Followed along with JorRaptor quite a bit for when Zero Dawn came to PC, but man. For Forbidden West Arktix's channel is the place to be, solid advice, updated content if important stuff gets updated and clear, concise info. The game itself is already great, but I'm not one to find out every detail by myself and getting access to all the this makes the game that much more enjoyable!
Srsly Arktix, my primary hobby is actually something non video game related, with a Rich content creation community too. including that, you are still in a league of your own
Thank you for all the tips. PC version lauch weeks ago, i watched your video a lot to learn the technique. Yours video really help me a lot. Keep it up. Thank you.
these tips are honestly super useful. I started my first playthrough like two weeks ago when the game was released on pc and i already spent hours watching your content. super useful and super super underrated. keep the work up man... hope you get more subs in the future
you said never get silent strike heal. but it's only an issue if the player is interested in the low health play style. I think if a person isn't interested in low health and they want to be more of a stealth play style (which can be very strong as well) then silent strike heal is good to get.
@@OlexiVR well yeah that's one of the benefits of the low health playstyle. instead of having health potions in your inventory you can use stuff like cleanse or overdraw potions. I'm not saying low health is bad. all I was saying is to say never get the silent strike heal skill is a little inaccurate. and I'm not trying to take anything away from Arktix. he is still one the best content creators for Horizon content.
I really like knockdown shot in early game. Your hunter bow knocks down small machines in a single shot with it. Since most early enemies are small, it helps a lot. Knockdown shot>shoot component>critical strike kills most small machines.
The melee techniques (combos) are actually only truly needed for the melee pits. If you don't care about those (1 trophy), you could EASILY finish the game without using any melee techniques. In rebel camps just headshot everyone ;)
As soon as I saw the silent strike heal I was like "Why would I be at low health while sneaking? The healing flowers are everywhere and the entire point of stealth is to not have to fight. A.K.A. where you take most of your damage"
Exactly. That’s why it doesn’t end up being very useful. I suppose if you go in and out of stealth a lot using smoke bombs or something, then maybe it’s helpful, but most of the time, it’s a bit pointless.
My thought exactly. I already finished the game on PS5 and the "gain health from X attack" never became relevant even after taking them, unless you want to leverage the low-health-boosts... which I always find kinda gimmicky in games where you are not playing a crazy berserker character :P
You unlock around the same skills I do early on, but in the end, I wind up super overpowered, just like I love it and and planned on it. Like most RPG games, extra damage, extra health and extra stealth are a necessity, especially, in the early stages of a game, where we are weak all-around. In the early stages, I'm more about stealth, while in the latter stages, I'm up in the enemies face. 🤣Great Horizon: Forbidden West videos on your part too. 😎👍 Oh, and I don't like slow motion combat and never use it, but I take the perks anyway, just because they are there.
Amazing vid arktix! I got forbidden west today and decided to watch this for extra help and oh boy it really is helping me out! Thx dude! Keep being awesome!
Just subbed, Ark. Starting HFW for the first time and was looking for tips. You're articulate and present well. Excellent production work, too. Continued success with your channel. ✌
thank you, i started playing 1 month and have watched your zero dawn most of content you have put on yt and same with horizon. and this was much needed. i'm on level 27 and after broken sky level. sun torched need upgraded and found the bellowback and the tail of rollerback and upgraded to level 4. so i actually didn't understood skill tree and thought i needed to unlock alot more then required. i would reset skill and follow your guide.
Thanks for this. I wish I had known all that when I started the game a few days ago...and overlooked some skill synergies which would've made things much easier in the earlier game. For instance, I just discovered Critical Boost and now I'd like to know if it applies to ranged weapons. Does it?
It does! It works best for boosting the damage of critical STRIKES, but you’ll see it has stats for increasing the chance and damage of critical HITS, which occur with ranged weapons. It’s more effective for ranged weapons after upgrading to level 2 or 3.
The Stealth Volar skill is my personal favorite. I find it helps tremendously with The Shadow In the West pt 2, facing Vezra and the Ravager. I also like the Braced Shot, as it tends to help with bigger machines and the more deadly of the smaller ones, such as the Stalker. And with Stalkers, it's to where I try to remove their dart guns first, since they can do so much damage.
Any chance of making more build videos? One that specialize in each skill tree: melee, trapper, low health, machine tamer, etc - along with the gear recommendation.
General post about your channel: Great videos, the detailing of how damage systems worked was nice. Knew most of it but I had no idea elemental 'straight damage' was basically elemental impact, I thought it had something to do with the build up. Like having it last longer, or something. Your suggestion of having a small impact icon in the corner better make it into Horizon 3.
Surprised you didn't have Stealth Stalker in here. I haven't used all of the valor surges in depth yet, but in the early game on Very Hard, I found it to be incredibly useful when most attacks don't feel like they're dealing damage.
I loved overriding machines in HZD. I always want to go the the last skill tree to open some machine connected skills, but warrior or bow skills often seem a better choice. Also, I'd like to try out the silent with traps build.
I personally don't find Berserk particularly useful. The machines often don't damage each other much before the berserk state wears off. Also, it would be quite expensive to spend skill points early on the unlock and upgrade Berserk Blast. But if you find it useful, that's great!
@@ArktixOfficial I don't use beserk ammo, but Beserk Blast Rank 3 lasts such a long time (60 seconds) I have literally aggroed an entire group of 5 enemies together all medium or larger machines and used the ability, then ran away with a smoke bomb and watch them all kill each other with 1 remaining at the cost of zero ammo. But its not universally good either, its weak vs flying machines like sunwings and completely useless vs human enemies unless they happen to be riding or have machines allies. But machines tear each other apart faster in the early game then any weapon you could use will.
@@Wheva True. I'd say Berserk Blast is better than Berserk ammo. Glad it works well for your playstyle. Keep in mind though that, if they kill each other, you won't get the components needed for upgrading gear.
@@ArktixOfficial Depends on the machines, and while fighting each other you can always use tearblast ammo to remove the components you need quickly and easily since their focus wont be on you.
@@Wheva That's true. Good tactic. In that case, you might also like this one, override a machine and then tear off the component you need from it. Of course, requires unlocking the override first.
Thanks so much man. Can you do another on how to spend the next 20 or 50? this was so good now I have additional points but not sure how to spend them.
Hola Arktix... si... a mi me gusta utilizar la técnica de arma "disparo demoledor"... lo utilizo con el arco de caza de disparo solar funciona excelente con el atuendo "Tejido invernal Utaru" el cual incrementa una barra de resistencia de armas cuando logras un ataque silencioso con éxito... una vez llena la barra de resistencia de armas funciona de esta manera sin fallar cuentas de 25 a 30 segundos para realizar los tres disparos... o los puedes hacer por fases como yo lo hago... mi forma es esta... las maquinas pequeñas serán derribadas con un disparo demoledor... las medianas con dos disparos demoledores y para las maquinas grandes se necesitan tres disparos demoledores... la maquina caerá sin fallar... me gusta utilizar el arco de disparo solar por varias razones lo cual nunca lo he retirado de mi rueda de armas ocupando siempre la parte superior de la misma... pero no solo es útil el derribar maquinas con la técnica disparo demoledor... también una ventaja demasiado útil y esto es mas que nada para hacer referencia a las maquinas grandes ya que sus ataques en el modo ultradificil son devastadores si llegan a golpearte... el primer disparo funciona de maravilla si la maquina quiere atacarte a distancia ya que la interrumpes lo cual te da una ventana de oportunidad para seguir atacando con otra arma... el segundo disparo viene de maravilla cuando van directo corriendo hacia a ti... al realizar el disparo demoledor la maquina es derribada pero no en su totalidad es mas como un tropiezo de la maquina aun así esta termina en el suelo y nuevamente es una muy buena ventana de oportunidad para alejarte o realizar un ataque como viene arrastrándose la maquina al tropezar... el tercer disparo es para hacerla caer totalmente lo que te da la mayor ventaja de tenerla en el suelo para seguir atacando o entrar de nuevo en sigilo... lo que yo hago es causarle acumulación elemental de electrocución solo que necesito que termine el derribo para que la acumulación elemental termine y nuevamente regrese al suelo... su cuerpo de mas maquinas grandes se queda mas quieto al estar electrocutadas que derribadas... las demás ventajas que tiene ese arco es que sus flechas son demasiado baratas pero solo uso las de caza no las de caza avanzadas... sus tres muescas están llenas con bobinas de "probabilidad de fragilidad +2%" lo cual las congela demasiado rápido y lo complemento con disparos del arco "lagrimas del Dios Agreste" para extraer piezas o con el guantelete "Retorno de la Ancestro" este segundo lo uso mas con los trituradores eléctricos... en una ranura le coloque una bobina de "confusión instantánea +2%" lo cual al hacer efecto la maquina queda totalmente confundida dándote una perfecta oportunidad para atacarla silenciosamente volviendo a llenar tu barra de resistencia nuevamente... y bueno lo que hago con los trituradores es otra cosa aun mas extensa que esto... perdóname por escribir tanto... pero en si mi forma de jugar esta basada en lo que he visto de tus videos son demasiado educativos y muy bien explicados... espero poder enviarte algunos de todo lo que escribí aquí para que puedas verlos y saber que funciona... sobre todo en el modo ultradificil... es donde se pueden explotar verdaderamente el potencial de cada arma...
¡Hola! Lo siento, no hablo mucho español, así que estoy usando Google Translate para enviarte esto. ¿Parece que te gusta usar la técnica del arma de disparo de derribo? Sí, ese también me gusta. Personalmente, me gusta usar flechas de derribo o púas de perforación para provocar derribos y así poder proteger la resistencia de mi arma para otras técnicas de armas como el disparo enfocado, ¡pero el tiro de derribo es ciertamente muy bueno! ¡Me alegro que hayas disfrutado mis videos y hayas podido aprender de ellos! ¡Gracias por tu comentario!
Nice one. This game is much more complex than it looks at a first glance. Im sure i have done some booboo in the skills, but i got a few to spend so not that big a deal as im only ~80 hours in and just done the 3 first subs . This video will help massively.
game sux, the tedious process of having to travel all over the place to determine the time of the day to see if the dam apex variant appears plus to craft ammunition after every fight after buying resources from the merchant, and so on and on makes an ultra-hard run unbearable all accompanied by horrible animations and game interfaces for fuck sake at the 50th hour you will quit just because of that quality of life 0
Thanks a whole lot, I am a hzd veteran(finished 100% and completed it 3 times on ultra hard) so I started playing hfw on Ulta hard Bec I know the game ... Or so I thought, it was a hella struggle then I reset my skills as mentioned in this video and now the games a breez
Question. Do you really need Tripple Notch? The reason I ask is if it tasks a damn long time to load those three arrows, that can get you killed real fast.
Excellent video! I wish this video existed back when I first started playing this game over a year ago. But I gotta ask one thing, about the legendary coils in the main game: I heard about a legendary instant shocked chance coil that would've been present in a merchant's inventory in Thormarsh,but I just can't find it , do you know what happened(if this coil isn't just a rumor, of course)?🤔
Thanks! about the instant shock coil, iirc, around launch it was available in Thornmarsh, but then in a patch they removed it for some reason. Unfortunately, it's now only possible to get it using the Arena glitch, which I have videos on.
Thanks for the answer dude, but just out of curiosity, was that coil like a +4 or +5 instant chance coil? Because if it was it would explain why they removed it('cause it would've been op) and then decided to make the elite shock coil only available in the DLC.
@@matheushjacubowski4073 Actually, I think the one sold in Thornmarsh was +2%, so it really wasn't that strong actually. Kinda strange they decided to remove it. The one in the Arena is only +1%, unfortunately.
@@ArktixOfficial What!? So they decided to remove a coil that wasn't even that powerful?? Now I'm wondering even more what was the point of removing that coil from the game🤔. Btw it really sucks that the arena version is weak, specially because I'm PS4 player, so the only way to get those increadible DLC coils is buying the game again on PC (since the PS5 is really expensive when u live in Brazil)
@@matheushjacubowski4073 Yeah I'm not sure why they removed it. It's possible it could have been a mistake and no one really noticed since it wasn't a great coil anyway. Or maybe they found it was buggy somehow? Not sure 🤷🏻♂
I’ve considered it, but, unfortunately, it’s just not very useful compared to other weapons, especially since they removed the weird glitchy spark feature it had initially. I guess it can still be ok on lower difficulty levels.
Hey I can't find info on it anywhere, is there any way to turn on loot indicators when you selected explore mode at the start? like chests machine components etc? like in zero dawn (I cba to perma spam the focus button xD these icons go away way too fast)
Hey! You’re right that triple notch becomes less valuable later on. It only gives 2.1x damage for most ammo types. So, with the extra reload time on advanced ammos, I find it’s not usually worth it mid-fight. I do often start off an encounter with triple notched arrows though.
Seeing as this is your most recent video and more likely to read it, just wondering as I have just started the "new game plus". Are the weapons and outfits any better than the main game?
Yeah some of the NG+ weapons are very good! Particularly, Iriv’s Downfall. I have a video about all the NG+ weapons comparing them to the base game weapons.
@@kjellbeatsdo you mean sue him as in “pursue him”? You can’t do that just yet, but you better train for when you can, because he’s really good at this. :-)
Critical boost is a Valor Surge, therefore you do not attach it to a weapon. To use it you must equip it in the skill tree then hold in L1, while doing that you will click R1. If you see her put paint on her face then congratulations you will now get more critical hits for a while after. This slowly drains the purple bar in the bottom corner once its fully drained it deactivates and you must charge it again by attacking enemys and sneak striking them.
As a couple people already mentioned, Critical Boost is a Valor Surge, so you don’t bind it to a weapon. You just equip it and then activate it by opening the weapon wheel and hitting the button shown in the upper right corner of the screen.
Oh wow... I had no idea that silent strike heals disabled the low health boosts! That is SUPER weird! Why in the hell would that even happen? Sounds more like a Glitch than something intentional.... Hope it gets fixed!
Honestly the melee skills are ONLY useful against human enemies. Against machines a bow (or basically any other weapon) is ALWAYS a better option! So I would definitely argue with prioritising melee skills over hunter ones.
Later on, absolutely. Early on though, melee is much stronger, particularly critical strikes. The early bows are very weak. We might have to agree to disagree on this one 😉
Unpopular opinion: this game would be much more enjoyable with less weapons to choose from (and less to worry about as far as which ones to upgrade) and a more intuitive skill upgrade system.
Sorry you found it hard to follow. Staying in one tree wouldn't have made any sense though. I wanted to show the order in which I recommend unlocking the skills and they're in multiple trees.
I’m with you, only worry about Heal skills being unlocked if you plan to use the Low Health build. Personally, I don’t enjoy the added complexity of operating in LH, so stealth and machine master are my jam. The recommendation here is sort of backward unless you really want Aloy gimping around with a grimace on her face and a red vignette on the screen that makes it easy to ignore peripheral threats on a build that is not very useful for early game. Some do, and I get it, but for most players in the early game, these skills are a nice safety net for necessarily stealthy approaches to conflict on harder difficulties. An end game respec for the LH build, however annoying, makes much more sense to me, and in the interim, no safety net for when Aloy is blindsided by a heavy hitter or breaks stealth.
Arktix is the most detailed content creator for Horizon and getting better. Thanks bro.
Thank you! I try to improve with every video. Thanks for your support 🙏🏼😁
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He is the GAIA and ALPHA database both in one person I must say.
yes he is. for guides. but when it comes to Horizon lore, you might want to check out random side quest. he's got the most detailed lore in the game.
Followed along with JorRaptor quite a bit for when Zero Dawn came to PC, but man. For Forbidden West Arktix's channel is the place to be, solid advice, updated content if important stuff gets updated and clear, concise info. The game itself is already great, but I'm not one to find out every detail by myself and getting access to all the this makes the game that much more enjoyable!
Thank you! Glad to hear my content helps you enjoy the game more. That’s always my goal! 😁 I appreciate your support 🙏🏼
Srsly Arktix, my primary hobby is actually something non video game related, with a Rich content creation community too. including that, you are still in a league of your own
Thank you for all the tips. PC version lauch weeks ago, i watched your video a lot to learn the technique. Yours video really help me a lot. Keep it up. Thank you.
these tips are honestly super useful. I started my first playthrough like two weeks ago when the game was released on pc and i already spent hours watching your content. super useful and super super underrated. keep the work up man... hope you get more subs in the future
you said never get silent strike heal. but it's only an issue if the player is interested in the low health play style. I think if a person isn't interested in low health and they want to be more of a stealth play style (which can be very strong as well) then silent strike heal is good to get.
Yeah, for some people the healing skills are easily the most important skills. Really depends on your playstyle.
to be honest, the low health style somewhat contradicts the necessity of extra healing from berries and potions.
@@OlexiVR well yeah that's one of the benefits of the low health playstyle. instead of having health potions in your inventory you can use stuff like cleanse or overdraw potions. I'm not saying low health is bad. all I was saying is to say never get the silent strike heal skill is a little inaccurate. and I'm not trying to take anything away from Arktix. he is still one the best content creators for Horizon content.
It's useless even in full health playstyle. Why would you need to heal when you are not fighting face to face?? Even then, just use berries.
@@nyx4074 It overheals. You get additional health, which is useful incase you accidentally enter combat.
I really like knockdown shot in early game. Your hunter bow knocks down small machines in a single shot with it. Since most early enemies are small, it helps a lot.
Knockdown shot>shoot component>critical strike kills most small machines.
The melee techniques (combos) are actually only truly needed for the melee pits. If you don't care about those (1 trophy), you could EASILY finish the game without using any melee techniques.
In rebel camps just headshot everyone ;)
As soon as I saw the silent strike heal I was like "Why would I be at low health while sneaking? The healing flowers are everywhere and the entire point of stealth is to not have to fight. A.K.A. where you take most of your damage"
Exactly. That’s why it doesn’t end up being very useful. I suppose if you go in and out of stealth a lot using smoke bombs or something, then maybe it’s helpful, but most of the time, it’s a bit pointless.
My thought exactly. I already finished the game on PS5 and the "gain health from X attack" never became relevant even after taking them, unless you want to leverage the low-health-boosts... which I always find kinda gimmicky in games where you are not playing a crazy berserker character :P
You unlock around the same skills I do early on, but in the end, I wind up super overpowered, just like I love it and and planned on it. Like most RPG games, extra damage, extra health and extra stealth are a necessity, especially, in the early stages of a game, where we are weak all-around. In the early stages, I'm more about stealth, while in the latter stages, I'm up in the enemies face. 🤣Great Horizon: Forbidden West videos on your part too. 😎👍 Oh, and I don't like slow motion combat and never use it, but I take the perks anyway, just because they are there.
Amazing vid arktix! I got forbidden west today and decided to watch this for extra help and oh boy it really is helping me out! Thx dude! Keep being awesome!
Hey thanks! Glad you found this helpful 😄 Enjoy the game!
Duuuude you've made my playthrough of this game sooooo much better.
Thank you thank you thank you!
Hey that’s great to hear! Glad you’ve found my videos helpful. Hope you’re having fun with the game!
Just subbed, Ark. Starting HFW for the first time and was looking for tips. You're articulate and present well. Excellent production work, too. Continued success with your channel. ✌
Hey thanks! Glad you’re finding my content helpful 😁 And thank you for your sub! 🙏🏼🙂 Hope you enjoy the game!
Just subbed. Detailed, useful and well-presented. You are my must go to guide and tips HFW channel!
Hey thanks! Glad you liked the video. And thanks for your sub! 🙏🏼😁
Thank you for this. Quite helpful!
You’re very welcome! Glad you found it helpful!
thank you, i started playing 1 month and have watched your zero dawn most of content you have put on yt and same with horizon. and this was much needed. i'm on level 27 and after broken sky level. sun torched need upgraded and found the bellowback and the tail of rollerback and upgraded to level 4. so i actually didn't understood skill tree and thought i needed to unlock alot more then required. i would reset skill and follow your guide.
Love your guides! It has a premium quality feel when watching. I appreciate you !
Hey thanks! Glad you find my videos to be good quality 🙏🏼😁
You get better and better brother! Another quality vid. Thanks!
Hey thanks HiKik! I appreciate your support 🙏🏼😁
Thanks for this. I wish I had known all that when I started the game a few days ago...and overlooked some skill synergies which would've made things much easier in the earlier game. For instance, I just discovered Critical Boost and now I'd like to know if it applies to ranged weapons. Does it?
It does! It works best for boosting the damage of critical STRIKES, but you’ll see it has stats for increasing the chance and damage of critical HITS, which occur with ranged weapons. It’s more effective for ranged weapons after upgrading to level 2 or 3.
Your horizon videos are one of the reasons I come to RUclips these last days
The Stealth Volar skill is my personal favorite.
I find it helps tremendously with The Shadow In the West pt 2, facing Vezra and the Ravager.
I also like the Braced Shot, as it tends to help with bigger machines and the more deadly of the smaller ones, such as the Stalker.
And with Stalkers, it's to where I try to remove their dart guns first, since they can do so much damage.
6:44 the amount of times I've heard "it lets you launch a rocket off your sharpshot bow"
accurate, and funny
Any chance of making more build videos? One that specialize in each skill tree: melee, trapper, low health, machine tamer, etc - along with the gear recommendation.
I just started playing it and it’s amazing your video helped me a lot I just need to figure out how to get better bows 😂
Im addicted in your videos, i finish zero dawn and now im playing forbidden west, so amazing game, and thanks for yours videos !!!
General post about your channel: Great videos, the detailing of how damage systems worked was nice. Knew most of it but I had no idea elemental 'straight damage' was basically elemental impact, I thought it had something to do with the build up. Like having it last longer, or something. Your suggestion of having a small impact icon in the corner better make it into Horizon 3.
Bro....u r the Man...great video...thanks
Surprised you didn't have Stealth Stalker in here. I haven't used all of the valor surges in depth yet, but in the early game on Very Hard, I found it to be incredibly useful when most attacks don't feel like they're dealing damage.
Another super helpful video! Well, done 🙌
any written guide or quick way to follow skill allocation?
I loved overriding machines in HZD. I always want to go the the last skill tree to open some machine connected skills, but warrior or bow skills often seem a better choice. Also, I'd like to try out the silent with traps build.
Thanks bro, really helped!
Glad you found this helpful!
Exactly what I need❤
Glad to hear that!
Wow I got this game because the graphics were nice I was not expecting this amount of depth in the gameplay it’s insane I’m glad i got this game
I never got into the melee playstyle so even in the beginning I used range, on low difficulty it works fine
Great tips, thanks
I think your undervaluing how insanely OP Beserk Blast is in the earlier parts of the game on higher difficulties (especially Ultra Hard).
I personally don't find Berserk particularly useful. The machines often don't damage each other much before the berserk state wears off. Also, it would be quite expensive to spend skill points early on the unlock and upgrade Berserk Blast. But if you find it useful, that's great!
@@ArktixOfficial I don't use beserk ammo, but Beserk Blast Rank 3 lasts such a long time (60 seconds) I have literally aggroed an entire group of 5 enemies together all medium or larger machines and used the ability, then ran away with a smoke bomb and watch them all kill each other with 1 remaining at the cost of zero ammo. But its not universally good either, its weak vs flying machines like sunwings and completely useless vs human enemies unless they happen to be riding or have machines allies. But machines tear each other apart faster in the early game then any weapon you could use will.
@@Wheva True. I'd say Berserk Blast is better than Berserk ammo. Glad it works well for your playstyle. Keep in mind though that, if they kill each other, you won't get the components needed for upgrading gear.
@@ArktixOfficial Depends on the machines, and while fighting each other you can always use tearblast ammo to remove the components you need quickly and easily since their focus wont be on you.
@@Wheva That's true. Good tactic. In that case, you might also like this one, override a machine and then tear off the component you need from it. Of course, requires unlocking the override first.
Thanks so much man. Can you do another on how to spend the next 20 or 50? this was so good now I have additional points but not sure how to spend them.
Hola Arktix... si... a mi me gusta utilizar la técnica de arma "disparo demoledor"... lo utilizo con el arco de caza de disparo solar funciona excelente con el atuendo "Tejido invernal Utaru" el cual incrementa una barra de resistencia de armas cuando logras un ataque silencioso con éxito... una vez llena la barra de resistencia de armas funciona de esta manera sin fallar cuentas de 25 a 30 segundos para realizar los tres disparos... o los puedes hacer por fases como yo lo hago... mi forma es esta... las maquinas pequeñas serán derribadas con un disparo demoledor... las medianas con dos disparos demoledores y para las maquinas grandes se necesitan tres disparos demoledores... la maquina caerá sin fallar... me gusta utilizar el arco de disparo solar por varias razones lo cual nunca lo he retirado de mi rueda de armas ocupando siempre la parte superior de la misma... pero no solo es útil el derribar maquinas con la técnica disparo demoledor... también una ventaja demasiado útil y esto es mas que nada para hacer referencia a las maquinas grandes ya que sus ataques en el modo ultradificil son devastadores si llegan a golpearte... el primer disparo funciona de maravilla si la maquina quiere atacarte a distancia ya que la interrumpes lo cual te da una ventana de oportunidad para seguir atacando con otra arma... el segundo disparo viene de maravilla cuando van directo corriendo hacia a ti... al realizar el disparo demoledor la maquina es derribada pero no en su totalidad es mas como un tropiezo de la maquina aun así esta termina en el suelo y nuevamente es una muy buena ventana de oportunidad para alejarte o realizar un ataque como viene arrastrándose la maquina al tropezar... el tercer disparo es para hacerla caer totalmente lo que te da la mayor ventaja de tenerla en el suelo para seguir atacando o entrar de nuevo en sigilo... lo que yo hago es causarle acumulación elemental de electrocución solo que necesito que termine el derribo para que la acumulación elemental termine y nuevamente regrese al suelo... su cuerpo de mas maquinas grandes se queda mas quieto al estar electrocutadas que derribadas... las demás ventajas que tiene ese arco es que sus flechas son demasiado baratas pero solo uso las de caza no las de caza avanzadas... sus tres muescas están llenas con bobinas de "probabilidad de fragilidad +2%" lo cual las congela demasiado rápido y lo complemento con disparos del arco "lagrimas del Dios Agreste" para extraer piezas o con el guantelete "Retorno de la Ancestro" este segundo lo uso mas con los trituradores eléctricos... en una ranura le coloque una bobina de "confusión instantánea +2%" lo cual al hacer efecto la maquina queda totalmente confundida dándote una perfecta oportunidad para atacarla silenciosamente volviendo a llenar tu barra de resistencia nuevamente... y bueno lo que hago con los trituradores es otra cosa aun mas extensa que esto... perdóname por escribir tanto... pero en si mi forma de jugar esta basada en lo que he visto de tus videos son demasiado educativos y muy bien explicados... espero poder enviarte algunos de todo lo que escribí aquí para que puedas verlos y saber que funciona... sobre todo en el modo ultradificil... es donde se pueden explotar verdaderamente el potencial de cada arma...
¡Hola! Lo siento, no hablo mucho español, así que estoy usando Google Translate para enviarte esto. ¿Parece que te gusta usar la técnica del arma de disparo de derribo? Sí, ese también me gusta. Personalmente, me gusta usar flechas de derribo o púas de perforación para provocar derribos y así poder proteger la resistencia de mi arma para otras técnicas de armas como el disparo enfocado, ¡pero el tiro de derribo es ciertamente muy bueno! ¡Me alegro que hayas disfrutado mis videos y hayas podido aprender de ellos! ¡Gracias por tu comentario!
Powershot doesn't use ammos: if you get an advanced bow soon and you can't afford ammo in the early maschines that saves your butt. Also spears.
Yup! Only once upgraded to level 3 though
Grapplestrike! You missed grapplestrike! Get that critical hits from afar, and with a resonator tag, to boot!
Nice one.
This game is much more complex than it looks at a first glance. Im sure i have done some booboo in the skills, but i got a few to spend so not that big a deal as im only ~80 hours in and just done the 3 first subs . This video will help massively.
Thanks! And don't forget you can respec your skills if you want to reallocate the points.
Love these videos and watch them on repeat as I play haha
game sux, the tedious process of having to travel all over the place to determine the time of the day to see if the dam apex variant appears plus to craft ammunition after every fight after buying resources from the merchant, and so on and on makes an ultra-hard run unbearable all accompanied by horrible animations and game interfaces for fuck sake at the 50th hour you will quit just because of that quality of life 0
Thanks a whole lot, I am a hzd veteran(finished 100% and completed it 3 times on ultra hard) so I started playing hfw on Ulta hard Bec I know the game ... Or so I thought, it was a hella struggle then I reset my skills as mentioned in this video and now the games a breez
What is good about chain burst is: it apply multiple element build up
Gotta love Arktix 's videos. Just gotta.
Do you happen to know if focused shot also makes tearblast arrows stronger? Or does it only affect impact damage?
Focus Shot does NOT work with Tear or Tearblast.
@@paristeta5483 Alrighty, thank you!
Question. Do you really need Tripple Notch? The reason I ask is if it tasks a damn long time to load those three arrows, that can get you killed real fast.
Excellent video! I wish this video existed back when I first started playing this game over a year ago. But I gotta ask one thing, about the legendary coils in the main game: I heard about a legendary instant shocked chance coil that would've been present in a merchant's inventory in Thormarsh,but I just can't find it , do you know what happened(if this coil isn't just a rumor, of course)?🤔
Thanks! about the instant shock coil, iirc, around launch it was available in Thornmarsh, but then in a patch they removed it for some reason. Unfortunately, it's now only possible to get it using the Arena glitch, which I have videos on.
Thanks for the answer dude, but just out of curiosity, was that coil like a +4 or +5 instant chance coil? Because if it was it would explain why they removed it('cause it would've been op) and then decided to make the elite shock coil only available in the DLC.
@@matheushjacubowski4073 Actually, I think the one sold in Thornmarsh was +2%, so it really wasn't that strong actually. Kinda strange they decided to remove it. The one in the Arena is only +1%, unfortunately.
@@ArktixOfficial What!? So they decided to remove a coil that wasn't even that powerful?? Now I'm wondering even more what was the point of removing that coil from the game🤔. Btw it really sucks that the arena version is weak, specially because I'm PS4 player, so the only way to get those increadible DLC coils is buying the game again on PC (since the PS5 is really expensive when u live in Brazil)
@@matheushjacubowski4073 Yeah I'm not sure why they removed it. It's possible it could have been a mistake and no one really noticed since it wasn't a great coil anyway. Or maybe they found it was buggy somehow? Not sure 🤷🏻♂
I really hope the passive can build up more than LV4, rebels are still easily spotted me in very hard
Unfortunately, as I described in the video, level 4 is a hard max.
@@ArktixOfficial Guess I have to learn some soild stealth skills😂😂
Can u please make a spectar gaulet masterclass video
I’ve considered it, but, unfortunately, it’s just not very useful compared to other weapons, especially since they removed the weird glitchy spark feature it had initially. I guess it can still be ok on lower difficulty levels.
I understand, keep on the good work!
Can you make a short then, I’ve been a subscriber since you only have 8k subs. So PLEASE
Hey I can't find info on it anywhere, is there any way to turn on loot indicators when you selected explore mode at the start? like chests machine components etc? like in zero dawn
(I cba to perma spam the focus button xD these icons go away way too fast)
Yes - go into settings and switch the HUD visibility to "Custom". Then in Custom Settings, toggle "Interaction Markers" to "Always On
Have they removed smoke bomb heal and ropecadter expert? I dont see them on my skill tree...
Is it just my imagination or does it look like you're related to Adam from VivaLaDirtLeague?
Hey bro thanks for ur guide ...Can u tell me how to chege fast travel key to a another key....My R2 key not working 😢😢
Hey Arktix.
I'm just wondering, at late game, is there any point triple notching. I remember using it loads in ZD, but find very little use in FW.
Hey! You’re right that triple notch becomes less valuable later on. It only gives 2.1x damage for most ammo types. So, with the extra reload time on advanced ammos, I find it’s not usually worth it mid-fight. I do often start off an encounter with triple notched arrows though.
Can you make a second 50 skill points vid?
Seriously
Seeing as this is your most recent video and more likely to read it, just wondering as I have just started the "new game plus". Are the weapons and outfits any better than the main game?
Yeah some of the NG+ weapons are very good! Particularly, Iriv’s Downfall. I have a video about all the NG+ weapons comparing them to the base game weapons.
@@ArktixOfficial Thank you Arktix, I much appreciate your quick response, I did pick it up earlier so will now upgrade it 😁
I wish you could turn a skill off or on when when the skill has been acquired. Too bad I've acquired almost all the skills before this tutorial.
Nice video. And what about 50+ skill points video
You should do more livestreams :)
Wait that rocket sharpshot technique used to be even MORE powerful?!
I'm not gonna sue you, but don't let it happen again :-)
I in fact am gonna sue him
@@kjellbeatsdo you mean sue him as in “pursue him”?
You can’t do that just yet, but you better train for when you can, because he’s really good at this. :-)
lol 😂 Thank you. I really dodged a bullet! 😁
Bring it! 😁
Haha thank you 🙏🏼😄
And here is me, stacking points in Machnine Master :D
The most important skill of all: take less damage from traps you accidantally trigger.
Just entered the Forbidden West and reset the skills according to the video will give it a try and wreck those cool named machines.
I cant bind critical boost to any weapon. How do I do it? Do I need a course or something for it?
Critical Boost is a valor surge, not a weapon technique. As I understand it, valor surges don't bind to any weapon, you just need to activate them.
Critical boost is a Valor Surge, therefore you do not attach it to a weapon. To use it you must equip it in the skill tree then hold in L1, while doing that you will click R1. If you see her put paint on her face then congratulations you will now get more critical hits for a while after. This slowly drains the purple bar in the bottom corner once its fully drained it deactivates and you must charge it again by attacking enemys and sneak striking them.
As a couple people already mentioned, Critical Boost is a Valor Surge, so you don’t bind it to a weapon. You just equip it and then activate it by opening the weapon wheel and hitting the button shown in the upper right corner of the screen.
@@RaidFiftyOne But I cant activate it or select it in the weapon wheel, but I have unlocked it in the skilltree
@@ArktixOfficial Cant equip it. but I have gotten it in the skilltree
Is there a transcript for the skills you recommend?
Oh wow... I had no idea that silent strike heals disabled the low health boosts! That is SUPER weird! Why in the hell would that even happen? Sounds more like a Glitch than something intentional.... Hope it gets fixed!
dude, you're really good at this game. How many hours did you spend playing it? Impressive skills.
I like how you can reskill without limitations.
Are there enough skill points to unlock everything since the burning shores update?
Yup. You’ll get more skill points in Burning Shores.
Devs should add option for resetting skills from specific tree because full wipe is really just time wasting.
Bro the most important thing, is the arena glitch working in pc??
Yup!
braced shot prob worth it just for the animation :)
Watching this makes me feel unique and weird. I maxed machine master before anything else 😂
"In-FILL-traitor" is going to be stuck in my head now.
Good tips.
Haha thanks!
first useful video.. and much better on 1.5 speed. hopefully you get rid of the stupid promotions to your other videos someday
Not sure what promotions you’re taking about? I haven’t done a sponsorship in any of my videos lately…
Honestly the melee skills are ONLY useful against human enemies. Against machines a bow (or basically any other weapon) is ALWAYS a better option!
So I would definitely argue with prioritising melee skills over hunter ones.
Later on, absolutely. Early on though, melee is much stronger, particularly critical strikes. The early bows are very weak. We might have to agree to disagree on this one 😉
@@ArktixOfficialagree about critical strike, which is indeed pretty useful in early game.
"so it ended up being 51 points. Sue me" 😂😂
But what about my next 50 skill points?
passiv skills are the most confusing ??
Unpopular opinion: this game would be much more enjoyable with less weapons to choose from (and less to worry about as far as which ones to upgrade) and a more intuitive skill upgrade system.
where do get the Skill Points at
who is your favourite hzd content creator?
What’s that outfit in the thumbnail?
What is hidden quick draw?
My version of the game on PS5 has 29 skills tree instead of 34 like on video. What’s wrong?
Do you have the Burning Shores DLC?
@@ArktixOfficial that’s what I thought. I do not. Thanks for clarification
No problem!
I just focus on hunter, you will use the bow in every battle anyway.
This would've been much easier to follow had you just stayed in one tree at a time. Useful information and write descriptive but difficult to follow.
Sorry you found it hard to follow. Staying in one tree wouldn't have made any sense though. I wanted to show the order in which I recommend unlocking the skills and they're in multiple trees.
Bro but how do I farm apex behemoths
Stamina could've been used to enhance the weapon not hinder it. I hope GG gets rid of that nonsense.
Me playing on ps4 with 200+ unused skills points 😂
Outfit name?
It feels like you are married to this game 😂
It does…doesn’t it? 😂
Never heard anyone pronounced infiltrator that way 😂
Top notch guide on valor surges you made it so easy a kindergartener could do it
why does your site needs my e-mail . i feel uncomfortable by doing this. What are you doing with this e-mail. Just wanna know. Many thanks
USED A TRAINER AND MAXED ALL THE SKILL TREES
man all this nonsense i just used cheat engin and got all the skills up and enjoying the game gg
#justice for my silent strike heal build 🫡
Haha 😁 If you like it then no problem! I just wanted to point out that players may want to considering leaving those locked.
Yeahhh i know we talked abourt that on dc xd
Haha gotcha 😁
I’m with you, only worry about Heal skills being unlocked if you plan to use the Low Health build. Personally, I don’t enjoy the added complexity of operating in LH, so stealth and machine master are my jam. The recommendation here is sort of backward unless you really want Aloy gimping around with a grimace on her face and a red vignette on the screen that makes it easy to ignore peripheral threats on a build that is not very useful for early game. Some do, and I get it, but for most players in the early game, these skills are a nice safety net for necessarily stealthy approaches to conflict on harder difficulties. An end game respec for the LH build, however annoying, makes much more sense to me, and in the interim, no safety net for when Aloy is blindsided by a heavy hitter or breaks stealth.