Best Skills to Get in Horizon Forbidden West
Choosing Which Skills to Unlock
In Horizon Forbidden West, it is important to know the best skills to get to help you progress much easier during the game’s main story. Aloy can learn skills by spending skill points earned through leveling. Once you use a skill point to acquire a skill, it cannot be undone so it is recommended to unlock those that will give you the most benefit throughout the game.
Below are the recommended skills to unlock based on playstyle, including the required skill points (SP) to unlock each skill and other useful information.
Best Skills Across All Playstyles
Below are the best skills to get regardless of your playstyle as they are among the most consistently useful throughout the entirety of the main story.
| Skill | SP | Skill Tree | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concentration+ | 1 | Hunter | Increase your Concentration limit, prolonging use. |
| Silent Strike+ | 1 | Infiltrator | Silent Strike deals more damage. |
| Triple Notch | 3 | Hunter | Load up to 3 arrows of your currently selected type. Fire normally to release all arrows simultaneously. |
Infiltrator Build
Quiet Movement, Low Profile, and Quiet Spear are essential skills for a stealth-focused build. This playstyle is improved by having Silent Strike gain to build Valor as you take down enemies frequently while remaining hidden.
| Skill | SP | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Quiet Movement | 1 | Move more quietly, reducing the chance of detection by enemies. |
| Low Profile | 1 | Reduce your visibility to enemies. |
| Quiet Spear | 1 | Melee attacks are quieter, reducing the chance of being detected by nearby enemies. |
| Silent Strike Gain | 2 | Recover Weapon Stamina and earn additional valor when using Silent Strike. |
| Stealth Stalker (Valor Surge) | Activate a cloaking device based on Stalker technology to decrease visibility to enemies. Aiming a weapon or using melee attacks temporarily deactivates the device.
Grants Very High Visibility Reduction and |
Warrior Build
Nora Warrior and Block Breaker are useful for dealing with regular enemies. As you build up spear energy, you can deal massive damage with Resonator Blast+. Aerial Slash/Jump Off is great for getting out of unfavorable positions or when groups of enemies try to outflank you.
| Skill | SP | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Block Breaker | 1 | Immediately break an enemy’s weapon guard and leave them vulnerable to a follow-up attack. |
| Nora Warrior | 1 | A powerful melee combo common among Nora warriors, useful in knocking down small machines and staggering larger ones. |
| Aerial Slash/Jump Off | 1 | Aerial Slash: Quickly damage an enemy and leap into the air (R1, R2).
Jump Off: Jump off an enemy to quickly reposition yourself and create distance (R1, hold R2). Shooting your target with an arrow after either of the above moves deals extra damage. |
| Resonator Blast+ | 1 | Deal more damage with Resonator Blasts. |
| Melee Damage | 1 | Deal more damage with Light and Heavy Attacks. |
| Melee Might (Valor Surge) | Attach a power module to your spear to deal more damage with melee attacks for a limited time.
Grants melee damage increase (100%) |
Hunter Build
The focus of the Hunter build is to maximize the use of Concentration and Stamina for sniping targets at long distances. Ammo Expert also synergizes well with Triple Shot since the latter skill will eat up your supply of arrows very rapidly at the cost of greatly improving your ranged damage output.
| Skill | SP | Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Deep Concentration | 1 | Concentration depletes more slowly, prolonging use. |
| Concentration Regen | 1 | Recover Concentration faster. |
| Stamina Regen | 1 | Recover Weapon Stamina faster. |
| Weapon Stamina+ | 1 | Increase your Weapon Stamina limit. |
| Ammo Expert | 1 | Craft more ammunition from the same amount of resources. |
| Power Shot (Valor Surge) | Bolster your resolve and deal more damage for a certain number of shots with Bows, Boltblasters, Ropecasters, and Spike Throwers.
Grants increase to number of Power Shots (3) and |
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