Any way to dodge or avoid damage?

[Stretchytall]

I realized that, even when blocking, some damage comes through the block. Is there any way to dodge or otherwise completely avoid the damage of an enemy attack?

[Demīru_Kyō]

parry the attack

[Demīru_Kyō]

you cant parry the bosses and the big cannibals tho

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Stretchytall:

I realized that, even when blocking, some damage comes through the block. Is there any way to dodge or otherwise completely avoid the damage of an enemy attack?

Jump when they attack you. Worked well in the first game and works fine in SOTF

[trevorkrause]

Originally posted by Stretchytall:

I realized that, even when blocking, some damage comes through the block. Is there any way to dodge or otherwise completely avoid the damage of an enemy attack?

Always run away.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92gP2J0CUjc

[Angelica]

I've had trouble with the timing but a quick right click will parry. If they are uphill from your position ducking can work. If they are down hill and swing low jumping works. There is no fast dodge that I know of. Backing up while charging a heavy swing then moving in to land it can also interupt many would be attackers.

[Spaceman Spiff]

One shot in the head of the big club cannibals using a crossbow will put them down. I let them run at me, line up the sights on the crossbow, then let fly. They go down like a sorority girl at a Friday night fraternity party.

[CHICKEN JOCKEY!!!]

Weapons have different block stats. I don't know if theres any 100% blocking weapons in this game, but the crafted club blocks a crap ton of damage.

[BaconMonster]

Cannibals can be parried (quickly press the block button as their hit is about to connect) if you time it right, though it will not work on anything bigger.

[threethreethree]

Originally posted by Stretchytall:

Any way to dodge or avoid damage?

By moving. Dodging means moving. Sideways, backwards, etc. You just have to practice with your moving.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

I just go all out swinging at their backs - seems to work fine in caves but running through caves is by far more convenient for health and survival.

When you are out there in the forest, seemingly cannibals hate any type of water unless provoked.

I can stand there in shallow water they will either look at me, run away, or attack if close enough. I can get nose to nose within 1 meter with some cannibals

Fun Fact: Cannibals cannot swim.

[BORG]

Use ranged attacks and run around avoiding being hit. Staying distant and giving yourself the advantage of position is generally the best way to combat in this game without sacrificing armour and meds every five minutes. The armour in this game is very imbalanced so if that's what you're trying to avoid replacing constantly, the ranged method is best.

The melee combat system is crude and wasn't expanded upon from the first game. A dodge mechanic would have been a good addition to the combat system in SOTF, but they ignored improving upon it in favour of bang bang pew pew gun play. SOTF is a very checklist composed game.

There's lots of wasted potential with this game and when I say lots, I mean a hell of a lot of wasted potential.

[Stretchytall]

Originally posted by threethreethree:

Originally posted by Stretchytall:

Any way to dodge or avoid damage?

By moving. Dodging means moving. Sideways, backwards, etc. You just have to practice with your moving.

And I only recently realized you can use the sprint key for extra speed when moving sideways or backward.

[Jethro]

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff:

They go down like a sorority girl at a Friday night fraternity party.

I need to remember to use this line in the future!

😂

[DanteBrane]

Either parry or use a weapon that has a higher blocking stat to negate as much damage as possible.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Originally posted by Jethro:

Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff:

They go down like a sorority girl at a Friday night fraternity party.

I need to remember to use this line in the future!

😂

Not having been a frat boy myself, my wife who was in a sorority finds my use of that analogy disturbing, although she doesn't deny it's validity.