Ballistics
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Basic Ballistics: gives control of the catapult to the hero, allowing aimed shots with increased damage. | |
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Advanced Ballistics: gives control of the catapult to the hero, allowing two aimed shots with increased damage. | |
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Expert Ballistics: gives control of the catapult to the hero, allowing two aimed shots at maximum damage. | |
Ballistics is a secondary skill, that gives the player manual control over the catapult in a Siege, increases the chances of hitting an intended wall and increases the chance of doing double damage. The castle walls as well as Drawbridge, Keep and Arrow Towers have 2 hitpoints (upon building castle standard walls are upgraded to fortified walls, which have 3 hitpoints). Additionally, at advanced and expert level of Ballistics catapults fire twice instead of just once.
| Level | None | Basic | Adv. | Expert |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shots | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Chance to hit Keep (before all walls destroyed) | 5% | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| Chance to hit Arrow Towers (before all walls destroyed) | 10% | 15% | 15% | 20% |
| Chance to hit Drawbridge (before all walls destroyed) | 25% | 30% | 30% | 40% |
| Chance to hit intended wall | 50% | 60% | 60% | 75% |
| Chance for no damage | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Chance for 1 damage | 60% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Chance for 2 damage | 30% | 50% | 50% | 100% |
Heroes with Ballistics as a starting skill:
Olema the Heretic (basic)
Theodorus the Wizard (basic)
Uland the Druid (basic)
Yog the Barbarian (basic)
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 | 8 (highest) |
| Castle |
Cleric | 4 (lowest) 
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 Rampart |
Ranger | 4 (lowest)
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| Rampart |
Druid | 4 (lowest)
|
 Tower |
Alchemist | 6 |
| Tower |
Wizard | 4 (lowest)
|
 Inferno |
Demoniac | 7 |
| Inferno |
Heretic | 6 |
 Necropolis |
Death Knight | 7 |
| Necropolis |
Necromancer | 5 |
 Dungeon |
Overlord | 7 |
| Dungeon |
Warlock | 6 |
 Stronghold |
Barbarian | 8 (highest) |
| Stronghold |
Battle Mage | 6 |
 Fortress |
Beastmaster | 7 |
| Fortress |
Witch | 8 (highest) |
 Conflux |
Planeswalker | 8 (highest) |
| Conflux |
Elementalist | 4 (lowest)
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 Cove |
Captain | 5 |
| Cove |
Navigator | 2 (lowest)
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 Factory |
Mercenary | {{{21}}} |
| Factory |
Artificer | {{{22}}} |
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