You should only get Hoarder after you've maxed out your resource carry capacity. I deemed all repair skills useless since you, in my opinion, should never need them, because there's not a good way of bringing for example a Sawtooth around the map with you to fight other things, once he clears his immediate vicinity, he is 100% useless to you, so there's no point in repairing him after a fight (trust me, you can't do it during a fight) I'd say the DPS that comes from this setup is around 1000 damage every 5-15 seconds, greatly depending on where you hit and how fast you can set up a shot)Įven tho I marked Knockdown as OP on most difficulties, even on these difficulties you will have big trouble knocking down huge enemies, so don't count on it in that instance.Ĭombat Override (+) can be useful if you encounter 1 big machine that you can override, that you really don't want to fight right then and could get in the way of you doing other things, like that one Ravager near the double Rockbreaker corrupted zone, north of Medidian.
#Horizon zero dawn tips mods#
(In case you're wondering what kind of potential the white marked mods have. I've done over 1000 damage with a fully charged Banuk Hunter Bow with triple hardpoint arrows fully upgraded with very rare damage mods. TL DR: only use Critical Hit when the down timer is about to run out. When fighting dangerous / bigger machines you will more often than not be able to get in a few shots before depleting the timer almost completely. When downing a machine, don't assume that you need to Critical Hit it in order to do the most damage do it. That skill honestly turned me into a COD rage kid that got mad every time his slide tactics didn't work 1 in 1000 times, that's how much I started relying on it.Ĭoncentration + is only ever useful with Fast Reload, since you can get the aim benefit by using Concentration briefly and only right before shooting, having it never run out anyway if you're skilled enough. I quickly deemed it too OP and reverted to an previous game save. I DID unlock Hunter Reflexes early on, while I was still near the Nora lands. Strong Strike (+) does NOT affect Crtitical Hit! Silent strike doesn't do anything against huge machines, but it's still an essential skill. Strike from above is obviously only useful on hilly or jagged terrain, and the bigger the machine, the harder it is to use against it. I've attached a tier list of skills above, but I would like to make some notes: