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Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Best Skills For Beginners

  • Royce Girard
  • Saturday, 22 November 2025, 11:22 PM
  • 5 min read

Unlike other RPGs, killing in Original Sin 2 has active consequences - including cutting storylines short, or ending potential quests. Players looking for a quick boost early on without worrying about this caveat should wreak havoc in The Hold, inst

Players don't necessarily have to end up in combat blind. Most, if not all, NPCs can be Examined via the interaction button. Examine reveals almost everything about an NPC - from their name and race, down to their Tale

How Good is EVERY Character? (Version 6.1 Power Rankings Tier List)Newcomers of Larian Studios and their Divinity: Original Sin series might find themselves surprised at the depth of its titles. After all, both Original Sin and Divinity: Original Sin 2 contain not just compelling narratives but also extremely immersive gameplay. Moreover, players can arm their characters with a wide variety of equipment, Talents, and skills that can make them extremely unique individuals in the game world of Rivellon. Unfortunately, these elements do make Original Sin 2 a bit overwhelming at fi

Players will likely love Fossil Strike, especially when setting up explosions for early-game combos. However, Fossil Strike only deals 85% Earth damage before making an oil puddle. A good alternative is to set up Fire attacks via Impalem

Place down as many obstacles as you can like oil, ice, and webbing. Gareth will likely be doing the same, preferring to shoot weak ice attacks than wield his greatsword. Body blocking or using mass summons can also help prevent enemies from getting close. Be warned though, the Weaponized Monks have a jump ability that may allow them to bypass such haza

Moreover, Fireball is easily a great element when combined with another spell that produces oils and other elemental puddles. Its strong damage component makes Fireball an easy-access offensive Skill for both spellcasters and even melee charact

Attacks that deal big damage, even if they are not safe, should be prioritized. Since so many of the Seekers just died, their bodies can be used for Corpse Explosion detonations. The Cloaked Figure also created tons of fire with their opening attacks, which can be spread further with the party’s own Pyrokinetic magic. The ballistas mounted on the Lady Vengeance can be operated to fire emblem engage manga harpoons for strong physical damage. Last, if one picked up Death Fog barrels earlier in the game, toss it on the living enemies to kill them instantly, though try to avoid Gareth and have near-suicidal AI. Death Fog does no damage to undead, including Fane and surprisingly Dallis and the Cloaked Figure as w

Attributes are the main points that make up what a character can do. They are broken down into strength, finesse, intelligence, constitution, memory, and wits. Each of these boost certain abilities and what the character is capable of wearing and using. For the witch, players will want to focus on dumping points into finesse and intelligence. Finesse enables the player to use better daggers and light armor while increasing the amount of damage they deal with a finesse based weapon and critical damage. Intelligence affects wearable items as well as the amount of damage magic abilities deal. Other attributes that may need a little love are memory and wits. Memory effects how many skills a character can use at once, while wits effects their initiative and critical cha

Unfortunately, this caveat might make players reliant solely on combat-oriented skills. However, there actually exist some skills that have more benefits than most Original Sin 2 players realize. Just what other skills should players consider getting for their characters? Moreover, just what makes these skills extremely valua

Original Sin 2 introduces extremely flexible and dynamic battlefields , with a lot of objects that interact with each other. Players see this early on when the game shows them how certain objects and skills can cause oil barrels – or oil in general – to explode. Thanks to Fossil Strike , players have a handy tool that not only damages opponents but also creates an oil field below t

As such, players also know the right combination of Talents and Skills can define a great asset to the party. Interestingly, "great Talents" aren't just Talents that give huge benefits or used primarily in combat. In fact, if players look hard enough, some Talents that look "useless" at first might be the most helpful Talents in their arsenal. However, just which Talents should players pay attention to? Moreover, how can these underrated Talents change the way gamers play Original Sin

First Aid serves as a handy alternative to Restoration, especially since it removes a lot of debuffs . While it doesn't heal as much as Restoration, it can remove Diseased, Poisoned, Burning, Bleeding, Silence, Blind, Knocked Down, and Crippled effects. Moreover, it gives a boost to Strength, Finesse, and Intelligence via the Rested sta

For newcomers in the game, they might feel overwhelmed by just how many skills their characters can have. As enemies can also use skills of their own, just how should players set up their party? Thankfully, some skills acquired early in the game are great for starting players. Moreover, these skills do well in teaching players early on just how flexible the game's combat system can be. Just what are these best beginner-friendly skills in Divinity: Original Sin