Numbers are of unmodded state and are displayed from left to right following the difficulty order from Story to Ultra Hard, with Bold numbers being applied in Normal difficulty. The following is the numbered damage value of the Spear in both the normal and post-upgrade state. Strong attacks also have a high chance of removing armor and components from machines.īy obtaining the appropriate skills, Aloy can perform various context-sensitive attacks like silently taking down smaller machines and regular humans from behind or forcefully thrusting her spear into disabled enemies by pressing the 'Critical Hit' prompt displayed on the bottom of the screen whenever within activation range. Upgrades, Skill nodes and Spear Modification Coils affect the amount of damage dealt by these attacks. Aloy executes a heavier sequence of two vertical slashes which can knock down small to medium sized machines. Depending on the size of the machine, it may take only one hit to do so alternately, they may be immune to the spear's knock down effect completely. Strong attacks have a long charge up time and deal moderate damage to enemies.
They also have a low chance of removing armor and components from machines.
Aloy executes a quick succession of light horizontal swings while standing, a downward slash while jumping or another horizontal slash that hits closer to the ground while rolling. Light attacks have a short charge up time and deal low damage to enemies.