

Upgrade the Hallowed Sword using the Mechanical Spike at the workbench to get your first weapon skill. With your new Shell in tow, return to Fallgrim Tower. If you go to the back of the arena you can find a crawl space containing another Shell, Solomon the Scholar. Approach from the front whenever possible.īeating Grisha earns you 6 glimpses, 750 Tar, and the Mechanical Spike weapon upgrade from the chest he was guarding. However, I do not recommend staying behind Grisha too long because it makes his attacks harder to read. This attack also leaves him off balance and open to a two or three hit combo. You cannot block this attack with a parry or a harden (your Tarnished Seal will flash red to warn you), so its easiest just to avoid it with a dash backwards as he swings towards you. He signals it by lowering both arms and roaring. Because they are so obvious Grisha’s attacks are also very easy to parry which lets you unload massive damage, but risky if you can't get the timing just right. Opening with a roll is best, because it allows you to save your harden to combo break and get a stagger.

Because Grisha telegraphs all of these attacks with a loud roar it is easy to harden or roll through them. Most if its attacks are two to three hit arm sweep combos. Just like with Hadern, your strategy here is to wait out Grisha’s attack, then counter with your own. Whether you chose to get that achievement or not, you will find yourself out of the tutorial area and into the main game.Grisha is big, loud, slow, and easy to defeat even with the most basic gear. Hadern has a lot of health, so defeating him will take some time. Once he strikes, dodge roll backwards away from him. Use your running attack and immediately harden afterward. Keep your distance from him at all times. If you wish to attempt it now, go for it! If not, it's a fairly short run up to this fight upon starting a new game. Having some experience will definitely help make this fight easier. Personally, after completing my first playthrough, I booted up a second save file and then undertook this achievement. Most likely, this will be too tough for most people just starting out. However, there is an achievement for beating Hadern in the tutorial. Your Health and Stamina bars will appear and you will be tasked with fighting Hadern, properly this time. The next room will serve as the ending to the tutorial. These techniques can be helpful for safely striking tough enemies. Try hardening mid-air before an attack or even immediately after landing a running attack instead. The running attack can be very good in this game, especially when used with Harden.
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A tutorial will pop here showing you how to sprint (Hold or Click ) and also how to do a running attack (sprint + ). When you are ready, head into the next area. Using this Mortal Token item will allow you to convert the next damage taken while Hardened into health. Get in the habit of using your consumables. There is an achievement for maxing out the familiarity bar with all items. Each time you use an item, you will become more familiar with it and the Familiarity Bar will fill up. Upon using an item, its effect will be revealed. When you first discover a new item, you won’t know what it does. The next major mechanic this game is presenting is the Familiarity mechanic. You can also cycle items on your “tool belt” with and. The game will show you how to loot an item with. When you are ready, continue on through the next doorway. Namely, get up close to a target, regenerate stamina in between combo attacks, negate status effects or heavy damage, etc. As soon as you take damage, you will unfreeze, but your attack animation will continue on. This would allow you to absorb an enemy attack. You will begin a heavy attack but then freeze mid-animation. For example, press and then immediately hold afterward. Even after you’ve dealt with Hadren for the second time, continue practicing the Harden mechanic. Knowing how to use the Harden mechanic successfully can lead to some truly cool combat moments. This is really the bread and butter of Mortal Shell. It will also ask you to perform Harden while attacking. Get in the habit of locking on as your first move against any opponent. This is a very helpful mechanic and should be used on every enemy that you fight. The next room will show you how to lock-on to an enemy. Attacks can be strung together in three-hit-combinations. will perform a light attack, a heavy one.

If you’d like, take some time to practice attacking before heading into the next room. Lastly, hold to Harden yourself and absorb damage.īefore exiting this room, approach the statue on the left and equip the Hallowed Sword, one of the main weapons in the game. Double-tap to dodge roll in any direction. Press once to backstep or sidestep in a direction.
