Combat
Combat in Naruto Online is a bit different than what you’d expect from your typical MMO. It’s not exactly turn based, but everyone attacks on a set schedule. You can influence your team’s attacks using special abilities and combos. Special abilities are obtained by leveling your own character up, and from increasing the star ratings of your recruited ninjas.
Combos are formed in different ways. The most typical combo in Naruto Online comes from bonds. These are when you take two ninjas that have some sort of relationship and place them next to each other when setting up your team layout. When one character in the bond pulls off a specific attack, the other(s) will follow to form a string of attacks that are separate from their standard attacks. When used properly, this can lead to large combat streams where each ninja attacks more than once during your turn.
The other way to form combos is through special conditions. Every character has abilities and attacks that trigger automatically when an enemy is either knocked back, launched into the air, or knocked down. On top of that, some attacks are triggered when a certain combo threshold his met. For example: the fire type starter has an attack that triggers once the combo goes above 10, he also has an attack that triggers if an opponent is knocked into the air by an adjacent enemy.
Play around with the placement of your ninjas and the makeup of your team, and you’ll find yourself demolishing any shinobi or monster that dares to get in your path.
