Highlights
- Naraka: Bladepoint offers a unique blend of fast-paced melee combat, eastern mythology, and PVE and PVP gameplay in its Battle Royal style gameplay on PlayStation 5.
- New players should take advantage of the intricate combat system, including the Focus system, to survive and outlast other players in the game.
- The Focus system in Naraka: Bladepoint includes different types, such as Blue, Purple, Gold, Parry, Ultimate, and Extreme, each with their own offensive and defensive abilities that players need to master for success.
Naraka: Bladepoint has brought its breathtaking action and beautifully crafted Battle Royal style gameplay to thousands of players. Naraka: Bladepoint is a standout member of the Battle Royal genre that blends fast-paced melee combat, eastern mythology, and PVE and PVP gameplay. Players can choose from an expansive roster of character types and drop into an open-world map in solo or team-based game modes where they fight till the last player stands for glory and bragging rights.
One of the systems players will need to master in order to succeed in Naraka: Bladepoint is the focus system. Made up of several different types, the Focus system grants players different effects divided by colored offensive and defensive abilities. Here is every Focus type in Naraka: Bladepoint and what they do, which players will need to learn to balance a vastly intricate combat system that has multiple aspects on top of one another; whether that is facing players head-on in one-on-one or even group fights.
6 Blue Focus
Blue Focus is an offensive ability in the game that allows players to initiate a strong attack that can break through specific guards and hinder enemy players' movement. Players will need to press both attack buttons to enter blue Focus and may charge it to higher levels depending on their current weapon time.
Upon release, the attack will go forward, placing Hyper Armor on the character and allowing them to attack through certain other attacks. However, Blue Focus attacks can clash with other Blue Focus strikes and Purple Focus as well as being countered.
5 Purple Focus
Purple Focus is the next step on the Focus totem pole and is only available to a select few weapons available in the game and must be triggered by initiating a Blue Focus and then quickly pressing a second attack button to elevate the attack.
Purple Focus attacks can not be parried or blocked; they are specialized attacks that can only be interrupted by clashing with Blue or Purple attacks respectively. Purple Attacks are very damaging and are suitable for finishing off weak opponents if used sparingly.
4 Gold Focus
Golden Focus attacks are incredibly strong attacks that grant the player heavy stacks of Super Armor, making them invulnerable to crowd control from attacks, skills, and Ranged abilities. Golden Focus attacks are tied to the special meter abilities of particular weapons and can only be used once the weapon's meter is full.
Once activated, the Golden Focus attacks carry out its animation until completed and can not be blocked. To counter a Golden Focus attack, players must use another Golden Focus attack, as any other offensive ability will lose; however, it is essential to note that some skills and Ultimates grant Golden Focus.
3 Parry Focus
Parry Focus, or Red Focus, is a defensive ability that players can use when they judge a target's attack pattern correctly and capitalize for a chance to flip the scales in their favor.
Upon activating a Parry Focus by pressing both attack buttons at the same time, players will have a brief window to counter a Blue Focus attack and knock the enemy back. It's important to note that Parry Focus can only counter Blue Focus attacks and will lose out to any other type of attack, even basic white attacks. Parry Focus is available to all characters in Naraka: Bladepoint.
2 Ultimate Focus
Ultimate Focus is a state that grants the player Super Armor and allows them not to be affected by counters. Ultimate Focus is very similar to Gold Focus, with the critical difference that a character can only obtain Ultimate Focus from specific skills or Ultimate abilities.
It is crucial for players to discover what their character's abilities do, so they can take full advantage and be fully equipped to engage in combat in Naraka: Bladepoint. Finding the suitable ability to use at the right time is paramount in winning an engagement.
1 Extreme Focus
Extreme Focus is the highest state of Focus in Naraka: Bladepoint granting the players heightened resistance and making them indomitable while in this state. Extreme Focus is only given by a select few of Ultimate abilities or character skills that will grant this state immediately upon casting.
Moves that grant this state are incredibly useful but must be used wisely not to be taken advantage of by heavy recovery time. A calm mind goes a long way versus a panic activation that leaves a player vulnerable.
Naraka: Bladepoint is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.