Let's Try Not to Die - Onmyo & Magic - Spider Nest Castle

Onmyoji Through Spider Nest Castle

Mission: Spider Nest Castle
Region: Kinki
Difficulty: Way of the Nioh

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0:27 : Mission start
8:18 : Castle Keep
10:56 : Boss - Hino-enma

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We're going through Spider Nest Castle without dying or using quick-change scrolls. Not so much a difficult mission as it is a tedious one, especially if you decide to hunt down all of the hiragumo fragments. The environment is littered with spider web spots that induce a slow down to your movement speed similar to the debuff you incur if you were to stumble over ninjutsu caltrops. The levitation ninjutsu will nullify the webbing effects. There are no human opponents in the mission, meaning inflicting confusion via elemental shots, major onmyo talismans, and elemental amulets grants a huge advantage to any onmyoji that engages an enemy.

At the end of the mission, we face-off against joro-gumo, a spider-woman yokai that has armored pot plating covering its limbs which possess a block-deflection effect when struck by a weapon. Joro-gumo's leg plating can be eliminated prior to the engagement if you hunt down and collect all of the hiragumo fragments. However, for this outing, we've opted out of hunting the hiragumo fragments since that advantage won't be needed: Joro-gumo's element weaknesses to lightning and allow for easy application of blustered and electrified, leading to quick infliction of confusion.

Earlier difficulties of Nioh don't usually provide much flexibility in terms of builds for William, so I'll be venturing into the later difficulties of Nioh in order to exemplify some of the potential viability for playing through the game with a focus on onmyo magic and investing in the Magic stat.

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