20 Basic Video Game Skills That Are Secretly Broken

Swords and Sandals is a brutal game about becoming the greatest gladiator in the world… or dying trying.

Making it out alive of the arena is almost as difficult as winning fights, so investing in the right skills is crucial. The choice can seem tricky with the game offering a huge selection of melee and ranged weapons, but if you’re a smart player, you will actually not invest in any weapon at all.

Instead, you will put everything you have into Charisma.

Charisma is a utility skill that allows you to debuff your enemies by shouting at them. Or at least that’s what the in-game description makes you think it does, because in reality, the range of Charisma’s abilities is a lot more broken.

Aside from lowering enemy morale, yelling also has a chance to deal damage to the enemy and even force them to forfeit the match. The higher your Charisma, the more chance you have to trigger these effects with increased intensity, allowing you to instantly win matches by either making your enemy run away or blowing off their limbs with the power of your really charismatic shouts.

It’s basically turning yourself into a gladiatorial Dragonborn.