How to Kill Running Creatures

[Jackard]

A much more reliable way is to immediatly break combat by clicking the little picture at the top, if it is actually running then yours should be a sword, and it's is an olive branch. It will stop running eventually and you can run up to it and hit it again or shoot it again or whatever, just remember, if you stand around too long it will start running again, in fear, though bears rarely do this boars and foxes do this almost all the time.

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[Folly]

Boars on the otherwise, is best chased after. Boars are slightly slower than running speed which is the speed you need to chase after it. Use jump (or flex if you have 6 IP) to bring up your attack meter up so you can strike again while its defense meter is depleted. Sting like a bee works if you have enough IP to spare for an attack.

There is no need to raise attack against running enemies. Once they start trying to flee, any attack will do 100% damage even if your attack bar is empty. When boars try to run, just immediately punch and they should go down.

For deer and foxes, your best bet is to weaken the enemy until they are close to running, then hit them with a strong attack that uses up some IP. You can often kill them with that one attack and they never get a chance to run.