Good skill builds?

[travel]

What are the crucial skills to build? Can you get them all? Can you respec?

[IVAN]

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[IVAN]

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[chipperMDW]

You can get them all, but doing so requires either doing a new game plus, doing lots of AR challenges, or grinding XP (by exploiting the fact you can get XP from watchtowers/checkpoints without actually clearing them, knowing they'll respawn until cleared). Otherwise, there's just not enough points to get everything in a single playthrough of the game.

There's no way to redistribute your skill points.

What upgrades to get depends on your playstyle, I guess. I like the combat stuff. Upgrading the things the disruptor can target is pretty helpful for predator (and one of those upgrades is actually required to solve a Riddler puzzle). I'd also recommend getting some Batmobile armor and the upgrade that lets you keep Batmobile weapon energy after being hit; that's mainly 'cuz there's one scenario late in the game that can be pretty frustrating to complete without them.

[IVAN]

the second time to collect the trophies of the riddler in the game + it is not necessary to collect during the passage of the first game and that's it, I passed the game by 240% and on normal and on nightmare watched guides on YouTube for trophies

[travel]

i dont mind exploiting a glitch or two if i need to. or doing ar challenges, I dont know which checkpoints your talking about though

[IVAN]

google translate doesn't translate correctly

[chipperMDW]

Over the course of the game, the militia will set up makeshift watchtowers on tall structures and vehicle checkpoints near the road. There's usually a squad of goons guarding each. There's one side mission to clear the watchtowers and another one to clear the checkpoints. If you beat up the dudes, you get XP, but if you don't perform the final step to retake the tower/checkpoint, the goons respawn after a while. You can get XP each time you take them out. (That is, if I remember correctly. I usually just get the points through AR challenges and NG+.)

[travel]

very nice i will keep my eyes open for that thank you

[josh]

There's only a handful of necessary skills. Everything else is preference and what looks cool to you.

In the combat tree: Early on, Critical strikes (1 point) is really the only necessary skill. Aerial juggle (1 point) is also really good since it let's you combo out of the super stun and batclaw. Blade Takedown, you need around the time the game sends you to the third island. Special combo boost, Special Combo Multi Ground Takedown, and Special Combo Disarm and Destroy are the other really worthwhile upgrades but I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way for these.

Batsuit Tree: Fear takedown x4 is useful all throughout the game. As soon as you can get it all the way to the end. The grapnel boosts are useful for traversal. Pickup extra health as you need it.

Gadget Tech Tree: Smoke area and Smoke duration

Gadget Skill Tree: Nothing

Batmobile Tree: Health as you need it, and the extra dodge.

Batmobile weapons Tree: 60mm cannon reload speed (both), 60mm Cannon Chassis Damage.

You should really just choose whatever you think is most useful, but those are the ones I usually get first on a new playthrough.

[chipperMDW]

Originally posted by josh:

Batmobile Tree: ... the extra dodge.

Yes, good call; I agree that one is essential.

[travel]

good tips thank you
any advice for shields? I remember the slam down move from the last game but i rarely get it to work correctly.

[chipperMDW]

Just stun the shield guy and then double-tap the dodge button/key while moving toward him. It's just like if you were going to jump over him, but him being stunned turns it into an aerial attack instead.

[doomedSniper]

Disarm and destroy is one of the most important skills for survival imao. You can do the rest with just combat. Some skills accelerates your victory like multiple batarang throw while in midair(forgot the name). Mostly playstyle as others mentioned.

Fyi even in knightmare, with just the disarm skill you can play without any damage and play as the perfect knight throughout the campaign. Thats why I think its the most important skill of them all.

[travel]

interesting thank you. I guess the game assumes im using a contrller and more recently played the original.

But i played ark city maybe over 5 years ago on ps3 no less. im making do with a keyboard for this one.