Use a Mix of Dodging and Guarding
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice Tips and Tricks
Combat in Hellblade is much more technical than what you might expect from Ninja Theory’s other games. It’s all about timing, making sure you’re taking the right actions at the right time. There’re two defensive options Senua has to keep herself safe in battle, dodging and guarding. Both are equally important, but you’ll want to use a mix of the two options. Dodging is absolutely integral for big attacks, such as ones that cause AoE damage. Meanwhile guarding can help you deflect damage from smaller blows, and is even more important for parrying and counter attacking. If you time a guard right as the enemy blow is landing you can parry the attack, then quickly follow up with the attack button to launch an effective counter.
Make sure you’re remembering to use both dodge and guard and don’t become reliant on one or the other, since enemies will take advantage of that.
