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The Art of Battle
Warrior Focus
The Warrior Focus meter begins to fill whenever Kameo (in any
form) lands a blow on a Troll, though it will quickly drain unless
further attacks follow. When the meter is filled to a certain
level, Warrior Focus mode becomes active.
Only those truly skilled in the ways of combat may enter
this intense state in which a fighter can move at superhuman
speeds. Battle Points are easily racked up this way, but don’t
dawdle—if the meter is allowed to drain, Warrior Focus will
fade and you’ll lose your advantage.
Scoring Battle Points
As you slug your way through enemy-infested areas, you’ll
find that Battle Points are added to your Score Bank each
time you take out a Troll. Several factors affect the Battle
Points awarded, and learning what these factors are can
result in some truly massive scores being achieved.
At the end of each major event, all Battle Points in your
Score Bank are added to your Total Score. As soon as
this happens, they’re yours to keep.
But if Kameo is defeated (or flees)
before that point, you’ll earn
nothing from the encounter.
Rescuing Warriors
When Elemental Warriors are separated from the Wotnot Book,
they become vulnerable Elemental Sprites. Unfortunately,
the Trolls have taken full advantage of this weakness and
now many of these Sprites are held captive by Shadow Trolls,
twisted servants of Thorn who will seek to lure Kameo into the
Shadow Realm where their powers are strongest.
Portals to the Shadow Realm look like covered wells and can
be found in many places, but are rarely unguarded. Only by
going in and beating the Shadow Trolls at their own game can
Kameo restore the lost Warriors to her Wotnot Book...
Commanding Warriors
Success against Thorn’s forces means getting to know the skills
of each and every Elemental Warrior. Use combinations of
and
to pull off moves based on a Warrior’s abilities—
punches, dodges, projectiles and a whole lot more.
Up to three Warriors can be assigned to the morph buttons
at any one time, allowing Kameo to shift quickly from one
form to another. Chains of transformations, linking together
the powers of many different Warriors for maximum effect,
are vital to success. An example is shown below.
Kameo morphs
into Major Ruin...
builds up
some spin...
and then
shifts to
Chilla in
mid-air...
to latch onto
a distant
ice wall!
hurtles off a ledge
at high speed...
