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One of the gameplay elements that really helpsThe First Berserker: Khazanstand apart is its expansive Skill Tree. You have four categories to pick from, three of which are exclusive to the three weapon types, while the fourth is universal.
As you progress through the game, as you increase Khazan’s level, you’ll gain access to more skills. This guide will list each and every skill you may unlock, and tell you what they do. So, if you want to get a better picture of those mysterious locked skills, this is the place for you!
Dual Wield Skill Tree
This is the first weapon type you’ll have access to. Featuring a wide assortment of dodges, this skill tree emphasizes a more dart and dash style of play. However, while the emphasis is on mobility, the Gale attack is capable of dealing a hefty amount of damage. Especially once you’ve unlocked all three levels of it.
Level 3:Decreased Stamina Consumption
Howling Blade
Allows you to incorporate Potent attacks into your Swift attack combo.
Level 3:Increased Damage
Whirlwind
Press the Potent attack button during a Swift attack combo to perform a spinning jump attack. Press the potent attack button again midair to perform a downward slamming attack.
Level 10
Howling Blade: Punishment
Adds a finishing blow to the Swift Attack combo. Press the Potent Attack button after the fourth Swift Attack hit to use this.
Level 18
Howling Blade: Resolve
Allows you to use the finishing blow at any moment in the Swift Attack combo.
Whirlwind: Chain
Allows you to perform an additional dash attack after the downward attack. Simply press the Potent Attack button upon landing to perform this third attack.
Phantom: Sword Dance- 2 Spirit Points
After using this special move, your phantom will attack alongside you.
Charged Potent Attacks become a dash attack
Gale: Scar
Detonate vigor to deal massive damage when a Gale attack is performed on an enemy with ten stacks.
Gale: Smash
Hold the Potent Attack button while performing a Gate attack to detonate vigor inside the enemy. Each detonation will grant further vigor stacks.
Allows you to perform a Potent Attack while dodging.
Ruthless- 1 Spirit Point
A special attack that allows you to perform a flurry of slashes.
Wind Chaser: Swift
Allows you to follow-up a Sprint Attack with a Potent Attack.
Breeze Dash- 1 Spirit Point
A special move which will cause you to dash foward and perform an attack. Can lin into itself. Nullifies damage on startup.
Wind Piercer- 2 Spirit Points
This attack will cause you to throw your axe and then sprint toward it. The sprint will only occur if your axe strikes an enemy, otherwise, your axe will simply reappear in your hand.
Level 2:Increased Attribute Damage and Status Effect Accumulation
Level 3:Increased Attribute Damage and Status Effect Accumulation
Level 24
Ruthless: Stamina
Adds a powerful finishing blow. If the finishing blow lands, you will recover half of your stamina.
Adds additional strikes to cause more damage.
Breeze Dash: Chain
If an attack is nullified with the Breeze Dash skill, additional strikes will damage your foe.
Level 30
Ruthless: Strength
Provides the Ruthless attack with unbreakable poise, making it impossible to disrupt this attack.
Wind Piercer: Persistence- 1 Spirit Point
Adds even more additional strikes to cause substantial damage, but will cost an additional spirit point.
Level 3:Decrease Cost Of Stamina
Aggression Action
Allows you to perform a Potent Attack while dodging. The Potent Attack can be charged.
Deftness
Press forward and the dodge button while attacking to perform this dodge attack.
Disciplined Action
Increase the invincibility of dodge in proportion to your agility stat.
Deftness: Lightfoot
Increase the range of your dodge and damage of the Deftness attack.
Gust: Strength
Allows you to dodge using the Gust attack. If timed correctly, all damage will be nullified.
Level 3:Increased Spirit Recovery
Zephyr- 1 Spirit Point
An attack that spins you around an enemy, leaving you faving their backside.
Increase invulnerability of dodge.
Wind Slash Step
Pressing the Swift Attack button will allow you to perform this attack while you are taking damage, or have been downed. If performed while taking damage, the attack will move you through your opponent, helping you create some distance between yourself and your foe.
Level 3:Decreased Amount Of Stamina Consumed
Blowback: Vengeance
Press the Quick Attack button to follow-up a Brink Guard with a quick slash.
Reversal
Press the dash button - or back and the dash button - after guarding to dodge backward while attacking.
Flash Cutter- 1 Spirit Point
Reversal: Flow
Allows you to chain into the Reversal attack from any normal attack.
Flash Cutter: Counter
Allows you to use the Flash Cutter attack like a counter. If timed right, the Flash Cutter will now nullify all damage.
Level 34
Flash Cutter: Decollation
Delivers a powerful follow-up attack when the Flash Cutter is used on an exhausted enemy.
Greatsword Skill Tree
The Greatsword is a powerful, yet sluggish weapon. These skills are generally geared toward increasing the damage of your big, charged attacks deal, while alsoproviding Khazan with a number of ways to guard attacksmore effectively. A number of these skills will also allow you to increase your damage at the cost of receiving damage.
Additionally, a few key abilities, such as theCombat Cadence and Helm Break, will give you a few reliablequick attack optionsto supplement your big, charged attacks.
Gives you the ability to charge your Swift Attacks.
Overwhelm
Increase the charging speed and damage of attacks performed after the final strike in the Swift Attack combo or a Mortal Blow.
Mortal Blow: Nascence
Allows you to follow-up a Sprint Attack - or dodge attack - with a Mortal Blow.
Level 26
Titanic Descent: Explosion -1 Additional Spirit Point
Allows you to charge the Titanic Descent attack. The charged version will cause an explosion on impact.
Increase the range of a charged Potent Attack.
Giant Hunt- 1 Spirit Point
A jumping special move that deals a hefty amount of damage. A second spirit point can be spent to increase the damage.
Spirit Boost
Regenerate a small amount of spirit after breaking an enemy’s stance
Phantom: Night’s Veil- 1 Spirit Point
A special move that deals a hefty amount of damage while also causing your sword to emit phantom energy that will damage foes when you charge attacks. This attack can be charged to deal more damage, and increase the effect.
Limit Break
Allows you to further charge your Potent Attack, causing increased damage. The additional charge will cost a spirit point.
Giant Hunt: Leap
Adds a charging attack that hits before the leap portion. Deals a huge amount of damage.
Level 2
Heat of Battle
Increases your poise and reduces the amount of damage received when charging an attack.
Indomitable
Will cause your attacks to be more powerful if you take damage while performing them.
Breakthrough- 1 Spirit Point
Allows you to perform a special move that will cause Khazan to charge forward and slam his sword down on the enemy’s head.
Decrease the charging time of a Potent Attack.
War Cry- 1 Spirit Point
A special move that provides a defensive boost and increased poise.
Level 3:Decrease Damage Taken While In Stance
Breakthrough: Rising
Allows you to charge your Breakthrough attack at the cost of one Spirit Point. Breakthrough is faster and more damaging when charged.
Inner Fury- 1 Spirit Point
A special move that will cause the ground around Khazan to explode multiple times. Can be charged to increase damage.
Adds a charging attack that hits before the leaping portion. Deals a huge amount of damage.
Enhances the damage decrease effect from War Cry.
Breakthrough: Limit
Breakthrough will become more damaging if Khazan takes damage while using it.
Combat Cadence
Allows you to deliver a second quick attack after a dodge attack.
Helm Break
Turns your Spring Attack and Forward Dodge attack into the more powerful Helm Break attack.
Level 3:Decrease Dodge Stamina Cost
Furious Swipe- 1 Spirit Point
A special move that acts as a spinning dodge attack. A Brink Dodge performed with the Furious Swipe will recover the Spirit Point used by this move.
Allows you to chain the Helm Break into your Potent Attack.
Extreme Dodge
Gain increased stamina from a Brink Dodge. Does not stack with the Solid Stance skill.
Furious Swipe: Pursuit
Enhances the dodge effect of the Furious Swipe, increasing its invincibility and allowing it to chain into the dodge attack.
Seething Blood
Enhances the stamina gain from both the Extreme Dodge and the Solid Stance skills.
Brink Guard will cause damage to foes.
Armor Breaker
Pressing the Swift Attack button after blocking will cause Khazan to perform a quick attack.
Level 3:Decrease Stamina Cost Of Guard
Defense: Spirit
Increase the amount of spirit gained while performing a Brink Guard.
Counterstrike
Interrupt your opponent’s attack with the flat of your blade. Counterstrike, if timed, will act as a Brink Guard. This attack can be charged. Can be charged to increase the damage. Can be performed while taking damage.
Heart Piercer
Pressing the Potent Attack buttong after performing the Armor Break attack will perform a thrusting attack. Heart Piercer can be charged.
Level 3:Charges Faster
Solid Stance
Gain increased stamina from a Brink Guard. Does not stack with the Solid Stance skill.
Counterstrike: Chance
Allows you to link a second Counterstrike if the first one acts as a Brink Guard. The second Counterstrike deals additional damage and does not cost spirit points.You cannot have the Counterstrike: Slam equipped at the same time as this skill.
Counterstrike: Slam
Allows you to link an attack from the Counterstrike if the Counterstrike acts as a Brink Guard. The second Counterstrike deals additional damage and does not cost spirit points. You cannot have the Counterstrike: Chance equipped at the same time as this skill.
Counterstrike: Shift
Allows you to link a Counterstrike after a Swift Attack, Potent Attack, Dodge Attack, Sprint Attack, Mortal Blow, Armor Breaker, or Heart Piercer.
Spear Skill Tree
If you are a mobility first type of player, then look no further than the spear. The spear will have you zipping around the stage, poking and prodding, dancing in and out of your opponent’s range. It is a fantastic weapon that tends to offer a lot of variety, though it doesn’t hit quite as hard as the other two weapons.
Moonlight
Makes the third attack a vertical slashing attack. Good against groups of enemies.
Moonlight Stance
Grants additional after-image attacks for 15 seconds after hitting the enemy with the Moonlight attack.
Moonlight Step
Allows you to follow up a dodge with a second dodge while in the Moonlight Stance.
Gain stamina faster while in the Moonlight Stance.
Full Moon
Acts as a powerful charged attack in the Moonlight stance, but will cause you to leave the stance.
Level 2:Allows You To Remain In The Moonlight Stance, Though The Duration Is Decreased
Moonlight Step: Intercept
Makes your Brink Dodge cause damage while in the Moonlight Stance.
Crimson Strike
Increases the damage caused by Brutal Attacks while in the Moonlight Stance.
Increase the invulnerability of the Moonlight Step dodge.
Moonlight Stance: Persistence
Performing a Brink Dodge extends your Moonlight Stance by three seconds.
Moonlight Stance: Wrath
Enhances your Full Moon and Crimson Strike attacks in proportion to the amount of time remaining in the stance.
Adds an additional strike to the Potent Attack combo.
Zero Point
Allows you to perform a thrusting attack after a Potent Attack or Vital Strike.
Level 3:Increased Damage Against Weak Points
Afterimage Thrust- 1 Spirit Point
A special move that performs a series of thrust attacks. The longer you hold down the button, the more attacks it will perform.
Spiral Thrust: Vortex
Increases the range and penetration damage of a fully-charged Spiral Thrust.
Decreases stamina cost of attacks when an enemy is exhausted.
Assault
A powerful kick performed after a Swift Attack, Dodge Attack, Rod Smite, or Zero Point.
Shadow Reversal
Impales your foe, and switches your positions so that you are facing their back.
Adds a follow-up attack after Assault.
Shadow Reversal: Impact
Makes the Shadow Reversal more capable of breaking a foe’s stance.
Assault: Ambush
Causes the Assault attack to deal more stamina damage when attacking an enemy from behind.
Causes Shadow Reversal to deal guard penetration damage.
Trance: Spirit
Gradually recovers half a spirit point after striking an enemy with the Trance attack.Cannot be applied consecutively.
Assault: Descent
Makes the Assault attack deal more damage when performed against an exhausted enemy.
Trance: Resolve
Will increase your attack power after landing the Trance attack. Cannot be applied consecutively.
An attack that can be activated after a Brink Dodge.
Vital Strike
A sprinting attack. Performed by pressing the Potent Attack button mid-sprint.
Crescent Strike- 1 Spirit Point
A quick special move that deals a respectable amount of damage.
Deals additional stamina damage when striking a weak spot.
Shadow Strike: Relics
Allows Shadow Strike to be used to nullify damage when timed right.
Crescent Strike: Massacre- 1 Additional Spirit Point
Adds an optional second attack to Crescent Strike. If it strikes an enemy’s weak point, your Spirit Point will be refunded.
Shadow Strike: Illusion
Increases the attack’s damage if it is used to nullify an enemy’s attack.
Phantom: Heatwave- 1 Spirit Point
A special move that can perform Brink Guards simply by holding the skill. Deals counterattack damage.
Phantom: Whirlwind
Allows you to use the Heatwave attack a second time to extend it.
Ghost Strike
Allows you to perform a counterattack while your Heatwave attack is active.
Eagle Wind: Storm
Causes the Eagle Wind to deal less physical damage, but more projectile damage. Your projectiles will destroy your enemy’s. When they do, you will regain a portion of the Spirit Point cost.
Common
As the name of this skill tree would imply, these moves are shared across all weapons. With how central Spirit Points are in this game, I’d strongly recommend youinvest heavily in the Resources tabso that all your actions help you build more Spirit Points.
Earn spirit for taking damage.
Opportunistic Spirit
Increase the amount of Spirit gained while performing a Brink Dodge.
Indomitable Spirit
Increase the amount of Spirit gained while performing a Brink Guard.
Reflection
Allows you to perform the Reflection maneuver, which will stagger an opponent when timed correctly.
Brutal Attack: Execution
Allows you to use the Brutal Attack when an enemy would be eliminated by it.
Brutal Attack: Descent
Allows you to use a Brutal Attack when striking enemies from above.
Brutal Attack: Absorb
Dramatically increase the amount of Phantom Form gauge gained from performing a Brutal Attack.
Javelin
Throw a javelin projectile at the cost of 1 Spirit Point.
Javelin: Charge
Allows you to increase the power of the javelin throw by charging it. A charged javelin costs an additional Spirit Point.
Increases Javelin damage.
Javelin: Spirit
Gain 1 Spirit Point when hitting an enemy’s weak point with a fully-charged javelin.
Counterattack
Allows you to perform the Counterattack skill, which allows you to nullify a burst attack.
Allows you to activate your phantom form, becoming temporarily invincible.
Phantom Attack: Counterattack
Provides you with the ability to perform a counterattack in the phantom form.
Phantom Attack: Reflection
Gain the ability to perform the Reflection move when in the Phantom Form.
Phantom Attack: Chain
A special move that strikes enemies with massive spears. Can combo into itself.
Phantom Attack: Rapid
Perform a finishing blow after performing the third strike of the Phantom Attack: Chain.
Phantom Form: Death’s Denial
Taking lethal damage will automatically trigger the Phantom Form if it is available.
