General Combat Tips

Veterans of Warrior Within should feel right at home with the combat system in Two Thrones, as it's mostly the same as is featured in that game. The inclusion of the Dark Prince adds some new twists to the formula, however, so here are some basic tips to get you started. The manual (and the pause menu) have specific information on weapon combos and the like, so be sure to refer to them as well for specific information as needed.

Catapulting

One of the easiest way to get kills with the Prince is to throw your foes off of tall buildings. To do so, face them without a secondary weapon, and press your secondary attack button two or three times. You'll vault your enemy and perform a vicious kick attack that will send them hurtling through the air. Although this attack doesn't do much damage, if you manage to throw your foe over a balcony or railing, they'll instantly die. This attack can't be performed if you have a secondary weapon, however, and the Dark Prince can't do it at all. Still, it's an ultra cheap maneuver for killing enemies when you happen to be up off the ground. If you're at ground level, though, it obviously won't do much except knock your foes over. They still stay down for a few seconds when you perform this maneuver, though, making it useful to break up crowds.

Chucking your foes over railings will quickly and efficiently kill them, but you usually won't get a sand charge from their bodies.

Wall Attacks

For both avoidance and powerful blows, your vertical wallrunning attacks are fairly useful. If you start a vertical wallrun and press one of your attack buttons, you should manage to leap off, automatically aiming towards one of your nearby foes, and deliver a powerful blow when you land. The secondary attack button works particularly well here, as it'll slash at multiple enemies when you land, often killing them instantly.

If you're in the mood for something quicker, than running towards a wall and pressing your primary attack button will result in the Prince jumping off of the wall and stabbing one of your foes with the dagger. Although this doesn't do a great deal of damage, it will usually knock down one of your enemies, thus letting you follow up with a ground attack or focus on one of your other foes.

Secondary Weapons

Be ready for a multitude of slow-mo kills if you use secondary weapon combos.

When fighting as the Prince, pick up secondary weapons to augment your dagger-fighting skills. Although you can't throw enemies while wielding a secondary weapon, and they tend to break easily, you'll be more capable of dealing with multiple foes at one time, and will be able to deal more damage. While there are multiple lengthy combos that can be initiated when you're holding two weapons, two of the simpler combos (primary attack/secondary attack and primary/primary/secondary) both work quite well, often resulting in instant decapitations on enemies around you. You can also throw your secondary weapon, or hold down its attack button to let loose with a powerful blow.

The Dark Prince

Although the Dark Prince is another form of the Prince himself, he wields a powerful weapon: the Daggertail chainwhip. This weapon can't be thrown, and prevents the Dark Prince from using other secondary weapons, but has plenty of power built right into it, especially since you can easily hit multiple enemies by rotating the whip around your body. Numerous combos allow you to do this, with the simplest being Blast of Sorrow (primary/secondary/secondary/secondary). Even if you don't kill any enemies with a combo here, you'll still usually at least hit all of them, causing them to stagger and interrupt any attacks that are headed your way.

The Dark Prince, in general, will have to remain on the offensive for most of his fights, since you'll need to constantly be killing enemies to restore your health to its maximum, since said health is constantly draining. Try working in more advanced combos as you encounter tougher enemies, such as the Oblivion Tornado and Typhoon of Torment.