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Defence of The Shrines 2/Abilities

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Abilities are unique skills that Heroes and creeps have access to on the battlefield. They range from simple passive effects, to devastating explosions of energy, to complex, terrain changing feats. All Heroes have four or more abilities, three or more basic abilities and an ultimate ability, that they can assign ability points to every time they level up. Every level in an ability makes it more powerful, sometimes increasing its spirit cost as well. Some heroes also have one or more innate abilities, which are always available and cannot be upgraded.

Abilities can consume mana, and may also be placed on cooldown when used. Abilities that are on cooldown can not be used until their cooldown timer is up, at which point they can be cast again. Abilities with low cooldowns are sometimes referred to as "spammable" abilities, because they can be used very frequently.

Ability Upgrades

Ability levels for most heroes
Ability level Hero level for
Regular Ability
Hero level for
Ultimate*
1 1 6
2 3 11
3 5 16
4 7 -
5 9 -
6 11 -
7 13 -
* No exceptions currently in the game yet

Every time a Hero levels up, they earn an ability point which they can use to upgrade any of their abilities, learn a new ability, or can be used to upgrade their Attribute Bonus. At the start of the game, Heroes know none of their abilities, but are given a free ability point to learn one. Abilities cannot be used and do not have any effect if they have not been learned. After an ability is learned, it can be upgraded several times. Basic abilities can be upgraded 3 more times, for a total of 4 levels, and a Hero's ultimate ability can be upgraded 2 times, for a total of 3 levels.

Upgrading abilities will make them more powerful, or capable of doing more powerful things. Sometimes, upgrading abilities will also increase their mana cost. For example, each level in Tenshi Hinanawi Earth Sign "Sword of the Unyielding Soil" increases the damage it deals and the duration of its stun, but als increases its mana cost. Besides directly leveling abilities, there are a few other ways to make abilities more powerful.