Introduction

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High level = 25 talisman bonuses to skills, WL > 500



Low level = 0 talisman bonuses to skills, 100 < WL < 1000

This guide will talk about the optimal skills distribution for high level players.There is a section on how to extend this to low levels, and the changes needed in assumptions.Here's a remainder of what each skill is, from the wiki: Skills page To start, the skills that depend on playstyle and preference, that don't have a rigid distribution:Max around WL 1k-10k: Strike spellsMax around WL 25k: Mana Stream (this one could be included, but it's easier to just max it at this point)Utility only, raise/max at convenience: Bolt, Barrage, Lanterns, DemolitionUseless: Beam, Pylons, Components other than orange/yellowThe rest of the guide will deal in, which is the number of skill points you leave free to be allocated in the rest of skills, after you've filled the skills above and left enough for initial mana.The guide is divided in 2 parts:If you find yourself in the middle, take inspiration from both.The guide assumes you're using the optimal endgame arsenal. You can find details in the https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2105632516 but for the purpose of this guide it just matters that the monsters meet, in order:blue lantern, orange amped traps, red amped lantern, yellow amped trapsAll capped skills will reach the cap before Mana Stream does, so they'll be at 50 eventually.For the uncapped ones, if you prefer having a general hint rather than a list of precise numbers,there is a skill hierarchy and we can rank the skills from higher to lower optimal level:Leech>>TColors>Traps>>>>CritHit>>ResonThe Amps skill starts out as the worst one and progressively rises to be as good as TC.Next sections will talk about the theory behind the optimal skill distribution, if you just want optimal numbers head to the "High level/Low level skills table" sections.Most of the work presented here has been done by Bill Wilson , thank him if you see him around.A lot of text has been lifted from the corresponding GCCS guide , the author of that guide gave me permission to do so when I saw him in the mirror this morning.