Kingdom Come: Deliverance - 5 Combat Tips 

What tips do you have for Kingdom Come: Deliverance?

This is the first game where I actually felt need to go and practice with a trainer NPC and to actually make use of the firing ranges. I love the immersion in this one.

When fighting multiple enemies, keep their archer in line behind the guy you're fighting. They regularly shoot their own guys in the back.

This game was a breath of fresh air. I got this game kind of scared that it might suck, but, it surprised me right off the bat. I've been dragged into this game and now I am Henry. I can't remember a time when I actually cared about how I spoke to people and worried about my appearance in dialogue driven games, because half the time, the outcome would be the same no matter what. I haven't had a game pull me in like this since I was a kid on the n64. Truly a gem of a game.

Don't try to fight like you're in Skyrim 🤣

'You're more used to making weapons than you are wielding them' - Maintenance: 0

Had no idea about the Longsword not able to do combos with a shield. Thanks!

I bought this game when it originally came out, spent about 7-8hrs playing it and gave up after getting insanely frustrated with the combat, I just couldn't get to grips with it. I recently decided to give it a try again, this time I slowed down, took my time, watched some tips and tricks like this video and, most importantly, practiced over and over and over with Bernard. Until finally, several levels later, it just started to click, using the perfect block and master strike, not simply holding down block and not spamming attack makes all the difference. Combat in this game is like realtime first person chess, it takes concentration, timing, forward thinking and planning, when you finally realise this, the combat becomes engaging and intense rather than feeling clunky, cumbersome and frustrating. I don't think I've played a game before where it took several hours just to get to grips with the basics of combat. Now, I'm hooked.

a) 1 hour with Sir.Bernard with your preferable weapon (before you do patrol in Rattay) b) Engage in every fight you can once attacked on the road (for loot). c) Clear the bandits camps (for loot) d) Buy best possible armour and weapon from traders as early as possible (believe me, you will get your money back soon), or you can cheese it and get all that early from a crate. e) Get a good horse who can carry a lot f) Enjoy the "easy mode"

I'm excited to see how much better their next installment will be.

Parries have different animations and effects based on the direction of the parried blow. For example, if you parry a stab, you stab them right back. If you parry a lower left slash, your counter is just a kick. If you parry an overhead swing, you respond with one as well. Pretty useful to know when you know an opponent counters well (tourneys or more skilled enemies). If I have to start an exchange, I always start with a lower left slash so in case of a parry, I only suffer a kick instead of a stab or a slash to the face.

The combat reminds me of boxing. Such an underated game. Easily a 9/10.

5 years late moment, the one trick i learned is not to focus on your enemy themselves, but to focus on their weapon. it may seem really obvious, i may have just taken really long to figure this out, but its really effective. makes it way easier to parry

My hands shake when I am in combat, I can't handle the immersion its too damn authentic. I freaking love it.

It took me way too long to figure out that master strikes and dodges must be engaged at the start of the enemy attack animation, NOT when the little green shield icon appears. Also, clinching is hugely underrated. Get the clinch master perk and use it on skilled foes who are deflecting your attacks. Winning a clinch provides a few precious seconds to attack while the enemy are stunned.

christ if i had 4 armored guys on me like that id have no chance. console has no sensitivity option so switching between targets is a nightmare.

Honestly I love the combat system in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Admittedly it takes a while to get the hang of, but if you spend enough time on it you can best nearly anyone in the game. It feels extremely rewarding and immersive and you actually have to train hard to get better. Many people don't like the archery because it is hard and there is no aiming reticle (without mods of course), but I personally think it is both realistic and enjoyable. You always feel a great sense of pride when you land a hit on someone and hear the sound of the arrow passing through their soft flesh 😈

I had no idea you had to use the longsword without a shield to do combos, I kept wondering why I could never land a combo to save my life.

Hint and Tip : When you are for first time in Rattay go find KUNESH from Skalitz and ask him about the debt - He will give you a tip about a treasure hidden in Skalitz - Go back to Skalitz via the fast travel - Then go to the entrance of the village but STAY on the DOOR - You will notice Talberg Guards fighting with Armed Knights / Bandits - DO NOT enter the village until the fight is over. Watch from distance the outcome - If the Bandits win, just travel fast to another village wait a bit and travel back to Skalitz - If the Guards Win, put away your weapons and go LOOT all the Bandit Knights - You will get Enormous valuable Gear which you can store in your parents House , within the Chest - Those things stay forever there. Store them there - When you have a Horse, go back to the house and make 3-4 trips to Rattay . You could get 10K Croshen Easily and become SUPER geared with the best armor Cheers

Remember to poison your weapons! Dollmaker works like a paralysis poison which is fun. Haven't tried Lullaby but it should work in a similar fashion. Bane is of course the top poison and if you combo with the rusty blade perk, you don't need the finest blade in the land to crumple your foes (useful if you play as a rogue in clothes and a brigandine chest piece, which reminds me, learn to dodge if you wear no armor)

I absolutely love the combat mechanics in this game, some of the best ever in gaming history. BUT GOD DAMN ITS FUCKING DIFFICULT :D

My tips, if you want to become strong or unstoppable in this game all you need is potions. There are two important potions : 1) Aqua vitalis for strength like achilles. 2) Buck's blood potion for stamina to absorb many hits and you will attack much more..if your stamina is low you will get lots of damage from hits (Sorry for bad english, not my first language)

To be honest once I got the stats to wield a mace I found the combat MUCH easier, being able to simply batter your way through shields or plate armour, with little need for fast reflexes to keep up a blizzard of strikes and counter the enemy's own attempts to break your defence.

There is a window right after the end of a combo or stike where you can land an overhead hit to the head. If you have the headcracker perk you can end a fight before it begins with a well placed strike. Wait for the attack while moving back and rush forward just as the combo ends

It's 2019 and I just got the game I always wanted to grab it but wasn't sure if I'd like it even with all the content being shared however now that I've started it ,I love this game and the tips you've shared here have really improved my combat experience , also the long sword tip is one I never would've guessed thanks for this video

Great tips. You are the first guy who mentioned in his tutorial the advantage of blunt damage dealing weapons. Everyone else is just running around with swords. Can't wait to run around with a warhammer. It's hammer time ;)

In my opinion, the best tactic is to clinch, push away and stab. Repeat and win.Easy 😉

Very useful video dude, i want try every point in this list !

I started with a shortsword but fell in love with longsword combat once I found my first. Once you learn all combos and open with feints often you can take multiple foes without much need for defensiveness. Master your ripostes and the game changes entirely

The first person combat system looks like Mount and Blade. But of course, this one is more complex

Few things are more satisfying than planting an arrow in a fleeing bandit's back at 30+ meters. That, and 10+ back and forth perfect block competition.

Fantastic and precise tutorial. Thank you!

Thanks a lot. Since a beggining i have been using longsword with shield and i couldnt use some tricks now i know a lot more thanks!!!

Busted tip for fighting easily, learn alchemy, brew the -110 health poison and apply it to your sword and arrows, arrows will overkill enemies... found that out like 98% thru the game...

Here is a hint, I have found that when you have more than one attacker, if you see one out of the corner of your eye going for a strike you can still perfect block him bit blocking in the direction he is standing from your current opponent.

Was about to give up on this as the combat was driving me crazy than I saw this video and it saved me. Thanks so much for this ! Great help.

Thank you for sharing these tips although I learned all these the hard way! Thumbs up!

I’ve never used a horse besides Pebbles. Why would you ever use another horse. Pebbles is by far the horse with the most personality.

For some reason combat felt pretty fluent right away, like don’t get me wrong Henry still felt shit at it and had to get better which was cool but for example I wrecked kunish in the beginning and those bandit camp missions you get after a few hrs in too

Thank you so much I have bine play rlly bad bc I’m not Goode’s combat but now watching this I got better

What did thank you this helps a lot I've been trying to find a good video to explain it in simple terms but yet enough to understand it appreciate it just started the game I got frustrated in the beginning LOL cuz I couldn't figure out the combat watch the video paid more attention things you explain and got better at it preciate it subscribe thumbs up

St. George's Sword > Everything else

use the console commands (bring it up with ` or ^) : wh_pl_showfirecursor 1 to enable bow crosshair cl_fov x (x is whatever value you want) to change the field of view

Actually a very useful video, thanks mate!

Dude this guy is so good, I’m just starting, this looks amazing

Easily one of the best combat system I ever seen in RPG games. Simply brilliant, and less of a leveling up matters, but practice.

The best knightly weapon against armoured opponents is definitely the poleaxe (with variations, like the lucerne hammer or the "bec de corbin"). Against unarmoured opponents I recommend the longsword. In any case, these advices hold if you are heavily armoured with plate, half-late or milanese brigandine (or similar). Otherwise, grab a shield and arming sword (against unarmoured) and mace or warhammer (against armoured). Remember, the first rule for Historical European (Medieval) Martial Arts is stay alive while winning the fight. ;-)

Well done this was helpful and very well executed

With one on one fights I like to get into clinches before actually starting to fight. Especially with the right perks it's a way to damage the opponents weapon a lot and thus make them deal less damage

Is it just me, or is this game's combat one of the best...?!? I love it!!!

What I like about this game is that player skill matters a lot. I had no chance at the beginning, but after playing for 3 days Ioaded back to the "Run!" mission and even though I didn't have Ripostes or anything yet, I managed to kill the first game chasing you. It's a really good combat system, despite what noob reviewers say.

Good tips! I must admit I've neglected the chance to use maces and axes. Gonna start carrying one around.

learnt a few things here thank you very much

I'm loving my axe. It has both blunt, piercing, and cutting capability. A jack of all trades.

Bludgeon is king. I started noticing my sword being highly innefective by the time I cleared a second camp during 'Ruin' because bandit leaders now all have plate armor. Put on a mace and there we go. I'm pretty sure I hit my ceilling in getting skilled at this combat system, I quite like it, except for the weird gravity pull whenever you switch targets. Might hit a mod for that. Overall, having a lot of fun with this, although some bugs need to get patched. I've got stuck in bushes more times than I can count and had to reload.

Good info. Thanks for your time and info

This game will always be one I feel privileged to experience simply because of the setting itself. My mother's side is Czech and my great grandfather actually came to America from Bohemia Czechoslovakia. He and a few other guys that came from there also, all co-founded a spot on Long Island, NY and named it Bohemia as well. There to this day and is till a mostly Czech populated town. But yeah, you don't really see many historically based games like this, if any, that are about Czechoslovakia. So thanks to the devs for that big time!

Short shorts/hunting swords/sabers can NOT use all their combos with a shield. The combo description specifies when they can used with a shield. Combos like the double stab for example can only be used without a shield

4:00 - What do you mean: "if you block *_and_* attack at the very start of the animation"? Does that mean you have to hold the block button _AND_ the attack button at the same time? Or does it happen automatically? This "perfect block" keeps confusing me, because it works so rarely, even at maxed out weapon skill. What else plays a role here?

Put a small piece of tape tape in the middle of your screen and draw a cross hair on it. Makes archery so easy.

Besides the lockpicking mechanism , Im just aboout 5 hours in the game and Ive rarely been this immersed in a game . Great stuff my dudes

I find it hard to finish combos as the enemies cut them by perfect blocking of counterstriking

i cant aim for shit with the bow

I’ve come to the realization that kcd combat is a conversation. A conversation done with the body, weapons and occasional curses. You shape the fighting style that suits your personality, you find what works for you. Everyone “talks” differently but it is still a language of blades & maces. Politics by other means. Warhorse did a spectacular job with the combat system, it is non-rote, fluid and adaptive. I love it.

I've gotten really good with bastard sword holding the stab during combat will stab once released also you are able to speed your strafe up allowing for quick side stab and just keep eye for green crest and block ready for any counter

before life stopped me from gaming for a bit, I went through a good part of the game just using the bow. grab a horse and hit and run. I'm not a damn knight lol. and it took a bit to get good with the bow. if you keep using it, you can draw faster, aim longer, and also get a good sense of where to aim with using your hand as a cross-hair. shooting rabbits, deer, any wild animals helps build up bow skills.

Close Quarters combat master at your service peasants. Combos are mostly useless, because enemies always parry, so the only thing that is worth learning is perfect parry with a following counterattack, dodging kind of works sometimes, but the key word is "sometimes" because even with a "light armor" perk it is kind of broken, often fails you and you get your face smashed in a row of attacks. Clinch with a clinch perk is great too - almost 95% guarantee of a free blow to lay on your enemy. And of course a bow, you don't need to be a sniper to use it effectively, let enemy come close and shoot the face. Almost always oneshot for all nonhelmet or open-face-helmet enemies.

There's actually one more tip and I recently use this to give enemy a fast hard strike: you get closer to them and there will be clenching a sword animation with your enemy. Then you need to fast tap right or left click before enemy could counter you. That will give you a second or two window to land a heavy attack on head. Best to use that with headcracker and sadist perk.

You guys make it look so easy. When I get surrounded Im too blazed half the time n panic. I've been working on my axe game because I see all you top guys using it. I've been using the pricking swords n just quickly stabbing guys because they block n counter my slashes too much. Took down a camp for the first time though just stabbin away but need to get the combos n grappling like you guys do

This guy is pretty damn good at his fighting, and makes me feel like complete garbage. LOL. i laugh sadly. . .

Not at all! I went with longsword through the entire game and I was badass. Learning the game mechanics well will make you a God no matter which weapon you go for.

#6 dont be afraid to release an arrow point blank early, as long as its before the enemy is half way through a strike, it has a high chance to stagger and stop the attack, allowing you to draw, and shoot again #7 put the enemy between you and enemy archers, but makes sure to peek ;) in doing so the archer will have "an opening" and take it, unbeknownst to the melee guy in front of you who will promptly be shot in the back

I did not know about the rest handing a longsword thing. I figured I just want good at combos. Ty

That game is the biggest surprise in recent years mmmmmm

Once you get at lvl 4 or 5 go to Skalitz. There are a lot of skirmishes there. Top tier armor and weapons. Also you can make a lot of money.

When in combat you can sometimes get a free hit if you sprint backwards and make the enemy run after you and then stab when they get too close.

I have almost maxed out combat and sword skills from a bit of a glitch exploit at the start of the game. I beat runt in about 2 hits lol I fist fought some guys for 2 coins (groshen?) Too I just wailed on them and it only took about half my stamina before they were unconscious and then I robbed their bodies for about 30 coins each, did this with all 3 guys lol. I also intimidate my way out of guard searches. I know it's cheap and the challenge is fun but I'm having fun this way too lol. I still suck at the stealth stuff too. And I also can still die if I get ganged up on by armoured dudes like guards or Cummins

And my favorite, close quarter bow, run backwards while aiming for the face, it only takes one

great tips, thanks!

If I get surrounded I just run away and hopefully only have to fight one enemy at a time. You need to et the fast sprint in the vitality perks for this. It works well because if you can put some distance between you and the enemy, you can get your bow out and start shooting them. I always put my marker to where I am going to run away to before trying to take on a bunch of enemies

I *and i cannot stress this enough* love trees in the game. They are your friends, any one looking for a way to win a fight which is 5v1 use trees as a shield

I got a bit over-eager early on. I was doing sidequests fighting guys in plate armour before I even met Bernard.

Just a tip for anyone who feels like during combat you can't be aggressive and have to rely on master strikes and perfect blocks to get openings to deal damage, that clinching is by far the easiest way to be aggressive. just run up straight to the enemy, and when you two lock swords, use your quick strike(your stab attack) to knock them away and get 1-2 free hits to a combo. Also prepare for a master strike because usually after doing this the enemy will majority of the time try and attack you again right after that few hits. If they don't attack and just strafe around you, go in for a clinch again. Rinse and repeat. You can also do this against multiple combatants, since enemy AI (at least from my knowledge) don't attack you while you're in a clinch.

Makes it look so easy! Masterful

I'm more of a sword/shield type. Y won't that be good later game?

I my sword skill is 20 and warfare 17 but enemies still block me into fucking slow mo and fuck me up. Nice fucking game.

If you have a horse, try to get comfortable landing strikes on horse back and horseback archery and make sure you are in an open area with lots of moving area, this helped me in a lot of tight situation especially when at least 3 or more armour plate guys were on me.

I am now at a point where I need to clear cuman bandit camps and had a really hard time with my sword killing or even hurting those armored and masked villains. Will give it another try with blunt weapon damage. Thanks for the advice ;D

I tried to buy this...sold out in my area...FML.

Thoroughly enjoy the game but i rage quit on it so hard.

Nice shot at the end

A tip for those that struggle with pulling off combos as enemy’s parry you. My advice master stroke then launch into a combo straight after the enemy is off balance often can’t recover in time. I’ve managed to chain 2 or even 3 different combos using this method.

I'm at the point in this game when it takes 1 to 3 slashes/stabs to kill almost anyone with a long sword, some skills are too op imo

Mr. Archer will hesitate? BS. I've had guys kill their friends with arrows quite often.

the fleeing ones always come back, learnt this one the difficult way when i wondered why was being killed by a sudden hit animation that made no sense,,,, it was the archer hitting my back that was fleeing

I think you're supposed to swing the sword in the direction the cursor tells you, otherwise the enemy will just block or dodge it. Well that's what I have noticed when fighting enemies. I don't recall them teaching you in the tutorial sword fighting this. The archery aiming is horrendous (but realistic). I had so much trouble just hitting the hares for the hunting quest. I can't even imagine using a bow on actual enemies.

Who needs skill when you have st George's sword?

How can you combo when you just get master striked as soon as you attack

I like the middle ground, an axe is both efficient against plate and light armor. Less effective at cutting than a sword and less effective at blunt than a mace mind you but nonetheless if you want one weapon to rule both types axe is the way to go.

Knowing and practicing HEMA, or really any kinda martial art will help you immensly. A LOT of times I simply step back out of measure of my opponents weapon while he aimlessly swings. Also, I would argue that for offense a mace would be useful against armoured opponents, but I would prefer to stick to a longsword just for the reach advantage.