The wait is over. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, is now available for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. If you are thinking of embarking on this eraepic star wars adventure, you should know that Respawn has prepared a combat system based on postures. After more than 40 hours playing, I tell you which are the best and the worst.
What are the postures? As in Ghost of Tsushima, they are the different forms or fighting styles that we can use to defeat the enemies. There are a total of 5, although we can only have 2 active, so we must choose taking into account our tastes… but also the usefulness of each one. They all have their pros and cons, but some are definitely better than others.
Lightsaber and Blaster Stance
It was seen coming and so it has been. the posture of lightsaber and blaster it is the best you can choose to fight any type of enemy… even groups of enemies. Personally, she is my second favorite and I have her equipped in the slot on the right. The synergy between sword and blaster allows us to cover all distances.
This is a very unorthodox way of fighting for a Jedi and is one of the consequences of Cal Kestis’s conflicts about how to do things. The blaster features ammo that is refilled using the lightsaber. As we unlock skills from your tree, we’ll unlock ways to replenish ammo more quickly. It has no mystery. Now, what are the reasons why this position is the best?
- The blaster allows us attack from a distance to defeat weak enemies quickly and to lower the stance bar of enemies. Either with normal or charged shot, we can stagger some enemies to attack with the lightsaber.
- The lightsaber in this stance is just great. Once we have all the improvements, it has several movements to close the gap quickly. Despite using his sword with one hand, Cal does both sweeps and thrusts. In fact, there is a special move that deals several very powerful thrusts.
- Two of the best abilities in this stance are performed with the blaster, although they must be unlocked. The first is that you can shoot just before getting hit to execute a very powerful shot. Yes, like the parrys in Bloodborne. The second is that we can lock multiple enemies to fire a series of rapid shots.
- Last and not least, the run animations of this position are the best. They have a very cool John Wick roll. Cal uses the sword to neutralize and the blaster to finish off his enemy.
Cross Lightsaber Stance
The second best position of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (and my personal favorite) is one of the most anticipated novelties. It is a fighting style that features a lightsaber similar to Kylo Ren’s, which is inspired by an ancient custom design. Of course, the core of Cal’s sword is stable. The specialty of this style are the single combat.
We are in a combat position level, devastating and with a medium range of action. Considering that most of the game’s powerful enemies, minibosses, and bosses are quite agile, mastering her requires skill and the ability to read combat. Its main features are:
- At a general level, it has a medium range with different types of attack: from a vertical cut (style falcon post) from top to bottom to a powerful 360º sweep. Both his normal and powerful attacks are forceful slashes, so be careful not to mash the attack button.
- Its slowness has two great advantages: a insanely large damage that can ignore both blocks and the enemy’s posture bar. Can break stance bar from an enemy with two or three well-placed blows. You can even get to throw and throw enemies into the air.
- This posture has a special ability that you are going to adore. When you acquire different upgrades, you can return shots of blasters transformed into projectiles that explode on impact, affecting multiple enemies.
- The only drawback of this position is its normal attack in race. For some reason I don’t understand, Respawn thought it was a good idea to include a flying kick à la Dying Light or Dead Island 2. It’s completely useless and doing it leaves you completely sold out. Avoid it at all costs.
Dual Swords Stance
The third best posture of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor It is surely one of the favorites of Star Wars fans. It is a very loved and well-known fighting style thanks to Ahsoka Tano. He has very good stuff… but it’s very easy to get carried away and lose the rhythm of the fights.
We are facing a combat posture or style extremely aggressive and fast. There are two conditions to master it: having lynx reflexes and the ability to learn (and even intuit) the movements of the enemies. When I explain its characteristics, you will understand why.
- The Dual Swords Stance features extremely fast movements and focused on harassing the enemy to quickly break their posture bar. Have a very short rangesince the swords have a standard length, so you must always fight melee.
- Its best feature, unique among all postures, is that we can cancel attacks to block. This means that we can (and should) hit the attack button and block at the right moment to destabilize the enemy and continue hitting.
- And speaking of unique traits. Dual swords allow us to perform a special move with the Force: Cal enters concentration mode and suspends his swords in the air to automatically repel and counter any normal attacks he receives. Be careful with the “red attacks” or unblockable ones because you are going to eat them anyway.
- Good moves and awesome skills. And why isn’t it the best pose in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor? Because enemies are not stupid, especially the minibosses and bosses. Not all enemies are going to let themselves be hit and the biggest (and heaviest) ones laugh because they don’t even flinch.
Single Sword Stance
The fourth best posture of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor it has no mystery. Any fan of Star Wars and Jedi: Fallen Order knows how it works. Is he simpler fighting style (compared to the rest), but this is not necessarily a negative.
We are before the basic and classic posture lightsaber combat. As we can see in his statistics, it is the most balanced of all. This means that it is multifaceted and that it performs on all battlefields. His movements are varied: sweeps, slashes, lunges…
Skill tree upgrades focus on adding new moves (such as the air slash) and buffing up the basic ones. I personally see no reason to choose this stance over sword and blaster. It is a matter of taste and feeling comfortable. If you like this style of fighting, despite not being among the best, do not hesitate to choose it.
Dual Lightsaber Stance
The fifth best Star Wars Jedi: Survivor pose is one of the best reveals from Jedi: Fallen Order. It is not a bad posture or a bad fighting style, it can be as functional and effective as the next. There are two reasons to position it as the last one: his flourishes leave us too sold And I’m not particularly a fan of hers.
We are facing a style of Agile and relatively fast combat, though no more so than lightsaber and blaster stances, and dual lightsabers. The specialty of this stance is totally opposite to the cross lightsaber: we can control large groups of enemies easily. His wide and fast movements, and his flourishes allow us to damage several enemies with few movements.
This stance works perfectly when we have a lot of medium or small enemies. We can find groups of 10 and 15 basic enemies. However, things get complicated for this position when they come into play heavy and ranged enemies.
His attacks are not powerful (in damage and strength) and his animations are too long. If we take into account that heavy enemies can hit even if they are hit and that we can’t cut the animations attack to block, the result can be catastrophic. It’s a posture very technical and that requires a great control of the times to be mastered.
To be clear, it’s not that the dual lightsaber stance is bad (it’s not), it’s that the rest of the postures have better characteristics. Certainly, controlling groups becomes a more complex task without the double sword, but it is something that you can learn to manage (depending on the stances you choose) with patience and rhythm. You will find your style as you try all the postures.
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