More than 100 skills to pick up make countless combinations in Archero 2 and since there are no detailed numbers anywhere in the game that will actually tell you how much a skill does, we decided to not only give you an overview of the skills there are in Archero 2, but also give you specific numbers how much they scale, how much damage they do and how well they can be combined with the different builds in the game.
Attention, this is a guide about the best skills in Archero 2, if you’re looking for the best skills in the original Archero, please click here.
Builds & Skill in Archero 2 – How Do Things Come Together?
As you might have read in our builds guide (if not, you can find the builds guide for Archero 2 here), there are main damage archetypes that define which gear you want to use – this gets more complex since the builds prefer different skills so it’s not possible to say “oh well this skill is great and this one not”, since with the exception of a couple of skill that are universal, the skills have different strength with the different builds.
For that reason you find below different rankings for the skills:
Legendary Skills
Tier S+Max HP ↑↑↑, ATK SPD ↑↑↑, ATK PWR ↑↑↑.
Receive a powerful Sprite king.
Tier AMultishot +1 projectile.
Tier AGain SHLD that blocks 1 hit per wave.
Tier AMax HP ↑↑↑↑.
Tier AATK PWR ↑↑↑↑.
Tier B+Charge up to release a powerful penetrating laser.
Tier B+Meteors continuously fall, releasing large shockwaves.
Tier B+Summon a flying sword that fires lasers periodically.
Tier BNearby monsters take damage and become vulnerable.
Epic Skills
Projectiles can track enemies (Best with Staff since it will guarantuee hits also with the sideway beams, literally at least doubles the damage you deal with the staff weapons).
Tier A+MOV SPD ↑, Size ↓↓, Chance of dodging.
Tier AGet 2 circling Laser Orbs.
Tier AATK SPD ↑↑↑↑, MOV SPD ↑↑↑↑.
Tier ARevive once with full HP upon death.
Receive a Laser Sprite.
All sprite ATK PWR and ATK SPD greatly enhanced.
Tier AATK PWR ↑↑↑.
Tier B+Flame effects greatly enhanced (Fire Effect).
Tier B+Receives 4 powerful neutral non-elemental balls.
Tier B+Slow down nearby Projectiles and monsters.
Tier B+Poison effects greatly enhanced (Poison Effect).
Tier B+Flying swords can inherit the element of the main weapon.
Tier B+Add 2 Projectiles that shoot diagonally.
Tier B+Freeze effects greatly enhanced (Ice Effect).
Tier B+Your weapon detaches and will automatically attack enemies, ATK PWR ↓↓↓, Attack Speed ↓↓↓.
Tier BDoubles the chance of casting meteors.
Tier BProjectiles can pass through obstacles.
Tier BMax HP ↑↑↑, ATK PWR ↑↑↑, MOV SPD ↓↓, Size ↑↑.
Tier BChance of casting a meteor when attacking.
Tier BLightning effects greatly enhanced (Lightning Effect).
Tier BDoubles the number of flying swords summoned.
Tier BStrike ATK ↑↑↑↑.
Tier C+Charge up to release a powerful energy ring.
Tier C+Can walk on water, MOV SPD ↑↑.
Rare Skills
Tier A+Projectiles freeze monsters.
Tier AWhen HP is below 50%, ATK PWR ↑↑↑↑, ATK SPD ↑↑↑↑.
Tier AIncreases ATK PWR for a period of time after killing monsters.
Tier AProjectiles can bounce between monsters +1 bounce.
Tier AFront shooting arrows +1.
Tier AProjectiles shock monsters (Lightning Effect).
Tier B+Luck Value ↑↑↑, Dodge Rate ↑↑.
Tier B+Projectiles have a chance to sprout wings and deal major DMG to monsters.
Tier B+More Potions.
Tier B+Continuously unleash gusts to push back and damage enemies, MOV SPD ↑↑↑.
Tier B+Projectiles can split.
Tier B+The longer you stand, the higher ATK SPD and ATK PWR.
Tier B+Luck ↑↑, Deals DMG to all enemies on-screen and clears enemy Projectiles after.
Sprite ATK PWR ↑↑↑↑.
Tier B+Projectiles ignite monsters (Fire Effect).
Tier B+Projectiles poison monsters (Poison Effect).
Tier BPick up Invincibility Potion, become briefly invincible.
Tier BMax HP ↑↑, Fully heal on pickup.
Tier BATK SPD ↑↑↑↑↑, ATK PWR ↓↓↓, Bullet Size ↓↓↓, Some dispersion.
Receive a Bomb Sprite.
Tier BProjectiles can penetrate enemies (Useless with Staff).
Tier BATK SPD ↑, MOV SPD ↑↑.
Tier BPicking up hearts has a chance to boost ATK PWR.
Tier BMax HP ↑, Brief invincibility after injury.
Tier BSummon 1 Strike sword per second.
Tier C+Summon 5 Strike swords per wave.
Tier C+Picking up hearts has a chance to increase Max HP.
Tier C+ATK PWR ↑↑, Demon guaranteed to appear after defeating a boss.
Tier C+Circle DMG ↑↑↑.
Tier C+Charge to launch a giant arrow.
Tier C+HP ↑↑, Red heart recovery ↑↑.
Tier D+ATK Range ↓↓, ATK Power ↑↑↑, ATK SPD ↑↑↑.
Fine Skills
Tier AYour projectiles deal higher DMG when fired from a further distance.
Receive a Ice Spike Sprite (Ice Effect).
Tier B+Pick up Frenzy Potion, Attack SPD ↑↑↑, CRIT Rate ↑↑↑ for a duration.
Tier B+Projectiles can bounce off walls.
Receive a Venom Sprite (Poison Effect).
Receive a Flame Sprite (Fire Effect).
Receive a Lightning Sprite.
Tier B+Randomly generate flying sword potions, summon multiple swords upon collection.
Tier B+Chance to trigger Strike when attacking.
Tier BCast Lightning Meteor (Lightning Effect).
Tier BATK PWR ↑.
Tier BChance to heal when killing monsters.
Tier BATK SPD ↑.
Tier BDMG dealt to bosses ↑↑↑, Fully heal before boss battles.
Tier BCast Frost Meteor when picking up any Frost Meteor Potion (Ice Effect).
Tier BCast Venom Meteor when picking up a Venom Meteor Potion (Poison Efect).
Tier BCast Flame Meteor when picking up a Flame Meteor Potion (Flame Effect).
Tier BGet 2 circling Ice orbs.
Tier BCast a meteor upon killing monsters.
Tier BReceive 2 Rotating Lightningballs.
Tier BAll rotating orbs form a web.
Tier C+Trigger Strike upon slaying monsters.
Tier C+Receive 2 Rotating Vampballs.
Tier C+Greatly increases ATK PWR when damaged, lasts 5s.
Tier C+Get 2 circling Fire orbs.
Tier C+Backward shooting arrows +1.
Tier C+Your character leaves a trail of flames where they walk.
Tier C+MOV SPD ↑.
Tier C+Receive 2 circling Poison orbs.
Tier CSummon Flying swords to counter attack when injured.
Tier CWhen HP is below 30%, slowly regain HP back to 30%.
Tier CMax HP ↑.
Tier D+Random amount of healing.
Conclusion
I hope this overview helps you and we always try to make it better, so if you have some numbers that are missing here for multilicators or want to add/change something, please write a comment below.