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Combat
Some battle strategies work better than others. Fortunately, you and
your friends have many different talents. Ailish favors ranged
magical attacks, while Tal prefers to wield his sword in melee
techniques. Here are different fi ghting tactics and the characters
that excel at them.
Note:
Be sure to look for opportunities to boost your armor with
runes or spells.
Melee Attacks
Got some evil up close? Wipe the smirk off that Aklorian’s face with
a melee attack. This attack form uses swords, claws, and other
hand-held weapons and works best on enemies in your immediate
vicinity.
Melee fi ghters:
Tal and Buki
The Combo Bar
The Combo bar appears in the lower-left
corner during melee combat and displays the
combo buttons as you press them. The circles
in the Combo bar fl ash blue to indicate when you need to press the
next button. If you do not press the next button at the correct time,
a red X appears in the circle, and you must restart the combo.
Combo Moves for Tal and Buki
Combat
A
Launch a vertical melee attack
X
Launch a horizontal melee attack
B
Knock multiple enemies away with a sweep attack
Combo Moves
As the fi rst tutorial in
Sudeki
demonstrates, melee fi ghters Tal and
Buki have special combination moves that can infl ict different
amounts of damage on one or more enemies. To execute a combo
move successfully, you must press a sequence of three buttons
(listed in the following table) within a specifi c amount of time, as
indicated on the Combo bar.
A
,
A
,
A
Stabbing attack
Lightning Thrust
Burning Wolf Kick
X
,
X
,
X
Full-circle attack
Sidewinder Slash
Lucky Crane’s Feet
A
,
X
,
A
Spinning air attack
Aurora Scythe
Dipping Hawk Punch
X
,
A
,
X
Slow spin attack
Typhoon Cutter
Swaying Willow Dance
X
,
X
,
A
+ Juggling move
Tornado Spin
(
A
,
A
,
A
)
*
Mystic Tiger’s Fury
A
,
A
,
X
+ Juggling move
Blade Mirage
(
X
,
X
,
X
)
*
Devastating Orchid Kick
A
,
X
,
X
Charge attack
Crusader’s Charge
Furious Scorpion Pincer
X
,
A
,
A
Spinning stun attack
Whirlwind Smash
Swirling Storm Strike
*
These are “juggling moves.” You can repeat the fi nal move
in the sequence up to three times by pressing the last
button repeatedly.
