Stick fights

[Weapon of DurgaSoft]

Why are they so rare? There's certainly no shortage of regular fist fights but I've only had about 2 stick fights so far. Is there something I can do to anger the other team so that they get them to have the stick symbol above their head instead of the fist?

[Fuyukai Desu!]

I don't quite remember the numbers, it was in the tutorial before they removed it (perhaps it's still there, haven't reached that part of the story yet), but from what I remember you have to clothesline/hip-check the same person 3-4 times while on momentum for them to get angry enough for a stick fight. Don't go for a regular fight.

[V7 Entertainment]

Those tutorials are all included in the How To Play screen under Help & Options. There is clear information on how to trigger stick fights. You need hit a player three times while on fire to trigger stick fights. Regular hits will just trigger regular fights, so if you use a lot of hip checks, then you don't start fights, but still get on fire, and you hit more people after they are already angry while on fire, then the stick symbols starts to pop up!

[Weapon of DurgaSoft]

Originally posted by Fuyukai Desu!:

I don't quite remember the numbers, it was in the tutorial before they removed it (perhaps it's still there, haven't reached that part of the story yet), but from what I remember you have to clothesline/hip-check the same person 3-4 times while on momentum for them to get angry enough for a stick fight. Don't go for a regular fight.

Originally posted by V7 Entertainment:

Those tutorials are all included in the How To Play screen under Help & Options. There is clear information on how to trigger stick fights. You need hit a player three times while on fire to trigger stick fights. Regular hits will just trigger regular fights, so if you use a lot of hip checks, then you don't start fights, but still get on fire, and you hit more people after they are already angry while on fire, then the stick symbols starts to pop up!

Ah, that would make sense. I'm having a lot of trouble hitting people in general which means I'm having a lot of trouble gaining momentum/getting on fire. Any tips on how to hit? I do exactly what the tutorial says yet the hit only lands about 10% of the time.

[Fuyukai Desu!]

Originally posted by Sadd boi:

Ah, that would make sense. I'm having a lot of trouble hitting people in general which means I'm having a lot of trouble gaining momentum/getting on fire. Any tips on how to hit? I do exactly what the tutorial says yet the hit only lands about 10% of the time.

What I normally do when I get objectives that requires lots of hits or triggering fights is: lose the faceoff and try to hip-check their center player and the one that gets the puck, you will just need one more big hit to trigger the momentum after that. Once you have it, try to position yourself and get ready to hold the R-Stick in the direction of the opposing player. Works the best when you're going head to head and from the sides. Hip-checks are also viable and probably the best bet if you can antecipate your opponent, it will also hit multiple targets (don't worry to much if you hit your own teammate). And you can always giveaway or dump the puck so you don't waste momentum time holding it.