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Whether canon or not, One Piece Odyssey is a brand new adventure set in the world of One Piece where you can experience the excitement and danger of the pirate life. This open-world RPG has many new wonders to discover, including a turn-based combat system. This combat system will bring strategy to the game and allow players to carefully choose their abilities and use their characters to full effectiveness. Is that how it works.
How to fight in One Piece Odyssey
Battle Turn Actions
The fight sequences in One Piece Odyssey are called encounters. They start when you encounter enemies wandering around the world. Unlike open combat, where you can swing your weapons and use your abilities openly without pause, this requires you to put a little more strategy into it. You will take turns with the NPC enemies to dish out attacks or perform other actions.
These battle turns are indicated at the top right of your screen, and you keep track of how many turns you have and when you can act again. You and the enemy can take one action per turn. There are a few different actions you can perform on your turn:
- Stroke: A simple attack that does base damage and has no special effects
- Ability: A unique attack that can have special effects and differs by character.
- Article– A healing or buff consumable that can increase a player’s damage, health, or other stats
Selecting the action you want to perform will allow you to choose which enemies or allies you want to act on. You’ll want to pay close attention to which enemies you have the upper hand on or which allies may need to be buffed or healed.
Type Efficiency and Battle Types
You can choose the character you want to perform its action each turn. You can only use one character per turn. You will want to use the character with the best effectiveness.
Your characters can have three types of battle: power, speed and technique. Certain battle types will have an advantage or disadvantage when matched against others. For example, your power character, symbolized by the pink fist, has an advantage against fast enemies, represented by the weapon. However, your technical character, indicated by the sword, could have a disadvantage against speedy enemies. It is essential to use the characters with advantages to maximize the damage you deal to your enemies.
*Don’t forget that equipping your character with effective weapons, outfits and accessories will also grant them buffs and increase their damage while fighting.
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character skills
Each character has unique abilities that they can perform as their action. These abilities can deal more damage than basic attacks and have special secondary effects or multi-turn states.
All characters will have a total amount of TP, or Technique Points, which they can use in each Encounter based on their condition. Specific abilities cost more TP than others, and if you plan to use more than one during an Encounter, you’ll have to decide which one you want to use and when. You can find his current TP at the top right of the Skill menu. Once their total TP has decreased, they will not be able to perform any more skill attacks for the rest of the encounter or until they reset it.
Each character has unique types of abilities that have various effects, some long-range, some healing, some that hit multiple enemies, and some that continue for multiple turns. You can find the details in your crew menu outside of battle or under each skill in the skills menu. As you gain experience, you can upgrade these abilities to more powerful and damaging accessions and also learn some new ones.
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types of battles
Along with the basic Encounter against one or two enemies, there are also various types of battle sequences that you can face with more complicated rules.
wrestling area battle
Scramble Area Battles is when you face multiple enemies and each one is distributed against your characters separately. Although this can make this more difficult, since you have to focus on each individual battle simultaneously, it doesn’t mean that you can’t use your other characters to the advantage on enemies in another area. You can use long-range attacks to take out enemies that are facing other allies, but short-range attacks can only be used against enemies in their area. You’ll still want to try to take advantage of all of your character’s strengths to make it out alive.
dramatic scene battles
Dramatic Battles are randomized sequences with specific conditions that must be met during that Encounter. Successfully completing these conditions will grant you additional EXP at the end of the battle. These conditions can range from protecting a particular ally to defeating an enemy before reaching a specific turn. You will be notified by a caution tape frame and labeled condition at the top of the screen.
battle rewards
Successfully defeating your enemies and completing a battle encounter can have many benefits for you; in other words, lots and lots of pirate loot.
You are rewarded with EXP and occasionally you can also receive a lot of money and items. Depending on how complex the battle was and if a dramatic scene was present, boosted amounts may be added. You could even acquire gear to place on your characters, granting them buffs and bonuses as you continue your adventure.
The encounters will not always be the same each time you activate them. Some enemies can be more powerful or use special abilities like your own characters do. The deeper you go into the experience, the more challenging it will grow. The turn-based system allows you to put thought and strategy into your every move so you can maximize your damage and learn to take down your enemies with ease.
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