Skill Reference

A complete listing of all learnable skills in ELHEXA, organized by category. Each skill’s activation type is shown with a colored dot. For how skills work, see Card Skills.

Normal

	Skill	Function
	Basic Attack	Deals damage to a single enemy.
	Heavy Attack	Deals heavy damage to a single enemy.

Battle

	Skill	Function
	Sword Mastery	Increases damage dealt with sword-type skills.
	Claymore Mastery	Increases damage dealt with claymore-type skills.
	Spear Mastery	Increases damage dealt with spear-type skills.
	Dagger Proficiency	Increases damage dealt with dagger-type skills.
	Bow Proficiency	Increases damage dealt with bow-type skills.
	Observation	Increases critical rate.
	Standby	Increases evasion.
	Ballistics	Increases critical rate with bow attacks.
	Slash	Deals damage to a single enemy.
	Spinning Slash	Deals damage to two enemies.
	Shield Bash	Temporarily increases own defense, then deals damage to a single enemy.
	Cross Double Slash	Deals damage twice to two enemies.
	Demon-Slaying Sword	Strikes a single enemy twice with heavy damage and removes beneficial effects.
	Slash and Cut	Deals damage to a single enemy.
	Crushing Blow	Deals heavy damage to a single enemy.
	Sweeping Strike	Deals damage to two enemies.
	Burst Field	Increases attack for all allies, then deals damage to all enemies.
	Intimidation	Lowers the defense of all enemies.
	Executioner’s Slash	Increases own critical rate, then deals damage to a single enemy. Extra damage to wounded targets.
	High-Pressure Assault	Deals damage to a single enemy and lowers their resistance.
	Thrust	Deals damage to a single enemy.
	Disarm	Deals damage to a single enemy and lowers their attack power and accuracy.
	Hinder	Deals damage to a single enemy and reduces their speed.
	Moon Piercing Spear	Boosts own attack, accuracy, crit while lowering enemy evasion and resistance. Then deals heavy damage.
	Piercing Thrust	Deals damage to enemies in a line.
	Targeted Weakness	Increases own critical rate, then deals heavy damage to a single enemy.
	Chain Thrusts	Rapidly thrusts three times at a single enemy.
	Ambush	Increases own critical rate, then deals damage to a single enemy.
	Blink Thrust	Increases own accuracy and attack, then deals damage to a single enemy.
	Reckless Charge	Lowers own defense but greatly increases attack, then deals heavy damage.
	Poisoned Dagger	Enchants weapon with poison. Subsequent attacks deal damage over time.
	Rending Blade	Enchants weapon to lower enemy defense, then deals heavy damage.
	Dirty Naughty Strike	Strikes five times rapidly. Reduces attack, accuracy, defense, evasion, and inflicts DOT.
	Precision Shot	Increases own accuracy, then deals damage to a single enemy.
	Multi-Shot	Deals damage to three random enemies.
	Arc Shot	Deals damage to a rear enemy.
	Sniping	Increases own accuracy, attack, and critical rate, then deals damage to a rear enemy.
	Explosive Arrow	Deals damage to all enemies within an area.
	Piercing Shot	Deals damage to enemies in a line.
	Godslayer Crossbow	Deals damage to a single enemy. Massively increased damage against boss-type enemies.
	Marked Shot	Deals heavy damage to a rear enemy and marks them, ensuring next attacks hit.
	Parry Counter	Counter. When triggered, deals damage to the attacker.
	Expanded War Spoils	Triggers when an enemy’s health is low. Deals damage to all enemies and reduces healing.
	Victory Horn	Triggers when an enemy’s health is low. Increases attack for all allies and deals damage to all enemies.
	Opportunistic Strike	Assist. When triggered, deals damage to the target.
	Suppressive Fire	Retaliation. When triggered, deals damage to the attacker.

Magic

	Skill	Function
	Mana Perception	Increases magic attack power.
	Mana Concealment	Increases magic resistance.
	Fire Mana Control	Increases fire-element damage.
	Water Mana Control	Increases water-element damage.
	Wind Mana Control	Increases wind-element damage.
	Earth Mana Control	Increases earth-element damage.
	Ice Mana Control	Increases ice-element damage.
	Lightning Mana Control	Increases lightning-element damage.
	Hellfire	Deals damage to all enemies, inflicts burning, and lowers water resistance.
	Dragon’s Breath	Deals damage to all enemies and inflicts burning.
	Detonation Technique	Causes an explosion on a single enemy, dealing damage and inflicting burning.
	Fireball	Launches a fireball at a single enemy, dealing damage and inflicting burning.
	Burn	Ignites a single enemy, dealing damage and inflicting burning.
	Fire Arrow	Shoots a fire arrow at a single enemy.
	Rainbow Rain	Conjures rain upon all enemies. Lowers attack, strikes random targets multiple times, reduces thunder resistance.
	Vortex Bomb	Creates a water vortex that strikes a group of enemies twice.
	Black Rain	Calls down corrosive rain on all enemies, inflicting DOT and lowering attack.
	Water Sphere	Launches a sphere of water at a single enemy.
	Bubble	Traps an enemy in a bubble, dealing damage and stunning them.
	Water Arrow	Shoots a water arrow at a single enemy.
	Vacuum Vortex	Damages all enemies, silences them, and lowers ice resistance.
	Sonic Wind Blade	Fires piercing wind blades that strike enemies in a line twice.
	Myriad Wind Arrow	Fires a barrage of wind arrows at one target, then hits random enemies five more times.
	Vacuum Cannon	Fires a concentrated blast of air at a single enemy.
	Low-Pressure Wind Vortex	Damages a group of enemies and reduces their speed.
	Wind Arrow	Shoots a wind arrow at a single enemy.
	Meteor Summon	Calls down meteors on all enemies, stunning them and lowering wind resistance.
	Earth Vein Eruption	Causes the ground to erupt beneath all enemies, dealing damage and stunning them.
	Earthquake	Shakes the earth twice, dealing damage to all enemies and lowering accuracy.
	High Pressure	Damages all enemies and lowers their evasion.
	Sandstorm	Conjures a sandstorm that damages all enemies.
	Flying Stone	Shoots a flying stone at a single enemy.
	Ice Drill Storm	Deals damage to all enemies, inflicts frostbite DOT, and lowers fire resistance.
	Giant Ice Spike	Impales a single enemy with heavy damage and lowers resistance.
	Myriad Ice Arrow	Fires a barrage of ice arrows at one target, then hits random enemies five more times.
	Hail	Calls down a hailstorm that damages all enemies.
	Double Ice Arrow	Shoots two ice arrows at random enemies.
	Ice Arrow	Shoots an ice arrow at a single enemy.
	Celestial Thunder Domination	Calls down lightning on all enemies three times, inflicting paralysis and lowering earth resistance.
	Thunder Explosion	Detonates lightning within a group of enemies, inflicting paralysis.
	Celestial Thunder Strike	Calls down lightning to strike a single enemy.
	Lightning Flash	Damages all enemies and lowers their accuracy.
	Chain Lightning	Releases lightning that chains between three random enemies.
	Lightning Arrow	Shoots a lightning arrow at a single enemy.

Defense

	Skill	Function
	Endurance	Increases defense.
	Perseverance in Peril	Survives a fatal blow with minimal health and becomes invincible briefly.
	Weapon Block	Increases resistance against physical attacks.
	Magic Block	Increases resistance against magic attacks.
	Weakness Protection	Creates a barrier that absorbs a portion of incoming damage.
	Dynamic Detection	Increases evasion.
	Mental Resistance	Increases resistance to status ailments.
	Paralysis Resistance	Increases resistance to paralysis.
	Silence Resistance	Increases resistance to silence.
	Sleep Resistance	Increases resistance to sleep.
	Stun Resistance	Increases resistance to stun.
	Bleeding Mitigation	Reduces damage taken from bleeding effects.
	Fire Resistance	Increases resistance to fire-element attacks.
	Water Resistance	Increases resistance to water-element attacks.
	Wind Resistance	Increases resistance to wind-element attacks.
	Earth Resistance	Increases resistance to earth-element attacks.
	Ice Resistance	Increases resistance to ice-element attacks.
	Lightning Resistance	Increases resistance to lightning-element attacks.
	Reflective Cloak	Gains resistance when hit by magic attacks.
	Dynamic Vision	Increases evasion against magic and bow attacks.
	Taunting Roar	Draws enemy attention to self and lowers all enemies’ attack power.
	Damage Absorption	Creates multiple layers of damage-absorbing barriers.
	Sacrificial Judgment	Sacrifices evasion and resistance to greatly increase attack and critical rate.
	Resilience I–III	Triggers when own health drops below a threshold. Increases defense.
	Defense Stance I–III	Triggers when any ally’s health drops below a threshold. Increases defense for all allies.
	Covering Assault	Triggers after battle progresses. Deals damage and draws enemy attention to self.
	Undying Will I–II	Triggers when own health is critically low. Becomes invincible.
	Absolute Defense I–III	Triggers at various points in battle. Becomes invincible.
	Resilience Boost	Triggers after battle progresses. Gradually restores health and increases defense when struck.
	Holy Shield Prayer	Triggers after time in battle. Draws attention, becomes invincible, increases attack.
	Battle Counter	Counter. When triggered, increases attack and deals damage to the attacker.
	Narrow Escape	Triggers when own health drops below half. Temporarily guarantees evasion.

Restorative

	Skill	Function
	Healing Specialization	Increases healing effectiveness.
	Final Redemption	Grants all allies the ability to survive fatal blows, then become invincible with a barrier.
	Restoration I–III	Triggers when an ally’s health is low. Grants gradual healing over time.
	Restorative Circle	Triggers when allies’ health is low. Grants all allies gradual healing.
	Healing I–III	Triggers when an ally’s health is low. Heals the ally with the lowest health.
	Healing Circle	Triggers when allies’ health is low. Heals all allies and grants gradual healing.
	Rainbow Dew	Triggers when allies’ health is critically low. Heals all, grants healing, removes debuffs.
	Mirror of Prophecy	Triggers when allies’ health is low. Creates a protective barrier for all allies.
	Purification	Triggers when an ally has a debuff. Removes a debuff from an affected ally.
	Mass Dispel	Triggers when multiple allies have debuffs. Removes debuffs from all allies.
	Five-Color Omen	Triggers when an ally’s health is low. Grants evasion, resistance, barrier, healing, survivability, and invincibility.
	Resurrection	Triggers when an ally has fallen. Revives a fallen ally.
	City of Clouds	Triggers when allies’ health is critically low. Grants healing, resistance, ailment protection, and barrier.
	Omnipotent Love	Triggers when multiple allies have fallen. Revives all, removes debuffs, creates barrier.

Enhance

	Skill	Function
	Morale I–III	Increases attack power / accuracy / critical rate for all allies.
	Fanfare Horn	Increases attack, accuracy, speed, and critical rate for all allies.
	Eye of the Sun	Permanently increases attack, accuracy, resistance, speed, and critical rate for all allies.
	Passionate Assistance	Increases maximum health for all allies.
	Stone Shield	Creates a damage-absorbing barrier for all allies.
	Magic Studies	Increases magic attack power for all allies.
	Lunar Power I–III	Increases accuracy / critical rate / multiple stats for all allies.
	Well of the Full Moon	Permanently increases attack, accuracy, resistance, speed, and critical rate for all allies.
	Abnormal Resistance	Grants status ailment resistance to an ally.
	Floating Magic	Increases evasion against physical attacks for all allies.
	Phantom	Grants an ally the ability to evade attacks through illusion.
	Water Curtain	Increases evasion against magic attacks for all allies.
	Azure Wave	Grants all allies the ability to evade attacks through illusion.
	Breeze Rising	Triggers after battle progresses. Increases attack and accuracy for all allies.
	Thunder Pattern	Triggers after battle progresses. Increases critical rate for all allies.
	Stone Armor	Triggers after battle progresses. Increases resistance for all allies.

Curse

	Skill	Function
	Poisoning	Inflicts a random enemy with poison damage over time.
	Erosion	Inflicts DOT and lowers attack and resistance on a random enemy.
	Plague	Inflicts DOT and reduces healing effectiveness on a random enemy.
	Malignant Infection	Inflicts DOT and lowers critical rate on two random enemies.
	Mana Interference	Inflicts DOT and lowers magic attack on two random enemies.
	Illusion	Lowers the accuracy of a random enemy.
	Void	Silences a random enemy, preventing non-battle skill use.
	Hypnosis	Puts a random enemy to sleep.
	Forbidden Words	Silences a random enemy, preventing magic and support skill use.
	Chilling Frost	Inflicts DOT and lowers speed on a random enemy.
	Mental Dispersal	Inflicts DOT, lowers attack, and may paralyze two random enemies.
	Atmosphere of Despair	Inflicts multiple curses: DOT, lowered resistance and healing, paralysis, and silence.

Gather Skills

Non-battle skills used by Miners and Botanists on production quests. Star rating (★) indicates rarity. For details, see Miner & Botanist Skills.

Mining

★	Skill	Function
1	Primal Stone Knowledge	Increases the yield of raw gems and raw stones from mining quests.
1	Ore Knowledge	Increases the yield of ores from mining quests.
1	Miner Tool Proficiency	Improves mining quest efficiency and increases the number of batches.
2	Mine Safety	Improves mining quest efficiency on dangerous quests and nullifies the danger penalty.
2	Toxic Gas Detection	Unlocks hidden items from dangerous encounters and nullifies the danger penalty.
3	Rock Breathing	Generates bonus mining survey points on mining quests.
3	Mountain’s Gift	Increases the yield of mining survey points and increases the number of batches on mining quests.
4	Vein Sense	Unlocks hidden items from mining quests.
4	Skilled Sifting	Unlocks random bonus drops from mining quests and improves mining quest efficiency.
5	One in a Million	Increases the yield of mining survey points and generates bonus mining survey points on all quests.
5	Primal Stone Master	Greatly increases the yield of raw gems and unlocks hidden items from mining quests.
5	Ore Master	Greatly increases the yield of ores and unlocks hidden items from mining quests.

Gathering

★	Skill	Function
1	Ingredient Knowledge	Increases the yield of food ingredients from gathering quests.
1	Logs Knowledge	Increases the yield of logs from gathering quests.
1	Herbal Knowledge	Increases the yield of herbs from gathering quests.
1	Gardening Tool Proficiency	Improves gathering quest efficiency and increases the number of batches.
2	Wilderness Survival	Improves gathering quest efficiency on dangerous quests and nullifies the danger penalty.
2	Beast Evasion	Unlocks hidden items from dangerous encounters and nullifies the danger penalty.
3	Natural Perception	Generates bonus gathering survey points on gathering quests.
3	Forest’s Gift	Increases the yield of gathering survey points and increases the number of batches on gathering quests.
4	Rare Species Identification	Unlocks hidden items from gathering quests.
4	Skilled Gathering	Unlocks random bonus drops from gathering quests and improves gathering quest efficiency.
5	Winds of the Seasons	Increases the yield of gathering survey points and generates bonus gathering survey points on all quests.
5	Ingredient Master	Greatly increases the yield of food ingredients and unlocks hidden items from gathering quests.
5	Logs Master	Greatly increases the yield of logs and unlocks hidden items from gathering quests.
5	Herbal Master	Greatly increases the yield of herbs and unlocks hidden items from gathering quests.