
Shadow Dominate upgrade - A completely superfluous upgrade to Shadow Strike, avoid wasting a Skill Point on this.The least important Shadow of War skills: Shadow Strike is super useful for relocating, either to catch your breath, shift strategies, or just move around quickly. It's a great way to cheese Captains, too - even if they're a Defender class just get behind them, give them a punch, and tear them apart. Ice Storm - Another memorable skill from Shadow of Mordor, the ability to freeze enemies and rapidly beat the hell out of them is a great way to buy yourself time, build up your hitstreak and Might, and just generally make combat more enjoyable for yourself.Endlessly slapping orcs is a thing of the past. Instantly killing enemies that attack you makes a market difference to your ability to deal with large crowds.

Perfect Counter + Fatal Counter - Perfect Counter is useful for buying yourself a little space, but it's the Fatal Counter that really makes it stand out.you'll find it at the end of the Wraith skill branch. This ability lets you just walk over it, which is far less awkward as a system in general, almost as if it just should have been the way it works in the first place. Normally, you'll need to hit R1/RB to pick up any loot from the environment. Treasure Hunter - This one almost feels like patching out a poor design decision.The Chain of Shadows upgrade takes it to another level, and as it's at the end of the Ranged skill branch you'll unlock some very useful skills along the way, too. Shadow Strike + Chain of Shadows upgrade - One of the more memorable skills from Shadow of Mordor, Shadow Strike is just as useful for maneuvering, escaping, and quickly travelling through Mordor as it is for general combat.It's the first in the Combat line, so pick this up very early on to make your life far easier.


You unlock skills surprisingly quickly just by playing Quests and the game in general, but there are still some skills you'll want to prioritise, and some you'll do fine leaving until later. It works from left to right, and is split into six sections (Combat, Predator, Ranged, Wraith, Mounted, and Story) - so you need to unlock Detonate before Freeze Pin in the Ranged category, for instance. In Shadow of War, all of your skills are unlocked via the skill tree in-game. Watch on YouTube Shadow of War skills explained - the best skills from the Shadow of War skill tree
