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Hi! I played alpha version little bit a month ago, and want to play with fully customized group before release. I heard haste is good for every build but I'm not sure. So which skills are must have?

Ther are no "must have" skills, since you can finish the game with crap builds too.

But here are some of the most usefull skills anyway (just be aware that they might get nerfed in the release version):
- Adrenaline
- Teleport
- Skin graft (skin graft + adrenaline is incredible powerful)
- Clear-minded
- Haste
- in general self teleporting skills are very usefull (Pheonix Dive, Tactical retreat, etc.)
- Spread wings (extremly useful to walk around the battlefield really fast)

Must haves don't really exist. There are several abilities that make the game much more enjoyable and help you find all the hidden goodies around the world.

Like kcnik stated above those are all good abilities. I would narrow it down to:

Pretty much needed - Teleport, Skin graft

Really useful - Adrenaline, mobility spells (spread my wings, phoenix dive, tactical retreat, cloak and dagger, netherswap), and buffs (haste, clear minded, Ice Armor).

Really fun - Source abilities. They are OP abilities with some fun mechanics, but aren't needed for any encounter.

But in general learn good combos for your builds. Enrage + snipe, Decaying touch + First aid. Impale + any fire source. Poison dart + any fire source. Rain + Electrocute. Rain + Contamination. Rain + Contamination + any fire source.

Skin Draft isn't "needed" in any way.
It's only useful for builds focusing on a few skills and which would suffer alot from cooldowns. High-memory builds don't really need it.

If you play in a 4 characters party, there isn't really must have skills except maybe for restoration (healh regen).
Otherwise you are pretty much free to try anything.

I finished the early access about 5 times and the only common thing I had was an enchanter. Their CC/damage and support skill are very good and works in any party. You can have your enchanter in a solo mage party or in a 3 or 4 mage party.

Now if you want to play the game with only one character, Skin Graft, Adrenaline and Time warp are must have. You'll have other must have skill but they will mainly depend on what type of solo hero you have (Rogue, mage, warrior, etc.)