Best Battle Skills to Prioritize in Octopath Traveler 0

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As you make your way through Octopath Traveler 0, you'll find yourself acquiring quite a few skills and abilities. An important category of skills to take note of are Battle Skills, which you can unlock either by spending JP or even acquiring them from NPCs.

Whichever way you gain a Battle Skill, you'll need to figure out which ones will best suit your play experience. Depending on what job you have at any given time, prioritizing the right type of Battle Skills will make your voyage through Osterra much simpler.

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So, if you're wondering exactly which Battle Skills to invest time into, look no further. This guide will detail how to get Battle Skills, as well as which ones you should put your focus on.

How To Unlock Battle Skills

Unlocking Battle Skills in Octopath Traveler 0 happens a couple different ways. Either one is fine, but it's important to know which ways you can gain new Battle Skills.

One is through simply battling, then earning enough JP to purchase them. This is the most straightforward, simple way to get Battle Skills.

There's also another way, which is through the game's reputation system. Certain NPCs carry Battle Skills in their inventory, which makes them a prime target for you.

After using Inquire, you can see about potentially nabbing a particular Battle Skill from them. This comes with a bit more risk, as a failure to pass the check can harm your town's reputation.

Change Jobs To Open Up More Opportunities

As you learn more Battle Skills, you'll also be able to open up more jobs. Learning five Battle Skills in one particular job will allow you to unlock a new job.

Since you can swap between any job at any time, it's important to do so in order to unlock more unique Battle Skills. The job system is remarkably flexible in that regard, as the game really opens up what you're capable of by allowing on-the-fly switching.

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Different jobs mean different battle skills, and each one offers a unique set of abilities. In particular, if you focus on the Merchant, Hunter and Dancer, you'll find some of the most varied sets of skills in the entire game.

Which Battle Skills To Focus On

As you'll discover, Battle Skills are important to your journey. As with every physical attack in Octopath Traveler 0, Battle Skills can be both elemental and weapon-based.

That being said, prioritizing a wide range of Battle Skills is going to be crucial. As finding and exploiting enemy weaknesses is important to survival, you'll want as wide a range of Battle Skills as possible.

Elemental-based Battle Skills in particular are huge. Skills like Shadow Bind, Icewind and Fireball will set you up to target a wide range of enemy weaknesses.

Ideally, you'll want to focus on finding and learning the Battle Skills that are going to make battles go quicker. Because the faster battles go, and the fewer turns you win in, the more JP you'll get.

This is why it's incredibly important to prioritize a wide range of skills. The more variety you get in terms of elemental damage and physical damage, the more weaknesses you can exploit, the faster you'll be able to wipe out enemies in a single turn.