Sorry to let ya down, I will make a review of H:FW and finish a bunch of H:ZD videos, but I'm not a huge fan of H:FW. If any videos do come about H:FW, they will likely be breakdowns of why I don't like specific aspects
same! i just got it and im loving it big time. but without putting in a few hundred hours to work all of this out my self. this video offers me everything I needed to know about the weapons and their uses
new player here, just got a PS5 and downloaded Zero dawn, My mind has been blows to bits with this tutorial, I will come back to it once I get some progress in the game :)
Elemental Tutorial spoils some of the later machines and mission locations, but is a good guide on how that system functions. Glad this guide is useful to you!
Came back here after 3 days of finding this channel and, thank you, i got all the dlc weapons, working on getting shield-wiever armor too and is such a quality of life change, i'm one shotting most medium size machines, thunderjaws and thunderbirds are a cakewalk to defeat, thank you so much
I actually learned a lot more of the mechanics watching your videos, learned more about some interactions between elemental arrows and machine types, such as shock arrows and batteries on the machines, and the UH run is being more fun to do now, thanks
Hands down the best video I’ve seen on the subject. Just got the game a few days ago but I’m in love with it, still working through my first play through on hard. There’s just so much to do, I’m level 38 on a level 14 main mission. Now I’m off to perfect my weapon thanks to you. Once again, great content!
On my 1st play through as well. Gearing up for the sequel. Overwhelmed at how much there is to do. Top 3 game ever for me thus far. The Last of Us part 1 is up next. I know.. I’m waaayyyy behind on some of these classic games..lol
@@Psykko_ not gonna lie I just bought the game a few days ago and finished it after 3 straight days of playing it and never thought to knock off parts off of downed enemies! I was so used to games with similar concepts not allowing that after a enemy dies or I thought that the parts you picked up from looting counted as those parts!
@@Psykko_ Didn't start new game plus yet but are most of the cool weapons or some story line parts locked to new game plus? I didn't explore everything before I finished the main storyline so idk if that one spherical ai was locked to a hidden side quest or new game plus.
Really gotta call me out like that with the Ropecaster huh? Absoulety right on there though, I rely way too heavily on it and am working on that. Great video!
@@Psykko_ Update. Since my original comment I have beaten the main story on Ultra Hard. It was exactly what I expected. Not overly difficult as long as each encounter was planned. Although I did struggle with the machine army immediately after killing Helis
Excellent tutorial, On my first play through on hard in late 2023 now and looking forward to forbidden West. I’m just at the part where I’ve gone back to mother and found out my back story so guess I’m near the end. I modded all my weapons last night and now need to redo them, I’ve never used handling and now feel educated on the matter 😂 Thank you 😊
Ty for video, you gave me confirmations about some things which I already suspected and knew but wasn't sure n no-one to ask n exchange opinions about balancing with coils
I understand your point about the Ropecaster but it can be very useful towards the stormbird, makes it easy to shoot the Freeze Canister, and because it has two Freeze Canisters you can take advantage of the free freeze state and kill it
I generally Freeze Stormbirds to bring them to the ground, takes two volleys from my bow on Ultra Hard. After Freezing a Stormbird mid-air, they will fall to the ground and be stunned momentarily. It’s fairly easy to kill a fallen Frozen Stormbird before it takes flight again. Ropecaster basically adds an extra step. You’re already aiming at the Stormbird, may as well freeze then kill the Stormbird Instead of Ropecaster -> freeze -> kill which takes more time and resources. I find the Ropecaster to be very overrated as their is generally other in game mechanics that solve combat problems better than the ropecaster. I do however understand that at times these mechanical solutions require more skill and game knowledge than most players obtain and are capable of producing. Which is one of the reasons why I make these videos, to help players feel more powerful as Aloy.
I just don't understand why my tearblast arrows don't work on ultra hard. Why don't the Thunderjaws' disc launchers fall off when I hit them directly with 10 tearblast arrows? I started using ropecaster to tear off disclaunchers, since ropecasters stun the enemy, giving me ample time to tie down and tear off every component I don't want to deal with.
Very helpful especially since i had not noticed the whole tear arrow being capped just not noticed it, so would rather go with damage or handling on that specific bow.
Good video, take my sub! I now know where to look for upcoming videos for Forbidden West tips if you're planning on covering that. Thank you for your work so far!
@@Psykko_ By all means, take your time! I'll be more than busy with my first blind playthrough at the start anyways. I'll be looking forward to your videos in the future :)
Was missing for me the info of where to get the weapons from, do they appear later in the game, how much they cost. Which modifications exactly did you put on them (percentage wise). Except that, a really interesting video. Thanks!
I love the ropecaster for Crowd control, but i'm would love to know what this "secret" combat tips you have that negate this "tool" (playing my ultra hard NG+ run) Otherwise there plenty of things i agreed with and some interesting incite, thank you.
The "Tool" is used in situations players need help aiming, dodging and crowd controlling during. Good aim offsets a need to use Ropecaster to hit specific weakpoints. Proficiency in dodging and reading machine attacks and trajectories (even off screen enemies), offsets a worry of being hit. Understanding all of the machine weakpoints and how various elements impact them as well as, damage to stagger thresholds offsets a need for using the Ropecaster as CC. There is no "secret" combat tip or tips. Boils down to once a player has enough mechanical knowledge and skill regarding H:ZD, other than "for fun" the Ropecaster is worthless.
i fuckin LOVE the rattler - it fits my play style perfect and it destorys EVERYTHING in its path P.S btw, Great guide - the last guide i saw was complete balls and i learned Nothing other than repeating the obvious like " dont put mods on weapons that dont use the stat"....like dude really? Amazing Guide, i learned so much, and i love how its so in depth along with ur opinion and facts. also i dont really use the rope caster at all either, i love setting up traps and luring them in and manipulating all my enemies thru chokes and rip them apart with tear to get all my goodies. Once they look like they've been thru a shredder - a quick finish once they get close to me with the rattler - as it RIPS them in seconds. God i love this game - i didnt realize how good it was until i got past the starting area and into the dessert to start seeing all these Amazing mechs. Just Humungous and Hyper Aggressive creatures that will almost One shot you with one wrong move - i gotta say im actually now hooked after playing for 1 hr on and off thru the beginning areas.
I'm glad you enjoyed this guide! If you haven't yet, I would suggest you watch my Elemental Tutorial. It spoils all machine types, but provides a much needed breakdown of how Elemental effects and weapons function.
Started playing again after years to refresh my memories to prepare myself to play the new forbidden west. And discover something new.. My aim is NOW shit i don't know what happened(maybe it's been years since I completed it)but I was an expert had got all the achievements too. So now my new play meta is corruption bow. Let them fight among themselves and enjoy the show then go get the spoils of the fight 😂.
Where do you get those higher percentage mods? What machine has the best drops for those? I’ve been farming the fallen behemoth at the sawtooth site, but I can never find anything higher than 28% spear damage, 65 for handling, etc.
@Psykko Rants, thanks for amazing overview of all weapons, that's really deep and valuable! One question about Frozen Wilds weapons, I pretty sure they are most powerful, were they intentially missed in the video for those who doesn't have Frozen Wilds DLC or you want to have them in a separate video? Keep up, you're doing amazing videos, really interesting to look and listen 👍
You’re welcome, glad you got value. Many of the weapons shown are weapons obtained in the Frozen Wild. Frozen Wilds Modifications, weapons and armor have Yellow Notches / Borders on their Icons
Hey, i'm doing a ultra hard normal ng gameplay and i'm at the mission where u sneak into the eclipse base and destroy their communication web, but i'm using the inicial bow still, i wanted to save as much shards as possible to get the shadow versions of every weapon, but it's being so hard, the weapons are so pricy, what can i do relieve this weapon problem a bit, using only the first bow isn't holding me back a lot, but i feel that i lack damage for everything
You lack damage for everything because you are attempting to do quality damage with little knowledge of the combat system as you brute force your way through the story while ignoring most exploration and side quests. Best weapons are in the DLC area, you can obtain at least two without having to do quests in that area, the DLC Weapons cost blue gleam a resource found on the ground in the DLC area.
So ok, i'm gonna go get the blue gleam weapons as a first thing to do, and yeah i was trying to brute force my way though to get the best weapons all together, but it seems the devs made the economy on ultrahard for you to explore every single meter of the map on you way to get as much shards and itens as possible, which is not a bad thing overall, encourages exploration over everything else
I think the elemental resistance percentage is broken. My banuk trailblazer has 105% resistance to fire..yet I still take damage from fire? Isn't 100% resist all?
That's why theres always NG+ to replay from the orginal mode and test your skills, mods, early exploits and exp. Go slow, hunts and story on the early game. I'm gonna try some of your mods on NG+, got my game from ps4 free but played it late. But I am a Ropecaster fan.😒
Three 50% Freeze 25% Damage coils are the coils used for this Icerail. This is a Very Rare coil a player can obtain through RNG from anything that yields a Purple coil, machines, coil boxes, etc.
The Thunderjaw heart has a 5x damage multiplier when hit by Pierce damage ammo. Big numbers are fun to see/cause and can speed up the time it takes to kill a machine.
@Psykko It takes me four shots to kill a thunder jaw. Theyre pretty easy to kill, yet I see all the youtubers do fancy slow mo kills and aiming for the heart. I really dont get it when you can just kill them so much more easily then all that sillyness
Hello, off topic but I'm playing on UH and went on doing Ikrie's challenge but didn't get rewards, outfit and XP. Did get 3 bluegleam for killing 10 out of 10 machines and the errand shows to be completed. What is going on??
Lot of factors into that question. But basically, Striker and Powershot bows coil for Damage and handling. If you can’t max both stats, fiddle around with what you like for Damage / Handling balance. Don’t underestimate handling.
@@Psykko_sorry I just have one more question. There is no slot for mods on my purple sylens’ lance i don’t know if they changed it or what, or is there a quest i have to do to unlock it
Rattler is best used on frozen targets. I was wondering why the Rattler seems to melt frozen shit, meanwhile my blast sling seems to need to stack quite a few bombs on things even when they're frozen.
Rattler Bolts do Pierce damage, which has a multiplier to frozen targets of 300% bonus to body and 200% bonus to weak points. Bombs do 25% bonus damage to frozen targets which is significantly less. I definitely prefer Bows to the Rattler, but if someone is going to use the Rattler they should absolutely take advantage of Freeze when possible.
I am quite curious, this game has some sort of combat system? I have tried sniping in combat, but it was an utter failure. Targets move in three axes and my arrows have flight time. Reliably hitting anything even in slow mode is beyond me. So I gave up and started arrow spam which... works perfectly. And switched for Ropecaster against bigger enemies. Why waste time on sniping when I can just blow them up?
This game definitely has a combat system and combat feels much more rewarding and satisfying when the combat system is taken advantage of. Arrows do have flight time, which means you have to account for this when shooting at machines and lead your shots.
Not doing a "best place" to farm video. Preparing for Ultra Hard = game knowledge which is what this video and my Elemental Tutorial provide. I am planning on a "tips and tricks" video as well as Damage multiplier tutorial.
I like the rope caster when i feel im being overwhelmed by two machines. There a few instances where you fight two bug machines at the time and i like to tie one down for a while to gebit out of the way.
Ultimately, do whatever works for you. The rope caster is useful to those who require help dodging/aiming/avoiding machines. Not everyone has or wants to spend 1000s of hours playing this or any game. I’ve never liked the ropecaster because it feels like a skill crutch, and a learning crutch. But, I am a sweat lord, so I don’t play games in the same way the large majority of players do.
I don't really understand what you're saying here about Fire damage. I thought Fire tick damage was static based on the difficult & size of the machine.... You're saying you can somehow increase the damage the Burn status does per second? Or are you referring to the damage that Fire arrows themselves do? I can't make any sense of the included Fire damage spreadsheet... I don't understand at all as it doesn't really make any sense.
The damage over time effect from Fire Arrows and any Fire Weapon scale with both Fire and Damage coils equally. I think my Elemental Tutorial may help clear up a tad regarding how elemental effects work if you would like to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/wz5FAsT9nYw/v-deo.html
@Psykko_ My apologies, I was not aware of this! I was actually just now watching thru your Elemental video & it is indeed very informative! Thanks for the great content!
It would be great if you had a list you could add to the description of the video or as a pinned comment, what the actual mods (including modifier values) that you've added to each weapon.
Thank You! Boosting the fire stat increases how quickly you can inflict the fire status. In order to boost the damage of the dot caused by fire status, you need to also boost the damage. Fire = just to lite them, Fire/Damage = dot hurts more.
@Psykko_ This is false though... I am pretty sure the DOT that the Burn status does is static based on the machine size. Where are you getting this from?
Great video to come across. I'm currently working on ultra hard. Thanks for making this. I love the Banuk weapons but unfortunately haven't been able to get through the upgrades do to The Frozen Wilds haunting me on ultra hard haha. Right on, The Powershot Bow is my favorite bow. The Stormslinger is a great weapon as well, good call. Are harvest arrow beneficial on ultra hard then? Since resources are more expensive at that difficulty.
Harvest Arrows certainly can be beneficial on Ultra Hard. Just make sure not to waste them on live targets. When the goal is resource efficiency, a potential for losing resources via missing Arrows when shooting live machines with Harvest Arrows isn't the best idea. Dead machines are much easier to harvest resources from, more resource gain overall due to practically unmissable components on dead machines.
I'm up with you, that's why I decided to play two NG+, one for normal (upgrading all weapons & armors, including FW), and second ultra-hard - when everything is already upgraded. It makes even more sense, taking into account that special super coils (which you can find in FW) appears all over again every time when you play NG+ (after completing previous game, of course), that way you can collect these unique super-coils again and again, eventually having multiple same "unique coil" (which become not unique after all), e.g. you install all of them on one weapon.
This video is crazy useful, I don't get how you managed to have all those unique coils... I thought you could have just one per game! (I hope the answer is not that you completed the game twenty times)
In my experience, someone always has "better" from a certain perspective. Between my PS4 Save and PC Save, I am 100 content with what I have. So to me, what I have on PC at the moment is perfect.
I just wanted to ask how do you get perfect weapon coils for example: 67% handling, 50% damage, 30% spear damage ect... Is it from thunderjaws or frost/fireclaw or demonic frost/fireclaw? because I have not yet gotten one
hey brotha... thank you for the awesome magnificent guide you got a subscriber...! say... question... does the tear coil mods still not affect sharpshooter bows' tear blast arrows... is it still a broken stat or is it fixed now and can i use the bow for tearing in my arsenall.. also what do you think would be an all around best loadout for very hard dificulty... cheers and thanks again!
I go over your Tear/Tearblast Arrow question during my Precision bow section at around 8 minutes. Optimal loadout on any difficulty is situationally based depending on player strengths, weaknesses and coil availability.
You can find these mods on the DLC Frozen Wilds, there is a very good video explanation on how to get all the mods just search on youtube: Unique mod tutorial.
What armor setup do you use in this video? I have the Ultra Weave Armor and the Adept Protector Armor but I still get slaughtered on Ultra Hard New Game.
Hey there. I'm a bit late to the game. Thank you so much for the amazing video. I have a couple questions though. Just finished the game on ultra hard (not NG+) not knowing there was an achievement doing so in NG+. Anyway, as I watched your guide my jaw dropped since I haven't seen any damage like those of yours. The most I had was on fireclaws, hitting them on the belly container after freezing them which was around 1200+ damage. Does it go up in NG+? The other thing I noticed was how fast you could freeze the mobs. It takes full 12 freeze bombs sometimes a couple more with my shadow sling to freeze a fireclaw while it is fully coiled with freeze coils (+42% x2 and +40%). I gave up freeze arrows from my Banuk Champion Bow again fully coiled with freeze coils (+40% x2 and +38%) seeing how slow it builds up and fireclaws are no joke to me at this state. So I couldn't risk taking collosal damage while trying to freeze it bit by bit with freeze arrows. One last thing, you seem to do extremely well on aiming thunderjaws' heart area the eyes of the machines etc. How do u achieve this level of precision? Do you do anything special to be that accurate? Or is there a setting I may have missed? Cus even when I slow time when aiming I cannot be that accurate. That is probably on me since I'm don't count myself as skilled in games. Seems like I'm yet to learn some game mechanics that are not revealed to me so far cus it seems I am doing some things totally wrong. Thanks again.
You can get 1 Pristine weapon coil per play through after completing “out of the forge” and the main story. Create a NG+ save file, then complete out of the forge and the main HZD story again, create NG+ save, rinse repeat!
Hey, thanks for such a great and i formative guide. I am planning to start a ng+ ultra hard but I don't want to grind TFW unique mods by replaying the main game over and over. Could you please share your latest and perfect save file so that I can use that to create a ng+ Thanks in advance!
@@Psykko_ thanks, on my game I have not made it to meridian yet, so I wasn't sure if the weapons are there or not. Mostly running around and doing other shit.🤣
The Rattler is critically misused half the time it feels like Its less of a shotgun and more of a burst fire submachine. It is best used on those with easily exposed weakpoints (Bellowbacks & Snapmaws for example) but even moreso when when they are frozen. Freeze em, use a Rattler with high impact and the damage is disgustingly high & quick
As a new player this is like a masterclass of the best weapons guide and playstyle. Thank you!
Thank You! Check out my Elemental Tutorial as well!
Totally agree 👍🏻!
I now know which UA-camr to look tips for If Horizon Forbidden West ever came out. Keep up the good work, buddy. This was a huge help for me.
Awesome! Check out my recent Elemental Tutorial video too! I am so glad I could share some of my knowledge with you in a beneficial way!
@@Psykko_ Just finish the base game about to start new game plus ultra UH then towards FW
Sorry to let ya down, I will make a review of H:FW and finish a bunch of H:ZD videos, but I'm not a huge fan of H:FW. If any videos do come about H:FW, they will likely be breakdowns of why I don't like specific aspects
Easily the best HZD video ive seen and ive been binging them while playing for the first time. Looking forward to your videos for the next one.
Thank You!
same! i just got it and im loving it big time. but without putting in a few hundred hours to work all of this out my self. this video offers me everything I needed to know about the weapons and their uses
@@Psykko_ Thanks for this! It really is hands down the best! very concise and and no BS! Huge thanks. you got a sub and a life for this!
new player here, just got a PS5 and downloaded Zero dawn, My mind has been blows to bits with this tutorial, I will come back to it once I get some progress in the game :)
Elemental Tutorial spoils some of the later machines and mission locations, but is a good guide on how that system functions. Glad this guide is useful to you!
Came back here after 3 days of finding this channel and, thank you, i got all the dlc weapons, working on getting shield-wiever armor too and is such a quality of life change, i'm one shotting most medium size machines, thunderjaws and thunderbirds are a cakewalk to defeat, thank you so much
I actually learned a lot more of the mechanics watching your videos, learned more about some interactions between elemental arrows and machine types, such as shock arrows and batteries on the machines, and the UH run is being more fun to do now, thanks
Just starting a new play through of HZD and this information is gold! Thank you!
Hands down the best video I’ve seen on the subject. Just got the game a few days ago but I’m in love with it, still working through my first play through on hard. There’s just so much to do, I’m level 38 on a level 14 main mission. Now I’m off to perfect my weapon thanks to you. Once again, great content!
I am jealous! First playthroughs are a magical thing!
Thank you for the kind words and happy hunting!
On my 1st play through as well. Gearing up for the sequel. Overwhelmed at how much there is to do. Top 3 game ever for me thus far. The Last of Us part 1 is up next. I know.. I’m waaayyyy behind on some of these classic games..lol
@@Psykko_ not gonna lie I just bought the game a few days ago and finished it after 3 straight days of playing it and never thought to knock off parts off of downed enemies!
I was so used to games with similar concepts not allowing that after a enemy dies or I thought that the parts you picked up from looting counted as those parts!
@@Psykko_ Didn't start new game plus yet but are most of the cool weapons or some story line parts locked to new game plus? I didn't explore everything before I finished the main storyline so idk if that one spherical ai was locked to a hidden side quest or new game plus.
This is one of the best videos I've found for HZD. It makes me sad your channel didn't take off.
I appreciate the kind words.
DIsgusting how you took care of that stormbird at the end. Nice work!
"sigh... the rope caster" :D
This is so well put together Psykko! Looking forward to what you discover in HFW!
Thank you so much Blegas! This means a TON coming from you!
You’ve mastered this game to a T. Great stuff man I’ll be waiting for your content on HFW
I appreciate this comment very much! Thank you! I am looking forward to learning and teaching various aspects of Horizon: Forbidden West!
Great video, thank you for this! Learned more than I expected.
Yay! I am so glad to hear that, teaching is what I aim to do!
Really gotta call me out like that with the Ropecaster huh? Absoulety right on there though, I rely way too heavily on it and am working on that. Great video!
What a good video. I am going to be starting my NG+ UH mode soon and this might have given me some insights. Thanks!
Thanks! Hope you enjoy Ultra Hard!
This video really shows me ultra hard mode isn't that bad. One just has to actually plan their encounters better than the other modes.
That is exactly one of the things I am trying to showcase and teach!!!
@@Psykko_ Update. Since my original comment I have beaten the main story on Ultra Hard. It was exactly what I expected. Not overly difficult as long as each encounter was planned. Although I did struggle with the machine army immediately after killing Helis
@@StrappingYoungLadam you didn't use the shield-weaver armor right?
@@youarethecssformyhtml Correct.
Found this right as I started my ng+ run, definitely will be back after fw
Thanks so much for the video! I clearly have a LOT of room for improvement in how I fight. Dang!
Excellent tutorial, On my first play through on hard in late 2023 now and looking forward to forbidden West.
I’m just at the part where I’ve gone back to mother and found out my back story so guess I’m near the end.
I modded all my weapons last night and now need to redo them, I’ve never used handling and now feel educated on the matter 😂
Thank you 😊
Amazing Video! Needed to freshen up my knowledge about the game again because can't play the new HZ game since no PS5 (Sadge).
Ty for video, you gave me confirmations about some things which I already suspected and knew but wasn't sure n no-one to ask n exchange opinions about balancing with coils
I understand your point about the Ropecaster but it can be very useful towards the stormbird, makes it easy to shoot the Freeze Canister, and because it has two Freeze Canisters you can take advantage of the free freeze state and kill it
I generally Freeze Stormbirds to bring them to the ground, takes two volleys from my bow on Ultra Hard. After Freezing a Stormbird mid-air, they will fall to the ground and be stunned momentarily. It’s fairly easy to kill a fallen Frozen Stormbird before it takes flight again. Ropecaster basically adds an extra step. You’re already aiming at the Stormbird, may as well freeze then kill the Stormbird Instead of Ropecaster -> freeze -> kill which takes more time and resources.
I find the Ropecaster to be very overrated as their is generally other in game mechanics that solve combat problems better than the ropecaster. I do however understand that at times these mechanical solutions require more skill and game knowledge than most players obtain and are capable of producing. Which is one of the reasons why I make these videos, to help players feel more powerful as Aloy.
@@Psykko_but don't they take damage when they fall when frozen?
@@Psykko_ my strategy is use tear blast arrow on stormbird chest 2 times so that the bird will be out of electric attacks
This completely vhanged the way I play, thanks.
You’re welcome, I’m glad this video had a positive impact on how you play this game.
This video is super helpful! Well deserved sub
Thank You! Check out my Elemental Tutorial as well!
Thank you very much! This guide helped me a lot!
You're welcome! That's what it's here for!
I just don't understand why my tearblast arrows don't work on ultra hard. Why don't the Thunderjaws' disc launchers fall off when I hit them directly with 10 tearblast arrows?
I started using ropecaster to tear off disclaunchers, since ropecasters stun the enemy, giving me ample time to tie down and tear off every component I don't want to deal with.
Tear-blast effectiveness on Ultra Hard is reduced to half compared to all non story difficulty levels.
this was exactly what i needed, i'm replaying the game after years and i'm findin out i've been playing completely wrong lol
Enjoy your 2023 play through!
4:47 beautiful arrow placement though
Awesome guide! This is a great video, hope to watch more when you play HFW, you're awesome!
H:FW videos are absolutely the plan!
This video is pure gold.
Thank you so much!
Very helpful especially since i had not noticed the whole tear arrow being capped just not noticed it, so would rather go with damage or handling on that specific bow.
Awesome! Glad you found this video helpful!
Hard to hear voice over the music at times
Well done Clip. Your gameplay is very nice. Subbed
This is super helpful!! And also you are very good at the actions it's just very enjoyable to watch your gameplay :p
Awww, thank you!
Good video, take my sub! I now know where to look for upcoming videos for Forbidden West tips if you're planning on covering that. Thank you for your work so far!
I do plan on covering Horizon Forbidden West content! But don't expect anything too soon, accurate data takes time.
@@Psykko_ By all means, take your time! I'll be more than busy with my first blind playthrough at the start anyways. I'll be looking forward to your videos in the future :)
Was missing for me the info of where to get the weapons from, do they appear later in the game, how much they cost.
Which modifications exactly did you put on them (percentage wise).
Except that, a really interesting video. Thanks!
That's some impressive gameplay right there
Thank You!
I love the ropecaster for Crowd control, but i'm would love to know what this "secret" combat tips you have that negate this "tool" (playing my ultra hard NG+ run)
Otherwise there plenty of things i agreed with and some interesting incite, thank you.
The "Tool" is used in situations players need help aiming, dodging and crowd controlling during.
Good aim offsets a need to use Ropecaster to hit specific weakpoints.
Proficiency in dodging and reading machine attacks and trajectories (even off screen enemies), offsets a worry of being hit.
Understanding all of the machine weakpoints and how various elements impact them as well as, damage to stagger thresholds offsets a need for using the Ropecaster as CC.
There is no "secret" combat tip or tips. Boils down to once a player has enough mechanical knowledge and skill regarding H:ZD, other than "for fun" the Ropecaster is worthless.
@@Psykko_
yes they die so fast...no time for a ropecaster LOL
i fuckin LOVE the rattler - it fits my play style perfect and it destorys EVERYTHING in its path
P.S btw, Great guide - the last guide i saw was complete balls and i learned Nothing other than repeating the obvious like " dont put mods on weapons that dont use the stat"....like dude really? Amazing Guide, i learned so much, and i love how its so in depth along with ur opinion and facts. also i dont really use the rope caster at all either, i love setting up traps and luring them in and manipulating all my enemies thru chokes and rip them apart with tear to get all my goodies. Once they look like they've been thru a shredder - a quick finish once they get close to me with the rattler - as it RIPS them in seconds. God i love this game - i didnt realize how good it was until i got past the starting area and into the dessert to start seeing all these Amazing mechs. Just Humungous and Hyper Aggressive creatures that will almost One shot you with one wrong move - i gotta say im actually now hooked after playing for 1 hr on and off thru the beginning areas.
I'm glad you enjoyed this guide! If you haven't yet, I would suggest you watch my Elemental Tutorial. It spoils all machine types, but provides a much needed breakdown of how Elemental effects and weapons function.
Started playing again after years to refresh my memories to prepare myself to play the new forbidden west.
And discover something new..
My aim is NOW shit i don't know what happened(maybe it's been years since I completed it)but I was an expert had got all the achievements too.
So now my new play meta is corruption bow.
Let them fight among themselves and enjoy the show then go get the spoils of the fight 😂.
how to do 4100 damage to the mole, I only do 900 using the same weapon and shooting it in the same place (while frozen)
Max stat weapon.
Where do you get those higher percentage mods? What machine has the best drops for those? I’ve been farming the fallen behemoth at the sawtooth site, but I can never find anything higher than 28% spear damage, 65 for handling, etc.
@Psykko Rants, thanks for amazing overview of all weapons, that's really deep and valuable! One question about Frozen Wilds weapons, I pretty sure they are most powerful, were they intentially missed in the video for those who doesn't have Frozen Wilds DLC or you want to have them in a separate video? Keep up, you're doing amazing videos, really interesting to look and listen 👍
You’re welcome, glad you got value.
Many of the weapons shown are weapons obtained in the Frozen Wild. Frozen Wilds Modifications, weapons and armor have Yellow Notches / Borders on their Icons
Hey, i'm doing a ultra hard normal ng gameplay and i'm at the mission where u sneak into the eclipse base and destroy their communication web, but i'm using the inicial bow still, i wanted to save as much shards as possible to get the shadow versions of every weapon, but it's being so hard, the weapons are so pricy, what can i do relieve this weapon problem a bit, using only the first bow isn't holding me back a lot, but i feel that i lack damage for everything
I was thinking of trying to get the hunting grounds weapons, but they look to far away, or trying frozen wilds early game for some weapons
You lack damage for everything because you are attempting to do quality damage with little knowledge of the combat system as you brute force your way through the story while ignoring most exploration and side quests.
Best weapons are in the DLC area, you can obtain at least two without having to do quests in that area, the DLC Weapons cost blue gleam a resource found on the ground in the DLC area.
So ok, i'm gonna go get the blue gleam weapons as a first thing to do, and yeah i was trying to brute force my way though to get the best weapons all together, but it seems the devs made the economy on ultrahard for you to explore every single meter of the map on you way to get as much shards and itens as possible, which is not a bad thing overall, encourages exploration over everything else
I think the elemental resistance percentage is broken. My banuk trailblazer has 105% resistance to fire..yet I still take damage from fire? Isn't 100% resist all?
No, 100% of a resistance stat does not = immunity.
Playing NG+ on hard and this is very helpful
I’m glad to hear that!
I'm not in games+, what is the best alternative (shadow weapons, frozen dlc weapons?)
That's why theres always NG+ to replay from the orginal mode and test your skills, mods, early exploits and exp. Go slow, hunts and story on the early game. I'm gonna try some of your mods on NG+, got my game from ps4 free but played it late. But I am a Ropecaster fan.😒
4:53 what kind of coils you used on that weapon and where i can get em?
Three 50% Freeze 25% Damage coils are the coils used for this Icerail.
This is a Very Rare coil a player can obtain through RNG from anything that yields a Purple coil, machines, coil boxes, etc.
@@Psykko_ got it thx
Im confused as to why everyone always aims for the heart of the thunderjaw??? What's the point of this?
The Thunderjaw heart has a 5x damage multiplier when hit by Pierce damage ammo. Big numbers are fun to see/cause and can speed up the time it takes to kill a machine.
@Psykko It takes me four shots to kill a thunder jaw. Theyre pretty easy to kill, yet I see all the youtubers do fancy slow mo kills and aiming for the heart. I really dont get it when you can just kill them so much more easily then all that sillyness
Ultra hard
Hello, off topic but I'm playing on UH and went on doing Ikrie's challenge but didn't get rewards, outfit and XP. Did get 3 bluegleam for killing 10 out of 10 machines and the errand shows to be completed. What is going on??
If you were using a PowerShot bow and a striker bow in the same loadout what coils would you put on them
Lot of factors into that question. But basically, Striker and Powershot bows coil for Damage and handling. If you can’t max both stats, fiddle around with what you like for Damage / Handling balance. Don’t underestimate handling.
@@Psykko_ ok I will play around with it
Thanks
@@Psykko_sorry I just have one more question. There is no slot for mods on my purple sylens’ lance i don’t know if they changed it or what, or is there a quest i have to do to unlock it
Rattler is best used on frozen targets. I was wondering why the Rattler seems to melt frozen shit, meanwhile my blast sling seems to need to stack quite a few bombs on things even when they're frozen.
Rattler Bolts do Pierce damage, which has a multiplier to frozen targets of 300% bonus to body and 200% bonus to weak points. Bombs do 25% bonus damage to frozen targets which is significantly less.
I definitely prefer Bows to the Rattler, but if someone is going to use the Rattler they should absolutely take advantage of Freeze when possible.
Why do I only have 2 mod slots on each weapon
I am quite curious, this game has some sort of combat system? I have tried sniping in combat, but it was an utter failure. Targets move in three axes and my arrows have flight time. Reliably hitting anything even in slow mode is beyond me. So I gave up and started arrow spam which... works perfectly. And switched for Ropecaster against bigger enemies. Why waste time on sniping when I can just blow them up?
This game definitely has a combat system and combat feels much more rewarding and satisfying when the combat system is taken advantage of.
Arrows do have flight time, which means you have to account for this when shooting at machines and lead your shots.
Would you do a video on best places to farm purple mods, and best ways to prepare for an ultra hard + playthrough?
Not doing a "best place" to farm video. Preparing for Ultra Hard = game knowledge which is what this video and my Elemental Tutorial provide. I am planning on a "tips and tricks" video as well as Damage multiplier tutorial.
Late to the party, I just finished HZD initial story line, and starting a new Game +, so I can play with the Adept tier weapons.
how to get four slots for modifications in bow
NG+
I like the rope caster when i feel im being overwhelmed by two machines. There a few instances where you fight two bug machines at the time and i like to tie one down for a while to gebit out of the way.
Ultimately, do whatever works for you. The rope caster is useful to those who require help dodging/aiming/avoiding machines.
Not everyone has or wants to spend 1000s of hours playing this or any game. I’ve never liked the ropecaster because it feels like a skill crutch, and a learning crutch. But, I am a sweat lord, so I don’t play games in the same way the large majority of players do.
Now that's a genius right there. My goodness.
Na, just someone with a lot of free time back then.
@@Psykko_ still, goatd my g ahah appreciate the guide bruv
Hey how do we get Adept weapons
I currently have only banuk weapons
New Game + offers Adept Weapons and armor.
@@Psykko_ Thanks a lot man.
Now I will grind in new game + for purple modifications instead of normal game mode
Thanks, this helps a lot.
Awesome! That is what this video is here for!
@@Psykko_ Which weapons are better shadow or banuk?
@@InternationalUnionOfJasonWhite Banuk weapons have the greater potential.
@@Psykko_ Thank you again :), I love using Banuk weapons.
Wait you use the harvest arrow on the destroyed machine?
Yes.
I don't really understand what you're saying here about Fire damage. I thought Fire tick damage was static based on the difficult & size of the machine.... You're saying you can somehow increase the damage the Burn status does per second? Or are you referring to the damage that Fire arrows themselves do? I can't make any sense of the included Fire damage spreadsheet... I don't understand at all as it doesn't really make any sense.
The damage over time effect from Fire Arrows and any Fire Weapon scale with both Fire and Damage coils equally. I think my Elemental Tutorial may help clear up a tad regarding how elemental effects work if you would like to check it out: ua-cam.com/video/wz5FAsT9nYw/v-deo.html
@Psykko_ My apologies, I was not aware of this! I was actually just now watching thru your Elemental video & it is indeed very informative! Thanks for the great content!
@@skins4thewin You’re welcome! I’m glad you learned something new!
nice video :) i loved it
The spreadsheet to calc the fire damage is broken for me
That's unfortunate, I'll have a peek at it later.
my weopons has three coils, where did i go wrong, do i have to do side quests
An additional slot is on “Adept” weapons and armor is obtainable in New Game+
It would be great if you had a list you could add to the description of the video or as a pinned comment, what the actual mods (including modifier values) that you've added to each weapon.
I mention at the start of the video for viewers to check the description if they are curious about which coils I use for each weapon.
@@Psykko_ Cheers for that - the ad links detract from the "show more button being clearly visible. I'll make good use of that tomorrow.
Thank u so much:) looked a lot for this type of video:)
More to come! I have a lot I learned about this game I want to share!
does boosting fire on the bow for example increase how much dmg it does? or just how quickly it's applied? this video is amazing btw
Thank You!
Boosting the fire stat increases how quickly you can inflict the fire status. In order to boost the damage of the dot caused by fire status, you need to also boost the damage. Fire = just to lite them, Fire/Damage = dot hurts more.
@Psykko_ This is false though... I am pretty sure the DOT that the Burn status does is static based on the machine size. Where are you getting this from?
So what’s the best bow in the game
I believe I covered this in the video! The Striker Bow in my opinion is the best Bow in the game.
Who did you switch to another weapon by not opening the menu?
Yes, possible on PC with keybinds.
Great video to come across. I'm currently working on ultra hard. Thanks for making this. I love the Banuk weapons but unfortunately haven't been able to get through the upgrades do to The Frozen Wilds haunting me on ultra hard haha. Right on, The Powershot Bow is my favorite bow. The Stormslinger is a great weapon as well, good call. Are harvest arrow beneficial on ultra hard then? Since resources are more expensive at that difficulty.
Harvest Arrows certainly can be beneficial on Ultra Hard. Just make sure not to waste them on live targets. When the goal is resource efficiency, a potential for losing resources via missing Arrows when shooting live machines with Harvest Arrows isn't the best idea. Dead machines are much easier to harvest resources from, more resource gain overall due to practically unmissable components on dead machines.
I'm up with you, that's why I decided to play two NG+, one for normal (upgrading all weapons & armors, including FW), and second ultra-hard - when everything is already upgraded. It makes even more sense, taking into account that special super coils (which you can find in FW) appears all over again every time when you play NG+ (after completing previous game, of course), that way you can collect these unique super-coils again and again, eventually having multiple same "unique coil" (which become not unique after all), e.g. you install all of them on one weapon.
So exactly how many time you do newgame+ to claim all those unique untest coin dmg to put on all those bow?
Way more than my Coils and Weaves suggest.
In the champion bow section, how are you swapping arrows without bringing up the wheel? Is it a PC thing?
Weapons are bound to my mouse on PC
@@Psykko_ Ah, thanks.
This video is crazy useful, I don't get how you managed to have all those unique coils... I thought you could have just one per game!
(I hope the answer is not that you completed the game twenty times)
That is the answer, I have completed Horizon Zero Dawn 100s of times over the years. I’m glad you found this video useful.
Do frozen wild bows do better then lodge weapons
DLC Weapons have greater potential than their main game counterparts.
are we gonna ignore the fact that he has the best arsenal in the game🥵
In my experience, someone always has "better" from a certain perspective. Between my PS4 Save and PC Save, I am 100 content with what I have. So to me, what I have on PC at the moment is perfect.
I just started NG+ on Ultra hard, which one you prefer to get first, adept shadow and adept lodge or adept banuk champion?
Adept Striker
Hi whats with the “Adept” name in weapons how can I get that?
New Game+
Where does the DLC weapons fit here?
DLC weapons have yellow outlines and notches on their icon.
I just wanted to ask how do you get perfect weapon coils for example: 67% handling, 50% damage, 30% spear damage ect... Is it from thunderjaws or frost/fireclaw or demonic frost/fireclaw? because I have not yet gotten one
RNG and lots of time spent farming and/or replaying the game for unique DLC coils.
@@Psykko_ Does difficulty matter? Does it affect RNG drop chances?
@@masonmansfield3922 Doesn’t seem to, look for the “Hammer and Steel” method of farming coils. Fastest coils per hour.
@@Psykko_ Okay, thank you!
hey brotha... thank you for the awesome magnificent guide you got a subscriber...! say... question... does the tear coil mods still not affect sharpshooter bows' tear blast arrows... is it still a broken stat or is it fixed now and can i use the bow for tearing in my arsenall.. also what do you think would be an all around best loadout for very hard dificulty... cheers and thanks again!
I go over your Tear/Tearblast Arrow question during my Precision bow section at around 8 minutes.
Optimal loadout on any difficulty is situationally based depending on player strengths, weaknesses and coil availability.
This might be me being an idoit or not playing the game fir a long time but where do you get the prestine handling coils? Much help is appreciated
You can find these mods on the DLC Frozen Wilds, there is a very good video explanation on how to get all the mods just search on youtube: Unique mod tutorial.
What armor setup do you use in this video? I have the Ultra Weave Armor and the Adept Protector Armor but I still get slaughtered on Ultra Hard New Game.
I use Nora Silent Hunter Adept generally, the specific Weaves I use and why is in a different videos on my channel.
How do you get pristine coils??
Pristine Weapon Coils are obtainable once per story play through after completing “defeat fireclaws”
Hey there. I'm a bit late to the game. Thank you so much for the amazing video. I have a couple questions though.
Just finished the game on ultra hard (not NG+) not knowing there was an achievement doing so in NG+. Anyway, as I watched your guide my jaw dropped since I haven't seen any damage like those of yours. The most I had was on fireclaws, hitting them on the belly container after freezing them which was around 1200+ damage. Does it go up in NG+?
The other thing I noticed was how fast you could freeze the mobs. It takes full 12 freeze bombs sometimes a couple more with my shadow sling to freeze a fireclaw while it is fully coiled with freeze coils (+42% x2 and +40%). I gave up freeze arrows from my Banuk Champion Bow again fully coiled with freeze coils (+40% x2 and +38%) seeing how slow it builds up and fireclaws are no joke to me at this state. So I couldn't risk taking collosal damage while trying to freeze it bit by bit with freeze arrows.
One last thing, you seem to do extremely well on aiming thunderjaws' heart area the eyes of the machines etc. How do u achieve this level of precision? Do you do anything special to be that accurate? Or is there a setting I may have missed? Cus even when I slow time when aiming I cannot be that accurate. That is probably on me since I'm don't count myself as skilled in games.
Seems like I'm yet to learn some game mechanics that are not revealed to me so far cus it seems I am doing some things totally wrong. Thanks again.
I would check out my Elemental Tutorial for mechanical tips! Quite a few of your questions can be answered there!
How do you get 3 pristine weapon coils?
You can get 1 Pristine weapon coil per play through after completing “out of the forge” and the main story. Create a NG+ save file, then complete out of the forge and the main HZD story again, create NG+ save, rinse repeat!
Hey, thanks for such a great and i formative guide. I am planning to start a ng+ ultra hard but I don't want to grind TFW unique mods by replaying the main game over and over.
Could you please share your latest and perfect save file so that I can use that to create a ng+
Thanks in advance!
No in advance!
You are welcome for the guide however, I enjoyed theory crafting this game.
Is there any specific reason for not sharing the save file?
Many.
I said no, and no means no!
Have a good one!
Alright! No problem. You too have a good day.
where are we gonna get the weapons at?
This isn’t a guide about where individuals can get specific weapons. However, if you check around in other comments, I’m sure you’ll find your answer.
@@Psykko_ thanks, on my game I have not made it to meridian yet, so I wasn't sure if the weapons are there or not. Mostly running around and doing other shit.🤣
Nice vid..i've had combine handling with dmg gems and could do over 6000 dmg on frozen rockbreakers..lol
What mods are you using to get 50 frost on the champion bow with only 1 freeze mod?
My handling coils on my Champion Bow all have Freeze as well.
How do you have 4 mod slots for your striker? Mine only has 3 edit: mines the banuk striker.
NG+ Adept weapons.
@@Psykko_ Oh gotcha thank you
How do you get duplicates of unique mods?
Multiple playthroughs.
Does it matter in what order mods are added to weapons?
To my knowledge, mods will provide the same stat value regardless of what slot or order they are added onto weapons / armor.
@@Psykko_ thanks!
How to get those mods you have on weapons?
Where do you get the adept weapons? I’ve gotten the Banuk but haven’t seen the adept
Adept weapons and armor are obtained in New Game+ playthroughs. Maybe I should make a "how to get the best weapons/mods video."
Ah yeah didn’t think about that.
@@Psykko_ yeah definitely would t hurt.
Very nice shot.
How i can get those weapons?
The weapons? New Game+, the Coils come from the DLC and many come from random RNG drops.
@@Psykko_ Thanks
what coils do i need for the fire bow that kills sawtooth in one triple awrow shot?
Depends on difficulty, use the fire damage calculator.
@@Psykko_ ok thanks
The Rattler is critically misused half the time it feels like
Its less of a shotgun and more of a burst fire submachine. It is best used on those with easily exposed weakpoints (Bellowbacks & Snapmaws for example) but even moreso when when they are frozen. Freeze em, use a Rattler with high impact and the damage is disgustingly high & quick
Rattler offers the worst ammo variant of every type it has, the difference is much more noticeable on UH.