In Heian [TESTING], your progression revolves around mastering different stats and unlocking skill trees tied to them. Each stat doesn’t just boost your raw numbers—it opens up new techniques, combos, and playstyles. Below is a breakdown of every skill tree and the moves they unlock.
Heian Skill Tree – Agility (AGL), Vitality (VIT), Strength (STR),
Agility (AGL)
Agility boosts your mobility and survivability. It increases climbing height, slide velocity, reduces fall damage, and scales agility-based moves. High Agility makes you faster, harder to punish, and more dangerous in close combat.
Skill Tree Moves
Fleeting Step (15 AGL)
Leap forward and channel your momentum into a fast punch.
Vanishing Strike (25 AGL)
Instantly appear in front of your target and gut punch them.
Subjugate (35 AGL)
Dodge an enemy attack and slam them into the ground.
Ankle Slicer (40 AGL)
Dash through your opponent, crippling them.
- Passive Upgrade: Can be recast once at 60 AGL, twice at 80 AGL.
Whirlwind Kicks (45 AGL)
Deliver a brutal multi-kick combo that launches into an air combo.
Vitality (VIT)
Vitality focuses on survivability, increasing your max HP scaling by up to +30% extra health at 80 Vitality. It doesn’t unlock flashy skills but is crucial for tanking hits and surviving longer in tough fights.
Strength (STR)
Strength enhances weapon damage, fist combat, and STR-based techniques. It’s perfect for aggressive brawlers who want big damage combos.
Skill Tree Moves
Earthbreaker (15 STR)
- Ground Variant: A devastating kick that cracks the ground.
- Air Variant: A crushing aerial slam.
Quick Strikes (20 STR)
Deliver a rapid two-hit combo.
Dominance (35 STR)
Step forward with raw power and unleash a punishing strike.
- Variant Combo: Using Dominance after Earthbreaker or Manji Kick activates a special follow-up.
Demon Pummel (40 STR)
Release a barrage of heavy punches.
Manji Kick (50 STR)
A heavy, momentum-based strike that crushes your opponent. (Despite the description, it’s not a counter.)
Curse Energy (CE) & Curse Output (CO)
These two stats govern your Cursed Techniques:
- Curse Energy (CE): Increases your max curse energy pool and slightly boosts cursed technique damage.
- Curse Output (CO): Increases cursed technique damage scaling but raises CE cost.
Damage Scaling Formula: Roughly 30/70 split between CE and CO.
Every offensive move in this tree can also proc Black Flash, rewarding precise timing with bonus damage.
Skill Tree Moves
Divergent Fist (15 CO)
A delayed impact punch that hits twice.
Reinforced Kick (30 CO)
A curse-energy infused kick with massive impact.
Crushing Advance (40 CO)
Lunge forward and deliver a knockback strike.
Simple Domain (10 CE & 10 CO)
Create a shrinking zone that grants immunity to true-hit attacks inside.
Falling Blossom Emotion (30 CE)
Form a thin curse-energy barrier that counters the effects of true-hit attacks from domains.
The Heian Skill Trees give players multiple paths to build their character:
- Agility for speed, dodging, and air combos.
- Vitality for raw survival.
- Strength for brawler damage and weapon synergy.
- Curse Energy/Output for technique-heavy builds and advanced mechanics like Black Flash and Domains.
Balancing these trees is key. Specializing makes you deadly in one area, but spreading points can give you a versatile build that adapts to every situation.
Do you want me to also make a visual skill tree chart (like a flow-style infographic) so players can see the progression at a glance?