How does combat work?

Every battle runs without pauses, requiring you to pace stamina and track cooldowns.

Fights never stop for tactical planning. In twine mode, survival depends on timing basic strikes, monitoring ability cooldowns, and executing active dodges to avoid incoming damage. Creature combat in transformed mode adds dashes, deliberate repositioning, and manual skill execution to the rotation.

Stamina dictates mobility. Exhausting your stamina pool removes your ability to dash or evade, leaving you vulnerable to heavy attacks while your offensive skills sit on cooldown.

Party composition and battle roles

Your active combat party holds a maximum of four Aniimo. A balanced early composition uses a DPS unit for direct damage, a break unit to weaken enemy defenses, and a healer or support unit to sustain the squad. You will need to swap members and adjust team rosters as you move into different regions, as well as when taking on specialized challenges like Operation: Egg Heist.

Capturing during battles

You do not need to knock out wild creatures to secure them. The interface displays your exact capture chance before you throw an Aniipod, allowing you to gauge the probability instead of tossing an item the moment combat starts. Approaching an encounter by sneaking up from behind applies a backstep catch bonus to raise those odds.