Skills

Skills are traits on cards in Earthcore: Shattered Elements that allow cards to manipulate the playfield in their favor.

Generally, cards have a single skill attached to them. Hero cards can have up to three skills, which are customizible by players in the Crafting section of the Strategium.

Skills comes in four different types. The type of skills is denoted by a symbol on the card shown beneath the image denoting the skill:

Manual skills are activated when the player chooses the card and actively chooses to use the ability. Manual skills cannot be immediately activated on the first card placed on the board, but any manual skill can be activated on a later turn. Players can only activate one manual skill per turn, unless they have extra skill activations in their reserve. Manual skills do not have a symbol.

Instant skills are activated immediately as soon as the card is played. An instant skill is denoted by a lightning bolt symbol on the card.

Chant skills cannot be activated if the card is played in one of the three slots on the board. Instead, a card with a chant skill must be played into the player's Chant slot in order to be used. A chant affects all cards on the board. A chant skill is denoted by a flag symbol.

Passive skills are skills that do not require a manual activation that trigger in specific situations, such as winning a battle, drawing a battle, or when a card is played in opposition to it. A passive skill is denoted by an infinity symbol.

List of skills

 * Skill Name: Name of skill
 * Skill type: Type of skills (Manual, Instant, Chant, Passive)
 * Risk Value: When you add this skill to a hero card in crafting mode, this is the change made to the hero card's Risk.
 * Skill Description: Explanation of what the skill does.