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Divinity: Original Sin 2 – 10 Most Underrated Skills In The Game

  • Royce Girard
  • Saturday, 22 November 2025, 9:41 AM
  • 5 min read

Kvyn’s Hands (Gloves): possible loot inside the Doctor’s basement. However, getting these may lockout Lord Ruaney unique items. Has a Finesse and Thievery penalty, but a Strength boost and gives innate Tentacle L

For base skills, Tentacle Lash will be your primary damage attack that can also prevent enemies from using their own abilities. Bullhorns are great for movement more than actual damage. Last, consider either Battle Stomp or Bouncing Shield from Warfare depending on your weaponry. You will also have access to All In when using a two-handed weapon, Shields Up with a shield, Flurry with an off-hand weapon, and Sucker Punch when using a single one-handed weapon. Opportunist is good to stop enemy movement, but also consider Hothead for higher damage out

Spread Your Wings (2 Polymorph): Allows you to fly nearby points. Keep in mind that if you try to fly over death fog (and aren’t Undead) you might still wind up dying. Good for movement, but cannot use Spider Legs at the same t

Equalise (3 Polymorph): Redistributes all armor and health to everyone equally. This can be used defensively to heal up weakened allies, and also rob armor and health from the enemy. Can be very situational, but a great tool in boss fig

However, it's perhaps these "mysterious" elements that motivate players enough to make another playthrough. It's in this irresistible nature of knowing all of Original Sin 2 's stories - from the main story down to side quests - that make it such a memorable game in the first pl

For Talents, go for The Pawn to increase movement, Savage Sortilege for criticals (most of Polymorph are actually spells), and Living Armor for extra protection versus Magic damage. If you are using Gift Bags, consider Indomitable and Gladiator for more defenses. Bigger and Better and All Skilled Up are great for when you have spare Talent poi

Ballistic Shot, at its core, deals 100% when launched. However, it receives a 5% damage bonus for every meter of distance away from the target. This factor makes this skill extremely useful for Rangers, and even deadlier when used from higher ground and even the Far Out Man Tal

This mod is a must-have for treasure goblins and hoarders alike, ensuring they can get their hands on even the most secretive of nooks and crannies. After all, players never know when a new item will come in ha

This skill works best against enemies that are hitting far-off targets but have no means of closing the distance. Moreover, chicken form opponents (via Chicken Claw) will likely receive more damage since they will likely want to move while trapped as poultry. Finally, players can add Haste on a chicken'd opponent for sweeter dam

Earth weapons are in an interesting position, with slight favoritism towards using an Earth damage staff or two-handed Strength weapon. The Vitality bonus on amulets is a bit wasted, as you will mostly only take direct health damage if you have lost your armor. It can have its uses if you are fighting enemies that deal frequent piercing damage, like assassins and rogues. The Mystical Frame bonuses are a bit contradictory: Warfare increases Physical damage, not Earth, while Geomancer is more likely to help by builds seeking more Poison damage. Still, it is possible to make a melee fighter backed with Earth magic, especially if you are Undead and can heal with the additional Poison spells. Pick up skills like Fortify, Fossil Strike, Earthquake, and Pyroclastic Eruption to round out your abilit

New players might think these status ailments aren't worrisome, especially early in the game. However, when paired with devastating attacks from enemies, the damage-over-time these ailments cause can land unexpected killing blows to allies when left untrea

Frames can be added to a rune to give it even more bonuses. However, once a rune is placed in a frame it can never be removed. This means aim to only place Large or Giant size runes into a frame. Mystical Frames will grant mostly a +1 increase to combat abilities; the exception being Masterwork runes that instead give +3 to secondary attributes like Memory or Wits. Frames of Power instead give boosts to direct damage attributes, based on rune size. Small runes gain +1, Medium and Large +2, and Giant

While a type of rune may have a particular build theme, feel free to mix and match them to fit your team better. For Fire Emblem Engage example, your sneaky thief might have Venom runes in their daggers, but Thunder rune armor and a Frost rune amu

Corpse Explosion (1 Necromancer, 1 Pyrokinetic): detonate a corpse to deal high Physical damage. You won’t be as powerful as an Intelligence-based mage, but your Warfare investment will make this reasonably str

Despite the usefulness of this skill, players should observe how Death Wish affects their particular character. Others observed that spells receive better damage boosts from Death Wish compared to basic attacks. With this in mind, Death Wish might be of use to spellcasters that often get targeted or to tanks that soak up dam

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