The more space you put between you and the enemy, the more damage youвЂ™ll do when your weapon breaks against their face. Most of the time, youвЂ™ll find yourself strapped to a horse in tournament matches and this means that speed really is everything, since the more speed you get before you strike a foe, the more damage youвЂ™ll do. Seriously, just watch because as they tear each other apart all you have to do is deal with the leftovers, and youвЂ™ll soon level up faster! Happy days indeed. When this happens, just stand back and watch. One way that you can reliably do this is when you see a foe rushing towards you, their hands grasping their weapon in an attack stance as they wait for the moment to unleash the strike upon your fleshy noggin, simply push toward them and then take a step back as you watch them overextend with their attack, creating a space that leaves themselves open for a strike or two of your own to put them on the ground.ДЄs the arena contest begins to wind down to its final fifteen or so fighters, you will notice that they all begin to start battering each other like theyвЂ™re in some sort of WWE Royal Rumble event. Rather than turning each confrontation into a game of medieval rock emвЂ™ sock emвЂ™ robots, it really does pay to time your attacks and execute them swiftly since in many cases, you can end a fight before it even begins.

So, to make sure you donвЂ™t get caught on the hop and smashed into a fine red paste, you should always make sure that you have a spare shield strapped to your back, just so you can easily swap to it whenever your current one gives up the ghost. Half expecting to see the words вЂIKEAвЂ™ scrawled on the inside, they simply donвЂ™t last very long in the face of sword slashes, mace bludgeonings and arrow shaftings (that last one sounded better in my head). It certainly beats soaking them up with your shield which after just a few arrows, can be destroyed leaving you more than a little sad, and a whole lot vulnerable.

The best way to deal with these fiends is to slowly charge toward them, and as they are about to let loose a shaft, quickly strafe to avoid it and just repeat that tactic until you get within melee range where the thrashing begins. Standing at range and picking off folk with their prissy little short-bows, these goons can be a right pain in the behind as they can inflict damage upon you whilst youвЂ™re off staving in the skull of some poor unfortunate.

Of all the various types of foe that can appear in the arena, the archer can be the most infuriating.

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