Are you ready to elevate your gameplay in All Star Tower Defense X? This game introduces a groundbreaking “Skill Tree” mechanic, inspired by top-tier AAA video games, allowing you to unlock new skills for your characters. These special moves provide a crucial edge as you battle relentless enemy waves. Customize your units’ power-ups to enhance their damage, range, or rate of attack to create an unstoppable team. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about the skill tree mechanics and how to unlock skills for your units.
Understanding the Skill Tree in All Star Tower Defense X
The Skill Tree feature in All Star Tower Defense X enables you to unlock unique abilities for your units. However, this functionality is limited to only 5-star or Unbound units. To access this feature, players must reach level 18 or above.
Key Features of the ASTDX Skill Tree
When you navigate to the skill tree through the Grand Elder or the unit window, you will encounter a screen that displays branches, nodes, and your unit’s skill tree progress at the top right. Here’s a summary of the useful buttons you’ll find:
- Damage: Unlock nodes only along the damage path to boost your unit’s attack power.
- Speed: Unlock nodes that increase your unit’s attack speed or reduce cooldowns.
- Range: Unlock nodes to enhance the attack range of your units.
- Fast Unlock: Spend a specific number of skill orbs to unlock all nodes on a branch, bypassing duplicates and hidden moves.
- 4 Empty Cells: These are reserved for your special abilities once unlocked.
- Locked Units: Located next to the empty cells, these units require you to activate the same unit on a duplicate node to unlock.
Unlocking Nodes in the ASTDX Skill Tree
With a grasp of the skills menu, let’s delve into how to unlock nodes. You’ll need Skill Orbs, which come in various colors. You must use orbs that match your unit’s color. If you don’t have the right colored orbs, you can convert Pure Skill Orbs into the color you need.
Select a path—Damage, Speed, or Range—to enhance your unit strategically. Click on the starting node and hit the Confirm button to spend your skill orbs and unlock the node.
Dupe Nodes and Special Nodes in ASTDX
Each unit’s skill tree features three extra dupe nodes. They are vital for expanding other nodes after maxing out a branch.
Unlock dupe nodes by using the same 5-star or Unbound unit you are working on; you’ll need four units to access the entire tree. Upon finishing certain branches, you’ll unlock special abilities at the special nodes, providing passive bonuses like a 10% Critical chance.
Accessing the Skill Tree in All Star Tower Defense X
To access the skill tree for a specific unit, make sure you have a 5-star or Unbound unit and have reached level 18. Here’s how:
- Go to the Grand Elder chamber, positioned to the left of the Summoning Area.
- Stand on the green highlighted area and press the ‘E‘ key to interact with the Elder.
- Select the dialogue option that mentions Hidden Potential.
- Choose the 5-star or Unbound unit you wish to upgrade and click Confirm.
- This will take you to the Skill Tree map, where you can enhance your selected path.
An alternative is to select any 5-star or Unbound unit, and click on the three dots icon beside its stats to access its skill tree.
How to Acquire Skill Orbs in All Star Tower Defense X
The easiest way to collect skill orbs is by completing battles in the Challenges area, aimed at players level 20 and above. This is the best place to test out your strong units and earn skill orbs for unlocking nodes in the skill tree.
Participate in daily challenges or those that refresh every 30 minutes to collect unique colored skill orbs. You can also consider the challenges that reward Pure Skill Orbs, as these can be converted into any color needed for your unit. Additionally, redeeming All Star Tower Defense X codes can provide skill orb bags for free.
In your journey, what do you think is the best 5-star or Unbound unit currently available? Share your thoughts in the comments!