Star Wars Jedi Survivor: Best skills Star Wars Jedi Survivor guide
A component of character development in Jedi Survivor is unlocking skills. Our guide compiles the recommended best skills that are worth buying early in the game. They can make gameplay easier and Cal stronger.
Last update: 05 May 2023
As you progress through Star Wars Jedi Survivor, you accumulate development points that you can spend on getting new abilities. In our guide you will find a list of the best skills - we have selected those skills that will make Cal stronger and help him defeat enemies faster.
Resilience tree
All the skills in this tree are useful - you should get them all eventually. We have compiled the most important ones below.
Survival Skills - There are a total of 3 skills to unlock. Each skill increases Cal's maximum health. This will help Cal withstand more damage.
Improved Stim Formula - There are a total of 2 skills to unlock. They help you regain more health with stims.
Teamwork - This skill accelerates the healing process with stims. This will reduce the risk that an enemy attack will interrupt the healing.
Focused Sight - With this skill you can automatically avoid melee attacks. This skill is very helpful and related to one of the trophies. However, red attacks cannot be avoided with it.
Lightsaber trees
In the case of skills linked to stances, their selection should depend on the one you use - you can only use 2 out of the 5 available at any given time. We have described the best stances on a separate page of the guide.
We advise you to purchase the first skills from the skill trees for at least 2 of your favorite stances. Each first skill in the tree requires only 1 skill point, and they can add new useful types of attacks for a given stance.
Precision Release from the Dual Wield tree - This is a skill linked to one of the trophies. Very useful because it increases the effectiveness of Focused Parry. You can release the parrying button when the opponent attacks and make a stronger counterattack.
Blaster Cooldown from the Blaster tree - This skill allows you to get more ammunition from enemies by hitting them with your lightsaber. This will allow you to shoot the blaster more often.
Sundering Swipe from the Crossguard tree - The Crossguard stance is ideal for slow, powerful attacks, and so is this skill. You can make a wide swing with the lightsaber, which will inflict massive damage.
Force trees
There are 3 trees with different passive and active skills related to the Force. Not all of them are immediately available, as, for example, you will only unlock the Lift and Slam Force skills by advancing in the main storyline.
Attunement from the Jedi Concentration tree - There are a total of 3 skills to unlock. Each skill increases Cal's maximum Force. This will allow you to use all the attacks and moves that use the Force more often.
Greater Hold from the Jedi Concentration tree - This skill extends the effect of Slow Mode. You will be able to deal more attacks to enemies affected with the Slow Mode.
Channeled Energy from the Jedi Concentration tree - This skill improves the Force recovery when attacking enemies (you will get the most points for eliminating them).
Soaring Lift and Mass Slam from the Telekinesis tree - These are better versions of Lift and Slam Force skills. You can use these abilities on groups of opponents and not just individual targets.
Addled Mind from the Confuse tree - There are a total of 2 skills to unlock, which can prolong the effect of mind control. This is especially useful if you have used Confuse on a strong opponent.
Greater Confusion from the Confuse tree - This skill allows you to use mind control on 2 opponents.
Tips on buying skills
- Skills require spending 1 or more skill points to unlock them. Don't ignore the more expensive ones, because chances are good that they offer great profits.
- You can check how a skill works before buying it. The game has short videos, showing, for example, how a given skill works in combat. This will help you determine whether that particular skill is useful for you.
- You can reset skill trees, and thus get back the skill points you have spent. We discussed this topic in more detail on the page Can you reset skills?
- Pay attention to the "Uses Force" information in skill descriptions. This means that an ability can only be activated if Cal has enough Force in reserve. If not, you will need to wait until it gets restored. Keep this in mind during battles.