Skill selection and resets | The First Berserker: Khazan

Progression, practical choices and current mode rules.

Reading the trees

Distinguish weapon-specific skills from shared abilities. Check prerequisite links, level requirements, points and gear-granted effects separately; a move supplied by equipment is not necessarily permanently learned.
Use the English skill names to match the menu. These are progression directions rather than a late-game tree to copy at the start. The encyclopedia adds combo guidance as weapon skills unlock.

Practise stopping a basic string safely before extending it with Blazing Assault. Inspect Whirlwind and pursuit options as your available points grow.
Use gap-closing moves during exploration. Against bosses, learn retaliation windows before committing to long strings; invest first in moves you can land consistently.

Learn the charged-attack direction through Savage Momentum and Mortal Blow. Add Armor Breaker and Heart Piercer once you can read the enemy attacks that create their openings.
Practise the held input connecting Combat Cadence and Savage Momentum in a safe area. A short opening does not necessarily allow a full charge.

Learn Moonlight first, then consider Full Moon and Trance as their prerequisites become available. Confirm a hit before committing Spirit to a follow-up.
Since May 27, 2025, Trance: Spirit requires Trance to hit before the follow-up Spirit-skill cost reduction applies. Its refund runs over eight seconds and does not stack.
Assault: Descent can be used once per exhausted target; the exhaustion timer pauses during the move. Do not plan repeated uses during the same exhaustion.

Skill points can be reset, so test moves before keeping a setup. Attribute redistribution is a separate system from resetting weapon skills.
Store up to ten skill presets. Save a reliable configuration before testing another weapon so the effects of each change remain clear.
Hardcore restricts attribute changes, Phantom Form and assistance. Normal progression advice does not apply unchanged.

Checked on 2026-10-21. Recommendations are editorial; patch-specific rules are identified in the text.