Not even 100% sure what happened here but I liked the end result
For context I do have risky parry on and I was practicing odachi counters and cancelling odachi counters into risky parry with a friend but they were on the other side of the map
So I think there was something that happened where the game tried to give me both? Idk but I’ll take it 👍
If anyone knows, I’m all ears 👂
Apologies if anyone has done this or something similar before, I must’ve missed it 😅. This is simply meant to be another build showcase with my own take on it. (If you did post something similar, lmk in the comments and I’ll link to it)
And a quick shoutout to u/washtubs for telling me about this tech awhile back. This one is for you, I told you I was going to make a build that emphasizes that tech and here it is.
And it looks like Toxic Vanish is back on the menu boys
In an effort to make two of the Shinobi community’s least favorite gear/abilities work (Toxic Vanish & the legendary Vanishing Kusarigama) I came up with this.
If you’re struggling to get blind bombs to work consistently and want to use something else, this is a possible build for you
Without smoke bombs or blind bombs I managed to get a 10 assassination kill streak (basically, I do 1-2 actions between some of them)
Most of this build can be tweaked to fit your personal playstyles. Its main defining features being the toxic vanish and affliction caltrops (for more poison) but an easy potential swap is leggo kusa for leggo pistol.
May struggle in squads, but certainly a viable option for non speedruns for solo/duos
Any questions feel free to ask, hopefully some time this week I get the nms dub and can show a longer showcase.
I definitely derp/mess up but hopefully the video does a good enough job of showing how strong it could be in the hands of a pro.
I also forget about my leggo kusa bc so many people need assassinations all the time so next time I’ll try to incorporate it more. (Best use for it is on “1-shot” enemies)
The video length is 6:34, build shown in video. A compilation of clips showcasing the build shows first then the 10 kill streak clip starts at 4:50
Enjoi
EDIT: I know some people like TV and VK but I see majority of people prefer group vanish and to not use the leggo kusa bc it’s buggy-ness. (It’s definitely buggy but can be worked with)
If the video doesnt play, here’s just the 10 assassination kill streak and I can send you the build.
Wanted to try out Battousai719’s popular nms build he did for this map but with a twist. (Highly recommend his content for new and veteran samurai)
I went for 0% Melee Stagger Dmg on the build and techniques (except for Hachiman zeal but I tried this same build with 5 strike, died on w12 it works just as fine)(also zeal vs 5 strike resulted in the same number of staggers at the end ~~🤷~~♂️)
Instead putting all my focus into ability cooldown and spirit gain, resulting in a build that creates the same amount of space (maybe more) but through different means. The Poison blade is to assist in staggering (although not sure it made much of a difference here)
Also just having raging flame on such a low cooldown almost feels like cheating on this map as the yukki onna can’t hurt you (also made a couple stage’s difficulty modifier a non-issue) 😊 Spin to Win (SP plz bring back glare 🥺)
Run time was at like 51min, you could definitely do it faster than me, wasn’t trying for speed so I stall here and there. Not a meta build to use but I had fun with it
Also enjoy a grunt utterly humiliating me at the end of s2w1 😂 (guess I wasn’t ready for agg foes lol)
Any feedback, suggestions, or questions are always welcome 👍
Thank you and have a great day
Pt.1 - Stage 1-3
https://youtu.be/Kl6ZngCwmx4?si=9J95BL1PMVxYYz7v
Pt.2 - Stage 4
https://youtu.be/yEJ-V6Q1_PM?si=uYUsY0AoNFJePPra
{If you wanted to see the build without hachi zeal and with 5 strike instead here’s a short clip}(honestly I couldn’t really tell a difference in performance)
Yea never thought health bars hidden was that much of a big deal until I needed to know the health of every enemy around me so I can assassinate instead of crit strike
Not a complaint, I welcome the challenge. I just think it’s kinda funny that now in vanish or smoke I’m just cycling between all the “crit strikes” until I see the “assassinate” 😂
What are y’all doing to circumvent this hurdle? Rough for mercenaries too as thrown weapon kills are crucial for them, but sam and archer are big chillin.
Only solution I can think of is just knowing exactly how much dmg each attack deals, but with no health bars, it’s easy to lose track of an enemy amidst a crowd lol
Overall still a fun nms 👍
Broken Castle this week for w11 you get the unique enemy ambush
Most of the time you get the Onibi Keeper guys
But sometimes it can be Yukki onna?
I know that the unique enemy ambush guy gets destroyed fast, Thats not my concern.
I’m just thinking for the people who try to be top of leaderboard… isnt that an issue?
Is it known bug for this map or for unique enemy ambush modifier?
Personally am not affected by it; but wasn’t sure if someone wanted to tell SP or something.
I hadn’t realized how many samurai had completed a solo with risky parry until today when I searched. Ended up using roughly the same gear as dreamchaser just with different properties. Good to know I was on the right path 😅 but I’ll try something more unique next time.
Uh I kinda hated this build tbh (my version of it specifically). It’s a fun build but in my version I put way too much “survivability” on it so it took me a fat minute to beat this one but honestly it was pretty calm throughout. Slow and steady won the race.
I wouldn’t recommend this build unless someone just wants a tankier risky parry build or maybe for this nms specifically. It’s slow but safe and it’s what got me through stage 1/2 successfully which were troublesome for samurai solo this week so 🤷♂️
Strongly encourage anyone who wants to improve their samurai gameplay, and who isnt already, go watch YT Handle: @Battousai719
He helps out a lot with the little differences in gameplay that add up into a big change in performance
Build a was so slow that in fact… It’s a two parter 😂 (doesnt help that I suck sometimes lol)(we don’t talk about total run time 😵)
Part 1:
https://youtu.be/1OyCbw1j1ho?si=hieUKV4psxIaqMRn
Part 2:
https://youtu.be/PFiz7E76BRI?si=TRDP9\_ChJ95XkZ-\_
Thanks for watching ✌️
Call in filthy frank bc this one made me a little upset to see. I actually don’t need the charm (thank fucking god) but on principle this needs to stop. A double C- leggo is dog water SP
https://youtu.be/cOc2wyF-CQ0?si=CQqvKxOdqaTYESNB
Skip to bottom for TLDR
Leveling up gear is a chore if you’re not xp glitching, and leveling up epic gear from low ratings is one thing
But I can only imagine the frustration I would be feeling if when I got my first leggo shinobi charm, which took all the way until rank 75, if it looked like this….
Would be close to uninstalling lol. It’s just shitty game design man. Some part of this has to be made better.
Either make leggos guaranteed to have minimum ratings or one of them S (which I know getting a S and a C- still means you have to level it up 9 times but a little more bearable). They could add cursed gear allowing us to skip a level up.
Something, anything, than asking the player to level up their legendary 9 times, which means a total of acquiring 32,400 xp….
In game modes that only dish out 400-1.5k xp is much man…
Also please fix leggo weapons to have all possible weapon progression “perks” (like auto parry weapon align, extremely effective, and improved skill)
And while you’re at it, change all legendary charms to have properties that match their intended use (Shinobi shadow should be able to use double ass dmg, risky parry should be able to have perfect parry dmg)
EDIT TLDR: to better explain my frustration, in GoTL if you had enough resources saved up, you could max out any new gear piece. In GoYL if you’re unlucky you will have to spend 6 hours at least
I get some people love grinding. Others dont/ or just want to test/try out new things
Obviously on the more “niche” end (only usable application I can think of is by “Burnt Garden” on Broken Castle)(and the only place ive practiced it on) But I was able to do it once just fucking around.
Managed to figure out half the problem after more fucking around (sorry to my nms teammates if you needed help and just saw me trying to go up the rockslide for like 10min lol)
You can run up a certain way to get higher up by kinda glitching your character to where he kinda slides up and if you jump at the right spot before the slide animation kicks in, and immediately try to jump again you can make it. (Hitting dodge for second jump may have helped?)
I just need to fuck around with it for like an hour to get it consistently.
Is there a known way and I’m just late to the party? Not tryna waste time if someone knows how 😅
Time is a little on the long end, someone better could definitely trim up some of it, but yea here’s a build for anyone really wanting to make max class ability cd triple vanish work. SB is def more meta but I find SS more fun.
Build is shown at the start and end of the video. I see a lot more SB builds being shared and I wanted to share some SS builds I find that are not as good as SB builds but are still viable.
(This video is an amalgamation of 3 runs. Sorry was just easier that way, I do have the full run on stream)
Certainly not the strongest/fastest but there’s something inherently fun about using a 14.5sec cd triple vanish. Enjoi 🐼