Abilities: For The King

Abilities in For The King

This page lists the abilities that can be found in For The King. For more details on abilities and how they work, visit the main Abilities page. To see the second game's abilities, visit Abilities: For The King II.

Table Key

Icon: A visual presentation of the ingame icon.
Name: A link to the detailed ability page with the ability name.
Damage: Damage modifier based on the used stat.
Stat: Stat needed to roll for the ability. (Stat means that it equals the base stats from the weapon and can vary per weapon).
Type: There are three types: Magic, Physical or Special, the latter not being a damage skill.
Target: There are sixtypes: 'Cast on friendly' = Party or Friendly or Self and 'Cast on enemy' = Single or Group. Lastly the illusive Splash Damage stands for Single + 50% splash (even when not perfect)
Rolls: Amount of rolls needed.
Accuracy: Roll influence based on stat. (ex. if stat = 80 and Accuracy = stat - 20, you will have 60% chance to hit a roll)
Perfect: Added bonus effect if all rolls needed are hit.
Additional Information: Some extra information regarding the skill of weapons used.
Weapons: List of weapons containing the ability

Combat Abilities

Name	Damage	Stat	Type	Rolls	Accuracy	Perfect	Additional Information	Weapons
Alto	100%	Talent	Magic	3	Stat	Ignore Resistance	Lutes	Golden Lute
Area Blast	50%	Intelligence	Magic	3	Stat - 5		Tomes
Armor Pierce	100%	Awareness	Physical	Stat	Stat - 10	Ignore Armor	Pole-arms	Boarspear, Hunting Spear, Short Spear, War Spear, Dull Spear, Silver Spear
Basso	100%	Talent	Magic	4	Stat	Splash - 50%	Lutes	Broken Lute, Barbat, Thorbo
Blast	100%	Intelligence	Magic	3	Stat		Staves	Cane, Knotted Staff, Wizard Staff, Yew Staff
Blast #2	100%	Intelligence	Magic	1	Stat		Staves	Glass Rod
Bonk	100%	Luck	Magic	1	Stat	Stun, Ignore Resistance	Blunt Weapons	Toy Hammer
Burning Blow	100%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat	Ignite	Torches	Torch, Great Torch
Con Brio	125%	Talent	Magical	3	Stat	Shock, Ignore Resistance	Lutes	Lightning Lute
Echo Blast	100%	Intelligence	Magic	3	Stat	Splash - 50%	Tomes
Chop	100%	Strength	Physical	4	Stat		Axes	War Axe, Woodcutter's Axe
Charge	100%	Awareness	Physical	Stat	Stat		Pole-arms	Boarspear, Dull Spear, Hunting Spear, War Spear, Royal Lance, Short Spear, Silver Spear
Cleave	150%	Strength	Magic	5	Stat - 25		Two-Handed Weapons, Swords, Axes	Scimitar, Chaos Blade, Battle Axe, Great Sword, Fire Axe
Flaming Lunge	100%	Strength	Physical	4	Stat	Ignite	Swords	Fire Sword
Flaming Swing	50%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat	Ignite, Splash - 50%	Torches	Torch, Great Torch
Fire Arc	66%	Awareness	Physical	5	Stat - 5	Ignite	Pole-arms	Fire Scythe
Fire Blast	100%	Intelligence	Magic	4	Stat	Ignite	Staves	Fire Staff
Fire Charge	100%	Awareness	Physical	5	Stat	Ignite	Pole-arms	Fire Scythe
Fire Bolt	150%	Intelligence	Magic	5	Stat - 20	Ignite	Staves	Fire Staff
Frost Slash	100%	Strength	Physical	5	Stat	Freeze	Swords	Ice Sword
Glass Arrow	100%	Awareness	Physical	1	Stat	Ignore Armor	Bows	Glass Bow, Obsidian Bow
Greater Fire Storm	50%	Intelligence	Magic	4	Stat - 10	Ignite	Tomes	Tome of Storms, Volcanic Tome
Greater Ice Storm	50%	Intelligence	Magic	4	Stat - 10	Freeze	Tomes	Tome of Storms, Glacier Tome
Greater Lightning Storm	40%	Intelligence	Magic	4	Stat - 10	Shock	Tomes	Tome of Storms
Heavy Draw	150%	Awareness	Physical	5	Stat - 30		Bows	Great Bow, Heavy Bow, Dragon Bow
Heavy Draw #2	150%	Strength	Physical	5	Stat - 30		Bows	Iron Bow
Heavy Thrust	125%	Awareness	Physical	5	Stat - 15		Pole-arms	Fire Scythe
Ice Blast	100%	Intelligence	Magic	Stat	Stat	Freeze	Staves, Tomes	Glacier Tome
Inferno Blast	100%	Intelligence	Magic	3	Stat	Ignite	Tomes	Volcanic Tome
Jab	100%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat + 10		Swords	Dragon Blade
Lightning Shot	100%	Awareness	Physical	2	Stat	Shock	Bows	Lightning Bow
Lightning Strike	100%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat	Shock	Swords	Lightning Sword
Lunge	100%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat		Swords	Hooked Sword, Scimitar, Longsword, Swordspell
Piercing Bolt	50%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat	Shock, Ignore Armor
Piercing Shot	100%	Awareness	Physical	2	Stat	Ignore Armor	Bows	Golden Bow
Power Strike	160%	Strength	Physical	5	Stat -15		Axes	War Axe, Battle Axe
Precision Stab	100%	Intelligence	Physical	3	Stat - 10	Ignore Armor	Swords	Gladius. Old Shortsword, Rapier, Swordspell, Longsword
Punch	100%	Vitality	Physical	3	Stat		Fists
Ritardando	50%	Talent	Magic	2	Stat	Speed Down	Lutes	Broken Lute, Barbat, Thorbo
Shockwave	100%	Strength	Physical	4	Stat - 10	Splash - 50%	Blunt Weapons	Blacksmith's Hammer
Shot	100%	Awareness	Physical	3	Stat		Bows	Great Bow, Heavy Bow, Dragon Bow
Shot #2	100%	Strength	Physical	4	Stat		Bows	Iron Bow
Slash	100%	Strength	Physical	4	Stat - 10	Bleed	Axes, Swords	War Axe, Battle Axe, Longsword, Old Shortsword, Swordspell, Fire Sword
Slice	133%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat	Ignore Armor	Swords	Dragon Blade
Smash	100%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat		Blunt Weapons	Blacksmith's Hammer, Crude Club, Flanged Mace
Snipe Shot	100%	Awareness	Physical	3	Stat - 10	Ignore Armor	Bows
Snipe Shot #2	100%	Speed	Physical	2	Stat - 10	Ignore Armor	Bows	Goblin Bow
Spread Shot	50%	Awareness	Physical	2	Stat - 5		Bows	Golden Bow
Stab	100 %	Vitality	Physical	1	Stat	Ignore Armor	Swords
Stab #2	100 %	Strength	Physical	2	Stat	Ignore Armor	Sticks	Sharpened Stick
Strike	100%	Awareness	Physical	4	Stat		Pole-arms	Spiked Pole
Stun attack	50%	Strength	Physical	3	Stat - 10	Stun	Blunt Weapons	Flanged Mace
Sure Shot	50%	Awareness	Physical	2	100%		Bows	Golden Bow
Surge	80%	Intelligence	Magic	3	Stat	Ignore Resistance	Tomes
Symphony	60%	Talent	Magic	4	Stat - 10		Lutes	Barbat, Thorbo
Thrust	100%	Awareness	Physical	3	Stat		Pole-arms	Quarterstaff, Battle Staff
Unnamed Ability	100%	Strength	Physical	5	Stat - 10	Splash + 50%	Swords	Ice Sword
Vaporize	200%	Intelligence	Magic	4	Stat - 50		Staves	Wizard Staff
Wild Swing	100%	Awareness	Physical	4	Stat - 15	Stun, Splash - 50%	Pole-arms	Royal Lance
Wild Swing #2	75%	Awareness	Physical	4	Stat - 10	Splash - 50%	Pole-arms	Spiked Pole

Buffs

Name	Stat	Type	Rolls	Accuracy	Perfect	Additional Information	Weapons
Animato Assai II	Talent	Special	*	*	Evasion Up	Lutes	Divine Lute
Defensive Stance	Awareness	Special	2	Stat	Armor Up	Pole-arms	Dull Spear, Short Spear, War Spear, Silver Spear
Calm II	Intelligence	Special	2		Restore Focus	Restores 4 focus to friendly	Starfish Staff
Crescendo	Talent	Special	2	Stat - 5	Armor Up	Lutes	Golden Lute
Fortissimo	Talent	Special	3	Stat - 5	Attack up	Lutes	Golden Lute
Glacier Wall	Intelligence	Magic	3	Stat - 10	Armor Up + 10	Tomes	Glacier Tome
Great Barrier	Talent	Special	3	Stat	Resistance Up + 10 *	Lutes	Lightning Lute
Magic Shield	Intelligence	Special	2	Stat	Resistance Up + 7 *	Tomes
Mass Energize	Talent	Special	3	Stat	Attack up + 15 *	Lutes	Lightning Lute
Molto Crescendo II	Talent	Special	*	*	Armor Up	Lutes	Divine Lute
Molto Rubato II	Talent	Special	*	*	Resistance Up	Lutes	Divine Lute
Party Heal		Special	0		Party Heal	Use Godsbeard to heal the entire party.
Prestissimo	Talent	Special	3	Stat	Rush	Lutes	Lightning Lute
Presto	Talent	Special	2	Stat	Rush	Lutes	Golden Lute
Protect	Intelligence	Special	2	Stat	Protect	Tomes, Staves	Wizard Staff, Wizard's Tome
Restore	Intelligence	Special	2	Stat	Cure
Rush Group	Intelligence	Special	4	Stat -10	Speed Up		Goblin Staff, Tome of Wonder
Safe Distance	Awareness	Special	2	Stat	Evasion Up + 30	Bows	Great Bow, Heavy Bow, Weapon Snipe
Safe Distance #2	Strength	Special	2	Stat	Evasion Up + 30	Bows	Iron Bow
Smoke Wall	Intelligence	Special	3	Stat	Evasion Up	Tomes	Volcanic Tome
Time Jump	Intelligence	Special	3	Stat - 5	Rush	Staves	Yew Staff

Debuffs

Name	Stat	Type	Rolls	Accuracy	Perfect	Additional Information	Weapons
Daze	Strength	Physical	3	Stat - 10	Stun	Blunt Weapons	Crude Club
Disarm	Strength	Physical	3	Stat - 10	Reset	Swords	Hooked Sword, Dragon Blade
Fire Wall	Intelligence	Magic	4	Stat	Reset	Staves, Tomes	Fire Staff, Volcanic Tome
Pin Down Spread	Awareness	Physical	2	Stat - 10	Speed Down	Bows	Golden Bow
Snowballs	Intelligence	Magic	5	Stat - 20	Stun	Tomes	Glacier Tome
Stun	Awareness	Physical	3	Stat - 5	Stun	Pole-arms	Quarterstaff, Battle Staff
Stunner	Awareness	Physical	2	Stat	Stun	Bows	Lightning Bow
Taunt	Vitality	Special	2	Stat - 5	Draw Attention (Taunt)	Taunts all enemies into attacking you for 1 turn.
Weapon Snipe	Awareness	Special	4	Stat - 10	Reset	Bows	Great Bow, Dragon Bow
Weapon Snipe #2	Strength	Special	4	Stat - 10	Reset	Bows	Iron Bow
Wild Swing #3	Awareness	Physical	3	Stat - 5	Stun	Pole-arms	Quarterstaff, Battle Staff