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How to Control Your Deviations

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Once Human - How to Control Deviations

Deviations are controlled using Ping in the Deviation: Survive, Capture, Preserve scenario of Once Human. Learn how to control and summon your Deviations in this guide!

How to Summon Deviations

Add and Equip in the Symbiosis

You can add and equip the deviations through Symbiosis menu. Once you're on the Symbiosis menu, top on the Plus Sign boxes on the left side and select the deviations you want to add on the right side.

You can only equip 3 deviations at a time and those 3 will occupy the inventory slots 4-6.

Select Slots 4-6 or Press the Summon Button

You can summon each deviation by pressing their designated inventory slots or you can press the summon button to summon them all at once. You can call them all back by holding the button you used to summon them.

How to Control Deviations

Use Ping to Select Targets

Ping Targets

You can control the deviations using the Ping system of the game. Once you ping an enemy, deviation, or animal, they will attack it until they are dead. You can ping another target if you want to change their targets.

Attack a Target

Attack a Target

Deviations will target any enemy you shoot or hit with a melee attack. However, this will only work if you haven't pinged a target. It will also not overwrite the target if you already pinged someone.

Select Deviation Slots to Cast Psi Skills

You can cast the skills of Deviations by selecting them from the hotbar once they light up. They usually recover quickly outside of Gym and Meta battles, so feel free to use this as much as you need to support exploration.

Set Auto-Cast Skill During Gym Battles

You can set up the Auto-Cast Psi Skill during Gym Battles to let your deviations use their skills without you pressing their slots.

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