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'''Primary skills''' are characteristics of [[hero]]es and [[creature]]s. There are four different primary skills: [[Primary skill#attack_skill|attack]], [[Primary skill#defense_skill|defense]], [[Primary skill#power_skill|power]] and [[Primary skill#knowledge_skill|knowledge]] skill. Attack and defense can be categorized as ''might skills'' while power and knowledge are ''magic skills''.
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| [[Image:Attack_skill.png]]<br>Attack
== Attack skill ==
| [[Image:Defense_skill.png]]<br>Defense
[[Image:Hero_attack.png|right]]
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Attack skill together with defense is the one of the main factors affecting the amount of [[Damage calculation|damage]] creatures under hero's command deals.
| [[Image:Power_skill.png]]<br>Power
 
| [[Image:Knowledge_skill.png]]<br>Knowledge
 
=== Spells altering attack skill ===
Mana spent skilled is the spent mana cost being reduced because of specialilsation in the magic variant and thus having [[Earth Magic]], [[Fire Magic]], [[Water Magic]] or [[Air Magic]] (whatever school the spell is in, some first level or second level ones are universal and belong to more than one school) as a secondary skill (no matter if on basic, advanced or expert).
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Spell!!Mana spent!!Mana spent skilled!!Change!!AttackBuff!!AttackBuffAtAdvanced!!AttackBuffAtExpert
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| colspan=2 | Primary skill symbols which recur almost in the same form throughout the game.
|[[Bloodlust]]||-5||-4||Attack (Own)||+3||+6|| all own units
|} '''Primary skills''' are characteristics of [[hero]]es and [[creature]]s. There are four different primary skills: attack, defense, spell power and knowledge. Each time a hero reaches a new level, one of their primary skills is advanced by one point. Attack and defense can be categorized as ''might skills'' while power and knowledge are ''magic skills''. Might heroes, like [[Knight]]s and [[Ranger]]s, advance more rapidly in might skills as for magic heroes, like [[Wizard]]s and [[Warlock]]s, advance faster in magic skills. The advancement in primary skills vary considerably by the [[hero class]] on levels 1 to 9, but after that, hero's advancement generally becomes more balanced.
|-style="background-color: palegoldenrod;"
|[[Weakness]]||-8||-6||Attack (Enemy)||-3||-6|| all enemy units
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|[[Frenzy]]||-16||-12||Loose all Defense, gain some Attack|| Defense lost = Attack gained|| Attack gains 150% former Defense, Defense is lost|| Attack gains 200% former Defense, Defense is lost
|-style="background-color: palegoldenrod;"
|[[Precision]]||-8||-6||Ranged attack (own)||+3||+6||all own ranged units
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|[[Slayer]]||-16||-12||Attack (own) against Level 7 Creatures||+8 against [[Dragon]]s, [[Hydra]]s, [[Behemoth]]s||+8 against [[Angel]]s, [[Devil]]s||+8 against [[Titan]]s
|-style="background-color: palegoldenrod;"
|[[Prayer]]||-16||-12||[[Speed]], [[Attack]], [[Defense]] increased||[[Speed]], [[Attack]], [[Defense]] increase by +2||[[Speed]], [[Attack]], [[Defense]] increase by +4 || all own units
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== Defense skill ==
[[Image: Hero_defense.png|right]]
 
Defense skill together with attack is the one of the main factors affecting the amount of [[Damage calculation|damage]] creatures under hero's command deals.  


'''Attack skill''' together with defense are the main factors affecting the amount of [[Damage calculation|damage]] creatures deal under the hero's command. A hero's attack skill value is added to each of the stack's attack rating, increasing the amount of damage they can inflict in combat.<br>
It should be noted, that while ''defen<u>c</u>e'' is acceptable spelling, it is always spelled ''defen<u>s</u>e'' in {{homm}}. However, it is spelled as ''defence'' in {{hc}}.
For each extra point of Attack skill over defender's Defense skill, the inflicted damage gets increased by 5 % (up to 300 %, which is 60 points in difference).


'''Defense skill''' works in similar way to attack skill. Heroes' defense skill is added to the defense rating of each of the creatures in their army, which decreases the amount of damage they take from enemy attacks. <br>
=== Spells altering defense ===
For each extra point of Defense skill over attackers's Attack skill, the received damage gets reduced by 2.5 % (up to 70 %, which is 28 points in difference).
* [[Frenzy]]
* [[Shield]]
* [[Prayer]]
* [[Stone Skin]]
* [[Air Shield]]


'''Power skill''' (or sometimes ''spell power'') is the main factor for duration of many essential spells like [[Bless]], [[Curse]], [[Haste]], [[Slow]] and many others (1 point of Power skill equals 1 round of duration), the amount of health points taken by damage spells and restored by beneficial spells, and efficiency of miscellaneous spells (e.g. ones summoning elementals). Efficiency of some spells, for example of the majority of those cast on the adventure map, doesn't depend on Power skill.<br>
== Spell power skill ==
Spell power (also just power) is the main factor for damage and duration of the [[spell]]s. By default, all heroes start with at least one point in this skill. However, a mapmaker might set the starting skill to 0. In that case, the hero will look and function as if he had 1 point, but when he receives his first point, it will not have any effect.


'''Knowledge skill''' determines the maximum amount of [[spell point]]s a hero may have. It is calculated by multiplying knowledge with 10, so knowledge of 13 would give a hero a natural maximum of 130 spell points. With the [[Intelligence]] secondary skill, this natural maximum can be increased up to double (in HotA{{-wh}} it has been nerfed to only increase the mana pool by 50%). Additionally, visiting a [[mana vortex]] or a [[magic spring]] hero can temporarily double the spell points, which means that with expert intelligence, the maximum spell points will be quadrupled (tripled{{-wh}}) from original amount.
== Knowledge skill ==
The knowledge skill determines the maximum amount of [[spell point]]s a hero may have. It is calculated by multiplying knowledge with ten, so knowledge of 13 would give a hero maximum of 130 spell points. However, with [[secondary skill]] [[intelligence]] maximum can be increased by 25 % at basic, 50% by advanced and 100% at expert level. This would mean, that with knowledge 13 and an expert level of intelligence, a hero would have maximum of 260 spell points. Additionally, with [[mana vortex]] or [[magic spring]] hero can temporarily double the spell points, which means that with expert intelligence, the maximum spell points will be quadruple of the original.


By default, all heroes have at least one point in power and knowledge skills. However, a map-maker can set these skills to 0. In that case, the hero will look and function as if the value would be one. When the hero receives the first point to the skill, they will still have only one point in it, but after that the points accumulate normally.
Like with power, all heroes typically start with at least one point in this skill. However, a mapmaker may set the starting skill to 0. In that case, the hero will look and function as if he had 1 point, but when he receives his first point, it will not have any effect.


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Damage calculation]]
* [[Damage calculation]]


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