God of War Ragnarok – Combat Tips and Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You!



Today I go over some God of War Ragnarok tips and tricks for combat to make life easier. God of War Ragnarök can be a pretty brutal game, so here’s some tips that helped me out in my playthrough.

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47 thoughts on “God of War Ragnarok – Combat Tips and Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You!”

  1. Couple clarifications- Despite not receiving XP or hacksilver for killing enemies in Niefleheim training pit… You do still receive the XP for the labor for completing each skill.
    Tip with Stonewall Shield … it can only block the yellow parry attack until it’s fully charged (4 hits i believe to fully charge). Once it’s fully charged, the next yellow circle attack will break your guard like any other shield. So just be sure to expend the shield never often with a shield strike whether it’s fully charged yet or not if your fighting enemies that convo quickly… because if they break your guard early in a combo, on higher difficulties you can easily die to a combo of attacks.
    A correction- you mentioned being able to parry back projectiles… I don’t believe all the shields are able to parry projectiles. I’m pretty sure the Stonewall can only block them, not redirect them.

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  2. The Parrying in this game is wack some of the mobs you can’t even tell when they’re about to do a basic attack because the camera is so closed in or not wide enough for bigger mobs they just go super speed and fuck your health really frustrating yellow attacks and blue attacks are perfect just wish they’d put a white ring around basic attacks

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  3. Fun fact, if you go into the Gameplay settings you can make it so you can charge your Chaos Blades by just holding the button like the axe. It’s the setting that changes all tap functions (cut scene stuff and the like) from tap to hold.

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  4. Also you forgot to mention that you don't have to use a resurrection stone if you go down early in an encounter. It's better to save it and use tactically during tough encounters until you are confident you can finish the fight.

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  5. You can also change settings so that you can collect items by walking over them rather than constantly having to position yourself and then press 'O' – so much better. You can also change the setting so you can climb walls/jump over barriers without pressing 'O' too. Makes the game so much better.

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  6. It just feels like they took a few steps backwards in terms of combat. The worthless spin for the chains that was the hold L2 from the first game, and why in gods name did they get rid of the bare knuckle skill tree and change stance moves. The spear is so weak and unversatile

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  7. The game also doesn't tell you the shield L1 only works half the time. You can mash the button all day but Kratos just stands there to get killed so Mimir can make fun of you for not using the shield because this game's control inputs don't work. And when the shield DOES come up, you're able to use it ONCE against a larger enemy before they're given unfair advantage to continually beat you up till you die. The game won't let you dodge out of the way or recover, doesn't matter what buttons you push WAY in advance. You're going to get killed because the control mechanics DO NOT WORK.

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  8. I am NOT liking the controls for combat. For some reason the quick turn options just SUCK! I don't know why but I just can't get a quick turn when needed in combat. I find myself slowly turning 9 out of 10 times.

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  9. I can not emphasize this enough but focus on element it's easier to apply burn then switch to any other weapon that has their runic abilities ready to go so you can combo into them for huge damage

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  10. My game is glitched and enemies instantly respawn so when you fight the witch that turns into a dragon in Niflheim, and win, she returns immediately. So I began a training exercise and can beat her while fighting mobs of enemies while invincible and keep getting the stuff she drops at the end over and over and over. It's not as helpful as it sounds though, and as a dragon, she can kill you if she stomps on you so you have to keep your distance but it's not hard to keep doing. I wish that glitch would get patched already. It's impossible to 100% because the realm tears don't let you reach in after to get the loot so I can never finish my game entirely because of this stupid glitch and it's very frustrating.

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  11. For those of you that don’t know you can power up the blades real quick by double tapping L1 with a shield (I prefer dauntless) and hitting triangle right after animation changes on PS5 your controller also gives a different vibration feel. This will instantly power up the flame ability and you can use the R1/R2 ability and with the handle that refills cooldown it works on all your abilities and relics! It’s damn right game breaking!

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