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itspabo

Looking for some SnS tips from SnS Mains

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Recently got into SnS and really enjoying the nuances of this weapon in the higher end content.

I know that using the back hop's i-frames to dodge attacks is a crucial part of the SnS play style but sometimes I get either disoriented mid-combo or the monster's wing gets in the way of the camera and covers my screen while I'm trying to use my back hop input.

Is there a trick to quickly orient your screen so that you can do Back + Circle at a moments notice? or is there some other trick to always have the perfect back dash for i-framing big attacks?

Also aside from the looping mount triple strike, are there any lesser known mechanics for SnS that are out there?

Posted May 11, 2018, 2:43 AM UTC

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actual-scum•

Not a main, but I’ve used it enough to know a few things. The backhop input is relative to your character, not the camera, so if your character is facing to the right, thumbstick goes left, and vice/versa.

The shield bash combo does K.O. damage, not really enough to go for the head, but you can get some lucky stuns in from time to time.

Advancing Slash at a scalable wall will put you into a jumping attack

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itspaboOP•

correct, the back hop input is relative to the character, but if you snap your camera to be the direction your character is facing per say, then your back input will always be "back" instead of left or right. I just wasn't sure if there was a way to do that effectively.

I've been experimenting with tapping R1 during combos to re-orient my angle during combos but it has mixed results so far

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whatsthedealwithcody•

If you’re shielding, you can press back and circle to perform a back hop too. If you’re looking for the camera rotation, you could fix while shielding.

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Juliuzc•

The backhop is optional, you’re better off using element/status builds than doing the backhop spam which looks silly if you did btw. My main combo does not include the backhop spam.

And if you want, you can use the daora arm beta for 2 points of evade window if you’re into that kind of playstyle

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itspaboOP•

I meant more using the backhop as a defensive tool to invincibility frame attacks and then go back into the ground combo, or at least that seems to be what the speed runners do

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Juliuzc•

Speed runners spam backhop with elementless crit builds ‘cause It does alot of damage. You can use it to evade too but I think it has the same amount of iframes as rolling.

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FlufferNutter925206•

Because of the high attack speed I go with Poison ( you could use any other status effect ) I use it because I also have 3 venom jewels, anyway! Vitality X3 is always nice to tack on. For attacks I go with ( triangle triangle triangle circle circle circle - then hold circle for power slam. While in the air circle to pound for damage or the other for Mounting damage. It's always nice to have 1 flinch free and 1 for tremor resistance. I play defensively so I mix and match other stuff for survivability.

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squirtgun5150•

You can do the back hop directly after a spinning slash (triangle+circle) then hold circle. You don't need to move the analog stick if you do it this way.

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itspaboOP•

holy... I'm going to have to test this out when I get home! This is exactly the kinda thing I was talking about! thank you!

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squirtgun5150•

You have to press triangle+circle after an attack to do the spinning slash tho.

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