This build is all about unleashing devastating ranged attacks with a bow or rifle (thematically, I prefer a bow). While it’s not the most exciting playstyle early on, Shadowing Beyond takes this strategy to the next level. That skill lets you turn invisible and unleash a melee backstab or simply escape to a safe distance. When combined with Tanglefoot (which lets you trap enemies) and Evasive (which greatly reduces the Stamina cost of your dodges), Shadowing Beyond allows you to transform into a sniping ghost during most fights.
Ideally, this build will take Parry, Arrow Deflection, and Quick Switch to weave in melee counter-attacks/blocks while allowing you to operate at a distance. Since it’s kind of hard to grab all the skills you need to make that strategy work in the first 10 levels, though, I recommend respeccing around Level 11 or 12 to start incorporating melee counters.
Best War Hero Build – The Barbarian
Weapons: Two-Handed Axe/Sword
Primary Skills: Might, Constitution, Resolve
First 10 Abilities:
- Charge
- Armored Grace
- Toughness
- Constant Recovery
- Bleeding Cuts
- Evasive
- Brawn
- Bleeding Cuts
- Charge
- Brawn
Playing a straight-up bruiser in Avowed (aka a two-handed weapon weilding tower of strength) is not only surprisingly fun but is one of the best ways to get through the early parts of the game with little trouble.
Charge is the engine that makes this two-handed beast go “vroom.” It’s one of the best overall abilities in Avowed, and it shines when you pair it with one of the buffed two-handed weapon strikes you’ll be building towards with the rest of this set-up. Charge into battle, disrupt your enemies, deal massive damage with an equally large weapon, and dodge when needed at a reduced Stamina cost.
