Summary
- Concentration is a key resource in combat
Black Myth: Wukong
so that powerful attacks are possible when fully charged. - Players can level up to unlock more focus points and improve their combat skills in battle.
- Each stance in the game has a unique, focused heavy attack that requires situational strategic decisions.
Focus is an important element of Black Myth: WukongThe combat system and understanding how it works can be crucial to success in the game. Black Myth: Wukong can be a torturous experience, similar to the Soulbourne series from which it is heavily inspired. This makes Understanding and using all available resources even more necessary than might be the case with less demanding games.
Black Myth: Wukong‘s focus system isn’t necessarily too complex, but players can be forgiven for feeling a little lost with it. The game’s tutorials are a little sparse, and you don’t have much time to get familiar with it before diving into the action. This isn’t too unusual for a Soulslike (Black Myth: Wukong isn’t a true Soulslike), but it can make the game more frustrating if players don’t know exactly how to use all of their moves.
What is Focus and how is it used in Black Myth: Wukong?
The focus is saved during combat and can be used for powerful attacks
Focus is a combat resource that players can use to launch more powerful attacks.. Players build focus by performing light attacks against enemies, as indicated by a progress bar in the bottom right of the screen. Once the focus bar is full, a small circle lights up to indicate the player has earned a focus point. Focus points are saved until players perform a heavy weapon attack.
After players earn a Focus Point, attacking with a heavy weapon will trigger a stronger version of the normal heavy attack. Alternatively: Players can charge the heavy attack button to increase focus while they do it. This often means standing still while charging, making charging focus in this way a calculated risk. Often, it is safer for players to charge their focus with quick attacks and then quickly unleash their more powerful attacks. Still, charging can occasionally be the right way to go in certain stances and situations.
How to get more focus in Black Myth: Wukong
Players can level up to unlock more focus points
Players can save one focus point at the beginning. As they progress through the game and level up, they can unlock more focus points. The maximum number of focus points that can be saved indefinitely is Black Myth: Wukong is three. More focus points at the same time can enable an even stronger attackor it allows players to use a single focus-based attack multiple times. Since focus recharges often in battle, it’s best not to sit on focus points for too long.
Players can also unlock the ability to have a fourth focus point. Unlike the first three points, The fourth point can only be saved for a limited time. This means that players will want to use their fourth focus as soon as possible after obtaining it. This works anyway, as players don’t want to hoard focus for too long during fights, although it is a little disappointing when a fight ends and the fourth focus point has to expire.
How focus influences the different viewpoints in “Black Myth: Wukong”
Each stance has a unique, focused heavy attack
There are three different viewpoints of the employees in Black Myth: Wukong. While changing stance does nothing for light attacks, it does change the style of heavy attack used. This is directly related to concentration, as the different heavy attacks gain different abilities when charged with concentration.
Smash Stance’s heavy attack allows The Destined One to spin through the air before performing a powerful downward strike. Unlike the other two stances, players can charge this heavy attack while moving, meaning they can build focus more easily even when they aren’t hitting enemies with light attacks. The downside is that this attack has a much shorter range and a slower combat animation than the other two stances.
If you perform a heavy attack in the pillar stance, The chosen one will sit on his staffand unleashes a smash attack when the button is released. As the focus increases, the length of the staff also increases. This lifts players higher into the air, making it easier for them to dodge attacks while charging the focus and giving their eventual attack more range. Players must be careful when crouching as they can be knocked off their pillar by enemies.
The attack of the thrust stance is similar to the column stance, since The range also increases with more focus. However, to perform Thrust Stance’s heavy attack, players must stand perfectly still on the ground, making it a bit riskier. However, Thrust Stance’s final attack is faster than Pillar Stance’s and has the same long range. This means that players who charge Focus through light attacks might prefer Thrust Stance as they can perform heavy attacks faster.
Every attitude in Black Myth: Wukong has its own ups and downs. Players don’t stick to one stance, but rather switch between stances that are best suited for each situation. In order to make good strategic decisions, it’s important to understand how focus affects heavy attacks in each stance.
Editor’s note:
The studio behind it
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