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Anthem is very different from anything BioWare has made before. It abandons the company’s choice-driven, single-player RPG formula in favor of a multiplayer focused game. If you’ve played some of BioWare’s recent titles, like Mass Effect: Andromeda, you’ll probably recognize the action-heavy third-person shooter mechanics.

However, setting up combos in Anthem is very different from how you would in past BioWare games. This doesn’t mean combos are any less important, though. In fact, they’re probably an even more essential part of Anthem’s combat than previous BioWare titles. However, the game doesn’t do a very good job of explaining how its combo system works.

With that in mind, and the game now being available on Xbox One, PS4, and PC, we’ve put together a guide on how combos work. For a more detailed impression of Anthem and how each of its systems work in tandem with each other, check out our review.

How Combos Work

Priming and detonating combos isn’t necessary for beating Anthem on the easier modes, but understanding how to do so can really help when your squad is ready to tackle the game’s Grandmaster difficulties. Each Javelin also creates a different special effect when executing a combo, so know who’s piloting what to bring the most pain during Freeplay or Stronghold missions.

To combo in Anthem, you’ll first need to know which of a Javelin’s unique abilities act as a primer and which are a detonator. Primers set an enemy up for a combo. A detonator, meanwhile, will execute a combo. There are also standard abilities in the game, which neither prime nor detonate, and the Storm’s Ultimate attack–Elemental Storm–is both a primer and detonator. In-game, primers are marked in the Forge customization window with a circle icon, and detonators are identified by a four-pronged star. If you don’t see either symbol, then the ability is neither a primer or a detonator and just does damage.

Both primers and detonators can be used alone and still cause enemy damage, much like a standard weapon. However, you’ll want to execute combos as often as you can to do the most damage in the shortest amount of time. Some enemies tend to be bullet sponges and take a while to kill with firearms alone, so detonating a primer on them is a much easier way of dealing with them.

Detonating an enemy won’t remove a primer’s effect either, so you don’t have to worry about neutralizing status effects by pulling off a combo. If you freeze a group of enemies with a Ranger’s Frost Grenade, detonating the combo with a Colossus’ Lightning Coil won’t unfreeze them. You will have to prime the enemies again for another detonation, but the ice status effect remains until it naturally fades away or its melted via a fire-based attack.

Javelin Combo Effects

Because each Javelin creates its own unique special effect when it detonates an enemy, in combat, you should know when to combo and when to let a teammate take the lead. Each Javelin and their corresponding combo effect are outlined below.

• Ranger — Critical Target Damage: Detonating an enemy causes more damage than any other Javelin’s detonation
• Colossus — Explosion: Detonating an enemy causes an explosion which damages all nearby enemies
• Storm — Spread: Detonating an enemy causes an explosion which spreads the enemy’s elemental status effect to nearby foes
• Interceptor — Aura: Detonating an enemy causes its elemental status effect to imbued into your Javelin, which can then be spread to nearby targets through proximity

Each Javelin’s Role When Setting Up A Combo

Ideally, you’d have Ranger handle all of the detonations when fighting a boss, as its combo effect allows it to do the most damage on a single target. Colossus, Storm, and Interceptor, on the other hand, are great for handling mobs of enemies bunched up together.

That’s not to say these roles can’t be reversed, though. Ranger’s Ultimate, the Multi-Target Missile Battery, hits a bunch of enemies and is a detonator. If you prime a mob, you can do huge amounts of combo damage with this attack. Conversely, Storm and Interceptor’s combo effects are ideal in situations where a boss is joined by enemy mobs. Also, Colossus’ Ultimate, Siege Cannon, launches three detonators, which can do a lot of damage if your teammates can quickly prime a boss between each shot.

Each Javelin’s melee attack needs to be taken into consideration as well. The Ranger’s Shock Mace is a primer, while the Colossus’ Heavy Smash, Storm’s Fiery Strike, and Interceptor’s Bladed Daggers are all detonators.

Going Solo Vs. Being A Part Of A Team

In Anthem, it’s good practice to have at least two loadouts for each Javelin, one for solo play and another for when you’re with others. Because when by yourself, you want a Javelin that can both easily prime and detonate so you’re not scrambling against high-powered foes. For example, it’s not the best strategy to play by yourself with a Ranger armed with Inferno Grenade and Venom Darts–both of which are primers–as then you’ll only be able to detonate a combo with the Javelin’s Ultimate. It’s a great loadout, however, when playing with another player who’s armed with a powerful detonator.

By yourself, one of the best Ranger loadouts is Frost Grenade and Seeking Missile if you prefer fighting from long range. This loadout will allow you to keep enemies in place and detonate them from afar. For close range, consider Inferno Grenade and Pulse Blast. Colossus has a devastating solo build with Lightning Coil and Flamethrower, and it’ll put you right in the enemy’s face where the Javelin can do the most damage. Interceptor, who also excels at close-range, has two solid solo loadouts: Cyro Glaive and Tempest Strike for those who prefer to shoot firearms or Venom Spray and Spark Dash if you enjoy using melee attacks and a hit-and-run playstyle. You’ve got a ton of choices for solo builds with Storm, since most of its primers and detonators are really good and can be mixed and matched.

Nintendo has released a new update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This patch, version 2.0.1, is a fairly minor one; it doesn’t make any new balance adjustments to the game, but it does resolve an issue with one of its Challenges.

Specifically, the patch fixes a bug that arose following the recent 2.0.0 update, which prevented players from completing an Adventure Challenge featuring King K. Rool, even if the conditions had been met. Once the update has been installed, load your Adventure save data and the issue will be resolved.

The aforementioned 2.0.0 update made some big changes to the game, the most notable of which was the addition of Piranha Plant, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s first DLC character. Early adopters were able to receive the new fighter for free, but those who missed out on the offer have the option of purchasing it from the Eshop for $5.

The next DLC character coming to the game is Persona 5’s Joker. During the latest Nintendo Direct presentation, Nintendo revealed that he’ll be joining the roster sometime before the end of April alongside Ultimate’s 3.0.0 update. Joker is one of the five DLC characters included in the $25 Fighters Pass; the four others have yet to be revealed.

In addition to the 2.0.1 update, a new Spirit Board event is now live in Ultimate. This week’s event is called Kong Family Reunion, and it features a variety of characters from the Donkey Kong series, including the Legend-class Spirit Kaptain K. Rool.

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Netflix’s trippy, sci-fi series about putting consciousnesses into different bodies will be returning to the streaming service in the near future. Altered Carbon Season 2 is now in production.

In a recently released video, which you can see below, Netflix announced the cast for Season 2 and who they will be playing in the upcoming episodes. The short video gives nothing else away about Altered Carbon’s next run.

After a few clicks on the keyboard, the Psychasec inventory is opened, revealing the cast. Anthony Mackie (Captain America: Civil War) will play Takeshi Kovacs–played by Joel Kinnamon in Season 1–Simone Missick (Luke Cage) will play Trepp, Dina Shihabi (Jack Ryan) will play Dig 301, Torben Liebrecht will play Colonel Ivan Carrera, James Saito (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) will play Tanaseda Hideki, Renée Elise Goldsberry returns as Quellcrist Falconer, and Chris Conner returns as Poe.

Everything in the video looks pretty normal, up until Poe’s slide, where next to “Inventory” it reads “Error.” In all the rest of the cast slides, that read “Unavailable.” Additionally, instead of “Sleeve” and “Stack” above the actor and character’s names, it reads “A.I” for both sections on Poe. This should give a few clues away considering where Season 1 left off.

In GameSpot’s Season 1 review, Mike Rougeau said, “Altered Carbon never shies from examining exactly how an invention like the cortical stack would change our reality, and this future society appears far different from our own. Yet in many ways, it’s really exactly the same–which is more or less the prime directive of great science fiction.”

Season 2 of Altered Carbon is now in production with no set release date at this time.