Hey everyone, it's come to my attention that I've made a blunder in regards to the mutation Parry Master. I've been incorrectly stating that it widens parry windows, but it does not. It simply refunds a set amount of stamina on a perfect block. The good news is that frees you up for another mutation instead - prioritize those weapon specific mutations, if you haven't been doing so. My apologies for the mistake. I'll be sure to get this right in future content. Thanks for being awesome and bringing this to my attention ✌️
51:02 Just for the sake of correctness: The wolf spider does only 4 hits during its combo. The third "hit" is just a feint to the players left side dealing no damage. But still, thanks for this amazing video. It helps a lot!
Yes indeed, you are correct. Learned that from Parly5er's mythbusting vid actually. Fun how we all learn from each other ^-^ Thx for the comment and praise Simulation. Hope to see you around 🫶
I don't know your specific medical situation, but as a creator that has had to put video production on hold for health reasons, I have so much respect for the level of production quality you put out there.
Fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis. I like to talk about it, not hide it. It helps others and myself. I really appreciate the praise. Thank you for taking the time to write that. I'm sorry to hear about your health situation...I'm not sure if that's past or ongoing. But, I sincerely wish you the best with life and your content. I quickly looked at your stuff and you have some great videos!
One important thing about red ants: if you wear a full set of red ant armor, soldiers will ignore you unless you hit them or steal an egg, allowing unhindered access to the ant hill.
@@pooplooser6497 I just started playing about a week ago. If you have all 3 red and pieces, they will NOT attack you unless you attack first or steal an egg.
I've never realized how fast the black widows 5 hit combo is until I watched this. I've been so numbed by fighting over 100 wolf spiders that her attack seemed normal😳
I get what you mean. Fighting so many spider enemies ended up making perfect blocking their attacks feel like second nature, even if the widow is decidedly faster. It's like they say - familiarity brings comfort
An additional tip for underwater combat, you can animation cancel the swing reset of the dagger and spear by doing a quick block the moment you deal the damage. Immediately release the block and attack again. You can attack a DBS 3 times between their own attacks and still have time to PB. Another tip for Ladybugs because they are deceptively deadly, craft 5 spiked sprigs and throw them at the ladybug, this method will kill them in roughly 3 seconds and stun it after the 3rd throw.
Same goes for the shovel while clay farming: After you see and hear the shovel hit the clay, you just block quickly and then you can attack immediatley after. This makes the farming progress two to three times faster :)
PSA from a completely new player to Grounded. I crafted myself a few pebblet spears earlygame that i keep with me still, and it has helped me tremendously. Great for finishing those last few bars of HP on a mob. Its been great for practically every single insect i've fought so far.
Same here, once I realized throwing the spears deals more damage *and* keeps me out of reach of a lot of attacks, I just started running around with 10+ spears and working on my positioning skills for bigger enemies.
One tip about diving bell spiders: I think this is unintended, but, you can press bell spiders against walls like surfaces of the pound and they will stop attacking or doing anything, you can just push them to a wall and easily kill them. Not that they are hard to kill anyway.
Excellent quide. Thank you. When fighting against Infected Wolf Spider, you say "The fight is so fast paced, you're not going to have time to equip a second one." Referring to a gas mask. If you hot key any or all pieces of your armor, it's fast to switch mid fight. It's also practical to take all your armor off just before dying to avoid "death damage" to armor.
Took 3 sittings but i finished the video, i love long-form content and i have been looking for a video like this for ages. I absolutely cant thank you enough ❤❤
This video is amazing!!! Loved every second of it and learned so much as well! A boss guide would compliment this guide perfectly (especially as i haven’t battled them yet!) fantastically paced and has given me the bug to get back into the backyard and try more melee rather than bow cheese :D
@@That1Guy4Never honestly it’s brilliant! The break down, the pace of the video! Just fantastic! Starting my own channel in the coming weeks and wanting to do a Grounded lets play. This video has hyped me up to get going!!
When I first played this game ages back, when it was still in beta stages and didn't have much going on - I never used a shield or blocking (it's a bad habit from playing Souls games where I'd just dodge instead). Once I started utilising the shield and blocking properly, it made the game INFINITELY easier, like, unbelievably so. Definitely also adjusting your gear and attacking according to insect weaknesses made a huge difference. I tended to be lazy and just kept the same kit across the board, but realised some insects were way too difficult (like ladybug in early game). Once I used the appropriate weapons it made the battles far easier.
Brand new to this game, and im having a lot of difficulty with combat timing. The insect attacks seem so fast, my blocks are always a split second late. That being said, this video was amazing and super informative. Its hard to find current info since Grounded was in open beta for so long. Gg man
Welcome to the game, mate. Highly recommend a shield until you feel confident with parrying. The shield takes the blows for you so long as you hold it up when an attack hits you (perfect timing not required). Outside of that, you might consider avoiding slow swinging weapons like clubs. They hit like a truck, but are much less forgiving if you make mistakes with timing. Feel free to ask a question anytime. Happy hunting!
@@That1Guy4Never Thanks for the advice! I just crafted my weevil shield and it's much better than blocking with the red ant club. I'm genuinely surprised that you don't have hundreds of thousands of subs also, this content is seriously good and not just 10 minute basic info clickbait
as someone with 400-ish hours i can tell you that if you play the game enough then you will learn the block timing oh also if your still having trouble then i suggest making a playground or a creative world and start practicing there (actually im making some arenas in the playground so my friends/siblings can learn to parry) oh also playground is a public test server thing it will be released in a few days from the time i post this
a cool tip for fighting flying bugs while in a team is have someone with bow stunning. the bow stun knocks the flying bug to the ground, where the other players can just start mauling it!! Its such a fun strategy and although it is random, its so satisfying for pesky flying bugs.
Youre right about the perfect blocking with Orb Weaver. My first Orb Weaver kill I did 10 perfect blocks in a row. After that my perfect blocks have gotten way better.
39:06 I would also add, pick your are to fight. Find a place that has some medium height obstructions. Like milk cartons, cans, Tall clover, or flowers, this forces the mesquito to meet you more square on and elongates your attack window to really wail on them after countering. It can cut the fight time in half and speed up farming them.
Can we get a moment of silence for this dude, he went through the struggles and annoyance of learning how to fight the majority of the bugs off. Absolute legend, I appreciate it your work dude. 💙
Really appreciate the time you took putting all this together! I've been struggling with fighting many of the larger earlier enemies alone and there's a lot of useful information in this video. One thing I've observed about Stinkbugs is that they have a bad habit of showing up in the middle of fighting other creatures. I've had several instances of fighting against ants or larvae and a stinkbug will decide to just wander in and try to fight everything in the area, including me.
Pro tip for worker ants: they have 2 attacks that start up the exact same. Block as soon as they start hissing and they might attack. If not just wait about 1.5 seconds then block again.
A good strategy for spiny water fleas is to group them up in a big swarm then get on land and use the spicy staff, the initial hit stops them from moving so it’s an easy kill from there.
Haha yeah...started as a passion project and before I knew it, it was ONE hour...then TWO...then nearly THREE 🤣. My goal was to help the player. So oh well if it's not as popular as it could be due to length.
Also a tip with flying bugs, when you parry their attack and they got stunned, as soon as they do the stunned animation (in the air) you can immediately hit towards them(in front of you) since their hitbox is already there for some reason saving you some little time and deal more damage while they're stunned
Not sure why you don't have 1.81 million subs. lol Great job, you got a like, sub, and notifications. You remind me of another RUclipsr, Tim Dodd. He makes extremely in depth vids as well, and they're "not done until they're done!"
You can actually block the firefly's attack but you will still receive the slowed movement debuff. Also you can one shot them if you have a mid to highly upgraded rust spear and javelineer at phase 3 and huck the spear at it
I’m subscribing the detail and time you took to make this video shows that you love making content and making sure your subscribers love the content too
You can actually block with the bows and I would recommend waiting for aerial bugs to hit you first to block them then shoot since reloading crossbows prevents blocking Edit: I got to the bow block part my bad :3 great video too!
No worries! A lot changed in the span of producing this vid, so I had to make a section at the beginning discussing those changes. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The mosquito was intimidating but after I died a few times got used to its attack and killed it wearing only grass armor, using a shield and peble spear. It's easy as long as you keep track of it zooming around.
Mosquitos are op early on. Glad you got a shield! It really makes them more manageable. If you haven't yet, get yourself the mutation Spicy Safety. It will lower mosquitos attacks (stabbing) in half! ruclips.net/user/shortsd5qkvjGTdj0?feature=share
Just wanted to say good tip if nobody has, for ladybug red ant club everytime and throw it at her head. Try and aim so it bounces too you, if not just train the lady bug until you can grab it then throw again. Mass dmg and very quick to kill safer too. Same could work w poly.
Sure someone else has made this statement before but one way to make the pond easier is when your attacking the moment your attack connects quickly block. This will end the animation much faster and can raise your dps drastically. Effectively getting about 2 swings in in the same time it takes to do one full swing. This makes fighting diving bell spiders much faster and turns a 20 or 30 second fight with a pebblet dagger where you have to block or dodge at lest 3 or 4 hits into about a 10 second fight with much less attacks to dodge. This also works for shovels to speed up gathering gum and clay. Wait for the shovels attack to connect on the node and speed up clay gathering. Honestly i think the reason this works so well with underwater combat and the shovel is the fact that unlike all other tools and weapons they dont benifit from the 3 hit combo with the final hit doing roughly 2x or 3x damage so it makes shovels feel slow and shows just how weak most the daggers and spears are if you only factor the first hit. They really need to rework underwater combat slightly by making the damage value of gear scale based on if your in water or not that way the slow attacks are less cancer. that or just add a 3 hit combo to water. the flaws of water combat really start to shine when you have to start fighting spiny water fleas when sheer numbers outright makes combat a battle of sheer attrition or outright not worth it. Sorry for the rant there. But yeah attack block attack block attack block once you get the timing down you can string about 2 or 3 attacks per second with the spear and about 2 swings of a dagger in a second. This is clearly not intended but is at lest balanced in the fact this does not work with hammers and axes sense the 3rd hit in the combo is better then spamming 1st hits by block spamming.
The combo of the wolfspider is only a 4 hit combo. The third attack is just a faint before the bite from the left. You dont have to block the faint what makes the actual third bite way easier to block.
56:25 the Mint Mace doesn't deal generic damage, only Fresh. The same goes for any other club upgraded down the "Fresh" path at level 6. The Salty Morningstar also does not deal any generic damage.
Yep yep, you are absolutely right on both comments. They had it wrong on the wiki. I only recently found out just how much stuff is wrong on there. We have been tidying up the wiki fixing some of those mistakes.
@@literatemax i was checking one of my main sources (some datamined information it was last updated at the wasp update but i could be wrong)and its still true edit: double checked and it seems like its 1.2.2
Funny enough I find the spiders more on the easier side, normally always head on with wolf spiders, their high speed helps keep my momentum in a fight, but I struggle with soldier ants 😂, their leans and lunges seem to always throw me off than other lunges bugs have
this guy here talking about killing wolf spider with all this fancy gear my friend and i died a lot but we killed the damn thing with with pebble wepons and clover armor lol. 2 insect bows was our first high tier wepon.
For the Black Widow, I strongly recomend using ( Mask of The Mother Demon - Termite armor - Fire Ant Legplates (Sleek for all), Power Droplet, Fire Ant Sheild, no weapon, Lil Fist - Coup De Grass - Meat Shield - Trapper PEEP.R - Truffle Tussle. This makes a very strong build and can beat just about every boss in the game with ease
little disappointed that this didnt include bosses, but the black widow guide is very helpful, this video also taught me that playing with friends actually increases the health of bugs! I have over 300 Hours on this game and I somehow didnt even realise this! 😅
Wish I watched this before fighting the infected wolf spider lol. It jumped me at the tree. And I slowly backed away to get to my lean to. At that point in time I had 0 prep, the wrong weapon, weak armour, and only fiber bandages for heals. Died like 8 times but the most annoying part about the fight was how fast it regenerates health. If I got bad rng and it decided to do 3 explosive attacks in a row, I'd die and lose any progress I made depending on when it decided to do this. I wish more enemies had harder combos though, outside of the explosive undodgeable unblockable attacks, really enjoyed the fights
Right before this video I just got finished watching a 10-hour video with only getting up to go to the toilet and get food and drinks I think I'll be fine
Bro thanks for the video but ive been playing so long that the broodmother wolf spider orb weaver black widow attacks are all the same to me and i just parry them so easily i mean my first black widow kill was with ladybug armour a tier three axe and a black ant sheild
For the pit antlion,you can stand in its shadow to prevent burns.And It seems that if you are completely close to the antlion, The antlion can only hit you when using three hit combo, other attack modes seem to be unable to hit the player's hitbox.I can't confirm whether this is a stable bug or just an accident
Me and my best friend have a medium world together. Whenever he sees a wolf spider, regardless if it is normal or infected, he will yell "RAHHHHHH!" and chase it down. He puts his coaltana to work and always(sometimes) manages to come out alive. When he first started with the infected wolf spiders, I put on reliable friend because he always wanted to try again, albeit with no health.
@@That1Guy4Never I am getting slightly better. I have yet to play grounded since watching your detailed video(I did just finish it). I have a feeling that I will be at least somewhat improved fighting the bugs in the backyard. It probably doesn't help my situation that I usually only get 10 frames or so. 20 to 30 if I am really lucky. Sometimes as low as 4 or 5 FPS.
Yeah...that would make perfect blocking pretty tough. Might be best to go with a tanky build that utilizes a shield. That way you can mitigate dmg well, in spite of your circumstances. The Salt Morning Star and Toenail Scimatar got a beefy buff. They would be great options with a Fire Ant or Ladybird Shield.
@That1Guy4Never Sounds exactly like what I do. Level 9 rolly poly with ladybird shield. I have salt morning star, fresh rusty spear, coaltana, mint mace, and spicy staff. Also black ox hammer sour infused at level 9.
This is a tip for anyone who reads this, if you want to kill stink bugs, ladybugs, Bombardier beetles, and maybe Antlions etc. you should craft at least 8 Tier 1 Spike Clubs and just huck them at the insect, when the damage of all of the spike clubs add up, it’s does a lot of damage, especially to the Ladybugs bombardier beetles and Stinkbugs. For the Antlions you will need more.
I have not even took down a ladybug yet, I just need to know how to handle a wolf spider as I think one attacked my base one night, I stayed in my base the attacker left, I went out my unfinished roof, and I saw one a bit away, and there are two living near my base, but not near enough to make my base unsafe unless they move around in which one may come by. I can take on one orb weaver jr, but I still don't know what is one the way to the hedge lab, so I don't know how cautious I should be.
Definitely try to avoid getting hit by the orb weavers web attack that roots you in place. I was playing woah mode with my friend and didn't realize that this web REALLY hurts
im not even in the half of the video, but i wanted to ask about mosquitos . im very new player and what i noticed is any time they do that dash attack and i perfect block it with shield they always get stunned o..o idk if im just lucky but thats what i saw happening .. (loving the video so far!)
Heyo! Several months after I made this video, the devs dramatically increased how much stun flying creatures take when you perfect block their attacks. This results in flying creatures being stunned much, much easier than before. I'm glad you're enjoying the video! Don't hesitate to comment again if you have more questions.
I'm so glad this helped you! Thank you for your kind comment. Now that your in T3, if you need help figuring out a good combat build, I have a couple videos covering that. Wishing you the best.
Huge tip for easily cheesing ladybugs I watched a video of a guy who started a new game and killed one in 15 minutes with just clover armor and a pebble axe and shield. Just 3 hit combo and then block after. It's attacks are to slow to hit you during shield break stun duration. At worst you just block again instantly after recovering from it and you will take no damage. But it's just 3 hit combo, block, rinse and repeat until dead after learning this I'm able to solo them np.
Hey I saw in your vid you saying you can’t block the firefly’s attack and Ik it’s 7 months later but I can perfect block them as well as the bombardier Beetle’s close tangle shotgun hit. Thanks for the info though
YW! Yeah, we've discussed those two moves quite a few times here in the comments. Turns out they can indeed be parried, but you will still have the debuff applied no matter what. My hands don't work so great, making it difficult to get the Parry times just right on some of the more difficult moves like these one. I appreciate you contributing though!
So on the topic of the bombardier/bombers. You actually can both block and parry the shotgun. found this out as an accident while working off muscle memory the trick to it is right when it sprays you have to both block and walk forward this will negate most if not all damage, keep in mind the acid from the shotgun still comes out it just lands behind you because of the parry. honestly it may hit the shield and go under you but because of walking forward it doesnt get a chance to tick up damage. not sure tho and thats just a theory. with this information it might be possible to block the snipe with the same message. Im gonna test that and come back with the results. ( not 100% sure beacause i use the Compliance Badge almost all the time). Anyways thats just another helpful tip for bombers. anyways Im out Edit: So i have tested it you cannot block the snipe shot you just get hit and sent flying however I found out you can parry the firefly attack I am bewildered and beyond happy as I am way to lazy to carry around arrows at the moment Should specify tho you can parry the attack thus stunning the firefly but it doesnt block the debuff and unlike the bomber I dont think you can just walk forward to negate it
The dumbest shit about Mosquitos is when they perform their sky diving charge attack, there's a chance that the attack would come from an angle, making you block meaningless. The animation of them flying up is still straight and parallel to your position, but then the charge for some reason would come from the side.
35:56 the Mint Mace does not deal Busting damage. None of the clubs deal Busting damage, but the Mint Mace used to back when it was called the Mint Mallet. Only the three hammer tools deal busting damage. All clubs that don't have a candy element deal generic damage instead.
What seems to happen whenever A wolf spider, broodmother or Widow uses the 5 hit combo, is that the 4th attack either gets blocked easily, or it just completely missed me
Me and my friend lure infected wolf spiders to our base then just go at it and whenever one of us dies the other stays alive until they come back then we repeatbtill we kill it
I find it weird that you showed the mantis weapon but you didn’t cover how to defeat it lol. Apologies tho if this was recorded before the update because I am pretty new to grounded and your videos have been so helpful….it’s not on your boss video either so will you be making the mantis boss video soon?
The Broodmother and Mantis are not part of the story. They are extra bosses that reward you with especially good gear. I didn't cover them in this video mainly because it would take me at least 20 minutes to cover each one. They are worth their own video. But, In all honesty, I probably will not make it. My boss guide was not very popular.
Acorn armor in my opinion would not be recommend for players who are beginners because of it's main perk which is increasing the chance for enemies to attack the player.. Although it's heavy armor it's definitely not something that I would recommend to players. It's better to go for some ant armor or ladybug armor.
Yeah the perk definitely was a crappy last minute addition on full release. The alternatives kinda suck though. Red ant armor is barely better than being naked. Grub armor is a great middle-ground; however, if you're playing multiplayer, the amount of Grub hides you need is ridiculous to outfit everyone....I've done it. It can take a week in game to outfit 4 players. By that time, you'd be far better off just skipping tier 1 entirely. Ladybug isn't early game, it's tier 2. A normal beginner isn't killing a few ladybugs on day 1 without some major cheese. Therefore, I round back to acorn. It's super easy to get even on day 1, the tankiest of all t1 armor, and the perk can be offset by unequiping unless you're planning to attack or farm bugs. I stand by my recommendation.
I never got that far, I'm afraid. I did cover the Wasp Queen in a separate video and all the story bosses in another. The Wasp queen is slightly different since the time of the video. She summons more. You'll take out the adds with pollen arrows and then resume attacking the boss until she hits around 25% health. At that point, she summons as fast as you can take them out, so you need to solely focus on the boss. It's a dps contest. You need to damage her more than her drones heal her for. Salt weapons are highly recommended.
The widow is in fact immune to the widow dagger's poison. The Club of the Mother Demon with the mutation Apex Predator on deals VENOM dmg, which she is vulnerable to. I just finished re-testing this to be triply sure.
Hey everyone, it's come to my attention that I've made a blunder in regards to the mutation Parry Master. I've been incorrectly stating that it widens parry windows, but it does not. It simply refunds a set amount of stamina on a perfect block. The good news is that frees you up for another mutation instead - prioritize those weapon specific mutations, if you haven't been doing so.
My apologies for the mistake. I'll be sure to get this right in future content. Thanks for being awesome and bringing this to my attention ✌️
51:02 Just for the sake of correctness: The wolf spider does only 4 hits during its combo. The third "hit" is just a feint to the players left side dealing no damage.
But still, thanks for this amazing video. It helps a lot!
Yes indeed, you are correct. Learned that from Parly5er's mythbusting vid actually. Fun how we all learn from each other ^-^
Thx for the comment and praise Simulation. Hope to see you around 🫶
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Speaking of mistakes : for the mosquito, You can block with bows
Indeed. At the time of filming this, you could not.
I don't know your specific medical situation, but as a creator that has had to put video production on hold for health reasons, I have so much respect for the level of production quality you put out there.
Fibromyalgia and psoriatic arthritis. I like to talk about it, not hide it. It helps others and myself.
I really appreciate the praise. Thank you for taking the time to write that.
I'm sorry to hear about your health situation...I'm not sure if that's past or ongoing. But, I sincerely wish you the best with life and your content. I quickly looked at your stuff and you have some great videos!
One important thing about red ants: if you wear a full set of red ant armor, soldiers will ignore you unless you hit them or steal an egg, allowing unhindered access to the ant hill.
They mustve changed that post beta
@@pooplooser6497 I just started playing about a week ago. If you have all 3 red and pieces, they will NOT attack you unless you attack first or steal an egg.
I've never realized how fast the black widows 5 hit combo is until I watched this. I've been so numbed by fighting over 100 wolf spiders that her attack seemed normal😳
I get what you mean. Fighting so many spider enemies ended up making perfect blocking their attacks feel like second nature, even if the widow is decidedly faster. It's like they say - familiarity brings comfort
@@SeriousGranade Yeah I perfect block them most of the time the dumb widowlings mess me up with the block
And i stun and kill before she attacks once XD
Now its faster
@@krzysztofgraczyk6558 I know. IT FREAKING EATS ITS OWN CHILDREN
An additional tip for underwater combat, you can animation cancel the swing reset of the dagger and spear by doing a quick block the moment you deal the damage. Immediately release the block and attack again. You can attack a DBS 3 times between their own attacks and still have time to PB.
Another tip for Ladybugs because they are deceptively deadly, craft 5 spiked sprigs and throw them at the ladybug, this method will kill them in roughly 3 seconds and stun it after the 3rd throw.
Same goes for the shovel while clay farming: After you see and hear the shovel hit the clay, you just block quickly and then you can attack immediatley after. This makes the farming progress two to three times faster :)
Its the same with crossbows but I don't recommend it since the damage is bugged too and only deal like a fist 😂
@@o_4232its not bugged. They added the " rough reload " passive to all crossbows. Which makes the animation cancel nerf the damage
PSA from a completely new player to Grounded. I crafted myself a few pebblet spears earlygame that i keep with me still, and it has helped me tremendously. Great for finishing those last few bars of HP on a mob. Its been great for practically every single insect i've fought so far.
Same here, once I realized throwing the spears deals more damage *and* keeps me out of reach of a lot of attacks, I just started running around with 10+ spears and working on my positioning skills for bigger enemies.
@@videogameman72 10? rookie numbers
One tip about diving bell spiders: I think this is unintended, but, you can press bell spiders against walls like surfaces of the pound and they will stop attacking or doing anything, you can just push them to a wall and easily kill them. Not that they are hard to kill anyway.
Excellent quide. Thank you.
When fighting against Infected Wolf Spider, you say "The fight is so fast paced, you're not going to have time to equip a second one." Referring to a gas mask.
If you hot key any or all pieces of your armor, it's fast to switch mid fight. It's also practical to take all your armor off just before dying to avoid "death damage" to armor.
Took 3 sittings but i finished the video, i love long-form content and i have been looking for a video like this for ages. I absolutely cant thank you enough ❤❤
Bro I'm 3 mins in and I know this is gonna be good
Very kind of you! I hope you found the video helpful.
Super helpfull! I also like your recommendations for gear. Makes me want to try out a whoa playthrough now
Give it a go! You got this.
This game is soooo awesome. I love love playing it
@@anissajo77 same
This video is amazing!!! Loved every second of it and learned so much as well! A boss guide would compliment this guide perfectly (especially as i haven’t battled them yet!) fantastically paced and has given me the bug to get back into the backyard and try more melee rather than bow cheese :D
Glad it helped! The boss guide is coming soon.
@@That1Guy4Never honestly it’s brilliant! The break down, the pace of the video! Just fantastic! Starting my own channel in the coming weeks and wanting to do a Grounded lets play. This video has hyped me up to get going!!
Boss guide! Boss guide! Boss guide!
Seriously, this is awesome! Thanks so much for your work on this!!!
This is wonderful quality man keep it up this is one of those videos that can go back to again and again for help
Appreciate the kind words, my friend. Happy hunting.
When I first played this game ages back, when it was still in beta stages and didn't have much going on - I never used a shield or blocking (it's a bad habit from playing Souls games where I'd just dodge instead).
Once I started utilising the shield and blocking properly, it made the game INFINITELY easier, like, unbelievably so.
Definitely also adjusting your gear and attacking according to insect weaknesses made a huge difference. I tended to be lazy and just kept the same kit across the board, but realised some insects were way too difficult (like ladybug in early game). Once I used the appropriate weapons it made the battles far easier.
first video I could find with the actual info I wanted, thanks for the hard work homey!
Of course. Glad I could help out. Hit me up if you ever have any questions.
Brand new to this game, and im having a lot of difficulty with combat timing. The insect attacks seem so fast, my blocks are always a split second late. That being said, this video was amazing and super informative. Its hard to find current info since Grounded was in open beta for so long. Gg man
Welcome to the game, mate. Highly recommend a shield until you feel confident with parrying. The shield takes the blows for you so long as you hold it up when an attack hits you (perfect timing not required).
Outside of that, you might consider avoiding slow swinging weapons like clubs. They hit like a truck, but are much less forgiving if you make mistakes with timing.
Feel free to ask a question anytime. Happy hunting!
@@That1Guy4Never Thanks for the advice! I just crafted my weevil shield and it's much better than blocking with the red ant club. I'm genuinely surprised that you don't have hundreds of thousands of subs also, this content is seriously good and not just 10 minute basic info clickbait
as someone with 400-ish hours i can tell you that if you play the game enough then you will learn the block timing
oh also if your still having trouble then i suggest making a playground or a creative world and start practicing there
(actually im making some arenas in the playground so my friends/siblings can learn to parry)
oh also playground is a public test server thing it will be released in a few days from the time i post this
a cool tip for fighting flying bugs while in a team is have someone with bow stunning. the bow stun knocks the flying bug to the ground, where the other players can just start mauling it!! Its such a fun strategy and although it is random, its so satisfying for pesky flying bugs.
Youre right about the perfect blocking with Orb Weaver. My first Orb Weaver kill I did 10 perfect blocks in a row. After that my perfect blocks have gotten way better.
39:06 I would also add, pick your are to fight. Find a place that has some medium height obstructions. Like milk cartons, cans, Tall clover, or flowers, this forces the mesquito to meet you more square on and elongates your attack window to really wail on them after countering. It can cut the fight time in half and speed up farming them.
Can we get a moment of silence for this dude, he went through the struggles and annoyance of learning how to fight the majority of the bugs off. Absolute legend, I appreciate it your work dude. 💙
Really appreciate the time you took putting all this together! I've been struggling with fighting many of the larger earlier enemies alone and there's a lot of useful information in this video.
One thing I've observed about Stinkbugs is that they have a bad habit of showing up in the middle of fighting other creatures. I've had several instances of fighting against ants or larvae and a stinkbug will decide to just wander in and try to fight everything in the area, including me.
Pro tip for worker ants: they have 2 attacks that start up the exact same. Block as soon as they start hissing and they might attack. If not just wait about 1.5 seconds then block again.
A good strategy for spiny water fleas is to group them up in a big swarm then get on land and use the spicy staff, the initial hit stops them from moving so it’s an easy kill from there.
Holy moly. You go making this long as a video. keep er up
Haha yeah...started as a passion project and before I knew it, it was ONE hour...then TWO...then nearly THREE 🤣.
My goal was to help the player. So oh well if it's not as popular as it could be due to length.
@@That1Guy4Never me and sheldon coulda used this when we kept getting eatin alive by spiders making out base😂
It's a little inconsistent but you can often one shot ants in the eye with an arrow.
Also a tip with flying bugs, when you parry their attack and they got stunned, as soon as they do the stunned animation (in the air) you can immediately hit towards them(in front of you) since their hitbox is already there for some reason saving you some little time and deal more damage while they're stunned
Heck yeah, long form grounded content!!! Finally, videos over 20 minutes
Not sure why you don't have 1.81 million subs. lol Great job, you got a like, sub, and notifications. You remind me of another RUclipsr, Tim Dodd. He makes extremely in depth vids as well, and they're "not done until they're done!"
Haha that definitely feels like me 😵💫😬! I'll have to check him out - always fun to get inspiration from other creators.
For wolf spiders, you can actually hit them with a fast attacking weopon once or twice on the last hit of their 5 hit combo
You can actually block the firefly's attack but you will still receive the slowed movement debuff. Also you can one shot them if you have a mid to highly upgraded rust spear and javelineer at phase 3 and huck the spear at it
Hey thx for that. Yes, it turns out you can parry that attack.
Great work! Thank you, sir.
My pleasure!
I heard what you said at 0:25, and all I have to say is that I’m totally going to watch the whole video.
I needed this. I've been testing fate with red ant armour and a mosquito needle.
Most of us have been there! 😆
I love watching long in detail viedos!!!
I’m subscribing the detail and time you took to make this video shows that you love making content and making sure your subscribers love the content too
One thing I did is craft a bunch of pebblet hammers to throw instead of spears because hammers stun and it helped me kill almost all the tier II bugs
bro this video is so good!
Appreciate it!
Great vid, thanks for the help!
You're welcome my friend
You can actually block with the bows and I would recommend waiting for aerial bugs to hit you first to block them then shoot since reloading crossbows prevents blocking
Edit: I got to the bow block part my bad :3 great video too!
No worries! A lot changed in the span of producing this vid, so I had to make a section at the beginning discussing those changes.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The mosquito was intimidating but after I died a few times got used to its attack and killed it wearing only grass armor, using a shield and peble spear. It's easy as long as you keep track of it zooming around.
Mosquitos are op early on. Glad you got a shield! It really makes them more manageable.
If you haven't yet, get yourself the mutation Spicy Safety. It will lower mosquitos attacks (stabbing) in half! ruclips.net/user/shortsd5qkvjGTdj0?feature=share
Im pretty new to the game and i never knew the wolf spider was a big threat bc i was able to beat him was just clover armor and a pebblet axe
You’re amazing for this, tons and tons of work went in clearly. Appreciate ya!
Glad it was helpful!
Just wanted to say good tip if nobody has, for ladybug red ant club everytime and throw it at her head. Try and aim so it bounces too you, if not just train the lady bug until you can grab it then throw again. Mass dmg and very quick to kill safer too. Same could work w poly.
Sure someone else has made this statement before but one way to make the pond easier is when your attacking the moment your attack connects quickly block. This will end the animation much faster and can raise your dps drastically. Effectively getting about 2 swings in in the same time it takes to do one full swing. This makes fighting diving bell spiders much faster and turns a 20 or 30 second fight with a pebblet dagger where you have to block or dodge at lest 3 or 4 hits into about a 10 second fight with much less attacks to dodge. This also works for shovels to speed up gathering gum and clay. Wait for the shovels attack to connect on the node and speed up clay gathering. Honestly i think the reason this works so well with underwater combat and the shovel is the fact that unlike all other tools and weapons they dont benifit from the 3 hit combo with the final hit doing roughly 2x or 3x damage so it makes shovels feel slow and shows just how weak most the daggers and spears are if you only factor the first hit. They really need to rework underwater combat slightly by making the damage value of gear scale based on if your in water or not that way the slow attacks are less cancer. that or just add a 3 hit combo to water. the flaws of water combat really start to shine when you have to start fighting spiny water fleas when sheer numbers outright makes combat a battle of sheer attrition or outright not worth it. Sorry for the rant there. But yeah attack block attack block attack block once you get the timing down you can string about 2 or 3 attacks per second with the spear and about 2 swings of a dagger in a second. This is clearly not intended but is at lest balanced in the fact this does not work with hammers and axes sense the 3rd hit in the combo is better then spamming 1st hits by block spamming.
The combo of the wolfspider is only a 4 hit combo. The third attack is just a faint before the bite from the left. You dont have to block the faint what makes the actual third bite way easier to block.
Thanks to this I have Been able to kill first try in sucesion the Black ox the wolf the widow and the Lady bird thank you really much
So glad it helped you out
56:25 the Mint Mace doesn't deal generic damage, only Fresh. The same goes for any other club upgraded down the "Fresh" path at level 6. The Salty Morningstar also does not deal any generic damage.
Yep yep, you are absolutely right on both comments. They had it wrong on the wiki. I only recently found out just how much stuff is wrong on there. We have been tidying up the wiki fixing some of those mistakes.
wait what? i never knew this!
that explains why the salt morning star was this good against wasp queen and mantis
@@Geckoreo this may be outdated
@@literatemax i was checking one of my main sources (some datamined information it was last updated at the wasp update but i could be wrong)and its still true
edit: double checked and it seems like its 1.2.2
Funny enough I find the spiders more on the easier side, normally always head on with wolf spiders, their high speed helps keep my momentum in a fight, but I struggle with soldier ants 😂, their leans and lunges seem to always throw me off than other lunges bugs have
This man is the GOAT!
this guy here talking about killing wolf spider with all this fancy gear my friend and i died a lot but we killed the damn thing with with pebble wepons and clover armor lol. 2 insect bows was our first high tier wepon.
About the fire fly I've been Able to parry its attack before it has a chance to stun it to the ground
For the Black Widow, I strongly recomend using ( Mask of The Mother Demon - Termite armor - Fire Ant Legplates (Sleek for all), Power Droplet, Fire Ant Sheild, no weapon, Lil Fist - Coup De Grass - Meat Shield - Trapper PEEP.R - Truffle Tussle. This makes a very strong build and can beat just about every boss in the game with ease
well mother demon armor got changed and weaponless builds got nerfed
is there a better build or should i keep using the sour axe build (for PTB)
The third attack of the 5 hit combo from a wolf spider is a “fake attack” and you won’t take any damage
Thank you, this has really helped me defeat the black widow.
Legends say there is a guy who parried two Wolf Spiders at once as they used 5-hit combo.
The ten-hit two-step of death.
Legend states this is how you unlock Apex Predator rank 2 🤔
I would like to know about the weak points like how ants you can one shot them if you shoot them in the eye
This is awesome! tysm dude
Ty! Glad it helped.
Blade master definitely improved
little disappointed that this didnt include bosses, but the black widow guide is very helpful, this video also taught me that playing with friends actually increases the health of bugs! I have over 300 Hours on this game and I somehow didnt even realise this! 😅
Bosses are a separate video ruclips.net/video/eb_A8h9RpJk/видео.html
Wish I watched this before fighting the infected wolf spider lol. It jumped me at the tree. And I slowly backed away to get to my lean to. At that point in time I had 0 prep, the wrong weapon, weak armour, and only fiber bandages for heals. Died like 8 times but the most annoying part about the fight was how fast it regenerates health. If I got bad rng and it decided to do 3 explosive attacks in a row, I'd die and lose any progress I made depending on when it decided to do this. I wish more enemies had harder combos though, outside of the explosive undodgeable unblockable attacks, really enjoyed the fights
Right before this video I just got finished watching a 10-hour video with only getting up to go to the toilet and get food and drinks I think I'll be fine
the 3rd attack from the wolf spider's 5 hit combo is a fake out. no need to block that one
1:51:22 I've wondered what the grass seeds are used for. Seeing the fire ant hill, I realized its use. Think breadcrumbs. ☺
That's some creative thinking! I like it.
Bro thanks for the video but ive been playing so long that the broodmother wolf spider orb weaver black widow attacks are all the same to me and i just parry them so easily i mean my first black widow kill was with ladybug armour a tier three axe and a black ant sheild
Well done, very professional! subbed
Thanks for the sub!
Awesome video! Thank you so much!
Happy to help!
For the pit antlion,you can stand in its shadow to prevent burns.And It seems that if you are completely close to the antlion, The antlion can only hit you when using three hit combo, other attack modes seem to be unable to hit the player's hitbox.I can't confirm whether this is a stable bug or just an accident
I finally now how to beat that damn wolfspider
for the digging/resurfacing antlions, hold block and walk backward, it misses you almost every time
Me and my best friend have a medium world together. Whenever he sees a wolf spider, regardless if it is normal or infected, he will yell "RAHHHHHH!" and chase it down. He puts his coaltana to work and always(sometimes) manages to come out alive. When he first started with the infected wolf spiders, I put on reliable friend because he always wanted to try again, albeit with no health.
Lmao that's awesome. 💯! Cherish these memories - this is why games hold so much nostalgia for us.
Are you getting better at handling the Wolf Spiders?
@@That1Guy4Never I am getting slightly better. I have yet to play grounded since watching your detailed video(I did just finish it). I have a feeling that I will be at least somewhat improved fighting the bugs in the backyard.
It probably doesn't help my situation that I usually only get 10 frames or so. 20 to 30 if I am really lucky. Sometimes as low as 4 or 5 FPS.
Yeah...that would make perfect blocking pretty tough. Might be best to go with a tanky build that utilizes a shield. That way you can mitigate dmg well, in spite of your circumstances.
The Salt Morning Star and Toenail Scimatar got a beefy buff. They would be great options with a Fire Ant or Ladybird Shield.
@That1Guy4Never Sounds exactly like what I do. Level 9 rolly poly with ladybird shield. I have salt morning star, fresh rusty spear, coaltana, mint mace, and spicy staff. Also black ox hammer sour infused at level 9.
This is a tip for anyone who reads this, if you want to kill stink bugs, ladybugs, Bombardier beetles, and maybe Antlions etc. you should craft at least 8 Tier 1 Spike Clubs and just huck them at the insect, when the damage of all of the spike clubs add up, it’s does a lot of damage, especially to the Ladybugs bombardier beetles and Stinkbugs. For the Antlions you will need more.
I have not even took down a ladybug yet, I just need to know how to handle a wolf spider as I think one attacked my base one night, I stayed in my base the attacker left, I went out my unfinished roof, and I saw one a bit away, and there are two living near my base, but not near enough to make my base unsafe unless they move around in which one may come by. I can take on one orb weaver jr, but I still don't know what is one the way to the hedge lab, so I don't know how cautious I should be.
Your first wolf is always the hardest.
me using walls "wait... yall didn't use walls your first time?"
"Discharging an explosion of bioluminescence"
nice
😅😂 glad someone finally caught that
Definitely try to avoid getting hit by the orb weavers web attack that roots you in place. I was playing woah mode with my friend and didn't realize that this web REALLY hurts
im not even in the half of the video, but i wanted to ask about mosquitos . im very new player and what i noticed is any time they do that dash attack and i perfect block it with shield they always get stunned o..o idk if im just lucky but thats what i saw happening ..
(loving the video so far!)
Heyo! Several months after I made this video, the devs dramatically increased how much stun flying creatures take when you perfect block their attacks.
This results in flying creatures being stunned much, much easier than before.
I'm glad you're enjoying the video! Don't hesitate to comment again if you have more questions.
@@That1Guy4Never oooh i see ! thank you for clarifying that to me c: im gonna finish the rest of the video as i progress through the game !
Incredible video dude. Keep it up. I shared
😙 much appreciated my friend.
I love this vid I watched it a while ago when I was tier 2 and I got ten times better and I thank you soo much and I'm in tier 3 now thank you.
I'm so glad this helped you! Thank you for your kind comment.
Now that your in T3, if you need help figuring out a good combat build, I have a couple videos covering that.
Wishing you the best.
We need an update for when 1.4 is out. A revised compendium, if you will.
Huge tip for easily cheesing ladybugs I watched a video of a guy who started a new game and killed one in 15 minutes with just clover armor and a pebble axe and shield. Just 3 hit combo and then block after. It's attacks are to slow to hit you during shield break stun duration. At worst you just block again instantly after recovering from it and you will take no damage. But it's just 3 hit combo, block, rinse and repeat until dead after learning this I'm able to solo them np.
Once you get the Shield, fighting gets a lot easier👍
Hey I saw in your vid you saying you can’t block the firefly’s attack and Ik it’s 7 months later but I can perfect block them as well as the bombardier Beetle’s close tangle shotgun hit. Thanks for the info though
YW! Yeah, we've discussed those two moves quite a few times here in the comments. Turns out they can indeed be parried, but you will still have the debuff applied no matter what.
My hands don't work so great, making it difficult to get the Parry times just right on some of the more difficult moves like these one. I appreciate you contributing though!
So on the topic of the bombardier/bombers. You actually can both block and parry the shotgun. found this out as an accident while working off muscle memory the trick to it is right when it sprays you have to both block and walk forward this will negate most if not all damage, keep in mind the acid from the shotgun still comes out it just lands behind you because of the parry. honestly it may hit the shield and go under you but because of walking forward it doesnt get a chance to tick up damage. not sure tho and thats just a theory. with this information it might be possible to block the snipe with the same message. Im gonna test that and come back with the results. ( not 100% sure beacause i use the Compliance Badge almost all the time). Anyways thats just another helpful tip for bombers. anyways Im out
Edit: So i have tested it you cannot block the snipe shot you just get hit and sent flying however I found out you can parry the firefly attack I am bewildered and beyond happy as I am way to lazy to carry around arrows at the moment
Should specify tho you can parry the attack thus stunning the firefly but it doesnt block the debuff and unlike the bomber I dont think you can just walk forward to negate it
The dumbest shit about Mosquitos is when they perform their sky diving charge attack, there's a chance that the attack would come from an angle, making you block meaningless. The animation of them flying up is still straight and parallel to your position, but then the charge for some reason would come from the side.
tbis game looks 🔥🔥
35:56 the Mint Mace does not deal Busting damage. None of the clubs deal Busting damage, but the Mint Mace used to back when it was called the Mint Mallet.
Only the three hammer tools deal busting damage. All clubs that don't have a candy element deal generic damage instead.
See the other comment. Thx for commenting.
What seems to happen whenever A wolf spider, broodmother or Widow uses the 5 hit combo, is that the 4th attack either gets blocked easily, or it just completely missed me
Currently doing a whoa mode playthrough, so this might be helpful
Appreciate the comment. I hope it helps you out. The late game creatures are especially unforgiving on whoa.
28:00 me too mate. I think 😂😂
So what do you do when you don't have all the mutations unlocked? This is a pefect case senario.
You go and work to unlock them
Me and my friend lure infected wolf spiders to our base then just go at it and whenever one of us dies the other stays alive until they come back then we repeatbtill we kill it
did the spiderlings get removed by chance
I find it weird that you showed the mantis weapon but you didn’t cover how to defeat it lol. Apologies tho if this was recorded before the update because I am pretty new to grounded and your videos have been so helpful….it’s not on your boss video either so will you be making the mantis boss video soon?
The Broodmother and Mantis are not part of the story. They are extra bosses that reward you with especially good gear.
I didn't cover them in this video mainly because it would take me at least 20 minutes to cover each one. They are worth their own video. But, In all honesty, I probably will not make it. My boss guide was not very popular.
Acorn armor in my opinion would not be recommend for players who are beginners because of it's main perk which is increasing the chance for enemies to attack the player.. Although it's heavy armor it's definitely not something that I would recommend to players. It's better to go for some ant armor or ladybug armor.
Yeah the perk definitely was a crappy last minute addition on full release.
The alternatives kinda suck though. Red ant armor is barely better than being naked. Grub armor is a great middle-ground; however, if you're playing multiplayer, the amount of Grub hides you need is ridiculous to outfit everyone....I've done it. It can take a week in game to outfit 4 players. By that time, you'd be far better off just skipping tier 1 entirely. Ladybug isn't early game, it's tier 2. A normal beginner isn't killing a few ladybugs on day 1 without some major cheese.
Therefore, I round back to acorn. It's super easy to get even on day 1, the tankiest of all t1 armor, and the perk can be offset by unequiping unless you're planning to attack or farm bugs.
I stand by my recommendation.
The hardest part of combat is bringing yourself to attack the creatres
Bosses? Besides Broodmother, she’s so easy.
I never got that far, I'm afraid.
I did cover the Wasp Queen in a separate video and all the story bosses in another.
The Wasp queen is slightly different since the time of the video. She summons more. You'll take out the adds with pollen arrows and then resume attacking the boss until she hits around 25% health. At that point, she summons as fast as you can take them out, so you need to solely focus on the boss. It's a dps contest. You need to damage her more than her drones heal her for. Salt weapons are highly recommended.
Black widow is not immune do widow dagger poison and broodmother club poison
Where did you get this info.? The Widow is immune to ALL Poison types according to WIKI.
The widow is in fact immune to the widow dagger's poison. The Club of the Mother Demon with the mutation Apex Predator on deals VENOM dmg, which she is vulnerable to. I just finished re-testing this to be triply sure.
Is a Wolf spider fan good for fighting a lady bug?Cause that's what i've been using and a shield cause then I can get more hits on them
A fan?
I watched the entire thing because I was on a road trip.
i found bees a lot easier if you can bait them in under the book
Third wolf spider bite from the combo is actually not an attack but an fake