Putting It All Together

Define your character's primary role: tank, melee damage dealer, archer, stealthy assassin, healer, or spellcaster. Having a clear concept is crucial for success in Tyranny.

Align your attribute points with your chosen role. Be aware of the specific effects of each attribute:

• Might: Only affects auto-attacks and abilities. Most spellcasters will not benefit significantly unless they heavily utilize talent tree abilities.

Wits: Primarily improves the headline damage or healing of spells. It does not affect spell duration or other effects. For affliction duration, you need Resolve.

Attribute Buffs: A significant number of buffs do not directly benefit from Wits or Resolve. Wits does not improve non-damage/healing spells, and Resolve does not influence durations if afflictions are not bestowed. This allows for characters with low intelligence to buff effectively, but defensive spellcasters may struggle to balance Wits for Lore bonuses and attribute point investment.

Quickness: Influences cooldowns, not recovery. To gain significant benefit, you must frequently use abilities and spells. Even with a high starting Quickness (e.g., 18 for -21% faster cooldowns), its impact may be less than Might or Wits if ability/spell usage is infrequent.

Finesse: Offers a +22 accuracy bonus, benefiting all playstyles. It may be the only attribute subtly benefiting buffs. For de-buffers, Finesse can be more important than Resolve, as a graze from an affliction spell is almost as ineffective as a miss.

Lore: Critical for spellcasters, with additional dialogue and in-world checks. Prioritize putting points into Wits if possible to boost Lore.

Understand that low skill values level quickly. While not investing in a skill like Quickness initially is not world-ending, accumulated attribute decisions from level-ups can lead to a notably weaker character, especially on higher difficulties like Path of the Damned.

When choosing primary and secondary training, select options that align with your character concept. For spellcasters:

• Generally, choose the same school of magic for both primary and secondary skills. All character creation spell schools are accessible in Act 1 (Sigil of Atrophy is in a hidden stash in the bottom-left of Echocall).

Choosing the same school twice allows you to select a talent. Talents are finite, so do not pass up a free talent opportunity unless you are absolutely certain you will never use Charged Strike or Energy Shield (the caster choices), in which case you are not missing much. Dedicated weapon characters start with two talents.