The Best Stellar Blade Skills to Unlock

Apr. 25, 2024

The heart of Stellar Blade is its phenomenal combat system, packed with incredible skill trees to blast your way through Naytibas. There are over100+ skillsif you combine all five skill trees, and it can be overwhelming at first. But fret not, as I’ve got you covered with a definitive guide to mastering the combat by unlocking the best skills in Stellar Blade. With that, let’s begin!

Spoiler Warning:

The last two skill trees in this guide will be unlocked after a certain point in the story in Stellar Blade. As one would expect, that packs a good amount of spoilers. You have been warned!

The ‘Attack’ skill tree involves all kinds of basic attacks and the perks you can get. Consider these the basic foundation of combat. These are the must-unlock skills in the Attack skill tree:

The survival skill tree unlocks the combination of attacks and defensive skills primarily built around parrying and dodging. With these skills, one can play their way around the combat by creating a chain of normal and counterattacks. The skills to unlock here are:

The Beta Skill Tree is one of the most important skill trees you must look out for, amplifying the powers of your Beta Special Moves. Thesespecial movesconsume the beta energy you get from the aforementioned skills in Attack and Survival skill trees, such as successfully parrying, attacking, etc.

Moreover, unlocking the remaining special moves isentirely your choice,depending on how it fits into your playstyle at the end of the day.

Triplet

Slash

Shock Wave(Needs to be unlocked)

Shield Breaker(Needs to be unlocked)

The Burst Skill Tree is identical to the Beta Skill Tree, but these skills are based on burst energy gained from perfect dodge, blink, and repulse instead of parry. Burst skills are an absolute menace in this game, and they look amazing when pulled off. Thus, the best burst skills to look out for are:

Punishing Edge(Needs to be unlocked)

Tempest(Needs to be unlocked)

Overdrive(Needs to be unlocked)

When you press L3+R3 together, you will go into Tachy mode, similar to Kratos’ spartan rage mode in the God of War series. Here are the best skills in the Tachy skill tree:

That’s everything you need to know about the best skills in Stellar Blade. Most skills are expertly crafted to try different moves and choose the one you love playing the most. Thus, even after considering the best skills here, I urge you to try the remaining skills to see if it suits your taste.

So, which skills did you end up getting? Let us know in the comments below!

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