Thanks! Yeah things have definitely slowed down with Horizon, but I still have lots of videos I want to make to build out my library of content and I figure it will all be relevant again when the PC port comes out (hopefully soon!)
@@ArktixOfficialyeah I'm hoping that the PC port will revive this game, hopefully it doesn't get overshadowed by some huge game coming out a day after the release this time around.
@@kjellbeats Definitely! Yeah I think PC launch will be pretty big as long as it doesn't get crowded out. If Elden Ring DLC launches around the same time I swear...lol
Low health builds are the definition of the whole “Call an ambulance! But not for me.” Just blowing yourself up, and running in on the brink of death, but still not dying. It’s an adrenaline rush that’s for sure! On the note of Overshield increasing max health, there’s actually another way to increase your Max HP as well, giving you a nice extra bit of protection. That is, Local Stew! With 20% more max HP, your low health threshold is also higher!
I generally hate and avoid "glass cannon" builds on all games. But you actually have me contemplating it. You are probably the only gamer who could pitch this to me.
It’s not a glass cannon build at all. You only gotta watch out for plasma (since the Vanquisher is weak against it) and adhesive of all things. Plowhorns drop me more than Thunderjaws with a low health build lol.
Just finished my low health UH NG+ run a few days ago, which i only started because of your last video. It was by far the easiest UH run I've done. Funnily enough, the only real time I had any trouble was against the Corruptors when you had to go into Thebes in the end game, because you're forced to wear a different outfit so you don't get the low health bonuses from the Tenakth Vanquisher armor set. This play style is definitely super fun.
Awesome! Glad you gave it a try. Yeah the Corruptors can be tough for that reason, you're forced to change your outfit and it's even to forget that's even happened. Glad you enjoyed playing around with low health!
I love how your still doing this game because there aren't that many creators who do this game and i love watching tips and tricks and lore on this game because this is i think the best game serious ever
Arktix! I would always avoid low health builds as I didn't understand them very well. Your top quality video has truly given me some confidence in them. I will give it a try now. I'd definitely love to see a video on dodging machine attacks. Maybe not all of them, the heavy hitters perhaps. Awesome video though!!
Thanks again for the amazing videos! I started this low health style for the first time after your last video (and with Paris' excellent document regarding), and the game is fresh all over again for me. I'm really amazed at how this game can be played in so many different ways, with so many strategies, with each machine being unique. Sometimes I hate to think of how many hours I've played since it came out, and the game just doesn't get stale.
Awesome! Glad you gave it a try and enjoyed it! Yeah there really are a bunch of different ways to play and it's great! If you hate to think how many hours you've put in, just imagine how many I've put in and you'll feel better 😂
WOOHOO!! The wait was worth it! Getting back up to speed with uploads, aaand higher production value. You're on a roll! Are you glad that you finally got this video off of your 'to make' list? Looking forward to the next video :)
I have an outfit for low health when I run out of berries and potions. It's like my back-up but watching this makes me want to mess with it more. Love your videos. Thumbs up as always.
This is great! Thank you for this, I’ve seen a lot of videos where people had taken advantage of the low health benefits but this explains it perfectly. I’ve been wanting to give it a try but the old-school gamer mentality of max health at all times always remains in the forefront. Lol! Great content, keep it coming!
I just got the game recently and finished the main story with the help of these videos. This channel is phenomenal! Starting burning shores in the next couple days!
Awesome content as usual😊 I would also be interested in a video where you show interesting ways to replay the game! I mean by that like challenges, meele only play through or something else, just some twist on the base game.
No Rope, No Frost, No Sharpshot Bow, No Thoughend/Ranged Master is a good start. So is Melee Focus, which can also vary (usage of the Critical Strike and Co, Resonator yes or now). Stealth run, where you try to keep stealthly and stealth buff active most of the time. Using weapon you don´t normal use or use on that machine also spices things up and changes some views, like how valuable Reload can be on a Boltblaster if you use the Boltblaster as a general weapon. Limit gear runs are a mixed thing, Purple is no problem, Blue/green lacks options and may also vary if it also goes for coils/weaves/ammo/potions etc. The Trick is to find a limiting factor, it´s fun to work with, and not just "making it harder".
Glad I chose the right path! I mostly play on low health because of the increase to offense and defense and it's nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks the same (However, I prefer using 2 Cleanse Potions to balance other potions like the Overdraw and Stamina potions). Thanks for the guide too! ❤️❤️❤️ Also, I play with Mixed Gear or Infiltrator play style because of how it's useful to heal with Silent Strikes with Smoke Bombs (As long as you have enough resources).
At 25% HP with the 70% DR, your effective HP is actually at 83.33% HP, and you have a free regen too! It does look very safe compared to the bonus damage you get. Especially if it allows you to oneshot some of the threats that you couldnt otherwise.
I love the low health build! I decided to change my playstyle in my next NG+ And it was amazing,I Don't have low health stamina since I have a ps4:( buttttt I am getting a ps5 early next year like maybe January-March so I am very excited to get it😅
While i love LHStamina, it´s only 25% of the current value, so at level 4 you get 5 stamina per second, now you get 6,25 instead. Meaningful but not critical.
@@ArktixOfficialyeah not gonna lie I had no idea the low health regen perc even existed so everytime I got too low I’d just heal asap, now I know I can just wait it out!
Just started this game after loving part 1. What a game and your content goes together so well. ❤️ This low health build is pretty smart and looks really fun.
I don't know if you or any other will agree with me here, but I really think that Guerrilla should release a patch that allows us to choose between having our smoke bombs being capable to heal us or not on the fly, I mean without having to reset the skills to get back to the OG smoke bomb. Just something simple as allowing us to craft "Smoke Bombs" and Healing Smoke Bombs" would do the trick...
Definitely. That’s actually how I thought it was going to work when I first saw the skill. I figured it would unlock creating a new type of smoke bomb. I agree that would be better. Or, allow us to disable 1 skill at a time…
Hey arktixs I have just discovered a new overpowerd combo in HFW it requires 3 large stamina potions, braced shot and the radial blast valour surge (max level) you start of by using braces shot as many times as possible on the machine by using your stamina potions then get up close and use radial blast this will knock over most machines making an opening for a tie down, an escape , ammo crafting , trap setting etc it is extremely overpowered and I used it to beat a tremor risk in under 1 minute on UH
This video singlehandedly convinced me to make basically a 2nd loadout w/ the Tenakth Vanquisher outfit for boss fights to keep alongside my Quen Deadeye overworld stealth build
Also noticed that the Valor values were wrong. But I thought that maybe it was something that I was doing wrong, and I also am more concerned about stamina than valor so I never really was fully concerned about it, but I guess it really is bugged. Yeah, low-health playstyle is the strongest. Because your offensive power gets so dramatically increased, and when you are at a skill ceiling where dodging attacks is a piece of cake for you, your offense becomes your defence because you take out enemies faster, it's pretty much the same for every game of this kind, God of War is the same as well. Only potions I need alongside the build, are stamina and ranged attack boosters. Damn, I still remember when it tooks 5-10 minutes to take down a Fireclaw or a Slaughterspine with basic equipment and low knowledge about valors and builds, and now killing even the Apex versions can take less than 10 seconds. 200 hours in a game can really make a difference. :)
If only they would allow us to disable the annoying red glow on the screen through accessibility options. This visually ruins the game - and for a game that looks this good it's really hard to stomach. Been trying to ask Guerilla to add an option to disable this for months...and months...and months. Seeing Aloy's low health animations constantly are also very bothersome...just hunched over and in pain all the time. Kind of just takes you out of the immersion of the game, at least it does for me.
Thanks for the video! I watched your Machine Master tutorial a while ago and have been using that build regularly, I'll certainly give this one a try now, looking forward to the next one.
I love these videos! Thanks for all the tips and tricks and information for Horizon and other games. They’ve help a lot while playing Horizon Forbidden West.
Hello sir! I just want to say thank you 🙏🏾. I LOVE zero dawn, and I’m loving Forbidden West even more as I’m currently playing it. Your love for this franchise makes Aloy more exciting to follow because I can enjoy it with someone else. I’m definitely subscribing, and look forward to more content from you on Horizon. I’m almost done with the main story (it’s taking awhile because I have ADHD so I’m all over the place with my active quests) and I’m hoping to start burning shore this Sunday. I’m a big fan of the lore, so I might be reaching out about questions or thoughts about the story itself. Salute!
It is also pretty nice not having to think about juggling berries for healing during a fight (or replenishing them afterwards), your health just tops up automatically which for me makes things more focused, less things to divert your eye. So i even use LH when im using non-impact damage weapons that dont benefit from the LHR boost since im so accoustumed to the auto-heal. I came in to the LH playstyle relatively late, i just underestimated how much protection the maxed Low-health Defense skill provides at 25% HP. If i knew earlier that it was like playing with an effective health of around 580 HP for its 80% damage boost, with auto-heal maintaining HP to that 25% limit, i would have switched earlier. Even on UH there are only a few attacks that oneshot you at 25% HP with max LHD (assuming elemental resistance), and a good portion of those would have one-shot you at 700 HP anyway. I do wish reloading/loading a save wouldnt reset health to save me some self-harm. My favorite methods to self-harm to get below 25% HP is either the Wings of the ten with close-range coils, shoot a basic bomb at your feet once does the trick. Or a regular explosive spike from the Defiance with full 15% damage coils. Two explosive spikes from the Splinthorn spikethrower (15% damage coils) is good too, bit more wasteful but i always have it in my weapon wheel for knockdowns, unlike the blastsling or Defiance which i often would have to switch to.
Don't forget to add in an overdraw potion for a nice boost! I stopped playing low health for a while because of the challenge to stay low, like how silent strike suddenly starts healing you even though the vanquisher has no silent strike heal skill. Plus flowers and other random times when I find myself mostly healed and I don't know why. I always come back to it when I feel like doing some serious ass kicking!
You probably selected SSH from the Infiltrator tree. Still heals you somewhat regardless of what you wear. Also goes off when you open metal flowers, doesn’t make any sense imo.
Thanks Tim, you're right, it is on. That explains the ssh issue. I have all turned on except for the ropecaster expert, I don't like that one for the exact reasons why Artix doesn't like it. @@tim.noonan
@@drummer9mm Yes, you can reset the skill tree and disable Silent Strike Heal, but I'd also recommend disabling Smoke Bomb Heal on the trapper tree for the same reason. I use smoke bombs a lot, and this skill will also ruin the low health strategy.
I just tried this build and it is better than the shield weaver outfit that we got from zero dawn. I’m using the war bow and it is giving me 500+ damage per regular shot. It is overpowered.
I've gotten pretty good at reading what a machine is about to do and being able to dodge the attack except for the dang rock breaker. It seems like every time I think that thing's going to go left when it's charging at me it goes right and every time I think it's going to go right it goes left so I always end up getting hit by some of it's hardest attacks.
This certainly was a good incentive to try it! I just started a new NG+ playground so I'll make sure to give it a go. This may even push me to try harder difficulties (although the lack of rewards from these, like there was in ZD, isn't motivating)
I'm starting to feel really bad that Aloy's limping around, grimacing, and all her chatter now is about how she needs to lie low for a while to heal up 😢
I have always been a fan of low health builds in games... AC Valhalla, Fallout 4... but it seems like they never make it easy to set the desired low health threshold.
I would imagine that that extra 1hp given by low health regeneration could be to nerf this sort of build, by putting your health slightly above the threshold for things like low health valour, but still keeping it viable by putting the major thresholds above 25%
@@ArktixOfficial true. It could be just so it isn’t too broken, while still being a viable build, as low health valour could be very powerful in some situations, but this way it only triggers when you are not intentionally that low. It could just be a bug though like you said
Would a low health build with the nora thunder warrior be better than with the tenakth vanquisher because you would benefit more from the perks on the nora thunder warrior
For anyone else wanting this, you can go to settings, Graphics then turn off Vignette to disable the red in the screen corners when at low health. Useful when you are playing a low health build.
This seems really good for Ultra Hard where most things kinda 1 shot you anyway. EDIT: I guess you can't remove the low health indicator that is on the edge of the screen. Enough reason for me to not play it as it would keep bugging me.
I only have 700hp at lvl 71. And damage reduce is 25% and below but Aloy always health above 25% automatically. So this ability cant proc for me. What am I doing wrong? Or is this only for burning shores?
Do you know of a way to turn off all the low health warnings like the red corners and your controller pulsing? Love the play style, just hate the warnings
I have a question i know you are probably not gonna answer but isn't Second chance +2 rly good? i've only read the text and have not tried it out yet but it seems pretty op
@@Sparhawkew Not sure the exact chance, but a few of us have tested it out and it doesn't trigger very often. Not worth using in my opinion, but you could try it out if you want.
Too be honest im a little scared it might make things a little bit too easy because of the MASSIVE dmg output? Maybe I should only use it on a ng+ uh run and not in my normal playthrough lol
Are you asking if you can use the low health build early in the game? If so, it would be challenging. You at least need enough skill points to unlock the low health ranged and defense passive skills, which will take you a fair amount of skill points.
@@ArktixOfficial yes, I was wondering if there was an ideal path to work up to the end game low health build from a new game. Like best armor along the way to the end game armor/coils etc.
@@ArktixOfficial ok so ive been playing it for a week and at first i must say it was hard not to heal. Sometimes i unconsciously heal which lead to my death. you need that 70% to survive Also if you want to play this build ill implore you to learn how to dodge properly those extra frames will save you and help pass the time to naturally heal. You don't really need healing potions the cleansing potions are key i now have a better grasp how this build works. personally i compare it as a software game: a beautiful dance of dodging and attacking. ill be experimenting with this build i bit more see if the heal bomb skill can be implemented and which other gear setup works
Seems interesting .... but I love the hunter playstyle too much. Stamina + concentration + valor leaves very little room for all the low health perks needed.
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any way to disable screen effects (red) on low health?
@@caralosmendezgomez9048 Severity can be set in the menu's.
This was a really, really good video. Complete and clever content, well explained, nicely paced, 10/10.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Nice to see that you are continuing to make great content for this game even though it has lost it's momentum by now. Great work 👍
Thanks! Yeah things have definitely slowed down with Horizon, but I still have lots of videos I want to make to build out my library of content and I figure it will all be relevant again when the PC port comes out (hopefully soon!)
@@ArktixOfficialyeah I'm hoping that the PC port will revive this game, hopefully it doesn't get overshadowed by some huge game coming out a day after the release this time around.
@@kjellbeats Definitely! Yeah I think PC launch will be pretty big as long as it doesn't get crowded out. If Elden Ring DLC launches around the same time I swear...lol
@@ArktixOfficial Just bought it on steam and I've been watching most of your guides, thanks a lot!
@@ArktixOfficial and here it is i love the game , and thanks for your videos
Low health builds are the definition of the whole
“Call an ambulance!
But not for me.”
Just blowing yourself up, and running in on the brink of death, but still not dying. It’s an adrenaline rush that’s for sure!
On the note of Overshield increasing max health, there’s actually another way to increase your Max HP as well, giving you a nice extra bit of protection. That is, Local Stew! With 20% more max HP, your low health threshold is also higher!
lol 😂 And yes good point! Plusle always here to remind us about food benefits 😁👍🏼
@@ArktixOfficial Gotta love all the foods XD
Almost feels like I gotta mention food at this point lol!
I generally hate and avoid "glass cannon" builds on all games. But you actually have me contemplating it. You are probably the only gamer who could pitch this to me.
It’s not a glass cannon build at all. You only gotta watch out for plasma (since the Vanquisher is weak against it) and adhesive of all things. Plowhorns drop me more than Thunderjaws with a low health build lol.
Cool! Yeah give it a try sometime Furious 😁
Just finished my low health UH NG+ run a few days ago, which i only started because of your last video. It was by far the easiest UH run I've done. Funnily enough, the only real time I had any trouble was against the Corruptors when you had to go into Thebes in the end game, because you're forced to wear a different outfit so you don't get the low health bonuses from the Tenakth Vanquisher armor set. This play style is definitely super fun.
Awesome! Glad you gave it a try. Yeah the Corruptors can be tough for that reason, you're forced to change your outfit and it's even to forget that's even happened. Glad you enjoyed playing around with low health!
If you have a couple of elite LHR weaves or one of each +2LHR & +2LHD weaves, you can throw them into Sobek's raiment for Thebes.
I love how your still doing this game because there aren't that many creators who do this game and i love watching tips and tricks and lore on this game because this is i think the best game serious ever
Thanks! Glad you enjoy watching my Horizon vids still. I agree it's the best game 😁
Another great video, love that you’re still putting out content for this great game. Hope the community continues to support you
Hey thanks! Glad you're enjoying it 😁
Just finished HZD and HFW back to back and i gotta say these games are special❤️
Awesome! They really are 😁 Glad you enjoyed them!
Arktix! I would always avoid low health builds as I didn't understand them very well. Your top quality video has truly given me some confidence in them. I will give it a try now. I'd definitely love to see a video on dodging machine attacks. Maybe not all of them, the heavy hitters perhaps. Awesome video though!!
Hey thanks! Glad to hear you were able to pick up some tips from this 😁
Thanks again for the amazing videos! I started this low health style for the first time after your last video (and with Paris' excellent document regarding), and the game is fresh all over again for me. I'm really amazed at how this game can be played in so many different ways, with so many strategies, with each machine being unique. Sometimes I hate to think of how many hours I've played since it came out, and the game just doesn't get stale.
Awesome! Glad you gave it a try and enjoyed it! Yeah there really are a bunch of different ways to play and it's great! If you hate to think how many hours you've put in, just imagine how many I've put in and you'll feel better 😂
WOOHOO!! The wait was worth it!
Getting back up to speed with uploads, aaand higher production value. You're on a roll!
Are you glad that you finally got this video off of your 'to make' list?
Looking forward to the next video :)
Thanks Phos! Glad you liked it 😁 Definitely feels good to get this one off the list!
I have an outfit for low health when I run out of berries and potions. It's like my back-up but watching this makes me want to mess with it more. Love your videos. Thumbs up as always.
Thanks! Yeah give it try sometime!
This is great! Thank you for this, I’ve seen a lot of videos where people had taken advantage of the low health benefits but this explains it perfectly. I’ve been wanting to give it a try but the old-school gamer mentality of max health at all times always remains in the forefront. Lol! Great content, keep it coming!
Hey thanks! Glad you found this helpful 😁
I just got the game recently and finished the main story with the help of these videos. This channel is phenomenal! Starting burning shores in the next couple days!
Awesome content as usual😊 I would also be interested in a video where you show interesting ways to replay the game! I mean by that like challenges, meele only play through or something else, just some twist on the base game.
No Rope, No Frost, No Sharpshot Bow, No Thoughend/Ranged Master is a good start.
So is Melee Focus, which can also vary (usage of the Critical Strike and Co, Resonator yes or now).
Stealth run, where you try to keep stealthly and stealth buff active most of the time.
Using weapon you don´t normal use or use on that machine also spices things up and changes some views, like how valuable Reload can be on a Boltblaster if you use the Boltblaster as a general weapon.
Limit gear runs are a mixed thing, Purple is no problem, Blue/green lacks options and may also vary if it also goes for coils/weaves/ammo/potions etc.
The Trick is to find a limiting factor, it´s fun to work with, and not just "making it harder".
Thanks! Yeah that might be an interesting video. Paris listed some good ideas here. Shredder only is another fun one.
Thanks! I'm going to try this for my UH NG+ play through.
Awesome! Have fun!
Glad I chose the right path! I mostly play on low health because of the increase to offense and defense and it's nice to know I'm not the only one who thinks the same (However, I prefer using 2 Cleanse Potions to balance other potions like the Overdraw and Stamina potions). Thanks for the guide too! ❤️❤️❤️
Also, I play with Mixed Gear or Infiltrator play style because of how it's useful to heal with Silent Strikes with Smoke Bombs (As long as you have enough resources).
Nice! Sounds like you have some good variety in those builds.
Love your content helped me go straight from easy diff to ultra hard cheers man ❤
Awesome! Glad to hear it's been helpful 😁
At 25% HP with the 70% DR, your effective HP is actually at 83.33% HP, and you have a free regen too!
It does look very safe compared to the bonus damage you get. Especially if it allows you to oneshot some of the threats that you couldnt otherwise.
I love the low health build! I decided to change my playstyle in my next NG+ And it was amazing,I Don't have low health stamina since I have a ps4:( buttttt I am getting a ps5 early next year like maybe January-March so I am very excited to get it😅
Nice! Glad you gave it a try! Enjoy your PS5 when you get it!
While i love LHStamina, it´s only 25% of the current value, so at level 4 you get 5 stamina per second, now you get 6,25 instead. Meaningful but not critical.
True. Good point.
been waiting for this one!!
Hope you enjoy and find it helpful!
@@ArktixOfficialyeah not gonna lie I had no idea the low health regen perc even existed so everytime I got too low I’d just heal asap, now I know I can just wait it out!
Yeah totally. That's the key, NOT healing lol
Just started this game after loving part 1. What a game and your content goes together so well. ❤️ This low health build is pretty smart and looks really fun.
I don't know if you or any other will agree with me here, but I really think that Guerrilla should release a patch that allows us to choose between having our smoke bombs being capable to heal us or not on the fly, I mean without having to reset the skills to get back to the OG smoke bomb. Just something simple as allowing us to craft "Smoke Bombs" and Healing Smoke Bombs" would do the trick...
Definitely. That’s actually how I thought it was going to work when I first saw the skill. I figured it would unlock creating a new type of smoke bomb. I agree that would be better. Or, allow us to disable 1 skill at a time…
I tryed it and god damn it was powerful thanks for the tip.
Nice! Glad you gave it a try 😁
Finally a guide for the best playstyle in the game!
Haha yup!
Second Chance is also a pretty nice safety net for when things go wrong, if you have an extra Weave slot for it.
Great stuff, as always! And good job simplifying the math.
Thanks @MrFancyPants! Appreciated all your input on this one 🙏🏼🤜🤛
Hey arktixs I have just discovered a new overpowerd combo in HFW it requires 3 large stamina potions, braced shot and the radial blast valour surge (max level) you start of by using braces shot as many times as possible on the machine by using your stamina potions then get up close and use radial blast this will knock over most machines making an opening for a tie down, an escape , ammo crafting , trap setting etc it is extremely overpowered and I used it to beat a tremor risk in under 1 minute on UH
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This video singlehandedly convinced me to make basically a 2nd loadout w/ the Tenakth Vanquisher outfit for boss fights to keep alongside my Quen Deadeye overworld stealth build
When i first start this game, it felt like crazy complicated. Thanks to you and your videos it made much more sense
That’s great to hear! Glad my videos have helped you out 😁 I hope you’re enjoying the game!
Also noticed that the Valor values were wrong. But I thought that maybe it was something that I was doing wrong, and I also am more concerned about stamina than valor so I never really was fully concerned about it, but I guess it really is bugged.
Yeah, low-health playstyle is the strongest. Because your offensive power gets so dramatically increased, and when you are at a skill ceiling where dodging attacks is a piece of cake for you, your offense becomes your defence because you take out enemies faster, it's pretty much the same for every game of this kind, God of War is the same as well.
Only potions I need alongside the build, are stamina and ranged attack boosters. Damn, I still remember when it tooks 5-10 minutes to take down a Fireclaw or a Slaughterspine with basic equipment and low knowledge about valors and builds, and now killing even the Apex versions can take less than 10 seconds. 200 hours in a game can really make a difference. :)
If only they would allow us to disable the annoying red glow on the screen through accessibility options. This visually ruins the game - and for a game that looks this good it's really hard to stomach. Been trying to ask Guerilla to add an option to disable this for months...and months...and months. Seeing Aloy's low health animations constantly are also very bothersome...just hunched over and in pain all the time. Kind of just takes you out of the immersion of the game, at least it does for me.
True yeah I'd like to disable that as well.
Great video ArkTix. It would be great to see a video about grapple strike.
Thanks! What exactly about grapple strike would you want to see?
@@ArktixOfficial what do you think are the best weaves and coils for it? Best weapon? Best strats?
Thanks for the video! I watched your Machine Master tutorial a while ago and have been using that build regularly, I'll certainly give this one a try now, looking forward to the next one.
Cool! Yeah give it a try. Hope you enjoy!
I love these videos! Thanks for all the tips and tricks and information for Horizon and other games. They’ve help a lot while playing Horizon Forbidden West.
Nice video! 🎉
Thanks!
Hello sir! I just want to say thank you 🙏🏾. I LOVE zero dawn, and I’m loving Forbidden West even more as I’m currently playing it. Your love for this franchise makes Aloy more exciting to follow because I can enjoy it with someone else. I’m definitely subscribing, and look forward to more content from you on Horizon. I’m almost done with the main story (it’s taking awhile because I have ADHD so I’m all over the place with my active quests) and I’m hoping to start burning shore this Sunday. I’m a big fan of the lore, so I might be reaching out about questions or thoughts about the story itself. Salute!
It is also pretty nice not having to think about juggling berries for healing during a fight (or replenishing them afterwards), your health just tops up automatically which for me makes things more focused, less things to divert your eye. So i even use LH when im using non-impact damage weapons that dont benefit from the LHR boost since im so accoustumed to the auto-heal.
I came in to the LH playstyle relatively late, i just underestimated how much protection the maxed Low-health Defense skill provides at 25% HP. If i knew earlier that it was like playing with an effective health of around 580 HP for its 80% damage boost, with auto-heal maintaining HP to that 25% limit, i would have switched earlier.
Even on UH there are only a few attacks that oneshot you at 25% HP with max LHD (assuming elemental resistance), and a good portion of those would have one-shot you at 700 HP anyway.
I do wish reloading/loading a save wouldnt reset health to save me some self-harm. My favorite methods to self-harm to get below 25% HP is either the Wings of the ten with close-range coils, shoot a basic bomb at your feet once does the trick. Or a regular explosive spike from the Defiance with full 15% damage coils. Two explosive spikes from the Splinthorn spikethrower (15% damage coils) is good too, bit more wasteful but i always have it in my weapon wheel for knockdowns, unlike the blastsling or Defiance which i often would have to switch to.
I've rarely done a low health play style build but after watching this, I just may have to do it more
Mounted Archer
Mounted Defense
Low Health Damage
Low Health Defense
The perfect combo where you won't die and at the same dish out insane damage
Don't forget to add in an overdraw potion for a nice boost! I stopped playing low health for a while because of the challenge to stay low, like how silent strike suddenly starts healing you even though the vanquisher has no silent strike heal skill. Plus flowers and other random times when I find myself mostly healed and I don't know why. I always come back to it when I feel like doing some serious ass kicking!
You probably selected SSH from the Infiltrator tree. Still heals you somewhat regardless of what you wear. Also goes off when you open metal flowers, doesn’t make any sense imo.
Thanks Tim, you're right, it is on. That explains the ssh issue. I have all turned on except for the ropecaster expert, I don't like that one for the exact reasons why Artix doesn't like it. @@tim.noonan
@@drummer9mm Yes, you can reset the skill tree and disable Silent Strike Heal, but I'd also recommend disabling Smoke Bomb Heal on the trapper tree for the same reason. I use smoke bombs a lot, and this skill will also ruin the low health strategy.
Thanks!
Hey thanks a lot Brian! 🙏🏼😁 Good to hear from you my friend. I hope you're doing well! I always really appreciate your kind words and support 🤜🤛
I always watch your videos when I wanna know something in HFW.keep it up.
That is a really useful video for me cause I basically suck at melee combat;)
Glad you found it helpful!
Slide dodging. reminds me of boost dodging in Vanquish. I love it!
I just tried this build and it is better than the shield weaver outfit that we got from zero dawn. I’m using the war bow and it is giving me 500+ damage per regular shot. It is overpowered.
Glad you gave it a try and like it! Yeah low health is really strong.
why is your skin so perfect bro, wyd to it 😭 skincare routine rnnn
I've gotten pretty good at reading what a machine is about to do and being able to dodge the attack except for the dang rock breaker. It seems like every time I think that thing's going to go left when it's charging at me it goes right and every time I think it's going to go right it goes left so I always end up getting hit by some of it's hardest attacks.
Try local stew with low health. It increases you maximum health by 20% which increases the low health thresholds by 20%.
Yes good point!
This certainly was a good incentive to try it! I just started a new NG+ playground so I'll make sure to give it a go. This may even push me to try harder difficulties (although the lack of rewards from these, like there was in ZD, isn't motivating)
Awesome! Yeah give it a try. I hope you enjoy your new playthrough 😁
This is a crazy play style gonna try this
Have fun!
Great job arktix
Thanks! 🙏🏼
Huge thanks on your efforts to help us through all off your videos 👏
Also is the new arena glitch is still working?
Thanks! I think I replied to your comment about the glitch on that video. Yes, it's still working.
Could you please perhaps provide like a chart or something with a detailed breakdown of gear and weaves and such for easy replication?
This build is 🔥🔥🔥. NG+ UH is a cake walk.
I'm starting to feel really bad that Aloy's limping around, grimacing, and all her chatter now is about how she needs to lie low for a while to heal up 😢
I wish I watched this before I faced Landra. I almost gave up BSh after dying like.. I lost count
Will definitely put defy death as my vs, thanks!
Yeah give it a try!
Are you playing armored core 6? Seems like you could do really well on that new game
I have always been a fan of low health builds in games... AC Valhalla, Fallout 4... but it seems like they never make it easy to set the desired low health threshold.
My playstyle IRL is like this lol
Ouch! 😂
I would imagine that that extra 1hp given by low health regeneration could be to nerf this sort of build, by putting your health slightly above the threshold for things like low health valour, but still keeping it viable by putting the major thresholds above 25%
Yeah possibly. It seems odd that LH valor is the only one that doesn't trigger at 176/201 though. Everything else works at the critical health level.
@@ArktixOfficial true. It could be just so it isn’t too broken, while still being a viable build, as low health valour could be very powerful in some situations, but this way it only triggers when you are not intentionally that low. It could just be a bug though like you said
Hey bro any idea why my bow isn’t doing no where near as much damage? Running the exact same build as you with the lament and same armor and coils
Do you know if the Valor Surge is patched? Or if it is broken on PC?
Would a low health build with the nora thunder warrior be better than with the tenakth vanquisher because you would benefit more from the perks on the nora thunder warrior
how to disable the low health red alert?
I've always liked the one that heals u more and I can go all or the shield are top 2
I'm gonna try a no heal playthrough where I don't use anything to heal
Love the build so far but hate the red screen corners. Is there a way to remove this or a mod to remove on pc?
For anyone else wanting this, you can go to settings, Graphics then turn off Vignette to disable the red in the screen corners when at low health. Useful when you are playing a low health build.
This seems really good for Ultra Hard where most things kinda 1 shot you anyway.
EDIT: I guess you can't remove the low health indicator that is on the edge of the screen. Enough reason for me to not play it as it would keep bugging me.
I only have 700hp at lvl 71. And damage reduce is 25% and below but Aloy always health above 25% automatically. So this ability cant proc for me. What am I doing wrong? Or is this only for burning shores?
I don't think 176 is a bug. 25% is critical, so logically, you'll still heal 1 more hp. 25.1% isn't critical anymore
Do you know of a way to turn off all the low health warnings like the red corners and your controller pulsing? Love the play style, just hate the warnings
Unfortunately, there’s no way to turn the red vignette off 😕
I have a question i know you are probably not gonna answer but isn't Second chance +2 rly good? i've only read the text and have not tried it out yet but it seems pretty op
Unfortunately, no it’s not very good. The problem is it’s not reliable. It won’t save you from death every time, just sometimes randomly.
@@ArktixOfficial Do you know what's the chance for that? bc i don't use weapon techniques that much so stamina regen is pretty unnescesarry
@@Sparhawkew Not sure the exact chance, but a few of us have tested it out and it doesn't trigger very often. Not worth using in my opinion, but you could try it out if you want.
@@ArktixOfficial thx i already got my hands on another weave
Too be honest im a little scared it might make things a little bit too easy because of the MASSIVE dmg output?
Maybe I should only use it on a ng+ uh run and not in my normal playthrough lol
How do i get 4 lvl skills? I only have access to lvl 2
You are a builder, and it would be nice if you build for Remnant 2.
Wow, didn't know low health reduce that much damage
Yeah it's really a huge damage nerf! Keeps you much safer than you'd think.
My anxiety is too high to do these low health builds unfortunately. Still enjoyed the video though
Haha thanks. It is a bit scary to get used to!
The power of masochism
How do you get the elite weapon technique weaves?
1 At the Burning Shores Outfit Vendor, and the 2nd one for the Arena Challenge with the Waterwings
Possible for you to optimize the low health build from new game to end game? Like the best way to improve
Are you asking if you can use the low health build early in the game? If so, it would be challenging. You at least need enough skill points to unlock the low health ranged and defense passive skills, which will take you a fair amount of skill points.
@@ArktixOfficial yes, I was wondering if there was an ideal path to work up to the end game low health build from a new game. Like best armor along the way to the end game armor/coils etc.
How do you get burning shores
Whats the name of this Low Health Amour and is it Only available in Ng plus?
As mentioned, it’s the Tenakth Vanquisher and you can get it from the speciality merchant at the Arena.
Hmmm. Ill try it out
Ill post my experience an a week
Would be interested to know what you think!
@@ArktixOfficial ok so ive been playing it for a week and at first i must say it was hard not to heal.
Sometimes i unconsciously heal which lead to my death. you need that 70% to survive
Also if you want to play this build ill implore you to learn how to dodge properly those extra frames will save you and help pass the time to naturally heal.
You don't really need healing potions the cleansing potions are key
i now have a better grasp how this build works. personally i compare it as a software game: a beautiful dance of dodging and attacking.
ill be experimenting with this build i bit more see if the heal bomb skill can be implemented and which other gear setup works
It's weird to take damage to boost damage.
Did they fix low health valor?
Nope not yet.
Is the vanquisher worth it still when both low health melee and valor won’t be used?
Totally. As I showed in the video, those are minor benefits in comparison to all the others.
Low Health Melee does work, fiully. LHValor only kicks in at 175/200 HP instead already with 176/201 , which is the bug.@@prathamperuri2297
Thats alot of DAMAGE
It is! 😁
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Will the best horizon creator like this comment?
Hmm, I wonder...😁
Seems interesting .... but I love the hunter playstyle too much. Stamina + concentration + valor leaves very little room for all the low health perks needed.
Yeah you do have to compromise on those somewhat.
Why is my low-health-ranged and low-how-defense only have two levels ❓❓❓🥲 how did you get the 4 level option ????
I explained this in the video. Was there something that wasn't clear?