From smaller enemy encounters to large-scale boss battles, theres plenty on hand here to master.

But, if youre just getting started fighting your way through the Overgrowth, where should you start?

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A glowing cube floating in mid-air in the Overgrowth in Hyper Light Breaker.

Hyper Light Breakers combat system is a fair combination of both simplistic and streamlined, and richly detailed.

For this list, were covering everything from early-game combat tricks to more advanced, high-level techniques.

Currently, Hyper Light Breaker is in Early Access.

The marketplace in Hyper Light Breaker complete with neon signage and flags.

This means this info is subject to change with the launch of the full game!

If you go diving headfirst into combat, hacking and slashing with abandon, youll likely get mowed down.

Think about your rhythm as you go through combat,especially as a beginner player.

A split image showing a Breaker in Hyper Light Breaker using a Medkit with the Cursed Outpost as a background.

You want to use everything in your kit to help you out.

This means you shouldnt just stand in one place and attack.

Dash, then attack a bit, then dash away, then attack again, and so on.

A split image of a Breaker in combat with a pastoral background in Hyper Light Breaker.

You have your Rails, aka, your long-ranged weapons, and your Blades, or your melee weapons.

You should pay close attention to these as you work on your build over the course of your campaign.

It can be easy to find yourself overwhelmed by Hyper Light Breaker’s Overgrowth.

A breaker in Hyper Light Breaker attacking an enemy.

This guide has you covered.

Not all of your abilities are on cooldowns, but some of your most powerful ones are.

These include your Amp, Blade Skills, and your Flash Step.

A Breaker firing a Rail at a large enemy in the extraction zone in Hyper Light Breaker.

Your Rails also have a cooldown in the form of recharging their ammunition.

The key to this is staggers.

Each enemy has a white stagger bar under their health.

The weapon selection screen in Hyper Light Breaker.

When its full, you could use a Flash Step to stagger them.

Execution attacks are typically finisher-pop in moves that tend to take out an enemy altogether.

Shops, stalls, and more await you in Hyper Light Breaker’s Cursed Outpost.

A Breaker using the glider in Hyper Light Breaker.

Also, Executions dont work on every single jot down of enemy, namely bosses or larger assassins.

you’re able to find these in the Cursed Outpost or out in the Overgrowth.

However, not all Amps are as effective in combat, and some are primarily defensive.

Hyper Light Breaker breakers fighting in the extraction zone.

This can include Amps like frag grenades or drones that help aid you in combat.

Whatever your preference, just double-check you have some extra offense on your side before diving into bigger encounters.

The only way to get back at these baddies is to use your parry effectively.

A breaker performing an execution move in Hyper Light Breaker.

If you’re new to roguelikes, this may be a new concept.

One combat strategy might not work for the other.

Its best to take into consideration how you want to fight enemies depending on your build.

A breaker running away from a wolf-like creature in Hyper Light Breaker.

Before heading out into the Overgrowth, see to it you know how to craft and use Medkits.

Particularly in boss battles with the Overgrowths Crowns, their annoying little minions can really get in the way.

Thats why its important to take them out first.

The parry mechanic being demonstrated by a breaker in the extraction zone in Hyper Light Breaker.

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