Part 18

Learn about all enemies in God of War: Sons of Sparta, including their attacks and tactics, like the Hoplite Guard's shield.

Hoplite Soldiers

Attacks: Single strike with both swords; Running strikes with both swords, each used once.

Tactics: You can see their swords turn red, making it easy to block or deflect their sword attacks. If you grab them, you need to win a button press (quick time event - QTE) to kill them.

Hoplite Sentry

Attacks: Single strike with both swords; Jump/flip strike with both swords.

Tactics: You can deflect both attacks, but only block the regular strike, not the jumping one. Typical combos will take care of these enemies. If you grab them, you need to win a button press (QTE) to kill them off.

Hoplite Archer "Archers"

Attacks: Lobbed arrow; Straight arrow.

Tactics: You can see where the lobbed arrow will land, so you can easily dodge it. You can also block or reflect the arrows they shoot straight at you. Simple combos will kill them, but if you grab them, you need to win a button press (QTE) to kill them.

Hoplite Guard "Shield Soldiers"

Attacks: Shield and sword strike combo; Single sword strike; Single strike with both swords; Running strike with each sword once.

Tactics: These enemies cannot be hurt while their shields are up, but you can block and deflect their attacks. By using the Fire Blades to break their shields, they change into using typical attack patterns, of which you can block or deflect. Kill them just like the rest of those hoplites.

Boreas Spawn "Ice Dogs"

Attacks: Running bite; Flipping freeze pound.

Tactics: These spawn typically try to freeze you by sacrificing themselves, and/or try to bite you. You can block or deflect the bite, but you have to dodge the freeze attack. A good combo of strikes with the Fire Blades brings them down quickly.

Dredge of Boreas "Yeti-beast thing"

Attacks: Running charge with strike.

Tactics: You cannot block its attack, but you can dodge it. The goal here is to use the Fire Blades to break its ice armor, but that tends to lead to spawning those Boreas Spawn. Use the Fire Blades to dish out the hurt, and you'll need to do two QTEs before bringing the beast down.

Scylla Brood "Crab-spiders"

Attacks: Bite; Jumping bite with grab.

Tactics: If you don't block their bites or deflect their jumping grabs, they can be annoying. If they do grab you, break free with a QTE and tear them apart. They scurry around but are easy to kill.

Keres Wraith "Wraiths"

Attacks: Claws up from ground; Three claw strike combo; Grab you from underground.

Tactics: The Keres Wraith isn't really tough above ground; you can easily block or deflect its claws as well as the ground claws. But when you start dealing damage, it will retreat underground, then jump up and grab you. You cannot block it, but you can deflect it. If it grabs you, you need to succeed a QTE to break free. The typical combo is good for these.

Minotaur

Attacks: Combo of three large horizontal strikes; Strong vertical strike; Running charge attack.

Tactics: You can deflect all of its attacks and block the strikes with its weapon, but if you get hit with the charge attack, you need to success a button press (QTE) to wrestle it to the ground. Take care of it with the usual powerhouse combo.

Minotaur Brute

Attacks: Strong horizontal strike; Strong vertical strike; Running charge attack.

Tactics: You can deflect all of its attacks and block only the hammer strikes. If you can fight a Minotaur, you can find this enemy.

Raven "Eagles"

Attacks: Swoop attack.

Tactics: Not too difficult, just annoying. You can block and deflect its attack, and just like the other birds of its kind, grabbing it will instantly kill it.

Satyr

Attacks: Combo of strikes; Vertical flip strike; Horizontal strike; Sliding pin strike.

Tactics: You can block and deflect the majority of their attacks and/or dodge out of their way. But if you get pinned by one, it's going to hurt. Keep up your guard and get good deflect attacks in while they're stunned. Otherwise, just hit them with all you've got.

Geryon "Lightning-Globe things"

Attacks: Lightning strike; Teleporting globe smash.

Tactics: Seemingly, the only way around its attacks is to attack from a distance and dodge away from it or from where you were, depending on whether or not it's using that teleport technique. Hammer away with whatever combos you want to eventually initiate the QTE to kill it. An easier way to stay alive after fighting one of these guys, if you're not too concerned with your magic, you can use the Eye of Atlantis as it teleports to negate getting hit.

Triton Soldier "Atlantian Sentries / Sentries"

Attacks: Stab with back of trident; Jab with front trident.

Tactics: Just block or deflect their strikes, and take them out easily enough with any regularly strong combo.

Triton Lord

Attacks: Straight jab with pike; Jumping jab with pike.

Tactics: Much like the Triton Soldiers, just block or deflect their attacks and pay them back with counter-attacks. They go down fairly easily.

Triton Assassin "Boomerangs"

Attacks: Ranged throw attack; Close throw attack.

Tactics: These enemies can be annoying if you don't block or reflect their throwing weapons back at them. But you can block each attack and reflect each attack, which means you can kill them with their own weapons. Or go in with some nasty combos to kill them quickly.

Bosses

This section compiles all of the Bosses in God of War: Sons of Sparta, save for Lanaeus.