#Shibata katsuie nioh 2 full#

Generally speaking, when he charges with his grab attack, if you dodge it, he will be opened to attacks for a long time so that's one window u want to use for attacking. You have like 5 seconds to unleash all what you have so it's time to use your most damaging moves or grapple him which a nice damaging move. Shibata Katsuie is a really tough opponent that will break a lot of players, mostly due to its insane aggression and the fact that it can be really hard to. Normally by now, he should be confused, poisoned and at zero ki being defenseless. immediately cast the gozuki yokai attack (this will cancel the ending feather animation). continue attacking until you fully deplete (or close to this) his 1st ki bar, This ailment will make him take more ki damage, hence what we want , use your imued purity weapon (if you dont have any, use a purity talisman) to apply the element on the boss.

#Shibata katsuie nioh 2 full#

start the fight with a full anima bar, gozuki soul core on, If you have it, also equip Yastu no kami soul core for its passive extra melee dmg to poisoned enemies. In order to do even more damage, roll poison acumulation and melee damage to poisoned enemy on both accessories (acumulation on weapon can also be good) and equip poison shurikens. For the tonfas, in midstance, 3-4 strong attacks should be enough (can be followed by a demon dance linked with an arcana of another element and the confusion is also applied in a few seconds). For the splitstaff, the twin phoenix or serpent sweep skills are excellent for this pupose. Having tested a crap load of builds, I can say that splitstaff and tonfas are probably the best at applying an element on an enemy. For the second element, ninjutsu feathers are excellent (provided you have enough skill points invested in ninjutsu, most of the time 25-30 is enough). Then block his charge, you will run out of Ki but he won't immediately attack. In order to do so, I personnally use a naturally imbued weapon, most of the time with purity, to apply the 1st element. Just take it easy and slowly, Katsuie is honestly one of the easiest bosses in the game if you are willing to take your time and maintain your distance against him. As any yokai, he is also vulnerable / weak to purity so if you can apply this ailment too, he will be confused, hence taking much more damage. IIRC, he is weak to water so using any way to inflict the water ailment could be a start. The king at breaking ki bars is the Gozuki soul core, hands down, so make sure to equip it and have a full anima bar before the fight begins.

In Nioh 2 so far, the way to make the game easy is to break the 2 ki bars of your opponent, leaving him defenseless to your attacks for a brief period where you will try to unleash a huge amount of damage.