Blades | Hero - Special Skills Risen 2 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Powerful Attack - an essential and very important skill which you should learn as soon as possible. It enables a slow, but a very powerful blow which deals a lot of damage. Some foes (i.e. animals) can't evade it. It's usually best to use it at the very beginning of the fight - the foe is swept off balance, giving the Nameless Hero an instant advantage. Nevertheless, using Powerful Attack involves a certain risk - it's slow enough for the foe to use a quick thrust. Therefore it's ought be used carefully and with consideration. Requires Blades at 2.

Forging - without this skill you won't be able to piece together any of the legendary weapons. You buy in only once, but it's very worthwhile - yet only if you prefer melee combat. Requires Blades at 6.

Swordmaster - greatly increases damage dealt by blades. Start raising it as soon as it becomes available (can be tought by Alvarez on Antigua). To make it available, complete The Cunning Captain quest. Required Blades at 10.

Parry - an utterly meaningless skills which may as well be replaced by the right mouse button. It allows for avoiding most blows, true, but in itself is pretty difficult to activate (you need to press the left mouse button when you're blocking an enemy attack). Unfortunately - parrying is required for using Riposte, so if you want that skill, you need to buy it. Requires Blades at 1.

Riposte - allows for a striking powerful blow while parrying (requires the parrying skill). When yours and the foe's blades are crossed (or when you evade the blow), press Space quickly. The power of this skill is comparable to Powerful Attack. In fact it means it's not very useful - unless you want to invest in Powerful Riposte. Requires Blades at 2 and Parry.

Powerful Riposte - the most powerful attack in the whole game - it deals such amount of damage that it usually kills the enemy. While parrying, press Space, and you'll kill the foe with a single blow. Unfortunately, the combo works only after buying two less useful skills - Parry and Riposte, forcing you to complete the whole skill tree, which is a pretty high expense. Requires Blades at 8 and Riposte.

Slashing Weapons - each subsequent level of this skill increases damage dealt by slashing weapons by 5 points. It's a moderately worthwhile investment if slashing weapons are just what you're using. Subsequent levels of this skill require Blades at: 1, 4 and 7.

Piercing Weapons - each subsequent level of this skill increases damage dealt by piercing weapons by 5 points. It's a moderately worthwhile investment if piercing weapons are just what you're using. Subsequent levels of this skill require Blades at: 2, 5 and 8.

Throwing Weapons - each subsequent level of this skill increases damage dealt by throwing weapons by 5 points. Since this type of weapons is utterly useless, it's not worth the effort. Subsequent levels of this skill require Blades at: 3, 6 and 9.