This page contains For Honor tips, tricks and strategies for success in the open beta, beginning February 9th and running through Sunday, February 12th.
These tips will help you choose a faction in For Honor and learn a bit about what to do first in the multiplayer, such as choosing a hero to play.
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Picking a faction in For Honor only impacts things outside of the battlefield. You can still play with any class of hero you desire, even if you didn’t pick the faction they are part of. When you choose a faction, the stats from every game you participate in will impact the Faction War online, which is tracked periodically across all platforms. Just choose a faction together with your friends!
The faction you choose will also affect the shape your personal emblem will be. Vikings have circular emblems, Samurai have rectangular emblems, and Knights have shield-shaped emblems. Though your faction determines your emblem shape, it does not affect the designs you can choose from to decorate it.
After every multiplayer match, activity by both players and bots get counted toward the combined total of the Faction’s activities, with War Assets awarded based on individual performance during the game. These War Assets can be used to help influence the Faction War map online and take over territory on the world map.
The goal is to completely dominate the map by placing War Assets on the map for your faction. You can gain extra gear and other rewards by belonging to the winning faction at the end of a round. The Faction with the most War Assets at the end of the Beta will be crowned the winner. Levels will exhibit visual changes based on which faction is currently dominating the map.
In the Customization screen, it misleadingly appears as though you must Recruit heroes in order to play them. You don't have to. You can test out any hero you'd like when you play. Recruiting them simply gives you the ability to customize them and equip them with gear.
advertisementEach class of hero favors a unique style over another, which can lead to many different situations on the battlefield. You don’t want to rush down multiple enemies when playing a hero that favors close, single-target combat, or hold a point with a hero that only benefits from killing enemy heroes.
Cater to your play style and choose the hero that best works for you. You can get an idea at what each hero is best at by looking at their feats and passive abilities. For example, the Knight’s Peacekeeper gains Renown faster by killing enemy players. Based on this, it’s pretty safe to assume the Peacekeeper excels at picking off enemies. The Viking’s Warlord on the other hand gains Renown faster by holding Zones and reviving fallen teammates.
You can try out different heroes by choosing How To Play, which gives you a variety of options. Not only are there detailed videos, but there are single player modes that allow you to practice without fear of letting any teammates down. You can practice one-on-one combat by dueling AIs and practice on a never-ending battlefield in Freeplay mode.
For Honor’s combat is easy to learn in theory but difficult to master. Mastering one-on-one combat can be even more difficult if you’re switching between classes every match without even looking at that hero’s specific skills and moves.
There is a lot to learn, and if this is your first time playing, juggling classes and new-found knowledge can be a difficult task. Read up on a class, and as the previous tip suggests, pick one you vibe with and then stick with it for a while. Learn the different active and passive abilities of your selected hero. Some abilities are better suited for one game mode, while others won’t be.
Each class has a different moveset a la fighting games, with a different number of combos that can be done by hitting the Light and Heavy attack buttons in different combinations. Heroes have different combat abilities as well. Some have abilities no other class has, or a stance that entirely changes the way they battle.
This can open up the use of unblockable attacks, infinite swipes, and much more. Really learn your hero’s strengths and weaknesses in order to optimize your play.
