Combat Tutorial

[Firellius]

Would someone care to explain how the fighting in this game works? I've been mashing buttons like crazy and trying to find some way to respond to the blinking health indicators, but nothing's working.

"Press space to break an opponent's defense!"

Okay, I press space, kick them in the gut, their defense is down, but then they pull a miracle recovery and block my next attack. Meanwhile, someone attacks me from behind. Best way to kill someone seems to be to hammer left mouse button repeatedly until they're dead, and I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have combat that is that stupidly straightforward.

Why is there no proper combat tutorial in this game?

[bol]

"Press space to break an opponent's defense!" You need to follow it up quickly with the mouse attack. as you see him kicking quickly tap the mouse attack.

When attacking- you need to press the mouse attack the moment your sword hits or is blocked to follow up the attack. also when you try to press space to break an opponents defense. just mashing the mouse will not make you attack faster, if you mess up the timeing stop quick and start over. usualy by blocking to get a counter kill

Counter kill- easyest way to kill in a fight. hold mouse block key and tap mouse attack when attacked. Follow up with attacking another guy, usualy the one that reacts poorly to the death of his friend.

Grab- use shift to grab. Throw them into merchant stalls or those scaffolds to quick kill them, group the enemies around the object and crush them all with it by throwing one of them into it.

Or when they fall to the ground, switch to your hidden blade by quickly hitting 2 and stab them while they are down.

Any time your target falls to the ground try to switch to your hidden blade with 2 and stab them.

[nicki]

how to run from a fight??? or first i need to kill everyone, but its impossible, when i open someone with space and starting combo some another moron hitting me!!! also even on 1vs1 i was trying to fight a shoter and he was moving back after every shot and i was following him with very small steps forward while holding my sword in a hand (he almost kill me). So tell me please how to hide a sword (without start fighting with hands) and run away few steps then comeback and jump on someone with hidden blade?!
Its a worst fighting system from all AC and worst map, its like labyrinth, streets are small you must run behind houses but when you see dead end you must climb up and its very slow, i glad i got this crap on uplay from some bundle and didn't overpay for it!

[BloodyMares]

Originally posted by jaceb:

how to run from a fight??? or first i need to kill everyone, but its impossible, when i open someone with space and starting combo some another moron hitting me!!! also even on 1vs1 i was trying to fight a shoter and he was moving back after every shot and i was following him with very small steps forward while holding my sword in a hand (he almost kill me). So tell me please how to hide a sword (without start fighting with hands) and run away few steps then comeback and jump on someone with hidden blade?!
Its a worst fighting system from all AC and worst map, its like labyrinth, streets are small you must run behind houses but when you see dead end you must climb up and its very slow, i glad i got this crap on uplay from some bundle and didn't overpay for it!

Just hold the same buttons for sprinting-climbing as you usually do. This way you'll escape the fight. And why is everyone skipping the AC1? It teaches you everything you need to know for the sequels.