Class skills

[Psiorian]

Is there anywhere that all the class skills are listed so we can make a better decision on which class to play?

[cbarnes]

We haven't put up any detailed guide to the skills yet - but it's a good idea :)

Here is a summary of the class skills to give you a better idea of what you're getting into with each:

WARRIOR
- 'Slash' skills - the Warrior's first skill is called "Vengeful Slash" and is used to inflict a bit more direct damage and a *tiny* bit of knock-back. Over time, the Warrior learns several more 'Slash' skills including "Crippling Slash" (which keeps enemies from running away) and "Super-Mega Slash" (which does lots of direct damage and knock-back to a single target).

- 'Taunt' is one of the Warrior's fundamental skills. This ability does two things: it draws enemies away from other party members so they fight you instead, and it gives you (the Warrior) an increase to your dodge chance. If you time this ability properly you can keep your teammates from being damaged and you can set enemies up for a quick demise.

- 'Iron Blood' is another very important skill for Warriors since this class tends to do the 'tanking' in any group. The 'Iron Blood' skill increases your (already very high) armor rating for a period of time and lets you hold aggro against a group of mobs very effectively.

ENCHANTRESS
- Heal and Resurrection skills - the Enchantress has the ability to heal the entire party (more and more effectively as her 'healing' skill is ranked-up) as well as being able to resurrect dead party members. Keeping the party alive and bringing party members back into the fight is a fundamental aspect of being an Enchantress in Pocket Legends.

- Frostbite and Ice Storm skills - the Enchantress has powerful single-target and multi-target (area effect) "Frost" abilities that can be used to freeze targets in place and set them up for serious damage.

- Lightning - the Enchantress can also cultivate a very powerful area effect lightning strike. This strike burns target armor and makes enemies easier to damage (for a short period).

- Firestorm - further illustrating her dominance of the elements, the Enchantress can rank-up this skill... which is a lot like a massive 'back-draft.' Area effect fire damage plus massive knock-back make "Firestorm" a favored combat ability for Enchantresses :)

Enchantresses also unlock a classic "Mana Shield" as well as a suite of target debuffs ("Nightmare" and "Weakness") and party buffs ("Blessing of Might" and "Blessing of Vitality"). Very, very magical class. Enchantresses get most of their DPS from magic spells.

ARCHERS
- "Shot" skills - including "Blast Shot" (which does massive target-area damage), "Repulse Shot" (which knocks targets back), and "Blinding Shot" (which radically reduces your target's ability to hit you). Archers are the premier damage class and these abilities are fundamental to fulfilling that role.

- "Avian Scream" and "Shattering Scream" - when the Avian Archer is surrounded he can belt out an ear-piercing "Avian" scream that pushes back targets and stuns them. Later, Avians unlock "Shattering Scream" that strips target armor for a short period.

- "Nature Root" and "Thorn Wall" - the Archer can root his opponents at a distance with "Nature Root" (which works with a single target). Archers can also root enemies surrounding them with the more powerful "Thorn Wall" spell. Rooting enemies in this fashion can set up some cool follow-up abilities by other party members :)

- "Focus" and "Evade" - lastly, being the big DPS guy means a couple of crucial self-buffs. Avian Archers can use "Focus" (this is the very first skill that Archers learn) to dramatically increase their ability to hit targets and to do critical damage. Alternately the "Evade" self-buff increases the Avian's ability to dodge incoming attacks - making him much more survivable in a big battle.


I hope this helps!
See you in the game,


- Cinco

[Psiorian]

Very good information. That helped me in understanding what the class roles are supposed to be. Thank you for posting it while we wait for a full skill guide.

[WoundedEagle]

Wow this is the oldest thread in general discussion post-able on LOL

[Ellyidol]

Wow this is the oldest thread in general discussion post-able on LOL

Very old dig, Cinco didn't even have a dev account yet! Imposter or pre-skeleton/alien-avatar-Cinco? :o

[Whirlzap]

Hahahahahah
Stands with my 100+ post count towering over Cinco's 1 post count.

[WoundedEagle]

I thought it was cool to bring it back :)

[Arterra]

it looked like something was missing xD

too bad cbarnes never came back. he looks like he could have gone for Royce status...

[WoundedEagle]

Thats Cinco lol

[Whirlzap]

I thought it was cool to bring it back :)
Can I wrestle a walrus with you?

[Arterra]

... he still has a way to go then ;)

[Whirlzap]

Terra, do you notice how Cinco has 1 post?

[WoundedEagle]

Wrestle a walrus? Sorry, I dont pick on walruses. Theyre to weak. I wrestle penguins instead in the WWPWC.