Make sure you switch out your blessing for the weapon drop one. The more Komoda's that you find the higher the blessings go up.
That's random loot drops for you. I use Odachi and Tonfas on my build and I had zero drops for either weapon two missions in a row. Then in the following one I got six or seven of each weapon and replaced both with better ones.
not very. can completely break some weapon instructors and human enemies, but, unless you using, say, the unarmed parry with some buffs or the dual swords footstab parry, you're best off forgetting that it exists.
If you can't find something better then just soul match your old weapon up to your current level. It may seem counter-intuitive to use the same piece of gear for so long, but that's just the way Nioh is. I was using essentially the same set of equipment for three difficulty levels until just today when I finally got to the end of one of the most soul crushing grinds I've ever experienced in a video game and completed an endgame kit to surpass it. I doubt I'm ever going to touch my equipment outside of soul matching and maybe the accessories ever again.
The problem with parrying is that against the faster weapons like tonfas, dual blades and swords, and even some spear and kusarigama attacks the timing is such that you have to initiate the parry before the attack has even started, so even if you do it right it's a gamble. Against an actual human opponent you could maybe try to guess what they're thinking, but when fighting AI you're literally playing a guessing game against a random number generator, which is not a situation most people are going to want to put themselves in.
Can't say I agree with this as a blanket statement. When I was learning the timing for the Backwave, I came to the conclusion that reactive parrying is quite possible for all weapons and all stances. Though some of the parrying moves, like the one on the spear and the ones on the Dual Swords other than Shrike have different timings, which can easily throw one off.
The specials have their own rarity ratings just as the items do and the color coding is the same. Some are far more rare than others and some cannot spawn on items that are below a certain rarity.
Ethereals are only available once you unlock Way of the Wise and only drop when playing on that or Way of the Nioh or in their Abyss equivalent floors.
I knew about rarity with equipment but didn't think it also applies to special effects. Thanks!
I'd like to see a dude consistently parrying low stance quick strikes from sword/dual sword with the spear >__>
Ooo, time for a self-quote:
And she is more of a bat, really, despite the cocoons. You'll find another boss later on that fits that nickname far better.
Good call thank you. I always leave it on the elixir cause I'm afraid of running out by the time I get to the boss lol
I def have done that since with Way of the West armor pieces. I did notice my helmet takes about 80k+ of gold now though. Do you keep certain weapons for soul matching later just in case?
Oh wow haha 3 difficulty levels as in separate NG+ runs? I will definitely keep this in mind now.
