Just wanna say to those here reading the comments, skill points REALLY pick up once you get to the forbidden west. I had been playing for a bit and all of a sudden had 15 unused skill points. All in all, don’t sweat it too much about what to get, there’s plenty to go around!
Low Profile is so underrated in this game. Along w an armor buff, a Level 4 Low Profile is near broken in how invisible it makes you to the enemy. You can pull off some straight up zany movement when stealthing with a Level 4 Low Profile buff. It is an absolute must for any stealth build! I personally LOVE stealth builds & my default armor that I wear whenever I'm outside of battle or stealth killing enemies & humans is a strictly stealth oriented armor w all stealth buffs.
Agreed! I'll be interested to know what you think of my some of my end-game build videos. I'm thinking I'll do different videos for different builds like stealth, hunter/ranged, melee, etc.
@@ArktixOfficial That would be awesome to see! One other person has done something similar to that & has shown that you can indeed make an OP build that can rip thru the toughest machines with literally any weapon type. Would love to see your versions of these!
Thanks to your videos I’m finally doing okish with this game after picking it up a little over a week ago, it challenging and frustrating but I am nearly 50, just got the rebreather. Keep up the good work dude
Stealth Ranged+ is particularly powerful later on when you have access to Braced Shot, spike throwers & just more powerful weaponry in general. You can do some massive initial damage w one of your strongest weapons focused on a weak point, specially when combined w Valor Surges.
Agreed! People seem to be under-utilizing Valor Surges and Weapon Techniques. Hopefully I can show some people the power of combining those through my videos.
@ArktixOfficial I know I've been underusing them for sure! I'm in the mid-game right now (first playthrough), and I just started using the shield valor surge instead of only the healing and res potion one. This video inspired me to check out more of these new mechanics and play around with them more often. Thanks for making such excellent guides!
I really hope you adjust your stance on the Crit Boost Valor Surge. It's maximum benefit is when used with rapid firing weapons such as the Warrior Bows and Boltblasters. Since they hit so many times you will end up with a TON of Crit hits. This should also only really be used in combination with Freeze, since that negates armor & thus is always the ideal situation to use these rapid firing weapons in since you won't necessarily always be hitting weak spots with these fast firing weapons that can't be aimed well. With Freeze this won't matter as you'll be doing good damage regardless of where you hit the foe. The most effective use of freezing is usually to just dump ammo into the foe as fast as you can. For other slower weapons Crit Boost is simply not as good as other Valor Surges such as Ranged Master. It is the far better choice when using your normal weaponry, specially slower firing ones that won't be getting in a ton of shots. Less shots equals less crits so there's really no reason to use Crit Boost with them. You'll likely also be taking your time to hit weak spots w your slower weaponry, in which case you're going to see far more damage on a consistent basis w Ranged Master. Your tips are really great for the most part tho so I hope my comments don't come across as too discouraging. You've definitely got a very good grasp of the game!
Thanks! No, your comments aren't discouraging, but you do like to comment a lot! And yeah, so I have changed my stance on Critical Boost. My preference is Ranged Master now and I also like Powershots and Stealth Stalker like you mentioned in another comment for opening shots. I agree Critical Boost is best for warrior bows, boltblasters, and other fast firing weapons, which makes sense given it's in the melee tree. Having put dozens more hours into the game now, I've realized my skills recommendations probably aren't optimal, but I think they're still good recommendations overall for people getting started. I might go back at some point and do an updated skills guide now that I have more hours in the game.
@@ArktixOfficial Lol sorry bout that, I kind of binge watched some of your vids & I do indeed love chatting about this sort of stuff! I am just as surprised that you ended up responding to each and every one of my comments! It's refreshing to see that. I can be a bit overly passionate about the finer details in these sorts of games I suppose. There are specific games that I make a point to try to master & thus I end up doing a lot of various research on the mechanics in order to become the best player I can be. That's just how I enjoy these games I suppose, becoming absolutely OP & doing things as efficiently as possible.
No worries man! I’m glad to have you binge watch my videos lol. And I’m the same way. For me it’s all about mastering the game and becoming as powerful and efficient as I can. I appreciate your suggestions and tips. I’m sure they’ll help me become a better player and make better suggestions in future videos so other people can benefit too! And yeah I do try to replay toss many comments as possible. I apologize in advance if I ever miss one. I’m starting to get a lot of them every day and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. Plus, believe it or not, RUclips really doesn’t do a great job showing you all your new comments in one place, so it’s hard for me to make sure I’ve responded to everyone.
Appreciate your video. Even though I have played through HZD several times (on PC) I felt a little overwhelmed by all the new features HFW throws at you. Your video gave me a starting point to work from. Thanks
Awesome! I’m glad they’ve been helpful. Hopefully you’ll find some of my upcoming videos helpful as well. I’m planning to do one more skills video to round out all the essential skills and I have lots of other guides in the works. Forbidden West has been a bit of a learning curve for me too, and I probably had 400-500 hours into Zero Dawn between PS and PC. They just added so many new things, but I love it!
I also made a mistake jus maxing out hunter all the way no wonder I was dying so fast n my health bar was little I jus picked a kill to make my health more now it’s 400 something thanks man didn’t know these stuff
Good Videos... used your early Weapons guide.... missed out on the Blast sling with purgewater early on.... a complete lifesaver. I'm big on range & stealth, so I'm in line with these skills... especially stealth tear
I guess you hadn't checked out the Options menu yet when you made this vid, but you can definitely adjust the slowdown time of concentration when jumping, the weapon wheel, the concentration duration, etc. A whole lot of stuff can be adjusted to benefit the player in the Options menu. It's absolutely worth going thru them to adjust what you think you may need.
Yeah, so I had checked the settings pretty early on. I know about the setting for adjusting weapon wheel slowdown, but I haven't seen a setting to adjust slowdown while jumping. What setting is that?
@@ArktixOfficial I think the other settings also affect jump slowdown, although I might actually be wrong on that. It is indeed quite hard to aim while jumping even with the slowdown, thus I don't use it very often as it's pretty impractical.
Hmm ok. Yeah I’ll have to mess around with it some more to see if it affects jump slowdown. I utilized the Hunter Reflexes skill all the time in HZD, but I’ve kind of trained myself not to jump so much now in FW. I admit it was a bit OP in HZD. That’s probably why the nerfed it.
Yeah melee still isn’t super great. If you can unlock some of the combos in the soil tree and memorize them that helps a lot. Doing the combos will break through enemies blocking you. But even then, melee isn’t great in my opinion. Unfortunately, the early game weapons are so weak that your kind forced to use melee a bit on borrowers and scrounges for a little while.
Maybe it's my skill level, but I've never once ran out of berries in my main pouch while playing, at least not yet. I find the Medicine Capacity skill to be worthless in that regard, and you can refill it pretty fast if you need to anyway so I don't really see the point unless you need it to get further in the skill tree. The advice tho in this video overall is very sound!
@@ArktixOfficial I always play on the highest difficulty aka Very Hard. Ultra Hard whenever the DLC comes out as I'm sure we will probably get that with that update.
@@ArktixOfficial I find it helpful to make it a point to focus on dodging over firing. Always prioritize negating damage over dishing it out, and use the I frames you get when rolling or sliding to avoid damage. For any melee attacks its usually best to roll or slide towards the enemy as that almost always avoids the attack. Enemies in this game telegraph their attacks pretty hugely, so once you've learned an enemies various attacks you can time your rolls and slides to compensate. It does take some practice to get the timings down but I can pretty effectively avoid most damage during active up close combat, which I must admit is very fun to do :) I also happen to play very stealthily, thus I never directly engage an enemy head on unless absolutely necessary. I will always attack from cover or tall grass whenever possible, and I always try to use both against foes that I can't kill in a single shot, so that they have a better chance of losing sight of me after an attack. I do a lot of hit & cover style tactics against tougher foes when the terrain allows me to.
I got all melee and hunter skills first then got all infiltratitor and that’s it…I have a bunch of skill points I haven’t used…The rest of the skills are useless to me…I’m a melee fighter with a little bit of hunter…
I play on hardest difficulty on all games I play but inthis game one hit and you’re dead my arrow shots be doing like 40 damage I think I’m playing this game wrong, got to admit tho this game is very fun first time playing this game
@@ArktixOfficial requesting that the first one be the Shellsnapper. I survived, but it kicked my butt. Those videos where they insta-kill machines with end of the game gear are no help.
Sounds good. I’ll try to get that one up soon. Is there a particular site you ran into the Shellsnapper first? The first one I ran into was with Talanah, but I’m wondering if there’s a different one people would typically find first.
Just wanna say to those here reading the comments, skill points REALLY pick up once you get to the forbidden west. I had been playing for a bit and all of a sudden had 15 unused skill points. All in all, don’t sweat it too much about what to get, there’s plenty to go around!
👆Thanks @Plusle Playz. This is definitely true!
Grabbing those health skills really helped in the beginning. Now the stealth is getting to be fun and reminiscent of AC in a way.
Glad to hear you found this helpful!
Low Profile is so underrated in this game. Along w an armor buff, a Level 4 Low Profile is near broken in how invisible it makes you to the enemy. You can pull off some straight up zany movement when stealthing with a Level 4 Low Profile buff. It is an absolute must for any stealth build!
I personally LOVE stealth builds & my default armor that I wear whenever I'm outside of battle or stealth killing enemies & humans is a strictly stealth oriented armor w all stealth buffs.
Agreed! I'll be interested to know what you think of my some of my end-game build videos. I'm thinking I'll do different videos for different builds like stealth, hunter/ranged, melee, etc.
@@ArktixOfficial That would be awesome to see! One other person has done something similar to that & has shown that you can indeed make an OP build that can rip thru the toughest machines with literally any weapon type. Would love to see your versions of these!
Cool! Glad to hear you’d be interested. Who is this other person that’s done it?
@@ArktixOfficial Gamer Jayz. He's another one of the very few high level players here on RUclips.
Cool. Thanks for letting me know! I'll see if I can get some tips from his videos.
Thanks to your videos I’m finally doing okish with this game after picking it up a little over a week ago, it challenging and frustrating but I am nearly 50, just got the rebreather. Keep up the good work dude
Thanks! Glad you're finding my content helpful! Good job sticking with it and I hope you're improving your gameplay and enjoying it! 👍
Stealth Ranged+ is particularly powerful later on when you have access to Braced Shot, spike throwers & just more powerful weaponry in general. You can do some massive initial damage w one of your strongest weapons focused on a weak point, specially when combined w Valor Surges.
Agreed! People seem to be under-utilizing Valor Surges and Weapon Techniques. Hopefully I can show some people the power of combining those through my videos.
@@ArktixOfficial Yes indeed, bringing awareness is always a good thing!
@ArktixOfficial I know I've been underusing them for sure! I'm in the mid-game right now (first playthrough), and I just started using the shield valor surge instead of only the healing and res potion one. This video inspired me to check out more of these new mechanics and play around with them more often. Thanks for making such excellent guides!
I really hope you adjust your stance on the Crit Boost Valor Surge. It's maximum benefit is when used with rapid firing weapons such as the Warrior Bows and Boltblasters. Since they hit so many times you will end up with a TON of Crit hits.
This should also only really be used in combination with Freeze, since that negates armor & thus is always the ideal situation to use these rapid firing weapons in since you won't necessarily always be hitting weak spots with these fast firing weapons that can't be aimed well. With Freeze this won't matter as you'll be doing good damage regardless of where you hit the foe. The most effective use of freezing is usually to just dump ammo into the foe as fast as you can.
For other slower weapons Crit Boost is simply not as good as other Valor Surges such as Ranged Master. It is the far better choice when using your normal weaponry, specially slower firing ones that won't be getting in a ton of shots. Less shots equals less crits so there's really no reason to use Crit Boost with them. You'll likely also be taking your time to hit weak spots w your slower weaponry, in which case you're going to see far more damage on a consistent basis w Ranged Master.
Your tips are really great for the most part tho so I hope my comments don't come across as too discouraging. You've definitely got a very good grasp of the game!
Thanks! No, your comments aren't discouraging, but you do like to comment a lot! And yeah, so I have changed my stance on Critical Boost. My preference is Ranged Master now and I also like Powershots and Stealth Stalker like you mentioned in another comment for opening shots. I agree Critical Boost is best for warrior bows, boltblasters, and other fast firing weapons, which makes sense given it's in the melee tree. Having put dozens more hours into the game now, I've realized my skills recommendations probably aren't optimal, but I think they're still good recommendations overall for people getting started. I might go back at some point and do an updated skills guide now that I have more hours in the game.
@@ArktixOfficial Lol sorry bout that, I kind of binge watched some of your vids & I do indeed love chatting about this sort of stuff! I am just as surprised that you ended up responding to each and every one of my comments! It's refreshing to see that.
I can be a bit overly passionate about the finer details in these sorts of games I suppose. There are specific games that I make a point to try to master & thus I end up doing a lot of various research on the mechanics in order to become the best player I can be. That's just how I enjoy these games I suppose, becoming absolutely OP & doing things as efficiently as possible.
No worries man! I’m glad to have you binge watch my videos lol. And I’m the same way. For me it’s all about mastering the game and becoming as powerful and efficient as I can. I appreciate your suggestions and tips. I’m sure they’ll help me become a better player and make better suggestions in future videos so other people can benefit too!
And yeah I do try to replay toss many comments as possible. I apologize in advance if I ever miss one. I’m starting to get a lot of them every day and sometimes it’s hard to keep up. Plus, believe it or not, RUclips really doesn’t do a great job showing you all your new comments in one place, so it’s hard for me to make sure I’ve responded to everyone.
Appreciate your video. Even though I have played through HZD several times (on PC) I felt a little overwhelmed by all the new features HFW throws at you. Your video gave me a starting point to work from. Thanks
Awesome! I’m glad they’ve been helpful. Hopefully you’ll find some of my upcoming videos helpful as well. I’m planning to do one more skills video to round out all the essential skills and I have lots of other guides in the works. Forbidden West has been a bit of a learning curve for me too, and I probably had 400-500 hours into Zero Dawn between PS and PC. They just added so many new things, but I love it!
I also made a mistake jus maxing out hunter all the way no wonder I was dying so fast n my health bar was little I jus picked a kill to make my health more now it’s 400 something thanks man didn’t know these stuff
Glad you found this helpful!
Good Videos... used your early Weapons guide.... missed out on the Blast sling with purgewater early on.... a complete lifesaver. I'm big on range & stealth, so I'm in line with these skills... especially stealth tear
Thanks! And nice! I’m glad you found my suggestions useful. Stealth Tear is defiantly important early on!
I guess you hadn't checked out the Options menu yet when you made this vid, but you can definitely adjust the slowdown time of concentration when jumping, the weapon wheel, the concentration duration, etc. A whole lot of stuff can be adjusted to benefit the player in the Options menu. It's absolutely worth going thru them to adjust what you think you may need.
Yeah, so I had checked the settings pretty early on. I know about the setting for adjusting weapon wheel slowdown, but I haven't seen a setting to adjust slowdown while jumping. What setting is that?
@@ArktixOfficial I think the other settings also affect jump slowdown, although I might actually be wrong on that. It is indeed quite hard to aim while jumping even with the slowdown, thus I don't use it very often as it's pretty impractical.
Hmm ok. Yeah I’ll have to mess around with it some more to see if it affects jump slowdown. I utilized the Hunter Reflexes skill all the time in HZD, but I’ve kind of trained myself not to jump so much now in FW. I admit it was a bit OP in HZD. That’s probably why the nerfed it.
I really suck at melee, so it's long-distance fighting for me unless I can sneak in to perform Silent Strikes... and traps, lots of traps.
Yeah melee still isn’t super great. If you can unlock some of the combos in the soil tree and memorize them that helps a lot. Doing the combos will break through enemies blocking you. But even then, melee isn’t great in my opinion. Unfortunately, the early game weapons are so weak that your kind forced to use melee a bit on borrowers and scrounges for a little while.
I haven't even finished the game yet and have mixed out my trees 🙃
Nice! That’s the way to do it in my opinion!
Let’s Go !
Maybe it's my skill level, but I've never once ran out of berries in my main pouch while playing, at least not yet. I find the Medicine Capacity skill to be worthless in that regard, and you can refill it pretty fast if you need to anyway so I don't really see the point unless you need it to get further in the skill tree. The advice tho in this video overall is very sound!
Thanks! What difficulty do you play on? That's impressive you've never run out of berries in your main pouch.
@@ArktixOfficial I always play on the highest difficulty aka Very Hard. Ultra Hard whenever the DLC comes out as I'm sure we will probably get that with that update.
@@ArktixOfficial I find it helpful to make it a point to focus on dodging over firing. Always prioritize negating damage over dishing it out, and use the I frames you get when rolling or sliding to avoid damage. For any melee attacks its usually best to roll or slide towards the enemy as that almost always avoids the attack.
Enemies in this game telegraph their attacks pretty hugely, so once you've learned an enemies various attacks you can time your rolls and slides to compensate. It does take some practice to get the timings down but I can pretty effectively avoid most damage during active up close combat, which I must admit is very fun to do :)
I also happen to play very stealthily, thus I never directly engage an enemy head on unless absolutely necessary. I will always attack from cover or tall grass whenever possible, and I always try to use both against foes that I can't kill in a single shot, so that they have a better chance of losing sight of me after an attack. I do a lot of hit & cover style tactics against tougher foes when the terrain allows me to.
Sounds like you’re definitely a stealthy/tactical player :) As you can tell from my videos, I don’t think I’m quite as patient as you :P
I got all melee and hunter skills first then got all infiltratitor and that’s it…I have a bunch of skill points I haven’t used…The rest of the skills are useless to me…I’m a melee fighter with a little bit of hunter…
Yeah I prioritize those three as well. No healing skills though? :)
I’m literally just starting this, only just got my ps5. Where can I find the first skills you recommend. As I feel like this is part 2
I play on hardest difficulty on all games I play but inthis game one hit and you’re dead my arrow shots be doing like 40 damage I think I’m playing this game wrong, got to admit tho this game is very fun first time playing this game
Ah yeah starting on Ultra Hard is really tough! You’re probably not doing anything drastically wrong. UH is just really difficult at the beginning.
Solid. Now how do I kill the Slaughterspine?
Working on a video for that!
@@ArktixOfficial requesting that the first one be the Shellsnapper. I survived, but it kicked my butt. Those videos where they insta-kill machines with end of the game gear are no help.
Sounds good. I’ll try to get that one up soon. Is there a particular site you ran into the Shellsnapper first? The first one I ran into was with Talanah, but I’m wondering if there’s a different one people would typically find first.
@@ArktixOfficial it was the mission from Talanah.
Hit and Run.... Easy peezy
Many many useless skills. Way overcomplicated for little gain.