WhileOutwardfeatures a plethora of armor and equipment, there are a vast array of skills that players can combine with these weapons to get hundreds of unique effects. While the Definitive Edition ofOutwardhas recently been released, players of all kindsare creating their charactersand choosing what skills their characters will wield.
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Within the world ofOutward, there are several skill trainers in addition to NPCs that will give the players unique and powerful skills. These skills are divided into subcategories, with weapon skills existing within the “active” skills. Some of these skills require particular weapons, while others require a boon to be consumed.
8Vicious Cycle
Perks
Vicious Cycle lets players perform a high-impact sweep attack. The attack dealstwice the damage and three times the impact. In addition, the attack alsodecreases the target’s movement speedup to 100% buildup.
How To Acquire
This skill can be purchased from Bea Battleborn the Weapons Master in New Sirocco.
7Moon Swipe
Players willunleash two large sweeping attacksand several things can happen depending on the boons they have activated. If Rage or Discipline is not active, the damage is multiplied by 0.8 and impact by 1.5. If the Rage or Discipline boon is active, the damage multiplier increases by 0.5. If both Rage and Discipline are active, the multiplier will increase to 1.8.
In addition, both hits are considered separate hits,allowing players to inflict status effects on enemies.
Players can acquire this skill from Burac in Cierzo for free if they have a polearm equipped the first time they leave Cierzo. Players can also purchase this skill from the Wandering Mercenary in Monsoon located in the inn.
6Prismatic Flurry
Players with this skill perform a quick hammer-fist attack, thatadds an extra hit for each elemental boonthat is currently active. This does not include the Discipline and Rage boon. This means players canhit an enemy up to six times, with each strike dealing 0.8 times the damage of the gauntlets.
This skill can be purchased from Mavith in the Military District of Harmattan.
5Strafing Run
With this skill, archers canunleash a wave of five arrowswhile running left or right. This attack works best when using the target lock options, but it can also be useful when dealing with multiple enemies at once. Depending on the type of arrows that are equipped means players can also inflict various elemental damages to multiple enemies.
4Splitter
Thebiggest benefit to this weapon skillis that itadds immunity framesduring its use. While other attack animations can be parried, blocked, and cut short by other methods, players won’t take damage while using the Splitter skill.
In addition, the damage is multiplied by the percentage of health an enemy has. If an enemy is at 100% health, the attack multiplier is 1.0 times the damage; conversely, if the enemy’s health is lower, the damage becomes higher. The Splitter skill also grants an additional 15 points of elemental damage, if theweapon is imbued with elemental power.
3Feral Strikes
Feral Strikes give playersthe ability to attack twice. Upon use, players will alsoinflict Extreme Bleeding and Painon their target. Feral Strikes also give players a 1.75 damage and impact multiplier.
Players can acquire Feral Strikes from Ture the Wild Hunter in Berg.
2Vital Crash
Players can use Vital Crash to quickly tackle their enemies. On a hit, theplayer deals 0.03 times the damage, which is then multiplied by how much health the player has. This means if a player has 200 health, the attack deals six times the damage.
In addition to damage, the amount of stamina a player has the same effect on impact. The only drawback is players will receive the Pain and Confusion status effects after the attack.
Players can acquire this skill fromBea Battleborn the Weapons Masterin New Sirocco. Their shop will only become available if players have purchased the upgrade for the Gladiator’s Arena.
1Counterstrike
Using Counterstrike, players can attempt toparry an enemy’s attack, and if the parry is successful, they are able to strike back with high damage and impact. Counterstrike has a 2.5x damage multiplier and a 3.0x impact multiplier.
Players can acquire this skill from Galira in Monsoon.
Outward: Definitive Editionis available on PC, PS4, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
