The best skill upgrades in RoboCop Rogue City will help turn the eponymous cyborg hero into an outright killing machine. Since much of the game focuses on combat as you blast through Detroit's criminal element, investing your skill points in the right areas is crucial in making tougher fights more manageable.
In this guide, we'll walk through the best skill upgrades to choose in RoboCop Rogue City, so you know where to spend your points. We'll also explain how you upgrade skills, and get those points in the first place.
For more on the game, check out all weapons and all missions in RoboCop Rogue City. We've also got a guide on changing armour, plus a look at how long the game takes to beat.
What are the best skill upgrades in RoboCop Rogue City?
For our money, the best skill upgrades in RoboCop Rogue City are focused on Combat, Amor, and Vitality. These are all pretty self-explanatory, especially if you're going for a combat-focused build.
The Combat skill determines how much damage your weapons will do, with an overall 50% buff if you fully max out that skill tree. You can also unlock the Shockwave move via this path, an AoE attack that clears the battlefield to let you heal up.
Next, Armor is the skill that impacts damage reduction. Fully maxed out you can halve the damage you take, while also unlocking the temporary Shield power-up, plus the ability for bullets to deflect off your armour.
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Lastly, Vitality is another key skill upgrade in RoboCop Rogue City. This increases your overall HP bar, and also unlocks automatic health regeneration once you upgrade it enough.
In our time with the game, the skills we avoided most were Focus, Scanning, and Psychology. These impact the RPG elements of the game, by boosting your likelihood of success in dialogue checks, making it easier to find environmental clues, and slowing down time during combat. They're far less crucial to making RoboCop a killing machine, so don't worry about using those.
That said, the Deduction skill tree is an underrated one that can come in handy. Once you've reached the second upgrade you'll unlock Enhanced Scanning, which allows you to see clues or hidden items using the scanner. These are often crucial to some of the game's side missions, so don't miss out.
How to upgrade skills in RoboCop Rogue City
Upgrading skills in RoboCop Rogue City is incredibly easy. Simply press the touchpad (or the equivalent on your platform) and scroll across the top until you reach the Skills menu. Here, you'll see all of the available skill trees, with a number in the top-right corner showing how many skill points you've got to spend.
You unlock one skill point per level, and can easily get between 30-40 overall as you play through the main story and side quests. Each level requires 1,000 XP, and most missions give you 100 XP for completing. Combine that with picking up collectibles, issuing tickets, and grabbing OCP skill disks, and you'll level up in no time.
That's it for our guide on the best skill upgrades in RoboCop Rogue City. For more on the game, brush up on how to get the Good eyes, Murphy! trophy, plus how to get new armour.