Stuck in Nioh? An Easy Trick to Beat Any Boss, No Skill Required

With this little trick you can easily beat any boss in Nioh. It works for everyone, no matter how much you struggle with this game! Beware however, doing this will make the game extremely easy and may take the fun out of it.

[PapaBop]

Honestly, if you need "easy tricks" to beat bosses, Nioh isn't the game for you. Half of the fun is discovering the bosses and finding out on your own how to beat them.

[Naji4Me]

100%

[mikeslemonade]

Ehhh chances are you run out of soul stones anyway. These bosses are so tanky. You would need lots of them.

[PeaSFor]

im still at magic lvl 5 and never intended to use it, (character lvl 35) im all skill/dex/spirit/body and main weapon is kusarigama+ninjutsu)

[CorndogBurglar]

Yeah but the same can be said about any game. At the end of the day devs need to be careful about leaving game-breaking exploits in games. They are potential game killers, and there are always those people who will use those exploits as if they were meant to be part of the game. This seems like a poor design flaw to me.

[TimelessDbz]

For you yeah. Some people like breaking, hacking or make it easier and they get the same amount of enjoyment as a person playing normally. So really don't try to tell someone it is not for you just because they don't have your outlook/playstyle .

[Cy]

This. There are many ways to enjoy games. Contrary to popular belief, "gitting gud" is only one of them, and not one everyone shares. Let people enjoy games the way *they* enjoy games.

[admiralvic]

"Nioh isn't the game for you. Half of the fun is discovering the bosses and finding out on your own how to beat them."

Yet there are countless guides, tips, tricks, advice and countless other things to help people do it...

I mean, this might be how you view games like Nioh, but some people have better things to do than sit there for hours losing to a single boss because you don't realize, notice or know something simple. The absolute perfect example of this is when I was doing Maelstrom Arena in The Elder Scrolls Online.

The first time I did the fourth area, I didn't know you could go under the boss during the lightning segment. This took a 20 minute fight that was extremely difficult down to the easiest boss in the whole event and one I could do in three minutes with ease.

The seventh boss took me a very long time to figure out and it was partly because of guides. I was aware you could stun him out of his one hit mechanic if you bash him and every guide I saw suggested you bash him. The problem is, if you bash him, he enrages and all his attacks seem to one hit me, so it became a really long fight was extremely frustrating, because I couldn't take a single hit of damage without dying. I later figured out that if I never bash him and instead keep one of the two enemies alive and stand in their shield, he wouldn't enrage and I could take a hit or two without dying. Had a guide told me this, I would've aced the fight in no time and had way more fun.

The point being, while this might be how you play it, some people don't like losing a fight for hours just because they don't realize something simple or go about it the wrong way. I would've NEVER went under the fourth boss and I forget why I changed up my method for the seventh boss, but I don't think I figured it out until the second or third time I beat him.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

But if you're sitting there and losing to the same boss for hours than maybe these types of games aren't for you. For how hard the soulsborne and nioh games are I've never ever got stuck at a boss for hours even when I was a novice going into my first souls game ever with ds 1

[admiralvic]

"But if you're sitting there and losing to the same boss for hours than maybe these types of games aren't for you."

Isn't the whole point of the Souls series appeal to overcome the difficulty? I get that different people have different impressions, but it gets so confusing when you have one person saying the joy is overcoming the difficulty by your own devices, followed by another person saying that you must "get good" within this span of time or you're probably not meant to enjoy this title.

Furthermore, Maelstrom arena and the Souls series are very different. I only compared them because the spirit of figuring out the mechanics and overcoming them was the same. The big difference between the two is that, in my experience with the Souls series, Maelstrom is FAR cheaper.

While the seven boss took me hours to overcome, the difficulty NEVER came from dodging attacks. The difficulty actually came from one of two things happening. Either I was too far to stop the move I had to bash, resulting in an instant death (he screams and you die if you're anywhere besides in that bubble or interrupt it) or I died to the enemy that randomly spawned plants that exploded in an AOE that killed you within one or two seconds unless you made it to a specific point.

"For how hard the soulsborne and nioh games are I've never ever got stuck at a boss for hours even when I was a novice going into my first souls game ever with ds 1"

For what its worth, most people seem to overrate the Soulsborne games. For how hard they are, the series still has a 15 percent or higher platinum rate on PSNProfiles. If that stat doesn't sway you, the PlayStation Network itself lists the Demon's Souls platinum at 2.6 percent, with a whopping 19.8 percent beating the game. This 19.8 percent even includes all the people who just tried it when it was free with PlayStation Plus. Now, when you compare it to a more dynamic challenge, such as Vanquish's Tactical Challenge 6, the numbers plummet to .6 percent. I would compare it to Maelstrom, but the number of people who lack the DLC makes the numbers worthless, but it has an obtain rate of .3 if you're curious.

The point being, the games really are challenging, but they're challenging in a way that is easy to overcome. Once you know the trick or what to do, most of the fights are pretty ease. This holds somewhat true for Maelstrom, but again, that has more mechanics than I've ever seen in the Souls series.

[Kurisu]

Which is why I'm staying away from this game, despite the praise it's getting! I tried Bloodborne when it launched and I couldn't even get past the first mob of enemies 😂

[TheCommentator]

Actually, it is. That's why the article points out the exploits in the game.

[sullynathan]

By that logic, isn't fun finding these easy tricks to beat bosses.
Do you really have to go out of your way to discover a when every stage ends with a boss?

[Letthewookiewin]

I'm stuck on the 3rd boss "Bat Girl" lol. Time to lvl up my shizz!

[Ashunderfire86]

Wear lighter and medium armor an use a high attack samurai sword to beat her. You want to wear the proper armor to move fast on this boss. Trust me it's a huge difference when you run past everyone of her stunn attacks, or that stupid bat twister combo she does.

[Letthewookiewin]

Thanks I'm going to try that tonight!

[luckytrouble]

Geeze, another cheap method to slamming bosses? Between this and the Sloth Talisman, a bit of work needs to be done to maintain the game balance as it was intended.

[XanderZane]

Use this and the Sloth Tailsman and you you're good to go. Should be able to beat every boss in the game with no problems.

[Raider69]

They need to patch this quickly.

[Gardenia]

Why? It's a single player game, no one got hurt by this

[Bolts]

We must not let casual swine sully the honor of my giant gaming peen, or else my trophies will mean nothing!! Patch it.

[RhymeNorReason]

Not agreeing it needs a patch, but a lot of single player games get patches these days. Including, but not limited to: Final Fantasy XV just recently.

[Relientk77]

I heard of a really easy trick to beat bosses

When you get to the boss, pause the game and turn off your PS4. Then wait about 5 minutes, turn the PS4 on and go back into the game. Once you go back into the game, you will see that you automatically beat the boss.

This works 100% of the time, guarantee

[TheFirstClassic]

This sounds like something I would have heard someone say in elementary school.

[Omeganex9999]

You got the second part wrong. When you're stuck at a boss, turn off the PS4, relax for a few hours, let the anger out then try it again. Most of the times this is enough to beat a boss.

[joab777]

Don't be do it! Once ya do, it will ruin the entire experience for you!

[S-Word]

That's this game in a nutshell...No skill required.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

I hated BB...how does this compare?

[TXIDarkAvenger]

You probably won't like it but it depends on what you hated about BB.

[Mrveryodd]

How does a game get a 10/10 when you can do that .... Reviews on games are BS

[Realms]

Why would you nerf the game for yourself I hope it get's patched don't cheat yourself half the fun is discovering ways to overcome bosses.

[Liqu1d]

Video in the article contains spoilers. If you're stuck then summon someone to help you.

[CP_Company]

don't cheat? this is not cheating.people using game mechanics against it self.it is fair to fight against two bosses? no.but that is a challenge and people trying to beat them how suits them.who did not play the game can not understand how difficult to beat at least one boss,and here is two bosses.

[opinionated]

This was definitely made with polygon in mind. If you don't like it then don't use it. There is no easy difficulty, if you are a bum then use the exploits. I don't even think it's an exploit, I think the devs knew exactly what it did.

[SlashHabit]

"No skill required" Sounds fun...

[Tankbusta40]

It's a single player game, none of this is game breaking. So sick and tired of seeing try hards complain about people making the game easier for themselves. They paid their 59.99 same as you and should be able to play it the way they want. The only thing that should be done is stuff like this should not be allowed while doing pvp.

Also for the love of God, you aren't special if you beat these games, so no need to try and decide how others should play. This souls community mentality needs to die.

[Hugodastrevas]

I rather beat them the legit way and put the video on YouTube. I understand why some people would use these kind of exploits though. I don't think I used that living weapon even once.

[KevWriter]

You can also summon other players for help, like in Souls.

[Elda]

The game is brutal & I played for 12 hrs & I'm only on mission 3 level 14.

[Ashunderfire86]

I would use it for just one boss I have a really hard time beating that is that bat 🦇 lady that paralyze you!

[Elda]

OMG!...she slaughtered me the first time,I know she's going to be a pain in the....trying to beat her.

[Ashunderfire86]

I finally beat her, I didn't use the exploits. I wear the proper armor set between medium and low, so I can move fast enough to attack that bat lady. Man! It is satisfying to see your die lol!

[buttcheeks]

Kop

[DivineAssault]

If you even read this article, you suck at the game..

[mechlord]

i'm not gonna read it, but i'm sure sloth will be mentioned there.

[pyroxxx]

In an rpg where the main point is to level up to feel stronger etc,.. really don't see the point in cheesing it much,.. (though I do use whatever is available,.. sloth also,.. really does not feel like I am cheasing it since it almost always come to clinging moments even though I am 20 levels above recomended,.. game keeps kicking my ass and feels great

[Perjoss]

Everyone is entitled to play the game any way they choose for sure, but last night I beat tachibana muneshige without using sloth, infinite combos or any other cheese at all and it felt really satisfying. I would never had got that feeling if I had cheesed him.

[Ashunderfire86]

Don't use this trick lol! I'm not gonna lie but this game is super hardcore! I managed to beat the bat lady that paralyze you, and that Electric Chimera by just wearing medium and lower armor. The key is to move fast on these enemies with quick couple of hits, and repeat when you see an opening. Chimera shoots out lighting but you can dodge, runaway, or go into cover under the 2 shelters. Speed is key for many of these bosses,so wear the proper armor set, and pick a great weapon with high attack multiplier, don't use an axe or hammer on the faster bosses.

[GrimDragon]

I don't see a problem with simply not using this trick and not using sloth talisman if you want to enjoy the masochistic beat downs until you triumphantly solve the rhythm of the dance and feel accomplished. I don't see a problem with having the option to use these items to make the the game more pleasant either. It all comes down to personal choice.

I think some people just want this game to be stupefyingly hard just to have something to brag about in a small club of elite gamers where no one who hasn't "gotten Good" is allowed.
The game can be whatever you want it to be options are nice. I for one hope team ninja does not remove the item. I don't see a need to do so when you can simply use it or not.

[CP_Company]

i can agree,it is game mechanic,if you want to use it,just use it,if not,make challenge by yourself.
it is good that people have a choice and of course creativity :)

[opinionated]

I see a lot of people having trouble with the bat woman but she wasn't half as hard as she was in the beta. None of the beta bosses were, maybe because I'm over-leveled?