User:Cymbalta/Tips and Tricks

Some tips I learned over time...

Combat

(or, Holy Land Self-Defense: A Primer)

Defense

Always be in defensive mode, unless you really intend on attacking/running at that moment. If you forget, you'll take more damage then you can spare.

Countering

...is a useful way to dispatch an opponent, or give yourself some breathing room. Either way, use this every chance you get. But, uh, time it right, or you'll earn a smack from a sword.

Throwdown

Grab and throw is useful 3 ways: Breathing space, since 1 guard is easier then 2; taking advantage of your environment, say, into a merchant stand or scaffold, or throwing off of a ledge or into the Poisonous Water of Doom; and finally, for throwing them to the ground. Course, when you throw them to the ground, it's a good idea to kill them afterwards. The hidden blade does wonders for this...especially against those damn Templars (21/60 on 11/18).

Running

(or, crap there's too many of them time to go!)

• Sprint. There's no reason not to.
• When running, don't run into people. It's a really good way to fall flat on your ass.
• Rooftops are empty, and have gardens to hide in. Use 'em.
  • ...but remember to kill the pesky archers while you're up there. Practice quickly taking them out with a throwing knife. And, if you've got the jump on one, use the blade. It saves a knife, and they usually don't block it.
  • Oh, and guards can climb up. But they do it slowly...so, bottleneck them and hack and slash away with your sword as they struggle up. Less guards, and easier to get away.
  • Grab if you don't think you'll make that last jump. It saves a lot of trouble, and you'll avoid awkward stares when you land.
• If you are climbing, climb fast. Guards are excellent shots with rocks. Gravity hurts still, no matter how cool you are.

More to come!