Advanced Combat Techniques — Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel Guide

Master Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel combat with this advanced guide. Learn about hero skills, god virtues, and effective strategies for surviving raids and defeating bosses.

This guide provides an overview of the basic gameplay mechanics and advanced combat techniques for Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel. Learn how to navigate raids, level up your hero, and utilize skills effectively to overcome challenges.

Basic Gameplay

In Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel, players control a hero on a raid with the objective of completing tasks like surviving environmental hazards or defeating specific enemies within a time limit. After completing objectives, players must summon and defeat a boss. The game features an overhead perspective where players manage their hero's movement while enemies approach. Heroes begin with a basic attack and a weapon skill. Collecting XP crystals from defeated enemies allows the hero to level up, offering a choice of new skills from either gods or the hero's own potential skillset. Autocast skills and attacks function automatically at set intervals, leaving the player to control movement, weapon skills, and dashes. Passive skills offer various bonuses or trigger effects based on specific conditions, such as taking damage.

Controls

The default controls for Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel are as follows:

* The attack mode is set to Smart by default. The attack button is only needed when attack mode is set to Manual.
† Aiming is set to automatic by default. Aiming controls are only used in manual aiming mode.

Tips and Tricks

• Players can earn gold and soulstones during raids to purchase new weapons or activate virtues from the main menu. Virtues offer various bonuses and beneficial effects. Virtues from gods apply to all heroes, while hero-specific virtues only benefit that particular hero.
• At the end of each raid, an information screen displays the DPS of attacks and autocast skills. It is advisable to focus on acquiring three high DPS skills. Skills like Thunderstorm and Sentinel, offered by Thor, are noted for their high DPS as they auto-target multiple enemies and deal full damage when triggered, provided enough enemies are in range.
• While high DPS skills are important, also consider autocast skills that help clear the area around the hero or temporarily halt enemy advances. Freya's Divine Wave is a good example, emitting circular waves with a slight knockback effect that can momentarily stop most enemies.