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Skills in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight are different than in previous Lego games, as now they're locked to specific characters and the unique abilities that they have. This means that each character is fundamentally distinct, but you'll need to work through the enhancements to those abilities over time. Below we'll go through the full trees of several of the major characters, all those that have been revealed so far, as a result of having been able to play several sections of the game in a preview build.
All skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
Every single one of the Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight characters has their own unique skill tree, tied to the two abilities that they have. Our preview build allowed us to see the skill trees of four of those characters, as we've laid out below. We'll expand on this guide when the full game is released and we see the skill trees of the other three characters.
All Batman skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
Batman has the most skills to unlock in Lego Batman Legacy, tied around the Batarang and Batclaw gadgets.
Article continues belowSkill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Batarang Combo | Increases the amount of Batarangs that Batman can hold at once. | 7 |
Concussive Batarang | These Batarangs stick to enemies before emitting a big Concussive blast. | 7 |
Stealthy Stun | Allows Batman to stun enemies for a longer period of time when thrown from the shadows. | 5 |
Carbon Fibre Tips | Increases the base stun capabilities of Batarangs. | 7 |
Scatterang | Allows Batman to throw multiple Batarangs at once. | 9 |
Alarmarang | These Batarangs stick to a surface and emit a loud noise to draw in nearby enemies. | 6 |
Weighted Batarangs | Increases the weight of Batarangs to deal extra damage. | 6 |
Focus Bat Swarm | Allows Batman to summon a swarm of bats to damage and distract nearby enemies. | 12 |
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Batclaw Fling | Allows Batman to fling enemies away with the Batclaw. | 9 |
Vault Slam | Allows Batman to slam an enemy down after flipping over them. | 8 |
Pulling Power | Increases the pull speed of the Batclaw. | 5 |
Brute Claw | Increases the Pull Strength of the Batclaw to yank larger enemies off balance. | 6 |
Perch Takedown | Allows Batman to drop in and grab an enemy without touching the floor for a stealthy takedown. | 7 |
Impact Throw | Increases the impact dealt when an enemy is thrown at another enemy. | 5 |
Smoke Emitter | Adds a smoke capsule to the Batclaw that will fire a cloud of smoke on contact with an enemy. | 6 |
Focus Slam | Allows Batman to swing enemies in a circle before slamming them down. | 12 |
All Commissioner Jim Gordon skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
Jim Gordon's two skill trees are focused on the Foam Sprayer and Rebound Launcher.
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Goop Trail | Foam Zorbs leave a trail of good blobs behind as they roll, leaving sticky traps for nearby other enemies. | 6 |
Surrounding Splat | Foam Zorbs explode, firing off blobs of foam at nearby enemies. | 4 |
Bigger Clip | Increases the amount of foam that can be fired in quick succession without needing to reload. | 6 |
Focus Splat | Allows Gordon to fire a supercharged blob of foam, completely covering a target in one shot and splashing other nearby enemies. | 12 |
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Splitter | Rebound Bolts will split in two when they bounce to hit multiple targets at once. | 6 |
Scope | Adds a scope to the Rebound Launcher to target enemies with greater precision. | 6 |
Rebound Power | Increases the power of Rebound Bolts fired from the Rebound Launcher | 4 |
Focus Shot | Allows Gordon to fire a super powered Rebound Bolt that will bounce from enemy to enemy for extra damage. | 12 |
All Catwoman skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
Catwoman's two powers in Lego Batman Legacy are the Whip and "Call Kitty", which summons a small cat that can be used for either combat or stealth.
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Speedy Spin | Allows Catwoman to send enemies into a spin with a single crack of her whip. | 5 |
Power Whip | Increases the strength of the Whip, allowing larger enemies to be spun and increasing the length of time that smaller enemies will spin for. | 5 |
Knock On | Allows spinning enemies to knock other enemies into a spin. | 6 |
Focus Shot | Allows Catwoman to send an enemy spinning extra fast, bouncing from enemy to enemy in a frenzy. | 12 |
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Distract | These Kittens can distract nearby enemies and create an opening to sneak past them. | 5 |
Cat Burglar | Increases the speed that the stud combo bar will fill when collecting studs with the Remote Kitten. | 4 |
Multi Call Kitty | Allows Catwoman to summon multiple kittens at once to attack a target. | 7 |
Focus Cat Attack | Allows Catwoman to summon a gang of angry cats to attack nearby enemies. | 12 |
All Robin skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
Robin's powers are similar to Batman's: the Birdarang and the Cable Launcher. Both have their own skill tree accordingly.
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Return Attack | Allows Robin to bat Birdarangs back at enemies as they return to him. | 6 |
Extra Targets | Increases the amount of targets that a single Birdarang can be thrown at. | 5 |
Spinarang | These Birdarangs cause enemies to spin around when they're hit, causing them to lose track of their targets. | 5 |
Focus Bird of Prey | Allows Robin to throw a super powered Birdarang that will bounce around the area, hitting any enemies in its path. | 12 |
Skill | Description | Cost |
|---|---|---|
Ripcord Cable | Allows Robin to tether himself to an enemy for a fast attack. | 7 |
Bungee Cable | These cable lines are bouncy, allowing Robin to bounce up for a jump slam attack on enemies below. | 4 |
Brute Tether | Increases the pull strength of cable lines, allowing them to slam larger enemies. | 5 |
Focus Slammer | Allows Robin to fire a super powered cable line to slam enemies with extra force and hit any nearby enemies in the chaos. | 12 |
Best skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
So far it seems as though the best skills for each character tend to be those that don't just enhance what you can already do, but actually add new options accordingly. I'd suggest prioritizing the following.
- Batman
- Alarmarang
- Brute Claw
- Perch Takedown
- Smoke Emitter
- Commissioner Jim Gordon
- Goop Trail
- Splitter
- Catwoman
- Speedy Spin
- Distract
- Cat Burglar
- Robin
- Focus Bird of Prey
- Bungee Cable
- Brute Tether
How to unlock skills in Lego Batman Legacy of the Dark Knight
Skills in Lego Batman Legacy are unlocked in the Batcave, at the upgrade workbench to the right of Batmite's shop (it should be marked with a blue workbench icon in Detect mode).
Here, you'll be able to unlock abilities along the skill tree for any character you've unlocked. You pay for these abilities with tokens found in Waynetech Caches, collectibles through the game.
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