Status Effects for Nioh 2 contains information regarding the various elemental effects and status ailments that may be inflicted against enemies or the player. Below are the more common effects that are not specific to a set bonus, and can be applied in multiple ways.
An important note is that when multiple status effects of the same type are applied at the same time, they all are active and count down concurrently, but only the most beneficial effect is the one that applies and is active. For example, both Purify Yokai Realm: Heaven and Increased Attack (Purification) are the same type of Increase Attack effect. When purifying a pool of yokai realm while in High Stance, you activate both effects at the same time, so you gain 50.0% more damage while Purify Yokai Realm: Heaven is active (around 10 seconds) and then gain 20.0% from Increased Attack (Purification) for the remaining time (15-7=8 seconds left on the latter effect).
On Way of the Demon, enemies will gain resistance to a negative status effect after it wears off. This is important to remember for Yokai bosses specifically, as when they enter the dark realm they lose all negative status effects, meaning it will be harder to re apply them again and they wear off sooner.
Several effects change the duration of status effects, such as Extended Status Enhancements, Path of the Demon and the Mystic Arts Amplification and Enlightenment for their respective jutsu. These effects all stack multiplicativly with each other, ie Path of the Demon (*1.3) +20% Extended Status Enhancements(*1.2) and Amplification(*1.5) would increase an Onmyo Magic effect by 2.34 times it's original duration.
Nioh 2 Status Effects
Scorched
The status effect that fills when you hit with fire damage. Produces a damage over time effect that reduces a smaller amount of health per tick at a rapid pace. Can be removed early by dodging.
Saturated
The status effect that fills when you hit with water damage. Increases damage taken from physical attacks by 20%
Electrified
The status effect that fills when you hit with lightning damage. Reduces attack and movement and item usage speed.
Purified
The status effect that fills when you hit with purity attacks. The afflicted loses Corruption, takes 50% increased Ki damage and cannot apply new positive status effects.
Corrupted
The status effect that fills when you hit with Corruption attacks. The afflicted loses Purity, and takes increased 35% Ki damage. The attacker will absorb the Ki lost through this effect. If a yokai is afflicted, their maximum potential Ki will also be decreased.
Berserk
A temporary buff that increases melee damage by 50% while doubling Ki usage across the board.
Poisoned
The status effect that fills when you hit with poison attacks. Produces a damage over time effect that reduces a larger amount of health per tick at a slower pace.
Paralysed
The status effect that fills when you hit with paralysis attacks. The afflicted becomes unable to move. The effect wears off automatically after they get hit once.
Reduced Attack
A melee damage multiplier that reduces physical damage from melee attacks.
Reduced Defense
An effect that increases the damage taken from physical attacks.
Ki Consumption Increase
The consumption of Ki is increased.
Stench
The effectiveness of the medicine is decreased by half, and using an item that you have to eat will stun you temporarily.
The Dark Realm
An effect of being in the Dark Realm. Your Ki recovery speed is decreased, but your Anima will build up quicker by 50%.
Over Encumbered
The maximum equipment weight is exceeded and your Ki consumption will consequently be increased considerably. Also prevents Ki pulsing.
Reduced Movement
Reduces movement and item usage speed.
Reduced Ki Recovery Speed
Ki recovery speed decreased. Also, Ki recovered from Ki Pulse is decreased.
Sludge
Unable to use items or change weapons.
Increased Fire Resistance
Prevents the Scorched effect from being accumulated. Fire damage is also reduced by 40%, additive with vs. Fire
Increased Water Resistance
Prevents the Saturated effect from being accumulated. Water damage is also reduced by 40%, additive with vs. Water
Increased Lightning Resistance
Prevents the Electrified effect from being accumulated. Lightning damage is also reduced by 40%, additive with vs. Lightning
Increased Poison Resistance
Prevents Poison from being accumulated.
Increased Paralysis Resistance
Prevents Paralysis from being accumulated.
Increase Attack
A temporary buff that increases melee damage.
Increase Defense
A temporary buff that reduces physical damage taken.
Auto-Life Recovery
Recovers a percentage of life every tick per second while the effect lasts.
Faster Ki Recovery
Ki recovery speed increased.
Drenched
Amount of fire damage taken is reduced, but damage taken from lightning is increased. Also removes Stench and Scorch.
Hot Spring
Life is gradually restored by the relaxing effect of the hot spring.
Camouflage
You are harder to detect when moving through grassy areas.
Faster Movement
Running and dashing speed increased.
Unflinching
Enemy attacks will not stagger you.
Confused
Applied automattically when the target has any two of Purity, Corruption, Scorched, Saturation or Electrified applied to them. Increases the damage received from attacks by 50%, and also slows the recovery of Ki for humans. For afflicted yokai, barring some exceptions, they will not be able to recover from being winded by creating a yokai realm pool or shifting to the dark realm.
Blinded
Projectiles and thrown items will go in a random direction rather than straight, and Blinded enemies will not track you when they do melee attacks.
Increased Luck
Increases the Probability of high rarity items being dropped.
Anonymous
- Anonymous
Something I've noticed is human enemies are the ones that buff themeselves, and corruption, despite Yokai being resistant to it, has a unique effect for Yokai. This means purity is more effective against humans, and corruption is more effective against Yokai, which is just ass backwards,
- Anonymous
What gives buff "self-Destruct: When your health reaches 0, your body explodes, dealing damage to the area around you" ?
- Anonymous
Es wird auf dieser Seite aber auch nicht gesagt wie man den Statuseffekt "Verwirrung bekommt. Oder verleiht.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
Discord status effect is missing, it's what's caused by stacking 2 different elements on an enemy
- Anonymous
These r the weak explanations that are in game already. Was kinda hopin a "wiki" page might have a few more details.
- Anonymous
You should list the effects for combined status, such as saturated+electric.
- Anonymous
Hold up: Chaos and Confusion do the exact same thing. Is there some difference that I'm not seeing?
- Anonymous
There is more! In the 2nd NG+ There are more enemy buffs.
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