Black Desert Onlines Combat System

Black Desert Online has had ups and downs in player population and reviews in the past few years but one thing that has always been reviewed well is the combat system mechanics. I mean if you have heard about the game from a source or a friend most likely the combat system was emphasized in some shape or form. What separates BDO`s combat system from other games of its genre is the combo skill-based combat in which you must aim manually and does away with a tab targeting system.

Since it is a combat system there are different skill rotations that you can use in different situations which makes the game so competitive in pvp. With that, certain skills have super armors which are skills that have complete resistance to crowd control abilities. Other abilities have forward guards which mean what you think, they only block abilities that are hit in front of you. The rest of the abilities are unprotected, in which you can be “cc`d” or crowd controlled during their uses, some of the cc`s are things like knockdowns, grabs, stiffens, stuns and floats.

Positioning and key combinations are the most important part of combat in BDO. Positioning is key because there are different types of attacks in the game such as down attacks and back attacks that dish out way more damage. Different key combinations make different skills flow better and more attacks and protection you have while doing damage the better.

One of the biggest interruptions in the game is the consistent interference of desync. Even though sometimes you time a dodge or a block at the perfect time, the game does not match up with that action which often flusters a lot of bdo players to say the least. Along with that, gear progression is the main mechanic in bdo that players strive for and when that mechanic is interfered by a connection issue with servers it definitely can feel like your gear does not matter as much.