Best moves/combos?

[Solomon]

Trying to get really profecient with this game. Any recommendations? The sweep-kick combo (lock-on and hold away) seems effective at disarming enemies. Thanks!

[furbleburble]

I honestly don't know if there are good combinations because I've never managed to make good use of any combos. Combat has always been clunky for me, or maybe I am clunky at combat. When actually required to engage in combat, I have found that entering Blood Rage is a good way to stay a live, but it's also a good idea to try to stay behind enemies which can mean Dilated Perception might be better. I think you have to end Blood Rage to raise the meter, though, and I've never been able to raise the meter without ending Rage first.

The triple kick is a good way to disarm enemies that can actually be disarmed, but a much better way is to just harpoon them. Also, the harpoon can be used to instantly kill most enemies, making combat a moot point. I find launching enemies into deadly environmental pieces is more fun than hacking away at them. If there aren't any deadly environment pieces, just launch them, run over to them, and attack; there's a good chance this will lead to dismemberment.

When you want to feed or raise your rage bar, it's often a good idea to do so from behind, and for the rage bar it is a good idea to hold the harpoon button while pressing the attack button to get more rage from it. For me, the best way to get behind someone is to lock on to them and jump toward them, which usually puts you behind them if close enough. This works quite well throughout the game on standard mooks. Feeding and raising the rage bar are generally a safe way to kill without issue; when surround, it's often enough to just rotate the body you're feeding on. When really low on health, you may want to enter Rage while feeding to help stay alive.

[Nethiar]

I usually do a kick twice, blade twice, and repeat combo. That way you can keep attacking without leaving yourself vulnerable.

[Solun]

I think it's impossible to get really good at this game because all the combo controls are far from simple. The only reason I'm basically proficient in it is because it's all I was playing when I was 14-15, I had no other games and first played BR2 demo version on repeat, then somehow I managed to buy the game when it came out and played it probably a hundred times. It all stuck and it's natural to me but when I play any other game, it's so damn hard to learn the controls even when they're primitive. Oh the old age... (I'm 29)