Crimson Gem Saga skill tree strategies

One of the most challenging aspects of Crimson Gem Saga is the Skill Tree. You’re given the ability to develop characters in any way that you want, but then learn that you have to be patient when it comes to making them stronger. You have to expend skill points to make skills visible on the Skill Tree, which usually costs between 50 and 200 skill points. Then, you have to invest more points into a visible skill to actually learn it.

If you’re patient and level grind, plus only invest in skills you need immediately, you should have no trouble building strong and useful characters. For example, if you’ve unveiled a skill that doesn’t seem particularly useful at the time, don’t invest in it. Instead, move further down the tree and start revealing another skill. You may uncover something much better and more useful.

In an attempt to help, Gamertell’s going to look at the first four characters that join your party in Crimson Gem Saga and offer possible Skill Tree suggestions. Maybe you’ll find a hint that could help you out.

Henson the mage comes to the party with three skills. The light fire attack Char, the light ice attack Ice Shard and Channel, which lets him turn his HP into MP. That isn’t nearly enough for a magic user.

A good idea is to focus on Henson as soon as he joins your party. His physical attacks are incredibly weak, compared to all of the other party members. Plus, he’s typically kept in the back, out of harm’s way, because his hit points are low as well. The second he joins your party, your prerogative should be teaching him magic spells. If you don’t, he’ll be worthless. Try to at least teach him the basic elemental spells. It’s worth it.

A good idea is to try and get all of Henson’s medium strength elemental spells unlocked before you start spending SP on other characters. By level 30, I had taught him the following skills:

• Wizard Aura – automatically restores MP each turn
• Inspire – increases all allies’ defense when used
• Crystalline Crush – the medium ice spell
• Spark – the light lightning spell
• Scorch – the medium fire spell
• Immolate – the strong fire spell
• Blaze – the light fire spell that hits all enemies
• Whirlwind – the light wind spell that hits all enemies
• Gale Force – the medium wind spell that hits all enemies

Next is Gelts. While Gelts may seem like a awesome candidate for heavy hitter, and you may be tempted to start using SP to reveal special attacks for him to use in battle, it’s a better idea to teach him as many healing spells as possible. Early on, Killian and Gelts are the only party members who will be able to learn the basic cure skills. Since Killian’s a better attacker than Gelts, plus he can occasionally land multiple hits more often than Gelts, it’s best to have him focus on attacks. Gelts’ class is “cleric” for a reason.

Gelts only comes with one skill learned, Gelts Crush. To make things worse, Gelts Crush isn’t even a very good special attack. I’d recommend immediately heading to the top branch of the Skill Tree to Quick Fix, the first healing spell Gelts can learn. Follow along that top line and teach him Heal, the medium healing spell, and Revitalize, the massive healing spell. Then, go to the branch between Quick Fix and Heal and teach Gelts First Aid, the skill that heals all allies a little. If you have any medallions stored in Items, I’d recommend leveling up Heal to rank 3. It made battles a lot easier for me.

Spinel the thiefmage is a character you can put off for a while. Yes, thiefmage is a word. It must be, that’s how she’s described in her character profile. Anyway, she comes with one skill learned, Shadow Strike. It’s a very basic physical attack. Her skills are nice, but they aren’t as essential for battle early on. Focus on Henson, Gelts and Killian first, then work on her special abilities.

The only thing I’d suggest investing in is the combo attack she shares with Killian, Wave Strike. If you rank Wave Strike up enough with medallions, it can end up being a powerful way to handle large groups of enemies. I also invested in Deadly Attraction and Toxic Needles for Spinel, two attack skills on the same line as Shadow Strike. Both deal medium damage and also inflict a status ailment (confusion or poison) on an enemy. Toxic Needles is especially nice, since it hits multiple times.

Killian’s similar to Spinel. Once Henson and Gelts join, you’ll want to spend your SP on them and not him. He’s a well rounded chevalier character, which means he comes with a lot of physical attack skills and support skills. The only skills I strongly recommend teaching him early on are Cross Slash, Quick Fix and Wave Strike. If you want to use the Wave Strike combo attack with Spinel, you have to make sure both characters have it unlocked. Killian’s side is hidden and must be revealed, so make sure you follow the branch between Cross Slash and Holy Armor to unlock it.

In case it helps, by level 30 I had unlocked the following skills for Killian:

• Cross Slash – a medium attack to all enemies
• Quick Fix – light healing
• Heal – medium healing
• Holy Armor – increase one ally’s defense
• Wave Strike – the combo attack with Spinel that hits all enemies

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