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# Battle controls
When entering the battle and fighters are ready, the combat is started automatically. The following options allow you to control the combat steps, auto play and speed.
### Next step
Whenever you want to step through the battle in your style, stop the auto-play and use this button to trigger each step individually. This enables full control for deep combat analysis.
### Auto-play
Auto-play is enabled by default. Press the auto-play button to stop auto-play and click though every step played in the battle yourself using the next step button. Or just click it again, and auto-play will continue.
### Fast forward
If you are one of the impatient ones and/or played a lot of battles already, feel free to press this button. Auto play speed is increased by x5. Don't complain about overlaying sound effects, thank you.
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