Combat

Combat in Mad Machines is an integral part of gameplay. Taking down your opponent's health limits their access to some of their abilities, and fully destroying them can buy you enough time to take the advantage and score with one less player on the field. Eliminating opponents allows you to pick up their heads and send your team into Overdrive, which means the enemy goalplate falls and even slow shots will roll in.

Be careful though, as only the team who has collected more heads can go into Overdrive, so earning kills and collecting them is important. In Overtime respawning turns off and combat cranks up, either eliminate all opponents or score a goal to win.You can deal damage to your opponents in a multitude of ways.


 * 1) Using your primary "swing" keys will allow you to hit your opponents with your main weapon. Combo based combat will allow you to keep your opponents on the ground if you are able to time your hits correctly. This is very effective in maintaining control and beating the enemy team into submission as your teammate's score.
 * 2) Using your machine's special abilities will damage enemy players in your path. These can be the most impactful ways to damage your opponents, but as they use your panzers, it can also be the most risky way. See the Characters page to learn more about these abilities.
 * 3) Shooting the respective character's gun. Although dealing the least amount of damage in this fashion, this can disrupt plays and give you the extra range you need to get to the fringe of the brawl. Be careful though, firing like this will drain your health and can leave you just as vulnerable as it leaves opponents!
 * 4) Hitting the opponents with a spikeball.