When you attack an enemy, an exclamation point appears above Ashley's head as an indication to press another attack button to continue your onslaught

Some enemies have elemental weaknesses as well which you can also attach gems to your weapon to exploit.

If an enemy is weaker to a blunt type

Also as you defeat more enemies you gain break arts, attack and defensive draws that will keep you alive in close battles

An enemy might be weak against blunt weapons, but almost totally impervious to edged weapons or piercing weapons

Each time your weapon strikes an enemy you have a brief second to hit a button.

Each time you attack an enemy with one of your several weapons, that weapon will grow better against that enemy's class, while growing weaker against a different enemy class.

It's a bit like Secret of Mana in that you just run up and attack enemies