Skills and the Skill Bar

[Arkhon Online]

Dev Diary #3: Skills and the Skill Bar

Every class has three skill branches and a Master tree. Here is how the 10-slot, 8-page skill bar works.

Skills are the heart of combat in Arkhon Online. Every class has three branches of its own and a Master tree that opens later on.

Skill branches by class

• Warrior: Attack, Defense, Vanguard
  
• Assassin: Assassination, Archery, Shadow
  
• Mage: Fire, Ice, Lightning
  
• Priest: Mercy, Grace, Penance
  

The Master tree opens at level 60 after a special Master quest. More than 110 skills are defined in total, each with its own mana cost and cooldown.

The skill bar

• Keys 1–0 use the 10 slots of the bar.
  
• F1–F8 switch between the bar's 8 pages, so 80 skills and items are within reach of one hand.
  
• K opens the skill window; drag skills from there onto the bar.
  
• Right-click a slot to select it, then double right-click anywhere to use the selected skill.
  

Things to keep in mind in a fight

• Without enough mana a skill does not fire and a warning appears.
  
• Skills do not walk to the target on their own. If it is out of range you get "Target is too far away."
  
• A wall or a hill in the way blocks the skill; you need line of sight.
  

Skills chain with the normal attack ®: hits in a row such as skill + R or R + skill count as a combo, shown on screen as "KOMBO xN".

Note: the game is in development; values may change during beta testing.

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