Larian Studios Forums Divinity: Original Sin 2 Divinity - Original Sin 2 - General Skills using the wrong primary stat? Bug? Feature?

Hi.

Sorry if this has been covered before. Can the class you choose affect which primary stat a particular skill uses?

Only, if you choose a Battle Mage then go into Abilities and remove Aerotheurge and add Huntsman. Go to back to Skills and hover over your new Huntsman skills it appears from the description that they get bonus damage from Strength. I understood Huntsman abilities got bonus damage from Finesse?

Is this a Bug or a Feature?

Some skills get a bonus based on the attribute associated with the weapon equipped. Different presets have different starting weapons.

You cannot use huntsman skills with strength weapons, but since you had a strength weapon equipped, it said it can. You need to use a bow or crossbow to actually use the skill, so technically its Finesse only.

Warfare and some Polymorph skills change primary attribute when you equip different weapons, its nothing based on starting preset or a choice like that. Simply based on your equipped weapon.