Black Myth: Wukong doesn’t allow you to specialize in a class like in Dark Souls—there’s no ranger, warrior, or mage here—but you can focus on improving certain stats and skills first to gain an advantage and make bosses easier.
After over 60 hours of gameplay Black Myth: Wukong and re-specified dozens of times, here is my list of the best skills to unlock. You can also check out our Black Myth: Wukong Tips for more.
One of the first spells you should focus on is Immobilizethat never loses its effectiveness. Any boss can be frozen in place with Immobilize, allowing you to get some free hits in and heal yourself without risking another hit.
The corresponding upgrades allow you to deal more damage and keep enemies in place longer.
crash is one of the first skills you can unlock for Immobilize, and allows you to deal more damage when you bring her out of freeze – you do this by dealing damage in a short amount of time, so spam those light attacks and get her out for a great finish.
It may be the first stance you unlock in the game, but Smash Stance was still my first choice when the credits rolled.
An early activation that is worthwhile is Unleashed powerwhich allows you to perform heavy attacks and charge them while moving. This is particularly useful for landing those heavy attacks without exposing yourself – it is worth unlocking to be able to deal with the Wandering monsterwhich is particularly prone to tumbling.
Once you have maximized the Smash Stance, you unlock four focus points – the Focused attack Skills are automatically unlocked by investing up to 20 points into staff stances – you get a massive downward blow when you unleash a heavy attack with four charged pips. I’ve seen this attack take half of bosses’ health in one hit – just make sure you hit it.
In addition, skills such as Exhilaration allow you to regain health when you consume a focus point by performing a charged heavy attack.
Determined countercurrent is another useful ability that allows you to continue combos despite enemy attacks without staggering. While this means you have to be more careful with your health, you won’t miss out on that big hit at the end of a light combo that usually staggers opponents.
It goes without saying, but survivability is important in Black Myth: Wukong. It is beneficial to spend the majority of your Spark Points in the Survive Tab that gives you more health with Robust constitutionEndurance with Unbridled energyMana, stronger critical attacks with Angry Powerhigher chance to land a critical attack with Angry escalationand stronger attacks with Increasing dynamics.
It is also worth investing some points in the Endurance tree, with Monkey Agility is an early favorite. This ability reduces stamina cost when dodging and you’ll be dodging a lot. While it’s not as catastrophic when you run out of stamina as it was in Dark Souls, you can hit harder and stay agile since you lose the ability to perfectly dodge when stamina is depleted.
serenity is an essential skill in Black Myth: Wukong. Tougher boss fights will often require you to dodge in the middle of a combo. Composure remembers where you were and allows you to continue the same combo after any kind of dodge, including a perfect dodge. This means you can duck and dodge while spamming those light attacks, and always finish with a big hit to stagger.
While Mobile Spin seems useful as it allows you to block projectiles while moving, it becomes redundant once you unlock the magic ability Cloudstep. During the Cloud Step, you can approach enemies without them noticing, allowing you to quickly close the distance with archers.
A pluck of many is only unlocked as you progress through the game, but is one of the best spells you can use. It costs a lot of mana, but creates multiple copies of you that attack your enemy together. When you rush into battle, you can deal massive damage and destroy even the strongest enemies in a matter of seconds – especially when combined with a maxed out Immobilize and Smash stance.
When you complete the A Pluck of Many skill tree, you can create more copies, make them more robust with Long Beach And synergyand let them cause more damage with Tyranny of numbers.
In the meantime, harmony allows your copies to charge your focus so you can perform more large, heavy attacks. The last skill in the tree, willallows your copies to use spells like Immobilize on their own, which makes up for the high mana cost of using A Pluck of Many. Later on, you can also find a special gourd that heals your copies when you drink it. These Loongs don’t stand a chance.
