The battle royale genre has been turned on its head bySpellbreak. With unique weapons in the form of magical gauntlets, an interesting class and level up system both inside and outside of matches, and unlockable talents that change the way players can play, Spellbreak isa battle royale everyone should try(whether or not they liked Fortnite, Warzone, or PUBG).
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Spellbreak’s talent system can be a bit confusing to new players. With three sections of Mind, Body, and Spirit, and 4 unlockable talents in each category, there’s a lot to choose from. Players will need to examine all of the options to know what to unlock and which talents to use.
15Escapist (Spirit)
Escapist is the starting talent players possess from the Spirit category. With a low cost of 1 talent point, it can be a nice filler skill for players who fill out their talents with other expensive options. Escapist gives the player a minor speed boost after taking damage for 5 seconds ranging from +3 to +7. This boost is pretty minor and overall doesn’t offer much for experienced players who know how to fight and win.
14Vital Stone (Spirit)
The Vital Stone talent allows players to be revived on disruption, with the skill being refreshed after using a scroll and health recovery scaling from 10 to 50. At first glance, this seems like a great talent with resurrection being incredibly handy. Unfortunately, this skill often only delays an inevitable death with the recovered health being fairly minor. Additionally, it costs 3 talent points, and with only 6 to spend, that gets costly very quickly. This talent is unlocked by reaching rank 3 in the Pyromancer Class.
13Finders Keepers (Body)
The Finders Keepers talent is a useful utility talent. With an increasing chance to find scrolls ranging from 50% to 150% chance from chests, this can significantly increase the number of scrolls a player finds in any given match. The issue with this talent is that there often isn’t a chance for a player to read a scroll and once the talents are leveled up fully, scrolls aren’t necessary to find at all.
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Overall, for a cost 2 talent, Finders Keepers just doesn’t offer the player enough of a tangible bonus that will help them win fights and matches. This skill is unlocked by leveling the Stoneshaper class to level 3.
12Thirsty (Spirit)
The Thirsty talent can be incredibly beneficial for recovering health and armor after a fight, increasing potion and shard consumption speed anywhere from 50 to 100%, and spreading the recovery to nearby squadmates as well for 50% of the healing. While this can be incredibly beneficial, it ultimately falls flat due toSpellbreak’sdynamic mobility and fast-paced combat. With a cost of 2, it just won’t add enough to make a large difference in the midst of combat. This talent is unlocked by leveling up the Toxicologist class to rank 3.
11Focused Mana (Mind)
Focused Mana allows players to deal more damage when they have over 80% of their mana remaining for a cost of 1 talent point. The damage increases from 15% to 30% with the addition of more scrolls. Overall, this talent is underwhelming. Most players will not stay at over 80% of their mana beyond 1 attack. The only class this skill really helps is Frostborn with their sniping. All players start with this talent in the Mind category.
10Tracking (Mind)
Tracking gives new players a way to easily follow and track opponents without using the Wolf’s Blood rune. On hitting an opponent they are outlined in red for a player’s entire squad for anywhere from 3 to 6 seconds. This also highlights invisible enemies, so it does offer some advantage, and can be very helpful for new players who are still getting used to cameramovement and control on different platforms. However, for experienced players, this talent doesn’t offer very much. Tracking is unlocked at Frostborn rank 3 and costs 2 points.
9Dexterity (Body)
At a cost of 1, Dexterity is one of the best talents in the game (situationally). Increasing jump height by a flat 25% and decreasing levitation costs by 15% to 30%, this talent can keep players in the air, which is helpful for most classes. Stoneshapers won’t gain much from this talent and will be hurt when opponents use it, as most other classes will want to keep to the sky to avoid hits and deal damage. This talent is unlocked by raising the Tempest class to rank 3.
8Recklessness (Spirit)
The Recklessness talent offers a great deal of risk for an even greater deal of reward. For only 1 talent point, players can gain increased spell damage ranging from 15% to 25% and decreased mana costs also ranging from 15% to 25%. The downside of this spell is that it is only active when the player has no armor. This significantly hurts a player’s survivability, but for players who are able to jump out of the way and kill before being killed, this might just make all the difference. Recklessness is unlocked at Frostborn rank 6.
7Spellslinger (Mind)
The Spellslinger talent is a tricky talent to judge. For many players, being able to store extra gauntlets and runes in the inventory will be unwieldy and difficult to manage. On the other hand, it grantsgreatly improved customizability and optionsin the middle of a firefight. With a cost of only 1 and a sorcery cooldown effect ranging from 5 to 15% decreased times, this talent has a lot to offer. Spellslinger is unlocked at Tempest class rank 3.
6Fervor (Body)
Every player starts the game with the Fervor Body talent. For a cost of 2, players can increase the casting speed of their spells from 15 to 25%. For classes like Stoneshaper and Frostborn, this can greatly increase the speed of their slow spells. It makes less of a difference for Toxicologists and Conduit players, but this talent still has an important place.
