Abilities

The full rules text for every skill, signature, status, blessing, curse and trinket effect in the game, and which heroes have them.

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Ability	Type	When	Rules	Heroes
Agony	Signature	Passive	Passive. Hexes this unit applies grow: each time the Hexed status ticks it deals 1 more damage than the last tick, for as long as the hex keeps being refreshed.	Warlock
Arcane Surge	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Its Thunderclap gains +1 damage for every round that has ended, stacking for the whole battle.	Archmage
Armorer	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. The friend directly in front of it gains armor equal to its power (at least 1). If nothing is in front, it gains the armor itself. Stacks every round with no limit.	Squire
Avenge	Trinket effect	A friend dies (each death)	Each time a friend dies, every surviving friend gains +1 power. A friend that revives and dies again counts again.
Barkskin	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Every friend with 0 armor gains 1 armor.	Grove Warden
Battle Cry	Skill	Preparation	Start of battle. Gives +1 power to every friend, itself included.	Bard, Guildmaster, Warchief
Battle Hymn	Blessing	Preparation	Blessing. Start of battle: +1 speed to the friends directly in front of and behind it.
Bleeding	Curse	Upkeep	Curse. Loses 1 health at the start of every round. Ignores armor.
Bloodletting	Trinket effect	Its own action lowers an enemy's health	Whenever this unit's own action damages an enemy's health, it heals 2.
Bloodlust	Skill	Loses health (armor hits don't count)	Reaction. Gains +1 power every time it loses health, with no limit. Hits stopped by armor don't count.	Berserker, Blood Witch, Pyromancer, Skullsplitter, Wildheart
Blunted	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle, -1 power.
Bolster	Skill	Cleanup	End of each round. Gives 1 armor to the friend missing the most armor (up to its starting armor).
Bolt	Skill	Main	Main attack, ranged. Deals its power as magical damage to the enemy at the back.	Alchemist, Archmage, Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Pyromancer, Ranger
Bond	Signature	Passive	Passive. Takes half (rounded down) of the damage from attacks on the friends directly next to it; the friend takes the rest.	Martyr
Bone Collector	Signature	An enemy dies	Reaction. Each time an enemy dies, the living friend with the lowest health (itself included, front-most on a tie) gains 2 armor.	Necromancer
Bounty	Skill	Its attack kills an enemy	Reaction. Each time its attack kills an enemy, you gain 2 gold.	Bounty Hunter
Brace	Skill	Cleanup, armor below its cap	End of each round. Regains 1 armor per level (1, 2, 3), up to its starting armor or its Brace amount, whichever is higher. A hero with no armor still braces.	Crusader, Grove Warden, Sellsword, Shieldbearer, Squire
Bribe	Skill	Preparation	Start of battle. Pays 10 gold: the enemy with the highest power is Held and skips its first attack. Does nothing without 10 gold.	Alchemist
Brittle	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle, -1 armor.
Bulwark	Signature	Passive	Passive. Single-target ranged attacks aimed at the friend directly behind it hit this unit instead. Area attacks are not redirected.	Shieldbearer
Burning	Status	Upkeep	Status (from Ignite). Loses 1 health, then 2, then 3, … at the start of every round until it dies or is cleansed. Ignores armor.
Caltrops	Skill	Hit by a melee attack	Reaction. Whenever an enemy hits this unit with a melee attack, that enemy loses 1 speed.	Bard, Cutpurse, Illusionist, Minstrel, Peddler, Ranger, Warchief
Chain	Trinket effect	Its single-target ranged attack lands	After this unit's single-target ranged attack lands, the enemy next to the target (in front of it if possible) takes half that damage as a separate hit. Area attacks don't chain.
Cleanse	Trinket effect	Upkeep	At the start of each round removes Hexed, Held, Weakened, Burning, Marked and Poisoned from itself.
Cleave	Trinket effect	Its melee attack lands	After this unit's melee attack lands, the enemy directly behind the target takes half that damage as a separate hit.
Coin Toss	Skill	Main	Main. Pays 2 gold to deal 4 magical damage to the back enemy. Does nothing without 2 gold.	Alchemist
Cowardly	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle the unit moves to the back of its team.
Crescendo	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Gives +1 power to every friend, every round.	Bard
Drain Life	Skill	Main	Main attack, melee. Deals its power as magical damage to the front enemy, then heals itself by its power (no heal if the attack is blocked).	Blood Witch, Necromancer, Warlock
Dread Aura	Skill	Passive	Passive. Every melee attack against it deals 1 less damage. Ranged and magical attacks are unaffected.
Endure	Blessing	Passive	Blessing. Once per battle, blocks the first status an enemy puts on it (Held, Hexed, Weakened, Burning, Marked or Poisoned). Its own curses don't use it up.
Enfeeble	Skill	Main	Main. Gives the front enemy Weakened (or refreshes it).	Assassin, Moneylender, Necromancer, Oracle
Evasion	Signature	Passive, once per round	Passive. Dodges the first attack each round from an enemy slower than it.	Apprentice
Execute	Trinket effect	Main	Main attack, melee: deals its power as physical damage to the front enemy, doubled if that enemy is below half health. Pierces armor.
Exposed	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle the unit is Marked: the first hit it takes deals double damage.
Flurry	Signature	Main	Main attack. Makes one melee hit for every 2 speed it has, each dealing half its power rounded up (at least 1) and piercing armor, spread across enemies front to back. Each hit can trigger the target's counters.	Cutpurse
Foresight	Signature	Passive, once per round	Passive. The first enemy attack each round against any friend misses.	Oracle
Fortify	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Raises its max armor by 2 and gains 2 armor; Brace refills up to the raised max.	Crusader
Frail	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle, loses 2 health (never below 1). Healing can restore it.
Frenzied	Status	Main	Status (from Frenzy). Main attack, melee: an extra attack for its power on the front enemy every round for the rest of the battle.
Frenzy	Signature	First time below half health	Reaction. The first time it drops below half health in a battle it becomes Frenzied: from then on it makes an extra melee attack for its power on the front enemy every round, even after healing back up.	Berserker
Getaway	Thief ability	Cleanup of round 3	Enemy only. At the end of round 3, if a teammate holds stolen gold, it leaves the battle with all of it. That gold is lost even if you win.
Gilded Blade	Skill	Passive	Passive. +1 damage to its attacks for every 15 gold you held at the start of the battle.	Bounty Hunter
Golden Touch	Skill	Its attack kills an enemy	Reaction. Each time its attack kills an enemy, you gain gold equal to that enemy's level (1 to 3).	Peddler
Held	Status	Main	Status (from Hold). Skips its next attack, then wears off.
Hemorrhage	Signature	Main	Main attack, melee. Deals its power to the front enemy and heals itself by its power; healing it can't use (already full) goes to the most injured friend.	Blood Witch
Hex	Skill	Main	Main. Puts Hexed on the enemy at the back, or refreshes it to 2 rounds. Each different hexer adds a stack (max 3).	Pyromancer, Warlock
Hexed	Status	Upkeep	Status (from Hex). Loses 2 health per stack at the start of each round for 2 rounds. Ignores armor.
Hoard	Skill	Preparation	Start of battle. +1 armor for every 10 gold you hold.	Guildmaster
Hold	Skill	Preparation (once)	Start of battle. Puts Held on the front enemy.	Grove Warden, Illusionist
Holy Barrier	Blessing	Passive	Blessing. Once per battle, blocks the first attack that would deal 4 or more damage to its health. Hits its armor would stop don't use it up.
Hunter's Mark	Signature	Preparation, and Cleanup while no enemy is marked	Start of battle and end of each round. If no enemy is marked, marks the enemy with the highest power.	Ranger
Ignite	Signature	Main	Main. Sets the back-most enemy that isn't already burning on fire (Burning).	Pyromancer
Indebted	Status	Dies	Status (from King Seo's Collect). Each time it dies, the player collects 1 gold.
Investor	Skill	After a won battle	After each won battle you gain 1 gold for every 10 gold you hold.	Moneylender
Iron Will	Skill	First time it loses health (once)	Reaction. The first time in a battle it loses health, it gains 3 armor.	Crusader
Ironhide	Blessing	Preparation	Blessing. At the start of each battle, +1 armor (Brace repairs up to the raised value). Copies stack.
Last Breath	Trinket effect	It dies (each death)	Each time this unit dies, every living enemy takes 3 magical damage. Fires again if it revives and dies again.
Last Prayer	Blessing	It dies (each death)	Blessing. Each time it dies, heals every living friend by a quarter of its maximum health (at least 1).
Lay on Hands	Signature	A friend drops to 0 health (once)	Reaction. The first time a friend (not itself) dies, that friend comes back with half its max health. Once per battle.	Paladin
Leaden	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle, -1 speed.
Levy	Thief ability	Preparation	Enemy only. At the start of battle takes 20% of your gold. Kill it to get the gold back.
Lure	Trinket effect	Passive	Enemy single-target ranged attacks against any friend hit this unit instead. Area attacks are not redirected.
Marked	Status	Hit by an attack	Status (from Hunter's Mark). The next attack that damages it deals 2× damage, then the mark is removed.
Mend	Skill	Cleanup, a friend is hurt	End of each round. Heals the friend with the lowest health (below max) by its power.	Acolyte, Bard, Minstrel, Moneylender, Oracle, Paladin, Thornweaver
Mercenary	Skill	After every battle	After every battle it costs 3 gold. If you can't pay, it fights its next battle at -2 power.	Sellsword
Midas Shield	Skill	An attack would kill it	Passive. An attack that would kill it costs 8 gold instead and leaves it at 1 health, every time while your gold lasts.	Guildmaster
Momentum	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Gives +1 speed to every friend, every round.	Minstrel
Overflow	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Heals the most injured friend by its power. All of this unit's healing (Overflow, Mend, Second Wind and others) that goes beyond max health becomes armor.	Acolyte
Pay To Win	Skill	Upkeep	Start of each round. Pays 1 gold for +1 power.	Sellsword
Pickpocket	Trinket effect	Its attack deals damage	Each attack that damages an enemy steals 1 power from it (while it has power).
Pilfer	Thief ability	Its attack deals damage	Enemy only. Each of its damaging attacks steals 1 gold. Kill it to get the gold back.
Plague	Trinket effect	Upkeep	At the start of each round deals 2 magical damage to every unit on both teams, itself included. Ignores armor.
Plunder	Skill	Its first damaging attack each battle	Reaction. Its first damaging attack each battle earns 3 gold.	Peddler
Poisoned	Status	Upkeep	Status (from Venom). Loses 1 health per stack at the start of every round for the rest of the battle. Stacks from the same attacker. Ignores armor.
Precision	Signature	Passive	Passive. Its attacks pierce armor, and deal 2× damage to targets that are 3 or more speed slower than it.	Assassin
Provoke	Trinket effect	Preparation	Start of battle: pulls the enemy's back unit to the front.
Purify	Skill	Upkeep	Start of each round. Removes one status (Hexed, Held, Weakened, Burning, Marked or Poisoned), with all its stacks, from the living friend carrying the most statuses, itself included.	Paladin
Quicken	Trinket effect	Preparation	Start of battle: +3 speed.
Ransack	Thief ability	You lose to its team	Enemy only. If you lose to its team, it steals a random trinket from your bag (never an equipped one).
Rebirth	Trinket effect	First time it dies	The first time this unit dies, it comes back at full health.
Reflect	Trinket effect	An enemy's ranged action targets the wearer	When an enemy's ranged attack targets this unit, deals 2 magical damage back to that enemy.
Relentless	Skill	First time it dies	Reaction. The first time it dies, it comes back with 2 health.	Martyr, Necromancer
Retreat	Skill	The first enemy attack that would take its health (once per battle)	Passive. Blocks the first enemy attack that would hurt its health, then moves to the back of its team. Hits its armor stops don't use it up. Once per battle.	Apprentice, Assassin, Bounty Hunter, Cutpurse, Illusionist, Minstrel
Retribution	Skill	Killed by a unit (each time)	Reaction. Each time an enemy kills it, deals 2× its power as magical damage to the killer. Fires again if it revives and is killed again. Deaths from its own statuses or fatigue don't trigger it.	Martyr, Necromancer
Rewind	Trinket effect	Cleanup of round 3 (once)	At the end of round 3, heals itself to full health. Once.
Riposte	Skill	Hit by a melee attack while armored	Reaction. When hit by a melee attack while it has armor, strikes back for its power as physical damage.	Shieldbearer, Thornweaver
Second Wind	Skill	Cleanup	End of each round. Heals itself by its power.	Acolyte, Berserker, Wildheart
Shackled	Curse	Preparation	Curse. At the start of each battle the unit is Held and skips its first attack.
Shapeshift	Signature	First time below half health	Reaction. The first time it drops below half health it gains +3 power and +2 armor.	Wildheart
Shield Ally	Trinket effect	Preparation	Start of battle: +2 armor to the friend directly behind it.
Shield Bash	Skill	Main	Main attack, melee. Deals its power plus its current armor as physical damage to the front enemy.	Crusader
Smoke Screen	Signature	Preparation	Start of battle. For the first 2 rounds, all ranged attacks against its team are blocked. Once per battle.	Illusionist
Speedy Recovery	Blessing	Upkeep, it is hurt	Blessing. Start of each round: heals itself by half its speed, rounded up.
Steadfast	Trinket effect	Passive	Can't be pulled by Provoke and can't lose speed.
Strike	Skill	Main	Main attack, melee. Deals its power as physical damage to the front enemy.	Berserker, Cutpurse, Grove Warden, Guildmaster, Martyr, Paladin, Peddler, Sellsword, Shieldbearer, Skullsplitter, Squire, Thornweaver, Warchief, Wildheart
Swallow	Thief ability	Preparation	Enemy only. At the start of battle it holds 15 gold of its own and takes 10 of yours; killing it gives you both.
Swift	Blessing	Preparation	Blessing. At the start of each battle, +1 speed. Copies stack.
Tar	Skill	Its attack damages an enemy	Reaction. Whenever its attack damages an enemy, that enemy loses 2 speed.
Thorn Aura	Signature	An enemy hits a friend with a melee attack	Reaction. Whenever an enemy hits any friend with a melee attack, that enemy takes 1 magical damage.	Thornweaver
Thunderclap	Skill	Main	Main attack, ranged area. Deals 2 magical damage to every enemy.	Apprentice, Archmage
Tithe	Skill	It heals a unit	Reaction. Each time it heals a unit, you gain 1 gold.	Moneylender
Trophy	Trinket effect	An enemy dies (each death)	+1 power each time an enemy dies. An enemy that revives and dies again counts again.
Underdog	Trinket effect	Passive	+2 damage when attacking an enemy with more power than this unit.
Vanguard	Blessing	Passive	Blessing. While it is the front unit of its team, every attack against it deals 1 less damage.
Venom	Trinket effect	Its attack deals damage	Each damaging attack by this unit adds a Poisoned stack to the target.
Vigor	Blessing	Preparation	Blessing. At the start of each battle, +4 health and +4 maximum health for that battle. Copies stack.
Vulnerable	Curse	Passive	Curse. Takes +1 damage from every attack.
Ward	Trinket effect	Passive	No single attack can deal more than 3 damage to this unit.
Warpath	Signature	Its team kills an enemy	Reaction. Every time a friend kills an enemy, all friends gain +1 power. An enemy that revives and is killed again counts again.	Warchief
Weakened	Status	Upkeep	Status (from Enfeeble). Loses 1 power at the start of each round for 2 rounds.
Whetstone	Blessing	Preparation	Blessing. At the start of each battle, +1 power. Copies stack.
Wind Up	Signature	Cleanup	End of each round. Stores +2 damage for its next attack, stacking every round. Being damaged by an attack resets the stored damage.	Skullsplitter
Withered	Curse	Passive	Curse. The unit cannot be healed, by itself or by friends. Revives still work.
Words of Healing	Blessing	Cleanup, an ally is hurt	Blessing. End of each round: heals the 2 other friends missing the most health by half its power, rounded up. Needs at least 1 power; never heals itself.