Advanced Combat Tips: How to Flurry Rush, Sneakstrike, and Deal Critical Damage

There are multiple advanced techniques that Link can perform in order to deal more damage to enemies in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom(BoTW 2). Learn how to use Flurry Rush, Sneakstrike, Parry, and deal massive damage through critical hits.

Advanced Combat Tips

Master Flurry Rush Timing

A Flurry Rush is a barrage of attacks that Link can perform if he successfully dodges an enemy's melee attack on time, causing time to slow down temporarily.

How to Perfect Dodge and Flurry Rush

Take the Stealthy Approach with Sneakstrike

Sneakstrike is an attack that can be performed by sneaking behind the enemy. Once Link is close to the enemy, a prompt will appear to perform a Sneakstrike and when performed, Link attacks with his melee weapon and deals massive damage to the enemy.

It is much easier to perform a Sneakstrike if the enemy is asleep and lying on the floor.

How to Sneakstrike

Deal Critical Hits

Critical Hits are strong attacks that deal twice the normal damage of a weapon.

Some weapons also have the Critical Hit modifier which deal double damage on the final hit.
Weapon Modifiers Explained

How to Flurry Rush

Dodge at the Right Time

Gameplay from Breath of the Wild.

How to Perfect Dodge and Flurry Rush

How to Sneakstrike

Sneak Behind an Enemy

Gameplay from Breath of the Wild.

How to Sneakstrike

How to Deal Critical Hits

Shoot the Head or Eye With a Bow

Gameplay from Breath of the Wild.

Players can deal twice the damage against an enemy if you shoot them on the head with any bow. Link can use a bow by holding the ZR button and aiming it on enemies.

There are also some enemies like the Hinox that have a huge eye that you can target.
All Confirmed Monsters and Enemies

Throw Your Weapon to an Enemy

Gameplay from Breath of the Wild.

Another way of dealing critical damage is to throw any weapon against an enemy. This can be performed by holding the R button and aiming it on an enemy.

How to Throw Items and Materials

Weapon Breaking While Attacking

Gameplay from Breath of the Wild.

The last hit of a weapon can also deal critical damage. A warning will appear when a weapon is close to being destroyed, so go all out and unleash your attacks with your weapon until it gets destroyed, causing massive damage on the final hit.
Weapon Durability Explained

How to Parry

Press A While Holding Your Shield When the Enemy Attacks

With your shield up, press A as soon as the enemy attacks to parry successfully, which is indicated with a blue shockwave and time slows down for a brief moment.

Parrying enemy attacks will cause enemies to be staggered, giving you an opportunity to attack, and it sometimes make enemies drop the weapon they're holding. This also doesn't decrease your shield's durability.

You can also parry ranged attacks, but this is a harder feat to perform, and the enemies won't get staggered if you successfully parried the incoming ranged attack.

How to Parry

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