Abilities

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Abilities are a set of combat commands for Attack, Strength, Defence, Constitution, Ranged, and Magic. Abilities form the basis of combat following the Evolution of Combat and cannot be used when in Legacy Mode combat, barring Provoke when used with a T90 shield.

Each skill has a menu of abilities, found in the Powers menu, which can be dragged individually as part of an interface setup.

Abilities come in a wide variety of types; they can allow players to deal extra damage, heal themselves, stun their opponents, etc. When an ability is used, it cannot be used again for a specific amount of time (its cooldown), and other abilities cannot be used for three game ticks (1.8 seconds; the global cooldown, GCD). Constantly using abilities seamlessly is generally the most effective form of combat.

A player can use abilities directly from their interface or place them onto their action bar for quick access and the ability to use them with a keybind. Players can adjust how many slots are automatically used in Revolution combat mode and whether basic, threshold, and ultimate abilities will be automatically triggered in Combat Mode in the Combat section under the Gameplay tab within the Settings menu.

Abilities are laid out by combat skill — Attack, Strength, Ranged, Magic, Constitution, and Defence. Most abilities have a skill level requirement to be used, and most have an equipment requirement; for example, Slice requires a main-hand melee weapon, and Bash requires a shield.

Unlike auto-attacks, abilities do not normally consume ammo or runes. However, they will be consumed if a passive effect is triggered, such as the secondary effects of enchanted bolts or Ancient Magicks.

Adrenaline

There are three classes of abilities: Basic, Threshold, and Ultimate. There are also auto-attacks, which occur when not using an ability, and Special attacks, which are defined by specific weapons. Abilities generate and consume adrenaline during the flow of combat.

• Auto-attacks simply do the damage of the weapon with no special effects. They generate 1–3% adrenaline each, depending on the combat style and handedness of the weapon used.
• Basic abilities gain 8% adrenaline each, and usually have increased damage, a special effect, or both
• Threshold abilities require 50% adrenaline and will drain 15% on use, generally dealing more damage than basic abilities or having stronger effects
• Ultimate abilities require 100% adrenaline and drain the whole bar, dealing a large amount of damage or providing a very powerful effect.
• Special attacks can only be used when using a specific weapon, and the attack itself differs with each relevant weapon. To use a special attack, an amount of adrenaline is required and it will use all of that adrenaline when used. Unless stated otherwise, special attacks have no cooldown. Their damage and effects vary greatly with the weapon, but generally fit between threshold abilities and ultimate abilities. See Special attacks for more details.

The damage done by abilities is usually a percentage of a player's ability damage, which is determined by weapon/spell damage, skill level, and weapon speed.

Nearly all passive effects will work with both auto-attacks and abilities, the most notable exception being Barrows equipment set effects.

Cooldown

All abilities have a cooldown timer. The cooldown activates when the ability is used, and stays active for a period of time specific to the ability. While it is active, the ability cannot be used. Some abilities share a cooldown: this means that using one of those abilities will activate the cooldown timer for all of them. Often these groups of abilities have something in common, like stunning the target (Kick, Binding Shot, and Impact), or moving the player several squares (Escape, Surge, Dive and Bladed Dive).

Exiting to Lobby and re-entering the game resets all cooldowns, allowing any ability to be used again immediately.

After using an ability, the player cannot use another ability (or auto-attack) for 3 ticks (1.8 seconds). This is the global cooldown. This triggers from the moment of use, so after a combo attack, the player can immediately use another ability.

Ability persistence

See also: Buffs and debuffs

When an ability is used, it may remain active for some time either on the player or on the target.

Buffs

Abilities that leave a passive, positive effect on the player, are often called buff abilities. These typically stay on the player for a specified amount of time.

List of abilities that provide a buff to the player
Melee
Magic
Ranged
Defence
Constitution

Debuffs

Abilities that remain on the target and provide a negative effect to that target are often called debuffs. These typically stay on the target for a specified amount of time.

List of abilities that provide a debuff to the target
Melee
Magic
Ranged
Defence
Constitution

Abilities active on the target are displayed in the target's status bar. Abilities active on the player (including abilities used on the player by the target) are displayed in a Buffs/Debuffs window, which can be moved around on the screen as desired (in edit mode with the RS3 interface); in the legacy interface right-click the icon in the combat settings tab to enable timers beneath the minimap.

Combo attacks

Combo attacks, also called channelled abilities, are abilities that hit the target multiple times (with the exception of Lesser Snipe, Snipe, and Detonate). Unlike standard abilities, these can have the player be locked in to using the ability, up to a maximum amount of time longer than a global cooldown. These abilities are able to be cancelled by performing another ability (or by walking or similar actions). As an example, Concentrated Blast can be cancelled after one global cooldown to hit two out of the three possible times, but if the player chooses, the full three hits can be performed (likewise, the player could choose to cancel after the first hit).

List of Combo attacks
Melee
Magic
Ranged
Constitution

Damage over Time abilities

Damage over Time (DoT) abilities, described as bleeds or burns in game, are abilities that have their effects last longer than one global cooldown, but unlike channelled abilities, they cannot be cancelled by the player. This means that if the player casts one of these abilities, the effect will continue for the appropriate duration of the ability (unless specific mechanics of the target prevent or cancel it). DoT abilities are multi-hitting abilities that hit every 2 game ticks.

Unlike normal abilities, damage over time effects are not affected by:
Damage boosting prayers and ancient curses (aside from their accuracy bonus)
Damage boosting abilities: Berserk, Death's Swiftness, and Sunshine (with the exception of Metamorphosis)
Zaros Godsword's special attack
Berserker's Fury relic power
Most invention perks affecting variable damage, including Genocidal, Precise, Equilibrium, and Ruthless
Some items from the slayer (effect) groups, including: tuned Bane equipment, Salve amulet (e), Demon slayer equipment, Darklight
Critical hits
Slayer helmet and its variants

Damage over time effects are only affected by some modifiers, including:
Damage bonus from equipment
Visible combat skill boosts, from potions or other sources
Vulnerability or its lesser form, Curse
Berserker, Reckless, and Maniacal auras - however, while inside the effects of Berserk, Death's Swiftness, or Sunshine, the aura's invisible boost is negated
Mahjarrat and Dark magic auras - regardless of being inside the effects of Berserk, Death's Swiftness, or Sunshine
Among the Dragon slayer, Demon slayer, and Undead slayer effect groups, only the slayer invention perks and slayer abilities affect bleeds
Scrimshaws
Icy Precision effect granted by Wen arrows

List of Damage over Time abilities
Melee
Ranged
Magic

• Some DoT abilities have an unusually high chance to land their minimum hit. These abilities are: Dismember and its lesser variant, Combust and its lesser variant , Fragmentation Shot and its lesser variant, and Slaughter
• Some DoT abilities have a chance to land a hit uniformly across their damage range. These abilities are: Blood Tendrils, Corruption Blast, and Corruption Shot
• Two DoT abilities have no damage range and will always hit the same number under the same conditions: Massacre and Deadshot

Some damage boosting ultimate abilities and special attacks have a DoT passive. These ultimate abilities are Sunshine and Death's Swiftness (these are both affected by the Planted feet perk, which removes each of their DoT effects). The special attack of the Zaros godsword, Blackhole, also has a DoT effect.

The Dragon Breath magic ability has a chance for a small DoT effect when wearing the Dragon Rider amulet.

The Greater Dazing Shot ranged ability has a small DoT effect in the form of Puncture.

Bleed abilities

Bleeds are a subset of Damage over Time abilities that have interactions with some pieces of equipment.

List of bleed abilities
Melee
Ranged
Magic	N/A

Gloves of passage and its enhanced counterpart increase the damage a target takes from bleeds for 10 seconds after a successful Smash or Havoc hit.

Champion's ring grants +3% critical hit chance against targets affected by a bleed.

The Ek-ZekKil can have the duration of its special attack ability increased by using bleeds on the target hit by the special attack.

Jaws of the Abyss grants +2% (1% in PvP) additional adrenaline to damaging basic melee abilities per bleed on the target.

Burn abilities

Burns are a subset of Damage over Time abilities that have interactions with some pieces of equipment.

List of burn abilities
Melee	N/A
Ranged	N/A
Magic

The Ek-ZekKil can have the duration of its special attack ability increased by using burns on the target hit by the special attack.

Greater Barge Damage over Time abilities

There is a type of DoT damage that is unique to Melee channelled abilities that have been affected by Greater Barge. Unlike the rest of DoT abilities, these abilities are affected by damage modifiers such as Berserk in the same way as their normal, channelled versions.

List of abilities that can become DoT when affected by Greater Barge
Melee

List of abilities

The different abilities can be found in the following four menus. In game, the combat skills Attack and Strength share a tab but are further divided into their own sub-tabs. This is also true of Defence and Constitution. Ranged and Magic each have their own tab. However, the Magic tab is further sub-divided into a sub-tabs for: magic abilities, Combat spells, Teleport spells, and Skilling spells.

Melee

Attack

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Backhand		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Strike the target with the back of the hand. 20%-100% ability damage. Stun target for 1.2s.
Slice		No	0	Basic	Single	3	Any	show Slice at the target's weak points. 30%-120% ability damage. Instead if target is bound or stunned deal 80%-146% ability damage.
Lesser Smash		No	0	Basic	Single	10.2	Two-handed	show Deliver a powerful blow to the target. 24%-120% ability damage.
Lesser Sever		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Strike at the targets vitals. 28%-144% ability damage.
Lesser Havoc		No	0	Basic	Single	10.2	Dual wield	show Strike at the target with both weapons. 24%-120% ability damage.
Slaughter		No	1	Threshold	Single	30	Any	show Stab the target, causing them to bleed. 20%-50% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time. Deal 3x damage if the target moves.
Overpower		No	2	Ultimate	Single	30	Any	show Strike the target with a massive overhead swing. 200-400% ability damage.
Havoc		No	5	Basic	Single	10.2	Dual wield	show Strike at the target with both weapons. 31.4-157% ability damage. Disable protection prayers on target in PvP.
Forceful Backhand		No	15	Threshold	Single	15	Any	show Slam the target with the back of the hand. 40%-200% ability damage. Stun target for 3.6s.
Smash		No	20	Basic	Single	10.2	Two-handed	show Deliver a powerful blow to the target. 31.4-157% ability damage. Disable protection prayers on target in PvP.
Greater Barge		Yes	30	Basic	Single	20.4	Any	show Run up and ram the target. 25%-125% ability damage. Instantly move within 1 tile of target. Gain 2-10% damage for every 0.6s since your last attack. (Damage range caps at 6s: 45%-225% ability damage) If it has been 4.8s since your last attack, gain an additional bonus which will turn your next channeled ability into a damage over time attack. Clear bound status. Bind the target for 6.6s.
Barge		No	30	Basic	Single	20.4	Any	show Run up and ram the target. 25%-125% ability damage. Instantly move within 1 tile of target. Clear bound status. Bind the target for 6.6s.
Greater Flurry		Yes	37	Threshold	Area	20.4	Dual wield	show Swing both weapons rapidly around you. 75%-376% total ability damage over 3.6s in 4 hits. If you strike a single target deal 125%-628% total ability damage instead. Channeled attack. For every successful hit, gain 1.2s cooldown reduction from Berserk, up to a maximum of 4.8s. Damages a single target and up to 8 additional adjacent targets.
Flurry		No	37	Threshold	Area	20.4	Dual wield	show Swing both weapons rapidly around you. 75%-376% total ability damage over 3.6s in 4 hits. Channeled attack. Damages a single target and up to 8 additional adjacent targets.
Sever		No	45	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Strike at the targets vitals. 37%-188% ability damage. Target deals 10% less damage for 4.8s.
Hurricane		No	55	Threshold	Area	20.4	Two-handed	show Spin on the spot with your weapon. 66-219% ability damage. Secondary attack of 84-161% ability damage to primary target. Damage up to 8 additional adjacent targets.
Bladed Dive		Yes	65	Basic	Area	20.4	Dual wield	show Dash forward striking the enemies around you. 25%-125% ability damage. Instantly move to selected tile. Cooldown is reset if any enemies it hit die within 6s. Damages up to 9 targets adjacent to destination. Revolution mode will not trigger this ability. Max 10 tile range.
Massacre		No	66	Ultimate	Single	60	Dual wield	show Swing both weapons at the target causing them to bleed. 37.6-188% initial ability damage. Followed by 62.6% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time.
Blood Tendrils		Yes	75	Threshold	Single	45	Any	show Summon tendrils to attack the target. 18%-90% ability damage every 1.2s for 6s. Initial hit is twice as strong. Damage yourself for 27% of the damage dealt after the initial hit.
Meteor Strike		No	81	Ultimate	Area	60	Two-handed	show Jump up and strike the ground. 250%-350% ability damage. Damage the primary target and up to 8 enemies adjacent to the primary target. Critical strikes generate 10% extra adrenaline for 30s.
Balanced Strike		Yes	85	Ultimate	Single	120	Any	show Attack with the power of Guthix. Target or user with the higher percentage remaining lifepoints will be dealt damage equivalent to the percent difference of user's maximum lifepoints. The other will be healed for 50% of the damage dealt.

Strength

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Lesser Dismember		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Slice at the target causing them to bleed. 20%-28% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time.
Kick		No	3	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Kick the target causing them to stumble. 20%-100% ability damage. Stun target for 1.2s. Knock smaller targets back 1 tile.
Stomp (ability)		No	3	Threshold	Single	15	Any	show Kick the target causing them to stumble. 40%-200% ability damage. Stun target for 3.6s. Knock smaller targets back 1 tile.
Punish		No	8	Basic	Single	3	Any	show Slash at the target. 18%-94% ability damage. Instead if target is bound or stunned deal 37%-188% ability damage.
Dismember		No	14	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Slice at the target causing them to bleed. 20%-37% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time.
Fury		No	24	Basic	Single	5.4	Any	show Swing your weapon at the target multiple times. 48%-246% total ability damage over 2.4s in 3 hits. Channeled attack. For every hit channeled, gain 5% critical strike chance on your next ability.
Greater Fury		Yes	24	Basic	Single	5.4	Any	show Strike at the target with rage. 31%-157% ability damage. Gain 10% increased critical strike chance on next ability. Gain 100% critical strike chance on your next ability if Greater Fury critical strikes.
Destroy		No	37	Threshold	Single	20.4	Dual wield	show Ferociously attack with both weapons. 148%-752% total ability damage over 4.2s in 4 hits. Channeled attack. Stun the target for 3.6s.
Quake		No	37	Threshold	Area	20.4	Two-handed	show Slam the ground with your weapon. 43%-219% ability damage to the primary target. 37%-188% ability damage to up to 8 enemies adjacent to the primary target. Reduce damaged targets' defence by 5%. Increase base hit chance on damaged targets by 2%.
Berserk		Yes	42	Ultimate	Self	60	Any	show Go berserk, empowering yourself. Increase melee damage by 100%. Increase all damage taken by 50%. 19.8s duration.
Cleave		No	48	Basic	Area	7.2	Two-handed	show Swipe your weapon in front of you. 37.6-188% ability damage. Damage up to 9 targets in a cone in front of you.
Assault		No	55	Threshold	Single	30	Any	show Strike at the target multiple times. 172%-876% total ability damage over 5.4s in 4 hits. Channeled attack.
Decimate		No	67	Basic	Single	7.2	Dual wield	show Strike at the target with both weapons. 37%-188% ability damage. 48%-244% ability damage if target is another player wielding a shield.
Pulverise		No	81	Ultimate	Single	60	Two-handed	show Charge up a massive strike and pulverise the target. 250%-350% ability damage. Reduce the damage dealt by the target by 25% for 30s. If an NPC is defeated with Pulverise you gain 50% adrenaline.
Frenzy		No	86	Ultimate	Single	60	Dual wield	show Swing your weapons in a frenzy. 380%-840% total ability damage over 4.8s in 4 hits. Channeled attack.
Chaos Roar		Yes	92	Basic	Single	60	Any	show Release a savage war cry, empowering your next strike. 20%-130% ability damage. Increase the base ability damage of your next melee ability to hit by 100%. 7.2s duration. 50% effectiveness in PvP.

Magic

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Asphyxiate		No	0	Threshold	Single	20.4	Any	show Reach out with magical force and choke the target. 150%-752% total ability damage over 4.2s in 4 hits. Channeled attack. Stun target for 3.6s.
Impact		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Blast the target with a burst of magical energy. 20%-100% ability damage. Stun and bind target for 1.2s.
Wrack		No	0	Basic	Single	3	Any	show A powerful attack. 18%-94% ability damage. Instead if target is bound or stunned deal 37%-188% ability damage.
Lesser Sonic Wave		No	0	Basic	Single	5.4	Two-handed	show A focused blast of magic that pummels the target. 24%-120% ability damage.
Lesser Dragon Breath		No	0	Basic	Area	10.2	Any	show Breathe a mighty cloud of fire in a line. 28%-144% ability damage. Damage up to 4 enemies between you and the primary target.
Lesser Combust		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Explode the target, causing them to burn. 20%-28% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time.
Lesser Concentrated Blast		No	0	Basic	Single	5.4	Dual wield	show Blast the target with beams of concentrated energy. 36%-180% total ability damage over 2.4s in 3 hits. Channeled attack.
Wrack and Ruin		Yes	0	Basic	Single	3	Any	show Tear at the target with blood magic. 60-300% ability damage. Instead if target is bound or stunned deal 120-360% ability damage. Extends the duration of the next Combust cast by 2 hits. (Within 10s) Reverts back to Wrack on use. Consumes all stacks of Blood Tithe.
Omnipower		No	2	Ultimate	Single	30	Any	show Bombard the target with each of the four elements. 200%-400% ability damage.
Deep Impact		No	3	Threshold	Single	15	Any	show Blast the target with a comet of strong magical energy. 40%-200% ability damage. Stun and bind target for 3.6s.
Dragon Breath		No	5	Basic	Area	10.2	Any	show Breathe a mighty cloud of fire. 37.6-188% ability damage Damage up to 4 enemies between you and the primary target, and adjacent to the primary target Disable protection prayers in PvP
Sonic Wave		No	8	Basic	Single	5.4	Two-handed	show A focused blast of magic that pummels the target. 31%-157% ability damage. Gain 6% accuracy on your next ability.
Shock		No	10	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Scream at the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Stun target for 1.2s. Knock small targets back 1 tile.
Greater Concentrated Blast		No	12	Basic	Single	5.4	Dual wield	show Blast the target with beams of concentrated energy. 53%-267% total ability damage over 1.8s in 3 hits. Channeled attack. For every hit channeled, gain 5% critical strike chance on your next ability.
Concentrated Blast		No	12	Basic	Single	5.4	Dual wield	show Blast the target with beams of concentrated energy. 48%-246% total ability damage over 2.4s in 3 hits. Channeled attack. For every hit channeled, gain 5% critical strike chance on your next ability.
Horror		No	15	Threshold	Single	15	Any	show Terrify the target. 40%-200% ability damage. Stun target for 3.6s. Knock small targets back 1 tile.
Combust		No	20	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Explode the target, causing them to burn. 20%-37% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time. Deal 2x damage if target moves.
Detonate		No	37	Threshold	Area	30	Any	show Summon an explosive ball of energy over the target, or yourself. Charge 20%-70% ability damage every 0.6s over 3s for a maximum of 100%-350% damage. Detonate the ball by using Detonate again. If the ball has been charged for at least 3s deal all charged damage to the primary target and up to 25 enemies adjacent to the primary target. Otherwise deal all charged damage to the primary target and up to 9 enemies adjacent to the primary target, with a slightly reduced blast radius. Revolution will not trigger this ability.
Chain		No	45	Basic	Multi	10.2	Any	show A magical spell that chains between nearby targets. 20%-100% ability damage. Damage up to 2 additional targets.
Greater Chain		Yes	45	Basic	Multi	10.2	Any	show A magical spell that chains between nearby targets. 20%-100% ability damage. Damage up to 2 additional targets. The next ability on the primary target is also cast on the additional targets with a 50% damage reduction. 6s duration.
Golden Touch		Yes	55	Basic	Self	120	None	show Feel the magic of gold at your fingertips. High-alchemises all drops not exceeding the lootbeam value. 60s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Wild Magic		No	55	Threshold	Single	20.4	Any	show Fire an unpredictable double magical attack at the target. Hits twice. Each hit deals 50%-215% ability damage.
Magma Tempest		Yes	66	Basic	Area	15	Two-handed	show Create a storm of fire and earth. Create a 5x5 damaging area centered at a target or selected tile. 5%-19% ability damage every 1.2s over 9.6s. Damages up to 25 targets in the area. This ability cannot critically strike.
Metamorphosis		Yes	66	Ultimate	Self	60	Any	show Transform into an elemental based on your most recently cast spell. Spells consume no runes when cast. Magic damage is increased by 62% (31% in PvP). 15s duration.
Magma Tempest (Targeted)		Yes	66	Basic	Area	15	Two-handed	show Create a storm of fire and earth. Create a 5x5 damaging area centered at a target or selected tile. 5%-19% ability damage every 1.2s over 9.6s. Damages up to 25 targets in the area. This ability cannot critically strike. Revolution mode will not trigger this ability.
Corruption Blast		Yes	70	Basic	Multi	15	Any	show Blasts the target with corruption, causing them to take damage over time. 33%-100% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time. Every 1.2s damage spreads to nearby enemies and is reduced by 20% of the initial damage. Damage will only spread to active opponents in PvP.
Smoke Tendrils		Yes	75	Threshold	Single	45	Any	show Tendrils of smoke whip at the target's feet. 115%-575% total ability damage to the target over 6s in 4 hits. 35%-175% total ability damage to you over 6s in 3 hits. Each hit from this ability is treated as a critical strike. Channeled attack.
Tsunami		No	81	Ultimate	Area	60	Any	show Summon forth a destructive wall of water. 200-300% ability damage. Damage your primary target and the first 9 targets in a wave in front of you. Critical strikes generate 10% extra adrenaline for 30s.
Sunshine		Yes	85	Ultimate	Area	60	Any	show Summon a sunbeam to shine over your location. While in the beam, magic damage is increased by 50%. Deal 10%-20% ability damage to the target while it is in the beam every 1.8s. 30s duration.
Greater Sunshine		Yes	85	Ultimate	Single	60	Any	show Summon a sunbeam to shine over your location. While in the beam, magic damage is increased by 50%. Deal 10%-20% ability damage to the target while it is in the beam every 1.8s. 38s duration.

Ranged

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Binding Shot		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Fire a binding shot. 20%-100% ability damage. Stun target for 1.2s. Bind target for 9.6s.
Lesser Dazing Shot		No	0	Basic	Single	5.4	Two-handed	show Shoot an arrow that detonates on contact. 20%-120% ability damage.
Snap Shot		No	0	Threshold	Single	20.4	Any	show Fire two shots in quick succession. 100%-120% ability damage on the first shot. Secondary shot of 100%-210% ability damage.
Quiver ammo slot 2		Yes	0	Basic	Self	0	Pernix's quiver	show Select the ammo in slot 2 of your quiver.
Quiver ammo slot 1		Yes	0	Basic	Self	0	Pernix's quiver	show Select the ammo in slot 1 of your quiver.
Piercing Shot		No	0	Basic	Single	3	Any	show Shoot the target. 18%-94% ability damage. Instead if target is bound or stunned deal 37%-188% ability damage.
Lesser Snipe		No	0	Basic	Single	10.2	Any	show Fire a precise shot. 125%-172% ability damage after 1.8s. Channeled attack.
Lesser Fragmentation Shot		No	0	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Fire a shot which fragments on impact, causing the target to bleed. 20%-28% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time.
Lesser Needle Strike		No	0	Basic	Single	5.4	Dual wield	show Launch painful needles at the target. 20%-120% ability damage.
Deadshot		No	2	Ultimate	Single	30	Any	show Fire a deadly shot at the target, causing them to bleed. 37.6-188% initial ability damage. Followed by 62.6% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time.
Tight Bindings		No	3	Threshold	Single	15	Any	show Fire a shot with strong binds. 40%-200% ability damage. Stun target for 3.6s. Bind target for 9.6s.
Snipe		No	5	Basic	Single	10.2	Any	show Fire a precise shot. 125-219% ability damage after 1.8s. Channeled attack. Disable protection prayers on target in PvP.
Dazing Shot		No	8	Basic	Single	5.4	Two-handed	show Shoot an arrow that detonates on contact. 31%-157% ability damage. Target suffers a 10% decrease to accuracy on their next attack.
Greater Dazing Shot		Yes	8	Basic	Single	5.4	Two-handed	show Shoot an arrow that detonates on contact. 31%-157% ability damage. Target suffers a 10% decrease to accuracy on their next attack. Apply a stack of puncture to the target that deals 8%-10% ability damage every 1.8s for 9s. Puncture can stack up to 10 times, with each stack resetting the duration.
Demoralise		No	10	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Intimidate the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Stun target for 1.2s. Knock small targets back 1 tile.
Needle Strike		No	12	Basic	Single	5.4	Dual wield	show Launch painful needles at the target. 31%-157% ability damage. Gain 7% damage increase to target on your next attack.
Rout		No	15	Threshold	Single	15	Any	show Severely intimidate the target. 40%-200% ability damage. Stun target for 3.6s. Knock small targets back 1 tile.
Fragmentation Shot		No	20	Basic	Single	15	Any	show Fire a shot which fragments on impact, causing the target to bleed. 20%-37% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time. Deal 2x damage if target moves.
Rapid Fire		No	37	Threshold	Single	20.4	Any	show Rapidly fire at the target. 150%-752% total ability damage over 4.8s in 8 hits. Channeled attack. Bind target for 6s.
Greater Ricochet		Yes	45	Basic	Multi	10.2	Any	show Fire a shot which ricochets off the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Damage up to 2 additional targets. The primary target will be hit for an additional 10%-50% ability damage for each ricochet shot that cannot find an additional target.
Ricochet		No	45	Basic	Multi	10.2	Any	show Fire a shot which ricochets off the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Damage up to 2 additional targets.
Bombardment		No	55	Threshold	Area	30	Any	show Fire a volley of shots into the air, which come raining down. 43%-219% ability damage. Damage the primary target and up to 8 enemies adjacent to the primary target.
Salt the Wound		Yes	65	Threshold	Single	15	None	show Perform a coup de grâce. 37%-188% ability damage. Deal an additional 18% ability damage for each stack of puncture on target. Resets the duration of the puncture on target. Does not remove any stacks of puncture from target.
Incendiary Shot		No	66	Ultimate	Area	60	Two-handed	show Fire an explosive shot at the target. 250%-350% ability damage after 3s. Damage the primary target and up to 8 enemies adjacent to the primary target. Critical strikes generate 10% extra adrenaline for 30s.
Corruption Shot		Yes	70	Basic	Multi	15	Any	show Corrupts the target, causing them to take damage over time. 33%-100% ability damage every 1.2s over 6s. Damage over time. Every 1.2s damage spreads to nearby enemies and is reduced by 20% of the initial damage. Damage will only spread to active opponents in PvP.
Shadow Tendrils		Yes	75	Threshold	Single	45	Any	show Shadow tendrils whip at your feet, before striking the target. 66%-500% ability damage to target. 33%-250% total ability damage to you over 2-5 hits.
Unload		No	81	Ultimate	Single	60	Dual wield	show Unload both your weapons at the target's current location. 380%-840% total ability damage over 4.8s seconds in 4 hits. Channeled attack.
Death's Swiftness		Yes	85	Ultimate	Area	60	Any	show Create a shroud of death at your location. While in the shroud, ranged damage is increased by 50%. Deal 10%-20% ability damage to the target while it is in the shroud every 1.8s. 30s duration.
Greater Death's Swiftness		Yes	85	Ultimate	Single	60	Any	show Create a shroud of death at your location. While in the shroud, ranged damage is increased by 50%. Deal 10%-20% ability damage to the target while it is in the shroud every 1.8s. 38s duration.

Defensive

Defence

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Aggression		Yes	0	Basic	Area	90	None	show Burst out in anger. Force up to 8 enemies within 5 tiles to attack you. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Has no effect in PvP. Generates no adrenaline.
Cease		No	0	Basic	Self	0	None	show Stops all current and pending attacks. Stops any in use channeled ability. Cancels any queued abilities, including those queued by revolution. Disables auto-retaliate for 6s. Prevents familiars from attacking for 6s. Attacking an enemy will cancel the effect. Revolution mode will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Unsullied		Yes	0	Basic	Self	60	None	show Clean yourself of corruption. Stop Sophanem corruption effect increasing your damage taken without losing the damage boost. 30s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Devotion		No	1	Threshold	Self	60	None	show Empower yourself with the protection of the gods. Increase the effectiveness of your protection prayers to 100%(75% in PvP). 9.6s duration. Killing an enemy extends the duration by 4.8s up to a maximum of 19.2s.
Anticipation		No	3	Basic	Self	24.6	None	show Focus your mind to anticipate incoming attacks. Reduce all damage taken by 10%. Immune to stuns. 10.2s duration.
Bash		No	8	Basic	Single	15	Shield	show Slam your shield into the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Deal additional damage equal to 10% of your shield's armour value plus your defence level.
Revenge		No	15	Threshold	Self	45	Shield	show The best defence is offence. Each attack dealt to you increases your max damage by 10%. Stacks up to 10 times. 19.2s duration.
Provoke		No	24	Basic	Single	10.2	None	show Taunt the target. Force the target to attack you. In PvP, reduce both targeted player's and your damage towards other players by 50% for 6s.
Immortality		No	29	Ultimate	Self	120	Shield	show Show tenacity even in the face of death. Reduce all damage taken by 25%. 30s duration. If you die during this period, immediately return to life with 40% of your maximum lifepoints. The damage reduction effect is removed upon returning to life.
Freedom		No	34	Basic	Self	30	None	show Break free from all that stops you. Remove stuns and binds. Clear damage over time effects. Gain immunity to stuns and binds. 6s duration.
Reflect		No	37	Threshold	Self	30	Shield	show Use your shield to return attacks back at the attacker. Reduce damage taken by 50% (25% in PvP). Reflect the reduced damage back at the attacker. 9.6s duration.
Divert		Yes	48	Basic	Self	30	Shield	show Channel power into your shield to block an attack. Block the next attack. 6s duration. Generate 0.8% adrenaline for every 100-200 damage blocked, based on the level of shield equipped with diminishing returns at 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 damage blocked. Powerful attacks will have their damage blocked, but will not generate adrenaline.
Resonance		No	48	Basic	Self	30	Shield	show Channel power into your shield to block an attack. Block the next attack. 6s duration. Heal for 50%-100% damage blocked, based on the level of shield equipped. Powerful attacks will have their damage blocked, but will not heal you.
Rejuvenate		No	52	Ultimate	Self	300	Shield	show Channel your adrenaline to heal yourself. Restore 2.5% of your lifepoints every 0.6s over 9.6s. Heal over time. Fully restore your drained stats.
Debilitate		No	55	Threshold	Single	30	Any	show Perform a debilitating kick to the target. 20%-100% ability damage. Reduce the damage taken from the target by 50%. 7.8s-13.8s duration based on the level of shield equipped.
Preparation		No	67	Basic	Self	20.4	Shield	show Ready yourself for the coming attacks. Remaining cooldown of Resonance and Divert are reduced by 3s for every attack received. 9.6s duration.
Barricade		No	81	Ultimate	Self	60	Shield	show Summon an impenetrable dome of shields. Prevent all damage received. 4.8s-10.2s duration based on the level of shield equipped.
Natural Instinct		Yes	85	Ultimate	Single	120	Any	show Leech the targets energy. Steal the target's adrenaline and grant yourself the same amount. If the target does not have adrenaline to leech, increase your adrenaline gain by 100%. 20.4s duration.

Constitution

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Eat Food		No	0	Basic	Self	0	Any	show Consume the first piece of food in your backpack. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Aggressive Stance		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about aggressive stance. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Poisoned Tofu		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about poisoned tofu. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Balanced Stance		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about balanced stance. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Blue Egg		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about blue eggs. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Crackers		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about crackers. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Defensive Stance		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about defensive stance. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Green Egg		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about green eggs. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Poisoned Meat		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about poisoned meat. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Poisoned Worms		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about poisoned worms. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Red Egg		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about red eggs. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Tofu		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about tofu. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Shout - Worms		Yes	1	Basic		0	Any	show Shout about worms. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Balanced Stance		Yes	10	Basic	Self	0	Any	show Adopt a balanced fighting stance. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Slayer's Insight		Yes	10	Basic	Self	120	None	show Gain insight into the target. Increase Slayer experience gained by 10%. 30s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Transfigure		No	10	Ultimate	Self	180	None	show Empower your body. Incapacitate yourself for 6s. Afterwards heal 250% of any damage taken, to a maximum of 75% of your Life Points. Become immune to binds and stuns for 15s.
Undead Slayer (ability)		Yes	10	Basic	Self	60	None	show Gain courage against the undead. Increase damage dealt to undead by 15%. 10.2s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Aggressive Stance		Yes	10	Basic	Self	0	Any	show Adopt an aggressive fighting stance. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Weapon Special attack		Yes	10	Special	Varies	0	Special attacks	show Some of the most powerful weapons grant you unique special attacks.
Sacrifice		No	10	Basic	Single	30	None	show Offer a sacrifice, leaving the target forsaken. 20%-100% ability damage. Damage ignores the target's protection prayers. Heal 25% of the damage you deal. Heal 100% of the damage you deal if the target dies.
Dragon Slayer (ability)		Yes	10	Basic	Self	60	None	show Gain courage against dragons. Increase damage dealt to dragons by 15%. 10.2s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Defensive Stance		Yes	10	Basic	Self	0	Any	show Adopt a defensive fighting stance. Only used within Barbarian Assault. Generates no adrenaline.
Regenerate		No	10	Basic	Self	0	None	show Focus your remaining adrenaline to heal yourself. Heal 2% of your maximum Life Points every 0.6s at the cost of 10% adrenaline. Cannot be used in combat.
Momentum (ability)			10	Basic			Any	show Dramatically increases the damage of your auto-attacks. Using any basic or threshold abilities will end the effect.
Limitless		Yes	10	Basic	Self	90	None	show Open your mind and realise your potential. Allow threshold abilities to be used below 50% adrenaline. 6s duration. Can only be used when below 60% adrenaline. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Kuradal's Favour		Yes	10	Basic	Self	60	None	show Flaunt your slayer prowess. Instantly respawn any Kuradal's Dungeon monsters you kill. 30s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Ingenuity of the Humans		Yes	10	Basic	Self	90	None	show Study the target. The next ability or spell cast is guaranteed to hit the target. 6s duration, or until another ability or spell is used. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Revolution (ability)			10	Basic			Any	show When active, Revolution will automatically use your basic abilities in the order of their position and availibility on your action bar for slots 1-9.
Demon Slayer (ability)		Yes	10	Basic	Self	60	None	show Gain courage against demons. Increase damage dealt to demons by 15%. 10.2s duration. Revolution will not trigger this ability. Generates no adrenaline.
Essence of Finality		Yes	10	Basic	Varies	0	Essence of Finality amulet	show Harness the power of a special attack stored within an Essence of Finality amulet.
Siphon		No	20	Basic	Single	60	None	show Siphon strength from the target. Steal 10% adrenaline from the target. Protect yourself from further Siphons for 6s. Only works on targets with more adrenaline than you.
Incite		No	24	Basic	Self	0	None	show Encourage the target to attack you. Increases the likelihood the target will attack you. Active until cancelled. Has no effect in PvP. Generates no adrenaline.
Tuska's Wrath		Yes	50	Basic	Single	120 or 15	None	show Invoke the wrath of Tuska on the target. Deal 10,000% of your Slayer level as damage to your active slayer target. 30%-110% ability damage if used on a non slayer target. 15s cooldown if used on a non slayer target.
Shatter		Yes	70	Threshold	Single	120	Any	show Shatter any Storm Shards on the target. Unleash all Storm Shard damage stacked on the target. Up to a maximum of 30,000 damage. Requires at least 1 stack of Storm Shard to deal damage.
Storm Shards		Yes	70	Basic	Single	30	Any	show Hurl a Storm Shard at the target. Stack 75%-95% ability damage on the target. Stack 25%-32% damage in PvP. Trigger all stacked damage by using the Shatter ability. Maximum of 10 stacks.
Guthix's Blessing		Yes	85	Ultimate	Self	300	None	show Invoke a butterfly that heals you. Heal 8% of your Life Points every 1.8s. 9s duration, unless the butterfly is destroyed by enemies.
Reprisal		Yes	85	Threshold	Single	60	None	show Use the targets power against them. Store incoming damage over 6s, or until Reprisal is cast again. Then deal 100% of the damage stored back at the target. Can cause up to 10,000 damage (25,000 damage in PvP). In PvP there are diminishing returns on the damage dealt as stored damage increases.
Onslaught		Yes	90	Ultimate	Single	120	Any	show Assault the target with unbridled power. Initial hit deals 50%-150% ability damage. Each subsequent hit adds 33% damage for 26 hits. Channeled attack. Each hit costs 25% adrenaline. Will damage you for 25% of damage dealt when out of adrenaline. Will deal an additional 1,000 damage to you after 10 hits.
Ice Asylum		Yes	91	Ultimate	Area	300	None	show Summon a healing crystal. Heal anyone near the crystal for 1%-7% of their maximum Life Points every 3.6s. Healing percentage is based on proximity to the crystal. The crystal has a capacity of 300% of your maximum Life Points. 21.6s duration, or until the crystal capacity is drained.

Agility

Ability		Members	Level	Type	Target	Cooldown	Equipment	Description
Dive		No	5	Basic	Self	20.4	Any	show Dive forward. Instantly move to selected tile. Max 10 tile range. Revolution mode will not trigger this ability.
Escape		No	5	Basic	Self	20.4	None	show Leap backwards to maintain range. Leap back 1 tile short of the maximum range of your ranged weapon. Leap 7 tiles if you don't have a ranged weapon equipped. (With double Escape unlocked:) This ability has a max of 2 charges.
Surge		No	5	Basic	Self	20.4	Any	show Teleport forward. Instantly teleport 10 tiles in a straight line ahead. (With double Surge unlocked:) This ability has a max of 2 charges.

Unlocking abilities

The vast majority of abilities are automatically unlocked once the player reaches the skill level required to use them. These level requirements can be seen in the list of abilities above.

However, there are a number of abilities that must be unlocked by other means. These abilities will be denoted in the relevant ability book with a locked icon overlay (), and hovering over them (or long-pressing on mobile) will display the necessary action to unlock a given ability in red text. Unlocking majority of these abilities is required to complete the Unlocking Expertise achievement.

The abilities locked by other means are as follows:

Ability	Level requirement	Method to unlock
Blood Tendrils	75 Attack	Read the Codex ultimatus, which is obtained by speaking to the archaeological expert at the Exam Centre, after completion of The Dig Site quest (with the requirement for at least one of the abilities)
Shadow Tendrils	75 Ranged
Smoke Tendrils	75 Magic
Ice Asylum	91 Constitution
Balanced Strike	85 Attack	Obtained on completion of the quest The World Wakes
Death's Swiftness	85 Ranged
Sunshine	85 Magic
Natural Instinct	85 Defence
Guthix's Blessing	85 Constitution
Tuska's Wrath	50 Constitution	Purchased from the Anima Islands minigame reward shop for 4,000 points
Devotion	1 Defence	Obtained as a rare drop from General Graardor, Kree'arra, aviansie or purchased from the Anima Islands reward shop for 3,500 points
Sacrifice	10 Constitution
Transfigure	10 Constitution
Storm Shards	70 Constitution	Read either the Storm Shards and Shatter Ability Codex or the Mazcab ability codex (both abilities unlocked together)
Shatter
Onslaught	90 Constitution	Read either the Onslaught Ability Codex or the Mazcab ability codex
Corruption Shot	70 Ranged	Read either the Corruption Shot Ability Codex or the Mazcab ability codex
Corruption Blast	70 Magic	Read either the Corruption Blast Ability Codex or the Mazcab ability codex
Reprisal	85 Constitution	Read the Reprisal ability codex
Greater Dazing Shot	8 Ranged	Purchased together with 63,000,000 Shattered anima from Shattered Worlds. This will permanently upgrade Dazing Shot while on a members' world.
Salt the Wound	60 Ranged
Bladed Dive	65 Attack	Purchased with 63,000,000 Shattered anima from Shattered Worlds
Shock	10 Magic	Read Scare Tactics
Horror	15 Magic
Demoralise	10 Ranged
Rout	15 Ranged
Greater Barge	30 Attack	Read the Greater Barge ability codex. This will permanently upgrade Barge while on a member's world.
Greater Flurry	37 Attack	Read the Greater Flurry ability codex. This will permanently upgrade Flurry while on a member's world.
Greater Fury	24 Strength	Read the Greater Fury ability codex. This will permanently upgrade Fury while on a member's world.
Slayer's Insight	10 Constitution	Purchased with 90,000,000 Shattered anima from Shattered Worlds
Kuradal's Favour	10 Constitution	Purchased with 90,000,000 Shattered anima from Shattered Worlds
Aggression	1 Defence	Purchased with 90,000,000 Shattered anima from Shattered Worlds
Golden Touch	55 Magic	Read the Golden Touch ability codex
Limitless	10 Constitution	Read the Limitless ability codex
Unsullied	1 Defence	Read the Unsullied ability codex
Dragon Slayer	10 Constitution	Read the Dragon Slayer ability codex
Demon Slayer	10 Constitution	Read the Demon Slayer ability codex
Undead Slayer	10 Constitution	Read the Undead Slayer ability codex
Ingenuity of the Humans	10 Constitution	Read the Ingenuity of the Humans ability codex
Greater Ricochet	45 Ranged	Read the Greater Ricochet ability codex.
Greater Chain	45 Magic	Read the Greater Chain ability codex.
Divert	48 Defence	Read the Divert ability codex.
Wrack and Ruin	0 Magic	Requires player to have 12 stacks of Blood Tithe, which are gained from the Exsanguinate spell. Because of this requirement, it essentially requires 96 Magic and completion of the City of Senntisten quest to be used.
Greater Concentrated Blast	12 Magic	Read the Greater Concentrated blast ability codex.
Magma Tempest	66 Magic	Read the Magma Tempest ability codex (both abilities unlocked together)
Magma Tempest (Targeted)
Quiver ammo slot 1	0 Ranged	Equip Pernix's quiver. These abilities are only available while Pernix's quiver is worn.
Quiver ammo slot 2
Chaos Roar	92 Strength	Read the Chaos Roar ability codex
Greater Sunshine	85 Magic	Read the Greater Sunshine ability codex (or untradeable version)
Greater Death's Swiftness	85 Ranged	Read the Greater Death's Swiftness ability codex (or untradeable version)

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Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 23 January 2023 (Update):
  • The Ability Book will now remember the last tab you had open on mobile devices.

• ninja 17 January 2022 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where ability tooltips would not show correctly if they were currently being affected by the perk effects of a dinosaur farm animal.

• patch 17 January 2022 (Update):
  • Locked or otherwise hidden abilities and spells now show in their respective Ability Books, with a lock icon.
    • Unlock information is now displayed on the tooltip of the ability or spell.

• patch 13 September 2021 (Update):
  • The player character will no longer freeze after casting a two-handed Shock or Horror spell.

• patch 9 August 2021 (Update):
  • Melee Area-of-Effect abilities will now correctly hit NPCs larger than 5x5 squares when attacking them away from the southwestern 'corner' of the NPC's hit box.

• patch 26 July 2021 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where Ability icons were cut off at the bottom of the screen in the Abilities tab on mobile

• patch 12 July 2021 (Update):
  • Stalling Wrack and Ruin will no longer prevent the ability from reverting to wrack.

• ninja 12 July 2021 (Update):
  • Added the Cease combat ability.
    • The ability will last for six seconds, or until the player attacks again, and will:
      • Pause Revolution
      • Pause auto-retaliate
      • Pause familiar auto-attacks.
      • Cancel a queued ability or special attack
      • Immediately end an active channelled ability.
      • Cancel a charging Detonate ability
    • When the effect ends:
      • Revolution will begin again
      • Auto-retaliate will re-activate if it was turned on previously
      • Familiars will resume auto-attacking

• patch 17 May 2021 (Update):
  • Your ability cooldowns will now be reset after clicking out of the Prayer mode swap confirmation screen at the Altar of War.
  • Using the Needle Strike ability no longer results in increased damage upon changing primary target.

• patch 29 March 2021 (Update):
  • Players are no longer able to use the Zaros Godsword's special attack if a different one is already active.
  • Revolution Combat Mode will now fire off Abilities more consistently after a channelled Ability is used, bringing it more in line with Full Manual Mode.
  • Dragonbreath will now prioritise your main target before performing the usual AoE.
  • Ingenuity of the Human is no longer triggered by non-Ability attacks.
  • The Needle Strike buff will now apply to the targeted enemy and last for the correct length of time. It can no longer be reapplied by switching targets.
  • The time you can perform an Ability after using Snipe is now correct.

• ninja 23 November 2020 (Update):
  • All combat abilities have been rewritten for clarity and readability, and all of them now follow a bullet pointed template including the following information (where applicable):
    • Flavour text which describes the ability and mentions whether it has a bleed or burn effect.
    • The primary damage range of the ability, including minimum and maximum damage.
    • Secondary or conditional damage figures.
    • Whether the ability is channelled or inflicts damage over time.
    • Whether the ability behaves differently in PvP situations.
  • Made various consistency changes.
  • The terms 'weapon damage' and 'activate spell damage' are now consistently referred to as 'ability damage'.
  • Key words such as effects and values are highlighted in white text.
  • Ability durations are now shown in exact seconds to account for game ticks.
  • All combat abilities now have an icon showing whether they are single-target, multi-target, self-target or area of effect.
  • The existing timer icon has been updated.
  • The above changes do not yet affect specific weapons' special attacks, or Essence of Finality ability descriptions.
  • Special attacks that require no target can now be activated using the Constitution special attack ability from both the Ability Book and the Action Bar.
  • The Zaros Godsword and the Eldritch Crossbow have been added to the list of weapons that can be activated without a target. The full list is as follows:
    • Staff of Light
    • Staff of Darkness
    • Dragon Battleaxe
    • Zaros Godsword
    • Eldritch Crossbow

• patch 27 January 2020 (Update):
  • Ranged abilities will no longer visually stall you in place when used.

• patch 9 December 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue where some spells and abilities would not activate from the mobile action bar.

• update 28 October 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed an issue with the spell and ability book filters that was causing the filters to not be toggled on desktop if they were toggled off on mobile.
  • Fixed magic book filtering always defaulted to abilities.

• patch 2 September 2019 (Update):
  • Prevented certain sigils abilities causing damage.

• update 2 September 2019 (Update):
  • Combat Abilities
    • Lesser versions of several basic abilities have been added, so that players can build a full rotation. To reflect this new naming convention, 'mutated' abilities have been renamed to 'greater' abilities.
    • An eat food ability has been added to the Constitution skillbook which will consume the first item of food in a player’s backpack – use this one with caution!

• patch 27 August 2019 (Update):
  • The Reprisal ability is no longer inaccessible from the ability book.

• patch 25 March 2019 (Update):
  • Resolved an issue where defensive abilities were not taken into account when calculating damage as the opponent died.

• patch 28 January 2019 (Update):
  • Fixed some dead clicks when attempting to move as your character starts an ability animation.
  • Queuing an ability will no longer be used a cycle earlier when used after the Snipe ability.
  • Players can now reliably queue abilities while they are currently channeling an ability such as Concentrated Blast.

• patch 21 January 2019 (Update):
  • Ability queuing will no longer stop the buff from Needle strike going to the following ability.
  • Ability queuing will no longer stall the players movement after using an ability.
  • Ability queuing no longer stops 'on-tick' heals with the Resonance ability.

• patch 21 May 2018 (Update):
  • Some combat abilities have been reverted to just using messages instead of an info box.

• patch 23 April 2018 (Update):
  • Two-handed and dual-wield icons on tooltips in the magic ability book now display as magic rather than melee.

• patch 23 October 2017 (Update):
  • Players can now use Constitution abilities in Champions Guild fights that have specific melee, magic or ranged only requirements.

• ninja 14 August 2017 (Update):
  • A larger variety of combat abilities have been made available to use on free worlds.

• ninja 10 July 2017 (Update):
  • Magic and Ranged abilities now appear unavailable in the spell book and ability bar if the player does not have the runes or ammo to cast them.
  • The Attack/Strength and Defence/Constitution ability books can now be split regardless of the status of the action bar lock.

• patch 26 June 2017 (Update):
  • While using combat channelling abilities, you can now click away to stop the channel.

• patch 13 March 2017 (Update):
  • Fixed a number of typos on various combat ability tooltips.

• ninja 31 October 2016 (Update):
  • It is no longer possible to use magic combat abilities while not in combat to generate adrenaline without a spell set.

• patch 9 May 2016 (Update):
  • Using a channelled melee ability on a target out of the equipped weapon's range now causes the character to run towards the target and perform the ability.
  • Ability and special attack queuing in Legacy interface mode now behaves correctly.
  • It is no longer possible to cast surging onslaught without a spell selected.
  • The greater runic staff will no longer take charges when casting abilities.
  • Removing ammunition whilst in a PvP situations will no longer allow another player to instantly attack the player.
  • The Dragon Breath and Chain abilities will now correctly grant 8% adrenaline per cast.
  • It is no longer possible to change targets while casting the Shadow Tendrils ability.
  • Onslaught is now correctly interrupted by bandages in Soul Wars.
  • Fixed a spelling mistake on the dragon trinket abilities interface.
  • Updated several combat ability tooltips to better reflect the effects of the abilities.
  • Sacrifice no longer guarantees 100% weapon damage in PvP situations.
  • Smoke Tendrils no longer require the target to stay still.
  • Fixed an issue with Needle Strike that was causing the +5% buff for more than one attack.
  • Asphixiate's stun and bind durations now match.

• patch 29 March 2016 (Update):
  • The global cooldown timers for abilities which players have not yet unlocked will no longer show.

• patch 14 September 2015 (Update):
  • Queuing abilities on cooldown will no longer wait an extra tick before triggering.

• patch 10 August 2015 (Update):
  • Abilities players cannot yet use due to non-level-based requirements will no longer be added to the action bar upon reaching the level requirement.

• patch 13 July 2015 (Update):
  • The Death's Swiftness damage-over-time effect will now scale correctly to ability damage.
  • Snipe will no longer perform auto-attacks while channelling if the player clicks on their opponent again.
  • Debilitate and Resonance will now correctly scale depending on shieldbow levels.
  • Quake now deals 219% damage to the main target.
  • Following changes to Hurricane:
    • Damage dealt to all adjacent targets is now 66-219%, hitting the main target for a second time for 84-161% of your weapon damage.
    • Now shares a cooldown with Destroy.
    • Halberds & noxious scythes now deal 5x5 AoE damage instead of 3x3.
  • Hurricane, Snapshot & Wild Magic have had their hits slightly spread out.
  • Meteor Strike will now deal AoE damage to nearby opponents.
  • Meteor Strike no longer requires the opponent to have more than 50% life points.
  • Barge will now apply a 1.2 second bind on an opponent.
  • Barge no longer shares a cooldown with Surge/Escape.
  • Barge with no target will no longer perform Surge.

• patch 20 April 2015 (Update):
  • Eating in PvP will no longer lower the global cooldown on abilities.
  • Binding a target in PvP will now correctly bind them at their current location, instead of on arrival at their last chosen destination.

• ninja 23 March 2015 (Update):
  • Players can now toggle which abilities they can see depending on which are available to use.

• patch 2 March 2015 (Update):
  • Abilities no longer trigger their cooldown without anything happening.
  • Revolution will now start up faster after all basic abilities have been on cooldown.

• ninja 16 February 2015 (Update):
  • Abilities will no longer trigger while the player is too far away from the target.

• patch 16 February 2015 (Update):
  • Cooldowns in the ability book will now display correctly.

• ninja 2 February 2015 (Update):
  • The global cooldown when creating gatestones has been removed.

• patch 5 January 2015 (Update):
  • Forceful Backhand now correctly deals the stated 200% weapon damage to stun-immune targets.

• ninja 13 October 2014 (Update):
  • The cooldown timer for abilities now displays correctly in slots 13 and 14.

• patch 28 July 2014 (Update):
  • Players are now able to click out of channelled abilities.

• patch 1 July 2014 (Update):
  • Ability queuing has been altered to fire abilities at the same rate as Full Manual.

• patch 3 March 2014 (Update):
  • A selection of non-combat spells can no longer activate the ability queuing system.

• patch 17 February 2014 (Update):
  • The animations used on several combat abilities - Slice, Backhand, Kick, Slaughter, Piercing Shot, and Asphyxiate - have been updated.

• patch 21 January 2014 (Update):
  • The Escape key now cancels ability targeting mode.
  • The ability book now highlights spells that are charged to runic staves.

• patch 17 December 2013 (Update):
  • Players can no longer stall offensive abilities to occur after the effects of other abilities - that aren't direct attacks - have been applied.

• patch 13 August 2013 (Update):
  • Abilities on the action bar no longer remain highlighted when deselected.

• patch 20 May 2013 (Update):
  • Players can no longer use ranged abilities whilst using ammunition above the weapons' level.

• patch 16 April 2013 (Update):
  • Certain defensive abilities no longer cause the player to re-attack their target.

• patch 9 April 2013 (Update):
  • Spells in the Ability Book are now updated when selecting keys on the Tool belt.