Burst and Beta skills tweaks

Stellar Blade combat mod that rebalances Beta and Burst skills by reducing knockdowns and raising costs with more tactical gameplay with optional spam control.

This mod refines combat by reducing excessive knockdowns and Beta skill spam, offering a more tactical and grounded gameplay experience.

Key Changes

BETA SKILLS:

• Shock Wave:
  • Knockdown removed from final hit
  • Damage increased (~25–30%)
• Shield Breaker:
  • Knockdown removed from final hit
  • Shield damage increased (~25–30%)

BURST SKILLS:

• Punishing Edge:
  • Cost: 3 → 4
  • Damage increased
• Descending Break:
  • Cost: 3 → 4
  • Damage increased
• Tempest:
  • Cost: 4 → 5
  • Damage increased

Optional Version:

Includes all above tweaks plus:

• All Beta skills cost increased from 2 to 3 squares to reduce skill spamming.

Notes:

• Descriptions in skill menus will not update, but the functionality is changed.
• You must still unlock upgrades that mention knockdown to progress or unlock new skills in New Game+.
• Super attacks after dodge/parry and combo Beta finishers remain vanilla.

Installation:

1. Extract the mod archive.
2. Copy files to: StellarBlade\SB\Content\Paks\~mods
3. Create the ~mods folder if it doesn’t already exist.

Compatibility:

Not compatible with other mods that modify:

• SkillTable.uasset
• SkillResultTable.uasset

To avoid conflicts, remove other mods editing those same files.

Credits: ElBibu256

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