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Number of Skills | 39 |
Shiftling Skills is a skill tree in Nioh 2. This skills tree focuses more on progressing the potency and capabilities of using the Guardian Spirit and Yokai Shift.
How to Acquire Shiftling Skills
- Shiftling Skills are unlocked by spending Skill Points into the tree.
- Some Shiftling Skills can be further leveled up to increase the skill's potency.
- Shiftling Skill Points are unlocked whenever you use Yokai Shift, Yokai Burst Counters, or Yokai Soul Cores
- Alternatively, players can consume certain items to obtain Shiftling Skill Points
Nioh 2 Shiftling Skills Tree
Burst Counter: Brute (Base)
Nioh 2 Shiftling Skills Table
Name |
Skilltype |
Effects |
Skillpointcost |
Prerequisite |
Burst Counter: Brute | Active | Consume 1 Anima to unleash a devastating attack. Deals immense Ki damage if you successfully interrupt an enemy's Burst Attack. (Only available for Brute type). Guardian Spirits). Command: R2 + Square Button. |
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Burst Counter: Feral | Active | Consume 1 Anima to dash forward, leaving an afterimage in your wake. Allows you to perform a follow-up attack and deal immense Ki damage if an enemy's Burst Attack comes into contact with your afterimage. (Only available for Feral type Guardian Spirits.) Command: R2 + Square Button. |
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Burst Counter: Phantom | Active | Consume 1 Anima to guard against incoming enemy attacks. Guard against a Burst Attack at the right moment to stagger the enemy and deal immense Ki damage. (Only available for Phantom type Guardian Spirits.) Command: R2 + Square Button |
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Fang Break | Active | Repels an incoming attack, staggering the enemy. (Only available when in Brute form.) Command: L1 + Triangle Button (triangle while guarding). |
1 | |
Shadowstep | Active | Allows you to perform a dodge in the middle of a Quick Attack. (Only available when in Feral form.) | 1 | |
Shadowstab | Active | Allows you to perform a Quick Attack immediately after using Shadowstep. (Only available when in Feral form.) | 1 | |
Blood Moon: Yin | Active | Holding down L2 readies your weapon for an aimed throw at the enemy executed by pressing R2 . If your weapon finds its mark, you will instantly be teleported to your enemy's side. (Only available when in Phantom form.) | 1 | |
Blood Moon: Yang | Active | Perform a Strong Attack, or follow a Quick Attack with a Strong Attack to throw your weapon. (Only available when in Phantom form.) | 0 | |
Demonic Destruction I | Passive | Reduces the depletion of the Yokai Shift Gauge by 10% when performing attacks in yokai form. | 1 | |
Dragon Vein I | Passive | Increases the rate at which you gain Anima by 3%. | 1 |
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Hasten Awakening I | Passive | Increases the rate at which your Yokai Weapon gains Sentience by 10%. | 1 |
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Enduring Awakening I | Passive | Extends the amount of time your Yokai Weapon remains in an Awakened State by 10%. |
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Dark Vitality I | Passive | Increases the amount of health you recover by 10% while in the Dark Realm. | 1 | |
The Dragon's Echo I | Passive | Recovers 5% of the Anima spent to perform a Yokai Ability if its type matches the type of your Guardian Spirit. | 1 | |
Guardian Bond: Aether | Passive | Extends the duration a Scampuss will accompany you by 10%. | 1 | |
Sudama Friend I | Passive | Increases your chances of receiving a valuable item from a Sudama by 5%. | 1 |
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Curative Cores I | Passive | Restores 40% of your health when you obtain a Soul Core. | 1 |
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Arcana of the dead | Custom Active Skills | Increases the damage and Ki damage dealt by certain Active Skills by 5%. In exchange, any elemental effects of these skills will be lost. | 1 |
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Arcana of Serpents | Custom Active Skills | Imbues certain Active Skills with the Poison element. Ki Consumption Rate 1.20 |
1 |
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Earth Vein I | Passive | Increases your maximum Anima by 0.5. | 1 |
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Arcana of Vermin | Custom Active Skills | Imbues certain Active Skills with the Paralysis element. Ki Consumption Rate 1.20 |
1 |
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Arcana of Fire | Custom Active Skills | Imbues certain Active Skills with the Fire element. Ki Consumption Rate 1.40 |
1 |
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Guardian Bond: Aether | Passive | Imbues the shockwave that is produced when activating Yokai Shift with an element determined by your Guardian Spirit. | 1 | |
Demonic Discipline I | Passive | Extends the duration of Yokai Shift by 7%. | 1 | |
Silver Lining I | Passive | Increases your Luck by 5 while in the Dark Realm. | 1 |
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Guardian Bond: Light I | Passive | Increases damage dealt by Guardian Spirit Skills by 5%. | 1 | |
Demonic Tenacity I | Passive | Reduces the depletion of the Yokai Shift Gauge by 10% when taking damage in yokai form. | 1 | |
Demonic Defense I | Passive | Reduces the depletion of the Yokai Shift Gauge by 20% when guarding in yokai form. | 1 |
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Demonic Dexterity I | Passive | Reduces the depletion of the Yokai Shift Gauge by 10% when dodging in yokai form. | 1 | |
Dark Discipline I | Passive | Extends the duration of Yokai Shift by 14% while in the Dark Realm. | 1 | |
Guardian Bond: Shadow I | Passive | Reduces the depletion of the Yokai Shift Gauge by 5% when using a Guardian Spirit Skill in yokai form. | 1 | |
Soul Atrophy I | Passive | Yokai Abilities reduce an enemy's maxinun Ki by 3% more than norm. | 1 |
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Quelling Requiem I | Passive | Increases the drop rate of Soul Cores by 3%. | 1 |
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Demonic Acumen I | Passive | Increases the drop rate of items by 5% while you are in Yokai Shift. | 1 |
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Demonic Ascension I | Passive | Increases the amount of Amrita earned by 5% while you are in Yokai Shift. | 1 | |
Dark Ascension I | Passive | Increases the amount of Amrita earned by 3% while in the Dark Realm. | 1 |
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The Dark Within I | Passive | Reduces the penalty to your Ki recovery speed while in the Dark Realm by 15%. | 1 | |
Dark Acumen I | Passive | Increases the drop rate of items by 2% while in the Dark Realm. | 1 | |
Fiendish Maw I | Passive | Restores 20% of your health when you successfully grapple an enemy while in Yokai Shift. | 1 | |
The Yokai Within I | Passive | Reduces the penalty to your Ki recovery speed while in the Yokai Realm by 15%. | 1 | |
Special Finesse: Refresh I | Passive | Restores 40% of your Ki when you successfully perform a Burst Counter. | 1 |
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Special Finesse: Recuperate I | Passive | Restores 20% of your health when you successfully perform a Burst Counter if your health is dangerously low. | 1 |
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Special Finesse: Focus | Passive | Increases the damage dealt by your next Yokai Ability when you successfully perform a Burst Courtier. | 1 |
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Special Finesse: Invigorate | Passive | Increases your Ki recovery speed when you successfuly perform a Burst Counter. | 1 | |
Devour Yokai Realm I | Passive | Increases your Anima by 1.2 when you purify the Yokai Realm with a perfectly timed Ki Pulse, recovering the maximum amount of ki possible. | 1 |
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Absorb Yokai Realm I | Passive | Allows you to use a Yokai Ability while in the Yokai Realm to purify it, increasing your Anima by 0.7. | 1 | |
Feline Friend I | Passive | Extends the duration a Scampuss will accompany you by 10%. | 1 |
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Arcana of Water | Custom Active Skills | Imbues certain Active Skits with the Water element. | 1 |
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Arcana of Lightning | Custom Active Skills | Imbues certain Active Skills with the lightning element. Ki Consumption Rate 1.40 | 1 |
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Arcana of Power | Custom Active Skills | Imbues certain Active Skills with the Corruption element. Ki Consumption Rate 1.40 |
1 |
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Leechkin I | Passive | Restores your health by 3% when you damage an enemy with a Yokai Ability. | 1 |
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Raging Strike | Custom Active Skills | Increases the damage dealt by certain Active Skills by 20%. In exchange, you will take damage when using them. Ki Consumption Rate 1.10 |
1 |
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Ravenous Strike | Custom Active Skills | Restores your health by 1% of the damage dealt with certain Active Skills. Ki Consumption Rate 1.30 |
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Desperate Strike | Custom Active Skills | Restores your health by 30% of the damage dealt with certain Active Skills if your health is dangerously low. Ki Consumption Rate 1.30 |
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Refulgent Strike | Custom Active Skills | Increases the amount of Anrita earned when defeating an enemy with certain Active Skills by 100%. Ki Consumption Rate 1.10 | 1 |
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Mercenary Strike | Custom Active Skills | Increases the drop rate of items by 10% when defeating an enemy with certain Active. Ki Consumption Rate 1.30 | 1 |
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Murderous Strike | Custom Active Skills | Restores 5% of your maximum health when defeating an enemy with certain Active Skills. Ki Consumption Rate 1.20 |
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Imperious Strike | Custom Active Skills | Increases the amount of Anima gained by 50% when you hit an opponent with certain Active Skills. Ki Consumption Rate 1.40 |
1 |
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- Anonymous
Is the top skill tree exclusive to the brute? The bottom to feral? And left to the phantom? I'm asking because I'm unsure if I should drop points in any tree other than the yokai form I'm using? I noticed passive abilities but will those only be active if I'm using that form?
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