Best Dead Island 2 skills – abilities, survivor, slayer, and numen cards

Looking for the best Dead Island 2 skills to transform your slayer into a zombie-felling machine? As you progress through the Dead Island 2 story, you’ll unlock a selection of skills to customise your chosen slayer’s combat style. Dead Island 2 skills break down into four distinct categories – abilities, survivor, slayer, and numen skills. Each skill is stylized as a card which you’ll pick during your playthrough, usually as rewards for getting through major story beats and leveling up your slayer. These range from damage boosts and health regen to useful abilities like dodging, dashing, and running jumping kicks.

With only a limited number of skill slots and three times as many skill cards, it’s a case of being spoiled for choice, which can make finding the most optional skills setup tricky. To steer you in the right direction, we’ll break down the best Dead Island 2 skills to equip to take on Hell-A’s zombie hordes. If you need a hand selecting a slayer, read up on the best Dead Island 2 slayer. Be sure to check up on the Dead Island 2 map to get up to speed with where you’ll be heading during your eventful journey across Hell-A.

When you start the game, you’ll only have access to two slots, but this quickly expands to the full range of slots as you progress further into Hell-A. Dead Island 2 skill cards can be switched up anytime you want via the Skills menu.

Here are the best Dead Island 2 skills:

What are the best Dead Island 2 abilities skills

• Dodge – evades incoming attacks with well-time dodges replenishing stamina and stunning zombies for a counter attack.
• Flying Kick – unleashes a powerful jump kick attack.
• Ground Pound – drives a forceful ground blow in a ring around your slayer draining the stability of nearby zombies.
• Surgical Focus –  builds up Fury for maiming zombies, but drains fury when taking damage.
• Spitting Cobra – causes your slayer to vomit caustic vile when in Fury mode.

What are the best Dead Island 2 survivor skills

• Invigorating – counter attacking zombies regains extra health.
• Safety First – well-timed dodges or blocks regain health.
• Ravenous – slaying zombies in Fury mode extends the length of Fury mode.
• Safe Space – using a Med Kit triggers a forceful explosion in a ring around your slayer, draining the stability of nearby zombies.

What are the best Dead Island 2 slayer skills

• The limb Reaper – Maiming zombies regenerates health.
• Hack and Slash – Maiming a zombie boosts attack speed.
• Janus Rage – A maxed out Fury metre increases toughness. A semi-full metre boosts attack damage.
• Corpse Bomb – In Fury mode, killing zombies causes them to explode.

What are the best Dead Island 2 numen skills

• Corpse Blossom – Zombies killed by fire, shock, or caustic damage cause a powerful explosion matching that damage type.
• Seismic Stomp – Skull Stomps trigger a forceful explosion, draining the stability of nearby zombies and causing the bleed effect.

Now you’ve got a firm handle on what Dead Island 2 skills you should be equipping, learn how to open maglocks in Dead Island 2, how to get more fuses in Dead Island 2, and what the Dead Island Skope devices are all about.