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'''Heroes with Luck as a starting skill:'''
'''Heroes with Luck as a starting skill:'''


* {{Hn|Melodia}} the [[Druid]] (Basic)
* {{Hn|Melodia|Druid}} (Basic)
* {{Hn|Ufretin}} the [[Ranger]] (Basic)
* {{Hn|Ufretin|Ranger}} (Basic)


'''Heroes with a related specialty:'''
'''Heroes with a related specialty:'''
* {{Hn|Melodia}} the [[Druid]] casts [[Fortune]] with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  
* {{Hn|Melodia|Druid}} casts [[Fortune]] with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.  


== Discussion ==
== Discussion ==

Revision as of 01:23, 31 August 2017

This article refers to the secondary skill. For the effects of luck in combat, see luck.

Secondary skills
 Air Magic
 Archery
 Armorer
 Artillery
 Ballistics
 Diplomacy
 Eagle Eye
 Earth Magic
 Estates
 Fire Magic
 First Aid
 Intelligence
 Interference Horn of the Abyss
 Leadership
 Learning
 Logistics
 Luck
 Mysticism
 Navigation
 Necromancy
 Offense
 Pathfinding
 Resistance
 Scholar
 Scouting
 Sorcery
 Tactics
 Water Magic
 Wisdom
Luck
Basic Luck: increases your hero's luck by 1.
Advanced Luck: increases your hero's luck by 2.
Expert Luck: increases your hero's luck by 3.

Luck is a secondary skill, that increases the combat variable of the same name. A hero receives +1 luck at basic skill level, +2 at advanced and +3 at expert.

Heroes with Luck as a starting skill:

Heroes with a related specialty:

  • Melodia Melodia the Druid casts Fortune with increased effect, based on her level compared to the level of the target unit.

Discussion

Having high luck is unquestionably valuable in combat. For several reasons, however, Luck is only a mediocre secondary skill:

  • Maximum positive luck is +3. This may already be obtained through artifacts and adventure map locations (e.g. Fountain of Fortune), so often there is little need to also spend a secondary skill slot on it.
  • Lucky strikes are not sufficiently numerous or powerful to rival the bonus damage of Archery or Offense. Even when expert Luck increases luck from 0 to +3, the resulting average bonus damage is 2.4 times lower than what expert Offense provides to melee attacks, and 4 times lower than what expert Archery provides to ranged attacks.
  • Luck is unpredictable and therefore cannot be relied on when planning fights.