watching you play is like art! Thank you for your in depths explanations. I really enjoy getting better by watching your videos.

[@ScottVeggies]

I have to say, something about your gameplay is so hypnotic. The devs really should bring you on for combat purposes because you have perfected the system.

[@Thenoisendadark]

Been waiting for what seems like forever lol! Thank you for making these videos and giving me a better enjoyment of this game.

[@xlairvoyant]

Dude - I thought I was gunna switch off when it got to the montage, but I *literally* couldn't turn it off. Amazing work.

[@phoenixis1413]

Wow, man this is the best Nioh 2 guide i ever seen! Informarively and clearly! Thanks for your brilliant work!

[@pinooftheborealvalley3245]

Ooooohhh yes Baby: I been waiting for this all Week 😎👌😎👌

[@GaaraPants]

Very nice, I watched advanced combat vid 1 when I just started playing to get an idea of hidden mechanics to keep in mind. it didn't all sink in really since I had only been playing for an hour. After a good while and many hours of gameplay I started naturally getting more creative with stuff and started doing similar combos. That's when I remembered the first video and asked myself what was he talking about again? Watching the 2 videos again opened my eyes even more how creative you can get rather than just timing basic combos. Thanks for the quality content. Subscribed for sure.

[@skidroski228]

Just came across your channel. Been watching videos while I play the game and I gotta say that I love your channel dude! very informative, and your content is entirely worthwhile. Keep it up man--it's awesome to find a channel that goes in depth with this game. Nioh 2 has so much depth it's ridiculous, and the replay value is the best I've ever felt with a game.

[@desoooinked1955]

Xeno- Sama has blessed us again!🙏🏾

[@thenealtristan]

Indeed he has!

[@IlluminusQ]

well i guess i have to sub..the quality of this channel is insane!

[@DerMotze]

back in Nioh 1 i didnt really bother much, i just spammed sign of the cross and windstorm to shred down the bosses. Now with Nioh 2, i also did that. But seeing you play this game i really wanna learn how to play it like that. Need to update my build first and equip the appropriate skills first but this series is a lot of fun. Thanks for showing us all a different way of enjoying this beautiful game!

[@Wild-Instinct]

Just got into Nioh 2. You’re the real samurai.

[@goatseatchili1817]

YES!!!! Finally!

[@nickrackel7949]

would love to see a advanced guide on fists/claws and a good weopon to pair them with

[@RyuuJi]

15:40 let Jesus take the wheel, haha, made me laugh :D

[@chekitatheanimatedskeptic6314]

That montage is super fun XD. Great video!

[@stephenmclemore7614]

Just beat NG this week using Axe, pretty much high stance heavy attacked my way through the whole thing.. would try new abilities when I would unlock em but would go back to old faithful in a pinch. These videos have changed everything. Switched to duel blades first and am pretty comfortable with them swords next and man there's a lot of sword moves...

[@MrBrodie2468]

I'll go ahead and say that double headed slice is much better at proccing status effects when you integrate elemental damage to the skill through skill customization. Only issue being it's harder to land all the hits and no super armor.

[@senseichanel6352]

Now when I hear a friend says a weapon sucks, I just come to see you play it.

[@goatseatchili1817]

I’m still on my first run through and I haven’t used much other than the switchglaive, but i can’t wait to start playing around with some other weapons on new game +

[@elivang5803]

Thank you information about ki pulse weapon. I didn't know if a weapon has that perk. You can change weapon secondary on with ki pulse on it.

[@NukeHP]

Mind's Eye isn't when you dodge last second; it's when you would have otherwise gotten hit on the tail end of the normal low stance dodge. Basically, you just need to dodge a little early and into the attack animation. The easiest thing that comes to mind is the yell from Ubume. Once it starts, just dodge directly into it. Otherwise, you'll often want to be dodging in the same direction as swings instead of through them like normal. For example, it's pretty easy to pull off by dodging in the direction of Mezuki's 2-3 horizontal swing combo. The downside is that it has some recovery and can get you hit by a quick followup swing.

[@ScottVeggies]

Wow, been a long time!!!! Can't believe we'd meet again, especially here in this video! How you been buddy?!?

[@NukeHP]

@@ScottVeggies Hey, man! Yeah, it's been ages. I'm doing pretty well, how about yourself? I gather you're playing Nioh 2 these days if you're here? It's definitely been my biggest gaming obsession since Souls.

[@ScottVeggies]

@@NukeHP I just recently picked it up and have been playing through it. It's pretty sweet. Is there going to be PvP added in this? If so then I might start an obsession too! And I'm alright, can't complain really. Happy to be alive in these crazy times 😂

[@NukeHP]

@@ScottVeggies I havent heard anything about pvp for this one. From what I gather, it kinda floundered pretty quickly in Nioh 1, so I'm not sure it'll be back. I need to go back to that one, as I tried to play it too much like Souls back then and ended up dropping it. I've got over 1k hours in 2, though, and I play it almost every day. So if you want help with any missions or whatever, hit me up on psn. Same name as here.

[@TheDocbach]

First person I have never hear not promote the Shrike on dual swords. Interesting...

[@coasteraddict10]

lmao you make my sword play look super armature and I thought I was starting to actually get a grip on the combat again, currently just finished the 3rd region having not played Nioh 1 since it came out.

[@ItachiYGO]

i'm fairly sure minds eye works on the recovery frames of your dodge. so you actually want to do the opposite of dodging at the last possible frame..you wanna dodge very early so the attack would normally hit you at the end of the dodge if you didnt have minds eye.

[@anomandarisrake6040]

After beating the depths with Fists and Splittstaff and Tonfas on another playthrough, I decided to start playing again and use Sword and Dual Swords. I really struggle at times, because these weapon definitely require a different playstyle. With Tonfas I'd just ki break and go ham 24/7. Your videos really helped me understand how to utilize them better. Cheers. :)

[@stuftcabbages6826]

Awesome, just started the game last week and stumbled on the first video yesterday, now this! Lots of practice ahead!

[@Inocince]

Xeno is going to be the champion of nioh 2 pvp man 😂

[@carlovergts02]

Is there pvp in the game?

[@Inocince]

@@carlovergts02 not yet, doubt there ever will be anyways

[@rahsan8139]

@@Inocince sadly probably not but it’s be great

[@StealnSoulz105]

The follow up to shadow sword is ridiculous, you need to try it

[@grubalist]

Great vid as always learned a lot thanks keep making these vid

[@Xenoswarm]

More to come!

[@Mihai121290]

You sir are an artist.

[@te-jay6058]

Dual swords are easily my favorite weapon and raijin is my favorite skill :)

[@nguyenvien1987]

Not planning to learn something here , just love to watch some crazy cool shit moves.

[@cloudservicesp9480]

Ok man I really feel stupid now; keep swinging my odachi around like frenzied animal , awesome guide thank you.

[@similaritiesendhere]

This game is amazing.

[@SamcrosKnight]

17:44 i never seen my character do that stab animation for sword :o

[@pakingking5902]

hey im new to this game what skill is this? 17:28 after you swift step? and how can i get it? please reply thanks

[@lukesimmons3323]

Hmmm...so doubleheaded slice is really good status accumulation but poor elemental damage? Sounds like arcana of serpents custom active skill is best applied to double headed slice then.

[@mrsqishi]

Totally great video, I like your opinion on Stromwind vs double headed slice. Keep going, your stuff is amazing.

[@sword-and-shield]

9:51 Starts some sweet dancing brother

[@flippmogaming1]

Sick!

[@Gayonetta5000]

15:08 this changed dual swords for me btw. I had no idea you could do this 🤯

[@4CETH4N]

Waiting for the windstorm dedicated build here :)

[@aierce]

Random slice is God tier for style points vs long enemy, like the snake boss

[@dug1963]

starting at 10:23 how are you doing these cool spin kicks and shit? i dont see any skills that resemble that in the skill trees.

[@rmmc513]

So this might be an odd question, but when you play, do what are you watching? Are you always focusing on the enemy, or are you watching your character? I find myself trying to pull off these combos and get caught watching myself, then get 1 shotted by the enemy. So I usually give up on the light armor sword builds, and switch back to my tanky odachi/Axe bro.

[@ChristopherAnnunziata]

This was amazing as always. But something that shocked me is seeing you attack WITH the Atlas Bear spirit? I'm so confused, how do we attack with our spirits directly? Sorry that's off-topic.

[@bezka91]

Its an omyno magic skill you can unlock under the skill tree

[@Xenoswarm]

Guardian Spirit Talisman

[@jb1139]

How do you do the is and cross attacks consistently? If I'm not fighting, it goes off every time, but iff I'm fighting 90% of the time my guy just put the weapons away and looks dumb.

[@Kyrious]

This game is too badass. I can't wait to pull shit like this off.

[@mustachman5]

i haven't played nioh 2 yet but a lot of nioh 1 and can you no longer cancel the sheath animation with just walking forward like in nioh 1?

[@vinceclary8086]

Oh snap it’s time for me to get my swag on.... thanks again

[@CuriousJet]

Gosh, I play like a kid when compared to you… you play amazingly.

[@stefanolozardo9711]

How did you performed that finishing move at 17:44? Looks super dope

[@seyiadams-ademokun6669]

Please how do you animation cancel windstorm into oni b and then cancel into windstorm again 15:16

[@jemangedupain.]

How you avoid the hits so fast.. me i just press X once or two times. But sometimes you move reaally quick side, front or back, don't know how to do that.

[@fishnutz5196]

Attack on Titan remix song is 🔥

[@Raza9428]

🔥

[@walrusman86808]

I too have a hard time using anything but sword as a secondary weapon

[@cribarce]

I was waiting for part 2! This content is sooo juicy 🤩 Just made a Kurama + Bishamonten purity build, with Sword and Dual Swords. I'm pretty good with duals but I never used the katana before, I'm really weak with it 😂 by the way I'm using Kurama Tengu + Ho as spirits, which ones do you suggest? Also tonight I'm gonna stick to the dojo and learn something from this 👌🏼

[@DerMotze]

May i ask what you have as star stats? i'm currently working on mine, wanted to make a thunder element version but i'm kinda wondering how others play it.

[@飛飛白雲]

Please make a guide build with windstorm

[@moransan5291]

Thanks for the video ^_^

[@sean_image]

Would this combat style work if I swapped out duel swords for odachi?

[@jarcurpapu2214]

Aberrant Soldier is probably a good option after a success Punish the Proud.

[@JesseAllenJr]

I know this is old but I really appreciated the effort and quality of this video, I learned a ton. Although I was hoping to see Severing Spin included, I haven't really found a useful way of using the ability with any combos and no one seems to have any builds involving it. Is it just bad?

[@Xenoswarm]

This video was made before Severing Spin was introduced to the game. Check out my video "Advanced Jutsu & Yokai Techniques". I think you'll be happy with what you find there :)

[@JesseAllenJr]

@@Xenoswarm I already have it saved in my "Watch Later" for after work 💪🙏 Thank you!

[@larryfocus]

Great tutorial!

[@sven511]

All those one skill cheese users will get crushed when nioh 2 gets a PvP Mode. Thank you so much for advertising an all around playstyle

[@oRaGun.Gaming.Channel]

Watching your video ...wanting me to play more 😂

[@sergiocervantes5378]

Please hatchets build for dotd

[@denisvarga2794]

Im trying to platinum first Nioh before i start second one, and my main weapon trough out the game was dual swords... And i wanna say... Im SO DISAPPOINTED that there is no Shrike skill(

[@solemnshadow3075]

Advanced hatchets if you can?

[@Mohobofo]

Waterswoed is DOPE against yokai and wind storm against humans...when you break a yokai boss ki, confuse and spam wayer sword its gg...but against humans it sucks and need kibroke confused yokai

[@kurooyasha]

Great video Xeno!! I have been following you since Nioh 1 and i really like your content. Thanks to you and a couple other KZbinrs, I have improved a lot and had a lot of fun playing this game. I have uploaded a No Damage series on my channel. Keep up the great work and cheers :)

[@illmatticx]

I just hit level 115, I'm still kinda new so I'm not absorbing all of this yet. But once I get into NG+ I'll definitely be using this guide religiously as Dual Swords main. I am curious about the mystic arts tho because there isn't any videos on them, I chose momentum and set it in the skill tree. But either I'm dumb or just don't notice it working, is it even noticeable?

[@MrBrodie2468]

The other mystic art is much better when you reach DotD.

[@illmatticx]

@@MrBrodie2468 how so?

[@MrBrodie2468]

@@illmatticx it's probably the best defense buff in the game.

[@yeti2057]

What build are you using in this vid?

[@mynona2491]

What gear do you wearing?

[@agentstarkk]

Thanks for all the great tips! My playstyle is quite similar to yours although I'm not quite as good. Btw, how does anyone play a samurai game and not use a katana or duals!? Sword bros for life

[@monoflames7276]

ive seen several sword ad dual sword builds centred around 1 of two skills, but this puts all of them to shame! id last 2 sec tops against you man XD

[@nfc_ksa1259]

u pro player ☹

[@zerothehero.takeasip6612]

I am going to disagree on the usefulness of the timely guard for sword. This is because in nioh 2, in contrast to nioh 1, when knocking down bosses they will stay down on the ground very little time and thus you can only go for a finishing blow, rather than a full punish. I would honestly recommend haze as it does pretty hefty ki damage which will allow you for a good punish later on. Good video though.

[@Kamau_gaming]

Oooooooooweeeeeeeee

[@maxsonng2237]

xeno clan members is not easy to be defeated in pvp...good luck..🤣

[@Rocky-oq9cy]

I'm confused... You say that Swift Step is one of the best abilities in the game but then you also say Heaven Flash is the best. Both of those skills take up the same slot so you can't have both. I'm not really sure which one I should be using.

[@azraelselvmord3650]

I really hope they don't balance around PvP. Most Devs suck at this. Makes most gear completely useless in PvE/P. Not every game needs PvP.

[@ps3dubbs]

Only ever used High Stance whilst using sword 🤦🏽‍♂️ Will definitely give the different stances a go but switching mid stances and doing different moves is way beyond me. Thank you for the video

[@bendominado7152]

Zoro

[@karlvareze8337]

very impressive but kusarigama just cheesier

[@HISPEEDLEVEL]

To many words for such primitve sometimes unlogic gamec-ombat techiques that are here in this game. For example I prefer Odachi sword for gameplay because it looks more natural with its slowness. But when you are parring with odachi you spend about 25-35% of your stamina and you opponent while he is falling on the ground quickly restore almost full his stamina. So when he is standing up on foot he has 100% stamina and you lucky 60% or less if you try to hit him after parry. Or how works block in this game much worse than roll (same stupid thing as in DS series). It is sad that in this rare game with a lot of weapons there is such weak realized combat system. Sometimes I go to Sekiro world to fight there but it is also not ideal.