Skills
Every hero’s skills: what each does and what opens it.
Skill categories
All skills
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 Sword Attack | A swift sword strike that deals low damage to a single target. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Slash | Unleash a slashing attack that hits once. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Double Slash | Perform two quick sword strikes in succession, dealing moderate damage. | Attack | Physical | Sword Attack level 24, Slash level 18 |
 Sonic Slash | Unleash a rapid flurry of sword strikes that deal multiple hits of moderate damage. | Attack | Physical | Sword Attack level 120, Double Slash level 48 |
 Swing Down | Deliver a powerful overhead swing that deals heavy damage to a single target and reduces their ATK. | Attack | Physical | Slash level 60, Double Slash level 30 |
 Swing Around | Perform a sweeping sword attack in an arc, dealing moderate damage to all enemies in front. | Attack | Physical | Double Slash level 60, Swing Down level 12 |
 Charge Swing | Charge up a powerful swing that deals massive damage to a single target and reduces their MATK. | Attack | Physical | Double Slash level 120, Swing Down level 60 |
 Fan Swing | Unleash a wide arc of sword strikes, hitting all enemies around the warrior multiple times. | Attack | Physical | Sonic Slash level 90, Swing Around level 48 |
 Shield Charge | Makes a running dash toward the target monster to attack. | Attack | Physical | Sword Attack level 48 |
 Knocking Shot | Deliver a powerful knockback attack that deals moderate damage and pushes enemies away. | Attack | Physical | Sword Attack level 90, Shield Charge level 24 |
 Staff Attack | Unleash a basic staff attack that deals fire damage to a single target within short range. | Attack |  Fire | — |
 Fire Bolt | Cast a fireball that explodes on impact, dealing fire damage to a single target. | Attack | Fire | — |
 Fire Storm | Summon a ring of fire around the hero, dealing fire damage to all enemies within its range. | Attack | Fire | Staff Attack level 24, Fire Bolt level 18 |
 Meteor Strike | Summon a fiery meteor that crashes down on a targeted area, dealing massive AOE damage to all enemies within its range. | Attack | Fire | Fire Bolt level 90, Fire Storm level 60 |
 Ice Bolt | Cast a freezing ice bolt that deals ice damage to a single target and lowers their SPD. | Attack |  Ice | Fire Bolt level 60 |
 Chilling Touch | Strike a nearby enemy with a chilling touch that deals ice damage and has a chance to freeze them in place. | Attack | Ice | Staff Attack level 120, Ice Bolt level 12 |
 Blizzard | Summon a blizzard that blankets a large area and deals ice damage to all enemies within its range, also reducing their SPD. | Attack | Ice | Ice Bolt level 60, Chilling Touch level 48 |
 Thunder Bolt | Cast a long range thunder bolt that deals thunder damage to a single target and a chance to increase the damage the enemy takes. | Attack |  Thunder | Staff Attack level 48 |
 Double Thunder Bolt | Unleash a double thunderbolt that strikes a single target twice, dealing thunder damage and applying a debuff that causes them to take increased damage. | Attack | Thunder | Staff Attack level 90, Thunder Bolt level 24 |
 Lightning Thunder | Call down a powerful lightning strike that deals thunder damage to all enemies within its range. | Attack | Thunder | Thunder Bolt level 150, Double Thunder Bolt level 90 |
 Wing Attack | Unleash a wing attack that deals physical damage to multiple enemies within range of the hero. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Wing Shoot | Launch a flurry of wing projectiles towards enemies, dealing light damage to the targets within range. | Attack |  Light | — |
 Heal | Restore a portion of the hero's health. | Heal | Physical | Wing Attack level 24, Wing Shoot level 24 |
 God Bless | Bestow a divine blessing on the hero that increases their maximum HP. | Buff | Physical | Wing Attack level 48, Wing Shoot level 48 |
 Muscle Inflation | Infuse the hero's muscles with power, increasing their ATK power. | Buff | Physical | Wing Attack level 90, God Bless level 30 |
 Magic Impact | Unleash a surge of magical energy that enhances the hero's MATK power. | Buff | Physical | Wing Shoot level 90, God Bless level 30 |
 Protect Wall | Erect a protective barrier that increases the hero's DEF and MDEF. | Buff | Physical | Heal level 48, God Bless level 42 |
 Haste | Bestow upon the hero the gift of speed, increasing their SPD. | Buff | Physical | God Bless level 100, Protect Wall level 24 |
 Wing Storm | Unleash a devastating storm of light damage, damaging enemies within a small area of effect and can knock them back. | Attack | Light | Wing Attack level 120, Wing Shoot level 120 |
 Holy Arch | Channel the divine power to increase the hero's skill levels, except for this skill. | Buff | Physical | Haste level 18, Wing Storm level 90 |
 Dagger Attack | Perform a basic physical attack with a dagger. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Stab | Quick and precise stabs with a dagger. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Knife Toss | Throws a sharp dagger at the enemy, dealing damage. | Attack | Physical | Stab level 90 |
 Lucky Blow | Short-range dagger throw that has a high critical chance, making it deal massive damage in a single strike. | Attack | Physical | Dagger Attack level 120, Stab level 120 |
 Spread Toss | Throws multiple daggers in a circular pattern around the hero, hitting enemies in multiple directions. | Attack | Physical | Knife Toss level 60 |
 Shadow Strike | Strike enemies with a deadly blow of dark damage, with a chance to apply poison that deals additional dark damage over time. | Attack |  Dark | Dagger Attack level 24, Stab level 18 |
 Sneaky Strike | Disappear briefly and reappear at the furthest monster to deal damage. | Attack | Dark | Stab level 48, Shadow Strike level 12 |
 Pilfer | Use your cunning to steal common loot from your enemies, while dealing a small amount of dark damage. | Attack | Dark | Dagger Attack level 90, Sneaky Strike level 24 |
 Dark Wield | Harness the power of Dark Damage and perform a wide-arc attack with your dagger in front of you. | Attack | Dark | Shadow Strike level 60, Sneaky Strike level 48 |
 Assassination | Use your skills to deliver a deadly blow of Dark Damage, with a chance to instantly eliminate enemies below 50% HP. | Attack | Dark | Lucky Blow level 90, Pilfer level 90 |
 Arrow Attack | Launch a basic physical attack by shooting an arrow at the enemy. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Piercing Arrow | Shoot an arrow that pierces through enemies, dealing physical damage to all targets hit by the arrow. | Attack | Physical | — |
 Burst Arrow | Rapidly fire multiple arrows in quick succession to deal physical damage to your enemies. | Attack | Physical | Arrow Attack level 120, Piercing Arrow level 120 |
 Multishot | Shoot multiple arrows that target all the monsters in the field. | Attack | Physical | Piercing Arrow level 240, Burst Arrow level 96 |
 Shock Arrow | Fire a Thunder Damage arrow that has a chance to reduce the enemy's thunder resistance upon impact. | Attack | Thunder | Arrow Attack level 24 |
 Frozen Arrow | Fire an Ice Damage arrow that penetrates through targets, striking the furthest monster within range and has a chance to reduce the enemy's ice resistance upon impact. | Attack | Ice | Piercing Arrow level 48, Shock Arrow level 12 |
 Exploding Arrow | Launch a Medium sized AOE fire damage arrow that explodes on impact, with a chance to reduce the fire resistance of your enemies within range. | Attack | Fire | Shock Arrow level 30, Frozen Arrow level 18 |
 Shining Arrow | Fires multiple Light Damage arrows that starts out in a circle and converges to the center, with a chance to reduce the light resistance of the enemy upon impact. | Attack | Light | Frozen Arrow level 48, Exploding Arrow level 18 |
 Gravity Arrow | Fire a Dark Damage arrow that has a chance to reduce the enemy's dark resistance and pulls all enemies within range to the center of the map. | Attack | Dark | Exploding Arrow level 48, Shining Arrow level 24 |
 Kiting | Circle the edge of the field to move out of melee range of monsters with a movespeed modifier during Auto Move mode. | Buff | Physical | Arrow Attack level 90 |
Ranks and levels
A skill earns proficiency every time it’s used, and proficiency is what levels it up. Most skills unlock once you’ve levelled other skills up far enough: each skill’s row below says which skills, and to what level. Once a skill is unlocked, rank it up to rank 1 and it can go in a slot.
Each hero spends its own resource to rank up its skills:
- The Warrior and the Thief pay in Stone.
- The Wizard and the Archer pay in Crystal.
- The Angel and the Tamer pay in Leaf.
A rank makes each of the skill’s levels worth more: an attack’s damage per level is multiplied by its rank. Each rank also raises the skill’s level cap by 5, up to rank 50. Each rank costs more than the last, and much more past rank 50.
Skill slots
A hero fights with the skills in its slots. Class skill slots hold its own skills, and every hero starts with one. Global skill slots hold a skill another hero has learned, and you start with none.
More class skill slots come from:
- The Class Master title.
- The Class Skill Slot rebirth upgrade.
- Beating the solo battles against Arachnetta at level 150 and Gankyu at level 2100 with each hero (see Solo battles).
- The Epic Store.
Global skill slots come from:
- The Imitating guild ability, usually the first one you get.
- The Dojo in town, at level 40.
- Area mission milestones, at 100 and at 2,400 missions cleared.
- Beating those two solo battles with every hero.
- The Quick Chant and Skill Practice relics.
- The Epic Store.
- The Incremental Epic Hero 2 - Global Skill Slot Pack(opens in a new tab).
Level bonuses
Most skills give lasting bonuses at some of their levels, listed on each skill’s page. A bonus counts as soon as the skill reaches its level, whether the skill is in a slot or not. A stat bonus helps every hero, not just the skill’s own.