Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Survivor beginner's guide

Like many other mobile games, Nen x Survivor uses a Stamina system. It's an in-game currency spent whenever you play a stage (including replaying a previous one). Your Stamina counter is capped at 30, but earning additional Stamina through events like levelling up and rewards will be added to your counter as excess Stamina. Each stage requires five Stamina points to play, which can quickly drain your counter, and recovering all your Stamina passively can take around 10 hours. This is why you need to be very careful when you spend Stamina and really plan a party composition that is tailored to take on the enemies you'll encounter and the map you'll be running around, because every poorly planned attack is just wasted Stamina.

Even though Nen x Survivor has a party-based structure with all the characters running around on the field together, you'll only have direct control of your party leader. When in a stage, your party leader will be highlighted by a red ring and an arrow indicating the direction they're facing. Because they're the party leader, they're the only ones vulnerable to damage from enemies and bosses. This means that as party members join the game, you need to stay focused on the position of your leader and make sure that they're the one not running into danger. It can be tricky when multiple characters are on the field, but your party members can handle themselves; your leader needs YOU.

As you progress through the stages, you'll unlock new characters that can act as supporting party members or be the party leader. Each character will be categorised into one of several roles: attack, defence, or support. Ideally, you'll want a party composed of characters that each bring something different to the table, addressing one of the many dangers that enemies will throw at you. However, in addition to their main attack, characters will also have passive effects that can radically change how you approach situations. For instance, if you're facing a stage with a lot of poison enemies, then you should take a character who is able to remove or block poison damage. One character can change how you progress through a stage.

While your party member will come to your aid with their attacks and abilities, it takes time for them to arrive. Until then, you must use levelling up to grant your leader additional attacks that will come from other characters, bringing their skills from off-screen. Depending on how your leader attacks (damage, speed, and range), you should pick skills that will compensate for the limitations of their main attacks. Once you have two to three non-party skills, focus on upgrading those (along with your leader's and party members' attacks) as soon as possible. If you don't, you'll find yourself facing hardened enemies with level one attacks that will do little more than harass them.

A notable aspect of Nen x Survivor is the presence of many ranged attackers. As is to be expected, ranged attackers will almost always spawn far from the centre and advance slowly; some will actually plant in their position. They will then start launching projectiles as soon as they're able, and projectiles not only travel far, but will continue unless interrupted by hitting the target or being blocked by an ability. Certain ranged attackers can shoot several projectiles at once, turning the stage into a mobile minefield. As soon as you get wind of ranged attackers, you follow the projectiles to the source to take them out as quickly as possible. Just be careful not to linger too long in their line of fire and take careless damage as a result.