Need some fighting tips

[rrob]

I’m really enjoying this game and getting the hang of this awesome fighting system. But I’m having some trouble selecting targets for my combos after I redirect or bat swarm followed by cape stun and beat down. Sometimes Bats connects with a target, but other times he just swings at nothing while goons are just beside him, and I lose my hit count. What am I doing wrong? Using an Xbox controller on PC. Thanks.

[JonoAMano]

Try lowering your screen resolution from inside the Launcher. Not everyone's rig gets this but there have been numerous object and proximity registration or interaction problems resulting from overly high screen resolution logged on the various Arkham forums.

Use your distance weapons (Batarang, BatClaw Pull or BatClaw Slam), non-lethal weapons (REC, Freeze Grenade), crowd control tactics (Combat Explosive Gel, BatSwarm) range closure (Evade Toward Enemy, Redirect Over Enemy, Directed Aerial Assault) and combo moves (Combo Takedown, Combo Multiple Takedown, Disarm and Destroy) in order to fill a time gap between actual contact with a distant target without losing your combo.

Anticipate in which direction you'll need to be facing to engage the next target. Size up how many targets in a fight beforehand, that way you'll know by subtraction if there's enemies behind your forward camera POV in any particular fight zone. Speaking of zones, you can group small distant groups together into one larger cluster so you can practice those long unbroken combos.

Don't allow yourself to get cornered, and don't forcefully isolate an enemy to the point that you distance yourself from a large group, thus dropping combo. After using a majority of your combo moves and gadgets early on, use 12x Freeflow Focus to your advantage by allowing yourself more time to both act and react during large skirmishes.

Periodically rotate your camera with the Right Stick so you'll have better directional awareness. You'll pick up the ability to fight toward the camera so you won't lose combos.

Use Extended Beatdowns instead of standard Beatdowns toward the end of a fight while in Freeflow Focus so as not to drop enemies or combos too early. This allows luring distant or stunned enemies closer as they prepare to attack. During standard Beatdowns 1 hit = 1 damage, but with Extended Beatdowns 5 hits = 1 damage. Perform Extended Beatdowns by Cape Stun + 5x Strike, repeat. Drags out fight length, really nice method of farming 1000-1500 points from a single large skirmish. After the first Church breach and before entering Sionis Steel Mill I usually head back to the Courthouse for that large skirmish, worth almost 2000 points.

[rrob]

Great advice! Thanks again.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by JonoAMano:

Use Extended Beatdowns instead of standard Beatdowns toward the end of a fight while in Freeflow Focus so as not to drop enemies or combos too early. This allows luring distant or stunned enemies closer as they prepare to attack. During standard Beatdowns 1 hit = 1 damage, but with Extended Beatdowns 5 hits = 1 damage. Perform Extended Beatdowns by Cape Stun + 5x Strike, repeat. Drags out fight length, nice method of farming 1000-1500 points from a single large skirmish. After the first Church breach and before entering Sionis Steel Mill I usually head back to the Courthouse for that large skirmish, worth almost 2000 points.

I didn't know this. Encountered it randomly in fights and didn't understand why it happened sometimes and not others. Thanks for explaining it.

[JonoAMano]

Hey Ebon! Long time, dude :-)

You can do Extended Beatdowns while not in Freeflow Focus, but FF really enables prolonged unbroken combo because the thugs seem to take less damage while in Focus mode, resulting in mad XP rewards.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by JonoAMano:

Hey Ebon! Long time, dude :-)

You can do Extended Beatdowns while not in Freeflow Focus, but FF really enables prolonged unbroken combo because the thugs seem to take less damage while in Focus mode, resulting in mad XP rewards.

Yeah, too long. Just played through Arkham City again recently with my new rig (i7-8700k & GTX 1080 and finally maxed all settings) and just had to check it out. Still just as fun as Day 1.

I'm kinda stuck "between games" at the moment; nothing's really doing it for me, and that's when I revisit some of the excellent titles in my library.

[Nod]

hit them dont let them hit you

[Buck]

You're probably too far away from a thug to connect. use evade to move towards an enemy, or get into freeflow which is not sensitive to distance (Batman will just bounce all over like a maniac in freeflow)