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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order guide: 8 tips to turn any player into a Jedi GrandmasterTrust only in the Force… and also in our guide series
Trust only in the Force… and also in our guide series
Let’s cut to the chase.Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderis great. And you want to be great at it. Well, as luck would have it, below we’ve laid out our 8 topStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order tipsfor players of all skill levels, and we’ve also linked to all other articles in our ever-growingJedi: Fallen Order guide series. Whether you’re stuck on a particular boss battle, or wondering how to unlock the double-bladed lightsaber, or what the hell a Scomp Link is: we’ve got you covered.
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Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order guide
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order guide
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Orderis a purelysingleplayerexperience - a third-person action adventure game with a focus on exploration and melee combat. It’s essentially Sekiro crossed with Uncharted - and from that, you’ll probably already know whether you’ll like, love, or hate the game - or perhaps all three.
As I said before, this is a challenging game if you’re coming from anywhere except Sekiro. You may think that this game will fulfil that old unstoppable Jedi Master power fantasy (and it will, with some practice), but you’ll often be met with some very unceremonious deaths until you get a handle on the game and its intricate melee combat system.
The below top tips will hopefully give newer players a push in the right directions, while also providing a foundation for players of all skill levels to build upon during their travels.
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Look out for Save Points where you can rest and learn new skills
You can interact with Save Points in two ways:
For full details on all the skills at your disposal throughout the campaign, check out ourStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order skill treeguide.
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Damage the enemy that killed you last to regain all your lost XP
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Deflect blockable attacks, and Dodge unblockable attacks
Combat in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order takes lots of cues from FromSoftware’s masterpiece,Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. One such cue is that many enemies have both blockable attacks and unblockable attacks, which (as you might expect) must be dealt with in different ways.
Blockable attacks can be dodged, blocked, or deflected. Of these defensive abilities, the most useful (but the trickiest to master) is the deflect, because this will deal lots of stamina damage to your assailant, and for many weaker enemies will open them up for a one-hit-kill. As such, you should try to deflect as much as possible to shorten fights.
For full tips and tricks relating to combat, be sure to check out ourStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order combatguide.
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Try to avoid being surrounded
Another thing that Jedi: Fallen Order has in common with Sekiro is that you really,reallydon’t want to be surrounded. This is a game that focuses on intricate one-on-one combat. So when there are multiple enemies attacking you at once, things can get far more challenging in a very short space of time.
Until you gain full access to all your abilities (particularly Force Push, which as you’ll know from ourStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Force Powersguide is very good for crowd-control), your best bet is to approach each fight with a plan of action for taking on enemies one at a time, lest they quickly surround and overwhelm you.
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Watch for when BD-1 climbs down off your shoulder
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Heal up while your enemy is recovering
While we’re on the topic of BD-1 being extremely useful, he is also your source of healing during and between fights. Next to your health bar in the bottom-right of the screen, you’ll see a number next to an icon that might look like it depicts a lightsaber but actually depicts something called a stim canister.
These stim canisters are your healing items and you only have access to that certain number of them, though resting at a Save Point will replenish these heals. Now, onto the main tip: Instead of always pushing the advantage during a fight while your enemy is recovering from that overzealous attack, it’s often a better idea to step back and use that time to heal any damage you’ve sustained.Force Slow is also extremely usefulin this regard, particularly with one-on-one fights. Slow, heal, and then continue fighting. You’re welcome.
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Go to Dathomir first
Once you’ve completed the initial story mission on Bracca, and your subsequent time on the first planet of Bogano, you’ll be presented with a choice of which planet to go to next: Zeffo, or Dathomir.
OurStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Order lightsaberguide has the full details, but suffice it to say that the double-bladed lightsaber is fantastic for dealing with multiple enemies at once, when it’s absolutely unavoidable, and it makes all the hardship of heading to Dathomir first well worthwhile.
Jedi: Fallen Order tips - Don’t rush! Keep calm, keep your focus
My final tip is this:try to keep a level head. You’ll die a tonne in this game. It takes time to become a Jedi Master after all. As long as you learn from your mistakes, you should be able to overcome many of Jedi: Fallen Order’s most taxing challenges.
You can make up for your temporary lack of combat mastery with tactics. Assess the situation, and approach carefully. Don’t rush ahead, and play the super-aggressive button-mashing unstoppable Jedi, because unless you’re playing on Story difficulty, this game will punish you for it.
Next time you die, just take a step back, breathe, realise that everyone’s going through the same thing, and know that you’ll emerge victorious eventually, and it’ll feel so goddamn satisfying when you do.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order guide series
And that’s everything we’ve got for now for Jedi: Fallen Order tips - at least for this guide! Check out one of the articles below for in-depth explanations, tips, and walkthroughs for other aspects of this expansive Star Wars experience.
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