Combat Abilities

Explore Divinity: Original Sin 2's combat abilities. Learn how Warfare, Huntsman, Scoundrel, and elemental skills boost damage, criticals, and movement, plus weapon and defense bonuses.

You start with two Combat Ability points at 1st level and gain an additional point at each subsequent level. Each point of investment in a given ability gives an incremental upgrade to some stat (such as weapon damage or elemental damage) and opens up related skills.

Skills

Warfare

Each point of Warfare adds +5% damage to physical attacks. This increase is multiplicative with other sources of damage increase (such as Strength or Finesse).

Huntsman

Each point of Huntsman adds +5% to all damage when attacking from high ground. This bonus is applied after all other bonuses have been applied.

Scoundrel

Each point of Scoundrel adds +5% Critical Multiplier and 0.3 Movement Speed.

Pyrokinetic

Each point of Pyrokinetic adds +5% to all Fire damage.

Hydrosophist

Each point of Hydrosophist adds +5% to all Water damage, +5% to Vitality healed and +5% Magic Armour from skills and potions.

Aerotheurge

Each point of Aerotheurge adds +5% to all Air damage.

Geomancer

Each point of Geomancer adds +5% to all Earth and Poison damage and +5% Physical Armour from skills and potions.

Necromancer

Each point of Necromancer heals you for 10% of Vitality damage dealt to enemies.

Summoning

Each point of Summoning adds +10% Vitality, Damage and Armour to summons and totems.

Polymorph

Each point of Polymorph grants +1 Attribute Point.

Weapons

Single-Handed

Each point of Single-Handed adds +5% Damage and +5% Accuracy when using a single-handed weapon with a shield or empty off-hand.

Two-Handed

Each point of Two-Handed adds +5% Damage and +5% Critical Multiplier when using two-handed melee weapons.

Ranged

Each point of Ranged adds +5% Damage and +1% Critical Chance when using bows and crossbows.

Dual Wielding

Each point of Dual Wielding adds +5% Damage and +1% Dodging when wielding one-handed weapons in both hands.

Defence

Retribution

Each point of Retribution reflects +5% damage to your attacker.

Leadership

Each point of Leadership adds +2% Dodging and +3% to all resistances to allies (but not the character with the Leadership skill) within 8m.

Perseverance

Each point of Perseverance restores +5% Magic Armour when recovering from Frozen or Stunned and +5% Physical Armour when recovering from Knocked Down or Petrified.