Comparison of Armorer, Offense and Archery

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Facts (valid for Horn of the Abyss)

  • At Basic, Advanced or Expert Level, Armorer reduces all damage inflicted by 5%, 10% or 15%.
  • At Basic, Advanced or Expert Level, Offense increases hand-to-hand damage by 10%, 20% or 30%.
  • At Basic, Advanced or Expert Level, Archery increases ranged damage by 10%, 25% or 50%.
  • 9 heroes (+ 1 campaign hero Roland) start with Armorer as a secondary skill and 3 specialize in it Mephala, Neela and Tazar.
  • 23 heroes (+ 4 campaign heroes Kilgor, Catherine, Bidley and Tark) start with Offense as a secondary skill and 3 specialize in it Crag Hack, Gundula and Corkes.
  • 9 heroes (+ 1 campaign hero Gelu) start with Archery as a secondary skill and 1 specialize in it Orrin.

Notes

  • Armorer will benefit all your troops while Offense will benefit shooters less (only when they attack in melee).
  • Archery has the biggest bonus, but only works for shooters.
  • Inferno, Necropolis and Fortress have 1 shooter, Tower has 3 and all other towns have 2 shooters. Probably, because the Archery applies to fewer stacks in your army, the bonus is bigger to balance the skill.
  • Beastmasters from Fortress are most likely to learn Armorer (10% chance), followed by Alchemists from Tower (8% chance).
  • Barbarians from Stronghold are most likely to learn Offense (10% chance), followed by Captains from Cove (9% chance).
  • Captains from Cove are most likely to learn Archery (9% chance), followed by Rangers from Rampart and Planeswalkers from Conflux (8% chance).

Table of specialties percentages

Assuming Expert Level in the secondary skill, the bonus will increase to the following values at certain levels:

Bonus Percentages from Specialty
Armorer Offense Archery
Base % 15% 30% 50%
Level
0 15% 30% 50%
1 16% 32% 53%
2 17% 33% 55%
3 17% 35% 58%
4 18% 36% 60%
5 19% 38% 63%
10 23% 45% 75%
15 26% 53% 88%
20 30% 60% 100%
25 34% 68% 113%
30 38% 75% 125%
40 45% 90% 150%
46 50% 99% 165%
47 50% 101% 168%
50 53% 105% 175%
60 60% 120% 200%
70 68% 135% 225%
73 70% 140% 233%
74 71% 141% 235%

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