Exploit Weaknesses
Horizon Zero Dawn Combat Tips and Tricks
Coming face to face with a towering machine can be pretty daunting in combat, but don’t just go ahead and start launching all of your ammo at the beast, take a moment to use your Focus, pick out its weak points and elemental weaknesses, and focus your attack on these. Hitting weak points as opposed to just a standard body shot can net you up to an additional 100 points of damage with each hit.
What’s more, you can wipe out over 50% of some machines’ health bars if you hit these weak points with elemental weaknesses. For example, a Fire Bellowback has a huge Cargo Sac on its back filled with Blaze – a highly flammable solution. A few fire arrows into this Cargo Sac will wipe out half of its health and continue to deal burn damage afterward. Use what you know to your advantage and exploit these weaknesses.
