Sifu is an exciting kung-fu combat RPG with the original feature that your character ages every time he dies. Since you want to die as little as possible to avoid aging, you need to develop the right set of skills as quickly as possible.
Sifu has a skill tree containing at least 24 different skills. The player has to spend XP to unlock any of the skills temporarily. Skills can be costly, ranging from hundreds to thousands of XP needed to unlock. As such, it can be helpful to know which skills are valuable to unlock early on in the game so that you don’t waste XP on skills you may not need.
How to unlock skills permanently in Sifu?
By spending a bit of your XP on skills, you can unlock them temporarily. However, there may be certain skills that you want to unlock permanently to use throughout the game. To permanently unlock skills, you’ll need to spend the original XP amount five times to unlock that skill permanently. This is where it can become very costly and why there are a few skills we recommend you unlock permanently as soon as possible.
You can unlock skills at shrines or when the player dies. It is also worth noting that XP farming is possible. You can travel back to previous levels and beat the enemies again while retaining your current XP skill spend. You can quickly gain XP to spend on permanently unlocking certain skills by replaying levels. Having the skills unlocked temporarily also gives you a chance to learn to use them and get the timings right so that when they become permanently unlocked, you already know how to use them.
It is also important to stay aware of the age system in Sifu. Once you pass a certain age, you’ll no longer be able to unlock new skills and will only be able to work on the skills you’ve already unlocked. As such, you want to make sure that you unlock all the skills you may need and then work towards permanently unlocking them.
Top 6 skills to permanently unlock first in Sifu
Let’s look at the six best skills that you should unlock first in playing Sifu.
- Charged Backfist
- Strong Sweep Focus
- Weapon Catch
- Snap Kick
- Pushback Cancel
- Spin Hook Kick
#1 Charged Backfist
Charged Backfist is a powerful close-up attack. It works well against single enemies where you’ll have the time needed to charge the attack. This does make it less useful if enemies swarm you, and it seems impossible to land on bosses. You can use this technique bare-fisted, or with weapons like bats and swords. When used with a bat, it becomes a powerful leg sweep, while a sword can lead to a one-hit KO. However, using the sword with this technique will become embedded in the enemy’s torso, and you’ll lose the weapon.
XP cost = 1000 XP
Permanent unlock = 5000 XP
#2 Strong Sweep Focus
The Strong Sweep Focus skill allows the player to take an enemy down to the ground immediately. The player can move on to other enemies or launch a downward attack while the enemy is on the floor. This is great in group situations as it can take down strong enemies and even most bosses. To make this skill really effective, make sure to upgrade your focus bar from the shrine. By upgrading your focus bar, you can have more of these sweeps in reserve to launch multiple attacks.
XP cost = 500 XP
Permanent unlock = 2500 XP
It also uses one bar of focus per attack.
#3 Weapon Catch
The Weapon Catch skill has two benefits. The first is that when objects get thrown at you, you can avoid getting stunned. The second benefit is that the object thrown at you is immediately placed in your hand so that you can throw it at the enemy. This skill becomes especially useful from the third level onwards as you encounter more enemies with throwing weapons.
XP cost = 500 XP
Permanent unlock = 2500 XP
#4 Snap Kick
Snap Kick is a very quick high kick that can knock down multiple enemies or break the balance of a particularly strong enemy. It is also very useful for quickly closing short and medium distances between the player and the enemy. However, you can only use this attack in a forward movement.
XP cost = 500 XP
Permanent unlock = 2500 XP
#5 Pushback Cancel
Pushback Cancel is a simple but useful technique. It is also a technique that your player can benefit from throughout the game. It allows the player to stand his ground and regain balance when an opponent knocks him back. This means you can protect yourself from falling down ledges and stairs or hitting environmental objects that cause extra damage.
XP cost = 500 XP
Permanent unlock: 2500 XP
#6 Spin Hook Kick
The Spin Hook Kick is a powerful combo attack that leads to a strong high kick capable of damaging groups of enemies. When timed correctly, this attack can also knock enemies to the ground, which the player can follow up with additional attacks for free bonus damage.
XP cost = 750 XP
Permanent unlock = 3750 XP
Best Sifu techniques to beat all five bosses
Timing is extremely important in Sifu, even more so with the bosses. There is no sure-fire way to beat all the bosses, so you have to concentrate on memorizing the timing of each of their attack combos. This will help you avoid attacks and show you where windows are for your return attacks.
The next important tip for beating the bosses is to make sure you get the avoid timing for every attack pattern memorized. By mastering your own attacks and skills, you’ll have a much bigger chance at defeating the bosses.
Unlock your Sifu power!
The combat system of Sifu is exciting and unique. So if the development of skills from the skills tree. With so many skills to choose from, it can sometimes be difficult to know which skills will benefit the most early on in the game.
By developing some of these skills, like Strong Sweep Focus and Snap Kick, first, you give yourself a better chance of making it through even the tough enemies. There’s also a neat trick to killing enemies with a single blow in Sifu.
