Underkeep Warrior Guide: Weapons Before Skill Points

Build a Warrior around the weapon you can equip and the actions it enables. Spending points in a weapon-specific skill before checking your equipment can leave a promising action unusable.

Match the weapon to the skill

The current player guide associates Flurry Thrust with swords, Skull Rattle with maces and Slice and Dice with axes. It also describes requirements for one-handed, two-handed and shield-based actions. Read those requirements in the skill tooltip before investing.

Do not assume that the largest displayed weapon damage makes the strongest loadout for the party. A weapon change can alter which defensive or control actions are available, as well as damage.

A practical early decision process

1. Inspect the equipped weapon and the skill you can currently use.
2. Compare its cost with the Warrior’s available stamina.
3. Identify whether the party needs protection, control or another attack this round.
4. If a front-line ally is in danger, inspect Provoking Shout rather than automatically choosing the highest damage action.
5. When changing to a shield or different weapon type, recheck the selected active skill.

The guide reports that Shield Bash requires a shield and also provides passive armor while the condition is met. This is a useful reason to read the full description, rather than treating a skill as only its button effect.

Party support and free actions

Champion’s Grip is described as a free action, while Battle Roar supports the party. Check the installed tooltip’s action and resource rules before combining either with another action. Free action does not mean free resource cost or unlimited reuse.

What this guide does not rank

Exact damage, skill scaling and the best weapon at every level depend on current tooltips and equipment. No complete tested Warrior build or guaranteed stun strategy is claimed here. Use the Warrior to fill a defined job in the party, then adjust around the gear you actually find.