Editing Offense

{{Secondary skills}}
{{Secondary skill
 | B_effect = increases all hand-to-hand damage inflicted by the hero's troops by 10%.
 | A_effect = increases all hand-to-hand damage inflicted by the hero's troops by {{gt|20%}}.
 | E_effect = increases all hand-to-hand damage inflicted by the hero's troops by {{gt|30%}}.
}}

Offense increases the '''''base''''' [[damage]] of [[hand-to-hand]] attacks of creatures; this does not mean that the total damage (final damage) is necessarily increased by the same percentage, as it might also be increased by other factors, such as high [[Primary skill#Attack skill|Attack skill]] - see [[Damage#Damage calculation of creature stacks|damage formula]]. 

'''Heroes with Offense as a starting skill:'''
* {{Cl|Barbarian}}s
* {{H2|Sorsha|Knight}}
* {{H2|Catherine|Knight}} {{withmaped}}
* {{H2|Ivor|Ranger}}
* {{H2|Rissa|Alchemist}}
* {{H2|Octavia|Demoniac}}
* {{H2|Nymus|Demoniac}} (Advanced)
* {{H2|Tamika|Death Knight}}
* {{H2|Clavius|Death Knight}}
* {{H2|Arlach|Overlord}}
* {{H2|Dace|Overlord}}
* {{H2|Damacon|Overlord}} (Advanced)
* {{H2|Shakti|Overlord}}
* {{H2|Kilgor|Barbarian}} {{withmaped}} (Advanced)
* {{H2|Alkin|Beastmaster}}
* {{H2|Pasis|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Ignissa|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Monere|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Fiur|Planeswalker}}
* {{H2|Jeremy|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Derek|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Anabel|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Cassiopeia|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Bidley|Captain}} {{withmapedhota}} (Advanced)
* {{H2|Tark|Captain}} {{withmapedhota}}
* {{H2|Sam|Mercenary}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Dury|Mercenary}}{{-wh}}

'''Heroes with {{PAGENAME}} as a specialty and a starting skill''' ''(5% bonus per level to the skill)''''':'''
* {{H2|Crag Hack|Barbarian}} (Advanced)
* {{H2|Gundula|Battle Mage}}
* {{H2|Corkes|Captain}}{{-wh}}
* {{H2|Tavin|Mercenary}} {{withmapedhota}}

==Chance to get==
{{Secondary skill chance explanation}}
{{ZET SEC SKILL CHANCE TABLE| 7| 4| 5| 1 (lowest)| 6| 1 (lowest)| 8| 4| 7| 3| 8| 1 (lowest)|10 (highest)| 8| 5| 2| 9| 1 (lowest)| 9| 4| 6| 2}}

==Comparison to Attack skill==

This table shows how much extra Attack skill would need the hero of attacking unit have, in order to reach the same effect in damage increasing as with the Offense skill ( = how much is the Offense skill worth in terms of attack), assuming no other damage modifiers.

{| class="wikitable"
! Offense level / Difference between Attack skill and Defense skill || -20 || -19 || -18 || -17 || -16 || -15 || -14 || -13 || -12 || -11 || -10 || -9 || -8 || -7 || -6 || -5 || -4 || -3 || -2 || -1 || 0+
|-
| Basic || 2 || 2.1 || 2.2 || 2.3 || 2.4 || 2.5 || 2.6 || 2.7 || 2.8 || 2.9 || 3 || 3.1 || 3.2 || 3.3 || 3.4 || 3.5 || 3.6 || 3.3 || 2.9 || 2.4 || 2
|-
| Advanced || 4 || 4.2 || 4.4 || 4.6 || 4.8 || 5 || 5.2 || 5.4 || 5.6 || 5.8 || 6 || 6.2 || 6.4 || 6.6 || 6.4 || 6 || 5.6 || 5.2 || 4.8 || 4.4 || 4
|-
| Expert || 6 || 6.3 || 6.6 || 6.9 || 7.2 || 7.5 || 7.8 || 8.1 || 8.4 || 8.7 || 9 || 9.1 || 8.8 || 8.4 || 8.1 || 7.7 || 7.4 || 7 || 6.7 || 6.3 || 6
|}

{{secondary skill 'see also'|top=* [[Damage]]
*[[Comparison of Armorer, Offense and Archery]]}}

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