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Enemy Type | Human |
Weakness | ?? |
Resistances | Water Purity |
Immune | ?? |
Special Drop | Soul Core Youngblood Gauntlets Tiger of Higo's Waistguard Youngblood Waistguard |
William is a Boss and Enemy in Nioh 2. William is a Human that attacks with a Sword and a Spear.
Enemy Description
William is an English sailor. Orphaned at an early age, he survived by hunting for Spirit Stones, assisted by his Guardian Spirit Saoirse who possesses the power to detect Amrita
Then one day, Saoirse was seized by an alchemist by the name of Edward Kelley. William pursued Kelley across the oceans, eventually finding himself in Japan.
After encountering Hattori Hanzo (Masanari) and Tokugawa Ieyasu, he managed to defeat Edward Kelley and was reunited with Saoirse. He then returned to England and defeated John Dee who had been the evil figure behind all that had unfolded.
Believing that he had done all he had to do, William was disheartened to realize that the wars ravaging Japan continued unabated. For the sake of his onetime comrades in arms, he decides to cross the oceans once again...
Returning to Japan, William heads to Oshu to come to the aid of Hattori Hanzo (Masanari) who he has lost contact with. He encounters a woman named Maria who has allied with Date Masamune in order to spark a new wave of civil war and use the ensuing chaos to obtain Spirit Stones. William foils her scheme and Maria heads to Osaka with a new plan in mind.
William travels to Osaka along with Masamune's forces who lay siege to Osaka Castle. However, Sanada Yukimura has build defenses that have rendered the castle extremely difficult to take. It finally falls after fierce fighting and Maria's plans once again end in failure.
The Tokugawa forces finally succeed in defeating all of those misusing Spirit Stones and restore peace to the land, but Maria has vanished once again and William continues to pursue her.
Hearing that Maria is in Byodo-In, William hurries to the temple. It is here that he encounters the protagonist whose eyes are glowing red and engages in combat.
Having regained their senses, the protagonist, together with Mumyo, heads into the innermost depths of Byodo-In where they discover Maria engaged in a ritual to revive Tokichiro.
The man with the staff prevents the protagonist from intervening as he takes possession of Tokichiro who then awakens. However, contrary to the embodiment of pure evil he had been at the time of his death, Tokichiro is now all smiles and comes to the protagonist's aid. William takes the chance to take the distracted Maria captive.
Now that the time of war has drawn to a close, William returns to where his young son and Hattori Hanzo (Masanari) await him.
William Locations & Drops
- Found in Main Mission
- Drop
- Soul Core
- Youngblood Gauntlets
- Tiger of Higo's Waistguard
- Youngblood Waistguard
- Smithing Text: Thunderous Fists
- Smithing Text: Juzumaru Tsunetsugu
- Smithing Text: Firefly Blade
- Smithing Text: Demon's Maw
- Smithing Text: Genno's Hammer
- Smithing Text: Earthfall Kusarigama
- Smithing Text: Vajra Tonfa
- Smithing Text: Echoing Thunder
- Smithing Text: Tempest Splitstaff
- Smithing Text: Onimaru Kunitsuna
- Smithing Text: Mikazuki Munechika
- Smithing Text: Zenki and Goki
- Smithing Text: Royal Horned Helm
- Smithing Text: Youngblood's Armor
- Smithing Text: Tosa Governor's Armor
- Smithing Text: Justice Ministry Armor
- Smithing Text: One-Eyed Dragon's Armor
- Smithing Text: Yoshiie's Birthright Armor
- Smithing Text: Arrowsbane Armor
How to Beat William
William Boss Guide:
William can deal a lot of damage and his attacks are quick, but his guard is weak and has a low Ki Pool.
You can make him chase you around the battlefield and attack him while he is not guarding. He will occasionally perform an attack from mid distance, dodge and then strike back.
Unlike other human bosses, William is very resistant to Purity; that it's nigh impossible to apply it to him via regular attacks. He is however, still susceptible to any other element.
When he uses Living Weapon, he gains very significant hyper-armor and increased damage. Depleting his Ki through attacks or him attacking is the most efficient way to make it wear off. Despite the hyper-armor, he's still susceptible to some abilities that cause humans to be vulnerable for a final blow (e.g. One-Legged Fury). This will, however, not remove his Living Weapon unless his Ki is depleted by the same attack/s.
Attacks & Counters
Attack | Counter |
Phase 1 | |
Burst Attack: He will perform a quick combo moving forward | You can burst counter this attack. |
Charged Attack: He will charge his weapon and then move forward while attacking. | Dodge left or right and then attack him. If you are close, you can attack him to interrupt the attack |
Summon Spirit: His guardian spirit will conjure a water pool below your character. | Run away from the pool to avoid the damage. |
Imbue Water: He will imbue his weapon with water damage. | Wait until the effect is over. |
Notes & Trivia
- He is the Protagonist of Nioh 1
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Received Heshikiri Hasebe smithing text from him. Maybe a low chance since I've been at this for a while still trying to get the Firefly Blade text.
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Basically, what I've gathered is that he drops a LOT of different blueprints
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I got Smithing Text: Onimaru Kunitsuna from William in The Blue Eyed Samurai
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Smithing Text: Justice Ministry Armor page doesn't say that William drops Smithing Text: Justice Ministry Armor.
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Low ki pool? I'm glad the game doesn't take your Nioh 1 save and make 'that' the William (boss). My big bill put the Iga to shame. Sloth, weakness, quick-change, Suppa, flowing shadow & swallow's wing backflip, with lightning dmg slow in combo makes a nightmare, not to mention a ki-busting kusa, kunai, and onmyo magic. I'm not even running a godly ng++++ build.
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dumb website, dont know the weakness of william. shame yourself to call this a wiki
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dumb site is this, you sont even know his weakness, this is a wiki, what a joke
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Did I see it right, or did he really have Shima Sakon's blue spear from Nioh 1?
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These are all the smithing texts he dropped for me: Heshikiri Hasebe Mikazuki Munechika Big Dipper Blade One Eyed Dragon armor ArrowsBane Vajra Tonfa Tosa's Governor's Armor Earthfall Kusarigama Yoshiie's Birthright armor Youngblood armor Demon's Maw Zenki and Goki Watatsumi's Watch
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Imagine if console would put all the stats and gear on this boss from your nioh 1 savefile character...
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hi I want to report that he drop the smithing text for the Firefly Blade , I just get it
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How cool would it have been if they let you port your William from the first game and scaled his weapon and armor appropriately to your level? Provided you gave him an armor set also in the second game.
And he would have had the hair and beard style you gave him.
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