Eagle Eye

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Secondary skills
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Expert Archery large.png Archery
Expert Armorer large.png Armorer
Expert Artillery large.png Artillery
Expert Ballistics large.png Ballistics
Expert Diplomacy large.png Diplomacy
Expert Eagle Eye large.png Eagle Eye
Expert Earth Magic large.png Earth Magic
Expert Estates large.png Estates
Expert Fire Magic large.png Fire Magic
Expert First Aid large.png First Aid
Expert Intelligence large.png Intelligence
Expert Interference large.png Interference Horn of the Abyss
Expert Leadership large.png Leadership
Expert Learning large.png Learning
Expert Logistics large.png Logistics
Expert Luck large.png Luck
Expert Mysticism large.png Mysticism
Expert Navigation large.png Navigation
Expert Necromancy large.png Necromancy
Expert Offense large.png Offense
Expert Pathfinding large.png Pathfinding
Expert Resistance large.png Resistance
Expert Scholar large.png Scholar
Expert Scouting large.png Scouting
Expert Sorcery large.png Sorcery
Expert Tactics large.png Tactics
Expert Water Magic large.png Water Magic
Expert Wisdom large.png Wisdom
Eagle Eye
Basic Eagle Eye large.png Basic Eagle Eye: allows the hero to view an enemy hero’s level 1 – 3 spells in combat. It gives the hero a 40% chance to learn any level 1 – 3 spell from the enemy hero at the start of combat and as soon as a spell is used in combat. It negates one level of an enemy hero’s Eagle Eye skill. Horn of the Abyssgives your hero a 40% chance to learn any 1st or 2nd level spell used in combat. Shadow of Death
Advanced Eagle Eye large.png Advanced Eagle Eye: allows the hero to view an enemy hero’s level 1 – 4 spells in combat. It gives the hero a 50% chance to learn any level 1 – 4 spell from the enemy hero at the start of combat and as soon as a spell is used in combat. It negates two levels of an enemy hero’s Eagle Eye skill. Horn of the Abyssgives your hero a 50% chance to learn any spell up to 3rd level used in combat. Shadow of Death
Expert Eagle Eye large.png Expert Eagle Eye: allows the hero to view all enemy hero’s spells in combat. It gives the hero a 60% chance to learn any level spell from the enemy hero at the start of combat and as soon as a spell is used in combat. It negates an enemy hero’s Eagle Eye skill. Horn of the Abyssgives your hero a 60% chance to learn any spell up to 4th level used in combat. Shadow of Death

Spells learned by Eagle Eye are learned before/during Horn of the Abyssafter Shadow of Death the fight is won. For a spell to be learned, the hero must have the appropriate level of Wisdom in relation to the spell.

Heroes with Eagle Eye as a starting skill:

Heroes with Eagle Eye as a specialty and a starting skill:

Related factors:

Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss[edit | edit source]

If two opposing heroes both have Eagle Eye, the following applies:

  • Same level of Eagle Eye:
    • Cancelling each other out, neither hero may learn spells from combat
  • Eagle Eye Advanced Eagle Eye (2) vs Eagle Eye Basic Eagle Eye (1):
    • 2 - 1 = 1, therefore the hero with Advanced Eagle Eye instead "gains" Basic Eagle Eye, and the hero with Basic Eagle Eye may not learn spells from combat
  • Eagle Eye Expert Eagle Eye (3) vs Eagle Eye Basic Eagle Eye (1):
    • 3 - 1 = 2, therefore the hero with Expert Eagle Eye instead "gains" Advanced Eagle Eye, and the hero with Basic Eagle Eye may not learn spells from combat
  • Eagle Eye Expert Eagle Eye (3) vs Eagle Eye Advanced Eagle Eye (2):
    • 3 - 2 = 1, therefore the hero with Expert Eagle Eye instead "gains" Basic Eagle Eye, and the hero with Advanced Eagle Eye may not learn spells from combat

Chance to get[edit | edit source]

Out of total 112 for Shadow of Death, and of (112 + Interference chance) for Horn of the Abyss Horn of the Abyss.
Banned skills change the probability.

Town Class Chance to learn
Town portrait Castle small.png Castle  Knight   2
Town portrait Castle small.png Castle  Cleric   6
Town portrait Rampart small.png Rampart  Ranger   2
Town portrait Rampart small.png Rampart  Druid   7
Town portrait Tower small.png Tower  Alchemist   3
Town portrait Tower small.png Tower  Wizard   8
Town portrait Inferno small.png Inferno  Demoniac   3
Town portrait Inferno small.png Inferno  Heretic   4
Town portrait Necropolis small.png Necropolis  Death Knight   4
Town portrait Necropolis small.png Necropolis  Necromancer   7
Town portrait Dungeon small.png Dungeon  Overlord   2
Town portrait Dungeon small.png Dungeon  Warlock   8
Town portrait Stronghold small.png Stronghold  Barbarian   2
Town portrait Stronghold small.png Stronghold  Battle Mage   5
Town portrait Fortress small.png Fortress  Beastmaster   1 (lowest)
Town portrait Fortress small.png Fortress  Witch  10 (highest)
Town portrait Conflux small.png Conflux  Planeswalker   2
Town portrait Conflux small.png Conflux  Elementalist   8
Town portrait Cove small.png Cove Horn of the Abyss     Captain   4
Town portrait Cove small.png Cove Horn of the Abyss     Navigator   2
Town portrait Factory small.png Factory Horn of the Abyss     Mercenary   2
Town portrait Factory small.png Factory Horn of the Abyss     Artificer   4


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Some may find the information in this section subjective or irrelevant.

Generally, Eagle Eye is considered one of the least desirable secondary skills, as the preferred ones are those which improve units' strength (Archery, Armorer, Offense), help in casting spells (various schools of magic), or make gameplay significantly easier (Diplomacy, Logistics, Tactics). However, it may sometimes help when it's impossible to get a spell from your town's Mage Guild (e.g. Bless in Inferno, or Curse in Castle and Rampart) and you are expecting to fight a battle against another player early on in the game, before you capture their town. For that reason, Eagle Eye is compatible with Scholar. Together with advanced or expert Wisdom, Expert Eagle Eye may be situationally usable for Stronghold and Fortress heroes, as their Mage Guilds are limited to 3rd level, and learning Resurrection and having Advanced Earth Magic could change the whole dynamics of battle.

Part of the criticism behind Eagle Eye is that even with Expert Eagle Eye and all three of the Eagle Eye artifacts equipped, it still can not guarantee learning a spell used in combat, totalling to a 90% effectiveness rate. Other flaws include requiring the battle to be completed before the spells are added into the spell book (i.e. they won't appear there during the battle which could have been really helpful), inability to learn 5th level spells, and inability to learn adventure map spells.

Problem with skills like eagle eye and learning is also with the limit on how many skills can a hero have. Adding eagle eye or learning will make sure, that some of the important skills will be missing, giving enemies an advantage.

Things that ruin Eagle Eye


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