SKILLS

19 draftable skills · six slots

Each level-up deals you cards. Raise a skill to its cap and, with an evolution charge banked, it offers to become something with a new name and new rules. Charges come from bosses, one for each boss wave whose whole court falls.

Wraith Volley

A fan of shrieking spirits loosed at random foes.

void

targets random · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	8	36
cooldown	1.4	1.4
count	3	8
radius	8	8
speed	460	460
spread	0.42	0.42
rings	1	1

lv 2 +14 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +1 count
lv 5 +1 count
lv 6 +1 count
lv 7 +14 damage
lv 8 +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Hungering Host

a final form (it does not level)

The volley becomes a flock that will not miss.

damage	36
cooldown	1
count	7
radius	8
speed	430
pierce	1
spread	2.6
homing	3.5
rings	1

Reliquary Lance

A consecrated spear that transfixes the mightiest foe and all behind it.

physicalholy

targets highestHp · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	22	72
cooldown	1.7	1.25
count	1	1
radius	9	9
speed	720	720
pierce	3	10
rings	1	1

lv 2 +12.5 damage, +1 pierce
lv 3 -0.15 cooldown, +1 pierce
lv 4 +12.5 damage, +1 pierce
lv 5 -0.15 cooldown, +1 pierce
lv 6 +12.5 damage, +1 pierce
lv 7 -0.15 cooldown, +1 pierce
lv 8 +12.5 damage, +1 pierce

Evolution (spoiler)

Judgement Rail

a final form (it does not level)

The lance becomes law: an instantaneous rail of light that transfixes everything in its path.

damage	90
cooldown	1.1
count	1
radius	11
speed	2200
pierce	999
rings	1

Hexfire Bolts

Twin cinders hunt where the horde is thickest.

fire

targets densest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	11	35
cooldown	0.95	0.75
count	2	4
radius	7	7
speed	500	500
pierce	1	1
spread	0.22	0.22
rings	1	1

lv 2 +8 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 -0.1 cooldown
lv 5 +8 damage
lv 6 +1 count
lv 7 -0.1 cooldown
lv 8 +8 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Rain of Cinders

a final form (it does not level)

The sky remembers every fire that ever burned here.

damage	30
cooldown	1
count	5
radius	62
rings	1

Grave Nova

The chill of the tomb closes in, dragging what it touches and drawing life back with it.

void

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	13	48
cooldown	2.1	1.5
count	1	1
radius	240	394
speed	260	260
rings	1	1
pull	26	26
heal per hit	0.45	1

lv 2 +17.5 damage
lv 3 -0.3 cooldown
lv 4 +77 radius
lv 5 +0.55 heal per hit
lv 6 +17.5 damage
lv 7 -0.3 cooldown
lv 8 +77 radius

Evolution (spoiler)

Collapsing Star

a final form (it does not level)

The tomb-cold ring folds inward and takes everyone with it.

damage	18
cooldown	4.5
count	1
radius	200
speed	260
spread	2.2
rings	1

Sanctified Ground

Hallowed light sears all who tread near the vigil and mends it.

holy

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	6	19.5
cooldown	0.5	0.5
count	1	1
radius	130	193
rings	1	1
heal per pulse	0.5	1.1

lv 2 +4.5 damage
lv 3 +31.5 radius
lv 4 +0.3 heal per pulse
lv 5 +4.5 damage
lv 6 +31.5 radius
lv 7 +0.3 heal per pulse
lv 8 +4.5 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Cathedral of Light

a final form (it does not level)

Five shafts of judgment turn from the vigil, and the dark between them is only a reprieve.

damage	75
count	5
radius	260
speed	50
rings	1
heal per pulse	14

Stormchain

Judgment arcs from sinner to sinner.

holy

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	15	43
cooldown	1.8	1.35
count	5	12
radius	190	190
rings	1	1

lv 2 +7 damage, +1 count
lv 3 -0.15 cooldown, +1 count
lv 4 +7 damage, +1 count
lv 5 -0.15 cooldown, +1 count
lv 6 +7 damage, +1 count
lv 7 -0.15 cooldown, +1 count
lv 8 +7 damage, +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Wrath of the Tempest

a final form (it does not level)

Judgment no longer arcs. It sings, and the song has verses.

damage	60
cooldown	0.8
count	16
radius	240
rings	1

Warding Blades

Bound relic-blades circle the vigil, cutting all who approach.

physical

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	11	39
count	2	6
radius	95	95
speed	210	294
rings	1	1
parry	1.2	1.2

lv 2 +14 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +1 count
lv 5 +84 speed
lv 6 +1 count
lv 7 +14 damage
lv 8 +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Mausoleum of Teeth

a final form (it does not level)

Two counter-turning rings of relic-blades. Nothing walks or flies through.

damage	55
count	10
radius	115
speed	260
rings	2
parry	1.2

Abyssal Brand

A sigil of ruin ignites beneath the thickest knot of foes.

voidfire

targets densest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	32	108.5
cooldown	2.2	1.5
count	1	1
radius	95	144
spread	0.45	0.45
rings	1	1

lv 2 +25.5 damage
lv 3 -0.35 cooldown
lv 4 +24.5 radius
lv 5 +25.5 damage
lv 6 -0.35 cooldown
lv 7 +24.5 radius
lv 8 +25.5 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Maw of the Abyss

a final form (it does not level)

The ground opens, and briefly it has teeth and an appetite.

damage	55
cooldown	3.4
count	4
radius	185
speed	180
spread	0.5
rings	1

Bonestorm

Splintered ossuary shrapnel bursts outward in a quick ring and flings bone shards flying far.

physical

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	16	47
cooldown	1.6	1.25
count	5	10
radius	115	199
rings	1	1

lv 2 +15.5 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +1 count, +42 radius
lv 5 +1 count
lv 6 +15.5 damage, +42 radius
lv 7 +1 count
lv 8 -0.35 cooldown, +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Ossuary Cyclone

a final form (it does not level)

The dead do not settle. The ring never stops bursting.

damage	68
cooldown	0.8
count	1
radius	240
rings	1

Soul Siphon

Hungry threads lash out from the vigil, each sipping life back home.

void

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	10	31
cooldown	1.6	1.6
count	3	7
radius	170	170
rings	1	1

lv 2 +7 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +7 damage
lv 5 +1 count
lv 6 +7 damage
lv 7 +1 count
lv 8 +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Feast of Souls

a final form (it does not level)

Tethers hold the nearest souls fast, and every pulse takes its toll of warmth.

damage	40
cooldown	1.2
count	8
radius	210
rings	1

Mourningstars

Blue-burning heads spiral outward from the vigil, sweeping wider with every turn.

firephysical

targets nearest · 8 levels · never your first pick

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	28	119
count	2	7
radius	110	110
speed	300	300
rings	1	1
spiral	26	26
spiral reach	260	480

lv 2 +45.5 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +1 count
lv 5 +1 count
lv 6 +45.5 damage
lv 7 +1 count
lv 8 +1 count, +220 spiral reach

Evolution (spoiler)

Astral Cleave

a final form (it does not level)

Blue and orange spirals of burning heads in procession

damage	110
count	10
radius	110
speed	300
rings	2
spiral	32
spiral reach	510

Phantom Spike

A single black nail is driven into whatever matters most.

void

targets highestHp · 8 levels · never your first pick

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	45	143
cooldown	1.41	1.41
count	1	1
radius	80	80
spread	0.35	0.2
rings	1	1

lv 2 +24.5 damage
lv 3 -0.05 spread
lv 4 +24.5 damage
lv 5 -0.05 spread
lv 6 +24.5 damage
lv 7 -0.05 spread
lv 8 +24.5 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Impaling Dark

a final form (it does not level)

The whole night comes down on one point.

damage	230
cooldown	1.5
count	1
radius	150
spread	0.3
rings	1

Watchfire

A brazier-sentinel kindles itself in the dark and spits embers at what draws near.

fire

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	13	27
cooldown	5	5
count	2	4
radius	260	344
speed	520	520
spread	10	13.5
rings	1	1

lv 2 +7 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +84 radius
lv 5 +1 pierce
lv 6 +1 count
lv 7 +3.5 spread
lv 8 +7 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Stormpyre

a final form (it does not level)

The braziers summon lightning that walks between the dead.

damage	26
cooldown	5
count	4
radius	300
pierce	5
spread	12
rings	1

Hand of Mercy

Burning motes drift from the vigil and seek out whichever foe is nearest death.

holy

targets lowestHp · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	9	30
cooldown	1.5	1.2
count	2	5
radius	6	6
speed	200	200
spread	0.5	0.5
homing	6	6
rings	1	1

lv 2 +10.5 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 -0.15 cooldown
lv 5 +1 count
lv 6 +10.5 damage
lv 7 -0.15 cooldown
lv 8 +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Dying Light

a final form (it does not level)

What the light finishes, it uses: every killing mote kindles two more.

damage	34
cooldown	1.3
count	5
radius	6
speed	220
spread	0.5
homing	7
rings	1

Ashen Wake

Where the dead fall, the ground remembers and burns.

firevoid

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	5	15.5
cooldown	1.2	1.2
count	4	8
radius	70	105
spread	4	6.8
rings	1	1

lv 2 +10.5 damage
lv 3 +1 count
lv 4 +35 radius
lv 5 +1 count
lv 6 +2.8 spread
lv 7 +1 count
lv 8 +1 count

Evolution (spoiler)

Pall of Embers

a final form (it does not level)

The pall settles over the field: dying fires burst, and the burned dead always kindle new ones.

damage	18
cooldown	1
count	9
radius	115
spread	7.5
rings	1

Gavel of Light

The verdict is thrown, and it does not stop at the first guilty head.

physicalholy

targets highestHp · 8 levels · never your first pick

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	55	153
cooldown	2.4	2
count	1	1
radius	14	14
speed	300	300
pierce	3	6
rings	1	1

lv 2 +49 damage
lv 3 +1 pierce
lv 4 +1 pierce
lv 5 -0.2 cooldown
lv 6 +49 damage
lv 7 +1 pierce
lv 8 -0.2 cooldown

Evolution (spoiler)

Skybreaker's Return

a final form (it does not level)

What is thrown in faith returns, and it collects on both legs of the journey.

damage	70
cooldown	3
count	1
radius	16
speed	340
pierce	6
spread	420
rings	1

Emberscythe

A crescent of fire is swung from the vigil, and what it opens keeps burning.

fire

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	22	72
count	1	1
radius	210	265.5
speed	90	90
rings	1	1

lv 2 +12.5 damage
lv 3 +18.5 radius
lv 4 +12.5 damage
lv 5 +18.5 radius
lv 6 +12.5 damage
lv 7 +18.5 radius
lv 8 +12.5 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Harvester of Sorrow

a final form (it does not level)

Two fires cross now, and nothing they touch is allowed to cool.

damage	46
count	2
radius	300
speed	110
rings	1

Faerie Ring

A ring of pale caps rises at a distance, breathing rot on all who cross it.

poison

targets nearest · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	13	26.5
cooldown	0.8	0.8
count	1	1
radius	340	382
rings	1	1

lv 2 +4.5 damage
lv 3 +21 radius
lv 4 nothing
lv 5 +4.5 damage
lv 6 +21 radius
lv 7 nothing
lv 8 +4.5 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Widow's Wreath

a final form (it does not level)

The ring closes into an unbroken crown of caps, and the rot deepens on every pass.

damage	34
cooldown	0.8
count	1
radius	410
rings	1

Blightspur

A barbed seed buries itself in the strongest of them, and the rot goes deeper with every one.

poison

targets highestHp · 8 levels

	lv 1	lv 8
damage	14	42
cooldown	1.5	1.05
count	1	1
radius	8	8
speed	640	640
rings	1	1

lv 2 +7 damage
lv 3 -0.15 cooldown
lv 4 +7 damage
lv 5 -0.15 cooldown
lv 6 +7 damage
lv 7 -0.15 cooldown
lv 8 +7 damage

Evolution (spoiler)

Hundredfold Rot

a final form (it does not level)

The seed splits as it flies, and nothing it passes through is left clean.

damage	26
cooldown	1.3
count	1
radius	9
speed	700
pierce	2
rings	1