Skills

75 items

Stab

R1+Triangle: Stab forward with your weapon, inflicting Bleed on enemies. Costs 40 Stamina. Can be enhanced with inner skills for aerial variants, armor rending, skewering, and swift attacks.

Spinning Slash

R1+X: Perform a short leap followed by a spinning slash attack. Costs 30 Stamina. Effective for hitting multiple enemies in close range.

Forward Slash

R2: Take a strong step forward and deliver a powerful slash. Good for closing distance and dealing heavy damage to a single target.

Armed Combat

R1: Basic weapon attack combo for Kliff. The foundation of melee combat, allowing chained strikes with equipped weapons. Unlocks inner skills as proficiency increases.

Blinding Flash

L1+R1: Reflect light off your weapon to blind nearby enemies, stunning them temporarily. Unlocked through the Realm of Uncertainty quest.

Shield Bash

L1+R2: Strike enemies with your shield while simultaneously blocking incoming attacks. Auto-unlocked from the start.

Body Slam

X+Square mid-air: Slam your body down onto enemies from above, dealing heavy impact damage. Effective against grounded foes.

Charged Shot

Hold R2 while aiming: Charge up a powerful arrow shot that deals increased damage. Costs 10 Spirit. Longer charge time yields greater damage.

Clothesline

X+Square while sprinting: Hook an enemy with your arm and slam them to the ground while running. Effective for initiating combat.

Dropkick

Hold Triangle: Launch a devastating double-kick attack at an enemy. Builds on the Pump Kick foundation for greater damage.

Evasive Shot

Circle x2 while aiming: Perform a quick sidestep dodge and fire an arrow simultaneously. Excellent for maintaining range while dealing damage.

Evasive Slash

R1+Circle: Dodge backward to avoid an attack, then immediately counter with a swift strike. Requires Armed Combat Lv 2.

Flying Kick

Hold Triangle in air: Execute a powerful double kick while airborne, striking enemies below. Requires Unarmed Combat Lv 4.

Giant Swing

Triangle+Circle during Pump Kick or Dropkick: Grab the enemy mid-kick and swing them around before throwing. Requires Grappling Lv 3.

Grappling

Triangle+Circle or X+Square: Grapple with enemies to restrain, throw, or perform wrestling moves. The core grappling skill tree for Kliff.

Lariat

X+Square: Slam an enemy to the ground with a powerful wrestling lariat. Requires Grappling Lv 2.

Leg Sweep

Triangle after rolling: Perform a low kick sweep to knock enemies off their feet after a dodge roll. Auto-unlocked from the start.

Marksmanship

L2: Basic ranged attack with bow. Aim and fire arrows at enemies from a distance. The foundation of all ranged combat for Kliff.

Meteor Kick

Triangle while high in air: Dive down with a devastating kick from great height, dealing massive impact damage. Requires Unarmed Combat Lv 5.

Multishot

R1 while aiming: Fire 10 arrows in a wide spread pattern, hitting multiple targets at once. Effective for crowd control at range.

Pump Kick

Hold Triangle: Deliver a powerful two-footed kick that sends enemies flying backward. A foundational unarmed combat move.

Quick Swap

L1+L2: Instantly switch weapons and perform a transition attack. Allows seamless weapon switching during combat. Requires Armed Combat Lv 5.

Restrain

Triangle+Circle while piercing: Take an enemy hostage and restrain them, preventing their actions. Auto-unlocked grappling move.

Rush

R2 while dodging forward: Fend off an enemy attack with a rushing strike while evading. Requires Armed Combat Lv 4.

Scissor Takedown

Triangle while crouching: Wrap your legs around an enemy and take them down to the ground. Requires Unarmed Combat Lv 2.

Throw

Triangle+Circle: Toss a grappled enemy away, dealing damage and creating distance. Auto-unlocked grappling move.

Turning Slash

R1+R2: Perform a spinning overhead strike that deals heavy damage. Can be enhanced with inner skills for improved accuracy and proficiency.

Back Hang

Triangle+Circle or X+Square to latch on mid-air: Latch onto a large enemy's back while airborne, allowing follow-up attacks from a mounted position. Requires Grappling Lv 4.

Armed Combat

Damiane's basic weapon attack combo. Uses holy-infused strikes with sword and shield. Unlocks inner skills as proficiency increases.

Aerial Grapple

Grapple enemies while airborne, pulling them from the ground or latching onto flying foes. Requires Grappling Lv 5.

Smiting Strike

A powerful holy-infused melee attack that deals extra damage to undead and corrupted enemies. One of Damiane's signature combat abilities.

Sword Flurry

Unleash a rapid series of sword strikes against an enemy, dealing multiple hits in quick succession. Damiane's fast-attack combat skill.

Piercing Light

Channel holy energy through your sword to release a piercing beam of light that damages enemies in a line. Damiane's ranged combat skill.

Smiting Bolt

Hurl a bolt of divine energy at a distant enemy, dealing holy damage on impact. Damiane's primary ranged attack option.

Shield Toss

Throw your shield at enemies like a projectile. The shield ricochets between nearby targets before returning. Damiane's area control skill.

Shield Sentinel

Enter a defensive stance with enhanced shield blocking. Reduces incoming damage and can reflect certain attacks. Damiane's primary defensive skill.

Blade Sentinel

Enter an aggressive defensive stance focused on parrying with the blade. Successful parries lead to powerful counterattacks.

Flurry of Kicks

Unleash a rapid barrage of kicks against an enemy. Damiane's unarmed combat skill for close-range engagements when disarmed or by choice.

Evasive Smite

Dodge backward and counter with a holy-infused smite attack. Damiane's evasive counterattack skill. Auto-unlocked.

Skystep

Damiane's variant of the Flight skill. Leap into the air and glide forward, traversing large distances. Used for exploration and combat positioning.

Flame Rush

Charge forward engulfed in flames, damaging all enemies in your path. Damiane's elemental combat skill combining movement and fire damage.

Storm Pillar

Summon a pillar of storm energy at a target location, dealing continuous lightning damage to enemies within its radius. Damiane's elemental area denial skill.

Armed Combat

Oongka's basic weapon attack combo. Heavy, powerful strikes with massive weapons. Unlocks inner skills as proficiency increases.

Hack and Slash

Auto-unlocked combat skill for Oongka. Rapidly hack at enemies with wild, powerful swings. Oongka's most basic aggressive ability.

Slash

A heavy overhead slash that deals massive damage to a single target. Oongka's primary combat skill for dealing with tough enemies.

Rampage

Enter a berserker rage, increasing attack speed and damage for a duration. Oongka's buff combat skill that enhances melee output.

Quaking Fury

Slam your weapon into the ground with tremendous force, creating a shockwave that damages and staggers nearby enemies. Oongka's area attack.

Raging Lightning

Channel lightning through your body and weapon, electrifying attacks and shocking enemies. Oongka's elemental combat enhancement.

Dual Wielding Mastery

Master the art of fighting with two weapons simultaneously. Unlocks dual-wield attack combos and increases damage when using two weapons. Requires Armed Combat Lv 4.

Leaping Smash

Leap into the air and bring your weapon crashing down on enemies below. Oongka's gap-closing attack that deals massive area damage on landing.

Scatter Shot

Oongka's variant of ranged attacks. Fire a spread of projectiles that cover a wide area. Effective for hitting groups of enemies at medium range.

Explosive Leap

Launch yourself skyward with an explosive burst, dealing fire damage to nearby enemies at the launch point. Oongka's movement and combat hybrid skill.

Vertical Flight

Use Oongka's rocket pack to launch vertically into the air. Provides quick vertical mobility for traversal and combat repositioning.

Flame Quake

Strike the ground to create eruptions of flame in a wide area. Oongka's elemental area-of-effect attack combining earth and fire damage.

Storm Howl

Release a powerful battle cry that summons storm winds, knocking back enemies and dealing lightning damage in a cone. Oongka's elemental crowd control.

Lightning Pulse

Emit pulses of electrical energy that chain between nearby enemies, dealing lightning damage to multiple targets. Oongka's elemental multi-target skill.

Focus

Enter a state of heightened focus, slowing perception of time and increasing accuracy. A passive utility skill available to all playable characters.

Blinding Flash

Reflect light to blind nearby enemies, stunning them temporarily. Shared skill available to multiple characters. Auto-unlocked for Damiane.

Charged Shot

Charge up a powerful ranged shot that deals increased damage. Available to all characters as a shared ranged skill.

Grappling

Grapple with enemies to restrain, throw, or perform wrestling moves. Shared grappling skill available to all playable characters.

Lariat

Slam an enemy to the ground with a powerful wrestling lariat. Shared grappling skill available to all playable characters.

Leg Sweep

Perform a low kick sweep to knock enemies off their feet. Shared combat skill available to all characters. Auto-unlocked.

Marksmanship

Basic ranged attack skill. Aim and fire at enemies from a distance. Shared skill available to all playable characters.

Flying Kick

Execute a powerful double kick while airborne. Shared combat skill available to all playable characters.

Meteor Kick

Dive down with a devastating kick from great height. Shared combat skill available to all playable characters.

Back Hang

Latch onto a large enemy's back while airborne. Shared grappling skill available to all playable characters.

Nature's Grasp

Command vines and roots to ensnare enemies, rooting them in place. Kliff's mystical skill channeling the power of nature.

Nature's Snare

Set a hidden trap of thorny vines that ensnares enemies who walk over it. Kliff's mystical trap skill for area control.

Nature's Echo

Channel the echo of nature to heal wounds and restore vitality. Kliff's mystical restorative ability.

Axiom Force

Harness the power of the Axiom to unleash a devastating mystical attack. Kliff's ultimate mystical combat ability tied to the Abyss.

Flight

Leap into the air and glide forward, traversing large distances and reaching otherwise inaccessible areas. Kliff's movement skill for exploration.

Lightning Surge

Release a surge of lightning energy that chains between enemies, dealing electrical damage. Kliff's elemental multi-target attack.

Frost Mantle

Surround yourself with a mantle of frost that damages and slows nearby enemies. Shared elemental defensive skill available to multiple characters.

Storm Veil

Create a veil of storm energy around yourself that deflects projectiles and shocks melee attackers. Kliff's elemental defensive skill.

Flame Strike

Imbue your weapon with flames and deliver a fiery strike that ignites enemies. Kliff's elemental melee attack skill.