Is Skipsoft the only option to root?

TWRP is not available for the Pixel and won't be for a month or so. They have to figure out how to decrypt the system partitions since the Pixel has the unique dual systems for seemless updates.

The best way to root it is the use chainfire's method:

[ROOT] SuperSU | Google Pixel XL
 

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