Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Best Combat Skills To Level Up

Seven years after its release, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is finally getting a sequel, and there is no better time to jump back into the historical medieval RPG — or pick it up for the first time — to get familiar with the characters and themes to be explored in the second game. The protagonist of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Henry, will return in 2025 and will be a lot stronger and more experienced than when players first met him as the son of a blacksmith in Skalitz.

Players starting the first game will quickly realize that Henry is not a natural knight, and if they want to master the excellent first-person melee combat, they will need to improve the seven different combat skills in the game. While it’s also important for Henry to improve his physical abilities, like Strength and Agility, Henry’s combat skills directly improve the damage he can do and make him tougher to take down in a fight.

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Axe

Chop Down Foes

Axe Trainers and locations:

• Captain Bernard (Rattay)
• Andrew (Inn in the Glade)

The Axe skill in Kingdom Come: Deliverance makes Henry better at using axes like the Broad Axe and Cuman Axe, increasing the power of their attacks. The Axe skill has three perk points — each unlocked at levels 7, 14, and 20 — that can be used to unlock a new move in combat.

The Axe skill is less important to level up in the game because there are fewer axes available for Henry to use, and those that are available are less powerful than maces and swords. However, axes excel at dealing with low or unarmored enemies, so it can be a worthwhile skill to level in the early game where Henry will be fighting enemies with less armor.

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Unarmed

Become A Brawl Star

Unarmed Trainers and locations:

• Fritz (Sasau, Ledetchko, Inn in the Glade)
• Punch (Sasau)
• Fisherman of Uzhitz (Uzhitz)

During his adventures, Henry is likely to get caught up in some fist fights, so training the unarmed skill is worth taking the time to do so he wins more hand-to-hand combat. Leveling up the unarmed skill will increase the damage Henry does when he lands a punch.

Throughout Kingdom Come: Deliverance, players will sometimes find themselves stripped of their weapons or thrown into a brawl from a cutscene, and in those moments, Henry must win to get out of trouble. Another reason to level up the unarmed skill is to make some money at the start of the game by winning a fight tournament in Rattay.

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Mace

Smash Through Armor

Mace Trainers and locations:

The Mace skill is similar to the Axe skill in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, and the same three combat moves can be unlocked with the three perks at levels 7,14, and 20 — with the Drei Wunder: Forearm move requiring Mace level 14. The higher Henry’s Mace level, the more damage he will do with them, as well as war hammers and clubs.

One reason the Mace skill is better to level is that more weapons benefit from it, much more than the Axe skill, and Maces are also excellent weapons because they do serious damage to armored enemies. In the late game, Henry will encounter groups of bandits wearing plate armor, and a mace can be an easy way to defeat them.

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Bow

Thin Out Their Numbers From Range

Bow trainers and locations:

• Vanyek (Vranik)
• Berthold (Rattay)
• Nicholas Angel (Talmberg)

Kingdom Come: Deliverance’s Bow skill is important if Henry wants to use archery to his advantage, as it will increase the damage of bows Henry equips. Unlike the other combat skills, Bow has no perks to unlock. However, until Bow level 5, Henry won’t hold a bow properly and must wear vambraces or armor to avoid injury. At level 10, Henry’s POV will zoom in when drawing a bow, and that zoom will increase at levels 15 and 20.

Increasing the Bow skill will also decrease the amount of sway when drawing an arrow, making Henry use less stamina when loosing an arrow. Bows also benefit from Strength and Agility skills. Bows are an important tool in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, whether to thin out the numbers of camps or draw specific enemies away.

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Defense

It’s Just A Flesh Wound

Defense trainers and locations:

• Captain Bernard (Rattay)
• Sir Robard (Talmberg)

The Defense skill makes Henry harder to wound in Kingdom Come: Deliverance, effectively increasing his armor rating. It also increases the time Henry has to dodge or hold a perfect block, and it increases the defense stats of weapons and shields. Henry unlocks perks for Defense at levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20, and all the perks can be unlocked from level 12.

Defense is a crucial combat skill for Henry, as it will help him last longer in fights and give him an edge in combat. Players should go to Captain Bernard as soon as possible and train with him to unlock the Perfect Block and Master Strike perks, which are crucial for winning duels. Leveling up the Defense skill can also benefit Henry’s Charisma and reduce his inventory weight.

2

Sword

Master The Blade

Sword trainers and locations:

• Captain Bernard (Rattay)
• Sir Robard (Talmberg)

Unsurprisingly, the Sword skill is one of the most important of the combat proficiencies in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Swords are the most-used weapon type, covering Shortswords, Longswords, Hunting Swords, and Sabres, and they have the highest number of special moves (eight total) among weapon types. These perks are unlocked at levels 3, 5, 8, 10, 13, 15, 18, and 20.

Players will mainly use swords in Kingdom Come: Deliverance because of the four types available. Shortswords can be paired with a shield for more defense, hunting swords are strong against weak-armored enemies, and longswords have devastating four-attack combos. Increasing the Sword skill will improve Henry’s damage and unlock more of those combo attacks.

1

Warfare

Conquer The Battlefield

Warfare trainers and locations:

• None – trained through all combat

Whether a player chooses Henry to be a sword master, bash baddies with a mace, or fight only with fists, the Warfare skill is vital in making Henry better in combat. The Warfare skill improves Henry’s overall proficiency in fights with all weapons and unarmed. It has five perks unlocked at levels 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20, with six total to pick from. Henry can pull enemies from their horse at level 0, and he learns the feint ability after training with Captain Bernard.

Increasing the Warfare skill gives Henry some of the most noticeable improvements in combat, as his attacks become faster and harder for enemies to block or dodge. Henry’s weapons will also become damaged less from attacking and defending with higher Warfare.

If Henry’s weapons are damaged, the Rusty Edge Warfare perk increases the chance that an enemy will be poisoned by it.