Hidden Weapon Combos You NEED to Know in Valheim

[@skinner3574]

Finally someone is takling about this!!! I legit though I was the bolt one who knew about these and you even shower me some I didnt even know

[@phillipcurrey6961]

I have over 1000 hours in Valheim. Had no idea about this. Thanks for the tips. Subbed.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Glad to have helped, and thanks for the sub :)

[@valegrumby]

So i was doing some testing. You can actually start the primary and secondary combos another way. No need for block, jump, or crouch. Just start with 1 single primary swing. Then go into the combo with Block + Primary, then secondary and dodge spam (for big bigga boom combo) just like you would normally do for the combos. It means you can run at enemies and initiate attacks without having to block or jump first.

[@valegrumby]

it also works using the crouch method. Primary attack first, then crouch into the next primary, then secondary, then dodge spam.

[@redz3839]

"sad Atgier sounds" really felt that

[@samwisegalenorn]

I wrote a C# program that intercepts keystrokes and performs specific key combos on time. I mapped the Q key to perform a forward roll, and the Z key to a left roll. I'll have to map these key combos to my program. To note: My dexterity is bad due to neurological issues, so I have to do this to play games in general.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

That's actually pretty cool, I can imagine mapping some of these could be pretty useful. :)

[@whoknows4780]

A very clever way of making it work for you!

[@JimTornado122]

WTF I notice your video 11 months later and didn't realize you gave me a shoutout! Excellent video with great edits and good explanation. I'm sorry I didn't get to this sooner! Thanks for the recognition. Hope you're doing well! Edit: From my testing with the recent Bog Witch update, it seems big mega boom unfortunately does not work anymore. It does the roll first, then just a normal secondary power combo. A tragedy. I believe swords have been outclassed in DPS by knives. Knives are insane with its secondary combos. The highest damaging secondary power combo is primary attacking -> blocking -> holding primary + secondary. It does a total of 4 hits with the final 3 hits doing the 3x damage. Works with Skoll and Hati as well. Wish there was more variety with "best weapon class." It's just a flimsy knife. How silly!

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@JimTornado122 Hey man, thanks so much for the comment and kind words! I am well overall. Between my work being consistently crazy busy and struggles with mental health, it's been difficult to find time and motivation to work on videos at the present. Sad because I do miss it fiercely. And it's a huge tragedy. That combo was bonkers. Glad to hear about the knife, though. I'm not sure I fully explored/understood the power of knife combos in this video.

[@JimTornado122]

I hear you man. I hope things can continue to work out and you can still find enjoyment in Valheim a bit in the midst of life’s craziness.

[@arcanapluvia8627]

Very cool video! There are some trickier secondary combos with the knife as well - if you wait a bit before holding down the power attack button, you get a six-hit combo that does 1,1,1,3,3,3, similar to the sword's secondary power combo with an extra hit. There's also a super-efficient four-hit combo with three triple damage hits (1,3,3,3) but I can't figure out for the life of me how to do it reliably. Since you're skilled enough to pull off the jump power combo (which I'm horrible at) I bet you could do those just fine.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

The latter I've never even heard of!! That's wild, do you have some sort of link to a tutorial or something? Great stuff, I appreciate the input :D every time I think I've learned them all, I hear of something else that's possible, haha.

[@arcanapluvia8627]

I was gonna say I've never seen a tutorial on it, but I did a little searching and found this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZyQXnmkr8mCfpI with that exact combo at 3:00. And yeah, the rabbit hole of Valheim combat strats goes deep xD@@PendragonTheNinja

[@a_pirate1434]

This is so awesome! I’ve gotten to the Mistlands and never known this existed, I’ll need to try it out. I wish you had something to diagram what mouse buttons/keys you’re clicking when, but how you worded it will probably make more sense when I do it myself!

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Glad I was able to help!! Once you've practiced them a bit, I would definitely suggest figuring out the best times to use them, and against what enemies. Some enemies have difficult attacks patterns to pull these off on, while others can be difficult to simply because their attacks are quick. Often it can be good to try and get off some form of combo after you bait out an attack. Regardless, these are really cool and can be a definite boon to your journey. :) Onward, to the Mistlands, Viking! Skål!

[@baza7a26]

i barely write comments but hell yeah dude thats what i was looking for! Subscribed from now on. Be well and keep the good work brotha

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Thank you, I appreciate the kind words! I absolutely plan to. Been having a great time making Valheim content. :)

[@humanprobably]

Some stuff i learned while trying this out: 1. if you hold block, primary attack, and secondary attack and the hold w and spam dodge, you do an extra 2 triple damage swings that can be chained together (sword only). 2. with most weapons, if you hold primary and secondary attack at the same time while having almost no stamina, you continuously do an attack that deals no damage and you have complete movement control during. 3. My friend can do an animation cancel that lets him do triple damage sword swings faster than the knife can attack, but wont tell me how. Edit: he told me how, you need to bind dance to something, then spam whatever you bound dance to while tapping sword secondary attack, and with good timing, you can swing very fast

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Thank you, this is awesome :) I appreciate you sharing. There are so many absolutely wacky things you can do between attacks and movement abilities in this game.

[@IrithyllNorth]

i have 500 hours in this game and never knew this existed lol

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Right? I've heard that from a good few people. Sneaky little devs.

[@2v10Gaming]

I'm glad to see a more in-depth guide to these techniques. I keep trying to find more interesting mechanics in Valheim, and this was my biggest find. It's a shame the new dual-axes in the Ashlands work so poorly with this combo, though I highly recommend using the dual knives from Mistlands with it. You can get some ridiculous damage numbers if you get the timing right.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Yes, Skol and Hati is amazing with it! I've not texted these with the dual axes, but it makes sense to me. Although the dual axes having a different secondary attack had me hopeful... Glad you enjoyed the video. :)

[@carterblueparse7802]

Any chance you will make an post-ashlands vid covering the combo changes? It sucks that the i-frame combos are no more...(dodge roll secondary and dodge double secondary). Glad to see you're still playing the game and active on youtube, your 3 videos are legendary

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@carterblueparse7802 maaaan I would love to. I'd love to make a bunch of Ashlands videos. I'm not going anywhere, truly. I just have my focus elsewhere at the moment unfortunately. I have my deer video halfway edited too. >.< But yeah I've heard from somewhere else that they messed with the dodge combos? I'll have to test it all out myself. Sucks that there was finally a change to them after so long without it. Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm glad you enjoy my content. :)

[@CaptainGrogg6109]

i watched a video like this a while ago but i thought it was click bait as when the person started the video he didnt specifie that it was more of an exploit rather than an intended mechanic so thought it was click bait when i tried it not realising how difficult it is.

[@Shazoo1997]

Damn that's pretty cool, I've mastered it quick. Skoll and Hati is pretty insane with the secondary power combo. Almost like a Elden Ring power stance combo.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Glad to hear it :)

[@scruffygaming627]

Now try using staff to parry, switch to skill and hati (though once in mistlands, skoll and hati isn't as good as other elemental damage weapons) for extra big hit animation cancel combo. it's insane damage.

[@Soapie710]

which is stupid considering you dont unlock S+H until mistlands.@@scruffygaming627

[@dekippiesip]

​@scruffygaming627 skoll and hati is so insane that even without special combo's I just melt through even tough opponents.

[@chtyldubreux5950]

Great intro! I knew it would be a quality video after that

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Thank you my friend :)

[@darkm48]

So, I know Im super late to this but the secondary combo is NOT useless for 2-handed axes, and probably also useful for 2-handed swords (Didn't advance enough to test it with Krom). This might be too complicated but if you just do the secondary combo really fast on either of those 2 weapon types, you do the first attack of the normal combo, then 2 attacks of the normal combo into a secondary, and all 4 of those can connect. This is huge on 2-handed axes because of the stagger from the secondary paired with 2 wide swings to cover almost 180 degrees in front of you, and on Krom I would assume this is great because the second attack in the normal combo is also a wide swing while the secondary attack has quite some range and also crazy damage. If you're missing the second regular (mind I say, cancelled, attack) right before the secondary hit, flick your mouse to the right and return it back really fast (The battleaxe swing comes from left to right, so by flicking right your swing hits earlier and therefore the damage of that attack goes off before it gets canceled, which forces you to flick back on the enemy so that your secondary attack hits them too.)

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@darkm48 Okay, I'll definitely have to test these more! I really appreciate the insight. I think in general I was comparing the weapon types, and given that the secondaries for the two-handeds didn't perform as well comparatively to some of the others, I kind of wrote them off. But if you're committed to a specific two-handed playstyle, I can imagine these having actual use. Thanks a ton. :)

[@darkm48]

@@PendragonTheNinja Just tested my "flick to hit the second normal attack" theory and I'm partially wrong, both attacks of the normal combo will hit no matter where your mouse is. No need for flicking, just do the combo as-is. It seems that the starting attack deals more damage if you're not blocking, so doing it by attacking, then holding block and doing the rest of the sequence is slightly more damage (Take this last part with a grain of salt, I got varying results every time I tried this).

[@Phantom-t9n]

the trick with using emotes to spam attacks might be faster dps wise than even the sword spacecancel combo, does drain your stamina super quick tho

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Not gonna lie my dude, I've never heard of this. Sounds absolutely wild.

[@Phantom-t9n]

@@PendragonTheNinja kzbin.info/www/bejne/ip-4kKyEobt_hrssi=p-Y5jf1heitEqvs4 also can be done with swords if u use the challenge emote instead of dance

[@hebou-lynn]

@@PendragonTheNinja kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6KbnZp5hZySjNU This Chinese player also discovered this, and used this to complete the hardcore mode with no dying.

[@hebou-lynn]

@@PendragonTheNinja This Chinese player also discovered this, and used this to complete the hardcore preset run with no dying. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6KbnZp5hZySjNU

[@tehszeki6669]

Amazing video, but a very important piece is missing. In a solo world these are friggin hard to pull off and can easily lead to death especially if there are more than one enemy which is true most of the time. On the other hand if you play coop these combos are overwhelming when someone else has the aggro of mobs. Thanks for the cool breakdown of every combo!

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Glad you enjoyed, and I totally get where you're coming from. The intent was to share the combos and have people practice them for themselves, but these absolutely are not for every situation. They're almost always worth using when melee-ing bosses, and some enemies you can stagger quicker with these. I guess I decided to leave it up to the player to realize when they're worth using or not, as I wouldn't have been able to cover every conceiveable instance as to when they are or aren't worth using. I really appreciate the feedback!!

[@scruffygaming627]

Yea, there are alternative 1-2 hit methods as well, which is what i use. And you get even more when combining with a parry (epecially knife). Knife+shield animation canceling attack is godly early game. So this video is missing a lot of alternative uses, but i guess if you get the core concept (which will be difficult from this too fast paced spam-rant video), you can figure out other alternatives.

[@valegrumby]

Video was well structured thorough and well paced. Your complaints are your own. With a little practice I was able to implement all the combos he laid out here. This vid is top tier valheim instruction.

[@varismonroe1615]

With all the weapons u can spam the primary attack until u run out of stamina. for example with the battle axe u can do the second swipe of the combo over and over until your out of stamina. Or u can do the same second hit combo into a double down over head for 2 hits of 3x damage combo ender!

[@MG3E]

we killing the boss of ashlands with this one🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ruggedlyhandsomebunbun7463]

Something worth noting and revisiting is the Krom and potentially other slower weapons if any came out in ashlands. Holding the attack buttons was never REALLY part of the equation and more to add simplicity. Attempting to do a regular power combo with the Krom while tapping to attack instead allows you to negate the slow windup of the first attack for a bit of extra DPS. effectively allowing you to do 2 fast hits into the third hit instead of having to restart the combo.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

To be fair, I've probably not given Krom enough testing, as it's far from my favorite weapon type. I'll definitely give this a try! That does sound rather useful.

[@whoknows4780]

I used these with my solo run using knives. That’s where I got the most practice, but I really only did the jump combo consistently. I need to try the other ones

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I think the jump combo and block jump combos are the best overall since they can be used while moving around. The stationary combos without jumping are slower but probably good to use with a shield.

[@coranora9758]

Is there a practical use for these extended combos outside of boss fights? They're really good for damage output but I feel like they might take too long and I would just get hit before I could finish the combo.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

It all depends on the weapon that you are using and the enemy you are fighting. They are best to use between enemy attacks. So let's say you're fighting a Seeker Soldier. Bait out his stomping attack, then sprint behind him, do a quick jump combo, and you'll do more damage than normal. Also in general, you are more likely to put a monster into stagger if you can do a lot of damage in a short amount of time. I can't list out every situation where these are useful, but in general there are definite uses in the game for them other than bosses (although they absolutely shine on bosses).

[@coranora9758]

@@PendragonTheNinja Cool, thanks. Great idea with the jump combo and the seeker soldier! I plan on trying that when I get to the Mistlands in my current playthrough! :)

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@coranora9758 It can be useful for a bunch of mobs, that was just an example that came to mind, hehe. Good luck, Viking!

[@xNajda]

Also I can see myself using these on the harder difficulties a lot. It's pretty common that even after a good parry, you still aren't doing enough damage due to the reduced damage output to kill them in that single parry. With these combos that would now be a lot more realistic. The problem is that sometimes, and especially on very hard, parry is often impossible when following standard progression since things do too much damage lol

[@CaptainGrogg6109]

@@PendragonTheNinja i feel liek really that this sort of thing is more important for speedrunners as any casual players wont be bothered to invest any time in mastering these skills even if they are cool.

[@jantokar9211]

Nice work, bro. Is cool, bad too risky,. If you a at swamps, around a potential mutch moor mobs and combo feld, you are a second death. I have a normal combo in with the Love. :D

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed!

[@smoukyman8873]

I found out that you dont need to start with blocking it can be also done in that way that you first attack and right at the end you hold attack and block to perform the hidden combo also in my opinion it is more forgiving than with the block. Just tested it on faster weapons it is easier to pull of and also when you do it this way you dont need to hold down block you can just click it and hold just the attack i have tested it

[@bulletkingaming2808]

Damn, never heard of this mechanic in Valheim before, might have to ditch Atgier to try this out.

[@bidet1515]

nice video could we use any keyboard " macro " programing to help doing these combos ? my dexterity is no longer what it have been a long time ago; if some could help thy old viking i am ;)

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@bidet1515 I believe so! I don't know a lot about it though. I believe someone else in the comments a while back mentioned using macros for them. You could try pinging them in their comment chain.

[@matheussf]

Great video!! Thanks

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Thank you!!

[@tharbuini]

Look at him.

[@FarmingPandaZA]

looks like the mega boom boom combo's been removed or bugged with the new Ashland's, my character does some weird half dodge before just doing the normal secondary combo

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@FarmingPandaZA I'll have to test it soon when I have a chance. Primary and secondary have worked fine for me, at least.

[@Wrathlan]

My brain hurts.

[@asherprobst8165]

I can’t get the big badda boom combo to work. My roll gets canceled more than the attack. Has this been patched?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@asherprobst8165 I'll have to check this soon. It's possible some change in the game fixed this. You're not the first person who's said this, unfortunately.

[@Michael-uo4jj]

i've gotten all the way to the mistlands without even realizing these existed, i was so surprised i loaded the game and tried it 😅

[@PendragonTheNinja]

It blew my mind when I first learned about these, haha. They require just enough intentional precision that it would be difficult to learn how to do them yourself if you ever managed to accidentally pull one off!

[@joeispurple5835]

600 hours and this is the first im hearing of this. Holy shit.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I'm very glad this has helped you :D

[@joeispurple5835]

@@PendragonTheNinja Yeah this is kinda crazy, has this been addressed by Irongate in anyway?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@joeispurple5835 not that I am aware of.

[@valegrumby]

Is it possible to do the big bigga boom combo using a jump primary start? I havent been able to get the roll to go off.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I believe so, but let me check later when I get on and confirm!

[@valegrumby]

@@PendragonTheNinja ty u sexy fiend u

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you! I tested this, and yes, you can do the big bigga boom combo from a jump primary start. :)

[@valegrumby]

@@PendragonTheNinja thank you for looking into it. There must be something I'm missing because I can't replicate it. I never get the roll off

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@valegrumby strange. Are you able to do it properly standing still?

[@smexehcougah3]

Love this video, but as a spear main I hate these mechanics XD

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I am an atgeir main and they hurt my soul. :')

[@nerf悪]

I'm having a really hard time doing the dodge counter extended combo, I can do the rest tho. Any tips?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

To be honest, not much more in the way of tips than what I already shared in the video. It's definitely harder to do though. Just follow along with my instructions and practice it a bunch. Maybe practice holding the mouse differently or something.

[@ciprimarginean3953]

Nahh bro it rlly works.You earned 1 more sub.

[@TheBp87]

still works today?

[@ciprimarginean3953]

@@TheBp87 yea

[@zoskoel2905]

Man when I hold block my character doesn't do attacks when I press the primary or secondary attack buttons. Is that normal?

[@zoskoel2905]

Nevermind now it works XD

[@jakubcoufal4544]

Can you do these combos with shields?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Yes you can!

[@LordGulash]

Can you have shield in offhand for this to work?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Yes, you can :)

[@antokiller8489]

You can have jump and attack on the same keybutton

[@whothehellami4336]

After ashlands update i can't do the dodge attack. Does anyone has any tips about this ?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I will have to test. Been super busy and haven't been playing a lot of Valheim. I'd be surprised if they fixed it though.

[@zh4210]

All these hours and I never knew about combos

[@QuirkyMuddles]

doesnt matter, you gonna miss everything, hit boxes are busted

[@kryde101]

can anyone send macro of this one? 4:47

[@marketablegruntplush]

So I’m a console player and and the mistwalker combo is kinda acting weird so whenever I do the doge roll it sends me backwards other than that all the combos work edit:also the skoll and hati wasn’t covered in this video

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I'm not super familiar with how the controls work exactly on console, but it /should/ be possible. I hope. :') And Skoll and Hati.. they behave like knives, no? They don't have a separate combo do they? I hope I didn't miss something unique.

[@marketablegruntplush]

@@PendragonTheNinja about the skoll and hati it works but the animation for it makes both the primary combo and secondary combo have different timings

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@marketablegruntplush thank you!! That's good to know. If I make a future follow-up video, I'll be sure to include this.

[@NorthernChev]

…anyone else go cross-eyed while trying to keep up with this?

[@TauntMeImFamous]

Missing one of the most , if not the most important one with sword : The dodge roll Double attack cancel. This allows two strikes considered as Special Attack while still getting the dodge roll I-frames properties. Here"s one of the application with parry kzbin.info/www/bejne/iajXh6OvnaeMsJo Very nice video tho. Nice work !

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I swear every time I think I've learned them all, there's something else, haha! Thank you for sharing. :)

[@TauntMeImFamous]

@@PendragonTheNinja ty for bringing this topic back on yt mate, i love valheim soo much =)

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@TauntMeImFamous I do too :) and I'm very happy to have! I want to cover all of the game's mechanics eventually, hidden and otherwise.

[@filipevasconcelos4409]

Lance and atgeir are my shit. Love those weapons

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Agreed! Atgeir is my favorite weapon hands-down.

[@pxwer6180]

inb4 they fix it with the Ashlands update

[@mariusskrupskis2042]

But - Stamina :D

[@mrkobecz]

damn cool stuff

[@Komyets]

*Sad Atgeir Noises*

[@valegrumby]

Did u know u can get a 2 hit secondary straight off the bat with s? Works very well for a quick punch of damage. Faster than the big bigga boom (but not as powerful) I recently found this vid of it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gautfniDbairgrssi=Q-unoEVZ9pvXH1D3 Imma try to see if it will combo off anything. It's just like the knifes last two hits of its secondary combo, but no build up beforehand

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Yeah it's actually the second combo that you chain together with the primary/secondary power combo I talk about with the knife! The dodge is an extra step that I didn't realize though, very cool. Might be useful in some situations, let me know what you find from your testing. :)

[@n7nobodycats]

wouldnt it be easier to just setup a macro for this?

[@PendragonTheNinja]

I can imagine a macro being rather useful, for sure. A lot of people probably would not be interested in doing that and/or learning how to do it. I haven't done it myself, as I like to do the combos myself and I don't really find them very difficult. But I can imagine a macro making your life a lot easier!

[@hebou-lynn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6KbnZp5hZySjNU This Chinese player also discovered this, and used this to completed the hardcore preset run with no dying.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@hebou-lynn very interesting. Not something I'm interested in doing myself, as he seems to have completely rebound keys to make certain types of combos. Definitely ingenuitive though!

[@antokiller8489]

teach me master

[@robertstevens7288]

Atgeir is the way

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Atgeir is my personal favorite weapon. :)

[@VII_Spiritual]

😀

[@davidb4509]

I am so confused.

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Yeah man it's some wacky stuff.

[@PenttiFPS]

Hahahaha

[@kril859]

Fixed in the new Ashlands patch don't bother trying

[@konstantinptahin9301]

nonsense, 90% of combo attacks will NOT work because mobs move, dodge and will strike back with combos, this is not a GOD MODE game where you can calmly beat mobs. Nobody needs combo attacks, they are impossible, everyone plays through Shield Parry! in the game it is enough to parry and deal damage in return! It's safer than dying trying to perform a combo.

[@Erikalee-ki4hn]

Wow can u speak any faster? U made that so hard to follow

[@PendragonTheNinja]

Sorry to hear that, it was not my intention! I say this to help, the 0.75x speed option honestly might help a bit. 0.5 might be too slow, unsure.

[@jaredmarchitell5659]

Nah your pacing was perfect. Cheers for the video!@@PendragonTheNinja

[@PendragonTheNinja]

@@jaredmarchitell5659 Thank you, friend :)

[@gizmoedits9911]

@JimTornado122

[@JimTornado122]

Yes? Lol