Lost Soul Aside: 5 Early-Game Skills

This guide will list the best early-game skills to acquire in Lost Soul Aside so you can breeze through the early acts of the game.

Consider getting these early-game skills to make your life easier (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Consider getting these early-game skills to make your life easier (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment)

A beginner to Lost Soul Aside will likely be looking to acquire the best possible early-game skills in the game. Naturally, these skills will differ from the overall best skills in the game. The early-game skills only refer to skills that can be acquired in the earlier parts of the game. This guide will list five of these skills so you can have the strongest start possible. This will be crucial to kill the hardest bosses in the game easily.

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5 Early-Game Skills To Acquire in Lost Soul Aside

Here are the skills you should try to prioritize:

  1. Burst Pursuit: Shadow Flash
  2. Potion Pouch Expansion
  3. Shadow Rend
  4. Burst Pursuit: Wind Blast
  5. Arena Power Slot

1. Burst Pursuit: Shadow Flash

Burst Pursuit: Shadow Flash Skill (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Burst Pursuit: Shadow Flash Skill (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment)
  • Type of Weapon: Sword
  • Base Cost: 100 Stamina
  • Perks: AoE Attack | Burst Damage | Multi-Hit Attack

You can unlock this move quite early on in the game, with just 2 skill points. This Sword skill activates after you perform a Heavy Cleave. Pressing R2 at the right time will unleash a set of dimensional cuts at the enemy’s location. This hits multiple times, building up your combo, and also deals a good chunk of damage.

2. Potion Pouch Expansion

More healing is never bad (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
More healing is never bad (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
  • Type of Weapon: Any
  • Base Cost: N/A
  • Perks: Resource Boost

The reason for this upgrade is pretty self-explanatory. Healing items are great no matter what game you play. This is even more certain while you are in the beginning stages of a game. Therefore, getting these healing upgrades will give you more leeway to take attacks and decrease your chances of dying. This skill upgrades your healing potion use by one slot.

3. Shadow Rend

Shadow Rend (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
Shadow Rend (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
  • Type of Weapon: Sword
  • Base Cost:
  • Perks: AoE Attack | Charge | Multi-Hit Attack

You need to hold Triangle while on the ground to charge this skill. Once it has finished charging to level 2, you can release the button to trigger this skill. This can be a great skill to start off matches or to use while you have created some space between you and your foe. Although, you should be wary about its charge time and use it only when you are not being attacked immediately.

4. Burst Pursuit: Wind Blast

Wind Blast (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
Wind Blast (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
  • Type of Weapon: Poleblade
  • Base Cost: 100
  • Perks: AoE Attack | Burst Damage

This is a great beginner skill to keep up pressure during the early game. You can press R2 to trigger a follow-up attack while performing a Defensive Strike. This triggers the titular Wind Blase in an area around Kaser. So, you are able to knock back any surrounding foes, while also keeping up the pressure on any enemy you are focused on.

5. Arena Power Slot

Arena Power (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
Arena Power (Image via Sony Interactive Entertainment | @GamingFightClub/YouTube)
  • Type of Weapon: Greatsword | Scythe
  • Base Cost:
  • Perks: Ability Boost

Unlocking the ability to activate even more Arena Powers is a great step for a beginner. Although, this will likely not be as quick on your journey as the other upgrades on this list. Nonetheless, you should still consider this as one of your targets while leveling up.

Those are the five early-game skills players should pick up as soon as possible in Lost Soul Aside.


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