A Plague Tale Requiem Skill System [Explained]
The detailed analysis on the skills system of A Plague Tale Requiem and the best skills to acquire
A Plague Tale Requiem’s brand new skill system for Amicia is a fantastic innovation to the game that encourages players to try out different playstyles during each combat encounter or instance. You cannot acquire these skills by yourself and instead have to progressively unlock them by completing encounters in either stealth, action, or by strategically using your tools to take down foes and via other means. The skills are divided into three main paths: Prudence, Aggressive, and Opportunism.
- A Plague Tale Requiem consists of a new feature for Amicia called the Skills system.
- It is all divided into three different types of skill paths;
- Prudence: Stealth-based skills.
- Aggressive: Combat-based skills.
- Opportunism: Enhancements skills.
- Some of the best skills that players can focus on are:
- Quick Fingers.
- Pure Product.
- Nimbleness.
- These can only be acquired and progressed via implementing a specific style to your combat approaches.
- Players can also mix and match the play style to unlock them which will prove quite valuable towards the very end of the game.
The Skill Types
As you can see from our image above, these are the three main skill trees as mentioned previously, so without further delay, let’s discuss each one of them in detail and along with the skills that you will unlock:
Prudence
- Gain experience by completing encounters without alerting enemies.
- Stealth mechanics remain mostly the same with some improvements.
- Unlock Light Footstep to reduce sound and detection rate.
- Access Nimbleness for increased crouched movement speed.
- Unlock Throwing Stance for longer-distance tool use.
- At the final tier, gain Armor Piercer for stabbing armored foes from behind.
Aggressive
- Focus on direct combat.
- Amicia can now fight enemies in close range and withstand hits.
- Start with the Grappler skill to push enemies into traps.
- Recovery skill grants faster healing after taking damage.
- Vital Points increase stealth takedown speed.
- Quick Fingers for faster weapon handling and reloading.
Opportunism
- Enhance efficiency with alchemy tools and gadgets.
- Experience increases regardless of play style.
- Alchemy Knowledge allows faster crafting of alchemical items.
- Nothing Lost skill saves resources when crafting alchemical tools.
- Material Division skill helps acquire rare upgrade materials.
- Pure Product skill lets you craft additional alchemical ammo.
The Best Skills In A Plague Tale Requiem
Following are our recommended skills that you should grab as soon as possible. It is preferred that in order to level up Prudence, you will need to avoid direct conflicts with enemies and not alert them of your presence. As stated previously, Aggressive and Opportunism will eventually be upgraded using common play styles.
Quick Fingers
As shown in the image above, Quick Fingers will prove to be incredibly useful in late-game battles because the game will literally swarm you with multiple foes. So if you end up investing in the Aggressive route as much as possible, then you will surely unlock that final skill here. The skill is fantastic for picking off enemies from larger distances, and since you will be rapidly reloading, it will be easy to take down multiple non-armored targets.
Furthermore, it will also improve the swap time between each of the primary weapons that Amicia uses, so you will notice a considerably smoother experience when switching between the crossbow and the traditional sling.
Pure Product
As shown in the image above, Pure Product is the final skill in the Opportunism tree that will become essential if you’re someone who relies on alchemical tools a lot and uses them quite often during each combat encounter of the game from start to end.
The skill will allow you to craft double the amount of ammo of the tool for the price of one. It is one of the significant upgrades to your skill system, which will become quite helpful during the final encounters of A Plague Tale Requiem.
Light Footsteps
Light footsteps are one of the starting skills located in the Prudence tree, and it is easily our favorite skill that helped us out the most during the beginning chapters of the game. Most of the encounters toward the mid-game will heavily feature stealth so grabbing this skill is pretty much a no-brainer to get in the game. The skill is easily the best to get because it will work incredibly well with almost any type of play style.
Nimbleness
As you can see from the image above, Nimbleness will perfect your stealth manoeuvrability in the game because you will already have Light Footsteps in your arsenal prior to obtaining it. Moving faster while crouching will allow you to have a major advantage over the enemy and their positions. Moving from cover to cover while in each encounter will drastically increase your chances of not alerting the enemies.
Vital Points
The Vital Points is the third skill tier in the Aggressive tree, and it will easily be one of the quintessential upgrades for Amicia’s action-based play style as it will speed up her takedowns. The standard animation of the takedown takes a few seconds to execute, and it will more than likely cause you to be detected by nearby enemies. So investing in this skill as soon as possible is key to quickly completing encounters without any risk or conflict.
Lastly, it will also reduce the sound at which you take down the enemies, reassuring the fact that it will be another skill that will go hand-in-hand with the Prudence or stealth playstyle too.
This wraps up our guide on the Skill system in A Plague Tale Requiem and how it works, as well as a brief list of our personal favorite skills from each category. Although the question remains, are you enjoying the game so far? How does it compare for you to the original? Let us know all about your experience with it in the comments section below!
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