10 'Useless' Video Game Skills That Are SECRETLY DEADLY

When creating and leveling up your character, particularly in an RPG, you'll be wanting to

give them the best stats possible. Maybe that's a focus on damage dealing, stealth, just something

that's going to make them exceptional. But sometimes the path to becoming exceptional

is not quite so straightforward. Looks can often be deceiving, as some skills may appear useless

when you get them, offering nothing beyond a cosmetic change or a weak ability. But in reality

they might possess a hidden use that makes them well worth the investment

So, these video game abilities may look weak on the surface, but they are secretly packing one hell of a punch

I'm Jules, this is WhatCulture.com, and these are ten useless video game abilities that are secretly deadly

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Well, at least it'd be 50% better now that Jess is in it. Anyway, enjoy. Nurgle's Foul Stink, Total War Warhammer 3

Composing your army in Total War Warhammer 3 can be a pretty daunting task

You've got hundreds of different units to choose from, and each one can seem deadly in its own different way

But if you're playing as the Beastmen faction, the greatest weapon in your arsenal is actually a bunch of really stinky cow people

One of the unique traits that the heroes and lords of the Beastmen factions can gain is Nurgle's Foul Stink

The trait allows them to slightly lower the enemy army's leadership in combat, which on its own doesn't really sound that useful

But the thing that makes this deceptively minor debuff as strong as it is, is that it stacks

meaning if you create an army consisting of only very stinky heroes

their combined stench will lower any army's leadership below zero. Then all you have to do is kill a few of the hostile units

to immediately cause the rest to flee. Even the mightiest of forces will run away from your bovine stink

so if you don't feel like strategising or getting particularly good at the game

and want an easy win, just make sure you pick really smelly leaders

and you are good to go. Now we're talking about Mortal Legend from Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous

Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous is an RPG based off of the tabletop game of the same name

Well, it wasn't going to be Cluedo, was it? The game's most prominent mechanic is Mythic Parts

which allows your character to gain the powers of a demigod. You can gain the abilities of devils

angels, liches and more, becoming far more powerful than regular heroes. This being said

late into the game you may choose to reject your superhuman powers to instead become a mortal

legend. Now, doing so will take away all of your mythic abilities in exchange for raising your level

cap, which kinda sounds worthless, but is secretly the best way to break the game

While spawning hordes of the undead or smiting foes with the powers of heaven itself sounds pretty

cool, the raised level cap is actually far more fun, as it doubles the number of levels you can

have from 20 to 40, meaning that you can boost your stats to the point where even level 20

enemies will feel as if they're level 1 to you. Your legend character will deal damage in the thousands and have so much HP that even

the strongest bosses will only take away a tiny fraction of that health bar Who needs divinity when you can simply break the game and become god itself By not being a god You know what I mean Charisma Swords and Sandals Swords and Sandals is an old but classic Flash game about fictional

gladiators. Although its original version has been lost with Flash's demise, you can still

play the Steam version, and if you do, you're gonna wanna try out this strategy

Leveling up your Gladiator correctly in Swords and Sandals can often feel kind of intimidating

as you don't have a lot of time between new matches and you need to raise a lot of stats

simultaneously to have a chance at surviving the tournaments. That is unless you just dump all your

points into Charisma. While most people would tell you that creating the perfect Gladiator

requires a balance of strength, stamina and top shelf gear, Charisma can secretly obliterate your

enemies on its own. Charisma makes your shout actions in the arena more successful and while

that might sound like it's not that useful, in reality high charisma shouting has a high chance

of dealing large amounts of damage to your opponent or making them immediately forfeit the duel

You can use swords and shields absolutely but if you want to you can just yell at your opponent

enough that they just decide they don't want to fight you because it's too hard and you're too

You're too charismatic. They don't want to take you on and you win. Okay, it's time to repair some toasters in Wasteland 3

Wasteland 3 is a post-apocalyptic RPG filled with psychotic raiders and mutated monsters

and so, as such, it makes sense to give your characters the necessary skills for survival

Now, most people assume that that means just making them more proficient with, like, guns

and melee weapons. However, true fans of the series know that the deadliest of all things lies inside broken toasters

Toaster Repair is a skill in Wasteland 3 that very obviously sticks out from the rest of

the more survival related talents. However, despite it doing exactly what it says, giving you the ability to repair one

of the most basic appliances in your kitchen, the world of Wasteland is actually full of

bread burners with ridiculously powerful items just hidden inside. Every toaster that you repair comes with a secret prize, some of which are simple things

like money, and some of which are unique weird science weapons like the Argon Lance, which

can immediately vaporize your enemies or a blueprint for the Tar Thrower Launcher

that can burn hostiles for thousands of damage. How any of these items fit inside the appliance is anyone's guess

but I guess that's why they were broken in the first place. All you need to know is how to repair toasters, so pick up that skill

Water Walking, World of Warcraft. Each class in World of Warcraft comes with a set of unique abilities

that range from deadly to absolutely gimmicky. In terms of the shaman class, the spell Water Walking might seem like it belongs to the ladder

category, but with the right preparation and tactics, it can become your greatest weapon

against a horde of enemies and nasty gankers trying to kill you in the wild. As you might

expect, Water Walking is a utility spell that allows you to walk on water. It lets you walk

on water for 10 minutes at a time. While at first glance that appears to be nothing but a party trick

that you can use to impress your friends with your overly accurate Jesus impression

in reality, the skill can turn you into the apex predator of every pool of water in the game

Since swimming underwater is incredibly slow and takes away your ability to cast certain spells

not to mention the breathable air limit, when you can fight submerged enemies while walking on the surface you basically become invincible and significantly stronger than your opponents Knowing this you can also lure land creatures and players

into bodies of water and you'll have your full suite of combat abilities while they're just

flailing about underwater. As you can imagine, you'll probably come out on top there

Let's talk about Campfire making from Valheim. So Valheim is a Viking-themed survival game in

which you take on powerful mythical monsters to prove your warrior skills to the Norse gods

Now the game offers you a variety of different weapons and combat skills in order to do this

but if you're taking on the first two bosses, then the only ability that you really need is how to make campfires

Yeah, you see, the fastest way to kill the two starting bosses in the game is by placing campfires

and letting them burn themselves to death by stepping on them. To make this exploit work, you first need to gather enough wood and stone to be able to build four walls and a handful of campfires

The trick is to quickly build the walls and campfires around the spot where the bosses spawn

so that they become trapped inside and constantly burn themselves on the fire as they try to escape the walls

Now the timing here can be tricky as you only have like a few seconds to localise the spawn point

and build the trap after activating the boss's altar, but learning this skill is definitely worth the effort

as the campfires can kill both starter bosses in less than a minute

making them the fastest and most resource-efficient weapons. Fear, The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

The Illusion School of Magic in The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim might be one of the most underrated skill trees in the game

The Calm and Fury spells are perfect for killing off your enemies without ever actually having to fight them

as they'll either let you effortlessly stab them in the back or kill each other for you

However, the same can't be said for the spell Fear. It's a more expensive version of Calm and, as you can imagine

instead of having your enemies wait around to be killed, it causes them to run away from you

That said, although the spell seems kinda useless, the perks for fear spells are secretly the greatest damage buffs in the game

It's just that they don't actually apply to your fear spells. The description of the perk aspect of Terror says that it buffs fear spells to work on higher opponents, but in reality, it does way more than that

The perk actually buffs all fear-inducing abilities to be stronger, meaning if you combine it with the Augmented Flames perk

which causes your fire spells to cause fear, Aspect of Terror will make them deal a ton more

damage, turning even your base flame spell into a weapon of mass destruction. Much more frightening

than guys that just run away. It's brutal damage and easier to loot them

Luck from the Fallout series. Now the first two Fallout games are a lot more unforgiving than the

latter titles in the series and a poorly made character will not be long for this savage world

Now, most Fallout players try to make their characters as combat-focused as possible

to give them a chance to even make it to the end. However, the most seemingly useless attribute, luck

is secretly the most overpowered combat skill in your entire arsenal. You see, in the early game, high luck might not seem to do much

besides altering the game's ruthless RNG to be, well, marginally less ruthless

and it won't really boost your damage on weapons in any meaningful way, so it might feel like a waste to put too many points into it

However, if you make it to level 18 with a 10 luck character and you have 8 points in agility and perception

you can purchase the Sniper perk that will suddenly make you appreciate your seemingly useless attribute

You see Sniper increases your probability to make a critical hit by 10 multiplied by your luck meaning that a max luck character will have a 100 chance of doing critical damage with every single shot And just

like that, you can become the Wasteland's luckiest head-bursting badass. Create water

Baldur's Gate 3. Your spellcaster's magical arsenal in Baldur's Gate 3 is staggering

which can make it kind of difficult for new players to figure out which ability is the

strongest. You have your fireball, disintegration, and a ton of other deadly spells, but most players

will probably be surprised to learn the most powerful ability in the game is the humble magic

of create water. Create water is a level one spell that, much like water walking, does exactly

what it says on the tin. It lets you create a puddle of water, and while making your enemies wet

might seem completely pointless, it's actually a hidden way of totally obliterating them. When a

Creatures in a puddle of water, they gain lightning vulnerability, which doubles the amount of damage they receive from that element

On top of that, once a wet surface is hit with a lightning spell, it becomes electrified

This causes everyone inside to receive additional damage and potentially become stunned

Combining lightning spells with watery surfaces will let you deal hundreds of points of damage

to multiple enemies at once, even with low-level spells like Witch Bolt

This is even deadlier if you specced into the Sorcerer's Storm Sorcery subclass

which lets your lightning spells become even more effective. Basically, you're just combining two elements to be an unstoppable killing machine

And finally, let's talk about Barrelmancy from Divinity Original Sin 2. Divinity Original Sin 2 is a fantasy RPG set inside a world full of magic and supernatural powers

And when you create your character, you can make some pretty weird choices

because there's some very weird abilities. But if you think spells like fireballs and necromancy are the most devastating attacks that you can unleash upon your enemies

think again, my friends. Because actually, the most powerful thing you can do here is take a barrel filled with worthless junk

You see, ever since the release of the game, fans of Divinity knew of a forbidden technique known as

Barrelmancy. When you throw an object in the game, the damage it deals to a creature is calculated using your relevant abilities

but also, more importantly, the object's weight. Usually the heaviest throwable objects don't have enough weight to deal serious damage

but if you stuff any large container like a barrel with random items

you can make it so hefty that you'll be able to throw it at your enemies for a ton

excuse the pun, of extra damage. The only limiting factor here is that the extra weight might also be too much for your character to lug around

but if you take the telekinesis spell and master it, any amount of weight in the game will only be your enemy's problem instead

because you've just thrown a massive barrel at their head. Plus it's hilarious taking down the end boss with that just kind of like I will destroy the world and reshape it in my own thing

Oh a barrel god damn ow. Oh I'm gonna need to sit down for a bit

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