Offense
Offense increases the base damage of hand-to-hand attacks of creatures; 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 - see damage formula.
Heroes with Offense as a starting skill:
Barbarians
Sorsha the Knight
Catherine the Knight
Ivor the Ranger
Rissa the Alchemist
Octavia the Demoniac
Nymus the Demoniac (Advanced)
Tamika the Death Knight
Clavius the Death Knight
Arlach the Overlord
Dace the Overlord
Damacon the Overlord (Advanced)
Shakti the Overlord
Kilgor the Barbarian
(Advanced)
Alkin the Beastmaster
Pasis the Planeswalker
Ignissa the Planeswalker
Monere the Planeswalker
Fiur the Planeswalker
Jeremy the Captain
Derek the Captain
Anabel the Captain
Cassiopeia the Captain
Bidley the Captain
(Advanced)
Tark the Captain
Sam the Mercenary
Dury the Mercenary
Heroes with Offense as a specialty and a starting skill:
Chance to get[edit | edit source]
Out of total 112 for Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss .
Banned skills change the probability.
Town | Class | Chance to learn |
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Knight | 7 |
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Cleric | 4 |
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Ranger | 5 |
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Druid | 1 (lowest) |
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Alchemist | 6 |
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Wizard | 1 (lowest) |
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Demoniac | 8 |
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Heretic | 4 |
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Death Knight | 7 |
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Necromancer | 3 |
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Overlord | 8 |
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Warlock | 1 (lowest) |
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Barbarian | 10 (highest) |
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Battle Mage | 8 |
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Beastmaster | 5 |
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Witch | 2 |
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Planeswalker | 9 |
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Elementalist | 1 (lowest) |
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Captain | 9 |
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Navigator | 4 |
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Mercenary | 6 |
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Artificer | 2 |
Comparison to Attack skill[edit | edit source]
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+ |
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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 |