How to Make a Combat System in UE5

Build a complete combat system in Unreal Engine 5, from attack animations, through enemies ragdolling on death all the ways to advanced hitbox systems!

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📌 Chapters 📌
00:00 Introduction

• 01:18 Set Up the Actor Component

• 03:44 Play an Animation Once

• 10:21 Chain Multiple Attacks

• 15:28 Use Anim Notifies for Timing

• 23:21 Implement Combo Logic

• 30:47 Blend Attack & Run Animations

• 39:03 Pause Blending Mid-Animation

• 44:32 Create a Reusable Anim Blueprint

• 48:38 Trigger Attacks While Jumping

• 53:09 Stop Air Attack on Landing

• 56:26 Prevent Air Attack Spamming

• 58:37 Handle Montage Interruptions

• 01:00:27 Basic Hit Detection: Impact Frame Notify

• 01:03:46 Basic Hit Detection: Spawn Hitbox

• 01:06:57 Basic Hit Detection: Per-Attack Hitbox

• 01:15:42 Advanced Hit Detection: Active Frames Notify

• 01:18:54 Advanced Hit Detection: Bone-Based Hitbox

• 01:29:24 Deal Damage

• 01:33:48 Receive Damage

• 01:39:12 Receive Damage Once per Attack

• 01:44:08 Directional Hit Reaction

• 01:54:23 Reusable Health Component

• 02:01:52 Add Health Logic

• 02:06:49 Ragdoll on Death

• 02:13:05 Add a Health Bar Above the Character

• 02:24:20 Animate the Health Bar

• 02:31:16 Optimize Health Bar Animation

• 02:35:47 Hit Stop

• 02:44:02 Hit Shake

• 02:53:56 Gradually Resolve the Hit Shake

• 02:58:21 Camera Shake

• 03:01:14 Hit Flash

• 03:14:11 Spawn Hit VFX

• 03:25:28 Adjust Hit VFX

• 03:38:56 Reuse the Systems on Other Characters

• 03:48:11 Incoming Bloopers