Fighting multiple people is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ (tips?)

[Jermy]

Of course there will be someone who just says "You just have to headshot 3 guys with a bow whilst they are all attacking you"

But seriously how to game?

[HoboProBro]

At first you should avoid fighting multiple enemies, like you would in real life. After some hours of training though everything you touch will explode, quite unlike in real life.

Meaning avoid at first and steamroll everything later. Fighting with more then 2 enemies doesn't work to well for now.

[Hexxem]

Take down archers ASAP. Once you engage, one of the enemies will likely pull out a bow and start shooting at you, disengage current target and rush the lightly armored archers while they still have thier bow out. Rinse and repeat.

[Isha]

Always move to keep the guy you're fighting between you and the other guys so you don't get surrounded and beat down from all directions. Sometimes this means you'll have to disengage and sprint a little bit away to get them all in front of you again.

They actively try to circle you.

[Teddy]

Kite them around obstacles and poke in the face, especially if you have the piercer, it's a face poking weapon <3 one or two pokes and they are out.

[Donegali]

It's not supposed to be easy. Yes, you can cheese it by shooting them all in the head as they attack, but it gets boring. As they say above take out the archers asap, or keep the others between you and the archer. You can also try running away which tends to string them out so you can fight them one on one before moving onto the next one. It doesn't always work and sometimes it is just better to run.

[Apop85]

If you fight with a sword atm you should try a mace instead. You will see things get much more easy with a good mace in your hand ;). just give it a try

[Isha]

Fighting multiple people is really very hard in real life. I fought two cops once and it was very tough.

[Evol_Prodigy]

You just have to headshot 3 guys with a bow whilst they are all attacking you.

[Vladimiś]

I would say that TAB does help since you can change your targets way more reliably. Move in way which forces them to form a konga line so you will be able to trade with only one guy at time, or try to run around rocks hoping that AI will have problems with path finding and you will be able to separate enemies that way

[the dark wizard]

I am going to assume you are in the early to mid game, and you are kitted in medium armor at best... I also assume you are at maximum level 10 in your skills-

This is done as some part of combat becomes easier later on, and you should gain more knowledge about fighting after enough playing (thus gaining better equipment and skill levels).

If you are to fight several bandits (your primary enemy at the early/mid game).

Lets say you fight with a short sword and shield, against 2 people with the same gear and an archer...

You need to be aware of your surroundings, the archer won't fire at you unless he can get around/behind you... so keep your foes between him and you to effeciently neutralized him.

Now you got two guys comming at you, something that can be hard to fight against if you are not used to it... it's important to remember to keep moving, that you can switch target with the tab key (↹), and that you can disengage by sprinting...
Also remember that your stamina works as a 2nd life bar, that allows you to not take much damage, but instead let your armor take the hits.

By remembering those factors, you should be able to back away (keeping the archer out of the fight)... and slowly working the opponents down.
Masterstrikes (defending perfectly) either eats the stamina of an opponent, or severly hurts them, so you should try and aim for that... as well as follow up on the episodes.
When you are down to a 1 vs 1 (archer is still behind) you should be able to make easy work of him.


That is how I would suggest you kill them.
Now please note, that if you can get the archer down instantly before you engage the other two, then you should be more at ease and should be able to more easily manuver around (focusing on perfect guards/master strikes).

[Bramborough]

There's a couple of perks which make you scarier, lol. I don't remember exactly which tree. But it does help, one or two of the enemies might run off and be out of the fight, thinning numbers. Lol, of course later it's a pain in the butt to run him down for the kill.

If you're the one initiating the fight (i.e., bandit camp or whatever), then yeah, try to scout it a bit and shoot one or two unseen before engaging in melee. For Cuman camps, prioritize the guy wearing the bright red or yellow caftan. First, because he's lightly armored and hopefully your arrow will one-shot him; second, because he's probably the archer of the bunch.

Even in woods, usually there's a road/trail or open area nearby. I tend to backpedal towards it in melee and fight there. That way I keep track of them better, and don't get myself hung up on a tree or rock or whatever. If I have my wits about me (which isn't guaranteed), I try to take out the lesser-armored guy first, hoping he'll go down more quickly.

The post above about using a mace has merit against groups which have some folks wearing plate and mail, which defend against Stab and Slash damage. A mace, however, does Blunt damage, so whacks everybody. The downside of the mace is it's relatively short reach, no handguard, doesn't block well. So also use shield, and don't be afraid to get up close: Clinch is your friend. Clinch/stab, then knock them on the noggin with your mace. Headcracker a good perk for this combat style. You might not kill him in one blow, but good chance to knock him out; again, thinning the pack quickly.

It's a pain to train up Mace skill, however, with Bernard. Unlike the wooden swords and axes, the wooden training bludgeons do damage. So early on you're having to heal up a lot from Bernard's whacks...later, the challenge is to keep fights going for a while to get Mace XP without wrecking Bernard, lol.

edit: good post by dark wizard above.

[Jacky]

Apply Lullaby potion to your sword. Takes some down with one poke :)

[Myth]

As other have probably said. Use obstructions or out in the open disengage auto-lock and backpedal trying to keep them in a single file line. The archers hang back and shoot their friends in the back of the head, the front guy can't back way because he has his buddy right behind him so it's a good opportunity to repeatedly sab.

If you've played Witcher 3 it's like a clumsy slow motion version of that - the strategy is the same, attack from the outside never letting the group surround you or form a side by side line in front of you.

Up your alchemy and coat arrows and weeapons with bane potions - one good poisoned stab and kitting will kill an enemy or two while you are fighting another. If you can prepare to go into a big fight use a vitality potion(resists damage) and a bucks blood potion(quickly restores stamina).

[Isha]

In the Witcher 3 it's easy to slay unlimited enemies in a group because Geralt is a super-human dancer. This is much closer to real world.

[JefferyNothing]

Originally posted by Kayhan:

git gud.

Theres always that one bellend isn't there.