Best Skills and Combos in Morbid Metal
Only the best uses all of the characters.
There are many different combinations of skills and upgrades to build in Morbid Metal. While you don’t have complete control of what shows up in an iteration, building toward two to three powerful combos and upgrading them is a good way to start a run.
Eventually, you’ll find more and more synergies to go along with your skills, and here are some of the best skill combinations to look out for in Morbid Metal.
Complete List of Skills or Protocols in Morbid Metal
Complete List of Flux’s Protocols
First protocol (skill) slot (Q)
Blink Strike – Instantly teleport to an enemy’s position and attack them once
- Damage – 140
- Cooldown – 8s
Back Stab – Flux dashes behind an enemy and stabs them.
- Damage – 250
- Cooldown – 14s
Second protocol slot (E)
Nano Blades – Launch multiple blade projectiles against a single enemy
- Damage – 3×50
- Cooldown – 8s
Nano Strike – Flux phases out and leaps to a target in range, striking repeatedly. After each strike, may jump to a nearby enemy.
- Damage – 6×60
- Cooldown – 14s
Third protocol slot (ultimate/special) (R)
Bladeform – Slash an enemy multiple times. Instantly kills them below a health threshold.
- Damage – 6×170
- Special Drive Stack Cost – 2
Power Blade – Releases a powerful Nano Blade that passes through enemies.
- Damage – 500
- Special Drive Stack Cost – 2
Complete List of Ekku’s Protocols
First protocol (skill) slot (Q)
Upslam – Smash the ground to hit and stun multiple enemies at once.
- Damage – 220
- Cooldown – 14s
Ground Shatter – Ekku Shatters the ground, damaging and stunning all enemies in an area.
- Damage – 220
- Cooldown – 14s
Second protocol slot (E)
Echo Strike – Swing twice. The second swing deals a fraction of the first swing’s damage.
- Damage – 200
- Cooldown – 14s
Echo Implant – Ekku dashes to a nearby enemy, implanting an Echo on hit. After a delay or death, the Echo explodes in an area. Explosion damage scales with damage dealt while the Echo was active.
- Damage – 60
- Cooldown – 8s
- Echo Duration – 4s
- Explosion Radius – 8
- Explosion Damage – 40%
Third protocol slot (ultimate/special) (R)
Seismic Rift – Launch a vicious attack against multiple enemies in front of you.
- Damage – 500
- Max Damage – 1,100
- Special Drive Stack Cost – 3
Sonic Slash – Ekku unleashes a powerful horizontal slash, hitting enemies in a wide area
- Damage – 500
- Special Drive Stack Cost – 1
Complete List of Vekta’s Protocols
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Best Skills to Use for Each Character in Morbid Metal
Flux
Blink Strike is the best, but not so far off from Back Stab. Blink Strike just helps you get more damage in a longer fight, is good for mobility because of its shorter cooldown, and allows for more synergies.
Back Stab does offer way more damage for bursts, which is good for tankier foes like bruisers or bosses. A Routine that lets you critically hit an enemy with full HP is utilized more by Back Stab because of its higher damage output, higher damage means a way higher crit.
Both are good in different ways, but Blink Strike just offers more flexibility, especially when you want to deal with airborne targets first during an encounter.
For the second protocol, Nano Strike wins by far. It has a longer cooldown compared to Nano Blades, but the skill allows you to phase out, which is perfect for dodging attacks while dealing damage. It feels more fluid to play, and it does more damage. Nano Blades is way too passive, but it does allow you to deal damage from afar, and you can leave that to Vekta.
Bladeform and Power Blade are both great. Power Blade has the potential to deal massive damage on a critical hit while Bladeform does more consistent damage overall.
Ekku
Upslam and Ground Shatter roughly have the same use: to stun enemies to line up for a combo. Upslam launches the enemies up, which can trigger some Routines if you go for a build that has some airborne bonuses. Ground Shatter is a ground stun, so you don’t have to think about it.
I’d recommend Upslam and getting used to doing airborne combos, such as Ekko launching enemies and then switching midair to Flux to do a combo, and ending with Ekko’s normal ground slam attack while airborne to smash the enemies.
Echo Strike is way more efficient than Echo Implant just because of the wide radius of the swings and how you can easily throw this skill and focus on other combos or characters. It a great way to clear weaker enemies.
Seismic Rift does more damage, but is only great if you mainly use Ekku in a run. It is hard to get his special skill up, and its cost is insanely high. Sonic Slash offers more flexibility for Ekku, especially when you focus on using other characters during combat.
Vekta
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