After 15 years, everyone’s favourite BPRD investigator is finally starring in another game -Hellboy: Web of Wyrd. This melee-focused roguelite adventure sees the demonic everyman adventuring through strange lands and coming up against a manner of demons and monsters to figure out the mystery of the Wyrd.
Although it might not be as tough as other roguelites, Hellboy: Web of Wyrd can still pack a mean punch from time to time, especially in the early hours. Luckily for you, we’ve put together some of the best tips and tricks that’ll help you make your way through the Wyrd as quickly as possible.
8Always Go For Toughness Upgrades Over Health
One of the best early-game tips for Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is to always go for Toughness upgrades over Health whenever you’re given the option. Hellboy has two different kinds of health bars, with the first one being called Toughness, which acts like a shield on top of his normal health bar.
The great thing about Toughness is that it can easily be restored by defeating the smaller one-shot enemies you find throughout the Wyrd, as well as simply just not taking any damage for a while. Compare this to health, which only recovers if you randomly stumble upon a health boost, and going for Toughness just makes the most sense.
7Fighting Enemies One-On-One Makes Things Easier
Once you start playing Hellboy: Web of Wyrd, you’ll quickly realise that most of its fights follow a similar pattern - run into a room, fight two big enemies, and mostly ignore the little ones that are just there to annoy Hellboy.
Since the small enemies are so easily dealt with, the main challenge of Web of Wyrd’s combat is taking on the big guys, which requires a lot of dodging, countering, and reading attacks to properly deal with them. As such, you’re going to want to fight them one-on-one whenever you can to make sure you can properly react to their attacks.
6The Shotgun Is Your Best Friend
Alongside his iconic Right Hand of Doom, Hellboy has access to a few guns and charms to help him out whenever he ventures down into the Wyrd. Although which items you go for will depend on what playstyle best suits you, there’s one gun that rules above them all - the Shotgun.
Unlocked after beating the third biome, the Shotgun is a powerful close-range firearm that deals heavy damage to Hellboy’s enemies if he’s close to them. Considering most of the game’s combat focuses on you being close, the Shotgun is a no-brainer for almost every encounter in the game. It also has great knockback, which helps with our next tip.
5Always Aim For Environmental Damage
Tying in nicely to the tip above, make sure to inflict as much environmental damage on your enemies as possible. If Hellboy uses a strong hit by holding down the attack button, it’ll push whoever he’s fighting back a bit, which results in environmental damage if they hit a wall or anything behind them.
Although it might seem like a hassle, all this really means is that you should try to use strong attacks as much as possible when an enemy is next to a wall. Combine that with the shotgun’s strong pushback abilities, and you’ll see the damage rack up if you’re making sure to slam enemies into the environment.
4Make Sure To Aim Your Boom Attacks
Speaking of slamming your enemies into the environment, one of the most powerful moves that Hellboy has at his disposal is the Boom attack, which can be purchased as an early-game upgrade for a small amount of Shakti Shards.
This attack lets Hellboy use an extra-strong attack on a stunned enemy that sends them flying away after they’re hit, which is a great chance for, you guessed it, more environmental damage. While it’s easy to just use the Boom attack whenever you see a stunned enemy, ensure to aim your attack to hit as many enemies and pieces of the arena as possible.
3Don’t Forget To Throw Rocks At Your Enemies
As you adventure through the Wyrd, you’ll discover that most of the arenas that you fight in have destructible pillars that can be smashed to reveal throwable rocks. Since Hellboy is such a powerhouse on his own, this might not seem worth doing, but they can actually be a big help.
These throwable rocks deal a massive amount of damage to an enemy’s shield and also automatically lock-on to anyone who is near Hellboy, so they’re worth taking the time to interact with. Hellboy also can’t be hit as he’s throwing them, so it’s also a good chance to catch your breath.
2Ground Pounds Are Situational, But Deal A Lot Of Damage
One of Hellboy’s more surprising abilities is his ground pound, which is activated by pressing the attack button after falling from a reasonable height. Since there’s no jump button, your ability to do this is entirely dependent on there being stairs or some kind of drop in the arena you’re in, which is totally up to the game’s randomisation.
When you do manage to hit the ground pound, however, it does a lot of damage in a fairly wide area and sends enemies flying around the arena, making it a great attack to purposefully aim for whenever you’re given the opportunity.
1Use Health Recovery Items Before The Boss Room
Just like many other roguelites, Web of Wyrd has a chance of including a room that lets Hellboy recover some health for free. You can tell which room this is by the massive red heart on the front of the door.
Although your instinct might be to instantly take the heart and recover your health there and then, it can actually be saved until you get to the end of the level you’re in. Unlike other roguelites, Web of Wyrd lets you backtrack through the areas you’ve already visited until you dive into another level, so your best bet is to save it until the final boss fight of that area and be fully equipped to deal with what awaits you.
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