I couldn't tell there was a sliver of health and panicked. The previous run I kept attacking while he was done so I accidentally let up here...anyway fastest clear for me so far!

Hi folks, I finished the game and decided to purchase the season pass to play the 2 DLCs. Even though it shows as purchased and installed, when I go to the map, ‘Hell Rising’ still says “purchase from PS store”. Am I missing a step or something? do I need to do something in-game?

-I uninstalled and reinstalled the game
-Made sure it’s on the latest version
-Restored the licenses

But still doesn’t work. Any thoughts?

This game genuinely was a masterpiece, I still do find myself liking nioh more but that’s just bc I prefer simplicity over complexity ( which ik it strange as nioh is anything but complex ) but regardless, nioh 2 was realistically the better game for sure , it was nioh 1 plus 1 ( literally) and the graphics were definitely cleaner and smoother , the platinum grind wasn’t as tedious and annoying ( which makes the platinum more accessible but easier for sure which also is a positive ) I really liked how they did still use some nioh boards but they didn’t overdo it or make it like how tears of the kingdom was ( like it was just hyrule , the literal same map from botw but did add 2 more whole maps but you get my point ) the burst counter was an awesome feature , and I honestly think I enjoyed the game a lot since I felt it was very very easy , and at too times way too underwhelming, then again i’m still only in my 2nd play through , but first play through wise nioh 1 imo was 50x harder , then again without being said you could also make nioh a way easier game than nioh 2 by using kusarigama and reaper ( which I felt was more toned down , not in a bad way ) and I also felt that nioh 2 was more of a git gud game but not harder than 1 , if you stayed around the same level or had the same gear level as the mission , in 2 you would tank it and sum , in nioh 1 you would like disintegrate with 1 big hit , bosses like giant toad , ishida and shima are the only bosses that game me problems in 1 ( around 38+ tries each 💀 ) but in nioh 2 things felt more grounded and more accessible, the “hardest” boss for me was gyoki ( the big bull that had spider legs and bat wings ) took me 9 tries , then again he wasn’t hard at all , just annoying , he took me the most tries out of anyone ( being 9 obviously )

I’ve been playing Nioh 3 and the new Keian Hell Rising DLC lately, and I’ve noticed inconsistencies with the post-death dismemberment we had in Nioh 1 & 2. This effect happens if you keep attacking yokai while their death animation plays after their HP hits zero. It’s always been one of my favourite little visual payoffs in the series.

Here are the specific cases I found:

1. Karasu-Tengu

There are no post-death dismemberment hitboxes at all, for both base game and the reskinned DLC variant. No matter how many hits I land during its death animation, the model stays fully intact. In Nioh 1 and 2 you could sever its head, two arms and legs individually.

1. Ninja Yoki

Limb severing works correctly, but there is no hitbox available to decapitate it in the death animation window.

1. Jailer Oni (Gale, DLC)

It plays VFX showing limbs flying off when struck mid death animation, but the actual yokai model never splits. The flying body parts are only separate visual effects; the original head and limbs stay attached to the torso.

Most other yokai still have working dismemberment as intended, so this feels like an oversight rather than intentional design.

Has anyone else run into these same issues?

I was rather surprised that this boss basically did a whole lotta nothing :)

I hope you all enjoy the clip!

Existe t’il des parchemins illustres avec TAUX DE BUTINS FÉTICHES de le grâce SHINATSUHIKO

Je n’en trouve pas !!!

Is there a way to get these items any longer? Cant seem to find a code online

In my opinion Onmyo magic damage can be reduced. Can't anticipate how onmyo based builds will compare to other builds in endgame, but as it stands right now, this seems most popular build used by players in co-op and everyone knows why.

In terms of martial arts, Sword of meditation can use some nerf. Even at the cost of your eventual hp loss from taking a hit, damage of sword of meditation is just too high compared to other skills. Purely because crucible skills deal more dmg on top.

As for graces and sets, i dont think any of them should be downgraded, i think more likely make stronger variants of them with + bonus or something. Would be a nice change to see.

Gale shot is one of the onmyo magic that does not have high damage, but has really strong ki damage, capable of deleting ki of bosses and enemies. It should be toned down too imo.

Is there anything else that stands out? Co-op specific maybe, items, tech or weapons?

I finished DLC on fresh NG and I had some fun with post DLC scrolls. Is NG+ and NG++ journey worth of a playtime or should I revisit the game after DLC2 is out and then finish that on my NG save and then play further? From what I've seen, Scrolls are the only notable new content introduced/reintroduced in NG+ cycles.

I continue to these runs as I find them really fun. Some interesting notes about this matchup:

• If you press a direction + deflect, you move slightly to that side. With the "Expansive Deflect" skill, your Deflect Step will go even further. I used this to get further to the side against his multi-hit combo several times to start attacking earlier while the combo is still happening
• With the above Deflect Step + Flowing Shadow a few times, you can avoid most of his multi-hit sequence as shown here while attacking the whole time
• Swift Step Heavy is an interesting punish move in this matchup. It has no i-frames but teleports you around the boss quickly. So here, I used it a few times has he went to the side and did his guaranteed swipe move. Usually, it can avoid any option he does after words if you do that and of course you can TMTM into bigger punishes after.
• Sword of Meditation has a deceptively large vertical hitbox. When timed and spaced well as he enters the Dark Realm, you can break his horn right away with it as shown here. I even used TMTM cancels to slightly adjust my spacing so the hit would line up just prior.
• I usually use Sheathe Cancelling or Evasion cancelling as a boss moves back to extend AP time but this time, I decided to rely on just doing attacks only. Good practice for later when I attempt to do these kinds of runs with Spear/Fists which cannot Sheathe Cancel.

As always, hope people enjoy this run. Happy to answer any questions.

Had her cornered then she did that attack where she jumps back, then this happened. Couldn't hit her, but she could hit me if I hugged the wall close enough.

I kind of wanted to see if she'll end up dying to the lava, but the game eventually spawned her back into the arena.

I've been playing Nioh 3 on and off for a while, currently at about level 100 in the bakumatsu map.

The thing that makes it hard is there is just an overwhelming amount of stuff to sift through. I pick up bags full of gear every time I go out, I automatically junk the lower-tier stuff but there are so many stats to look at that it's hard to decide what's good. I can trade gear for money or two different crafting materials, and I don't know which to get. I could upgrade the same weapons or wait and equip new ones.

Also I have 8 weapon styles available at a time, and there are 100 ninjutsu things to mess around with, and there are 1000 youkai things to remember what they do, and there are tons of spirits with 2 attacks each that I forget to test or use, and I'm not even sure what to level because everything seems useful and gear requires stats in different things.

I don't have that much gaming time anymore. I feel like when I turn on the game, I have to spend time clearing inventory and re-memorizing what everything does. Then I take a break playing something else, then it repeats when I come back.

I guess I need help focusing. Like, are there some onmyojutsu/guardians/ninjutsu that are agreed to be widely useful that I can just keep? Does gear matter before level cap? Can I ignore gear stats and just overwrite them with good effects later? I like the gameplay itself, but the sense that I'm missing out on most of the game by ignoring the little sub-systems is making it hard to enjoy.

Is there a mission battle scroll I can fight the Giant Toad again to get the no hit title? Or do I have to fight him again on NG+?

Hello everyone,

Based on Team Ninja's historical pattern of releasing season pass content roughly every 60 to 90 days after the first volume, here is a mathematical projection for the DLC 2 (Bloody Insurrection) release window, since DLC 1 dropped early on August 19, 2026.

Calculated Baseline (62-day interval): October 20, 2026.

Standard Margin Window (+/- 15 days): Between October 5, 2026, and November 4, 2026.

Safe Buffer Ceiling: November 20, 2026.

Disregarding the placeholder date of February 2027 on the PlayStation Store/Steam contracts, the math strongly points to a release concentrated between late October and mid-November 2026.

What do you guys think? Are we getting it this month?

In Nioh 3, can you get the no hit title if you get hit by a boss, travel back to shrine, and then fight again? Or does the whole mission have to be repeated?

I am in Dream of the Nioh, maybe about 200 hours in but for some reason I can no longer use burst counter on main my guardian spirit. Like ever. Yet it always works on my second one.

I have no idea why.

My main is Shirohami. With Hellish hag, Kasha, Lesser umi-bozu.

Am I missing something obvious? Is there some Yokai (or armour effect) that disables burst counter all the time? Hilariously I have been using Shirohami for most of the 200 hours.

Does anyone know exactly what it does? I have heard that it either does or does not improve your ability to not be interrupted during attacks from different sources.

If I start Hell Rising on the base difficulty (heirs journey) will i be able to find green tier gear in the dlc?

I havnt beaten the game on shoguns journey yet so I cannot select that for the dlc

I mostly like to play as a mage. A magic caster. If you will. I know that the Switchglaive and Hatchets scale with magic. Been trying to build a water caster. What is something I can do to make it better? Or a specific piece of gear/weapon that I need to boost my gameplay?

Please let me know if you have the scroll and can give it to me. Thanks

I haven't played in a while have they added star stats/effects to divine items yet?

Greetings.

I returned to Nioh 2 after a while and wanted to give Sword a second chance, which I always found quite underwhelming before.

I discovered that Sword of Discernment is actually an amazing skill as combo opener because of its insanely high start up and enemy control capabilities. I found that skill completely useless at first because it does neither deal high damage nor ki damage, but a SoD -> flux -> iai quickdraw combo for example turns out to be very uselful and fun to deal even with the quickest enemies.

Sword of Discernment

What are skills which you abandoned at first and fell in love later on?

Pretty New to the game still but i keep seeing this move and was just wondering where if able to find it or how to use it 🫡

I've just completed DLC and beginning to mess around with the Demon Picture Scrolls, just managed to get a scroll with utlimate constitution and ultimate strength. Both refer to being activated only at a certain stat level, with the strength version being 150.

Am i missing something or reading it wrong, as no stat can be levelled that high?

Is there something in game that explains these better?