The most counterintuitive thing about Control Resonant’s Push ability? It’s not about damage. Not about stagger. Not about showing off your sick combos.<\/p>\n
It’s about geometry.<\/p>\n
Most combat abilities in this game are built around numbers\u2014big hits, status effects, DPS rotations. Push doesn’t care about any of that. If you’re fighting near a ledge, a rooftop, a bridge, or any vertical drop, Push turns that environment into an instant-kill button. The enemy’s health bar becomes irrelevant. Their level? Irrelevant. Their armor, shield, mold resistance? All meaningless when they’re falling six stories onto concrete.<\/p>\n
You stop thinking about damage rotations. You start thinking about positioning. And that completely changes how you approach every fight.<\/p>\n
Push comes from defeating the Dancer resident\u2014one of the main bosses you’ll encounter midway through the story. After taking it down, the game presents you with a choice: Push or Ground Slam.<\/p>\n
Ground Slam looks flashy. Big AoE damage, satisfying impact, big numbers on screen. It’s the obvious choice if you’re thinking conventionally.<\/p>\n
Don’t think conventionally.<\/p>\n
Ground Slam locks you into a long animation. It requires you to be airborne, meaning you need to set it up. In cramped boss arenas or chaotic fights, that windup gets you hit. Push, on the other hand, is instant. Press the button, and enemies fly backward. No charge. No leap. Just yeet.<\/p>\n
The game lets you try both abilities in the gap before committing. Use that. Reset the dummy, test each one, and see which feels more natural in a real fight. Ground Slam has its uses\u2014breaking horizontal doors, some AoE crowd control\u2014but Push will save your life more often.<\/p>\n
If you pick Push, you can still get Ground Slam later by respeccing with a reset item. But honestly, most players don’t bother. Push is that good.<\/p>\n