Black Myth Wukong's best skills and abilities are generally based around taking what's already good - namely certain powers and attacks like Smash Stance - and emphasising them, rather than trying to bring up other, lesser abilities to their level. There's a few exceptions, but that's ultimately the key here: emphasising and doubling down on the good stuff that allows the Destined One to power through Black Myth Wukong. If you want to know what builds and abilities you should be prioritising, we've got all the best skills in Black Myth Wukong laid out below.
All Black Myth Wukong best skills
Having played through Black Myth Wukong, these are our recommendations on the best skills that new players should prioritise getting ASAP, or at least try out with a strong eye to keeping them.
- Composure (Foundation/Stamina): Allows you to dodge during the light attack combo without ending it. Considering how often you use this combo and that its most significant impact comes when you end it, this actually makes reaching the ending viable.
- Punishing Downpour (Foundation/Martial Arts): If you land enough hits in the light attack combo, the finisher does extra splash damage. Devastating when you're fighting groups or agile enemies, especially when paired with Composure.
- Exhilaration (Staff Stances): Grants small health regen when consuming a focus point - but considering how often you spend Focus points, that's substantial.
- Force Unbound (Staff Stances/Smash Stance): Allows you to charge your Smash while sprinting. A great way to open fights - close the distance and stove their head in.
- Deadly Dance (Thrust Stance/Staff Stances): Spending 4 Focus Points allows players to do a heavy attack immediately when rolling back or perfect dodging. This is the game-changer upgrade that brings Thrust Stance up to par with the Smash Stance.
- Spirit Shards (Immobilize/Mysticism): Because mana in Black Myth Wukong is so hard to regain, this upgrade repaying some of the Mana cost of the helpful Immobilize spell if you can crash them is really helpful.
- Everything for the Rock Solid Spell (Alteration): The Rock Solid parry spell learned in Chapter 2 is incredibly useful in battle, and just about every skill on its tree is helpful. Max this spell out for the best result.
How to respec and reset Skills in Black Myth Wukong
At any point you can respec your skills in Black Myth Wukong by going to one of the Shrine Checkpoints and selecting the option to "Reignite the Sparks" in the Self-Advance menu.
This is a cost-free and consequence-free way to get all your skill point "Sparks" back, meaning you can rebuild your version of the Destined One at any point.
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