#combat guide

[luminafights]

░ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄: 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠

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Here's a video to show you how to dash stack.

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬── .✦

First part: dpad dash, release (see how it triggers the halo and "shing" sound?)

Second part: dpad dash, release -> basic attack chain -- slow

Third part: dpad dash, release -> basic attack chain -- quick

[fogaminghub]

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[techdriveplay]

A Short Guide to Helldivers 2

Welcome to the action-packed world of Helldivers 2, where the battle for democracy spans across hostile exoplanets teeming with alien threats. At first glance, Helldivers 2 might seem like your typical co-op shooter: drop into enemy territory, unleash havoc on alien foes, and extract before the peril overwhelms you. Yet, delve a bit deeper, and you’ll discover a complex game ripe with strategies,…

[somsonsomsoff]

headcanons for the employers have somehow turned into a crossover with de skills

[lucksea]

havent decided how i want the introduction to go yet but i imagine it would roughly be one of these two

[onlykenobimatters]

Codywan au where the clone troopers are actually a reincarnated group of an ancient sect of warriors from mandalorian space. They remember pieces of their previous society; some from the beginning of their origins all the way to the last grasping few. A lot of effort goes in to getting them assigned to the correct battalions. For they had a pantheon of gods they once worshipped and while they have always been One Blood, they believed very seriously in their coming of age ceremony where they must choose the god they would worship. It might have been thousands of years, but none stray from their Chosen.

(The pantheon would be similar to others in which they might have a core group of gods, but other minor gods could also exist. Each with their own domains;

Plo Koon was The Guardian? Protector of Packs and god of loyalty.

Mac Windu the Seer, protector/god of the past and future

While Yoda could be one of their oldest gods, his domains having shifted through the years but mainly protector of the young.

And then quigon who is associated with natural disasters. Legend is he was roaming their world, damning and saving mortals as he went, when he created a disaster so wroth, so powerful, he could not bare for it to fade. He pleaded with his grand sire and eventually Yoda agreed to help him. Combining their domains they turned the raging storm in to a young godling.

Obi-Wan, nature personified.

There are many legends involving the young godling and his journey. How he discovers his domains. And how he uses them to follow in his father’s footsteps to create children in his Image. For what is more natural than life and death?

Obi-wan is not the only one to create a god, but he is the only one to not need assistance. He becomes the Creator, the god of natural order, Father of Life (ahsoka) & death (Anakin)

Over the centuries the Line of Natural Order is adapted to many cultures within their system. Other attributes are gifted to them by followers of The Great Powers as well;

Life, goddess of survival & champion of the light side of the Great Power.

Death, god of balance & champion of the dark side of the Great Power.

The Creator, god of natural order and the Blessed, those who hold connections with the Great Power. )

and like I don't quite know where I was going with this, but clone wars era where the clones kind of remember this culture that doesn't seem to be recorded anywhere and these jedi that feel something Awaken when they meet these shining lights in the force.

and Obi-Wan gently cupping Cody's face, his blue eyes shining brightly. Obi-Wan allowing the force to guide him as he gently lays a kiss upon Co-, no, Kote's forehead, the warrior breathing in harshly as the first Blessing in thousands of years is granted to him. Kote is glory and Kote will uphold the Natural Order as The Creator, Ken'Obi, sees fit. For Kote is now Blessed by his patron God.

i dont even know this got away from me ugh

[room-surprise]

Absolutely GORGEOUS art of Kabru! Go check the artist out on Twitter (and if they've posted this art to Tumblr let me know so I can delete this!)

[manupropriaindigo]

YouTube video: DEATH BATTLE! Combat Doll vs Affini

[zetadraconis11]

I think what a funny question would be to Professor Weasley, why does the book say that you can learn the Unforgivable Curses?

That is quite the question, isn't it? The book that has everything the students "needs" and then some.

As a somewhat completionist, I wanted to learn them, but my MC is mostly a goody-two-shoes, lol.

That being said...that would make for a funny conversation...

*in the Transfiguration classroom*

Prof. Weasley: How have you been doing with your field guide? Any luck finding some pages?

MC: Well, yes, I've found quite a few already.

Wealsey: Wonderful! It seems you've been doing well in acclimating to this new world.

MC: I have a question, though...

Weasley: Yes?

MC, opens book: In the list of spells for me to learn, I see that I CAN learn the Unforgiveables.

Weasley: Oh dear... I don't know how-

MC: But you want me to completely fill out this book, right?

Weasley: I- that was the intention, yes, but-

MC: Alright! Time to learn some war crimes!

*MC runs out of the classroom*

Weasley:

Weasley: Merlin, what I have done?

[the-northern-continent]

Seeing some people worried about party balance with only 2 companions. Now, I’m no expert at Dragon Age combat, but I have done a couple Nightmare runs with some extremely cursed party comps (3 rogues + ranged mage, oops all glass cannons, solo daggers, etc.).

So I thought I’d put together a quick guide on how I balance out a “weird” party. Hopefully this will open up more options for your own parties, whether in Veilguard or in the previous games!

Basic theory

To win an encounter, we need to make our enemies die faster than us. So we want to speed up the damage we do to them, while slowing down the damage they do to us.

By that metric, some abilities are less helpful than we’d expect. For example, healing. We’re reducing the damage done to us, but we’re also using up time, resources, and skill points that could have done damage to them. We’re slowing down the fight for everyone; we may not be shifting the balance in our favor.

On the flip side, there’s a big difference between killing an enemy and ALMOST killing an enemy. If we load up on huge area attacks, we’re getting great damage efficiency, but it’s spread over many foes. Ten enemies at 1hp deal twice as much damage as five enemies at full health. There is no partial credit. Until an enemy actually reaches zero, they’re just as dangerous as they were at full health. We’re speeding up the fight for everyone, doing more total damage while our foes continue to hit us at full strength.

Key roles

If we want to actually widen the gap between our damage and the enemies’ damage, we need crowd control and spike damage.

In a classic tank/healer/dps party, the primary crowd control is the warrior’s taunt. But it could also be their knockdowns and stuns. It could be a mage’s freeze, paralysis, or pull of the abyss. It could be a rogue sending people to sleep or scattering caltrops to slow them down. Anything that clusters, slows, or stops our enemies, setting them up for more damage from us while also making it harder for them to hit back.

Meanwhile, spike damage fills in any gaps in our crowd control. A faraway archer or mage might not rely on movement, and bosses may be immune to many/all forms of CC. These enemies need to be spiked down while the rest of their allies are locked in CC. A rogue is the traditional choice for this, but mages can stock up on single- or limited-target spells, and warriors can also be specced into more focused abilities. Damage buffs like horn of valor, haste, or mark of death also help here. We get less total damage than we would with big AoEs, but the earlier we can drop someone, the faster we strip away their damage + their own attempts to CC us. For some bosses, killing them may also skip to the end of the fight.

Once we have these two roles covered, we can pad out the rest of our slots with multi-target damage. This can also be handled by any class, whether it’s a mage dropping fireballs, a spinning warrior, or a rogue blanketing the battlefield with arrows. With these abilities, we first target any large groups we can’t crowd control, then work our way down to clean up the rest of the battlefield.

To really underline this: all of these roles can be filled by any class. When building a party, don’t pay attention to classes, pay attention to roles. Are we getting enough crowd control, spike damage, and damage efficiency? Veilguard provides some additional help here: the skill trees have labels showing which areas of the tree deal with control, burst, and sustain.

Troubleshooting

Dying at the beginning of the fight. This is almost always a crowd control issue. We need to take several enemies off the field right away. Unless they’re very squishy, killing them would be too slow. We may also be triggering multiple encounters at once. On the next reload, slow down and don’t go as far into the new area. Maybe even retreat back through a door or behind a wall to get some free crowd control. If enemies can’t easily reach us, they’ll naturally clump together in the bottleneck.

Dying midway through the fight. We need more spike damage. Prioritize enemies who are not crowd controlled — we don’t want to waste our time spiking down enemies that are already “dead”. We may also be missing the trick to this encounter. See if there are any environmental features or interactive items we missed the first time around.

Dying near the end of the fight. First, rule out issues in earlier phases of the fight. Focusing on the long game can be a self-fulfilling prophecy — if we take too many longer-term abilities, we may be sacrificing our chance to end the fight early. When we’re sure we have enough crowd control and spike damage, we can start to worry about overall damage efficiency. Stack on some damage buffs and/or combo detonations to squeeze even more efficiency out of each AoE. ⚔️

[luminafights]

░ 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄: 𝐋𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬

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This boss is arguably one of the most annoying ones to beat when you are trying to go lean with your stats. Here are some general strategies that you can use to maximize your Luminivore fights!

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧── .✦

Luminivore is a Boss type enemy who deals slashing melee attacks. It has 2 lock phases, one at 80% 3x HP, after which it gets an orange glow to indicate a more empowered state; another one at 30% 2x HP (the space roughly between 3rd and 4th protocore shield under its HP bar).

Luminivore is also featured in "dormant Luminivore" special stages. In these stages, after killing the first wave of mobs, he goes straight into the first lock phase.

The difficulty comes from managing the timing around the two lock phases, while also dealing with the distance Luminivore creates with its movement. The strategies outlined below show how you can deal with these issues individually.

𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡── .✦

One way to deal with Luminivore's dash is to dash into it, using the body blocking to your advantage. I learned this strategy from fellow hunter Sene!

The first part of this clip is an example of body blocking to stop the dash completely. Your companion also helps add to the body blocking.

The second part of this clip (0:06 in the video), the body block was only able to cut down the distance by halfway - but that is still a good outcome!

𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥── .✦

Another way to deal with the dash by positioning yourself to where Luminivore is facing a nearby wall. This way, when it dashes, it will dash into the wall instead of traversing a larger distance. To maximize this strategy, learn at roughly which points in the fight Luminivore is most likely to do the dash and pre-position yourself.

Thank you to fellow hunter Beans for this strategy!

𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩── .✦

Luminivore has a tendency to backstep which makes you lose precious time closing the distance when using a melee weapon. To minimize this, attack it from the front with its back against the wall.

In this clip you'll see that it backsteps twice - once at the start, and another close to the end when it's already has its back pressed to the wall.

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬── .✦

Get a resonance skill in before its first lock phase at 80% 3x HP. This will help with your first oath timing to make the 1:00 mark.

Time a shieldbreak right before its second lock phase at the 30% 2x HP mark (the space roughly between 3rd and 4th protocore shield under its HP bar) to delay it. This may make your second oath timing a bit rough, depending on how much oath recovery you have, and how lean you're going with your damage stats.

You can keep inflicting damage during the second lock phase. If using a ranged weapon, keep attacking from a distance. If using a melee weapon, wait until it's done screaming and its aura disappears - that's the point when you are able to approach it again.

𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬── .✦

2.0:

- First lock phase ends faster. - Second lock phase can no longer be interrupted entirely. I've seen it be successfully interrupted just once since the update; would need a larger sample size of interrupts before I can say for sure that it can still be done.

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐠── .✦

If you find any issues with this guide, or if you have anything to add, please contact me through my Asks! Changes will be logged here.

2024-11-02 11:06 AM · Added Beans's strategy, 2.0 changes. 2024-05-25 2:59 PM · Original conclusions.

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[frogaroundandfindout]

You remember when dick was in space (for the first time with the new teen titans) because komand’r took Kory back and they needed to save her? And you remember how he understood it was a war they were fighting and that they needed to do what they had to in order to survive it? And how when Gar told him he needed to control Kory, dick wondered if he even should try to stop her from killing her sister? And how he literally killed to save her (there’s some deniability but he’s literally hitting them with lasers described as deadly right in the head)? I do.

[lonestarbattleship]

USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) leads a formation including USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62), USS Spruance (DDG-111), USS Pinckney (DDG-91), and USS Kidd (DDG-100), and USS Coronado (LCS-4) during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, on April 21, 2021. UxS IBP 21 integrates manned and unmanned capabilities into challenging operational scenarios to generate warfighting advantages.

Photographed by U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Shannon Renfroe.

Date: April 21, 2021

US Navy Photo: 210421-N-FC670-1079

[nevadancitizen]

GRRRRR soldier reader with a grunt gladiator pit (it's more cockfighting with their size and animalistic tendencies) even though they want nothing to do with it GRHAHHHRRRRRR and hank and sanford being their champions RRGHHGHHHHH and 2b organizing the whole thing with deimos presenting "evidence" of their "treason" against soldier AHHHHHAHAGGHHHGHRRRR