Doctor:Breed and Skills

Skills

Abilities

Mod	Skill name	Comments
2.0	Body Development	Always Max. The more HP you have, the longer you'll live, and you wont be evading much.
1.0	Nano Pool	Always max. More nano means more heals and DoTs at high levels.

Body

Mod	Skill name	Comments
2.0	Martial Arts	This is the skill that enhances your attacks with bare hands. A decent Doctor weapon choice.
2.8	Brawling	Used for the special attack Brawl. The more you have, the better your damage with that special attack will be. Used on some melee weapons and while barehanded.
4.0	Dimach	A melee special attack with a long recharge.
3.2	Riposte	Used on some melee weapons as an equip requirement and on some MA special attacks. Raise as needed.
2.0	Adventuring	You'll need this late game for Penumbra Glasses, raise this as you need it. Originally this affected fall damage, but that has been disabled.
2.0	Swimming	Useless to just about everyone. Stay away from this at all costs.

Melee

Mod	Skill name	Comments
2.4	1h Blunt	Comments.
2.4	1h Edged	Comment
2.4	Piercing	Comment.
3.2	2h Blunt	Comment.
3.2	2h Edged	Comment.
3.2	Melee Energy	Comment.
2.4	Parry	Comment.
3.2	Sneak Attack	Comment
3.2	Multiple Melee	Comment
2.4	Fast Attack	Comment

Misc. Weapons

Mod	Skill name	Comments
3.2	Sharp Obj	Comment
3.2	Grenade	Comment
4.0	Heavy Weapons	Comment

Ranged

Mod	Skill name	Comments
4.0	Bow	Comment
1.6	Pistol	Comment
4.0	Assault Rifle	Comment
3.2	Machine Gun/Submachine Gun	Comment
2.4	Shotgun	Comment
4.0	Rifle	Comment
4.0	Ranged Energy	Comment
2.4	Flingshot	Comment
3.2	Aimed Shot	Comment
3.0	Burst	Comment
4.0	Full Auto	Comment
4.0	Bow Special Attack	Comment
4.0	Multiple Ranged	Comment

Speed

Mod	Skill name	Comments
3.2	Melee Initiative	This determines how fast your melee weapons hit, to a maximum of 1.0s attack and recharge. If you're using a Melee weapon, raise this when you can, or until you're hitting 1/1.
3.2	Ranged Initiative	This determines how fast your ranged weapons hit, to a maximum of 1.0s attack and recharge. If you're using a Melee weapon, raise this when you can, or until you're hitting 1/1.
2.0	Physical Initiative	This skill determines how much time you will be spending between two hits of some bows and martial arts weapons, to a maximum of 1.0s attack and recharge. If you're using a bow or your fists, raise this when you can, or until you're hitting 1/1.
1.0	Nano Initiative	Always max. More Nano Init mean faster heals, and you'll want to heal as fast as possible.
2.4	Dodge Ranged	This skill allows you to avoid being hit by ranged weapons. If you are hit, it helps you to not receive critical hits. Raise if you can or are getting critted a lot.
3.2	Evade Close Combat	This skill allows you to avoid being hit by melee weapons and martial arts attacks. If you are hit, it helps you to not receive critical hits. Raise if you can or are getting critted a lot.
2.4	Duck Explosions	This skill allows you to avoid being hit by explosions. If you are hit, it helps you to not receive critical hits. Not too important on Rubi-Ka (mostly shotgun hits), but more useful in SL. Raise if you can or are getting critted a lot.
1.2	Nano Resist	Counters hostile nanoes directed towards use. Not too important in PvM, much more useful in PvP.
2.4	Run Speed	Not the most important skill, but you'll want it fairly high.

Trade and Repair

Mod	Skill name	Comments
2.0	Mechanical Engineering	Don't bother with this.
1.6	Electrical Engineering	Don't bother with this.
1.6	Quantum FT	Don't bother with this, unless you really want to make your own Shadowlands PBs.
1.6	Weapon Smithing	Don't bother with this.
1.0	Pharmaceutical Technology	Used to make monster parts into blood plasma, and specialised First Aid stims and kits. Raise if you want to, we're rather good at it.
1.6	Nano Programming	TUsed to build implants, and a few other things. Some doctors raise it, but it's not necessary.
1.0	Computer Literacy	Always max. Needed for NCUs, belts, and a few self-only tradeskills.
2.3	Psychology	Don't bother with this.
2.0	Chemistry	Used in a lot of tradeskills, hard to get high due to lack of buffs. Don't bother with this save for specific tradeskills.
1.0	Tutoring	Raise this to 1000 if you are a tradeskiller, basically this skill is solely for the use of Tutoring Devices. 1000 skill allows you the use of QL 200 Tutoring Devices. There is no bonus for having more than the required skill.

Nano and Aiding

The most important skills for a Doctor. You will be difined by your nanoes, especially your heals.

Mod	Skill name	Comments
1.0	Matter Metamorphosis	Needed for heals, HP buffs, and HoTs. Always max.
1.0	Biological Metamorphosis	Needed for heals, DoTs, HP buffs, HoTs, and Init. debuffs. Always max.
1.6	Psychological Modification	Needed to cast your Init. debuffs, Composites, and treatment buffs. Always max, even after you can cast UBT.
1.6	Matter Creation	Used in ours DoTs and short HP buffs. Not important in the early levels, but you'll max it in the end.
1.6	Time and Space	Used in our HoTs, team HP buffs, and a few other nanoes. Raise until you have 811 self-buffed, then ignore.
1.6	Sensory Improvement	Needed for treatment buffs and Epsilon Purge. 697 casts Epsilon Purge, but you might want more for longer Composites.
1.0	First Aid	Raise as you see fit. This skill will allow you to use nano and HP refilling items. It is not crucial to max but it is a great help for soloing and teaming.
1.0	Treatment	Always max. Nano Kits, Treatment Kits, andmost importantly, implants and symbiants.

Spying

Mod	Skill name	Comments
2.4	Concealment	You wont get enough of this to land Aimed Shot and Sneak Attack, so don't bother save for PvP reasons.
2.0	Breaking and Entering	Used for certain tradeskills and for opening doors and chests. Raise a bit to open mission chests and doors.
2.4	Trap Disarmament	Don't bother raising it.
2.4	Perception	Used to equip scopes, see mines in missions, and see hidden player outside. Unless you want to hotswap your scope, don't bother raising it save for PvP reasons.

Navigation

Mod	Skill name	Comments
2.4	Vehicle Air	Required to use a Yalmaha (and variants). You can probably implant the VA you need for one, so you wont need much IP into this.
1.6	Vehicle Ground	As the name says, used for ground vehicles. Don't bother with any vehicle skills except for vehicle air if you want a vehicle at all. Only social reasons may incite you to invest in this.
2.4	Vehicle Water	As the name says, used for water vehicles. Don't bother with any vehicle skills except for vehicle air if you want a vehicle at all. Only social reasons may incite you to invest in this.
1.6	Map Navigation	This skill can not be reset. Implant every so often and upload a bunch of maps.