Explained
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The systems worth understanding first: Forms, abilities, Falter, Power, artifacts and talents.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide
CONTROL Resonant Guides
CONTROL Resonant Guides
Find the right strategy for your build, progression or current problem.
Describe the problem in your own words, or search an ability or topic.
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What guides solve
- Ability
Ignite vs Inferno
- Build
Why your build feels weak
- Progression
What should I prioritize?
What are you trying to do?
Pick the task, not the article type.
- Learn the basicsSystems, combat and progression foundations.
- Fix my buildWhy fights go badly and what to change.
- Choose an abilityCompare options before you commit.
- Progress efficientlyWhat to prioritize and in what order.
- Complete everythingReach blocked places and clean up 100%.
- Prepare for NG++Build, artifacts and what carries over.
New to CONTROL Resonant? Start here.
Understand the systems before you optimize anything.
- Explained
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How Falter, Power and openings work, and why some fights feel unreadable.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide - Explained
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What to prioritize early, when side quests help, and what not to optimize yet.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide - ExplainedUpdated for 1.4.0
Story spoiler hidden
Why your damage suddenly drops, and how Build Power, enemy level and upgrades interact.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide
Combat & Build Strategy
Why fights go wrong and what to change.
- ExplainedUpdated for 1.4.0
Story spoiler hidden
Why your damage suddenly drops, and how Build Power, enemy level and upgrades interact.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide - Recommendation
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Which weapon fits each job: single target, crowd control, Falter and safer play.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide - Recommendation
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Artifact slots by goal, condition and build fit instead of a raw top-ten list.
Ranking not published yet
Best for · EndgameOpen guide
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Choices & Comparisons
Pick between abilities and one-off decisions.
- Comparison
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Three ways to create openings: ranged pressure, defense and detonation.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
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Burn from melee and Barrage, or a dedicated Fire wave: range versus status uptime.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
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Move enemies into hazards, or slam them from above for area damage.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
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Direct Mold projectiles versus a summoned ally that keeps applying Infected.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
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A summonable Astral Spike, or a homing eruption that lifts enemies into the air.
Best for · EndgameCompare
Also useful
Progression Strategy
What to prioritize, and in what order.
- Explained
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What to prioritize early, when side quests help, and what not to optimize yet.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide
Also useful
Exploration & Completion
Reach what you can see, then finish it.
- Explained
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Why a place looks reachable but stays blocked, and which ability or story gate opens it.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide - Explained
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Where each The Last Taxi pickup sits and the order that avoids backtracking.
Best for · EndgameOpen guide
Also useful
Going for 100%?
Collectibles, trophies and world activities live in their own hubs. Guides explain the order and the strategy.
NG+ / NG++ & Optimization
After the credits and across New Game++.
- RoadmapUpdated for 1.4.0
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What carries over, when to start, and what to prepare before another run.
Best for · NG++Open guide
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- Explained
Story spoiler hidden
The systems worth understanding first: Forms, abilities, Falter, Power, artifacts and talents.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide - Explained
Story spoiler hidden
How Falter, Power and openings work, and why some fights feel unreadable.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide - Explained
Story spoiler hidden
What to prioritize early, when side quests help, and what not to optimize yet.
Best for · New PlayerOpen guide - ExplainedUpdated for 1.4.0
Story spoiler hidden
Why your damage suddenly drops, and how Build Power, enemy level and upgrades interact.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide - Recommendation
Story spoiler hidden
Which weapon fits each job: single target, crowd control, Falter and safer play.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide - Recommendation
Story spoiler hidden
Artifact slots by goal, condition and build fit instead of a raw top-ten list.
Ranking not published yet
Best for · EndgameOpen guide - Comparison
Story spoiler hidden
Three ways to create openings: ranged pressure, defense and detonation.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
Story spoiler hidden
Burn from melee and Barrage, or a dedicated Fire wave: range versus status uptime.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
Story spoiler hidden
Move enemies into hazards, or slam them from above for area damage.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
Story spoiler hidden
Direct Mold projectiles versus a summoned ally that keeps applying Infected.
Best for · Mid GameCompare - Comparison
Story spoiler hidden
A summonable Astral Spike, or a homing eruption that lifts enemies into the air.
Best for · EndgameCompare - Explained
Story spoiler hidden
Why a place looks reachable but stays blocked, and which ability or story gate opens it.
Best for · Mid GameOpen guide - Explained
Story spoiler hidden
Where each The Last Taxi pickup sits and the order that avoids backtracking.
Best for · EndgameOpen guide - RoadmapUpdated for 1.4.0
Story spoiler hidden
What carries over, when to start, and what to prepare before another run.
Best for · NG++Open guide