Abilities

Abilities

All cards have Abilities that determine what it does in battle. Your Characters can oftentimes be more than just a meaty cleaver. Everything from a Character’s basic attack, one that it does naturally every turn, is a form on Ability of another.

Abilities: Unique Requirements

There are specific keywords in the game that further applies to each card. The Unique keyword appears on very special cards with special personalities. Hence, each deck may only have ONE copy of this card. Some Abilities may have further requirements.

These requirements are categorized into 5 types:

• Character Requirement - These requirements are always found on Support cards and the Abilities on the card will only activate when the Support card is matched to the required Character. For example, Raad’s Vambraces will only work for Raad the Character.

• Clan Requirement (Character Card) - Some Abilities on Character and Support cards have a clan requirement. When this symbol appears on a Character card, the Ability will only activate if there is another Character of the same clan present on the player’s side of the battlefield (opponent’s Characters of the same clan do not count). Shula’s Poison All Ability is an example of a clan requirement Ability on a Character.

• Clan Requirement (Support Card) - Support cards with the clan requirement must be assigned to a Character Card with the same clan symbol to activate the Abilities on the card. Crescent Bow is an example of a Support card with a clan requirement.

• Tag Requirement (Character Card) - Some Abilities on Characters only works on Characters with a specific tag. These Abilities only activate when there are other Characters with the specified tag in play. An example would be Snipe 6 Protean, which would be an Ability that only triggers when there’s a Character with the Protean tag on the opposing side. Another example would be the Heal All 2 Court, where the healing only activates for allies with the Court tag.

• Tag Requirement (Support Card) - Some Support cards have Abilities that require a tag for the Ability to activate. This means the Support card must be assigned to a Character with the required tag to activate the Support card. Some cards have two different tag requirements for two different Abilities. If one of the tags are present on the assigned Character but not the other, the Ability that has the matched tag will activate. An example of tag requirements is the Tiger-Defense Claw Support card.

Ability Classification

Icon	Name	Description	Abilities
	Melee Physical	Deals Melee Physical Damage	Basic Attack Assassinate Backstab Cleave Double Strike First Strike Skirmish Wrath
	Ranged Physical	Deals Ranged Physical Damage	Basic Attack Archery Pumpkin Snipe
	Melee Magical	Deals Melee Magical Damage	Basic Attack Discharge Runeblade
	Ranged Magical	Deals Ranged Magical Damage	Basic Attack Blast Death Blast Drain Bolt Explode Shock Wildfire
	State Modifier	Modifies State/Attributes	Banding Command Commune Conscript Constrict Corrupt Cure Cure All Dissipate Enlightened Gigantic Give All Guard Knighthood Pierce Preceptor Precise Sanctuary Sigil
	Evasion	Ignores Physical Damages	Dodge Evade Parry Shadowstep
	Reduction	Reduces Physical Damages	Block Tough Vigilance
	Immunity	Ignores Magical Damages, Conditions and Penalties	Immune All Immune Fear Immune Magic Immune Status
	Resistance	Reduces Magical Damages, Conditions and Penalties	Resist All Resist Magic Resist Status
	Boon	Temporary Buff	Gain Might Overwhelm Rally Rampage Sanguine Slayer Strike
	Bonus	Permanent Buff	Berserk Bloodlust Charge Devour Enrage Fanaticism Fatigue Frenzy Grow Power Prosperity Umbrage Vanguard Vengeance
	Condition	Temporary Status Debuff	Gouge Freeze Trap Trap All
	Penalty	Permanent Status Debuff	Burn Bolt Cripple Bolt Envenom Envenom Bolt Envenom All Fear Flaming Infect Maim Mesmer Mesmer All Terror Vile Vile All
	Counter	Counters Attacks	Counter All Counter Arrow Counter Magic Counter Meleelee
	Healing	Healing Allies	Endure Heal Heal All Heal Self Invoke Heal Self Death Heal Regen Vampiric
	Resurrection	Revives Dead Allies	Animate Blood Ritual Necros Rez Rez All Death Rez
	Morale Effects	Affects a Troop's Morale	Demoralize Death Morale Gain Morale Gifting Invoke Demoralize Martyrdom Sadist Siege
	Energy Effects	Affects a Troop's Energy	Absorb Drain Attack EC - Energy Drain Energy Siphon Death Energy Gain Energy Reduce
	Troop Defense	Protects a Troop's Morale	Ward
	Health	The Maximum Health of a Character	Health

Abilities: Activation

Activation Order List

The activation of Abilities can be categorized into 3 major types - Activated, Reactive and Static. 

• Activated Ability – Abilities that trigger on their own (e.g. [Shock], [Regen], [Grow])
• Reactive Ability – Abilities that trigger in reaction to the game (e.g. [Block], [Retaliate], [Counter All])
• Static Ability – Abilities that carry an effect as long as the card is not dead. (e.g. [Vanguard], [Command], [Give all])

Golden Rule

If the description of any ability clashes against a rule, the effect of the ability follows its description.