Skirmish Trainer

You can find a Skirmish Trainer in any Skirmish Camp or housing area. Traits can be acquired and upgraded bartering Skirmish Marks and are divided in four tabs, Attribute, Skill, Training & Personal. Some traits can only be used by a particular soldier role.

When you'll complete the introduction quest Skirmishes, you'll get a "free" role and few traits usable by this role.

Attribute

Skirmish Field Manual - Traits excerpt: Attribute traits come in two types: Role traits and cosmetic traits. The Role trait determines the fundamental role your soldier will be filling. You may only equip one Role trait, and it will dictate some of your later trait choices. The Role trait will change your Soldiers armours and weapons, as well as their basic abilities. For instance, the Archer role has medium armour and does good ranged damage, while the Protector has heavy armour and low damage, but draws aggro well. The cosmetic traits allow you to choose the hair color, hair style, clothing and even race of your Soldier.

Here are the different roles available from the Skirmish Trainer:

	Role	Armour	Damage	Special	Design
	Archer	Medium	High Ranged	Increased Critical Rating	Single Target DPS
	Bannerguard	Heavy	Medium Melee	Armour Aura	Variety of Buffing, Healing & Tanking
	Herbalist	Light	None	Healing Skill, Healing Aura	Morale & Power Restoration Does not fight.
	Protector	Heavy	Low Melee	Increased Threat, Increase Armour	Tanking
	Sage	Light	High Tactical	Finesse Rating	AoE DPS, Debuffing & CC
	Warrior	Medium	High Melee	Bypass Armour	AoE DPS, Debuffing & Off-Tanking

For cosmetic traits, see the NPC bartering Cosmetics in any Skirmish Camp.

Skill

Skirmish Field Manual - Traits excerpt: Each Skill trait you slot will give your Soldier a new skill that he will use in combat. Each Skill trait is tied to a specific Role, as listed in the trait.

Archer Skills

An Archer may earn the following skills:

	Skill	Description	Level to Trait	Instructions to get from a Skirmish Captain
	Deadly Shot	+ Damage to single Target	30
	Distracting Shot	+ Damage to single target Detaunt	30
	Pinpoint Shot	+ Damage + Critical Rating	30
	Refocus	+ Self Healing to Soldier	30
	Marking Arrow	+ Damage & Debuff to Ranged Damage	45	Skill: Marking Arrow
	Ultimate: Bold Arrow	+ Crit Rating +% Crit Damage for Soldier	50	Ultimate: Bold Arrow
	Wounding Arrow	+ Damage & - Damage over Time	55	Skill: Wounding Arrow
	Ultimate: Wound-seeker	+ Damage - Damage over Time	60	Ultimate: Wound-Seeker

Bannerguard Skills

A Bannerguard may earn the following skills:

	Skill	Description	Level to Trait	Instructions to get from a Skirmish Captain
	Cry of the Enduring	+ Armour Buff to Ally	30
	Inspiring Shout	+ Healing over Time	30
	Potent Strike	+ Damage to single target	30
	Summon the Foe	Medium AoE Threat per Rank	30
	Bold Strike	+ Damage and medium Threat to single target	45	Skill: Bold Strike
	Ultimate: Banner of Precision	+ Banner of Precision	50	Ultimate: Banner of Precision
	Inspired Retaliation	- Reflected Damage Buff to Ally	55	Skill: Inspired Retaliation
	Ultimate: Banner of Protection	+Banner of Protection	60	Ultimate: Banner of Protection

Herbalist Skills

An Herbalist may earn the following skills:

	Skill	Description	Level to Trait	Instructions to get from a Skirmish Captain
	Nature's Cure	+ Healing over Time to Ally	30
	Nature's Power	+ Power over Time to Ally	30
	Refreshing Herbs	+ Healing to Ally	30
	Strengthening Draught	+ Defence Increase to Ally	30
	Salve of Resolve	+ Healing & + Avoidance Increase	45	Skill: Salve of Resolve
	Ultimate: Words of Healing	+ Healing over Time	50	Ultimate: Words of Healing
	Herbs of Boundless Endurance	+ Healing over Time & Buff to Incoming Heals	55	Skill: Herbs of Boundless Endurance
	Ultimate: Words of Power	+ Power over Time	60	Ultimate: Words of Power

Protector Skills

A Protector may earn the following skills:

	Skill	Description	Level to Trait	Instructions to get from a Skirmish Captain
	Taunting Strike	+ Damage & High Threat per Rank	30
	Threatening Riposte	Reactive Threat per Rank on foes that strike soldier	30
	Threatening Shout	High AoE Threat per Rank	30
	Whirl of Fury	+ Damage & Low AoE Threat per Rank	30
	Self-reliance	+ Protector Self Healing	45	Skill: Self-Reliance
	Ultimate: Defender of All	Low AoE Threat per Rank	50	Ultimate: Defender of All
	Defender's Strike	+ Damage to single target	55	Skill: Defender's Strike
	Ultimate: Solitary Defender	High single target Threat	60	Ultimate: Solitary Defender

Sage Skills

A Sage may earn the following skills:

	Skill	Description	Level to Trait	Instructions to get from a Skirmish Captain
	Chilling Winds	+ AoE Damage & Debuff to Attack Duration	30
	Oil of the Dragon's Rage	+ AoE Damage	30
	Tanglefoot	+ Damage and Root to single Target	30
	Weakening Draught	- Resistance Reduction (Debuff)	30
	Word of Battle	+ Damage to single Target	45	Skill: Word of Battle
	Ultimate: Word of Flame	+ Damage to single Target	50	Ultimate: Word of Flame
	Fire of the Wise	+ Damage to single Target & Debuff	55	Skill: Fire of the Wise
	Ultimate: Word of Frost	+ Damage to single Target & Debuff	60	Ultimate: Word of Frost

Warrior Skills

A Warrior may earn the following skills:

	Skill	Description	Level to Trait	Instructions to get from a Skirmish Captain
	Carving Strike	+ Damage + Damage over Time to single target	30
	Forceful Strike	+ Damage to single target	30
	Quick Sweep	+ Low AoE Damage	30
	Strong Sweep	+ Medium AoE Damage	30
	Whirling Wounds	+ AoE Damage - Armor debuff	45	Skill: Whirling Wounds
	Ultimate: Berserker	- Penetrate Armour -% Attack Duration	50	Ultimate: Berserker
	Disarming Strikes	+ AoE Damage - Debuff Block/Parry/Evade	55	Skill: Disarming Strikes
	Ultimate: Blood-seeker	+ AoE Damage - Damage over Time	60	Ultimate: Blood-Seeker

Training

Skirmish Field Manual - Traits excerpt: Training traits will increase various passive abilities of your soldier, like critical rating or morale. Most of these traits can be paired will all soldier Roles, but some are more restrictive than others.

The following training traits are available to certain roles:

	Training	Description	Archer	Bannerguard	Herbalist	Protector	Sage	Warrior
	Light Armour Training	+x Armour Value			•		•
	Medium Armour Training	+x Armour Value	•					•
	Heavy Armour Training	+x Armour Value		•		•
	Physical Potency	+x Physical Mastery Rating	•	•		•		•
	Tactical Potency	+x Tactical Mastery Rating		•	•	•	•
	Shield Training	+x Block Rating				•

The following training traits are available to all roles:

	Training	Description
	Armour Penetration	-x Penetrate Armour
	Battle-field Finesse	+x Finesse Rating
	Boundless Morale	+x Maximum Morale
	Boundless Power	+x Maximum Power
	Boundless Resolve	+x Maximum Morale +x Maximum Power
	Defensive Training	+x Block Rating +x Parry Rating +x Evade Rating
	Evasion Training	+x Evade Rating
	Physical Resilience	+x Physical Mitigation
	Parry Training	+x Parry Rating
	Practiced Critical	+x Critical Rating
	Resilient Body	+x Incoming Healing Rating
	Resurgent Morale	+x in-Combat Morale Regen
	Resurgent Power	+x in-Combat Power Regen
	Strength of Resolve	+x Resistance Rating
	Tactical Resilience	+x Tactical Mitigation

Personal

Skirmish Field Manual - Traits excerpt: These traits represent the extra inspiration and drive you can tap into while leading your Soldier in a Skirmish. They are mostly passive bonuses like Training, and will ONLY function while inside a Skirmish.

	Personal	Description
	Armoured Assault	+x Armour Value
	Battle-master	+x Critical Rating
	Defender's Bane	+x Finesse Rating
	Defensive Warfare	+x Block Rating +x Parry Rating +x Evade Rating
	Duck Aside	+x Evade Rating
	Fancy Footwork	+x Physical Mitigation
	Invigoration	+x Incoming Healing Rating
	Lead the Way	+x Melee Offence Rating +x Ranged Offence Rating
	Piercing Might	-x Penetrate Armour
	Swift Parry	+x Parry Rating
	Strong of Will	+x Tactical Mitigation
	Strong Block	+x Block Rating
	Strong Resistances	+x Resistance Rating
	Tactical Artistry	+x Tactical Offence Rating +x Outgoing Healing Rating