Your main advantage in combat besides your smarts is your sheer speed. Most maps contain a multitude of weapons scattered around the environment, as well as environmental hazards that can be used against enemies: kick them off high balconies, jump on tables to put distance between yourself and your foes, remain aware of weapons that can be found and used.

Use the environment to your advantage.

The openness of most maps means that there is a multitude of directions enemies can attack you from, so you must be vigilant. You must make sure you take time to glance around occasionally to ensure you are not going to be ambushed. Remain aware of your surroundings at all times during combat enemies will not hesitate to attack you from behind, or gang up on you.

During combat you should remember these rules: Paint The Town Red's combat isn't just punching things until they're dead, it takes more smarts to be able to survive: one wrong move and you can end up dead yourself. It is best used to kill specific targets, as it has limited crowd-control capabilities. This ability slows down time and allows you to use a fingergun to mark living targets for annihilation with a beam of light. This ability is best used to quickly kill a small group of enemies, or kill a single powerful target with a couple of punches. This ability temporarily lowers damage taken and significantly boosts the damage of your fists at the cost of dropping any equipped weapons.

This ability can be used as an amped up kick, knocking people into environmental hazards and temporarily stunning them. This ability generates a shockwave spreading out from the activation location, knocking down enemies in the radius and slamming them into walls. The damage is usually minimal unless it's a bladed weapon, but even throwing a blunt weapon can deal a decent amount of damage and incapacitate foes. This move allows you to attack from a distance and is an integral part of a town painter's arsenal. The Throw in this case refers to the act of throwing your weapon. This attack is commonly used to provide breather room by kicking a target into a group of enemies - knocking them down by proxy - but it can also be used as an efficient tool by itself, complimenting your weapon choice. This attack allows you to thrust your foot towards a target at high speed, knocking them over provided it's not recharging and the target is not immune to knockdowns. The Kick is arguably the most useful move in PTTR. When using bladed weapons, this acts as a swing that has the capability to sever limbs. When using blunt weaponry this acts as a heavy damage dealer that can help neutralise enemies quickly, but lacks much penetrative power.

This attack is slower but has the capability to deal more damage, especially depending on the attack angle. This move lets you swing your current weapon towards your target. Same family, but they act completely differently. The Swing is essentially The Thrust's bigger, badder stepbrother. When using blunt weaponry this acts as a quick damage dealer that can bash holes in enemies, and when using sharp weaponry this acts as a stab that helps you get to the gooey core of your target this attack also doesn't wear your weapons out as quickly as our next move. This attack is quick to execute but is weak, and is usually used to inflict puncture wounds. Judging by the title you may think this is some sort of technique used during coitus, but it actually refers to your basic attack thrusting with your current weapon. In Paint The Town Red you have four basic moves during combat:

Paint the town red bar fight map