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Luck is not a "must have" secondary skill which is essential, but still a decent bonus helpful in battles. Its relevance probably increased in {{-wh}} {{hota}}, as this mod enabled bad luck attacks (which are present in the original game's code, but do not normally work), which deal only half of damage, and Luck secondary skill can help avoiding it. Consider this skill playing for [[Necropolis]] (even though there's a very small chance to get it), as neither [[morale]] nor [[Bless]] spell can improve the attacks of the undead. | Luck is not a "must have" secondary skill which is essential, but still a decent bonus helpful in battles. Its relevance probably increased in {{-wh}} {{hota}}, as this mod enabled bad luck attacks (which are present in the original game's code, but do not normally work), which deal only half of damage, and Luck secondary skill can help avoiding it. Consider this skill playing for [[Necropolis]] (even though there's a very small chance to get it), as neither [[morale]] nor [[Bless]] spell can improve the attacks of the undead. | ||
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|melee attacks]], and 4 times lower than what expert Archery provides to [[ranged unit|ranged attacks]]. | |||
* Luck is unpredictable and therefore cannot be relied on when planning fights. | |||
=== Things that ruin Luck === | === Things that ruin Luck === | ||
* [[Hourglass of the Evil Hour]] | * [[Hourglass of the Evil Hour]] | ||
* [[Pendant of Courage]] | * [[Pendant of Courage]] | ||
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{{secondary skill 'see also'}} | {{secondary skill 'see also'}} | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 18 May 2021
This article refers to the secondary skill. For the effects of luck in combat, see luck.
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Basic Luck: increases your hero's luck by 1. | |
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Advanced Luck: increases your hero's luck by 2. | |
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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:
Chance to get
Out of total 112 for Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss 
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Banned skills change the probability.
| Town | Class | Chance to learn |
|---|---|---|
 Castle |
Knight | 3 |
| Castle |
Cleric | 5 |
 Rampart |
Ranger | 6 |
| Rampart |
Druid | 9 (highest) |
 Tower |
Alchemist | 2 |
| Tower |
Wizard | 4 |
 Inferno |
Demoniac | 2 |
| Inferno |
Heretic | 2 |
 Necropolis |
Death Knight | 1 (lowest) |
| Necropolis |
Necromancer | 1 (lowest) |
 Dungeon |
Overlord | 1 (lowest) |
| Dungeon |
Warlock | 2 |
 Stronghold |
Barbarian | 3 |
| Stronghold |
Battle Mage | 2 |
 Fortress |
Beastmaster | 2 |
| Fortress |
Witch | 4 |
 Conflux |
Planeswalker | 2 |
| Conflux |
Elementalist | 2 |
 Cove |
Captain | 7 |
| Cove |
Navigator | 4 |
 Factory |
Mercenary | {{{21}}} |
| Factory |
Artificer | {{{22}}} |
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Luck is not a "must have" secondary skill which is essential, but still a decent bonus helpful in battles. Its relevance probably increased in Having high luck is unquestionably valuable in combat. For several reasons, however, Luck is only a mediocre secondary skill:
Things that ruin Luck |