Nioh: tips and tricks for beginners
In the role-playing game Nioh you slip into the role of samurai William Adams. The best tips and tricks that will also help beginners win are revealed in this article.
Beginner tips on Nioh
If you know games from the Dark Souls series, you will find many elements in Nioh that seem familiar to you. Nevertheless, the action RPG by Koei Tecmo has unique gameplay mechanics that have to be mastered.
- Actions in combat consume so-called ki in Nioh. You can equate this with stamina, which means that you each consume a certain amount of it when attacking, blocking or evading.
- With the Ki regeneration you can regain the stamina you need for the above-mentioned actions. Ki regenerates itself automatically in part, but you can also regain something with the Ki impulse.
- Always pay attention to your Ki display in combat to carry out your actions wisely. Opponents also have Ki, so you should make sure that they spend as much as possible so that you can start the killing blow.
- Basically, you shouldn't let yourself be demotivated in Nioh if you lose fights and die. The game is designed to gradually memorize the movement patterns of the enemies and to improve step by step to penetrate new areas.
Nioh: The best tips on weight and postures
Note that in Nioh the weight of your equipment determines your freedom of movement. So you can consider whether you prefer to carry strong armor and are therefore slower, or prefer to act faster in combat with light armor.
- However, we advise you never to exceed the weight display, because then all movements are extremely restricted. In this case, the display is shown in red. It is best to keep a value between 40-50% so that you can move smoothly in the beginning and make several strokes in a row without being out of breath.
- A special feature in Nioh are the different fighting attitudes. Change postures depending on the opponent type and try different approaches.
- The high posture goes hand in hand with high attack power, fast Ki consumption and slower movements.
- With the medium posture you have average attack strength, move with normal speed and the Ki consumption can be described as balanced.
- With the low posture you cause slight damage and consume little Ki, but you have the highest movement speed here.
We will give you all the information about the locations of the materials in Nioh in another practical tip.