The story mode of DNF Duel must be beaten at least once to unlock Lost Warrior as a playable character.

However, the latter move can only be used once per round.

This Awakening can give the character a unique buff (see chart below) or be spent to perform a Awakening Skill for massive damage if it hits. All characters have a unique 'Awakening' state once their HP drops below a certain threshold. Unlike other 2D fighting games, there is no 'burst' mechanic but players do have the option of spending 100 MP to perform a 'Guard Cancel' to push their opponents back while defending against attacks.

GameplayĮach player has access to six buttons: two standard attack buttons ('A' for weaker attacks and 'B' for stronger attacks), two buttons for special attacks (Skill and MP Skill, or 'S' and 'MS'), a button for performing a one-use super special attack (Awakening Skill, or 'AS'), and a dedicated Guard button (used as an option for blocking and for riskier forward-moving dashes). Similar to Granblue Fantasy: Versus, Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-, and Dragon Ball FighterZ, DNF Duel uses specialized cel-shading and limited-animation techniques to give the illusion of 2D hand-drawn character art. DNF Duel is a 2.5D high-fantasy fighting game co-developed by Arc System Works, Eighting, and Neople and published digitally by Nexon for the PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC on June 28, 2022.Ī spin-off of the long-running beat-'em-up MMORPG Dungeon Fighter Online (which is known in South Korea as Dungeon & Fighter, or DNF), DNF Duel brings the original game's setting and concepts into a traditional fighting game similar to more recent fighting games by Arc System Works (such as Granblue Fantasy: Versus).Įach of the 16 playable characters are unique interpretations of the original game's advanced classes.

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