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Light and heavy combos
Eve’s primary weapon is her trusty sword, Blood Edge, and it’s used in several basic attacks. Light attacks can be deployed using the Square button; heavy attacks using the Triangle button. While each has its own combo that can be unleashed by repeatedly pressing the button, more elaborate attack sequences can be executed using combinations of the two.
You’ll have eight of these primary combos at the outset, grouped into two sets: ‘Incursion’ and ‘Onslaught’. Each of these has slightly different timings and lengths, some include defensive measures – like mid-combo back steps – while others include more aggressive distance-covering dashes that allow you to bear down on a foe even as it tries to flee.
Experiment with each of these to get a feeling for the timings and the uses.
Surprise attacks
Early in the game, you’ll have the opportunity to unlock special attacks that can deliver brutal ‘execution’ blows to unaware adversaries. This can be done by quietly approaching them from behind or diving onto them from above and pressing Triangle to initiate the attack.
These can be a great way to get an opening advantage against a group of adversaries, particularly if you target the most dangerous enemy in the group, or to dispatch an enemy silently without drawing the attention of other enemies.
ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
Truly excelling in combat means mixing basic offense and defense with additional attacks and abilities that fully exploit enemy weaknesses.
Retribution
Executing Perfect Blocks on enemy attacks knocks the enemy off-balance, repeatedly deflecting their attacks back at them forces them into a staggered state. When this occurs hold the triangle button to activate a ‘Retribution’ attack.
These devastating attacks deal huge damage and often kill an enemy outright. For tougher enemies, especially those with shields, using their offensive force against them will keep you from harm (as Perfect Blocks nullify all incoming damage) and open them up for brutal retribution attacks.
Blink
Some enemies can deploy dangerous Fatal Attacks – including large area-of-effect or grabbing attacks. These attacks cannot be blocked: if you want to avoid damage or even death, you’ll need to dodge away, or deploy a ‘Blink’.
A Blink is a special type of teleport dodge that can only be deployed against Fatal Attacks and can be triggered by leaning the left thumbstick toward the enemy and pressing the circle button just as the fatal attack is about to unleash.
This special ability teleports you directly behind the foe, avoiding incoming damage and allowing you to follow up with a brutal counter-offensive.
Beta Skills
Alongside your regular melee attacks, you also have a range of special attacks known as ‘Beta Skills’. These attacks draw on a limited supply of Beta energy that you’ll build up during combat and are unleashed by holding L1 and pressing any corresponding face button (Square, Circle, Cross, and Triangle).
These abilities require differing amounts of Beta energy to perform but have some unique applications, such as unblockable thrusting strikes or wide slashes perfect for crowd control. You’ll unlock more of these abilities and upgrade existing ones as you progress through the game. Pick those that best suit your play style and use them alongside regular combos, blocks and parries to devastate your enemies.
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