Combos are a crucial part of Final Fantasy 16, and hitting the right ones can grant you some of the best execution game offers. What are the best combos in FFXVI, and how can you hit them? Let’s find out!
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Fundamentals Of Mastering Combo Executions Quicker
In Final Fantasy 16, mastering your combos could result in winning crucial fights without necessarily being at the max level. Since the game mechanics promote strategic combat gameplay, you will get more rewards for better executions.
This is also illustrated in the game’s Action Focus Mod, where executing combos properly and effectively determines your victory or loss. This is why a good grasp of the fundamentals of combo generation is essential in improving your performance vastly.
Basic Multi-hit Combos
Typically Constituent of Four Melee attacks of any sort followed by Magic Burst. Highly Effective early on in the game.
Advanced Combos
Combos that fall under the category of mixed abilities combos, such as combos that utilize magic and melee attacks for added damage. To execute correctly, you must practice and test which magic attack works well with Melee strikes. I’ve included some of these in my list. These combos are much more helpful during the mid-stages of the game.
Mixing Combos with Eikon Abilities
Eikons abilities are very useful in maximizing your damage output, especially if used successively. If you can incorporate an Eikon ability with your advanced combos, you elevate the damage output to a whole new level.
Advanced Mechanics
Abilities and skills that can help you launch an enemy, counterattack and punish, perform some level of crowd control or stack abilities for added damage can make you a God-tier player in Final Fantasy 16.
I’ve also included many such combos in my late game stage combos list. The basic idea is to maximize DPS and possibly extend range of attacks so that multiple enemies can be struck down at once. Most of these advanced mechanics include using Eikon Abilities to the max.
Now, onto my compiled list!
Best Early Game Combos
When you just start off with Clive, you do not really have much arsenal at your disposal to reduce your enemies’ Will Gauge down to 0% effectively. Often, players end up relying on random key smashes.
Fear not, as I have listed below the best combos in Final Fantasy 16 that you can still pull off as a beginner!
| No. | Name | Type | Sequence | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basic Combo | Melee | Square>Square>Square>Square>Triangle | Basic Melee uninterrupted strikes followed by deploying Magic Burst |
| 2 | Magic Burst Combo | Magic/Melee | Square>Triangle (x4) | Repeatedly press Square>Triangle 4 times for an 8 move multi-hit Combo. |
| 3 | Lunge to Magic Burst | Magic | Cross+Square (Lunge) >Triangle (Repeat) | This combo combines lunge with magic bursts, looping it so that you may continuously strike multiple smaller enemies. |
| 4 | Garuda+Phoenix Combo | Magic/Eikon Abilities Combo | Hold Square (Burning Blade) > Lunge > Gouge > Deadly Embrace > Wicked Wheel (All Garuda) > Square (x3) > Square+Cross > Rising Flames > Scarlet Cyclone > Square. | Combining the abilities of both the Garuda and Phoenix Eikons will take time to master, but certainly elevate your skills early on in the game to new heights. Note that you will need to switch Eikons mid-way using L2. |
| 5 | Garuda+Phoenix Combo (Staggered) | Magic/Eikon Abilities Combo | Gouge (Garuda) > Magic Burst Combo x2 > Wicked Wheel > Square > Scarlet Cyclone + Rising Flames | This combo is lethal to enemies that are staggered. It uses both Garuda and Pheonix Eikons. Switch from Garuda to Phoenix using L2 after Wicked Wheel. |
Additional Useful Notes for Starters
For Basic Combo – This is the very first attack combo you will learn in the game, right at the beginning when you face off Morbol at Stillwind. It is a multi-hit melee combo which is coupled with magic burst at the end.
For Magic Burst – This combo is less effective when you have been surrounded by enemies so choose wisely when to deploy it. It can significantly stagger your enemies. If you use Magic Burst 4 times in a row, you can 100% stagger your opponents.
For All Eikon Ability Combos – Remember to correctly switch between Eikons using L2 button properly and timely.
Best Mid-Game Combos
After you’ve progressed a certain degree in Final Fantasy 16, you will have much more room for improving your skills in the game. With more abilities, gears and Eikons under your control, Valisthea will be yours to dominate.
The best FF16 combos that you should set your hands at for that conquest are as follows.
| No. | Name | Type | Sequence | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will o' the Wykes to Lightning Rod | Magic/Eikon Abilities | Will o' the Wykes (Ifrit) >Lightning Rod (Ramuh) | When you open with Will o' the Wykes, you deal damage while staying protected. You can follow that up with lightning Rod if your enemy tries to move out. |
| 2 | Wicked Wheel to Upheaval | Magic/Eikon Abilities | Wicked Wheel (Garuda) >Upheaval (Titan) | Launch your enemies to the sky with Wicked Wheel, then thwart them to the ground with Upheaval |
| 3 | Phoenix + Garuda + Titan Combo (Staggered) | Eikon Abilities | Press L3+R3 to trigger Limit Breaker >Gouge (Garuda) >Rook's Gambit (Garuda) >Raging Fists (Titan) >Rising Flames (Phoenix) >Flames of Rebirth (Phoenix) >Windup (Titan) | This is a huge Eikon combo and it lets you cycle through 3 Eikons and also extend and repeat with Windup or Rising Flames. Just make sure you have these 3 Eikons at your disposal first. |
Best Late Game Combos
As Clive nears the conclusion to his tale, he should be very well-versed with various arts of combat. That means, you should have much more flexibility in combining Eikon abilities, magic spells and melee attacks to create deadly combos.
In my search, I have noticed the following FF16 combos to pack the most effective punches.
| No. | Name | Type | Sequence | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesmerize + Wide Range Attack | Eikon Abilities | Mesmerize (Shiva) >Rising Flames (Phoenix) >Flames of Rebirth (Phoenix) >Pile Drive (Ramuh) >Judgement Bolt (Ramuh) >Upheaval (Titan) Earthen Fury (Titan) Ice Age (Shiva) Diamond Dust (Shiva) | Mesmerize can easily pull your opponents towards a single spot so that you can follow up with wide-range attacks to strike multiple enemies down at once. |
| 2 | Garuda + Ramuh + Odin Combo | Eikon Abilities | Deadly Embrace (Garuda) >Lightning Rod (Ramuh) >Dancing Steel (Odin) | To be able to use this combo, you need to unlock all 7 of your Eikons available in the game. This combo pulls your enemy down with Deadly Embrace so that you can unleash the cycle of attacks that follow. |
| 3 | Cold Snap + Lightning Rod + Dancing Steel | Eikon Abilities | Cold Snap (Shiva) >Lightning Rod (Ramuh) >Dancing Steel (Odin) | Cold Snap can momentarily give your opponents Frostbite, freezing them. Cast it while dodging an attack and then place the Lightning Rod near the frozen enemy and activate Dancing Steel. This way, you will deal heavy damage from both of the casted abilities. |
| 4 | Two High-Damaging Combos | Eikon Abilities | First equip 'The Pull of Darkness' (Dancing Steel) >Fill up your Zantetsuken gauge to max before staggering your foe >Press L3+R3 to trigger Limit Break >Unleash Lightning Rod (Ramuh) >Long press Square and activate Arm of Darkness (Odin) >Release Square to execute Zantetsuken >Dancing Steel (Odin) >Windup (Titan) >Long press Square and activate Arm of Darkness again >Release Square again >Rising Flames (Phoenix) | Filling your Zantetsuken gauge up beforehand will allow you to to use it twice during the combo to deal a lot of damage to your staggered enemy. Execute your Zantetsuken twice this way and end with Rising Flames. |
Tips to Help Your Combos Execution
- Mix it up! Use a combination of skills and abilities whenever possible. Mix up Eikon Abilities with Magic attacks.
- Re-Cycle! Learn ways to repeat the cycle of attacks you unleash on your foes. End your combos with abilities that may stagger or launch your foes so that you can restart your combos.
- Be Careful: When you are in the middle of a combo, make sure you can not be interrupted by another monster nearby. Ideally, with multiple enemies, use wide-ranged attack combos to beat them all at once. If you have a shorter-ranged attack combo, be always on the look out to effectively parry or evade.
- Master All Eikon Abilities: In Final Fantasy 16, you have 7 Eikons available to you which come with specific abilities that could help you maximize your DPS. Learn all of them and start using them as soon as you can.
There You Have It
Final Fantasy 16 comes with complex game mechanics which not only bring an element of mastery level to the game but also enhance the overall immersive nature of the game’s combat system for the players.
And so, I hope you found my Final Fantasy 16 Best Combos compilation along with my vital tips and tricks to master them useful to you on your endeavor to conquer the beasts of Valisthea. God speed!
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