Skill

Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
Javelin and Spear Passive and Magic Bow and Crossbow	Martial Arts Shadow Disciplines Traps	Warcries Combat Masteries Combat Skills	Elemental Shape Shifting Summoning	Summoning Poison and Bone Curses	Defensive Auras Offensive Auras Combat Skills	Cold Spells Lightning Spells Fire Spells

All classes begin game with the following skills, which cost no mana to use: Normal Attack (with any weapon excluding throwing potions) Throw (with throwing weapons and potions) Unsummon (unsummons pets) Assassin and Barbarian alternate between two weapons when using Attack; they both only attack with their right hand when bare-handed and equipping no shield. Barbarian can also use Left Hand Throw When equipping throwing weapons or potions. Necromancer begins game with a Wand with +1 Raise Skeleton. Sorceress begins game with a Staff with +1 Fire Bolt.

Skill points

Each class also has three of their own skill trees, each containing 10 skills: these skills can be learnt and then used by investing skill points. Characters receive one skill point each time they gain a character level, and skill points can also be awarded once in each difficulty level for completing the following quests:

Act	Quest	Giver	Skill point(s)
1	Den of Evil	Akara	+1
2	Radament's Lair	Template:Unique dropped by Template:Unique	+1
4	The Fallen Angel	Tyrael	+2

A maximum of 20 points can be invested in each skill. Points cannot be invested in a skill if points have not been invested in its prerequisite skills and character level > required skill level + points: while some skills are available at level 1, others only become available at levels 6, 12, 18, 24 and 30. For example, an Amazon cannot invest a point in Freezing Arrow until she is level 30 and she has invested points in its prerequisite skills Cold Arrow and Ice Arrow, and she may not invest another point until she is level 31.

Respecialisation

Skill (and stat) points can be reset as a reward from Akara for completing the Den of Evil quest in Act 1 once in each difficulty level. Characters who completed this quest in all difficulty levels before 1.13 will only receive this reward in Hell.

Skill (and stat) points can also be reset by transmuting all four of the following items in the Template:Unique to create a Template:Crafted, then using that token:

Item	Source
Template:Crafted	Template:Unique
	Template:Unique
Template:Crafted	Template:Unique
Template:Crafted	Template:Unique
Template:Crafted	Template:Unique

• Buffs and debuffs active at the time of the reset will remain active until they expire.
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Skill bonuses

Although characters can only invest 20 points in each skill, their level can be increased further by applying various skill bonuses:

• Individual skills (class-specific and Oskills)
• Individual skill trees (class-specific)
• Individual class skill levels (class-specific)
• All Skills

Certain items also apply bonuses to Fire Skills only:

Item	Bonus	RLvl
Template:Set	+1	11
Template:Unique staff	+3	19
Template:Unique	+2	21
Template:Unique	+2	22
Template:Unique	+1	23
Template:Unique	+1	27
Template:Unique	+3	33
Template:Unique	+2	65
Template:Unique	+3	71

Amazon	Assassin	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
Fire Arrow Exploding Arrow Immolation Arrow	Fire Blast Fists of Fire Wake of Fire Dragon Tail Wake of Inferno	Firestorm Molten Boulder Fissure Fire Claws Volcano Armageddon	Corpse Explosion Fire Golem	Holy Fire	Fire Spells

Active skills

Active skills require an action to be taken to use them. All active skills require mana to use, with the exception of the common skills mentioned earlier, Sacrifice, level >12 Magic Arrow and level >8 Double Swing. Skill icons are red if they cannot be used, either due to lack of mana or a required item, an active Delay or because it cannot be used in town.

Buffs

Buffs are active skills which apply a positive effect to a player or to players and their allies for a duration after being used.

Player only

Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin	Sorceress
Burst of Speed Cloak of Shadows Fade Venom	Frenzy	Werewolf Lycanthropy Werebear Feral Rage Maul Cyclone Armor	Bone Armor	Holy Shield	Frozen Armor Shiver Armor Energy Shield Chilling Armor

Player and allies

Barbarian	Sorceress
Shout Battle Orders Battle Command	Enchant

Debuffs

Debuffs are active skills which apply a negative effect to a player's enemies for a duration after being used.

Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Druid	Necromancer	Paladin
Inner Sight Slow Missiles	Cloak of Shadows Mind Blast	Howl Taunt Stun Battle Cry Grim Ward War Cry	Rabies	Curses	Smite Conversion

• A Barbarian's Berserk is the only skill to apply a debuff to the user.

Passive skills

Passive skills require no action to apply their bonuses. Passive skills don't require mana to use, and only apply to the player or pet. Passive bonuses are based on both skill points invested and skill bonuses applied.

Amazon	Assassin	Barbarian	Necromancer	Sorceress
Critical Strike Dodge Avoid Penetrate Evade Pierce	Claw Mastery Weapon Block	Combat Masteries	Skeleton Mastery Golem Mastery Summon_Resist	Warmth Fire Mastery Lightning Mastery Cold Mastery

Some Druid active skills also apply passive bonuses: Summon Spirit Wolf, Summon Dire Wolf and Summon Grizzly all apply passive bonuses to each other.

Auras

A Paladin's Defensive Auras and Offensive Auras apply positive passive bonuses to the Paladin and any allies or negative passive bonuses to any enemies within their radius of effect, as long as the aura is selected on the right mouse button. Auras do not cost mana, with the exception of Prayer.

A Druid's Oak Sage, Heart of Wolverine and Spirit of Barbs supply auras applying positive passive bonuses to players and any allies within their radius of effect once summoned.

Synergy skills

Synergy skills apply benefits to other skills based on the number of points invested in the synergy skill. Skill bonuses do not increase synergy bonuses. Most synergy bonuses are mentioned in the skill description, but the following Paladin skills also apply hidden bonuses based in the number of points invested in them: Resist Fire, Resist Cold, Blessed Aim and Resist Lightning.

Other class skills

Each class can gain access to the skills of another class by equipping certain items:

• % Chance to Cast
• Charges
• Oskills
• Aura When Equipped

Certain missile weapons also fire Magic Arrow and Exploding Arrow when Normal Attack is used:

Fires Magic Arrows

Missile weapon	Level	Ladder	Rlvl
Template:Unique	3	No	13
Template:Unique	5	No	26
Template:Unique	20	No	39
Template:Unique	11	Yes	65
Template:Set	1	No	70

Fires Explosive Arrows or Bolts

Missile weapon	Level	Ladder	Rlvl
Template:Unique	3	No	15
Template:Unique	5	No	27
Template:Unique	7	No	33
Template:Unique	6	No	49
Template:Unique	13	No	71
Template:Unique missile weapon	15	Yes	65

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