Understand direct and scratch damage in Resonance of Fate. Learn how Handguns stun and kill, while Machineguns inflict scratch damage turning health bars blue.
Enemies appear with green health bars, sometimes one, most often two. The lower bar represents their body parts, and sometimes you'll have to destroy these parts before you can attack the main body.
The Handgun inflicts "direct" damage to the enemy's health bar. The Machinegun inflicts "scratch" damage, indicated by the enemy's green health bar changing to blue when attacked. A Machinegun can ONLY inflict scratch damage and you can never kill an enemy just using a Machinegun. A Handgun is used to stun the enemy, break its defensive gauges, and to kill it after the Machinegunner has scratched it and turned its HP gauge from green to blue. You can directly kill some weaker enemies with Handguns without scratching them first.
Grenades are used to stun, break gauges, and to scratch and kill enemies depending on their elemental power.
- Use the Handgun to stun enemies and break their defensive gauges.
- Switch to the Handgun to finish off enemies after their health bar has been turned blue by the Machinegun.
- Remember that weaker enemies can sometimes be killed directly with a Handgun.
- Grenades offer versatility, capable of stunning, breaking gauges, and dealing scratch or direct damage.
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