Brave Tree
Horizon Zero Dawn Skill Guide: The Best Skills in Every Tree
The brave tree is all about combat, increasing the power of certain attack and allowing more time for others to help prevent you from being overwhelmed. This most likely won’t be a your primary tree, but it’s a perfect supplement to the others. It’s best skills are as follows:
Heavy Lifter – For two points, you can up the speed at which you can move while carrying a heavy weapon. Those are the weapons that kill most things in one hit and can easily take down large machines that you find on elite humans and bigger robots.
Concentration + – We’re just gonna go for the whole first column of the Brave tree. Concentration + is a three point skill that you unlock after Concentration and Heavy Lifter. It allows for a much longer period of concentration (slowing down time) while you aim your bow, which makes hitting crucial weakspots on larger enemies much easier.
Fast Reload – Another three point skill, and one that’s able to be unlocked right after Concentration +. It allows you to draw another arrow much quicker, meaning you can get off more shots before your enemy is able to catch on.
Critical Hit + – Critical Hit + lets you do even more damage against a downed enemy. You won’t need this early on, but once Tramplers, Thunderjaws, and Rockbreakers become more common, you’ll be thankful you unlocked this skill. It will cost you two points.
Double Shot – Some of you may be wondering why Double Shot and not Triple Shot, and it all comes down to how many points you’re willing to spend. Both skills cost three points, and you need double to unlock triple. If it’s that important to you, you can dump the points, but there are other expensive skills that you may find more worthy. Double Shot provides plenty of extra damage in Horizon Zero Dawn and I personally found it to be enough while I allotted my other skill points elsewhere.
