In All Star Tower Defense X, there are multiple ways to enhance the power of your units besides leveling them up. One way to do that is by unlocking their Hidden Potential. However, since this mechanic can be challenging to understand at first, we prepared the following guide onHidden Potential skill trees in All Star Tower Defense X.
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All Star Tower Defense X Hidden Potential Skill Tree Explained
After you reachplayer level 18, you will be able to access theHidden Potential skill trees of your 5-star and aboveunitsinAll Star Tower Defense X.you may unlock only one of these skill trees per unit. Once you unlock a specific Hidden Potential skill tree, you will be able to allocate nodes on it that increase the stats of your unit. There are also fourspecial skill nodesthat allow your units to learn powerfulpassive abilities.
Unlocking Special Skills and Other Nodes on the Hidden Potential Skill Tree
To allocate a nodeon the Hidden Potential skill tree you unlocked,you will need Skill Orbs that match the element color of your unit. For example, Jin Sung is a purple unit, which means that you need a Skill Orb (Purple) to allocate nodes on its skill tree. There are two types of orbs,Skill Orb IandSkill Orb II. You will need a large amount of both if you plan on allocating all of the nodes on a specific skill tree.
To unlock one of the nodes that let you choose a special skill, you have to path towards them.Allocating the first special skill slot is easy,but for the other three slots,you will need three duplicates of the same unit. you’re able to also allocate the same special skill up to three times and increase its effects or the chance of it activating.
How to Reset a Unit’s Hidden Potential Skill Tree
If you want to reset the whole Hidden Potential skill tree or any of the special skill nodes for whatever reason, you can do this using the Roka and Doma Fruit items.Roka Fruit resets the whole Hidden Potential skill treeof a character, while theDoma Fruit lets you change an already allocated special skill. You can get both of these fruits from theTrial Shopand by redeemingcodes. Keep in mind thatwhen you reset a skill tree using the Roka Fruit,none of the Skill Orbs you spent on it are refunded to you.
ASTDX Hidden Potential Special Skill Tier List
The above tier list ranks every Hidden Potential special skill available in All Star Tower Defense X based on theoverall DPSandutilityit provides your unit with.All skill trees are relatively well balanced, but the Damage path is overall the best for most DPS units. You will want to have at least one unit with theMarkerspecial skill at all times, as it can boost the DPS of your whole team by 30%.
ASTDX Hidden Potential Skill Trees and Special Skills List
Each Hidden Potential skill tree in All Star Tower Defense X has numerousDamage(),Range(), andSpeed() nodes, which buff the stats of your unit by a small amount. These are the stat bonuses that each skill tree provides your unit with after you unlock all of the nodes on it:
The damage, range, and speed bonuses each tree offers are very similar. Therefore,the special skills available on each tree should be the deciding factor when thinking of which Hidden Potential skill tree to go for. With that in mind, here is a list of all special skills available on the relevant Hidden Potential skill trees in ASTDX:
Speed Path Skills
How to Get Skill Orbs in All Star Tower Defense X
The primary method of obtaining Skill Orbs of all colors iscompleting Challenges, which rotate every 30 minutes. The main challenge offers differently colored orbs on the Hard and Expert difficulties. The other three challenges reward you with evolution materials and Skill Orbs (Pure), which you can transform into Skill Orbs of any color. Keep in mind thatyou will need a decent team to complete these Challenge stages successfully.
That concludes our guide on Hidden Potential skill trees in All Star Tower Defense X. Let us know in the comments below which special skill you think is the best. Also, make sure to check out ourASTDX codesfor some free in-game loot!
All Star Tower Defense X Hidden Potential FAQs
No, once you spend Skill Orbs in one of the Hidden Potential skill trees, the other two trees will be locked on that unit.
For the majority of DPS units, theDamage pathis the way to go because you can unlock the Critical and Market special skills on it, which increase the DPS of your unit by a lot.
No, you can unlock the Hidden Potential only on 5-star and rarer units in ASTDX.
