7 Best Skills To Unlock First In Ghostrunner 2

Skill chips improve Jack’s performance in Ghostrunner 2. Chips can be purchased with Data found on a mission and spent on the GR Augmentation Unit. Each chip has a different category and memory storage amount, meaning not all of them can be utilized at once.

Some chips are not accessible until later on in the storyline. This means you should hold on to spare data and wait to make those important purchases. Otherwise, it may be a waste of data if you spend too much on unwanted skills. You can also simply farm extra data so that there is never an outright deficit.

7 Gap Blinker Saves You When Needed

Shuriken Skill

Gap Blinker is one of the possible Shuriken skills. It costs 7,500 data and will use up seven memory slots. Gap Blinker will instantly teleport you to an enemy when they are hit by a shuriken projectile. This makes it much faster and safer than using Gap-Jamming, or if you have another skill that has disabled Gap-Jamming altogether.

This play style allows you to hit and stun a foe from afar, then move in close to utilize a sword attack or other close-range move. It will be less beneficial if you want to stay far away, or concentrate on a different enemy than the one currently stunned.

6 Adrenaline Injector Keeps Stamina Full

Rootkit Skill

Adrenaline Injector is one of the two Rootkit skills. It costs 6,500 data and uses four memory. When you defeat an enemy it will restore 40% of your maximum stamina. However, it disables being able to freely Gap-Jam stunned enemies. In many cases, the amount of extra stamina is worth it, especially when facing off against several weaker enemies that might be defeated quickly.

As mentioned before, pairing Adrenaline Injector with Gap Blinker can get over the lack of Gap-Jamming. You’ll instead instantly be in the face of the enemy. Alternatively, you can also greatly improve your dash so that it is fast enough and uses so little energy as to be nearly like a Gap-Jam.

5 Rooting Helps You Create Unique Builds

System Skill

Rooting is a System skill chip. It costs 12,000 data and takes up a whole 8 memory slots. Rooting removes the category on all other skill chips placed on Jack’s Motherboard. This allows you to make a truly unique build by placing five or six chips of a type in another column. You can also get all the possible bonuses for having a chip from being at the top of a column, or if no chips are next to it.

Outside allowing for customization, Rooting doesn’t give any other direct bonuses and also uses quite a lot of memory space. Many of the boss fights, like defeating Ahriman, use more traditional and straightforward chip builds.

4 Tactical Retreat Keeps You Safe

Traversal Skill

Tactical Retreat is one of the many Traversal skills. It costs 5,000 data and uses up five memory slots. When you use the dash to move backward it also launches you into the air. This is a great means of getting away quickly. You will often also be in a great position to follow up with a shuriken throw or other movement ability.

There are a few times when you want to stay on the ground instead of flying back up. This could be in some select fights, as well when simply parkour and freerunning around an area. If you already know you want to stay low for a level, remove Tactical Retreat for the time being, and add it in for the next mission.

3 Ghost Thrusters Helps You Dash

Traversal Skill

Ghost Thrusters is yet another Traversal skill. It costs 5,500 data and requires four free memory slots. When in combat, dashing will make you invincible to all melee and projectile attacks; other hazards do not count. This makes it a wonderful option when fighting against many unpredictable enemies. This can even be used on tougher boss fights that use many fast attacks at once. However, Ghost Trustors also raises the stamina cost of dashing by another 10%.

The extra stamina cost looks bad on paper, but can be mitigated. Combining this with other chips for extra stamina can easily overcome such a hurdle. Both Adrenaline Injector and Hydraulics Adjustments can greatly improve stamina use if you are moving often and quickly killing foes.

2 Hydraulics Adjustments Helps With Stamina

Traversal Skill

Hydraulics Adjustments are yet another great Traversal skill. It costs 5,500 data and requires three memory. It lowers the stamina cost of dashing by 15%. This is great as dashing is the main means of movement that any beginner should master first.

Hydraulics Adjustments are best paired to relieve the penalties of other skill chips. Putting in the same column as Ghost Thrusters will give a total benefit of just a 5% stamina reduction. You’ll also get much more freedom of chip placement if already using Rooting. You should typically expect to include Hydraulics Adjustments on most chip layouts, or make an entire build around it.

1 Flow Booster Gets You Moving Faster

Flow Skill

Flow Booster, as the name implies, is one of the Flow-related skill chips. It costs 9,000 data and uses up seven memory slots. Flow Booster increases your movement speed by 5% per each multiplayer in the combo counter. This means you could be moving at 125% or even 150% speed. But it does require already having a good sense of combat and when to string together enemy kills.

While Flow Booster is fantastic for veteran players, it might be a bit overwhelming for those newly starting Ghostrunner 2. You have to maintain a high combo count to keep up the momentum. Flow Booster also does nothing when there are no enemies around at all. Still, even at only 105% movement, the extra speed can feel great and give even a small advantage in a fight.