Flux
Flux increases Ki recovered when changing to another stance on a successful Ki Pulse, linking stance switching to Ki recovery.
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Nioh
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Flux II
Flux II increases Ki recovery when the player switches stances during Flux, extending the described stance-switch recovery effect.
Understand this choiceIai Quickdraw
Iai Quickdraw gathers power with the sword sheathed, then performs a quick-draw and rapid strike using a held-button command.
Understand this choiceIai Quickdraw: II
Iai Quickdraw: II allows the user to accumulate much more power for the Iai Quickdraw sequence and is listed at Adept rank.
Understand this choiceIai Quickdraw: III
Iai Quickdraw: III immediately puts the user in Iai stance when Ki Pulse succeeds, following the listed Iai Quickdraw progression.
Understand this choiceIndomitable Spirit: 1
Indomitable Spirit: 1 increases Ki recovery speed by 20% when health drops to 30% or lower, making its stated effect health-conditioned.
Understand this choiceIndomitable Spirit: 2
Indomitable Spirit: 2 lists a 10% Ki recovery speed increase under the same 30%-or-lower health condition as the first rank.
Understand this choiceIndomitable Spirit: 3
Indomitable Spirit: 3 is the Veteran follow-up to rank 2 and lists a 10% Ki recovery speed increase at low health.
Understand this choiceKi Pulse: Heaven
Ki Pulse: Heaven raises the damage caused by the next attack after a full-Ki recovery from Ki Pulse in High Stance.
Understand this choiceLiving Water: Heaven
Living Water: Heaven enables Ki Pulse to trigger through dodging in High Stance and requires Ki Pulse: Heaven.
Understand this choiceLiving Water: Man
Living Water: Man enables Ki Pulses while dodging in Mid Stance, extending the Mid-stance Ki Pulse: Man skill.
Understand this choiceReferences & guide scope
A bounded reference to eleven named sword skills, their stated effects and conditions, and listed commands, prerequisites, ranks, and Samurai Skill Point costs in the supplied Nioh skills passage. Comparative effectiveness and later balance are not assessed.
- Only the supplied passages were used. The usable skills page was last edited in November 2017 and supports this bounded skill reference, not a later balance assessment.
- The supplied Nioh 3 blacksmith article was excluded from Complete Edition mechanics.
- No supplied edition-matched passage substantiates armor, equipment rarity, forging, or named gear choices.
- The skills passage does not explain whether Indomitable Spirit rank effects stack or quantify several described effects.
Explanations prepared with GPT-6 Luna and checked against the linked references. These are source-reviewed guides. They do not establish independently tested optimal builds or exact upgrade budgets. How coverage works.