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SWTOR Trooper Abilities

Leveling-Guides.com — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 22:25:24 +0000

The following list of abilities available to the Trooper class should give you a hint on what exactly is it you’re seeing in all those videos, and what will be available to you if you decide to play this exciting class.

Starting abilities are those that every Trooper has access to at level 1, and trainable abilities must be learned from the trainer at later levels.

Starting Abilities

Name	Description
Hammer Shot	Fires a series of hammering shots that deal weapon damage to the target.
Fast Reload	Reload 6 cells into the Trooper’s weapon.
Stockstrike	Strikes the target with the butt of the rifle, dealing low damage and knocking it down for 5 seconds.
Recharge & Reload	Fully reload the Trooper’s weapon, one cell at a time. Heals the Trooper and his companions.

Trainable Abilities

Name	Description
Full Auto	Fires a continuous stream of bolts that deal heavy damage for up to 6 seconds. A weaker foe caught in the blaster fire is stunned for the duration.
Sticky Grenade	Fire a sticky grenade that will detonate after several seconds and cause the target to enter a state of panic. The explosion deals very high damage to the primary target and moderate damage to nearby enemies. All targets are knocked back from the blunt.
Stockstrike (Rank 2)	Strikes the target with the butt of the rifle, dealing low damage and knocking it down for 5 seconds.
Incendiary Round	Launches an incendiary projectile, setting the target ablaze for moderate damage over 5 seconds, with a chance to burn additional nearby targets.
Concussion Charge	Pushes nearby enemies back away from the Trooper.
Tenacity	Removes the Trooper from any stun, fear or movement impairing effects.
Adrenaline Rush	Gives the player a boost to their max. hitpoints for 10 seconds. Heals the player for as many hitpoints as the ability increases the limit by.
Defensive Tactics	Increases the maximum health of all nearby party members while active. Only once tactic ability may be active at once.
Reserve Mag	Instant reload. Gives the trooper a full ammo bar.
Offensive Tactics	Increases the critical hit chance of all nearby party members while active. Only one tactic ability may be active at once.
Supression	Triggers a 3 second global cooldown on your target.
Hold the Line	Grants temporary immunity from all knockdowns, knockbacks, or other ballistic events.
Request Reinforcements	The Trooper summons additional Republic soldiers to his aid. The soldiers fight alongside the Trooper for 1 minute.

Leveling, advanced classes, quest guides, spell rotations, combat, talent trees, mechanics and more… You can find it all in this guide specifically written for Trooper players!

Jedi Knight Abilities Guide

Leveling-Guides.com — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:22:49 +0000

The Jedi Knights are highly skilled in melee combat. Focusing on Lightsaber combat they can also specialize in dual wielding combat as a Jedi Sentinel or develop a more defensive style as a Jedi Guardian (more about each is discussed in the specializations guide).

The following is a list of abilities available to Jedi Knights that will give you a hint on the gameplay and hopefully help you decide if this class is right for you.

Starting Abilities

Name	Description
Strike	Inflicts your weapon damage spread across a series of quick melee attacks. Grants 2 Focus. If you are dual wielding then you deal damage from both weapons but suffer a penalty to damage and accuracy,
Slash	Slashes the target for moderate damage. Strikes with both weapons if dual wielding although with an accuracy and damage penalty.
Force Vitality	Increases the endurance of a friendly target while active. You can not place both Force Vitality and Force Potency on a target at the same time.
Introspection	Restores health to the player while channeling
Quick Travel	Takes you to your current bind point.
Holoconference
Weapon Proficiency: Lightsaber	Able to equip training sabers and standard single bladed lightsabers.
Weapon Proficiency: Vibrosword	Able to equip single bladed vibroswords, conventional swords, and other bladed melee weapons.
Armor Proficiency: Heavy	Able to equip heavy combat armor.

Trainable Abilities

Name	Description
Force Leap	Jumps to a distant target immobilizing them for a few seconds, interrupting their current action and dealing low damage Generates 2 focus Cannot be used against targets in cover
Sweep	Strikes up to three enemies in melee range doing normal weapon damage and slowing them to 50% of normal for 6 seconds.
Overhead Slash	Acrobatic melee attack that does very high damage to a single target and knocks them down for a short duration. Strikes with both weapons if dual wielding although with an accuracy and damage penalty.
Slash (Rank 2)	Slashes the target for moderate damage. Strikes with both weapons if dual wielding although with an accuracy and damage penalty.
Saber Ward	Increases the Knight’s chance to parry melee and ranged attacks by 60% for 15 seconds.
Master Strike	Performs a series of three melee attacks that stun the target for 3 seconds and knocks the target down for an additional 3 seconds if the channel completes successfully. Grants 3 focus over the duration of the channel
Destruction	Destroys the targeted destructible container.
Force Vitality (Rank 2)	Increases the endurance of a friendly target while active. You can not place both Force Vitality and Force Potency on a target at the same time.
Soresu Form	While in Soresu Form the Knight gains 1 focus when attacked by an enemy once every 3 seconds. Reduces the amount of focus generated by Strike by 1. Also increases chance to parry or deflect incoming attacks by 5%.
Combat Focus	Immediately grants the Knight 6 focus
Sprint	Increase your speed and that of your companion by 20%
Resolve	Breaks the Knight out of all movement impairment effects
Force Pull	Pulls the target towards the Knight. Interrupts any action the target is currently engaged in and builds moderate threat.
Saber Throw	Throws your lightsaber at a distant target striking for moderate damage and generating 3 focus.
Ataru Form	While in Ataru form a successful saber hit will trigger a second attack for 25% weapon damage against a second enemy in melee range. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds.
Blade Storm	Use the force to project a wave of energy towards the target, dealing moderate damage.
Valorous Call	Increases the critical strike chance of all nearby party members by 10% and the critical strike damage bonus of all party members by 25% for 15 seconds. Strenght of this effect is doubled on the caster.
Cyclone Attack	Knocks all targets within 8 meters away from the Knight, knocking them down for 4 seconds. Does low damage to all affected enemies.

There are also additional abilities that are available depending on your chosen advanced class, Sentinel or Guardian. You can find a list of those in the Jedi Knight advanced classes article.

Jedi Consular Advanced Classes/Specializations Guide

Leveling-Guides.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:00:53 +0000

Jedi Consular, much like other SWTOR classes have access to two specializations/advanced classes which you can choose at level 10:

Jedi Sage wields a single-bladed lightsaber, has powerful telekinetics/healing and is a ranged controller with damage or healing powers.
Jedi Shadow wields double-bladed lightsabers, and possess stealth and burst melee damage abilities. They can also tank.

Jedi Sage

The Jedi Sage’s abilities will focus on healing and removing negative effects on allies. They will also have a powerful range of force powers to attack enemies at range.

Read more about Jedi Sage (including leveling, advanced classes, quest guides, spell rotations, combat, talent trees, mechanics and more…)

Skill Trees

The two Sage skill trees are Telekinetics and Seer. The shared Sage and Shadow tree is Balance.

Telekinetics – Affords the power to distort reality and move waves of energy, tearing apart enemies. In RPG terms, this is a Ranged DPS skill tree. The skills in this tree focus on improving the existing force abilities and conserving force points.
Seer – Allows the Sage to master the art of the force to heal and protect allies.
Balance – Enhances the Sage’s force attacks and augments the Shadow’s force and lightsaber abilities.

Abilities

Below is a full list of the abilities that a Jedi Sage can learn. Remember that you also have access to Jedi Consular abilities as well.

Name	Description
Force Studies	Versed in the Force, your maximum Force is increased by 400. In addition, your Presence increases at the rate at which your Force regenerates.
Force Reach	Increases the range of Project and Telekinetic Throw by 15m.
Disturbance	Fires a blast of telekinetic energy at the target dealing moderate kinetic damage.
Rejuvenate	Heal the target for a moderate amount over 12s.
Force Armor	Surrounds the caster in a Force shield that lasts 30s and absorbs a high amount of damage. Affected targets become Force-imbalanced and cannot benefit from Force Armor again for 20s.
Weaken Mind	Weakens the target’s mind, dealing high internal damage over 15s.
Restoration	Cleanses a friendly target of up to 2 hostile mental or Force effects.
Deliverance	Heals a friendly target for a high amount of health.
Rescue	Greatly lowers the target’s threat and if the target is a party member, pulls the target to your location.
Force Push	Pushes the target back several meters with the Force and deals moderate kinetic damage. Standard and weak enemies are additionally knocked prone for 3s.
Revitalize	Revives an incapacitated ally. This ability is usable while in combat.
Resilience	Increases your chance to resist Force and Tech attacks by 100% for 4s.
Force Quake	Channel the Force into the ground at the target location, causing it to quake and tremble. All enemies within 8m of the target location are struck for moderate kinetic damage every second for 6s. Each second, the Force Quake has a 33% chance to knock its targets down. No single target can be knocked down more than once from a single Force Quake.

Jedi Shadow

The Jedi Shadow’s abilities will focus on dealing burst damage and stealth attacking enemies. Jedi Shadow can also tank using force powers and lightsaber defense.

Skill Trees

Infiltration – Masters of stealth, these Shadows use positional attacks and surprise to defeat foes. In RPG terms this tree is a melee DPS tree.
Kinetic Combat – Uses the double-bladed Lightsaber defensively to protect the Shadow and his allies. In RPG terms, this tree would be a tank.
Balance – Augments the Shadow’s Force and Lightsaber abilities from both classes as it’s the shared skill tree.

Abilities

Below is the known list of the abilities that a Jedi Shadow can learn. Don’t forget that you also have all these Jedi Consular abilities at your disposal as well.

Name	Description
Weapon Proficieny: Double Bladed Lightsaber	Ability to equip double bladed lightsabers.
Martial Studies	Increases the rate at which your Force regenerates by 3 per second.
Combat Trance	The Jedi Shadow can occasionally enter a combat trance which unrestricts the use of powerful finishing moves. Your Shadow Strike has 100% chance to grant Combat Trance with each use, which lasts for 20s and is consumed by your next finishing move.
Shadow Stamina	Increase your total endurance by 24 per rank.
Stealth	Enter stealth mode, making your movements difficult to detect but slowing movement speed to 85% of normal. Most hostile actions prematurely end the effect. Cannot be used in combat.
Run Through	Finishing Move: Runs the target through, dealing 250% weapon damage plus moderate damage. Shares a cooldown with other finishing moves. Requires a double-bladed lightsaber.
Shadow Strike	Deals 150% weapon damage plus a moderate amount to a single target. Only usable from behind the target. Requires a double bladed lightsaber.
Double Strike	Strikes the target twice. Each hit deals 100% weapon damage plus a low amount. Requires a double bladed lightsaber.
Deflection	Increases your range and melee defense by 50% for 15s. Requires a melee weapon.
Mind Maze	Confuses the target, leaving it bewildered and unable to act for 60s. Damage will break the effect prematurely. This ability is only usable in Stealth mode and cannot be used against a target in combat. Only one target can be incapacitated at any given time.
Mind Snap	Traps the target’s current action and prevents that ability from being used for 4s.
Hemorrhage	Finishing move. Deals 100% weapon damage and causes the target to bleed dealing high internal damage over 18s. Shares a cooldown with other finishing moves.
Force Slow	Slows the target’s movement speed by 500% for 9s.
Low Slash	Slashes the target low, dealing 75% weapon damage and incapacitating it for 3s. Damage will end the effect prematurely. Requires double bladed lightsaber.
Hidden Strike	Strike from the shadows, dealing 100% weapon damage and stunning the target for 3s. Requires double bladed lightsaber.

Leveling, advanced classes, quest guides, spell rotations, combat, talent trees, mechanics and more… You can find it all in this guide specifically written for Jedi Shadow players!

Learn more in: Jedi Sage guide, Jedi Shadow guide

SWTOR Imperial Agent Abilities Guide

Leveling-Guides.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 19:29:26 +0000

The Imperial Agents abilities are focused on engaging enemies at range with rifles and a range of throwing weapons. They can also use a cover system to increase their evasion and activate some high power attacks.

Starting Abilities

Name	Description
Rifle Shot	Fire 2 quick shots, causing medium damage.
Shiv	Stab the target with your energy blade for moderate damage and light damage over 3 seconds.
Take Cover	Evasion increase against targets in your cone of cover while taking cover.
Recuperate	Catch your breath, recovering your Health and Energy over 15 seconds. This is only usable out of combat.
Snipe	Rifle shot that deals high damage. Only usable in cover. (Only when in cover)
Laze Target	Designates a target, increasing all damage to the target by 80%. Must be in cover to use. Lasts 30 seconds. (Only when in cover)
Weapon Proficiency: Rifle	Able to equip blaster rifles.
Weapon Proficiency: Vibroknife	Able to equip vibroknives and conventional knives.
Show Cover	Shows all nearby cover points.

Trainable Abilities

Name	Description
Sleep Dart	Fire a sleep toxin dart out of your bracer at the target putting them to sleep for 10 seconds. Does not break stealth.
Toxic Dart	Fire a toxic dart out of your bracer at the target causing damage over 5 secs. At the end of the effect, the target takes extra damage.
Explosive Probe	Deploy an explosive probe that travels to the primary target. The probe will arm after 3 seconds. Once armed the probe will automatically explode soon after the target takes damage. The explosion causes moderate damage in a 5m radius to up to 5 targets. The effect expires after 20 seconds. The explosive probe can only be used from cover.
Kolto Injection	Fire a kolto dart out of your bracer at the friendly target healing them for moderate amount.
Adrenaline Probe	Summons a droid that injects the Agent with adrenaline, boosting energy regeneration rate for 4 seconds.
Escape	Removes the Agent from any stun, fear or movement impairing effects.
Boost	Increases movement speed by 50% for 15 seconds. Does not break stealth.
Flash Bang	Detonates a Flash Bang at your current position, blinding all enemies within 5 meters for 8 seconds. Blindness ends prematurely if an affected target is damaged. Affects a maximum of 6 targets.
Orbital Bombardment	The Agent calls a strike down from orbiting vessels, knocking down and causing massive damage to all enemies within a 10 meter radius of the target.
Sonic Probe	Summons a droid that will silence the target for 6 seconds.
Evasion	Increase the Agent’s armor rating by 25% for 30 seconds.
Plasma Probe	The Agent uses this probe to do area of effect damage to enemies.

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Leveling, advanced classes, quest guides, spell rotations, combat, talent trees, mechanics and more… You can find it all in this guide specifically written for Imperial Agent players!

SWTOR Bounty Hunter Abilities

Leveling-Guides.com — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 18:28:38 +0000

The Bounty Hunters are highly skilled in ranged combat. Focusing on quick firing laser blasters and range of darts, chaffs and a flamethrower. Bounty Hunter abilities generate heat which must be allowed to dissipate before they can be used again.

In addition to the abilities listed below there are more which are specific to the two specializations.

Starting Abilities

Name	Description
Rigid Shots	A quick stream of blasts causing moderate damage.
Missle Blast	Fires a rocket at an enemy, doing a high amount of damage and knockdown to the first target, and a lesser amount to enemies within a 5m radius. The ability can hit up to 3 targets.
Flame Thrower	Torches everything in a 10 meter cone with a flamethrower, inflicting low damage every second for a maximum of 4 seconds. Lesser enemies are stunned while taking damage.
Vent Heat	Rapidy vent built up heat.
Recharge & Reload	Regenerates health and vents heat while channeling. Not usable in combat.

Trainable Abilities

Name	Description
Electro Dart	Fire an electro dart from the wrist mounted-bracer at the target that causes them to be overloaded with electricity and stunned for 5 seconds.
Rail Shot	Fires a shot at the target that deals heavy damage. Only works against a vulnerable (stunned, sleeping, burning) target.
Death From Above	The Bounty Hunter flies to a safe distance and lobs missiles at the selected ground region. All targets in this area take damage. The first rocket knocks all targets to the ground.
Flame Thrower (Rank 2)	Torches everything in a 10 meter cone with a flamethrower, inflicting low damage every second for a maximum of 4 seconds. Lesser enemies are stunned while taking damage.
Power Shot	Special blaster attack that does moderate damage.
Energy Shield	A shield surrounds the Bounty Hunter absorbing a percentage of incoming blaster fire (energy damage). Lasts for 30 seconds.
Determination	Removes all movement impairing effects.
Chaff Flare	Fires several flares at the target area revealing any stealthers. Flares last for 10 seconds.
Oil Slick	The Bounty Hunter fires oil out of his left bracer in a cone in front of him. Targets affected are snared and have their elemental resistances lowered.
Electric Shield	A shield surrounds the Bounty Hunter that returns a small electric charge as damage to all attackers. Effect can only occur once every 2 seconds. Lasts 30 seconds.
Rocket Punch	Close range attack that knocks the target back and does light damage. Useful when enemies are close and the Bounty Hunter needs to establish range.
Interceptor Shield	The Bounty Hunter engages his shield generator to lower his threat on any targets that hit the shield.
Thermal Detonation	Lobs a thermal detonator at the target sticking to them and exploding for high damage when they die. Target must die within 15 seconds for the explosion to happen.

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Leveling, advanced classes, quest guides, spell rotations, combat, talent trees, mechanics and more… You can find it ALL in this guide specifically written for Bounty Hunter players!

SWTOR Smuggler Abilities

Leveling-Guides.com — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:48:47 +0000

Below you’ll find some starting abilities and those that can be trained later on for the Smuggler class.

Starting Abilities

Name	Description
Flurry of Bolts	A flurry of bolts shot from your blaster.
Take Cover	Evasion increase against targets in your cone of cover while taking cover.
Burst	Fire three powerful blasts at your target.
Flash Grenade	Lob a flash grenade that blinds your target and all nearby targets (within 5m) for 8 seconds. Blindness ends prematurely if an affected target is damaged. Affects a maximum of 6 targets.
Recuperate	Catch your breath, recovering your Health and Energy over 15 seconds. This is only usable out of combat.

Trainable Abilities

Name	Description
Barrage	Spray a wave of bolts towards the target and those nearby dealing heavy damage over 2.5 seconds. Affects a maximum of 5 targets.
Dirty Kick	Deliver a low blow to the target, dealing light damage and stunning it for 5 seconds. Cannot be used while in cover.
Headshot	Fires a shot at the target’s head that deals heavy damage. Only works against a vulnerable (blinded/stunned) target.
Underworld Medicine	Heals a friendly target for a moderate amount.
Escape	Removes the Smuggler from any stun, fear, or movement impairing effects
Cool Head	Keep your cool and regenerate energy over the next 6 seconds.
Smuggler’s Luck	The smuggler’s critical chance is doubled for 15 seconds.
Surrender	The Smuggler pretends to surrender, thereby lowering all aggro.
Charm	Prvoides an increase in presence to the smuggler and group members for 30 minutes
Covered Escape	Snare close range enemies while diving into cover.
Pacify	A surprising shot that does moderate damage and prevents all actions for 4 seconds.
Hustle	Quicken your party’s pace for 15 seconds, increasing movement speed by 50% for all friendly units within 20 meters.

Recommended read: 10 Things Every Smuggler Must Know

Sith Inquisitor Abilities Overview

Leveling-Guides.com — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:57:20 +0000

The following are two groups of abilities Sith Inquisitors will use.

One of them are starting abilities with which every character starts, and others can be learned later on via trainers.

It should give you a nice overview of how gameplay and combat looks like.

Starting Abilities

Name	Description
Lightning Drain	Deals very high energy damage to the target and restores Force over the duration of the effect. Lightning Drain also slows the movement speed of the target by 50% , and stuns weak and standard enemies.
Seethe	Pause to prepare for the coming fight, restoring health and force. Damage causes the effect to end prematurely. Cannot be used during combat.
Saber Strike	Deals 100% weapon damage spread across a flurry of three melee attacks.
Shock	Shocks the target with high energy damage

Trainable Abilities

Name	Description
Overload (Rank 1)	Deals moderate energy damage and knockback to all enemies within 8m. Standard and weak enemies are additionally knocked down for 3s.
Electrocute	Electrocutes the target, dealing low damage and stunning it for 4s.
Whirlwind	Traps the target in a whirlwind for 60s. Any damage will end the effect prematurely
Dark Heal	Heals a friendly target for a moderate amount of health
Lightning Drain (Rank 2)	Deals very high energy damage to the target and restores Force over the duration of the effect. Lightning Drain also slows the movement speed of the target by 50% , and stuns weak and standard enemies.
Backlash	Surrounds the caster in a lightning shield, increasing resistance to damage by 25% for 15s. In addition, once per second, the shield shocks melee attackers dealing low energy damage.
Unbreakable Will	Summon the unbreakable will of the Sith, immediately freeing you of all incapacitating and controlling effects.
Force Speed	Increases movement speed by 70% for 2s. Does not break stealth.
Cloud Mind	Clouds the mind of an enemy, instantly lowering the threat to a moderate amount.
Deflection	Increase the chance of deflecting blaster bolts by 70% for 15s.
Sacrifice	Sacrifice companion for instant health to 75% of your total health.
Nightmare	Send a nightmare down upon all enemies within 8m causing them to cower in fear for 8s. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely.

Leveling, advanced classes, quest guides, spell rotations, combat, talent trees, mechanics and more… You can find it all in this guide specifically written for Sith Inquisitor players!