All of the skills in the game will correspond to one of the four main bosses (and their areas), the Demon King, the Ice Queen, the Jester and the Ace (Prisoner). These skills will be unlocked using ‘Skill Points’ the player has earnt from defeating enemies, the harder the enemy, the more skill points they receive. Upon death, they will be able to spend these points on the skill tree. Parts of the skill tree will be unlocked upon beating certain areas of the game or by unlocking the skill before it – as some skills will be upgrades of skills or build upon a previous skill. Skills that correspond to different elemnts can be used together in order to create greater results.
Skills of the same element all share a cooldown, therefore they cannot be used one-after-another in quick succession. The player is only able to equip one skill of each element on the skill wheel at the beginning of the game, however, this can be upgraded to up to 3 skills of each element using SP (Skill Points) . They can only be changed at a save point and not in the midst of a battle. When accessing the skill tree, the game slows to about 40% of the in-game speed to allow players to swap skills and worry less about being attacked while doing so.
The following are explanations of how certain skills correspond to certain bosses, as well as examples of potential skills:
Fire Skills
Corresponding to the Demon King, these skills utilize flames in order to deal damage to groups of enemies. These skill will be mainly used for raw AoE (Area of Effect) damage output. Potential Fire Skills may be:
- Fireball – Conjure a ball of fire and shoot it at a locked-on enemy dealing average damage to the target and small damage to areas in a small radius
- Upgrade 1 – Increase damage dealt to target
- Upgrade 2 – Increase AoE radius
- Upgrade 3 – Decrease cooldown time
- Upgrade 4 – Deal more damage to enemies that are on fire
- Upgrade 5 – Deal massive damage to enemies who are frost bitten
- Flamethrower – For the next x seconds, shoot a continuous flame from your hand, dealing damage to enemies in a small cone
- Upgrade 1 – Increase the time the player is able to shoot the continous flame
- Upgrade 2 – Increase the damage dealt per tick
- Upgrade 3 – Increase the size of the damage cone
- Eternal Flame – Enemies hit with any fire skill are lit on fire taking damage small amounts of damage over time
- Upgrade 1 – Increase how long enemies are lit on fire for
- Upgrade 2 – Inrease the damage taken per tick when enemies are on fire
- Inferno Burst – Release a cloud of flame around the player, dealing average damage to enemies within a small radius around the player
- Upgrade 1 – Increase the damage radius
- Upgrade 2 – Greatly increase damage radius
- Upgrade 3 – Greatly increase damage dealt
- Cinderblade – Coat your weapon with flames for x seconds, any enemies hit are lit on fire, taking small amounts of damage over time
- Upgrade 1 – Increase damage dealt from light /regualr attacks
- Upgrade 2 – Increase how long your weapon is coated for
- Skill Wheel Upgrade – Increase equipable fire skills on the skill wheel to 2
- Upgrade 1 – Increase equipable fire skills on the skill wheel to 3
Ice Skills
As these skills correspond to the Ice Queen, who encapsulates control and manipulation. These skill will be used more for utility and CC (Crowd Control) as opposed to damage. Some potential Ice Skills could be:
- Icy Veil – Release a blast of ice, coating enemies in a small cone ahead of the player, slowing their movements and attacks by x % for n seconds
- Upgrade 1 – Increase attack radius
- Upgrade 2 – Increase slow percentage
- Upgrade 3 – Increase slow duration
- Glacial Shard – Release a shard of ice at a locked-on enemy, completely freezing them for x seconds
- Upgrade 1 – Increase freeze duration
- Upgrade 2 – This spreads to nearby enemies who are frost bitten
- Icebound Chains – Remove an enemies ability to deal physical attacks for x seconds
- Upgrade 1 – Increase duration
- Subzero Skates – Increase the players movement speed by x % for n seconds
- Upgrade 1 – Increase movement speed increase
- Upgrade 2 – Increase duration
- Permafrost – Enemies hit with any ice skill are frost bitten, taking damage small amounts of damage over time
- Upgrade 1 – Increase frost bite duration
- Upgrade 2 – Increase damage taken per tick
- Skill Wheel Upgrade – Increase equipable ice skills on the skill wheel to 2
- Upgrade 1 – Increase equipable ice skills on the skill wheel to 3
Shadow Skills
Corresponding to the imprisoned ace, encapsulating isolation and neglect. These skills allow the player to deal lots of damage to a single target, or when the player is alone. Potential Shadow Skills could be:
- Obsession – You are unable to stop targetting the locked-on enemy for the next x seconds or until they die, your physical attacks deal an extra x % damage
- Upgrade 1 – Increase the extra damage
- Solitude (Passive) – When there is only one enemy in the vacinity, deal x % increased damage
- Upgrade 1 – Increase damage increase
- Abandoned (Passive) – When there is only one enemy in the vacinity, reduce all cooldowns by x %
- Upgrade 1 – Increase cooldown reduction
- Insanity (Toggle) – When turned on, take 2.5% of your current health as damage every second and deal x % increased damage
- Upgrade 1 – Decrease the amount of damage taken
- Curse – Shoot a dark cloud ahead of you, enemies in a medium-sized cone are cursed turning x % of their health bar black, meaning if they get down to x % health they immediatley die
- Upgrade 1 – Increase the damage threshold
- Skill Wheel Upgrade – Increase equipable shadow skills on the skill wheel to 2
- Upgrade 1 – Increase equipable fire shadow on the skill wheel to 3
Trickster Skills
These skill correspond to the Jester, these are the most unorthodox of the skills, they are also used for utility and CC as opposed to damage. Potential Trickster Skills could be:
- Steel Trap – Place down a trap, enemies that step into the trap are snared, being unable to move and they take a small amount of damage
- Upgrade 1 – Increase the amount of traps you can place down, up to 3 times
- Upgrade 2 – Increase damage dealt
- Smoke Bomb – Throw a smoke bomb on the ground, making all enemies lose aggression
- Upgrade 1 – Increase smoke duration, making enemies lose vision of the player
- Suprise! – Throw a randomised item, at the locked-on enemy
- Bomb – Deals average damage to the target and enemies within a small radius
- Jack-in-the-Box – Scares the enemy, making them run away from the player for x seconds
- Vial of Acid – Creates a puddle of acid on the ground, heavily slowing enemy movement speed and dealing average damage per tick
- Party Poppers – Explode at the enemies feet, blinding and deafening enemies in a large radius, making them lose aggression of the player
- Flower – Throw a seed that blooms a flower, it squirts water at the enemy (It does nothing)
- Dummy – Place a clone of yourself that enemies aggress to, it breaks when any damage is dealt
- Skill Wheel Upgrade – Increase equipable trickster skills on the skill wheel to 2
- Upgrade 1 – Increase equipable trickster skills on the skill wheel to 3
Certain skills are buffed to be stronger to certain enemies and weakened to be less effective to others, but they are neutral to most enemies. These buffs and nerfs do not effect bosses.
