How to MASTER Combat in the Batman Arkham Games EASILY! (The Ultimate Guide) 

I'm late to the party, only started Arkham Asylum now, and am having trouble with the combat system. This was very helpful, thanks!

minutes after watching this guide i got my 3 medals in an extreme combat challenge, the 1-2 hits then jump over an enemy works really well, simple yet so effective and I'm sure in time i'll get better. thank you

Thanks so much for all your help! I got the platinum and 100% in Arkham Knight today based off of your other helpful videos. This video right here is so cool because I learned most of these tips from just playing the games all these years. Extremely helpful and saves time from figuring it out on your own like I did.

Batman's pre-fight dialogue was used very effectively. 🙂

3:24 😆 the way Catwoman countered that

Great tip! I have one that isn't a tip but more of a help since some people still dont know how to do it To blade counter, you hold Y or Triangle when the slashing is happening. Release when you see the brief pause and the last release you do will enter the specials takedown animation. 3 slashes for goons and 4 for ninjas with swords

Wow this is a ridiculously good guide. The format, phrasing and depth of the content was incredible 🔥 Subscribed

This genuinely helped me I've noticed myself getting combos of 70-100 it's nice to have a guide to help out every now and then thank you

He way I've adopted playing is more reaction-based. Originally I would just do whatever got me through it (strike & evade), but then I started reacting to what the particular enemy is actually doing, and it becomes this crazy dance that flows way better than dodging every few seconds. That's just my opinion, but I also think it's what the game wants. Makes it more of a challenge than cheezing through it.

As someone who has already mastered the combat this video was very enjoyable👍🏾👊🏾

Appreciate this vid man 👍

Thank you so much man. Really needed something like this

Solid tips, I came from spiderman ps4/5 to arkham knight, combat felt clunkier, I was used to focusing on attack and waiting for dodges from that game, so the best help so far was the tip to focus more on vaulting over enemies as opposed to relying on dodge as much. In an attack, cant always interrupt an animation to dodge here in batman, unlike in spiderman. Small change, big difference.

I'm pretty good with Arkham city. Its my favorite in the series. Asylum in my opinion is a lot harder when it comes to the hand to hand combat. No matter what I do there always seems to be a guy that suckerpunches me out of my combo. Throw 10+ enemies in a very small room and it's ridiculously hard imo. Today I actually got that trophy where you had to knock out all the joker's henchmen on the way to the party. Omg that was ridiculous. I felt mentally challenged trying to beat up all the guys in that small corridor. It was not easy but at the same time it wasn't anger inducing. I admit I haven't played any Arkham games in years so I'm rusty, very rusty. I've forgotten the rhythm. But I can honestly say Arkham city is waay more forgiving. Asylum leaves very little room for errors. You have got to be extra careful otherwise thugs will own you. I have to admit though some of the fights in the story weren't as aggravating this time around, like the Harley Quinn boss fight with the electrical floors. I remember having to replay that a few times unless I'm only remembering the challenge mode fights lol. But like I said city is less forgiving. If you're not careful you can get hit out of a combo. And enemies can really man handle you and knock you around like a ragdoll. But city I remember kicking so much ass after my memories of asylum where I kind of took it in the ass. Payback is a bitch!

i am surprised you only have 5k subs, you definitely deserve more

Combat is quite tough not gonna lie... What you need to try if you're new is, attack enemies in a circular motion and in the older games you can't attack enemies on the floor so attacking in a circle gives those enemies time to get up and become attackable... Another very useful tip is the cape stun and evade (over an enemy) will suspend your combo and wait for you to perform your next attack (knight has no limit to how long your combo is held - not too sure about other games)... Punch an enemy once and then target a different one attacking an enemy twice could lead to you attacking the air as they are on the ground recovering which will break your combo... If you are doing the challenges do the circular attack pattern and do a ground take down for lots of points... Get into the rhythm of the game you are playing... Asylum is much slower and has a header counter system - you can't counter while an attack animation is in progress so get acquainted with the time you have from attack to combo break so that you know how much time you have to wait for a counter... Good luck and if your get good enough at the asylum combat you will be godly at all the others since they are less rough than asylum's

Fantastic Information! Very Helpful.

Great video thanks for the great work

Super Helpful!

In Joker’s Funhouse in Arkham City the 5x multiplier also superpowers the gadgets. One of my favorite combos in Joker’s Funhouse is to keep Abromovich alive when the Titan enters at level 6. I usually have free flow so I can swoop across the map and cape stun the Titan once. Then I quick trigger the explosive gel and immediately detonate it. This has the same effect as a triple cape stun. An added bonus is that if your multiplier is yellow the increased blast radius will take out most if not all thugs around you (except for Abromovich) so you can beat down the Titan without getting harassed as much. If I activate the multiplier again I will shoot the freeze blast over my shoulder and it will freeze mist of the thugs (usually Tiger guards who have faster reflexes and tend to swarm) trying to come up from out of view - including Abromovich. I use this as an opportunity to split my attack between the Titan and the stunned enemies behind me. By this point I am able to piggyback on the Titan and I will circle around Abromovich while the flailing Titan provides critical hit damage to him and any thugs trying to swarm you. When the Titan finally shrugs me off, Abromovich is a single hit KO and then I will immediately deploy the super powered explosive gel on the Titan again (to speed along the second rodeo encircling attack) and one final time to KO the Titan. By using supercharged gadgets and doing damage to the regular enemies like this it allows your combo and KO’s to continue unabated and achieve max level quicker. I also do this because level 4 on up is where I get sucker punched by Titan guards so this “defense” allowed me to avoid having the clock run out if I were to just focus on Abromovich and the Titan. Typically, I will max level during my first Titan piggyback slap fest as one of his hits counts as a critical hit.

Great guide starting at Arkham Knight I absolutely needed this. Thanks

Thank you for this ❤❤❤😊

Bro nice vid. Subbed.

This helped so much

Thanks! Liked and subbed.

So… Basically the game was designed to punish button smashing. What are the best button press practices? When to press, press and hold, double taps? I’m tired of them twisting my ass backwards. All those back of the head punches are my nemesis. This isn’t mortal combat. Requires smooth decisive gameplay.

Bro, thank you so much, you legit saved my run in knightmare more holy crap

Fire vid brother

Very good Info. Thanks

Thank you!!!

I am so bad at these games. Thanks for the tips, they helped a lot.

I wish deathstroke was playable in Arkham knight as he was in origins. He’s such a cool character.

Congrats on 1k🥳

I’ve already been very good for the most part but this still has good tips so I came to see anything I’ve missed

You forgot the other advantage of the Blade Dodge Takedown. It gives you the most points of any move in the game (excluding multi-hitters), which is 100x. It's also worth mentioning that the Batswarm (or whatever other group attacks move the character has) are extremely useful in combat maps because they can be used to farm a shit ton of points on the last round. In most Arkham City maps you can get all 3 medals on the last round using the group attack properly.

I've always played the series using my full kit throughout fights, and prioritizing counters above all else. I guess since I'm decent with my timings. I have always struggled on some of the more difficult side character challenges, though. Particularly the 50k point infinite Robin wave. I'll have to try a more evade focused strat and see if it helps next time.

"Don't be shy to ask questions Riddler certainly isn't" Batman 1998

Thank you!

Much appreciated! Can tell amount of work put in. This vid one of reasons I'm looking fwd to replay the entire game. Not New Game + , either! *Even if I wasn't the huge Batman fan, even if I didn't love the Arkham games, Arkham Knight is at the top of the games I recommend. The mechanics are a huge reason, but the length and breadth of story is ... just WOW!

Timing is probably the most important in combat

short short version: don't button mash especially not with counters, use the evade move to escape any incoming attacks, remember what moves give you invincibility frames: in city and knight you are invincible when aerial attacking a shield enemy, when you use a special combo move such as instant takedown, and typically also when you counter. sometimes batclaw slams give you i-frames, but I think the timing is extremely easy to get wrong as I have been hit many times trying to do it And remember, its a rhythm based combat system. If you press counter when no one is attacking you the combo will drop, if you evade in empty space twice the combo will drop, if you miss an attack or get hit the combo will drop

Sir is there way to remap gamepad binding? like disarm & destroy is Y+X i wanna change it to some thing else

Thanks for this guide, I wasn't sure if a guide would help my combat. But, just some of the techniques like how many time to hit an enemy, when to hit them on the ground, when to use the instant takedowns and especially the dodge over people helped me out from your guide. I was able to dodge over anyone - even the thugs that would normally tackle me. And I took out way more without getting smacked around or losing combo because of wrong attacks or inputs - one of my attempts at using the techniques I learned I got a x64 combo mostly just by jumping over enemies, landing 2-3 hits on each and taking them down one by one instead of trying to a lot of hits from the beginning of fights. Also, since I now know not to spam gadgets, I can enter with the bat-claw and take them down swiftly for the most part. (This was on Arkham Knight on pc with ps5 controller - also was on Hard Difficulty btw) Many thanks, highly appreciated. Liked and subscribed! 😁

Best guide on you tube thank you

How do i do the move where you can flip your enemy and land on them after a critical beatdown?

I’ve platnuimed every Arkham game but Irvin’s so I’ll say this if your not going for high points and just wanna clear a room strike once then use a batarang then strike again batarang again ( go for critical strikes too) then with all those ppl on the ground use the special move that has u jump in the air and throw batarang a at the ppl on the ground and u can takeout like 5 ppl at once . It’s truly the fastest way to take ppl out also the best tip I can give if I’m general with Arkham games is not to button mash .

This is gonna help tons while I go for the platinum trophy on Arkham Knight, I usually get destroyed lol

*Insert Azreal kneeling as a sign of respect*

Dudde like I feel like I had a handle on the Como itself but maby my button order was off cause I'd hit counter hit in crouds and it took forever to land the 5 hits need for the combo if I'm surrounded but evade and stun instead is a way better habit like learning to parry in sekiro this makes like every fight faster thanks!

Thank you!.

I subbed bro..like the video..wish i could make one..great job breaking the button system down for this noob.ty

Thank you man, now I can brag to my friends that I beat all 3 games on hard mode 😎

i can now confirm its the enemies Lol i suck so bad in arkham knight

I'm really late here and to playing these batman games. Jus stared them and I'm really enjoyin 'em! But imagine.. a batman vs predator game, in this exact gameplay style!! Mind blown

This certainly helps, but man it’s frustrating that Batman doesn’t always do what you want him to do. Thanks for the help and keep up the yeoman’s work! Peace! 🙂

years later and the arkhamverse is still alive

Thanks bro

5:32 REDHOOD can also perform the disarm and destroy takedown

Ever since I've been using the Batswarm special move, I've been getting so many more points in ranked challenges!

Really needed this for my Arkham knight ng+ playthru

😂 I miss these games. Used to spend so much time doing challenges and I must say you speak facts. I used all these moves and strategies and are legit.

I always confused how to use blade takedown. So... You have to press and hold in each swipe? Not just tap it?

How do you disarm and destroy with Batman? Im on Xbox btw... trying to get better at combat

I do have one question that I really hope someone can help me with, I am a PC player and I'm aware most people who play this game aren't so I'll stay away from saying things like "left mouse button" or "space bar" My problem is that whenever I try quick batclaw someone, especially if they've been electrified by a medic seeing as that's the best way to safely take them down. and my combo meter is full then sometimes it will do a special combo batclaw instead of just a normal one and I don't always want it to do this because sometimes I want to use my full combo meter to destroy a shield or take down a big enemy I've identified the problem as the fact that a normal batclaw is pressing the button I have it assigned to and the special combo batclaw being the same thing but having to hold the button instead of just tapping it which sounds reasonable but the problem is that it's like if I press the assigned button and have it held down for any longer than a millisecond then that's considered holding it down which just feels ridiculous and I don't feel like I have any real control over whether I do a normal or special batclaw I don't know if anyone shares this problem but if there is anyone out there who knows any way around this problem please let me know I would really appreciate it! :)

I've mastered Arkham City by punching, evading, repeating, but Arkham Asylum is too primitive for that.

How to I attack enemies on the ground in Asylum and City cuz I can’t seem to do so in those games

Is slow motion free flow focus in knight!?

I can't seem to beat titian in the studio A I have been trying since Nov 21. thank you for the video; its helpful

Hey how do I turn off the auto adjust camera in combat mode?

How to do the blade counter. I am playing the fourth part in Azrael's mission in Batman Arkham Knight in which there are six ninjas and can't take a hit.

I rarely able to land the aerial assault. After the cape stunt my character just do a rolling jump instead, how frustating. I've tried with moving the d-pad and not moving it, same result.

I had lots of problems with the joker funhouse in hard mode thanks

new player here, just wondering can you button mash, by that I mean spamming the attack button and then when the block/parry/dodge opportunity comes you can just cancel the attack input and switch automatically to the block/parry/dodge command, cuz Im not a melee gamer and when I do play melee games I often find myself spamming the attack button then when the block/parry/dodge opportunity comes I spam that button, but it seems batman games are different can someone confirm this or am I just that bad

That's a dope ass room

Bought arkham city and asylum 6 yrs ago and just actually got back to them and got 100% on both. Pretty close to finishing knight but im so annoyed by going to hit someone on one side of the map all by himself, just to go in slow motion and have someone run from completely the other side of the map and kick me before slow motion stops in the challenge maps.

You're the REAL hero!

Thanks for the information even though I don't even play it lol

How I noticed myself improve was by using quick-gadgets more often, in my original playthroughs I didn't bother learning the buttons as I brute forced combat.

My biggest problems to this day is Bats not prioritising who you aim for. If there is a high danger target and you evade to get behind them and then aim again he can and usually does go for someone else. Same with if you are evading throough the crowd to get to a target in a busy area and he just decides to go for someone else, even though you are aiming directly at the target you want.

So best thing for me is to Max out my skills with batman so I can use Red hood and harley effectively? I'm having trouble with my red hood runs cause of the shield guys

Playing archam city after 10 years and holy shit I used to be amazing now I’m spending 10 minutes on fights 💀

congrats on. 1k

On new game + and never knew disarm and destroy could be used against shields, my third eye has been opened.

You can pick up grounded opponent with RT+B

Any tips for collecting the riddler trophies?

Wow imma professional ground pounder that’s my favorite move lol

Hey! Secret lil tip, well two, if you best down a thug or anyone (not bosses) in arkham knight, then press rt and b/O at the same time right after knocking them out, you will slam them into the ground which will add to ur hit streak

dude.... I've played this game so much & didn't know about the instant take down lol. omg....

I just came here for advice to get the “Requiem for a killer” achievement. The highest I’ve gotten is 904120. Turns out that was partly luck or I was having a really good day bc now I can’t get anywhere near that high

pro tip for arkham origins: if you need to end a fight quickly or want to end a fight and get more points, arkham origins gives you two special combo takedowns, so if you REALLY WANT TO or REALLY NEED TOO use it on a goon to get more points and end the fight, BUT IF THERES LIKE 2 ARMORED GUYS FOR EXAMPLE just use it on them. edit: I have 0 clue if this is also applied to arkham city, asylum or knight as well because I haven't paid attention to that in those games, I just happened to notice it in origins one time

someone help me with this. Does anyone know how to do the aerial attack on a different person? By that I mean jumping onto a person then to the other.

Big tip for getting better at arkham combat. Haven't finished vid yet so apologies if I mention anything in here Take your time and try not to essentially be the flash In essence, try not to button mash or counter mash. If you feel combat getting too much use bat swarm to stun enemies.

I just got the arkham collection for only £6.49 on PS store. The controls are a bit weird. Im used to using circles/B to dodge/counter instead of triangle.

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Very late to the party. Just bought it on Steam for 3.99 in promo. Thanks a million for the tips!! I need them!!

Thx so much but I’m having problems doing all the extra 3 things on the predator maps plz make a predator guide thx

When a move says something + something do u press the buttons at the same time or in a order

I'm playing Knight at the moment after playing City and Asylum in the past, and to be honest I feel like Arkham City definitely has the best combat. It is so much smoother and has such a good flow better than Knight and Asylum. Knight seems not so bad but it just seems too clunky or something like Batman's wearing a block of iron or something, and it also seems less responsive when moving from enemy to enemy in a combo.

Personally I use the quick fire explosive gel on the titan thugs in Arkham city instead of the ultra takedown