Best Early Game Ascension Abilities

This page will help you decide on what Ascension abilities to unlock early game. Read on for information about the best early game ascension abilities and more!

Recommended Ascension Abilities for Early Game

Combat

Notes

• The Combat Astralsphere goes top priority as you will be in combat for most parts of the game.
• Prioritize unlocking the nodes with lower AP cost that are under the nodes listed above.
• Unlock Airslip and Blink (under Blink Boost) as soon as possible as they will be very helpful in dodging.

Exploration

Notes

• Most of the nodes under the Exploration Astralsphere are related to gaining EXP and AP, both which becomes easy to farm mid-game.
• Unlock Aftertaste if you camp more at havens than staying at lodgings to maximize the efficiency of the meals that Ignis makes.

Magic

Notes

• Hold onto your elemental energy until you unlock Powercraft so you can create more powerful spells while consuming less energy.

Recovery

Notes

• Prioritize unlocking the nodes with lower AP cost that are under the nodes listed above.
• It is recommended to unlock Savior's Force first before Savior's Vengeance as having higher raw attack power is generally better than dealing RNG-based damage boost.

Stats

Notes

• Unlock additional accessory slots in this order: Noctis > Prompto > Gladiolus > Ignis.
• Prompto is top priority among the other three members as he has the lowest survivability. Equip him with HP and Defense boosting accessories to lower the chances of him having to be rescued from Danger.

Teamwork

Notes

• Prioritize unlocking the nodes with lower AP cost that are under the nodes listed above.
• Among the lowest AP costing nodes in the Teamwork Astralsphere, the most recommended to unlock first is First Shot (under Scintilla and Shock Drop) as it immediately fills up a part of the tech bar so you can use a technique early to deal more damage and gain invulnerability.

Techniques

Notes

• Unlock Regroup first then Overwhelm. Overwhelm can deal tons of damage to one enemy which is very useful especially on boss battles or powerful enemies like daemons. All party members involved will also be invulnerable, like in other techniques, while executing Overwhelm so this means using Overwhelm will make the entire party invulnerable during the execution of the technique. After this, prioritize unlocking other nodes with lower AP cost that are under the nodes listed above.

Wait Mode

Notes

• There are enemies that will take a long time before being completely scanned. Presto Libra makes it faster so you can have more time on your Wait Time gauge.
• Once you unlock No Mercy, it is recommended to scan each enemy even if they are all the same type to make it receive even more damage from its elemental weaknesses.
• Warp-Ambush gives higher chances of breaking an appendage which lowers the enemy's attributes.

Armiger

Notes

• Armiger Harvester and Iron Armiger both maximizes the use of the Armiger bar as it will fill up faster and drain slower with these abilities.

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