“Stellar Blade” survival rate improvement guide.A gift for gentlemen who don’t like action and can’t resist the charm of Eve.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) released the PS5 software “Stellar Blade” today (April 26, 2024), which has attracted attention for its attractive characters led by the main character Eve and stylish action. This is the title.

However, in this game, if you let your guard down, you will be defeated by the enemy immediately.High difficulty levelIt’s also a game. Some people may be hesitant to purchase the game after playing the trial version that includes the beginning of the game and thinking, “If it’s this difficult from the beginning, won’t it be impossible to reach the ending?” Therefore, in this article,“If you keep this in mind, your chances of survival in this game will increase.”Let me introduce some points. For the trial run, we used the product version provided by SIE before its release.

For those who have only played the trial version, I would like to introduce this work a little more.
As you can see when you play the product version, the melee-based battles, field exploration, and boss battles that you could play in the trial version are far from the fun of this game.a small partThat’s about it.

As you progress through the game, Eve’slong range attackbecomes possible,wall runningExplore and solve puzzles by making full use of parkour-like elements, or acquire special items.collectionVarious elements appear one after another.

Some of the content includes horror game-like dungeons where you can’t use Eve’s main weapon, Blood Edge, or the important element “scan”, which will be explained later, and you have to repel the approaching natives with long-range attacks as you explore. .

Furthermore, skills that can be acquired by consuming “SP” (skill points), which are experience points, will change as the game progresses, except for the three categories of “Attack,” “Survival,” and “Beta” that were confirmed in the trial version. It will be unlocked. I was overwhelmed by the variety and wondered, “Can I use all of them?”

As this work is so well-crafted,It would be a waste to finish playing with just the trial version.. Please read this article before playing.

“Scan” frequently in the field. “High contrast” setting is also effective

In this work, you can move around Eve by pressing the DualSense touchpad.“scan”can. As a result, in addition to the direction and distance of the destination, objects that can be used for Eve’s movement such as ladders and ropes, gold and items falling on the field, supply containers containing items, fallen Legion soldiers, and enemies. The location of a certain native, etc. becomes clear.

especiallynative positionIt is important to understand. As was the case in the trial version, the natives are placed in the shadows where the player’s line of sight cannot reach, and if you advance carelessly, you may be attacked by surprise. If you scan suspicious places and make sure there are no natives lurking before entering, your chances of survival will naturally increase.

I found a native speaker hiding in the shadows at the back of the screen. How to attack…

Some of the fallen Legion soldiers have codes needed to unlock doors and containers, and items that strengthen Eve. “Scavenging corpses” may not sound good, but I want to use scans to understand the location and obtain valuable information and items.
There are scenes in this work where you move underwater, and scanning is effective in those cases as well. In addition to checking the route and location of items, you also want to make sure you don’t miss containers placed at the bottom of the water or fallen Legion soldiers.

When you obtain the “Drone Upgrade Module” through exploration etc., you will want to prioritize and improve the performance of the scanner.

As you progress through the game, you will come across parts where the direction of travel indicated by the scan appears to be a dead end no matter how you think about it. In many cases, Eve’s partner Adam will give you hints via a drone, or advice will be displayed if you turn on the game’s “hint” function (it is on by default), but what does the hint mean? There may be cases where you don’t know, or no hints are given in the first place.

In such cases, the “High Contrast” item in “Settings” → “Accessibility” is useful. If you set a preset for this item, characters and objects will stand out, making it easier to find your path.

There is also a ladder that is in the shadow and can be easily overlooked…

High contrast settings allow for clear visibility

Prioritize skill acquisition by strengthening “Just Parry,” “Just Evasion,” and “Blink.”

In this game’s battles, the player has an advantage.“Just Parry”(Just Guard) and“Just Avoid”,And when the native’s big move is activated, it instantly sneaks behind him and stuns him.“Blink”The big key is whether or not you can pull it out accurately.

Therefore, when acquiring skills, I would like to prioritize those that make it easier to decide on these three things.Specifically, if just parry“Focus Boost”，If you just avoid it“Reflex Boost”if blink“Threat Detection”is.

When a just parry is successful, the native’s “balance gauge” is reduced and the “beta skill” gauge is charged.Natives whose balance gauge reaches zero become stunned.

Blink can only be activated on big moves performed after the native releases a blue effect.

The next thing I want to learn is“Ambush”is. This skill allows you to kill natives who are not in a combat state with a stealth kill from behind, and if done well, the battle will end in an instant without you having to think about just parrying or just evading. Therefore, I would like to learn and use it effectively.

Furthermore, the “Assault” skill that is learned by default can also be used to take down natives in a non-combat state from above, but the judgment of whether it is possible to activate it ([△]is displayed at the bottom center of the screen) is strict, and it is difficult to judge whether it is possible to activate it ([△]is displayed at the bottom center of the screen), and if it is a little far away. It seems a little difficult to use because it cannot be activated if the is away from you.

When Ambush is ready to be activated,[△]will be displayed at the bottom center of the screen.

Once you have mastered the above skills, the next step is to learn the “Rush” strengthening skill, which allows you to instantly close the distance with your opponent and attack, as well as the counter attack skill after just dodging.
The rush is“Lightning Rush”and“Infinite Rush”By learning this, your movement distance will increase and your attack power will also increase.

The other type of just evasion, even by default, will cause an additional attack if you press the[△]button immediately after success, but“Reflection I”When you learn the[□]button,“Reflection II”Once you learn this, you can perform a counter attack by holding down the[△]button, and it also has the effect of stunning the opponent, making it even more user-friendly.

If you succeed in just dodging, the “burst skill” gauge that is unlocked as the game progresses will be charged.

The remaining skill acquisition depends on each player’s play style. To be honest, even if you follow the above skill acquisition order, you might prioritize strengthening Rush over learning Ambush because you use Rush frequently. You can also reset your skills for a small price, so you can explore skills that better suit your play style.

“Repulse” can only be activated on the big move that the native performs after releasing the purple effect.It is compatible with long-range attacks because it stuns the opponent, reveals their weaknesses, and takes distance.

Select “Exospine” and “Gear” according to your play style

Eve’s abilities can be obtained through exploration etc.“Exospine”and“gear”Can be raised by equipping.Up to two Exospines can be equipped, for example to increase the performance of combo attacks.“Chain Exospine”increase long-range attack power, and increase the maximum number of bullets.“Eagle Eye Exospine”and so on. Additionally, the Exospine itself can be strengthened to three levels by consuming materials.

If you strengthen the recommended Exospine, it will be easier to perform just evasion and just parry.“Reflex Exospine”. When combined with the reflex boost and focus boost mentioned above, just dodges and just parries are executed quite often, and it feels so good that you might end up thinking, “Oh, I’m pretty good at battles in this game?” Especially in boss battles, be sure to equip Reflex Exospine.

Other than reflex exospine, this is also a matter of preference, but since I use ambush a lot in field exploration, the native’s field of vision is narrowed, and additional effects can be obtained if a stealth kill is successful.“Camouflage Exospine”is often used.

On the other hand, gear is equipment that increases Eve’s critical rate or increases the amount of charge in her beta skill gauge, and up to four can be equipped. There is nothing here that can be said to be essential, so you can choose according to your preference.
Even if the gear has the same name, the more stars it has, the higher the performance. For example, for “Shield Strengthening Gear”, the maximum shield increase is 200 for ★2 and 300 for ★3.

Select “Story Mode” and turn on “Action Assist”

The biggest way to increase your survival rate in this game is the so-called easy mode.“Story mode”Select“Action Assist”There is no such thing as turning it on.

First, if you select story mode, the native will be weakened and the damage taken will be dramatically reduced. Furthermore, by turning on action assist, which can only be set when story mode is selected (on by default), a slow animation will be added when the native performs a special attack, and input for actions to be taken such as guard, evasion, and blink will be displayed. be done.

However, in the case of this work, even if you use story mode and action assist,Moderately difficultThat is the impression.
For example, when a native fires a red effect and then launches a series of attacks, the action assist will ask you to input in succession like[guard]→[guard]→[evasion]but the rhythm is difficult. It is not necessarily uniform. Depending on the type of native, there are cases where the time between Tan Ta Tan, second guard, and evasion is short, and if you are careless, you will receive considerable damage.

If you input after looking at the action assist, you may not be able to do it in time, so you need to remember the differences in input timing for each native speaker to some extent.

Even if action assist requires guard input, you may be able to avoid the opponent’s attack by dodging.There is no penalty for having different inputs.

Please keep in mind that the story mode and action assist only support the battle and do not reduce the overall difficulty of the game.
In this game, one melee attack type and multiple long range attack type natives are placed in a small space, and if you attack one, all the natives will go into battle and receive a concentrated attack. There are highly difficult scenes scattered throughout the game, such as actions that require advanced operations other than battles. If you call it “easy mode,” you’ll probably end up in trouble.

Surrounded by multiple natives in a small space, I ran out of charge tumblers for recovery and was in a big pinch!