From what I recall there was a similar mechanic in 2018 GoW but it wasn't a guaranteed stun, just a massive chunk of stun buildup for any and all headshots so there was high chance of stunning a good chunk of the enemies that way. It's been over 2 years since I platinumed it and played it last though so I could be mistaken.
One of my favourite combos in this game is freezing an enemy with my axe and hexing them It doesn't only create an explosion that freezes nearby enemies, but it freezes them solid, like when you throw the axe in them. It creates an amazing opportunity to use your blades and the vaporize frost skill.
Yes! I recently started doing that as well, and with burn too. Didn't figure that out in time to make it into this video (and I didn't want to spoil any of the mid-game) but it's definitely a good tip!
I've already cleared the game with 100% completion and I was not aware of many of these combat tips you've shared, haha. Definitely would have had an easier time with certain fights had I known these earlier. I look forward to more of your future guides since there's so much depth to this game's combat mechanics.
Awesome! Good work on 100% 👍 Glad even an experienced player like yourself could pick up some tips here! I hope they’re useful for a future playthrough!
I just learned today you could do cancels with your runic attacks and turn them into completely different looking moves. It basically glitches and confuses the game. Pretty wild.
So here's some fun tips regarding specifically the blue ring attacks: - there is essentially no such thing as "too late" when it comes to interrupting those attacks with a shield strike. The game will slow down time by a huge amount to make sure you hit the enemy before their attack goes off. If the attack _still_ somehow manages to go off during this slow motion period, you won't take any damage from it. - If an enemy does a blue ring attack that you feel you are too far away to interrupt, you can still avoid damage by pressing double L1, or whatever you have shield strike mapped to, right when the move goes off. As long as you are in the animation for a shield strike, the blue ring attacks cannot hurt you. This applies even to large Area of Effect attacks. As long as it has a blue ring, you can shield strike through it.
Great tips! Yeah I’ve noticed the window for countering a blue ring attack is very generous. I didn’t realize you could just do a shield strike at any distance to avoid damage though. Thanks for sharing that!
I was shocked how many basic things I didn't know. But mostly I always thought frost and fire auras disactivate each other. Never thought I could freeze someone and use blades. Some of the combos as well. Very well done!
Me: I mastered the last GOW. I know everything about how to fight in this game (except when I get my ass kicked) Arktix: Hitting light elves in the face with ranged axe instantly stuns them Me: I'll shut up now. I see Arktix, I click. Thanks for dropping the GOWR bootcamp we didn't know we needed. Hyperion Grapple is my best friend and it's my favorite way to quickly wrap up fights with many mooks. I'm glad for this contribution for new and experienced fighters. Having said that, RUclips is saturated with all these "Destroy the Nine Realms with this Ultimate ENDGAME armor" vids. We need those mid-game gear videos from you expeditiously. The poisonous Lunda armor gear is working out well for me with boss battles. I'm noticing that climbing number of subscribers. You deserve it and more.
Haha Furious I always love hearing from you 😁 Glad you were able to pick up some tips from this! My mid-game build video is up next! I have a few options I’ll cover, but it sounds like you’ve got the right idea. I also went with the full Lunda set for most of the mid-game 👍
Just an extra tip on shield cancels: Every shield has different speeds you can cancel into and out of. The shield with the fastest cancel window is actually the Shatter Star shield (The Diamond shaped one). You can cancel attacks at insane speeds. On top of this, for something like the spear throw, it allows you to throw spears a lot faster
I really really hope your channel grows bigger at a great rate so that you get early access to games. Your tips are just on a different level. No 10 minute video wasted on some not really secret legendary this or that. All your videos are extremely well thought out and there is no repetition. I always appreciate them. I hope you never change your format Your Horizon videos completely changed my play style. I look forward to more God of War content from you.
"Your tips are just on a different level. No 10 minute video wasted on some not really secret legendary this or that." A lot of those videos might as well be telling you to simply turn the console on.
Hey thanks a lot! Glad you find the style and content of my videos helpful 😄 My “thesis” for my channel is to make high quality game guides and I don’t plan to change that 👍 I also hope I can grow it big enough to get early access to games. I make these videos as fast as I can without sacrificing quality, but I realize they’re often late compared to when a lot of players want/need them. But I believe if I stick to making quality content it will pay off in the long run and I’ll eventually get to the level where I can get early access. Anyway, that was probably more than you wanted to hear 😅 Thanks for your support! 🙏
I am so happy they did “loyal fan service” with the combat but I am having troubles getting into it… so this guide is BEYOND appreciated. I was not enjoying the gameplay but love the story 😢
Yeah me too. That’s why I had to lower the game difficulty which made me sad. I really can’t have all those moves in my brain and execute them during the heat of a fight and there’s not so much fight in the game to master those. Also I was not aware of the arena.
@@JimZarasOfficial omg I thought the same thing but just hustled through it! Just pay it multiple times increasing the difficulty and watch the hints 😊
This is by far the best combat video I've found for this game. Extremely helpful for someone that has never played any of the other games from the Franchise.
It's nice you are pointing out some smaller details that are overlooked, since most people probably play it on "Give me Balance" mode which most details behind a move can get overlooked. Good video, helps out!
I felt too proud to watch this video but came up having learnt something. Great work, especially all the time you spent recording everything and putting it all together. great effort.
I just started playing this game a few days ago. I am button mashing most of the time lol. I just beat the first boss lady thing and am finally able to explore. I saved and exited the game to look up some tips on combat. I’m still learning all the buttons(of course, I just got out of the tutorial phase) and it can be overwhelming. Thanks for the video!
I've played through twice and didn't know a lot of this. I'm excited for my third playthrough now. I'm gonna have to watch it several times though to remember it all. Thank you.
I started playing the game three weeks ago and I'm more into the side quests as I want to build weaponry and skills. Found your channel and wow! Thanks for this! So useful! Keep up the great work!
This video was excellent. I've already beaten the game but I wish I had known some of these beforehand. Especially the attack cancelling. I've noticed that a few times, but I'm also occasionally guilty of button mashing, and accidentally buffering the next attack. I didn't know you could farm the skill modifiers in Niflheim though, so I think I'm gonna hit that up later to unlock more of those, and get myself ready for when NG+ comes out. Thank you, this has been very helpful
Been waiting for the one of these from you. I’m barely scratching the game mechanics surface so far. GOW Ragnarok is mind-blowingly well made. Definitely one of the top two games for me. Up there with Horizon.
Cool! Glad you’re enjoying Ragnarok. I agree it is very very well done. I’m really enjoying the deeper character development this time around in particular, along with everything else of course. Thanks again for your support! 🙏
I would love an extensive breakdown on all shield types, I think there's a few things the game doesn't specify like how certain double l1 attacks in certain shields won't stun bosses compared to other shields. Also just covering the usefulness of each one.
Super helpful tips man, some I know but the rest you’ve really enabled me to enhance my combat game. I’ve been looking to apply and combine status as much as I can, generally I am using the Leviathan Axe about 80% of the time. Can’t wait for your mid game build!
@aIexemre you can cheese a lot of the dark elf and a few variations of light Elves by doing the hold r1 ranged attack with blades of chaos over and over. 3 times will let you R3 finish them. Or just throw your axe at a light elf and hit them square in the mask. Instant stun.
I enjoyed doing the skills at the raven area 3:20. Focus on doing each skill one by one and it becomes muscle memory. Glad I watched the whole video this the only GoW video to discuss combo cancels and show the controller 🎮 at the bottom. I really enjoyed this video brother
Great guide! I learned a lot, I just had a couple things i wanted to add. - blue ring attacks can also be interrupted with a handful of runic attacks, my favourites for this are skadis edge on the axe, helios flare for blades and the huldra charge on the spear. This can really help if your really far from a boss and they start charging a blue ring, you can pop a runic and cancel it instantly. Also the glaive of dodher (unlocked on first visit to vanaheim) and a few other relics can interrupt these as well - for the stonewall shield, if you charge it to 3 bars and then slam, it has a very long range, just in a cone instead of a circle. This can be useful for interrupting blue rings and dealing with large groups of enemies in front of you - just personal preference but the emblem of elusion enchantment is really fun to use if you play really aggressive. You can dash around at the speed of light and smack enemies, and run away really easily from large aoe attacks - most people probably know this but for bosses, when their stun bar fills it does a bunch of dmg and stuns them, i like to use fury + the svartalfheim enchantment set (more stun based on def) + the steinbjorn set to deal a huge amount of stun really quickly, usually i can fill a bar ~ 3/4 of the way in one use, and you heal a lot of hp - just a nitpick but in the section about juggling/launching you said to charge permafrost to use frost ascent to launch enemies, when frost awaken is the skill where you hold triangle and ice the axe to do special attacks. Im sure you know this im just nitpicking lol Anyways just a few extra tips, love the guides! Keep ‘em coming
I was watching this tutorial back when I was playing it and it taught me so much. Now I'm rewarching it to refresh my memory for Valhalla and I just noticed that somehow I completely missed this light elf mask technique and never used it for some reason. You learn every day :)
I subscribed a while ago for Horizon FW, and glad I stayed. Your content always encourages me to change up tactics to make myself more efficient in combat (whether it's GoW or HFW.) Good stuff!
Dope video! Please do more, especially for mid and late game abilities. This was one of the only videos I found that focuses on more nuanced skills and abilities
We can actually interrupt the red colored attacks of the enemies...but I noticed it's possible with only the blades of chaos...idk if this is common knowledge or not but really useful and ig the only way to stop those red ring attacks
You'll probably never see this but this is the best video I've watched on RUclips. It eloquently explains everything I expected and more. I smashed the subscribe and like button instantly. Again, Thank you
Thanks again for the amazing content! I started GOW a couple of years ago, but got kind of frustrated and set it aside. I chose recently to start Ragnarok specifically due to the fact that you have extensive guides to help me along. I'm currently into Alfeim and having a blast with it! Your guides are put together in a much more helpful way for all levels of skill compared to any other channel. Thanks again!
absolutely amazing guides as always Arktix even 1 year later your input is amazing since it just came out on the PC. The only thing i would say if u could do for future videos would be good if u could say the PC button equivalent as well for those like me that dont have a console and its so confusing to understand which is the equivalent on a PC the R2 or triangle for example. I have to go on your video then go in game and see which from the millions of combos or buttons is the triangle or R2 then go back to your video see the combo or whatever it is that what u were talking about. Appart from that i LOVE your vids tyvm for all the hard work u do for us :)
Hey thanks a lot! Glad you're finding my videos helpful 😁 Yeah sorry about the lack of keyboard and mouse controls. The game wasn't out on PC when I made these, but I'm working on some more GOW videos right now that will have PC controls included 👍
@@ArktixOfficial aww ure a star mate tyvm 😊 keep up the good work as always and like i did for other games i always check u out as the info ure giving is invaluable 👍
Appreciate the tips for combat, I find myself quite decent at the combat regardless but knowing new stuff is always helpful, also waiting for that mid game build since you early game build was actually quite helpful when I tried out the higher difficulties.
Bro I can not believe that you have only 91K subscribers, you deserve much much more and I mean it ❤I know it is an old video but I still find this useful, thank you very much for the awesome content.
One combo you didn’t say but they also don’t mention is that if you do r2 r2 and then hold r2 you’ll get a double chain up sweep that is unique. It doesn’t do anything different it just looks neat lol Great vid!
The tips here that I appreciated are the quick turn re-map and suggested combos for applying elemental damage and switching to get the damage bonus. One thing I was hoping to see that wasn't here was a tactic for fighting multiple really strong enemies simultaneously. Aside from "go for the weak ones first". Im stuck on a Berserker Tombstone in Alfheim where there are three opponents instead of 1.
I usually know I'm playing like a dingus but am not in the mood to correct that and end uo getting frustrated. I can usually brute force fights but the drauger hole (hateful) on the quest to help Freya in her home realm got the best if me. I was careful and whittle him down over time but one missed doge when he was super low on health really pissed me off. Time to revisit another day and try some better tactics.
Hey thanks! I hope you found it helpful 😄 Gna is very tough for sure. I've got my late/end game build video coming soon and the end game builds I'll show are pretty good on her. As for tips, I found she'll always charge you after she jumps back twice, so don't try to follow her after the second jump. Also, the flame whiplash 3 skill is good for dealing damage and semi-stun locking her. That's good on lots of bosses. I'll cover that a bit in my next vid too.
great video. as someone who struggles with up close combat a lot of these tips were unknown to me. Appreciate the controller display on the lower right! I wish more videos did this (for the timing aspect). Specifically the one where you change between weapons quickly. Been trying to use the amulet with three consecutive runics from all three weapons but it felt clunky/slow. I'm sure this will help me with that. Grazie!
Thank you! Glad to hear you found this helpful 😄 Yeah it can be very hard to tell what people are doing without a controller overlay. Glad you liked having that!
Tip : speed up the Serpent Snare charge time for the axe. R2, R2(hold) will give you 2x heavy combo with a quicker charged Serpent Snare as your combo finisher.
Excellent video I just bought this game a week ago and im only about 10 hours in but looking forward to really diving into it GOW combat really is amazing
Great summary! You have a great voice, It was great to listen the video nonetheless some little pause or slow down at some time would make it more enjoyable imho.
A trick I use often is to poison enemies with unarmed attacks using Lunda's gear to set up a big hit from Rising Storm or one of my Runic attacks. Especially to focus fire near dead enemies who managed to level up during the fight.
Tip: Instead of holding R2 for the axe to use the Serpent snare skill, you can press R2+R2(holding the second R2) which will send them flying while being faster than the normal R2 hold.
if you have pride of the frost unlocked you can do R1, R1, R1, HOLD R2 to proc serpents snare and i think it's faster this way also, you can proc PoTF with R2, R2, R1, R2
One basic tip for the verticality of the game: You can use an attack while you jump off a cliff/edge which at times does bonus damage or throws enemies back.
Another lovely and informative video. I already completed the game, but I'll be excited to try these on the next run/NG+. Would have made the first run easier!
You are doing an amazing job with your channel! Thanks for all the insight, well thought through videos from graphical, bookmark and comprehension point of view and also with a great commentator voice. I really appreciate your work and hope your channel grows on as much as you helped me improve my game on GoW ;-)
I have one that no one talks about. I really don't know why. USE THE GUARDIAN SHIELD After a parry you have two options: R1: You retaliate with a shield bash It deals both Health damage and Stun R2: It trips all enemies arround you. Here's the catch> You are invulnerable during both! it's different from the Dauntless shield that even if you do a shield bash with a charge you are NOT protected from doing it
omg I've been parrying "wrong" the whole game. I parry by double tapping l1, which is a shield bash - but it definitely works, I guess they coded both to work. But it never occurred to me to try parrying by holding l1, just at the right time. That makes it a lot safer to use!
draugr i have zero problems with. but dreki & wulver? those seem to be my two biggest challenges in the game & when youre playing on GMGOW, facing two of each might as well be a boss battle lol. will definitely apply some of these tips when next im playing - hopefully i get less frustrated. thanks!
I figured most of the stuff by my own already, just needed the final confirmation. Your videos are very informative and helpful. Loved the Horizon ones also. Thanks for the awesome videos man🤘
This helped me a lot! Thank you! I love this game and I am a quarter way through my fourth play through this time on GMGOW level. So I’m trying to be more mindful of what I buy. One of the few criticisms I have is it feels impossible to buy what I want. Thanks!! Also I subscribed 👍
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WHAT!? I'VE ALREADY PLATINUM ON THIS GAME. I HAD NO IDEA YOU COULD STUN ELVES THAT EASILY!!? omg lol
same here mate, i've done a second playthrough, first time I hear this 🙂
From what I recall there was a similar mechanic in 2018 GoW but it wasn't a guaranteed stun, just a massive chunk of stun buildup for any and all headshots so there was high chance of stunning a good chunk of the enemies that way. It's been over 2 years since I platinumed it and played it last though so I could be mistaken.
One of my favourite combos in this game is freezing an enemy with my axe and hexing them
It doesn't only create an explosion that freezes nearby enemies, but it freezes them solid, like when you throw the axe in them. It creates an amazing opportunity to use your blades and the vaporize frost skill.
Yes! I recently started doing that as well, and with burn too. Didn't figure that out in time to make it into this video (and I didn't want to spoil any of the mid-game) but it's definitely a good tip!
Or just Sparta kicking them into something and insta-killing them
I've already cleared the game with 100% completion and I was not aware of many of these combat tips you've shared, haha. Definitely would have had an easier time with certain fights had I known these earlier. I look forward to more of your future guides since there's so much depth to this game's combat mechanics.
Awesome! Good work on 100% 👍 Glad even an experienced player like yourself could pick up some tips here! I hope they’re useful for a future playthrough!
The light elf tip omg🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😂
I just learned today you could do cancels with your runic attacks and turn them into completely different looking moves. It basically glitches and confuses the game. Pretty wild.
You ain't no daisy!
@@odinborson8519 right? Those bastards hit so hard, and lining up the bounce throws off the purple crystals is a pain.
So here's some fun tips regarding specifically the blue ring attacks:
- there is essentially no such thing as "too late" when it comes to interrupting those attacks with a shield strike. The game will slow down time by a huge amount to make sure you hit the enemy before their attack goes off. If the attack _still_ somehow manages to go off during this slow motion period, you won't take any damage from it.
- If an enemy does a blue ring attack that you feel you are too far away to interrupt, you can still avoid damage by pressing double L1, or whatever you have shield strike mapped to, right when the move goes off. As long as you are in the animation for a shield strike, the blue ring attacks cannot hurt you. This applies even to large Area of Effect attacks. As long as it has a blue ring, you can shield strike through it.
Great tips! Yeah I’ve noticed the window for countering a blue ring attack is very generous. I didn’t realize you could just do a shield strike at any distance to avoid damage though. Thanks for sharing that!
I was shocked how many basic things I didn't know. But mostly I always thought frost and fire auras disactivate each other. Never thought I could freeze someone and use blades. Some of the combos as well. Very well done!
Me: I mastered the last GOW. I know everything about how to fight in this game (except when I get my ass kicked)
Arktix: Hitting light elves in the face with ranged axe instantly stuns them
Me: I'll shut up now.
I see Arktix, I click. Thanks for dropping the GOWR bootcamp we didn't know we needed. Hyperion Grapple is my best friend and it's my favorite way to quickly wrap up fights with many mooks. I'm glad for this contribution for new and experienced fighters. Having said that, RUclips is saturated with all these "Destroy the Nine Realms with this Ultimate ENDGAME armor" vids. We need those mid-game gear videos from you expeditiously. The poisonous Lunda armor gear is working out well for me with boss battles.
I'm noticing that climbing number of subscribers. You deserve it and more.
Haha Furious I always love hearing from you 😁 Glad you were able to pick up some tips from this! My mid-game build video is up next! I have a few options I’ll cover, but it sounds like you’ve got the right idea. I also went with the full Lunda set for most of the mid-game 👍
Just an extra tip on shield cancels: Every shield has different speeds you can cancel into and out of.
The shield with the fastest cancel window is actually the Shatter Star shield (The Diamond shaped one). You can cancel attacks at insane speeds.
On top of this, for something like the spear throw, it allows you to throw spears a lot faster
Interesting! I’ll have to play with the Shatter Star some more and check that out. Thanks for sharing the tip!
THATS ACTUALLY INSANE INFO
Ok I just tried it. It is faar BEYOND the other shields
I really really hope your channel grows bigger at a great rate so that you get early access to games.
Your tips are just on a different level. No 10 minute video wasted on some not really secret legendary this or that.
All your videos are extremely well thought out and there is no repetition. I always appreciate them. I hope you never change your format
Your Horizon videos completely changed my play style. I look forward to more God of War content from you.
"Your tips are just on a different level. No 10 minute video wasted on some not really secret legendary this or that." A lot of those videos might as well be telling you to simply turn the console on.
Hey thanks a lot! Glad you find the style and content of my videos helpful 😄 My “thesis” for my channel is to make high quality game guides and I don’t plan to change that 👍 I also hope I can grow it big enough to get early access to games. I make these videos as fast as I can without sacrificing quality, but I realize they’re often late compared to when a lot of players want/need them. But I believe if I stick to making quality content it will pay off in the long run and I’ll eventually get to the level where I can get early access. Anyway, that was probably more than you wanted to hear 😅 Thanks for your support! 🙏
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I am so happy they did “loyal fan service” with the combat but I am having troubles getting into it… so this guide is BEYOND appreciated. I was not enjoying the gameplay but love the story 😢
Hey thanks! Glad you found these tips helpful. I hope it’s helping you enjoy the game more!
Yeah me too. That’s why I had to lower the game difficulty which made me sad. I really can’t have all those moves in my brain and execute them during the heat of a fight and there’s not so much fight in the game to master those. Also I was not aware of the arena.
@@JimZarasOfficial omg I thought the same thing but just hustled through it! Just pay it multiple times increasing the difficulty and watch the hints 😊
This is by far the best combat video I've found for this game. Extremely helpful for someone that has never played any of the other games from the Franchise.
Hey thanks! Glad to hear you found this helpful!
It's nice you are pointing out some smaller details that are overlooked, since most people probably play it on "Give me Balance" mode which most details behind a move can get overlooked. Good video, helps out!
I felt too proud to watch this video but came up having learnt something. Great work, especially all the time you spent recording everything and putting it all together. great effort.
Thank you! Glad you were able to learn something 😄 It was indeed a lot of work to put together. Thanks for your comment!
I just started playing this game a few days ago. I am button mashing most of the time lol. I just beat the first boss lady thing and am finally able to explore. I saved and exited the game to look up some tips on combat. I’m still learning all the buttons(of course, I just got out of the tutorial phase) and it can be overwhelming. Thanks for the video!
I've played through twice and didn't know a lot of this. I'm excited for my third playthrough now. I'm gonna have to watch it several times though to remember it all. Thank you.
Awesome! Glad you were able to pick up some tips from this 😄 I hope they come in handy on your next playthrough! Thanks for your comment 👍
on NG+ 5 and this vid has me learning so much
okay but why? There's more movie watching than game playing
Wow, i learned a lot, i just started the game and arrived in Alfeim. This sparks my enthousiasm a lot to get into the game!
Awesome! Glad you were able to pick up some tips 😁 Have fun!
I started playing the game three weeks ago and I'm more into the side quests as I want to build weaponry and skills. Found your channel and wow! Thanks for this! So useful! Keep up the great work!
Hey thanks! Glad you're taking your time to do side quests. I do the same 🙂
This video was excellent. I've already beaten the game but I wish I had known some of these beforehand. Especially the attack cancelling. I've noticed that a few times, but I'm also occasionally guilty of button mashing, and accidentally buffering the next attack. I didn't know you could farm the skill modifiers in Niflheim though, so I think I'm gonna hit that up later to unlock more of those, and get myself ready for when NG+ comes out. Thank you, this has been very helpful
Hey thanks! Glad you found this helpful 😄 Thanks for your comment!
Been waiting for the one of these from you. I’m barely scratching the game mechanics surface so far. GOW Ragnarok is mind-blowingly well made. Definitely one of the top two games for me. Up there with Horizon.
Cool! Glad you’re enjoying Ragnarok. I agree it is very very well done. I’m really enjoying the deeper character development this time around in particular, along with everything else of course. Thanks again for your support! 🙏
I would love an extensive breakdown on all shield types, I think there's a few things the game doesn't specify like how certain double l1 attacks in certain shields won't stun bosses compared to other shields.
Also just covering the usefulness of each one.
Good idea! I’ll add that to my list. Thanks!
Super helpful tips man, some I know but the rest you’ve really enabled me to enhance my combat game. I’ve been looking to apply and combine status as much as I can, generally I am using the Leviathan Axe about 80% of the time. Can’t wait for your mid game build!
Thanks! Glad you found this helpful 😄 Mid-game build video in the works!
How many weapons do you have?
@@gingeranagram2467 I’ve finished the game now so all 3, at the time I wasn’t combining my attacks due to lack of runic and emphasis on frost and burn
blades of chaos are much more viable if you exploit the fuck out of the spam ∆ move, because it does more damage if it interrupts an attack (i think)
@aIexemre you can cheese a lot of the dark elf and a few variations of light Elves by doing the hold r1 ranged attack with blades of chaos over and over. 3 times will let you R3 finish them. Or just throw your axe at a light elf and hit them square in the mask. Instant stun.
I enjoyed doing the skills at the raven area 3:20. Focus on doing each skill one by one and it becomes muscle memory. Glad I watched the whole video this the only GoW video to discuss combo cancels and show the controller 🎮 at the bottom. I really enjoyed this video brother
Thank you! Glad you found this video helpful 😁
Your videos are still top quality. Found your channel from HFW and am glad you’ve embraced GOW: Ragnarok
Thank you! 😄 Glad to hear you find my videos to be good quality. I hope my Horizon content has been helpful! I appreciate your comment 🙏
This channel is gold. I promise you, you're going to blow up big time. Keep it up. A+ content. Thanks!
Hey thanks a lot! I sure hope so 😄 I appreciate your support 🙏
Thanks!
Hey thanks so much Marc! 🥳😁 I really appreciate your support 🙏
Great guide! I learned a lot, I just had a couple things i wanted to add.
- blue ring attacks can also be interrupted with a handful of runic attacks, my favourites for this are skadis edge on the axe, helios flare for blades and the huldra charge on the spear. This can really help if your really far from a boss and they start charging a blue ring, you can pop a runic and cancel it instantly. Also the glaive of dodher (unlocked on first visit to vanaheim) and a few other relics can interrupt these as well
- for the stonewall shield, if you charge it to 3 bars and then slam, it has a very long range, just in a cone instead of a circle. This can be useful for interrupting blue rings and dealing with large groups of enemies in front of you
- just personal preference but the emblem of elusion enchantment is really fun to use if you play really aggressive. You can dash around at the speed of light and smack enemies, and run away really easily from large aoe attacks
- most people probably know this but for bosses, when their stun bar fills it does a bunch of dmg and stuns them, i like to use fury + the svartalfheim enchantment set (more stun based on def) + the steinbjorn set to deal a huge amount of stun really quickly, usually i can fill a bar ~ 3/4 of the way in one use, and you heal a lot of hp
- just a nitpick but in the section about juggling/launching you said to charge permafrost to use frost ascent to launch enemies, when frost awaken is the skill where you hold triangle and ice the axe to do special attacks. Im sure you know this im just nitpicking lol
Anyways just a few extra tips, love the guides! Keep ‘em coming
Hey thanks! Glad you liked this and thanks for sharing these extra tips! These are great!
1 question. Where do I get 3 of the svartelfeilm runes. I have two and can't find a third
I was watching this tutorial back when I was playing it and it taught me so much.
Now I'm rewarching it to refresh my memory for Valhalla and I just noticed that somehow I completely missed this light elf mask technique and never used it for some reason.
You learn every day :)
Another thing: 8:20 All this time you could destroy those slow moving red dot attack projectiles by throwing your weapon at them ?! 😮
Thanks
Hey thanks! I really appreciate your support 🙏🙂
I subscribed a while ago for Horizon FW, and glad I stayed. Your content always encourages me to change up tactics to make myself more efficient in combat (whether it's GoW or HFW.)
Good stuff!
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Dope video! Please do more, especially for mid and late game abilities. This was one of the only videos I found that focuses on more nuanced skills and abilities
Thanks! Good to know you'd be interested in more content like this 👍
Great video!
Thank you!
Best combat tutorial on RUclips
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Bro I’ve played both GOWs and this was massively helpful. You really are the God Of War. Liked and subbed
Just dived back into Ragnarok for my 2nd playthrough on ps5 pro, thanks for the tips.
honestly really appreciate your videos! i always learn and find something useful thank you
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That swipe down quick turn is genius !
Glad you found that tip helpful!
Hi, I appreciate your content so much! Everything is crystal clear.
Do you plan on making a mid game and late game build guide?
Thank you! Glad you enjoy my content 😄 My mid game build video is up next! And yes, I plan on doing a late game one as well 👍
We can actually interrupt the red colored attacks of the enemies...but I noticed it's possible with only the blades of chaos...idk if this is common knowledge or not but really useful and ig the only way to stop those red ring attacks
You'll probably never see this but this is the best video I've watched on RUclips. It eloquently explains everything I expected and more. I smashed the subscribe and like button instantly. Again, Thank you
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Wow I thought I was halfway decent at the game but I swear whether it's Horizon or this game I always learn something new in your videos
Awesome! Glad you could pick up some tips 😄
Can't wait to play the new game plus using your tips!
Awesome! I hope you find them helpful 👍
Thanks again for the amazing content! I started GOW a couple of years ago, but got kind of frustrated and set it aside. I chose recently to start Ragnarok specifically due to the fact that you have extensive guides to help me along. I'm currently into Alfeim and having a blast with it! Your guides are put together in a much more helpful way for all levels of skill compared to any other channel. Thanks again!
This is super helpful. Ive found myself arbitrarily hitting R1 and R2 until people die and that just felt inefficient. Now i have more of a gameplan
Always enjoyed your HFW videos. Glad to see you doing GoW now coz I'm currently here too!
Thanks K. Kuzziah! Glad to hear you're playing Ragnarok. I hope you're enjoying it! 😄
Bro that queue up weapon swap tip was golden!!!
absolutely amazing guides as always Arktix even 1 year later your input is amazing since it just came out on the PC. The only thing i would say if u could do for future videos would be good if u could say the PC button equivalent as well for those like me that dont have a console and its so confusing to understand which is the equivalent on a PC the R2 or triangle for example. I have to go on your video then go in game and see which from the millions of combos or buttons is the triangle or R2 then go back to your video see the combo or whatever it is that what u were talking about. Appart from that i LOVE your vids tyvm for all the hard work u do for us :)
Hey thanks a lot! Glad you're finding my videos helpful 😁 Yeah sorry about the lack of keyboard and mouse controls. The game wasn't out on PC when I made these, but I'm working on some more GOW videos right now that will have PC controls included 👍
@@ArktixOfficial aww ure a star mate tyvm 😊 keep up the good work as always and like i did for other games i always check u out as the info ure giving is invaluable 👍
Appreciate the tips for combat, I find myself quite decent at the combat regardless but knowing new stuff is always helpful, also waiting for that mid game build since you early game build was actually quite helpful when I tried out the higher difficulties.
Thanks! Glad you found some of these tips helpful 😄 Mid-game build video is in the works! Glad you found the early game one helpful 👍
Bro I can not believe that you have only 91K subscribers, you deserve much much more and I mean it ❤I know it is an old video but I still find this useful, thank you very much for the awesome content.
Hey thanks a lot! I really appreciate that 🙏🏼🙂 Glad you found this helpful!
Definitely the best combat tips video I saw
Hey thanks a lot! Glad you liked it 😄 Hope it was helpful!
5 Star video! Perfect tutorial with no spoilers. I tend to become a button-masher during combat😂
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Excellent tips. Thanks for completing this one. Now looking for your next one 😁, cause your videos are just that GOOD!
Thanks Sharon. Glad you enjoy my content so much 😄 Next one up is the mid-game build guide!
One combo you didn’t say but they also don’t mention is that if you do r2 r2 and then hold r2 you’ll get a double chain up sweep that is unique.
It doesn’t do anything different it just looks neat lol
Great vid!
Thanks! And interesting, I'll have to check that out. Thanks for the tip!
The tips here that I appreciated are the quick turn re-map and suggested combos for applying elemental damage and switching to get the damage bonus. One thing I was hoping to see that wasn't here was a tactic for fighting multiple really strong enemies simultaneously. Aside from "go for the weak ones first". Im stuck on a Berserker Tombstone in Alfheim where there are three opponents instead of 1.
Appreciate this. I've been looking for a video, that specifically talk about these needed tips
Awesome! Glad you found this helpful 😁
God of War and GOW Ragnarok have probably the most satisfying Parry in gaming. It feels so good
It's good but the best most satisfying parry is Sekiro's
I usually know I'm playing like a dingus but am not in the mood to correct that and end uo getting frustrated.
I can usually brute force fights but the drauger hole (hateful) on the quest to help Freya in her home realm got the best if me. I was careful and whittle him down over time but one missed doge when he was super low on health really pissed me off.
Time to revisit another day and try some better tactics.
Now that I have the game these vids are now entertaining and useful thank you !!
Great! Glad you like them and I hope the tips are helpful!
Easily one of the best tutorial videos I’ve seen! Thanks for doing all this research! Do you have any tips on beating Gna?
Hey thanks! I hope you found it helpful 😄 Gna is very tough for sure. I've got my late/end game build video coming soon and the end game builds I'll show are pretty good on her. As for tips, I found she'll always charge you after she jumps back twice, so don't try to follow her after the second jump. Also, the flame whiplash 3 skill is good for dealing damage and semi-stun locking her. That's good on lots of bosses. I'll cover that a bit in my next vid too.
great video. as someone who struggles with up close combat a lot of these tips were unknown to me. Appreciate the controller display on the lower right! I wish more videos did this (for the timing aspect). Specifically the one where you change between weapons quickly. Been trying to use the amulet with three consecutive runics from all three weapons but it felt clunky/slow. I'm sure this will help me with that. Grazie!
Thank you! Glad to hear you found this helpful 😄 Yeah it can be very hard to tell what people are doing without a controller overlay. Glad you liked having that!
Very articulate guide. Thanks you got yourself a like and a follow
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Amazing video I didn't know some of these combat techniques that you could do. Keep up the amazing amazing work!
Thank you! Glad to hear you were able to pick up some tips 😁
Keep up the amazing and informative content! Happy Holidays good sir.
Thanks Baltazar! Happy Holidays to you too 🙂 I appreciate your support 🙏
More combat tips please. This video was very useful and I learned a lot. Thanks
Hey thanks! Glad you found it helpful. I’m working on more Ragnarok videos as we speak 👍
Dude this video was super helpful your a master of your craft bruh much appreciated
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Tip : speed up the Serpent Snare charge time for the axe. R2, R2(hold) will give you 2x heavy combo with a quicker charged Serpent Snare as your combo finisher.
Yes! I discovered that recently as well. Good tip!
Excellent video I just bought this game a week ago and im only about 10 hours in but looking forward to really diving into it GOW combat really is amazing
Thanks! Hope you enjoy the game and find these tips helpful!
@ArktixOfficial i absolutely will and I appreciate the helpful video keep em coming
Great summary! You have a great voice, It was great to listen the video nonetheless some little pause or slow down at some time would make it more enjoyable imho.
Thanks! And thanks for the suggestion. I'll try to slow down a bit in the future 👍
A trick I use often is to poison enemies with unarmed attacks using Lunda's gear to set up a big hit from Rising Storm or one of my Runic attacks. Especially to focus fire near dead enemies who managed to level up during the fight.
Lots of skills I didn't know, thank you!
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Keep up the extremely good work, it will pay off in the long run 🥳
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Fantastic breakdown... This info is what I've been missing.. Well done!!
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Thanks for the Advanced Tips!!
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Tip: Instead of holding R2 for the axe to use the Serpent snare skill, you can press R2+R2(holding the second R2) which will send them flying while being faster than the normal R2 hold.
Good tip! Yeah I started doing that recently after realizing it shortens the Serpent Spare animation.
if you have pride of the frost unlocked you can do R1, R1, R1, HOLD R2 to proc serpents snare and i think it's faster this way
also, you can proc PoTF with R2, R2, R1, R2
Thank you really much
You’re very welcome!
This is an exceptional guide! Thank you
many thx, i am just a beginner in PS world, so all these r definitely treasure for me !
One basic tip for the verticality of the game:
You can use an attack while you jump off a cliff/edge which at times does bonus damage or throws enemies back.
Yes! Good tip! Those attacks are pretty strong.
Another lovely and informative video. I already completed the game, but I'll be excited to try these on the next run/NG+. Would have made the first run easier!
Thank you! Glad you found it informative 😄 I hope the tips come in handy for a future playthrough!
Im glad im not the only one the cheese that hateful fight by running around and going up the ledge
Was really wainting for this.
Cool! I hope you found it helpful!
You are doing an amazing job with your channel! Thanks for all the insight, well thought through videos from graphical, bookmark and comprehension point of view and also with a great commentator voice.
I really appreciate your work and hope your channel grows on as much as you helped me improve my game on GoW ;-)
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I have one that no one talks about. I really don't know why.
USE THE GUARDIAN SHIELD
After a parry you have two options:
R1: You retaliate with a shield bash It deals both Health damage and Stun
R2: It trips all enemies arround you.
Here's the catch> You are invulnerable during both! it's different from the Dauntless shield that even if you do a shield bash with a charge you are NOT protected from doing it
omg I've been parrying "wrong" the whole game. I parry by double tapping l1, which is a shield bash - but it definitely works, I guess they coded both to work. But it never occurred to me to try parrying by holding l1, just at the right time. That makes it a lot safer to use!
draugr i have zero problems with. but dreki & wulver? those seem to be my two biggest challenges in the game & when youre playing on GMGOW, facing two of each might as well be a boss battle lol. will definitely apply some of these tips when next im playing - hopefully i get less frustrated.
thanks!
Oh yes Drekki and Wolvers are tough. Hopefully this tips help!
i hate wulver
Best tutorial I watched so far.
Bro post game content has me on red health every dang time, I needed this
I love your videos and dedication ❤🔥
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Great fundamentals tips!!! Keep the content coming so good!!! 🔥
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This video was really helpful thanks a lot bro
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This is amazing! Just what I needed.
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very nicely done Arktix... the small details you shared really helps. anyways if nothing works Atreyus can just spam arrows lol
Thanks! Hope you found some helpful tips here!
I figured most of the stuff by my own already, just needed the final confirmation. Your videos are very informative and helpful. Loved the Horizon ones also.
Thanks for the awesome videos man🤘
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This helped me a lot! Thank you! I love this game and I am a quarter way through my fourth play through this time on GMGOW level. So I’m trying to be more mindful of what I buy. One of the few criticisms I have is it feels impossible to buy what I want. Thanks!!
Also I subscribed 👍
Hey thanks! Glad to hear you found this helpful even as an experienced player 😄 And thanks a lot for your sub! I appreciate it 🙏
best combat guide ever
Hey thanks! 😄
This was fantastic! Great work. I learned a lot.
Really helpful video,cheers mate
I prefer applying burn first since scorched sweep is so good at applying burn compared to the axe’s methods to applying status.
Thanks for sharing, these will be a game changer for me
Just finished the King Hrolf and Queen Gna fights, gonna chill and watch some Arktix
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Wow this is awesome, thanks!
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