R1+Triangle: Stab forward with your weapon, inflicting Bleed on enemies. Costs 40 Stamina. Can be enhanced with inner skills for aerial variants, armor rending, skewering, and swift attacks.
R1+X: Perform a short leap followed by a spinning slash attack. Costs 30 Stamina. Effective for hitting multiple enemies in close range.
R2: Take a strong step forward and deliver a powerful slash. Good for closing distance and dealing heavy damage to a single target.
R1: Basic weapon attack combo for Kliff. The foundation of melee combat, allowing chained strikes with equipped weapons. Unlocks inner skills as proficiency increases.
L1+R1: Reflect light off your weapon to blind nearby enemies, stunning them temporarily. Unlocked through the Realm of Uncertainty quest.
L1+R2: Strike enemies with your shield while simultaneously blocking incoming attacks. Auto-unlocked from the start.
Hold R2 while aiming: Charge up a powerful arrow shot that deals increased damage. Costs 10 Spirit. Longer charge time yields greater damage.
R1+Circle: Dodge backward to avoid an attack, then immediately counter with a swift strike. Requires Armed Combat Lv 2.
Hold Triangle in air: Execute a powerful double kick while airborne, striking enemies below. Requires Unarmed Combat Lv 4.
Triangle+Circle during Pump Kick or Dropkick: Grab the enemy mid-kick and swing them around before throwing. Requires Grappling Lv 3.
Triangle+Circle or X+Square: Grapple with enemies to restrain, throw, or perform wrestling moves. The core grappling skill tree for Kliff.
X+Square: Slam an enemy to the ground with a powerful wrestling lariat. Requires Grappling Lv 2.
Triangle after rolling: Perform a low kick sweep to knock enemies off their feet after a dodge roll. Auto-unlocked from the start.
L2: Basic ranged attack with bow. Aim and fire arrows at enemies from a distance. The foundation of all ranged combat for Kliff.
Triangle while high in air: Dive down with a devastating kick from great height, dealing massive impact damage. Requires Unarmed Combat Lv 5.
R1 while aiming: Fire 10 arrows in a wide spread pattern, hitting multiple targets at once. Effective for crowd control at range.
L1+L2: Instantly switch weapons and perform a transition attack. Allows seamless weapon switching during combat. Requires Armed Combat Lv 5.
Triangle+Circle while piercing: Take an enemy hostage and restrain them, preventing their actions. Auto-unlocked grappling move.
R2 while dodging forward: Fend off an enemy attack with a rushing strike while evading. Requires Armed Combat Lv 4.
Triangle while crouching: Wrap your legs around an enemy and take them down to the ground. Requires Unarmed Combat Lv 2.
Triangle+Circle: Toss a grappled enemy away, dealing damage and creating distance. Auto-unlocked grappling move.
R1+R2: Perform a spinning overhead strike that deals heavy damage. Can be enhanced with inner skills for improved accuracy and proficiency.
Triangle+Circle or X+Square to latch on mid-air: Latch onto a large enemy's back while airborne, allowing follow-up attacks from a mounted position. Requires Grappling Lv 4.
Damiane's basic weapon attack combo. Uses holy-infused strikes with sword and shield. Unlocks inner skills as proficiency increases.
Grapple enemies while airborne, pulling them from the ground or latching onto flying foes. Requires Grappling Lv 5.
A powerful holy-infused melee attack that deals extra damage to undead and corrupted enemies. One of Damiane's signature combat abilities.
Unleash a rapid series of sword strikes against an enemy, dealing multiple hits in quick succession. Damiane's fast-attack combat skill.
Channel holy energy through your sword to release a piercing beam of light that damages enemies in a line. Damiane's ranged combat skill.
Hurl a bolt of divine energy at a distant enemy, dealing holy damage on impact. Damiane's primary ranged attack option.
Throw your shield at enemies like a projectile. The shield ricochets between nearby targets before returning. Damiane's area control skill.
Enter a defensive stance with enhanced shield blocking. Reduces incoming damage and can reflect certain attacks. Damiane's primary defensive skill.
Enter an aggressive defensive stance focused on parrying with the blade. Successful parries lead to powerful counterattacks.
Unleash a rapid barrage of kicks against an enemy. Damiane's unarmed combat skill for close-range engagements when disarmed or by choice.
Dodge backward and counter with a holy-infused smite attack. Damiane's evasive counterattack skill. Auto-unlocked.
Damiane's variant of the Flight skill. Leap into the air and glide forward, traversing large distances. Used for exploration and combat positioning.
Charge forward engulfed in flames, damaging all enemies in your path. Damiane's elemental combat skill combining movement and fire damage.
Summon a pillar of storm energy at a target location, dealing continuous lightning damage to enemies within its radius. Damiane's elemental area denial skill.
Oongka's basic weapon attack combo. Heavy, powerful strikes with massive weapons. Unlocks inner skills as proficiency increases.
Auto-unlocked combat skill for Oongka. Rapidly hack at enemies with wild, powerful swings. Oongka's most basic aggressive ability.
A heavy overhead slash that deals massive damage to a single target. Oongka's primary combat skill for dealing with tough enemies.
Enter a berserker rage, increasing attack speed and damage for a duration. Oongka's buff combat skill that enhances melee output.
Slam your weapon into the ground with tremendous force, creating a shockwave that damages and staggers nearby enemies. Oongka's area attack.
Channel lightning through your body and weapon, electrifying attacks and shocking enemies. Oongka's elemental combat enhancement.
Master the art of fighting with two weapons simultaneously. Allows wielding two-handed weapons with a single hand. Equipping a Great Hammer in the offhand increases the damage of Rampage and Spinning Slash. A passive skill unique to Oongka that transforms him into a devastating crowd-control powerhouse. Requires Armed Combat Lv 4.
Leap into the air and bring your weapon crashing down on enemies below. Oongka's gap-closing attack that deals massive area damage on landing.
Oongka's variant of ranged attacks. Fire a spread of projectiles that cover a wide area. Effective for hitting groups of enemies at medium range.
Launch yourself skyward with an explosive burst, dealing fire damage to nearby enemies at the launch point. Oongka's movement and combat hybrid skill.
Use Oongka's rocket pack to launch vertically into the air. Provides quick vertical mobility for traversal and combat repositioning.
Strike the ground to create eruptions of flame in a wide area. Oongka's elemental area-of-effect attack combining earth and fire damage.
Release a powerful battle cry that summons storm winds, knocking back enemies and dealing lightning damage in a cone. Oongka's elemental crowd control.
Emit pulses of electrical energy that chain between nearby enemies, dealing lightning damage to multiple targets. Oongka's elemental multi-target skill.
Enter a state of heightened focus, slowing perception of time and increasing accuracy. A passive utility skill available to all playable characters.
Reflect light to blind nearby enemies, stunning them temporarily. Shared skill available to multiple characters. Auto-unlocked for Damiane.
Charge up a powerful ranged shot that deals increased damage. Available to all characters as a shared ranged skill.
Grapple with enemies to restrain, throw, or perform wrestling moves. Shared grappling skill available to all playable characters.
Slam an enemy to the ground with a powerful wrestling lariat. Shared grappling skill available to all playable characters.
Perform a low kick sweep to knock enemies off their feet. Shared combat skill available to all characters. Auto-unlocked.
Basic ranged attack skill. Aim and fire at enemies from a distance. Shared skill available to all playable characters.
Execute a powerful double kick while airborne. Shared combat skill available to all playable characters.
Dive down with a devastating kick from great height. Shared combat skill available to all playable characters.
Latch onto a large enemy's back while airborne. Shared grappling skill available to all playable characters.
Command vines and roots to ensnare enemies, rooting them in place. Kliff's mystical skill channeling the power of nature.
Set a hidden trap of thorny vines that ensnares enemies who walk over it. Kliff's mystical trap skill for area control.
Channel the echo of nature to heal wounds and restore vitality. Kliff's mystical restorative ability.
Release a surge of lightning energy that chains between enemies, dealing electrical damage. Kliff's elemental multi-target attack.
Surround yourself with a mantle of frost that damages and slows nearby enemies. Shared elemental defensive skill available to multiple characters.
Create a veil of storm energy around yourself that deflects projectiles and shocks melee attackers. Kliff's elemental defensive skill.
Imbue your weapon with flames and deliver a fiery strike that ignites enemies. Kliff's elemental melee attack skill.
Blinding Flash Finisher is a combat skill in Crimson Desert. Unlock it on the skill tree to add a new ability or finisher to your character's moveset.
Complete list of all skills available to Kliff in Crimson Desert, organized by Stamina, Spirit, and Axiom categories.
Focused Force Palm is an essential Spirit Skill Tree ability in Crimson Desert that penetrates targets and breaks magical walls, exclusive to Kliff.
UpdatedForce Current is a Kliff-exclusive Force Palm skill in Crimson Desert that transmits energy through a grasped enemy via Axiom Force to hit distant targets.
Lightning Strike is a lightning-elemental skill exclusive to Damiane in Crimson Desert that releases an electric burst from her sword to shock and stagger nearby enemies.
An inner skill for Kliff that adds a follow-up attack after a successful charged Stab.
Counter is a combat skill in Crimson Desert. Unlock it on the skill tree to add a new ability or finisher to your character's moveset.
Healing Force Palm is a Force Palm skill in Crimson Desert's Spirit (Green) skill tree.
Parry is a defense skill in Crimson Desert available to all three playable characters. The first Keen Senses upgrade, it negates damage, staggers enemies, and recovers stamina on successful timing.
Dodge is a combat skill in Crimson Desert. Unlock it on the skill tree to add a new ability or finisher to your character's moveset.
Focused Repulsion is a Spirit Skill Tree ability in Crimson Desert that repels enemies and projectiles when hit during Focus mode, exclusive to Kliff.
Uppercut is a combat skill in Crimson Desert. Unlock it on the skill tree to add a new ability or finisher to your character's moveset.
Hold {Key:Key_FistAttack} after using Force Palm to deliver a fully charged punch.
Press {Key:Key_Roll} during Flight to consume Stamina for a burst of speed.
Use Focus during Flight, then press {Key:Key_Roll} to channel your Spirit into a high-speed dash. Press {Key:Key_Roll} repeatedly for consecutive boosts.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_16} to gather energy into your palm and release it in a single powerful strike that reduces the target's defense.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_16} after Aerial Swing or while falling to channel your energy and momentum into a powerful downward strike.
Creates an illusion that replicates your attacks.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_16} while falling at full speed to unleash a powerful ground slam fueled by your momentum and concentrated energy.
Press {Key:Key_FistAttack} during Scatter Shot to channel your power and deliver an explosive punch.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_4} or {Key:Key_Skill_17} just before being hit to grapple the enemy and interrupt their attack.
While in Focus mode, hold {Key:Key_Skill_16} to spot a glowing core, then trigger an explosion that penetrates the target.
Press {Key:Key_NorAttack} while in Focus to unleash your inner rage and enter Super Armor state.
Briefly hold {Key:Key_KickAttack} to put your full weight into kicks and shove an enemy away.
Hold {Key:Key_KickAttack} to launch your body forward and deliver a two-footed kick that sends your enemy flying.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_3} to perform a fast forward swing that drives your enemies into the ground.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_17} while sprinting to hook an enemy and slam them into the ground.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_17} while in mid-air to slam your full weight down upon the enemy.
Press {Key:Key_PadDown} while crouching. Gain new knowledge through meditation.
The method for fishing items has been learned. A variety of items are waiting to be found.
Wield the elements and apply them to your skills.
Press {Key:Key_Roll} twice while aiming to sidestep an enemy attack and fire a shot.
Reloads firearms more quickly.
Hold {Key:Key_KickAttack} to perform a spinning kick that sends an enemy flying.
Briefly hold {Key:Key_KickAttack} to perform a powerful cross-legged strike.
Press {Key:Key_FistAttack} to strike an enemy with bare fists. Further investment in Unarmed Combat increases the damage of your unarmed strikes.
Press {Key:Key_Jump} while attacking to vault over the back of an enemy.
Press {Key:Key_NorAttack} to perform a basic attack with your melee weapon. Further investment in Armed Combat increases the damage of your melee weapon attacks.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_17} while running to wrap your legs around an enemy and throw them.
Press {Key:Key_NorAttack} while in Focus to deploy a watcher that temporarily assists you in combat.
While aiming your gun, press {Key:Key_Skill_10} to enter Focus, then press {Key:Key_DeadEyeTargetting} to lock onto and fire at multiple targets. Each level invested in this skill increases the maximum number of shots.
While in Focus mode, hold {Key:Key_Skill_16} to spot a glowing core, then drive your strike deep into the target.
Press {Key:Key_Roll} while being hit to quickly roll away and evade.
Enhances swift actions with the power of nature.
Press {Key:Key_Jump} right before landing to perform an extra jump.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_4_Start} on a target to use Nature's Grasp, allowing you to lift or move heavy objects.
Hold {Key:Key_Focus_Mabongpa} while in Focus mode to form a barrier of wind that blocks projectiles. {Key:Key_Focus_Mabongpa} while in Focus mode to form a barrier of wind that blocks projectiles.
Hold and release {Key:Key_Skill_11} to pull an enemy in and slam them to the ground with Axiom Force.
Press {Key:Key_BlackWolf_Seal} while holding an object with the Axiom Force to seal it inside a kuku pot.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_11} to harness the Axiom Force to perform impossible feats.
Hold {Key:Key_NorAttack} while shooting Axiom Force to move instantly to the target enemy and strike.
Press {Key:Key_Jump} to use a glider to fly while airborne.
Press {Key:Key_HardAttack} to lunge forward and follow up with a finishing slash.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_3} to charge then unleash a powerful stab.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_3} while in mid-air to perform a forward Stab. Consumes more Stamina when used continuously.
Hold {Key:Key_Skill_1} before using Turning Slash to deliver a powerful strike, then chain into Turning Slash.
While guarding, press {Key:Key_Run} twice to charge forward and smash an enemy with your shield.
Press {Key:Key_Jump} while aiming or {Key:Key_SubAttack} while rolling to enter Focused Shot.
Press {Key:Key_Skill_16} while in mid-air to aim the energy of your Force Palm downward and launch yourself even higher.
