Practical Beginner Fighting Tips for SD Gundam Online
These post will explain some of the basic strategies and tips that every beginner should know about SD Gundam online (SDGO).
Simple Basic Combat Strategy
Take Advantage of the Rock Paper Scissors System
Spend time to understand the weakness and strengths of the different mobile suits units based on their RPS characteristics. Go after the ones that is naturally weak against your mobile suits and avoid the ones that you are weak against.
Targeting Higher Rank Enemy Unit
It may be a good practice to team up with your team to take out one single enemy unit. A good choice to start is to focus on the higher rank which is the higher threat that can deal higher damage. By taking out single unit ahead of time, the tide of combat will become a 4 vs 3 which is greatly to your team’s advantage.
Obtain the Upper Hand by Using Surrounding Position
You will get an edge in combat if you can surround your enemies instead of the other way around. This way you can avoid being attacked from the back.
High Ground as Battle Advantage
By getting to the higher ground you will have better angle at shooting at your enemies, while your SD gundam online enemy unit will have hard time to get up using boosters as well as landing a good angle.
Check Your Back Often
Always get a handle of where your enemy units are, you can check the back of your SDGO unit by clicking on the mouse wheel.
Weapon and Special Attack Strategy
Different weapons have different strategy and timing to execute them. Below is some simple ideas to get you started.
Laser
Always aim lasers a little bit higher such as a head shot to get better laser hit accuracy.
Sword
The best timing to use sword attack is to execute it right after your enemy use any weapon
Bazooka
Take advantage of the splash ability of bazooka weapons by being as close to the enemy as you can
Special Attack
Try to avoid enemy special attacks and execute yours correctly. The best time to use special attack is after your enemy has used a weapon. Because there is a time lag that the enemy cannot use his own special to get out after their prior attacking motion.
Basic SDGO Dodging and Positioning Strategy
How to Escape from Beam Special Attack
There a couple ways to escape from enemy’s beam special attack. You can use teleport by either being hit by anyone’s normal attack or using your special attack then teleport. In addition, you can also use the special attack boost to get behind walls or hit other opponents.
Knowing Your Surroundings
Always keep a tab on the people around you, listening to sound and following intuition is key to success. Some of the best way is to watch out for attacking, boosting, and skill charging sound.
Obtain Higher Ground in Fighting SD Gundam Online
You can use triple jump by combining jump, sword attack, jump, sword attack, and finally jump. Be careful to only get to higher ground when you are not fighting the opponent because then you will become a easily hit moving target.
Watch for Enemy Special Attack Activation
Use tab to check if enemy gundam mobile suits have any special attacks available. When you play more often, you will begin to understand when your opponents are likely to have the special attacks enabled.