God of War Ragnarok: Skills – the best skills – CPGN

In our Skills Guide to God of War Ragnarok you experience:

How the skill trees are built for Atreus and Kratos
The best skills for the Leviathan Ax and Blades of Chaos
The best skills for Atreus

In order to survive in the brutal world of Norse mythology, you must constantly improve your skills and learn new attack combos. In this guide, we show you which skills you should invest in early.

What skill trees are there in God of War Ragnarok?

The skill system in God of War Ragnarök has been turned inside out and now consists of three categories for both Kratos and Atreus. With Kratos there are respectively Technique, ranged and melee for the Leviathan Ax and the Blades of Chaos.

Atreus has three categories: instinct, archer and aggression. instinct stands for abilities that give Atreus more opportunities to actively help Kratos in battle. Aggression skills, on the other hand, cover direct attacks on opponents.

Many skills can only be unlocked with experience points at a certain weapon level. Also, you can still do every skill improve with a modification – For example, you can increase the damage of the ability or improve resistance to enemy attacks while performing the ability.

You unlock modifications by using the ones specified in the skill menu Completed quests for each ability.

Leviathan Axe: The best skills

For the Leviathan axe, in our playthrough, the following skills proven particularly useful.

The best technique skills for the Leviathan Axe

Permafrost and icy permafrost

Perform melee attacks without taking damage to charge the ax with Frost. Once the ax is charged, judge additional frost damage on. You also get bonuses to luck and rune power.

If you unlock icy permafrost, once the ax is charged, pressing L1 and Triangle will allow you to unleash the frost energy, causing far-reaching effects for a short time frost waves shoot. The frost waves trigger high frost damage to enemies. This ability is especially useful against bosses and mini-bosses, as it has a high chance of staggering the opponent or interrupting enemy attacks.

Frosty Rise

Press R2 while Frostwake is activeto perform an upward slash, knocking enemies into the air and dealing high Frost damage.

The best ranged skills for the Leviathan Axe

Vengeful Sickle 1 & 2

The best ranged ability in God of War Ragnarök is Vengeful Sickle. Hold R1 while aiming to charge the axe. After throwing, the ax spins in the air, dealing further damage to the enemy. Standard opponents are paralyzed with this attack for a short time because they are constantly being hit to be interrupted.

Vengeful Sickle is also useful when her want to stop an opponent for a momentto face other enemies. For example, you can throw the ax and hold one enemy while you use the Blades of Chaos to attack another enemy.

The best melee skills for the Leviathan Axe

Wrath of Leviathan

Press R2 while sprinting to jump attack to perform, the opponent is frosted. Not only is this attack powerful, but it will knock most enemies into the air or at least stagger them. The downside: it takes at least a second for the animation to finish and the attack to be performed. During this time you are vulnerable.

dodge storm

Dodge backwards and press R1 for one quick boomerang throw. So you can deal out a little damage even when dodging.

vortex throw

Pause briefly after an attack for Kratos to go into battle stance. With R2 you throw the ax forward, briefly stunning or even knocking down most enemies. Press R2 a second time to perform a ranged combo.

Chaos Blades: The best skills

In the following we will show you the best skills in the three skill categories for the classic Blades of Chaos.

The best technique skills for the Blades of Chaos

Scorched Earth 1 through 3

Press R2 during the Flame Whiplashto throw the blade down and trigger an incendiary explosion. The higher the level, the harder the explosions become.

Although it takes a moment until the blades are chargedbut you can use it to interrupt boss attacks later in the game.

Combustion & Angry Combustion

The ability “Incineration” and its enhanced version “Raging Incineration” will be of great help to you, especially in boss fights. This skill requires you to use melee attacks without taking any damage. The blades become saturated with fire. When they’re fully charged, press L1 and the Triangle button to unleash the flames.

This gives your melee attacks an explosive touch for a short period of time cause fire damage. You can even stagger bosses and mini-bosses or interrupt their attacks.

The best ranged skills for the Blades of Chaos

Hyperion’s Grip 1 & 2

After piercing an enemy with the Chaos Blade, hold R1 to pull Kratos towards the enemy: the impact inflicts a stun. If you opponents in the Air instead, Kratos slams her into the ground with his blade. You can also grab enemies on higher platforms.

Blazing Blast 1 & 2

Impales an enemy with the Chaos Blade, then hold R2 to throw the second blade at them and two pulses of fire to send. The fire pulses explode dealing burning damage as soon as they hit the enemy.

Of the Use the Blazing Blast can be risky when you’re surrounded by multiple enemies, as it takes a moment for the animation to finish – however, it’s one of the most powerful attacks in the game.

The best melee skills for the Blades of Chaos

vortex chaos

Dodge forward and press R1 to get a Leap Spin Attack to execute. This attack is useful when fighting weaker opponents such as Draugr or Grimm. You can also use the attack to get to enemies faster.

chaos cloud (combo attack)

Press R1 5 times, then R2 once to finish the combo with a powerful jump attack. directs high fire damage and knocks enemies into the air or staggers them.

The best skills for Atreus

Atreus also has a whole range of useful skills that you can unlock as the game progresses. However, you can only access them all after you have left Svartalfheim three skill trees from Atreus access.

The best instinct skills

Vigilant Protector

Atreus attracts the opponent’s attention. Useful when you are being harassed by multiple enemies at once. On top of that, you can either flank enemies who are distracted by Atreus from the side or surprise them with a powerful melee attack from behind.

The best archery skills for Atreus

sound effectiveness

When you want to stun enemies for a finisher, the sonic arrows are particularly useful. With this ability, the sonic arrows get one higher area of effect.

sound echo

Attacking sonic-affected enemies unleashes a sonic wave that Stuns nearby enemies.