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Offense adds 10%, 20% or 30% damage to the base damage of any [[Melee]] attacks from a hero’s troops. It does not multiply total damage by 110%, 120% or 130%.
'''Offense''' is a [[secondary skill]] that increases all [[hand-to-hand]] [[damage]] caused by allied creatures in hero's army. As opposed to slightly misleading in-game skill description Offense increases the ''base damage'' by 10%, 20% or 30% depending on the level of the skill. This does not mean that the total damage (final damage) is necessarily increased by the same percentage, as it might also be increased by other factors, such as high [[Primary skill#Attack skill|Attack skill]] - compare [[Damage#Damage calculation of creature stacks|damage formula]].


To illustrate, take a creature stack that without offense does 100 base damage and 50 bonus damage from its high attack skill for a total of 150 damage. With expert offense, the total damage of 150 is not multiplied by 130% and is therefore not 195. Instead, the base damage of 100 is multiplied by 30%, which is added to the 100 base damage and 50 bonus damage for a total of 100 + 50 + 30 = 180 damage. In this case, then, expert offense adds only 20% damage, instead of 30%. In reality, the offense bonus is therefore 30% only when no other bonuses, such as from [[luck]], [[death blow]], or high [[attack skill]] are added.   
'''Heroes with Offense as a starting skill:'''
 


'''Recommended for:''' Any Hero who can afford the extra slot
* [[File:Barbarian portrait.gif]] All [[Barbarian]]s start with Basic Offense except [[Crag Hack]] and [[Kilgor]], who start with Advanced.
* {{H2|Alkin|Beastmaster}}
* {{H2|Arlach|Overlord}}
* {{H2|Catherine|Knight}} {{withmaped}}
* {{H2|Clavius|Death Knight}}
* {{H2|Dace|Overlord}}
* {{H2|Damacon|Overlord}} (Advanced Offense)
* {{H2|Fiur|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Ignissa|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Ivor|Ranger}}
* {{H2|Monere|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Nymus|Demoniac}} (Advanced Offense)
* {{H2|Octavia|Demoniac}}
* {{H2|Pasis|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Rissa|Alchemist}}
* {{H2|Shakti|Overlord}}
* {{H2|Sorsha|Knight}}
* {{H2|Tamika|Death Knight}}
* {{H2|Anabel|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Bidley|Captain}} {{withmapedhota}} (Advanced Offense)
* {{H2|Cassiopeia|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Derek|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Jeremy|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Tark|Captain}} {{withmapedhota}}
* {{H2|Sam|Mercenary}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Dury|Mercenary}}{{-wh}}


==Heroes with Offense as a starting skill==
'''Heroes with {{PAGENAME}} as a specialty and a starting skill:'''
'''[[Ivor]]''' starts with Basic Offense.
* {{H2|Crag Hack|Barbarian}} (Advanced Offense)
* {{H2|Gundula|Battle Mage}} (Basic Offense)
* {{H2|Corkes|Captain}}{{-wh}} (Basic Offense)
* {{H2|Tavin|Mercenary}} {{withmapedhota}} (Basic Offense)


==Heroes that specialize in Offense==
==Chance to get==
*[[Crag Hack]] the [[Barbarian]]
{{Secondary skill chance explanation}}
*[[Gundula]] the [[Battle Mage]]
{{ZET SEC SKILL CHANCE TABLE| 7| 4| 5| 1 (lowest)| 6| 1 (lowest)| 8| 4| 7| 3| 8| 1 (lowest)|10 (highest)| 8| 5| 2| 9| 1 (lowest)| 9| 4| 6| 2}}
 
==Comparison to Attack skill==
 
This table shows how much extra Attack skill would need the hero of attacking unit have, in order to reach the same effect in damage increasing as with the Offense skill ( = how much is the Offense skill worth in terms of attack), assuming no other damage modifiers.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Offense level / Difference between Attack skill and Defense skill || -20 || -19 || -18 || -17 || -16 || -15 || -14 || -13 || -12 || -11 || -10 || -9 || -8 || -7 || -6 || -5 || -4 || -3 || -2 || -1 || 0+
|-
| Basic || 2 || 2.1 || 2.2 || 2.3 || 2.4 || 2.5 || 2.6 || 2.7 || 2.8 || 2.9 || 3 || 3.1 || 3.2 || 3.3 || 3.4 || 3.5 || 3.6 || 3.3 || 2.9 || 2.4 || 2
|-
| Advanced || 4 || 4.2 || 4.4 || 4.6 || 4.8 || 5 || 5.2 || 5.4 || 5.6 || 5.8 || 6 || 6.2 || 6.4 || 6.6 || 6.4 || 6 || 5.6 || 5.2 || 4.8 || 4.4 || 4
|-
| Expert || 6 || 6.3 || 6.6 || 6.9 || 7.2 || 7.5 || 7.8 || 8.1 || 8.4 || 8.7 || 9 || 9.1 || 8.8 || 8.4 || 8.1 || 7.7 || 7.4 || 7 || 6.7 || 6.3 || 6
|}
 
{{secondary skill 'see also'|top=* [[Damage]]
*[[Comparison of Armorer, Offense and Archery]]}}


[[Category: Secondary skills]]
[[Category: Secondary skills]]
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 8 February 2024

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Offense
Basic Offense: increases all hand-to-hand damage inflicted by the hero's troops by 10%.
Advanced Offense: increases all hand-to-hand damage inflicted by the hero's troops by 20%.
Expert Offense: increases all hand-to-hand damage inflicted by the hero's troops by 30%.

Offense is a secondary skill that increases all hand-to-hand damage caused by allied creatures in hero's army. As opposed to slightly misleading in-game skill description Offense increases the base damage by 10%, 20% or 30% depending on the level of the skill. This does not mean that the total damage (final damage) is necessarily increased by the same percentage, as it might also be increased by other factors, such as high Attack skill - compare damage formula.

Heroes with Offense as a starting skill:

Heroes with Offense as a specialty and a starting skill:

Chance to get[edit | hide | hide all]

Out of total 112 for Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss.
Banned skills change the probability.

Town Class Chance to learn
Castle  Knight   7
Castle  Cleric   4
Rampart  Ranger   5
Rampart  Druid   1 (lowest)
Tower  Alchemist   6
Tower  Wizard   1 (lowest)
Inferno  Demoniac   8
Inferno  Heretic   4
Necropolis  Death Knight   7
Necropolis  Necromancer   3
Dungeon  Overlord   8
Dungeon  Warlock   1 (lowest)
Stronghold  Barbarian  10 (highest)
Stronghold  Battle Mage   8
Fortress  Beastmaster   5
Fortress  Witch   2
Conflux  Planeswalker   9
Conflux  Elementalist   1 (lowest)
Cove Horn of the Abyss     Captain   9
Cove Horn of the Abyss     Navigator   4
Factory Horn of the Abyss     Mercenary   6
Factory Horn of the Abyss     Artificer   2


Comparison to Attack skill[edit | hide]

This table shows how much extra Attack skill would need the hero of attacking unit have, in order to reach the same effect in damage increasing as with the Offense skill ( = how much is the Offense skill worth in terms of attack), assuming no other damage modifiers.

Offense level / Difference between Attack skill and Defense skill -20 -19 -18 -17 -16 -15 -14 -13 -12 -11 -10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0+
Basic 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 2.9 2.4 2
Advanced 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 5 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.8 6 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.4 6 5.6 5.2 4.8 4.4 4
Expert 6 6.3 6.6 6.9 7.2 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.4 8.7 9 9.1 8.8 8.4 8.1 7.7 7.4 7 6.7 6.3 6

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