Best Talents Divinity 2
Divinity: Original Sin 2 Regular Talents. With this Talent, you will have maximum Action Points when you start any combat scenario giving you a huge edge over your enemies. Cannot be used with One Man Army. Hothead At maximum health, you will receive a 10% bonus to your critical hits and accuracy.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 doesn't include 'classes,' per se. When you make a character, you can choose a customizable class preset that gives you points in a couple combat abilities, and this determines the spells and special attacks you can start the game with. As you level up, you can continue putting points into those starting abilities, or branch out into any area of magic or fighting you like.Before you've found some skill books, it can be hard to know where you want to put points. What if you discover a great skill that requires a point in Huntsman, but you've put all your ability juice into Necromancer? Not knowing what's ahead can stifle early progress with indecision, so this guide will help you plan for multiclass builds that make for a synergistic party.Rather than breaking down your decisions by class preset, I've focused on the abilities themselves, as they can be mixed and matched however you want to build your own class. For each, I've given a brief preview of the sorts of skills you'll find, and suggestions for what to pair them with in the same character or others in your party.
At the end of this article, I discuss weapon types and summarize the decisions you need to make as you progress.WarfareEffect: Increases all Physical Damage you deal.Class presets it's included in: Battlemage, Fighter, Inquisitor, KnightPrimary attribute: Strength (Intelligence for staves)Primary damage type: Physical (Magic with staves)A point or two in Warfare will help out anyone who deals Physical Damage, which mostly happens through weaponry (see the weapon types section near the bottom of this article if you're using a magic staff). The related skills center around melee combat and shields, though, so while it's useful for archers, high Warfare levels are best for tanky brawlers.
You'll get skills such as Battle Stomp, which knocks down opponents, and Phoenix Dive, which lets you leap into battle and create a fire surface beneath you. High level abilities such as Guardian Angel, which reflects 50% of nearby allied damage to you, expect you to be heavily armored.Pairs well with: Hydrosophist, Necromancer, Polymorph, weapon abilitiesIf you want to whack things in the head, but also use magic, Warfare pairs fine with any other ability—hence why it's included in four class presets.For a warrior-healer Paladin type, Hydrosophist is a good pairing. With Warfare and Hydrosophist, you can focus on equipping physical armor, and use water spells to buff your magic armor when needed. You'll also be able to heal vitality, and freeze enemies for crowd control.
The abilities Cleanse Wounds and Mass Cleanse Wounds, which restore vitality and remove many negative statuses, require points in both Warfare and Hydrosophist. If you want to avoid splitting your attribute points between Strength and Intelligence, use a water staff.The Inquisitor preset pairs Warfare with Necromancer. Necromancer abilities deal Physical Damage, making Warfare immediately useful. The morbid arts also include healing abilities and a physical armor buff.
Plus, tanky Necromancers can use Shackles of Pain to deal all damage they take to a target, and Last Rites to sacrifice themselves by taking damage to resurrect a target character. Buff Necromancers get the job done.Another good pairing, Polymorph, includes several abilities that require you to get in close, as well as one that regenerates physical armor, so it works well with strong sword and shield characters. Its skills also deal Physical Damage, which Warfare boosts, and some rely on Strength, so it'll become more powerful at the same time as your Strength-based weapons. And who doesn't want to be a fighter who can turn their hair into snakes?HuntsmanEffect: Increases the damage bonus when attacking from high ground.Class presets it's included in: Ranger, WayfarerPrimary attribute: FinessePrimary damage type: Depends on classThis is your classic ranger archetype, with skills that center around bow and arrow trick shots and staying the hell away from melee enemies. It includes one close-range healing ability, First Aid, arrow attacks such as Pin Down, a crippling shot, and Reactive Shot, which works like overwatch in XCOM, letting you take shots at moving enemies between turns. Two points in Huntsman is the prerequisite for a skill that's useful for any ranged character, Tactical Retreat, which applies haste and teleports you out of harm's way.Pairs well with: Geomancer, Pyrokinetic, Aeurotheurge, Summoning, RangedIf you're dropping points into Huntsman, you must be an archer, so you'll benefit from other ranged abilities. The two existing preset classes make for good combos.
Best Warrior Talents Divinity 2
Wayfarer pairs Huntsman with Geomancer, giving you abilities such as Fossil Strike, which creates an oil puddle that slows enemies and can be lit with fire arrows. If you have points in both Huntsman and Geomancer, you can also learn Throw Dust, which blinds enemies. Keep an eye out for Runes. If your armor or weapons have open slots, you can pop a rune in to get resistance and damage bonuses, and it doesn't require any special crafting equipment. Don't let them go to waste in your inventory!Spells always deal the type of damage associated with the school of magic they're in, and always receive a bonus from Intelligence. For example, Aerothurge spells will always deal Air Damage and Necromancer spells will always deal Physical Damage, and both get bonuses from Intelligence.
Skills from the Warfare, Scoundrel, and Huntsman abilities, however, vary in damage type and attribute bonuses depending on your equipped weapon.For instance, if you've equipped a regular old sword, the Warfare skill Crippling Blow will deal Physical Damage and get a bonus from Strength. If, however, you've equipped an air staff, it will deal Air Damage and get a bonus from Intelligence.
In general, you'll find the following damage types and attribute bonuses:Swords, maces, clubs, and axes deal Physical Damage (with possible extra Magic Damage) and get a bonus from Strength.Wands and magic staves deal Magic Damage (type varies) and get a bonus from Intelligence. Staves count as melee weapons, but wands do not.Daggers, bows, and spears deal Physical Damage (with possible extra Magic Damage) and get a bonus from Finesse. Daggers can backstab.There are exceptions and magic weapons come in all varieties.
Some deal magic and physical damage, though in that case your skills typically still get a bonus from Strength or Finesse, not Intelligence. In the character creation screen, the Inquisitor is wielding a two-handed mace that deals Physical Damage but receives a bonus from Intelligence.Staves are a somewhat special case, in that they can be used like melee weapons with Warfare skills, but deal only Magic Damage and get their bonus from Intelligence. If you're a magic user who's dumped a ton of points into Intelligence, using a staff means you can throw out melee attacks like Battle Stomp and Battering Ram without having to buff your Strength. However, note that adding points to the Warfare skill buffs Physical Damage, not Magic Damage, so after you've learned the skills you want, you're better off adding points to the school of magic your spells and staff belong to.It's also worth mentioning that Warfare, Scoundrel, and Huntsman skills require specific weapons. For Warfare skills, you'll need a melee weapon, Huntsman skills require a bow, and Scoundrel requires one or more daggers. This is just to use these abilities' skills. You'll still get Warfare's bonus to Physical Damage, Huntsman's high ground bonus, and Scoundrel's critical chance and movement speed bonuses even if you aren't specifically using their skills.Wherever possible, try to equip weapons that work in tandem with your favored abilities.
For example, if you've dumped a bunch of points into Geomancer, which increases poison damage, you'll want a poison staff or wand. If you're a conjurer who specializes in Aerothurge but also has a few Warfare skills, you'll want an air staff. Fighters who are focused on Strength should of course avoid staves and wands altogether, as should Finesse-based characters who are better off with bows, daggers, and spears. In short, the thing to remember is that melee skills don't determine the damage type and attribute bonus, the weapon does.And, of course, if you're focused on dealing damage with a weapon, you'll want to drop some points into Single-Handed, Two-Handed, Ranged, or Dual-Wielding depending on your preference. The Defense abilities are also strong, but for the purposes of this guide, I've only broken down the abilities that are going to allow you to learn new skills, as that's going to play the biggest role in your decision making.Summary and referenceThere's a lot here to process, but it can all be reduced to some short pieces of advice.
For instance, decide if you want your character to deal one type of damage to take down one kind of armor, or if you'd prefer a balanced fighter who can handle fighters and mages alike.Physical Damage: Warfare (except with staves), Necromancer, Huntsman, Scoundrel, Polymorph, and physical weapons (swords, maces, bows, etc)Magic Damage: Warfare (with staves), Geomancer, Aerothurge, Hydrosophist, Pyrokinetic, and magical weapons (staves and wands)Of course there's some crossover—a Huntsman using a magic bow may be dealing Magic Damage, too. You also want to consider what attributes these abilities rely on. If you focus on abilities that are boosted by the same stat, you can improve both at the expense of losing balance between Physical and Magic Damage.Intelligence: Warfare (staff), Geomancer, Aerothurge, Hydrosophist, Pyrokinetic, staves, wandsStrength: Warfare (non-magic melee weapon), Polymorph, swords, axes, maces, etcFinesse: Warfare (dagger or spear), Huntsman (bow), Scoundrel (daggers)And then there's the odd one out: Summoning. Because Summoning mostly relies on your Summoning ability level, you can focus your attribute points wherever you like, so long as you keep plugging ability points into Summoning. Though as Xenzoku pointed out in the comments, you don't have to go all in on any one ability, Summoning included. There are plenty of utility skills it's worth having even if they lie outside of your focus.Finally, you want to consider how your abilities interact with elements.
Geomancers deal with oil and poison, which Pyrokinetic abilities can ignite. Water and blood can be frozen or electrified by Hydrosophists and Aerotheurges. Also, don't forget that healing abilities harm the undead: your cleric build isn't just a healer, but can cause serious damage to bony enemies.It takes some experimentation to get builds you like, and if you're playing alone, you have four characters to worry about—so don't feel bad if you spend some ability points you regret (especially because you can completely respec).After restarting a couple times because I'm indecisive, my main character is a Warfare, Necromancer, Polymorph hybrid who fights with an axe and shield, and I have few complaints. All three disciplines deal Physical Damage, which my Warfare level buffs.
My weapon and some Polymorph skills rely on Strength, and secondarily I'm focusing on Intelligence to improve my Necromancer skills.The synergies pointed out here aren't the only interesting combos, of course, so let us know in the comments how you're dividing up your attribute and ability points.
Note that you can change your entire character build at the beginning of Chapter 3. If you end up not liking something, you'll have the option to change it while on the boat by using the Magic Mirror.
This also lets you respec into new builds, such as the alternate builds listed for some characters. Fane Build 1 By default Fane is a Geomancer/Pyrokinetic.
He also starts as a dual-wielding wand user. However, he's also an Undead, which means he can't heal through curative magics. With that in mind, we suggest the following.
Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities. Attributes. Intelligence. Memory. Consitution.
Talents. Far Out Man. Savage SortilegeThis build will amplify what the game already suggests you do with Fane. Geomancer is very important because it's both powerful and can be used to heal Fane.
Pyrokinetic is amazing when combined with Geomancer, because it lets you blow up the poison, dealing additional burn damage. Lastly, Necromancer is great to round him off, offering a wide array of spells that allow you to heal and deal damage all at once.Fane Build 2 This is an alternate character build for Fane. This goes against his default setup and instead focuses on the fact he is a skeleton. Primary Abilities.
Secondary Abilities. Attributes. Finesse. Intelligence. Memory. Talents.
Far Out Man. Elemental RangerThis build switches Fane from a mage to a Ranger. The Huntsman and Geomancer class work well together, and since Fane is a skeleton, he will benefit from the many poison skills you gain access to. Pyro still is great for blowing up the poison and focusing on Finesse over Intelligence will make him a powerful ranged combatant.Sebille This murderous elf is a Rogue type by default.
Best Sebille Build Divinity 2
This feeds perfectly into her abilities, and makes her one of the best Rogues possible. Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities. Attributes.
Finesse. Memory. Constitution.
Talents. Guerilla. Parry MasterThis combination of skills is designed to make her a powerhouse of damage. You want to focus heavily on Dual Wielding and Scoundrel to maximize mobility and damage. Necromancy makes a great third skill as it gives her some curative options and a few other handy spells later on. Grabbing just 1 or 2 points of Polymorph are also great, as it will allow you to pump up your stat points while also giving access to some powerful transformation skills like and.Elf's have the skill which fits perfectly with the Rogue style of gameplay. This is due to many skills having exactly 1 AP cost.
For this reason, we suggest Sebille sticks to this style of gameplay.The Red Prince This royal lizard is a front line warrior by default. He does have some flexibility, but we suggest he stays on the front lines, so that his Fire Breath never goes to waste.
Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities. Attributes. Constitution. Strength. Memory.
Talents. Picture of Health. All Skilled Up. Living ArmourThis build for the Prince is designed to make him a flaming warrior of destruction. Focus heavily on Warfare, Pyrokinetic and Geomancer. Warfare lets you be a battle master, Geomancer offers very useful protection spells while Pyro lets you combo fire spells with your fire breath. Add in some Leadership to buff the whole team and a point or two of Single Handed for extra damage and you'll have a front line warrior who never dies, and blasts his enemies with his fiery fury.The Red Prince 2 Due to his Fire Breath being a very limited range, we suggest the Prince always remains within melee combat.
That does not mean he must always be a tank though. Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities. Attributes. Strength. Constitution.
Memory. Talents. Picture of Health. All Skilled Up. Bigger and BetterThis build throws away his shield and some health, in favor of raw damage. Brother tze tape guide. Invest heavily in Strength, while pumping up Two-Handed, Warfare and Polymorph. This will make you a devastating monster in combat, able to bash, stun and trip all manner of opponents, while still being able to light on fire those enemies who really make you mad.Lohse As the only character with healing skills by default, Lohse is a very valuable character to have with you.
Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities. Attributes. Memory. Intelligence. Constitution. Talents.
Far Out Man. All Skilled Up. MnemonicTaking into account that she is a mage by default, our favored build for her is to commit fully as a caster. Hydro allows her to heal the party and clear debuffs, Geo lets her heal armor values and hinder enemies while Aero lets her dish out long range damage and stuns.
Lastly, a single point in summon can let her conjure an Incarnate which can fight by her side.This build does require a lot of Memory slots, so a high Memory rating is needed with Mnemonic usually being required on top.Ifan ben-Mezd Ifan is a ranged character by default and is the only character who starts with Pet Pal, making him quite valuable outside of combat early on. Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities. Attributes. Finesse. Intelligence.
Constitution. Talents. Far Out Man.
All Skilled Up. Elemental RangerThis build focuses on what he starts as and amplifies it. By focusing heavily on Huntsman and Geomancer, you'll be able to dish out a ton of physical and poison damage, while also being able to buff allies and offer a few powerful status ailments. Just a single point of Pyrokinetic lets you throw fire, giving the option to blow up your poisoned enemies, while Elemental Ranger is a must have to make arrows even stronger.Ifan ben-Mezd 2 This alternate build for him scraps his starting abilities, and instead works around his starting talents that give him an increased Crit Chance. Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities.
Attributes. Finesse. Constitution. Memory.
Talents. Guerilla. Parry MasterThis is the classic Rogue build, but commits hard to physical damage. This is because Ifan starts with a talent that boosts his Crit Chance, so we want to go all in and try to make him land critical hits as often as possible. Dual Wielding and Scoundrel combine to make him very mobile and incredibly strong, while Polymorph is mostly used for gaining more stat points, while picking and choosing the odd spell that will help in combat (like ).Beast This sturdy Dwarf is a front line character by default and should stay that way due to his amazing Talents.
Primary Abilities. Secondary Abilities.
Attributes. Strength. Constitution. Memory. Talents. Picture of Health.
All Skilled Up. Bigger and BetterThis build capitalizes on his Dwarven talents that already make him amazing at front-line combat. By focusing on Warfare and Two Handed, you'll be a one-man wrecking crew and dabbling in Necromancer will give you ways to heal yourself, since you'll be recklessly running into battle.Your Attributes and Talents for this build are a little more flexible than in others. If Beast is your primary tank, then Constitution should be your priority along with Picture of Health. However, if he's just a DPS machine, Strength and other talents should take the lead.