Immortals of Aveum offers up a rather unique combat system that combines magical first-person shooting with a variety of different spells and traversal abilities. Aveum’s action can take a while to get used to and there are a number of mechanics the game doesn’t explain particularly clearly, but don’t worry, we’re here to help you out. If you keep the following tips in mind, you be able to and master Immortals of Aveum’s magical melees with relative ease…
Get out of your Green magic comfort zone
Immortals of Aveum offers up three streams of magic/weapons — Red weapons are essentially shotguns that dispatch heavy close-quarters damage, Blue weapons are your sniper rifles and Green weapons fire off a barrage of homing strikes. Frankly, it’s easy to become almost addicted to Green attacks, as they’re just so easy to use and still relatively powerful. That said, you’re best off changing things up fairly often. If enemies get too close to you, use your Red weapon. If an enemy or boss’ weak point is exposed and you have any shooting skill at all, you should probably target them with your Blue weapon.
Don’t overrely on your shield
If you shouldn’t get addicted to Green magic, you also shouldn’t get overreliant on your shield. Yes, your shield can be a very useful tool, but don’t just wade into the middle of a horde of enemies and expect it to hold up. It isn’t that resilient, and once it breaks, you’re without a shield for a few seconds. You’re best to save it until you see an attack coming you won’t be able to dodge or you have an opening and want to push your offense. Don’t forget about your Blink dodge move, as you can use it to avoid a large majority of the attacks directed your way, allowing you to save your shield for when you really need it.
Limpets aren’t just for solving puzzles…
One of your “Control” abilities are Limpits – little green blobs that can be used to slow down targets. Initially, you’ll mostly use these to solve certain environmental puzzles by slowing down objects, but they can also be used in combat. If some baddie’s really bearing down on you, zap ‘em with your Limpets to slow them down and give yourself time to breathe. Also, once you’ve slowed down a enemy with your Limpets, you can switch to your Blue weapon for some precision strikes.
… and your Lash isn’t just for platforming
Similar to Limpets, your Lash ability, which you’ll mainly use to grapple onto points while platforming, can also be used in combat. Enemies can be lashed, which is particularly useful against annoying flying opponents. Grapple onto an enemy, draw them in, then blast them with a close range Red attack.
Try to Spellbreak enemies when you can
Immortals of Aveum doesn’t explain it particularly well, but the Disrupt Control ability is another one not to overlook in combat. Not only can you use Disrupt to stun enemies, but as the name implies, you can use it to interrupt magical attacks from enemies. Time it right, and it essentially works like a parry, inflicting “Spellbreak” on an enemy. This not only interrupts their spell, but does the baddie some damage.
Save your Fury spells for whittling down mobs
In addition to your Control abilities, you also have Fury spells — special magical attacks gained by consuming mana crystals. In my experience, these aren’t actually that effective against bosses and big enemies. What they are good for, is damaging multiple enemies at once, so save ‘em until you’re faced with a large mob then fire off one after another to whittle all the baddies down.
Save Immolate for smoking powerful enemies and bosses
Finally, we have your Dominion attack, Immolate, which is unlocked after you dish out enough damage. This attack is essentially the opposite of Fury spells – it’s best used when you have a single big target you want to scorch. If you have a sense you’re going to be facing a boss battle soon save one of these up, because deployed at the right time, a single Immolate attack can deplete a third to a half of a boss’ life bar.
Try to find the Vortex and Timeburst Fury spells if you can
This last one is optional, but I definitely recommend you find the Timeburst and Vortex Fury spells. Timeburst slows down time and Vortex lets you draw all the enemies in an area together so you can smash ‘em with a big attack. Both are very useful and key to a lot of high-level strategies! Both of these Furies are found off the core golden path, but don’t worry, we’ve put together some guides on how to unlock them. Here’s how you find Timeburst and here’s how you find Vortex.
There you have it! A few tips for having a magically good time kicking ass. Anybody out there playing Immortals of Aveum? Feel free to share your own tips in the comments.
Immortals of Aveum is available now on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PS5. You can check out Wccftech’s other Immortals of Aveum guides here.
