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Combat Tips and Tricks

Reversed Hits

This is the damage done by a standard forward hammer combo.

Basic idea: the 2nd and 3rd hammer hits do (much) more damage backwards. Turn around during your combos to do more damage.

Terms:

  • Rev3: Reverse only the 3rd hit. Easier to do.
  • Double Rev: Reverse both the 2nd and 3rd hit. More difficult to do.

Rev3

Turn around before the 3rd hit, turn back after the 3rd hit.

Double Rev

Turn around before the 2nd hit, turn back after the 3rd hit. But it’s not that simple. There are some things that can go wrong.

Correct double revs:

Mistake 1: If you stand too close to your target, you will end up doing a Rev3 instead. (look at the amount of damage done in the gif below)

Mistake 2: If you press the 3rd hammer hit too quickly, your 2nd and 3rd hits will combine into one hit (and do less damage overall. see the gif below).

  • You need to wait until the 2nd hammer hit executes fully (i.e. does damage) before you press the hammer button the 3rd time.
  • The first two hammers should be pressed quickly, the 3rd hammer must be delayed.
  • Therefore, the input sequence is: Hammer, face back, Hammer, wait, Hammer, face forward, mash Hammer.

Walking Hammers

Avoid doing walking hammers. Walking hammers do slightly more damage, but cause bosses to fly backward, making it difficult to trap them in a combo.

Standing Hammer:

Walking Hammer:

Hammer Combo + Downdrill

After a hammer combo, it is generally better to jump+downdrill instead of doing an updrill. If you have more SP, you can also do an updrill after the downdrill.

Draining SP with Hammer Whiffs

SP regenerates more quickly after draining your SP completely. A good way to drain SP after a combo is to attack the air with the hammer. (hitting the boss would get you stuck on the boss’s shield frames)

Down/Up Drills through Shield Frames

Updrills and Downdrills can attack bosses through shield frames (when the boss is blinking). Don’t do standard hammer combos through shield frames.

Fire Orb

Upgraded Fire Orb does a ton of damage. A good way to drain SP for Fire Orb damage is to do 3 hit combo, updrill. Doing an updrill immediately after a combo drains a lot of SP at once.

Airdash Level 1

Airdash does a decent amount of damage in boss fights. This combo only works with airdash level 1 as higher-level airdashes send you across the arena.

Walldash Combo

This works with Airdash level 3 as well. You need to pin the boss against the wall before you can do this combo.

  • The updrill at the start is used to push chocolate to the wall.