Atomic Heart Skill Guide: Best Skills to Upgrade

Atomic Heart's hero sets off on an epic journey in Atomic Heart, and alongside a variety of destructive weapons, P-3 can also acquire and upgrade a wide range of skills to use in combat. Skills are a reflection of how you grow and develop your playstyle in Atomic Heart, and picking the wrong skills can genuinely make your life harder. That's why we've put together a list of the best Atomic Heart skills for you. Here's the Atomic Heart skill guide:

Atomic Heart Skill Guide: Best Skills

Shock

• Electrification: SHOK electrified enemies.
• Power Amplifier: SHOK deals more damage and knocks enemies back.
• Resistance Breakdown: Electrified targets take more damage.
• Neuro-Polymer Accelerator: Reduces SHOK's cooldown.
• Enhanced Modulator: An upgrade to the electromagnetic unit that increases its effective range.
• Chain Lightning: Part of the discharge bounces and deals damage to an additional target.
• Expanded Topology: Chain Lightning can hit an additional target.
• Full Contact: Secondary targets hit by Chain Lightning take full damage.

Character

• Boar: Increases your maximum health.
• Musclehead: Increases your maximum health.
• Athlete: Increases your maximum health.
• Neuro-Compression Tactical Backpack: Increases your backpack's capacity through compression ratios.
• Juggler: Lets you use a Neuromed capsule with one hand.
• Full House: Lets you switch weapons 100% faster.
• Parkour: You're trained to tuck and roll to avoid fall damage.
• Second Wind: Your excellent physical ability gives you an extra dash charge.

Freeze

• High Pressure: Upgrade the Cryo Jet's pressure chamber, increasing its maximum range.
• Forced Thawing: Frozen targets take extra damage when the freeze effect ends.
• Careful Disassembly: Get more loot when you defeat a frozen enemy.
• Neuro-Polymer Accelerator: Reduces the polymer jet's cooldown.
• Fire Extinguisher: The Cryo Jet's spray neutralizes incoming fire damage.
• Dense Spray: Speeds up the cryopolymer discharge to freeze enemies faster.
• Wide Spray Nozzle: Lets you spray cryopolymer in a cone-shaped area.

Mass Telekinesis

• Forced Acceleration Fall: The neurokinetic unit can now accelerate falling enemies and cause them to take damage when they hit the ground.

Polymer Jet

• High Pressure: Upgrades the Polymer Jet's pressure chamber, increasing its maximum range.

Power Management

• Energy Density: Adds another Power Cell to the recirculation chamber.
• ATP Recycling: Converts lost health into energy.