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Basic Combat Guide

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Duet Night Abyss - Combat Guide

The combat system in Duet Night Abyss is dynamic and fun while still having a high skill ceiling. See a complete combat guide on how to attack, your health and shield, Ultra Shield, Sanity, Dodges, and Combat Partners!

Duet Night Abyss Combat System Guide

All Basic Combat Mechanics

Attacks and Controls

Action PC Xbox
Melee Attack Left-click X
Ranged Attack Right-click RT
Charged Attack Hold Left-click Hold X
Lock onto target Press Mouse Wheel R
Dodge L Shift B
Combat Skill E LB + X
Ultimate Skill Q LB + Y
Geniemon Summon Z LB + B
Tactical Backpack T LT

Duet Night Abyss is only available on PC, iOS, and Android Devices. The controller settings is only available for those who want to use a controller on PC.

Health and Shield

Duet Night Abyss - Health and Shield
The Health and Shield are the life resources of your characters. Health is indicated by the top bar, while the Shield is the lower bar.

The shield takes the damage first, but once depleted, further attacks reduce the Health bar.

Ultra Shield

Ultra shields are Bonus Shields for Characters. Characters' Ultra Shield will consume damage first before it goes into health and shield.

A character's ultra shield cap increase is dependent on the character level. The higher the level, the more ultra shield!

Healing

Healing is achieved through character abilities or teleporting to an Avian Tower to fully heal your characters.

Characters with Healing Abilities

Characters
Hellfire Truffle and Filbert Daphne

Dodge and Dash Mechanic

By pressing the Left Shift, your character will do a Dash that has an invincibility frame to it. You can also do dashes while in Mid-air. Use this to avoid airborne attacks!

You can only do two Dashes before it goes into a 3 second cooldown.

Combat Skill

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Combat Skills are special abilities unique to characters. They require Sanity to be used. It can do a variety of effects, while most of them are offensive attacks, some are buffs, movement, healing and more!

Some skills have different effects depending whether you hold them or just pressed them.

Ultimate Skill

Similar to Combat Skills, Ultimate Skills are powerful abilities that are unique to each character. Most of them require more Sanity than Combat Skills. They also have unique effects that are not limited to offensive abilities!

Sanity Mechanic

In order to use your skills and ultimates, you must have enough Sanity to utilize them.

Sanity regenerates over time by increments of two sanity every 5 seconds.

Know Your Weapons

Melee weapons generally have more consistent damage, but require you to be up close to your enemies, leaving you susceptible to damage.

Ranged Weapons can do damage from a distance, but have less damage and a risk of damage loss due to the possibility of missing shots.

Use Melee when you need more damage or you need to plow through enemies; Ranged when you need more distance from your opponent while still dealing damage.

Both weapon types are good but they shine best in scenarios that require them. Choose your weapons wisely!

Melee Weapon Types Ranged Weapon Types
Katanas Shotguns
Dual Blades Pistols
Greatswords Assault Rifles
Swords Dual Pistols
Polearms Grenade Launchers
Whipswords Bows

List of All Weapons

Weapon Trigger Probability

Weapon Trigger Probability Attribute
When dealing damage with a weapon or skill, there's a chance to trigger an elemental or physical bonus effect, and its chance of triggering is reliant on weapon's trigger probability.

The Bonus Effect is dependent on the Character's elemental type and the Weapon's physical type.

Elemental Type Bonus Effect

Element Debuff
Hydro Deal periodic Hydro DMG
Pyro Deal periodic Pyro DMG
Electro Deal periodic Electro DMG
Anemo Deal periodic Anemo DMG
Lumino Deals periodic Lumino DMG and refreshes the Remaining Time of all active elemental bonus effects.
Umbro Deals periodic Umbro DMG and slows the target's Stance recovery.

Physical Type Bonus Effect

Physical Type Debuff
Slash Deals more damage to the target's Shield.
Spike Deals more damage to the target' HP.
Smash Weakens the target's Stance more effectively.

Element System

Characters each belong to unique elements that their combat skill and ultimate skill are based on. Each element can contribute to the Bonus Effect and yield different effects depending on the character's element.

There are currently 6 Elements: Hydro, Anemo, Electro, Pyro, Lumino, and Umbro.

Stance Mechanic

Duet Night Abyss - Stance Mechanic
Combat Stance is a unique enemy mechanic, often seen in Bosses. They are indicated under the Boss' Health bar.

Bosses will lose balance when their Stance has been reduced to a certain extent, and once completely depleted, they will be stunned.

When stunned, you can perform a powerful strike against them.

Combat Partners

Backpack Equipped Combat Partners
Players can summon Combat Partners through Sigils. They can be equipped in your Tactical Backpack.

In solo missions or world explorations, players can summon up to two Combat Partners. However, they are limited during co-op missions:
• In 2-player missions, only 1 Combat Partner each can be summoned.
• In 3-player missions, no combat partners can be summoned.

How to Summon Allies

Geniemon Summon

Geniemon Feed
Most Geniemon can be collected by feeding them Treats. These Treats have varying levels of Rarity with higher ones giving you a better chance of befriending a Geniemon.

Some Geniemon can be collected through the Bard's Tome Battle Pass's Level 30 mark rewards.

List of All Geniemon

Switch Characters and Weapons

Duet Night Abyss - Armoury
You can switch characters and Weapons through the Armoury, which allows you access to your available characters and weapons.

In the Armoury, you can also upgrade your weapons and characters, and even see their attributes!

Combat Tips

All Combat Tips



Use Combos to Stagger Enemies

Combo Counter
Combos allow you to consistently do damage to enemies. Moreover, multiple attacks can stagger enemies, allowing you to gain a breathing room if you need it.

Use your Sanity Wisely

Sanity Meter
Sanity is a limited resource that allows you to use your skills and ultimates. Use them wisely by looking for opportunities to maximize their usage!

Use a Geniemon Summon

Geniemon Equip
Geniemon are companion pets that can be summoned in the field, similar to Combat Partners. They have active and passive skills that can deal damage, buff allies, restoring sanity and more!

Equip Demon Wedges to Your Weapons

Weapon Demon Wedges
Demon Wedges can also be equipped in your weapons, allowing them to do more damage and abilities in combat!

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