Elijah Hernandez
Thymesia is a new entry to the Souls genre, a genre that you may find familiar. With the creation of Demon Souls, and the popularization of its spiritual successor, Dark Souls, the Souls genre was born. As many developers wanted to create their own game with the same mechanics of a Souls game, Thymesia is another new addition to the many games in the Souls genre. Thymesia shares many of what makes a Souls game a Souls game like combat, movement, as well as talent points. In this guide, we will show you how to use said talent points.
Talent Points Ultimate Guide – Thymesia
To level up, you have to go the Level Up menu that you can access when talking to an NPC that you will meet later in the game. You will have three attributes that you can upgrade using the accumulated experience you have collected: Strength, Vitality, and Plague.
Upgrading your Strength stats will increase your Attack Damage and Amount of Wounds stats. Upgrading Plague will increase Claw Damage and Energy stats. Lastly, upgrading Vitality increases your Health only.
You will not be able to get to the Talent Points until you have reached level 25, at which point you can start gaining Talent Points that you can use. Bear in mind that you can only reach level 50, as it is the max level, and in doing so will let you get access to the Talent Points and the secondary attributes of your Plague Weapons.
Before we move on to Talent Points, I want to point out that you have to be sure that when you upgrade your attributes, you are doing so because you are using a Plague Weapon associated to that attribute. For example, upgrading your Strength to level 20 will allow you to use both of the secondary effects of the Knife.
But if you use a weapon like the Katar, which is tied to your Plague that is only level 12, you can only use one of the secondary effects. Make sure you have a weapon that you are sure that you are sticking to for the rest of the game once you upgrade a certain attribute.
Moving on to the Talent screen, you will be shown the skills you can dump your Talents into, like the Dodge and Slash for Saber. There are a lot of skills that you can use here, which all cost a different amount of Talent Point. Of course, select the skills that you want to use, but here are the skills that the game offers so that you can have an idea on what to get.
We will show you some of the best skills in the Talent menu that you should get, but only use if you’re going for a certain build. Not all skills will be shown for reasons like that the skills being unlocked from the beginning or that these skills are deemed not important and can be ignored for the whole playthrough.
Sabers
| Skill Name | Description | Talent Points Needed |
| Saber Attacks Lv2 | Perform fast Saver Attacks up to 5-hit combo. | 1 Talent Point |
| Dodge and Stab Lv1 | Press attack right after dodge to perform a Stab Attack. | 2 Talent Points |
| Dodge and Stab Lv2 | Saber attacks and Stab Attack fill the enemy Counter Attack gauge less. | 3 Talent Points |
| Dodge and Slash Lv1 | Press attack right after a dodge to perform a Slash Attack. After the Slash attack, Corvus’s Saber Attacks will start from the 3rd combo. | 2 Talent Points |
| Dodge and Slash Lv2 | Increase the damage of Saber Attack and Slash Attack. | 3 Talent Points |
| Saber In-Air Attack Lv1 | While in the air, press attack to perform a fast downward slash. | Unlocked from the start |
| Saber In-Air Attack Lv2 | Increases the Saber In-Air Attack damage. | 1 Talent Point |
| Saber In-Air Attack Lv3 | When the Saber In-Air Attack hits an enemy, the enemy Counter Attack gauge is reduced. | 2 Talent Points |
| Healing Execution Lv1 | After performing an execution, some health and Energy will be restored based on level of the enemy. | 1 Talent Point |
| Healing Execution Lv2 | Increases the amount of Energy restored after successfully performing an execution. | 2 Talent Points |
| Sharp Weapons Lv1 | Increases Saber Attack damage. | 1 Talent Point |
| Sharp Weapons Lv2 | Increase Saber Attack damage even more. | 2 Talent Points |
| Energized Weapon Lv1 | Restore Energy when hitting enemies with Saber Attacks. | 1 Talent Point |
| Energized Weapon Lv2 | Increases the amount of Energy restored when hitting enemies with Saber Attacks. | 2 Talent Points |
Deflect
| Skill Name | Description | Talent Points Needed |
| Precise Deflect Lv1 | Increases Deflect damage. | 2 Talent Points |
| Precise Deflect Lv2 | Can deflect enemy critical attacks, but Corvus will be knocked back and gain 1 stack of “Offensive” buff. | 3 Talent Points |
| Reckless Deflect Lv1 | Slightly increases Deflect time but decreases Deflect damage. | 2 Talent Points |
| Reckless Deflect Lv2 | Further increases Deflect time but decreases Deflect damage. | 3 Talent Points |
| Defense Lv1 | Hold the defense button to enter Defense Mode. Reduces 60% of damage against basic attacks, but cannot defend against Critical Attacks. | 1 Talent Point |
| Defense Lv2 | Hold the defense button to enter Defense Mode. Reduces 75% of damage against Basic Attacks, but cannot defend against Critical Attacks. | 2 Talent Points |
| Defense Lv3 | Hold the defense button to enter Defense Mode. Reduces 75% of damage against Basic Attacks and 60% damage against Critical Attacks. | 3 Talent Points |
| Energized Deflect Lv1 | When successfully deflecting or blocking attacks, some energy will be restored. | 1 Talent Point |
| Energized Deflect Lv2 | Increases the amount of Energy restored after successfully deflecting or blocking attacks. | 2 Talent Points |
Dodge
| Skill Name | Description | Talent Points Needed |
| Step and Jump Lv1 | Press the dodge button towards the enemy right before their Critical Attack hits to jump and interrupt it. | 1 Talent Point |
| Step and Jump Lv2 | When successfully performing a Step and Jump, some energy will be restored. | 2 Talent Points |
| Step and Jump Lv3 | When successfully performing a Step and Jump, the enemy Counter Attack gauge is reduced. | 3 Talent Points |
| Long Dodge Lv1 | Corvus can dodge twice, and the second dodge is longer. | 1 Talent Point |
| Long Dodge Lv2 | When successfully dodging enemy attacks, gain 1 stack of “Defensive” buff. | 2 Talent Points |
| Short Dodge Lv1 | Corvus can perform a second dodge. | 1 Talent Point |
| Short Dodge Lv2 | When successfully dodging enemy attacks, gain 1 stack of “Offensive” buff. | 2 Talent Points |
| Quick-Recovery Lv1 | During certain on-hit animations, press dodge to get up quickly. | 1 Talent Point |
| Quick-Recovery Lv2 | When successfully triggering Quick-Recovery, gain a stack of “Defensive” buff. | 2 Talent Points |
Claw
| Skill Name | Description | Talent Points Needed |
| Energized Claw Lv1 | An energized Claw Attack. | Unlocked from the start. |
| Energized Claw Lv2 | Whenever Corvus deals damage through Claw Attacks, more Energy will be restored. | 1 Talent Points |
| Short Claw Lv1 | Perform a series of short ranged claw attacks up to 3 combo. When hitting an enemy with the Short Claw, gain 1 stack of “Offensive” buff. | 1 Talent Point |
| Short Claw Lv2 | When having 5 stacks of “Offensive” buff, every Short Claw that hits an enemy restores some health. | 2 Talent Points |
| Long Claw Lv2 | Press heavy attack button again right after a Long Claw to perform a second attack. The second Long Claw damage increased by 30%. | 1 Talent Point |
| Long Claw Lv3 | Give the enemy 1 stack of “Bleeding’ debuff when the second Long Claw landed, which keeps leaving wounds on the enemy. | 2 Talent Points |
Feathers
| Skill Name | Description | Talent Points Needed |
| Feather Dart Lv3 | Feather Darts leave more Wounds on the enemy. | 2 Talent Points |
| Feather Dart Lv4 | When successfully interrupting a Critical Attack with a Feather Dart, reset the enemy Counter Attack gauge. | 3 Talent Points |
| Feather Dash Lv1 | After throwing a Feather Dart, press LT (on the Xbox controller) again to perform a Feather Dash. Feather Dash consumes 1 Feather. | 2 Talent Points |
| Feather Dash Lv2 | After landing Feather Dash, the enemy Counter Attack gauge is reduced. | 3 Talent Points |
| Feather Dash Lv3 | When Feather Dash hits and enemy, gain 1 stack of “Offensive” and 1 stack of “Defensive” buff. | 4 Talent Points |
| Intercept Wing Lv1 | Instead of throwing Feathers, Corvus uses his wing to perform a melee attack. Can interrupt enemy Critical Attacks. Intercept Wing consumes 1 feather. | 2 Talent Points |
| Intercept Wing Lv2 | When successfully interrupting enemy Critical Attacks, some energy will be restored. | 3 Talent Points |
| Full Winged Lv2 | Increases the maximum number of Feathers to 5 | 1 Talent Point |
| Full Winged Lv3 | Increases the maximum number of Feather to 7 | 2 Talent Points |
| Growing Feathers Lv2 | Regenerate a Feather every 8 seconds | 1 Talent Point |
| Growing Feathers Lv3 | Regenerate a Feather every 6 seconds | 2 Talent Points |
| Energized Feather Lv1 | Whenever a Feather Dart, Feather Dash, or Intercept Wing hits an enemy, a little bit of Energy will be restored | 1 Talent Point |
| Energized Feather Lv2 | Whenever a Feather Dart, Feather Dash, or Intercept Wing hits an enemy, some Energy will be restored | 2 Talent Points |
Strategies
| Skill Name | Description | Talent Points Needed |
| Plague Weapon Lv2 | Gain a second slot for Plague Weapons unlocked through Skill Shards. Press down on the D-Pad to switch between Plague Weapon 1 and 2 | 1 Talent Point |
| Health Energy | Consume Health instead of Energy when Corvus doesn’t have enough Energy. Corvus’ Health cannot go below 1 (You can use your Health instead of your Energy to use Plague Weapons) | 2 Talent Points |
| Plague Wounds Lv2 | Extends the time taken before enemy Wounds start healing | 1 Talent Point |
| Plague Wounds Lv2 | Further extends the time taken before enemy Wounds start healing and reduces the healing rate | 2 Talent Points |
| Blessing Lv1 | When taking damage, there is a 30% chance to reduce incoming damage by 10% | 1 Talent Point |
| Blessing Lv2 | When taking damage, there is a 30% chance to reduce incoming damage by 20% | 2 Talent Points |
| First Aid | When taking lethal damage, and Corvus has one or more Potions left, it will be used automatically. Can only be trigger once and is reset after resting at the Beacon | 3 Talent Points |
| Energy Reflux Lv1 | After taking damage, a small amount of Energy will be restored | 1 Talent Points |
| Energy Reflux Lv2 | After taking damage, a moderate amount of Energy will be restored | 2 Talent Points |
| Energy Reflux Lv3 | After taking damage, a large amount of Energy will be restored | 3 Talent Points |
| Luck Lv1 | Slightly increases the item drop rate | 1 Talent Point |
| Luck Lv2 | Moderately increases the item drop rate | 2 Talent Points |
| Luck Lv3 | Significantly increases the item drop rate | 3 Talent Points |
| Perfectionist Lv1 | While Corvus’ health is full, permanently gain 1 stack of “Offensive” buff. After taking any damage, the buff is lost | 1 Talent Point |
| Perfectionist Lv2 | While Corvus’ health is full, permanently gain 1 stack of “Energy Restore” buff. After taking any damage, the buff is lost | 2 Talent Points |
| Adrenaline Lv1 | While Corvus’ health is lower than 20%, permanently gain 1 stack of “Offensive” buff. If Corvus’ health is above 20% or over, the buff is lost | 1 Talent Point |
| Adrenaline Lv2 | While Corvus’ health is lower than 20%, permanently gain 1 stack of “Energy Restore” buff. If Corvus’ health is above 20%, the buff is lost | 2 Talent Points |
And there you have it. These are the best skills you can use your Talent Points on. While Talent Points are very limited, you can always Respec your skills for free every time if you want to try a different build in the game. No build is perfect, and everyone has a preference on how they fight, but at least you’ll be able to find your build.
Bear in mind that not all skills are going to go well together, so the free respec is a godsend, as you can always just start from scratch and experiment on what skill goes better with what skill and such. With that out of the way, you are now ready to take on the very scary world of Thymesia.
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