Combat and skills

Fights are fast. You have a sword attack and five skills on your hotbar, each with its own cooldown, shown as a shadow on the icon.

Skills

	Key	Skill	Cooldown	What it does
	1	Slash	None	Your sword attack, as often as you swing.
	2	Dash Strike	2.4 s	Rush at a monster (up to a short distance) and hit everything around you when you land.
	3	Flame Burst	3 s	Fire on one monster. Hits harder than a slash.
	4	Earth Spikes	3.4 s	Spikes burst under a monster and hit the small group around it.
	5	Summon Shade	6.5 s	A shade strikes every monster in a wide circle. Your hardest hit: double damage.
	6	Heal	7.5 s	Restores 35% of your health at once.

Damage

• Critical hits. About 1 hit in 5 is critical and deals double damage. It shows as CRIT in gold and shakes the screen.
• Targets. Skills 2 to 5 aim at the closest monster near you, so stay in range.
• Levels. Experience from each kill fills your bar. A new level shows LEVEL UP in green and makes you hit harder.

A simple rotation

1. Open with Dash Strike to close the gap.
2. Group up monsters, then Earth Spikes.
3. Burst the toughest one with Flame Burst between slashes.
4. Surrounded? Summon Shade.
5. Below 60% health? Heal.