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bobmagic
May 12, 2001

Sifu:
  • Don't button mash
  • Heavy attack isn't that much slower than light attack and can work fine as your main attack button
  • If you interact with the training dummy at your home base there are a series of trainings that go through the basics and are highly recommended. The same dummy also lets you do free training where you can practice against any enemy you've beaten including bosses.
  • You have two basic defensive moves - a dodge and a parry - and you'll want to get comfortable with both.
  • Parry is probably the "better" option since it helps build up the enemy's structure meter, but is more risk/reward and enemy grabs can only be dodged, not parried.
  • Despite how the animations look, there are only two different dodges. L1+left, back, or right all dodge enemy normal/high attacks while L1+up dodges sweeps.
  • Button inputs are relative to your character and also work in reverse (e.g., forward -> back -> heavy attack and back -> forward -> heavy attack will do the same move in opposite directions).
  • The throw (square + X) is very good and can be done when the enemy is stunned after taking lots of hits or a successful parry. You can throw enemies into each other to create space, throw them off ledges/over railings, or into walls.
  • Unlocking the same skill multiple times (either in the same run or in multiple runs) eventually makes it permanently unlocked from the start of a new run, so if you find a skill you really like consider focusing on it until it's permanently unlocked.
  • It's personal preference and if you play enough you'll unlock everything permanently, but I recommend unlocking the Environmental Mastery, Ground Counter, and Slide Kick skills early on.
  • You can replay previous missions and if you beat it at a lower age that age is used going into the next mission as well as the shrine choices you made.
But yeah like Brightman says, really it's all about practice and getting better. Your first few times through a level will be rough, but I promise you'll soon be able to blow through fights that seemed impossible if you stick with it.

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