Far Far West Spell Combos Guide: Mastering Frontier Magic
Being a mechanical bounty hunter is a rough gig, but mastering elemental spell combinations makes the grind significantly less painful.
Far Far West takes the standard Wild West aesthetic and throws it into a blender with reanimated skeletons, cursed landscapes, and a giant ghost train that I have died to more times than I care to admit. You play as a robot cowboy taking contracts from a local sheriff. You have a trusty six-shooter to deal with the immediate threats, but guns will only get you so far when you are being swarmed by undead miners. To survive the deeper contracts, you have to master the magic system.
The game allows you to switch seamlessly between firearms and spells. If you are playing in a co-op group, the chaos on screen ramps up exponentially. You have up to four robots throwing fire, dropping acid, and shooting lightning all at once. The real trick to clearing the harder bounties is understanding how these elements interact with each other. A poorly placed spell just wastes a card. A properly combined spell clears the entire room. Here is my breakdown of every elemental interaction currently available in the game.
The Acid Primer: Setting The Trap
Acid is arguably the most versatile element in your arsenal. I treat it primarily as a setup tool rather than a direct damage dealer.
Creating Environmental Hazards
On its own, acid slowly eats away at the health bars of whoever is unlucky enough to step in it. But the real value comes from its volatility. Any acid spell will violently react when it is hit with either Fire or Electric damage. Hitting an acid puddle with a fireball causes a massive localized explosion of that respective element. This is perfect for setting traps. You can coat a chokepoint in acid, wait for the skeletal horde to funnel in, and detonate the entire hallway with a single spark.
If you are running the Bubble or Geyser spells, your options open up even further. Throwing a Bubble onto a lingering fire puddle spawns a traveling fire tornado. It wanders around the arena, pulling aggro and melting targets while you focus on reloading. It is incredibly useful when you are getting pinned down by a boss and need passive damage on the board.
Fire And Electric: Pure Offensive Output
While Acid requires a bit of setup, Fire and Electric are your standard heavy hitters. You use these to burn down high priority targets or escape bad situations.
Utility And Escalation
Electric damage has a unique property when interacting with specific summoned spells. If you or a teammate casts a Wisp, hitting that Wisp with any Electric damage transforms it into an Electric Wisp. This upgraded version spreads out and applies burn damage to crowds. You can achieve the same effect by having a standard Wisp target an enemy that is already electrified.
If you are running the Portal spell, you have access to one of the strongest damage multipliers in the game. Any spell cards thrown directly through the Portal are automatically duplicated. Setting up a Portal before a boss fight and coordinating with your team to dump your heavy damage cards through it will absolutely shred a health bar.
Fire offers some excellent utility outside of just dealing damage. If you are hurting for cash to upgrade your guns back in town, keep a Fireball handy. Hitting gold veins with a Fireball instantly blows them up, letting you harvest the currency without having to stand around swinging a pickaxe while a deadly storm approaches.
Voodoo Magic: Keeping The Crew Alive
Far Far West is a chaotic game. No matter how well you dodge, you are going to take stray hits or get clipped by a reanimated monstrosity. This makes healing incredibly valuable, especially when you are deep in enemy territory and trying to avoid getting cornered.
The Power Of Candles
The Voodoo element is currently the premier support option. Any Voodoo spell cast on an ally, an enemy, or even near an existing elemental puddle will spawn floating candles. Picking up one of these candles heals your robot for 3 HP. It does not sound like a massive amount of health on paper, but when you are trapped in a haunted mine those tiny increments of healing will absolutely save your run. Having at least one player in your co-op group dedicated to generating Voodoo candles takes a lot of pressure off the team.
It is also worth noting that a new Cactus element was just introduced to the early access build. I and the community at largeare still testing how it interacts with the established elements, so I am keeping my distance from it until the exact damage numbers are verified. For now, stick to the classics. Coat the floor in acid, light it on fire, and collect your bounty.
