Fighter abilities

This article is about fighter abilities in Pillars of Eternity. For fighter abilities in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, see Fighter abilities (Deadfire).

The following is a list of fighter abilities in Pillars of Eternity. For more information see the Fighter class page.

List of abilities

Select one ability of the current or lower levels at each odd level. Constant Recovery is learnt automatically by all fighters at level 1.

	Ability	Acquirable at level	Activation	Effects	Speed	Duration	Description
	Constant Recovery	1 (automatic)	Passive	Self: +5 per 3.0 sec for 45.0 sec		45.0 seconds	Charged by the rush of battle, the fighter will continually regenerate Endurance at a modest rate.
	Disciplined Barrage	1	Active (1 per Encounter)	User: +20 Accuracy for 15.0 sec	Instant	15.0 seconds	The fighter intensely focuses on his or her training, significantly raising Accuracy for a short amount of time.
	Knock Down	1	Active (2 per Encounter)	Target: Prone for 5.0 sec ( vs ) User: Full Attack, +20% damage ( vs )	Average	5.0 seconds	Shoves an enemy with enormous force, knocking them Prone and causing additional damage.
	Confident Aim	3	Passive	Self: +20% Grazes converted to Hits Self: +20% Minimum damage			Steadies the fighter's arm, causing a percentage of their Grazes to be converted to Hits and increasing the minimum damage for melee weapons.
	Defender	3	Modal	User: +2 enemies Engaged, -5 Deflection	Instant		The fighter adopts a more conservative combat strategy, concentrating on locking down enemies that stray too close. The fighter increases his or her number of Engagement targets to three, but at the expense of Deflection.
	Guardian Stance	3	Modal	Friendly Aura: +10 Deflection Self: -10 Accuracy			The fighter devotes all his or her energy to defending allies. Lowers Accuracy but increases the Deflection of nearby allies.
	Into The Fray	5	Active (2 per Encounter)	Foe Target: 22-30 Pierce Damage, 5.0m Pull ( vs ) If successful: Dazed for 12.0 sec ( vs )	Average	12.0 seconds	The fighter lunges through the battle, pulling an enemy into immediate melee range, causing Pierce damage, and leaving them Dazed.
	Vigorous Defense	5	Active (1 per Encounter)	User: +20 All Defenses for 15.0 sec	Instant	15.0 seconds	The fighter becomes fiercely determined to deflect all incoming blows, dramatically increasing all Defenses for a short time.
	Weapon Specialization: Adventurer	5	Passive	Self: +15% Damage (Pollaxe, Estoc, Flail, Wand, War Bow)			Weapon Specialization grants a damage bonus with all weapon types covered by the chosen specialization. Adventurer weapons include the Estoc, Flail, Pollaxe, Wand, and War Bow types.
	Weapon Specialization: Knight	5	Passive	Self: +15% Damage (Battle Axe, Sword, Morning Star, Crossbow)			Weapon Specialization grants a damage bonus with all weapon types covered by the chosen specialization. Knight weapons include the Battle Axe, Crossbow, Morning Star, and Sword types.
	Weapon Specialization: Noble	5	Passive	Self: +15% Damage (Dagger, Rapier, Mace, Scepter, Rod)			Weapon Specialization grants a damage bonus with all weapon types covered by the chosen specialization. Noble weapons include the Dagger, Mace, Rapier, Rod, and Scepter types.
	Weapon Specialization: Peasant	5	Passive	Self: +15% Damage (Hatchet, Spear, Quarterstaff, Hunting Bow, Unarmed)			Weapon Specialization grants a damage bonus with all weapon types covered by the chosen specialization. Peasant weapons include the Hatchet, Hunting Bow, Quarterstaff, Spear and Unarmed types.
	Weapon Specialization: Ruffian	5	Passive	Self: +15% Damage (Sabre, Stiletto, Club, Pistol, Blunderbuss)			Weapon Specialization grants a damage bonus with all weapon types covered by the chosen specialization. Ruffian weapons include the Blunderbuss, Club, Pistol, Sabre, and Stiletto types.
	Weapon Specialization: Soldier	5	Passive	Self: +15% Damage (Great Sword, Pike, War Hammer, Arbalest, Arquebus)			Weapon Specialization grants a damage bonus with all weapon types covered by the chosen specialization. Soldier weapons include the Arbalest, Arquebus, Great Sword, Pike, and War Hammer types.
	Armored Grace	7	Passive	Self: -20% Armor Speed penalty			The fighter is perfectly suited to wear even bulky and restrictive suits of armor, lowering their Recovery Penalty significantly.
	Clear Out	7	Active (2 per Rest)	Foe AoE: 30-40 damage, 5.0m Push, Prone	Average	5.0 seconds	Sweeps the fighter's melee weapon in a large arc, knocking enemies Prone and causing Crush damage.
	Fearless [WM2]	7	Passive	Self: Immunity: Frightened, Terrified			The fighter is immune to the Frightened and Terrified afflictions.
	Overbearing Guard	7	Passive	Target (on disengage): Prone for 5.0 sec	Average	5.0 seconds	The fighter's Disengagement Attacks have increased Accuracy, Damage, and will knock enemies Prone.
	Unbending	7	Active (3 per Rest)	User: 50% of damage taken converted to Healing Over Time for 15.0 sec	Instant	15.0 seconds	The fighter draws strength from his or her own indomitable spirit, causing them to regenerate 50% of Endurance lost from an attack.
	Critical Defense	9	Passive	Self: +20% of incoming Crits converted to Hits Self: +10% of incoming Hits converted to Grazes			The fighter expends extra effort to repel the most savage blows, causing a percentage of all incoming Critical Hits to be converted to Hits and Hits converted to Grazes.
	Take the Hit [WM1]	11	Modal	Friendly Aura: 50% of damage taken redirected to caster as Raw damage	Instant		The fighter interposes himself or herself between incoming attacks at nearby allies. The final damage total of any attack against a nearby ally is cut in half, with the fighter taking the other half as Raw damage.
	Unbroken (ability)	11	Passive	Self: Revive with 100 Endurance, +5 Damage Reduction for 30.0 sec, +10 Deflection, Fortitude, Reflex, Will for 30.0 sec		30.0 seconds	The fighter refuses to be vanquished. After being knocked out, the fighter stands back up with a portion of his or her Endurance healed and temporary bonuses to all defenses and Damage Reductions.
	Charge [WM2]	13	Active (2 per Encounter)	Foe Target: 50-65 damage on anyone in path	Average		The fighter dashes across the battlefield in a flash, inflicting Crush damage on anyone caught in his or her path.
	Sundering Blow [WM1]	13	Active (2 per Encounter)	Target: -8 Damage Reduction for 8.0 sec User: Primary Attack, +20% Melee damage	Average	8.0 seconds	The fighter makes a Primary attack that does additional damage and lowers the target's base Damage Reduction.
	Triggered Immunity [WM2]	15	Active (2 per Encounter)	User (on hit for ≥ 10% Endurance): Immune to Slash damage for 15.0 sec	Instant	15.0 seconds	If the fighter is hit by damage that does at least 10% of his or her total Endurance, he or she will gain immunity to that damage type for a short duration.

Deprecated abilities

• Surge – regenerates endurance rapidly for a short amount of time
• Melee Accuracy – small accuracy bonus for all melee weapons.
• Crippling Guard – When a fighter Hits or Crits with a Disengagement Attack, the target is automatically Hobbled for a brief duration.