Soulstice guide: 5 best skills to unlock first for Lute

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A brand new hack & slash is in town with the launch of Soulstice from Reply Game Studios. The game borrows elements from some of the most popular entries in the genre while being its own thing entirely.

Players have to control two characters simultaneously. Alongside the main player character Briar, there's Lute, her sister who has been turned into a Shade (a spirit).

Despite being bound to Briar, Lute is not useless as her abilities form the basic foundation of all kinds of actions in Soulstice, from combat to traversal. Additionally, with a branching skill tree to enhance the Shade's powers, it can be hard to pick what to prioritize in Soulstice's early hours.

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Players will start with basic forms of the key maneuvers in Soulstice, and these can be enhanced further. Lute's skills can be categorized as follows:

Sisterly Bond allows Lute to react to an incoming enemy attack even if the Counter fails. This bonus defensive action can only occur every few seconds. It grants players a bit of leeway during hectic battles when multiple enemies are trying to attack at once.

Sisterly Bond is available in the Defense tree and is an enhancement to the base Protection skill. Players can buy it for 840 blue shards.

With Timeless, the Slow Counter effect lasts longer. The skill increases the amount of time an enemy remains in stasis, giving players more time to evade their attacks than with the base Slow skill.

Timeless is also available in the Defense tree and costs 1200 blue shards.

Spiritual Expansion essentially increases the range of both the evocation field and the banishment field when in combat. The fields allow color-coded enemies within their reach to be