List of hero specialties (HotA)

See also:

• Hero Specialty - For a more in-depth breakdown of the various specialties.
• List of hero specialties
• Hero class
• List of heroes

Mistakes in Navigation and First Aid skill descriptions are fixed. You can see the list of the in-game descriptions here.

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Specialty		Specialty class	Hero	Effect
	Air Shield	Spell	Dargem	Casts Air Shield with effect increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Animate Dead	Spell	Thant	Casts Animate Dead with effect increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Archers	Creature	Valeska	Increases Speed of any Archers or Marksmen by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Archery	Secondary Skill	Orrin   Murdoch	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Archery skill.
	Armadillos	Creature	Celestine	Increases Speed of any Armadillos or Bellwether Armadillos by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Armorer	Secondary Skill	Tazar   Neela   Mephala   Dury	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Armorer skill.
	Automatons	Creature	Frederick	Increases damage dealt by explosion of Automatons and Sentinel Automatons by 5% for every level (rounded up).
	Automatons	Creature	Todd	Increases Speed of any Automatons or Sentinel Automatons by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Ballista	War machine	Pyre   Torosar   Gurnisson   Gerwulf   Christian   Arlach   Ranloo     Morton	Increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Ballista by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Basilisks	Creature	Bron	Increases Speed of any Basilisks or Greater Basilisks by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Behemoths	Creature	Kilgor	Behemoths or Ancient Behemoths receive +5 Attack, +5 Defense, and +10 Damage.
	Beholders	Creature	Ajit	Increases Speed of any Beholders or Evil Eyes by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Black Knights	Creature	Haart Lich	Black Knights or Dread Knights receive +5 Attack, +5 Defense, and +10 Damage.
	Black Knights	Creature	Tamika	Increases Speed of any Black Knights or Dread Knights by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Bless	Spell	Adela	Increases damage of units with Bless effect by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of unit creature.
	Bloodlust	Spell	Inteus   Ash	Casts Bloodlust with effect increased by 3 for 1-2 level creatures, by 2 for 3-4 level creatures, and by 1 for 5-6 level creatures.
	Cannon	War machine	Jeremy	Increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Cannon by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Cavaliers	Creature	Tyris	Increases Speed of any Cavaliers or Champions by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Chain Lightning	Spell	Solmyr	Casts Chain Lightning with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Clone	Spell	Eovacius	Each battle the first cast of Clone spell summons 2 clones of target unit.
	Crew Mates	Creature	Derek	Increases Speed of any Crew Mates or Seamen by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Crystal	Resource	Sephinroth   Andal	Increases kingdom's Crystal production by 1 per day.
	Cure	Spell	Uland   Astra	Casts Cure with effect increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Cyclopes	Creature	Yog	Increases Speed of any Cyclopes or Cyclops Kings by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Death Ripple	Spell	Septienna	Casts Death Ripple with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Demons	Creature	Marius	Increases Speed of any Demons or Horned Demons by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Dendroids	Creature	Ryland	Increases Speed of any Dendroid Guards or Dendroid Soldiers by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Devils	Creature	Xeron	Devils and Arch Devils receive +4 Attack, +2 Defense, and +1 Speed.
	Diplomacy	Secondary Skill	Melchior	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Diplomacy skill percentage when surrendering.
	Disrupting Ray	Spell	Aenain	The effect of Disrupting Ray is increased by 2.
	Dragons	Creature	Mutare   Mutare Drake	All dragons receive +5 Attack, and +5 Defense.
	Dwarves	Creature	Ufretin	Increases Speed of any Dwarves or Battle Dwarves by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Eagle Eye	Secondary Skill	Tiva   Serena   Sanya   Oris   Nimbus   Malcom   Geon	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Eagle Eye skill.
	Earth Elementals	Creature	Thunar   Erdamon	Earth and Magma Elementals receive +2 Attack, +1 Defense, and +5 Damage.
	Efreet	Creature	Rashka	Increases Speed of any Efreet or Efreet Sultans by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Elves	Creature	Ivor	Increases Speed of any Wood Elves or Grand Elves by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Enchanters	Upgrade	Dracon	Can upgrade Monks or Zealots and Magi or Arch Magi to Enchanters .
	Estates	Secondary Skill	Lord Haart	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Estates skill.
	Fire Magic	Secondary Skill	Adrienne	Starts with expert Fire Magic.
	Fire Elementals	Creature	Ignissa   Fiur	Fire and Energy Elementals receive +1 Attack, +2 Defense, and +2 Damage.
	Fire Wall	Spell	Luna	Damage from Fire Walls is increased by 25%.
	Fireball	Spell	Xarfax   Manfred	Casts Fireball with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	First Aid	Secondary Skill	Verdish   Rion   Gem   Floribert	Receives a 5% per level bonus to First Aid skill.
	Forgetfulness	Spell	Zilare	Casts Forgetfulness with double duration.
	Fortune	Spell	Melodia   Daremyth	Casted by hero, Fortune spell always increases unit`s Luck by 3.
	Frenzy	Spell	Wrathmont	Casts Frenzy with Attack bonus increased by 3% for ever n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Frost Ring	Spell	Adelaide	Casts Frost Ring with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Gargoyles	Creature	Piquedram	Increases Speed of any Stone Gargoyles or Obsidian Gargoyles by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Gems	Resource	Saurug	Increases kingdom's Gems production by 1 per day.
	Genies	Creature	Thane   Iona	Increases Speed of any Genies or Master Genies by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Gnolls	Creature	Drakon	Increases Speed of any Gnolls or Gnoll Marauders by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 1 levels (rounded up).
	Goblins	Creature	Gretchin	Increases Speed of any Goblins or Hobgoblins by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 1 levels (rounded up).
	Gogs	Creature	Calh	Increases Speed of any Gogs or Magogs by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Gold	Resource	Octavia   Nagash   Jenova   Grindan   Gelare   Damacon   Clavius   Caitlin   Aine   Leena     Bertram	Increases kingdom's income by 350 gold per day.
	Golems	Creature	Josephine	Increases Speed of any Stone Golems or Iron Golems by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Gorgons	Creature	Alkin	Increases Speed of any Gorgons or Mighty Gorgons by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Griffins	Creature	Edric	Increases Speed of any Griffins or Royal Griffins by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Gunslingers	Creature	Tancred	Increases Speed of any Gunslingers or Bounty Hunters by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Halflings	Creature	Henrietta	Increases Speed of any Halflings or Halfling Grenadiers by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Harpies	Creature	Lorelei	Increases Speed of any Harpies or Harpy Hags by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Haste	Spell	Terek   Cyra   Brissa	Casts Haste with effect increased by 3 for 1-2 level creatures, by 2 for 3-4 level creatures, and by 1 for 5-6 level creatures.
	Hell Hounds	Creature	Fiona	Increases Speed of any Hell Hounds or Cerberi by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Hypnotize	Spell	Astral	Casts Hypnotize with effect increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Ice Bolt	Spell	Alagar	Casts Ice Bolt with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Imps	Creature	Ignatius	Increases Speed of any Imps or Familiars by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 1 levels (rounded up).
	Inferno	Spell	Xyron	Casts Inferno with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Intelligence	Secondary Skill	Elleshar   Ayden   Andra	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Intelligence skill.
	Interference	Secondary Skill	Giselle	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Interference skill.
	Land Mine	Spell	Victoria	Casts Land Mine with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Learning	Secondary Skill	Kinkeria	Learning skill percentage is doubled.
	Liches	Creature	Moandor	Increases Speed of any Liches or Power Liches by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Lightning Bolt	Spell	Ziph	Casts Lightning Bolt with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Lizardmen	Creature	Wystan	Increases Speed of any Lizardmen or Lizard Warriors by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Logistics	Secondary Skill	Kyrre   Gunnar   Dessa	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Logistics skill.
	Magi	Creature	Theodorus	Increases Speed of any Magi or Arch Magi by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Magic Arrow	Spell	Ciele	When cast, Magic Arrow damage is increased 50%.
	Manticores	Creature	Synca	Increases Speed of any Manticores or Scorpicores by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Mechanics	Creature	Sam	Increases Speed of any Mechanics or Engineers by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Mercury	Resource	Rissa	Increases kingdom's Mercury production by 1 per day.
	Meteor Shower	Spell	Deemer   Aislinn	Casts Meteor Shower with damage increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Minotaurs	Creature	Dace	Increases Speed of any Minotaurs or Minotaur Kings by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Monks	Creature	Ingham	Increases Speed of any Monks or Zealots by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Mysticism	Secondary Skill	Rosic   Jaegar   Halon   Axsis	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Mysticism skill.
	Nagas	Creature	Fafner	Increases Speed of any Nagas or Naga Queens by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Navigation	Secondary Skill	Sylvia   Voy     Elmore	Receives a 5% per level bonus to the basic sea movement.
	Necromancy	Secondary Skill	Vidomina   Isra	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Necromancy skill.
	Nix	Creature	Tark	Increases Speed of any Nix or Nix Warriors by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Nymphs	Creature	Cassiopeia	Increases Speed of any Nymphs or Oceanids by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 1 levels (rounded up).
	Offense	Secondary Skill	Gundula   Crag Hack   Corkes     Tavin	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Offense skill.
	Ogres	Creature	Vey   Krellion   Boragus	Increases Speed of any Ogres or Ogre Magi by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Orcs	Creature	Jabarkas	Increases Speed of any Orcs or Orc Chieftains by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Pegasi	Creature	Aeris	Increases Speed of any Pegasi or Silver Pegasi by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Pirates	Creature	Anabel	Increases Speed of any Pirates , Corsairs or Sea Dogs by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Pit Fiends	Creature	Nymus	Increases Speed of any Pit Fiends or Pit Lords by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Prayer	Spell	Loynis	Casts Prayer with effect increased by 3 for 1-2 level creatures, by 2 for 3-4 level creatures, and by 1 for 5-6 level creatures.
	Precision	Spell	Zubin	Casts Precision with effect increased by 3 for 1-2 level creatures, by 2 for 3-4 level creatures, and by 1 for 5-6 level creatures.
	Psychic Elementals	Creature	Pasis   Monere	Psychic and Magic Elementals receive +3 Attack, and +3 Defense.
	Resistance	Secondary Skill	Thorgrim	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Resistance skill.
	Resurrection	Spell	Jeddite   Alamar	Casts Resurrection with effect increased by 3% for every n hero levels, where n is the level of the targeted creature.
	Rocs	Creature	Shiva	Increases Speed of any Rocs or Thunderbirds by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Sandworms	Creature	Agar	Increases Speed of any Sandworms or Olgoi-Khorkhois by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Scouting	Secondary Skill	Wynona     Miriam     Beatrice	Increases the scouting range by 1 every 6 levels.
	Sea Dogs	Upgrade	Bidley	Can upgrade Pirates and Corsairs to Sea Dogs .
	Sea Witches	Creature	Casmetra	Increases Speed of any Sea Witches or Sorceresses by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 5 levels (rounded up).
	Serpent Flies	Creature	Korbac	Increases Speed of any Serpent Flies or Dragon Flies by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Sharpshooters	Upgrade	Gelu	Can upgrade Archers or Marksmen and Wood Elves or Grand Elves to Sharpshooters .
	Skeletons	Creature	Galthran	Increases Speed of any Skeletons or Skeleton Warriors by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 1 levels (rounded up).
	Slayer	Spell	Coronius	Casts Slayer with effect increased by 4 for 1 level creatures, by 3 for 2 level creatures, by 2 for 3 level creatures, and by 1 for 4 level creatures.
	Sorcery	Secondary Skill	Zydar   Styg   Sandro   Malekith   Gird   Spint	Receives a 5% per level bonus to Sorcery skill.
	Speed	Speed	Sir Mullich	All creatures receive +2 speed.
	Stone Skin	Spell	Xsi   Merist   Labetha   Darkstorn	Casts Stone Skin with effect increased by 3 for 1-2 level creatures, by 2 for 3-4 level creatures, and by 1 for 5-6 level creatures.
	Stormbirds	Creature	Illor	Increases Speed of any Stormbirds or Ayssids by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Sulfur	Resource	Calid	Increases kingdom's Sulfur production by 1 per day.
	Swordsmen	Creature	Sorsha   Roland   Catherine	Increases Speed of any Swordsmen or Crusaders by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Troglodytes	Creature	Shakti	Increases Speed of any Troglodytes or Infernal Troglodytes by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 1 levels (rounded up).
	Unicorns	Creature	Clancy	Increases Speed of any Unicorns or War Unicorns by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).
	Vampires	Creature	Vokial	Increases Speed of any Vampires or Vampire Lords by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
	Walking Dead	Creature	Straker	Increases Speed of any Walking Dead or Zombies by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Water Elementals	Creature	Lacus   Kalt	Water and Ice Elementals receive +2 Attack.
	Weakness	Spell	Olema   Mirlanda   Cuthbert   Eanswythe	Casts Weakness with effect increased by 3 for 1-2 level creatures, by 2 for 3-4 level creatures, and by 1 for 5-6 level creatures.
	Wights	Creature	Charna	Increases Speed of any Wights or Wraiths by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 3 levels (rounded up).
	Wolf Riders	Creature	Tyraxor	Increases Speed of any Wolf Riders or Wolf Raiders by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 2 levels (rounded up).
	Wyverns	Creature	Broghild	Increases Speed of any Wyverns or Wyvern Monarchs by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 6 levels (rounded up).