Combat Skills are crucial inStar Ocean: The Second Story Rto make sure that each character has a chance to stay alive in combat. Each Combat Skill upgrades a different type of reaction or stat in battle.

In order to create the best possibleparty in theStar Ocean 2remake, players will need to not only get the right balance of character types but also a good mix of these very important skills. Thebest of these skillsvaries depending on the type of character that players are building, but each is worth diving deeper into.

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All Combat Skills in Star Ocean: The Second Story R

There is a grand total of fourteen Combat Skills inSquare Enix’sStar Ocean: The Second Story R, and each one has a total of ten levels. While not all these skills are available at the beginning of the game, all are unlocked before Claude or Rena progresses too far into the story. They are:

Best Combat Skills in Star Ocean 2 Remake

Combat Skills are a subsection of the manyskills players can get inStar Ocean: The Second Story R. By far the best Combat Skill inStar Ocean: The Second Story RisQigong. Considering that the AI-driven members of the party will never seem to properly parry, it’s necessary to build up their defenses as high and as quickly as possible. It’s best to dump every single point into this Skill until it is filled up; the other skills won’t be much good if the character isn’t alive to use them.

The second most important Combat Skill depends on the type of character using it. For casters, the second-best skill isHasten Speech, but for physical DPS characters, second up will beGuardbreakto help get attacks through any defense.

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If players are looking to make the most of theircasting DPS characterslike Celine or Rena over their40+ hour playthrough ofStar Ocean 2, here are the Combat Skills that are best to take in order:

And here is the same list but forphysical DPS characters, like Dias, Claude, or Chigato:

Star Ocean: The Second Story Ris available now for the PC, PS4, PS5, and the Switch.

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