Skills...Your Way to Victory

As I have explained, it seems just having high attack is pretty useless in this game because DEF reduces it too much. You have to use skills to boost your dragons. There are a total of 38 skills that you can learn in the game. Remember that matching slot and skill symbols significantly increases the effect of a skill (such as when on right slot, iron shield lasts 3 turns, but if not, 2 only).

There are a few things that need to be considered -- mode of activation. I once thought boulder defense is a good skill but it needs to be activated actively. Useless if you ask me.

There are 3 modes of activation:

a. Active - The skill activate when it is your turn to attack. Examples are Wings of Judgment and Piercing Wound.

b. Passive - Skills that are active throughout. Examples are speedy movement, fast move, and 6th sense of beast. This boosts the CRT and EVD of your dragon.

c. Passive-Active - These are skills that activate when you are defending. Examples are Iron Shield, Deadly Block and Barrier of God.

Slot	Name of Skill	In-game Description	Mode of Activation	Remarks
▲	Iron Shield	[Reduce damage]	Passive-Active	Lasts 3 turns. This skill is good to use on DEF-type dragons. Combined with block, it allows you to avoid damage even against high ATK dragons.
■	Barrier of God	[Cancel All Attacks]	Passive-Active	Lasts 1 turn only. Blocks all attacks. Need I say more? It does not block skills though except for Wings of Judgment.
˜˜●	Multiple Mirrors	[Reflect Damage]	Passive-Active	Lasts 3 turns on the right slot. Reflects damage taken from opponent to enemies. Good on high HP dragon against high ATK dragons.
˜●	Thirst for Blood	[Absorb Enemy's HP during Attacks]	Active	Lasts 3 turns. Works like lifesteal. Good on one-on-one.
▲	Shackles of Darkness	[Cancel Enemy's Turn]	Active	Prevent enemy from casting skill or attacking. Useless especially when your enemy actually attacks a lot.
▲	Field of Protection	[Reduces Damage Received from Combo Attacks]	Passive-Active	I don't know how this works at all!!!
●˜	Wings of Judgment	[Powerful Strike Proportionate to Attack Level]	Active	Hey, it's 3 time your attack! This is good but it can be blocked or evaded and can only be used once throughout the battle. Verdict: meh
▲	Illusionary Effect	[Enemy Attacks Itself]	Active	Lasts 1 turn. Good against high ATK dragons. Works well on Balrog. Stops Time Bomb only when the illusion is active when the enemy is about to throw the bomb. Verdict: Not bad
■	Piercing Wound	[Inflicts Permanent Damage]	Active	Damage piles up. It really does. Combine with cat's eye. Good only if the fight drags on -- use it on raids and expeditions.
■	Hands of Darkness	[Copy Enemy's Skill]	Passive-Active	You can only copy active skills. Too bad. Not really useful.
▲	Strike of Rage	[Attack is Increased Proportionate to Reduced HP]	Passive-Active	This skill is really really good, except your dragon is dying. Make sure you use platinum item with this,
˜▲	Purification of Light	[Cancel All Negative Effects]	Passive	Negates all types of negative buff. Good when you're dealing with poison and piercing wound. It rarely activates though.
˜●	Cross-Block	[Cancel Enemy's Combo Attack]	Passive-Active	Prevents attacker from doing combo. Useful? I think not.
˜●	Healing Light	[Restore HP]	Active	This skill is good but rarely activates. HP healed seem to depend on user's HP.
▲	Strike of Asura	[Special Attack that Inflicts Damage Proportionate to Enemy's Def]	Active	This skill is for the win especially against high DEF dragons in night Yutakhan. You can beat Toratos with 1 strike. Takes some time to activate so you need an enduring dragon. Not useful on expedition so don't try.
■	The Final Strike	[Copy Enemy's ATK Lv.]	Active	As the name suggests, it copies the attack level of the opponent. Good when you're using a DEF dragon and when you battle with high ATK dragons. TBH, not really useful.
˜●	Nerve Poisoning	[Poison Attack that Inflicts Continuous Damage]	Active	Lasts 3 turns. Your friend in many ways. Very useful against high HP dragons such as Balrog and raid dragons/monsters. Against Balrog, it deals 900 damage (3x300).
▲	Rage of God	[Special Attack that Inflicts Damage Proportionate to Caster's ATK & DEF Lv.]	Active	Combines ATK and DEF levels to deal more damage. Good to use on ATK/DEF dragons and can be casted repeatedly during battle.
˜●	Boulder Defense	[Reduces Damage by 1/2]	Active	Lasts 3 turns. Reduces damage taken by 50%. Pretty good. The only disadvantage is that you need to cast it. By doing so, you already lose 1 turn. So the effective turns are 2 only. You'd be better off with other defense skills.
■	Bone Crush	[Disable Block & Evade]	Active	Lasts 3 turns. This skill is awesome because it disables block and evade. You can deal more damage with it. Good only for ATK dragons.
▲	Deadly Block	[Add ATK Lv. To DEF Lv.]	Passive-Active	Lasts 3 turns. Works like iron shield. Combine the two and you have awesome DEF dragon. Note: Best used on ATK/DEF dragons. Not really useful on pure DEF or pure ATK dragons./td>
■	Charge of Great God	[Special Attack that Inflicts Damage Proportionate to Caster's HP]	Active	Can only be used once. As the description suggests, the higher the HP, the higher the damage made. Use only on HP dragons.
●˜	Time Bomb	[Cast the Special Attack After 7 Turns]	Active	The most badass among skills. This skill cannot be blocked once activated except when the enemy is affected by Illusion. Good to use on high HP dragons.
▲	Do or Die	[Drops Caster's HP to 1, and Engages Suicidal Attack]	Active	Your dragon suicides but it doesn't die. You have 1 hp left to deal the final blow. Your enemy is also left with 1 hp. Who deals the final attack determines the winner. Doesn't work on Balrog.
■	Hammer of Oblivion	[Disable Enemy from Casting Skill]	Passive-Active	Stops most skills. It does not stop passive and passive-active skills though. At best, you can stop enemy from using the Time Bomb and Nerve Poisoning.
■	Yanus Tactics	[Switch Caster's ATK and DEF]	Active	Lasts 1 turn only. Use this only on DEF type dragon. I see many players put it on ATK dragon. Do you really want to switch your low DEF to your high attack? Good to use on DEF dragons.
■	Instincts of Beast	[Increase ATK]	Active	Increases ATK for 3 turns.
●˜	Protection of Nature	[Increase DEF]	Active	Increases DEF for 3 turns.
■	Attack Order	[Increase ATK & DEF]	Active	Increases ATK and DEF.
●˜	Fast Move	[Increase Evade]	Passive	Increases your EVD by 2%/4%/6%/8% depending on level.
●˜	6th Sense of Beast	[Increase CRT]	Passive	Increases your CRT by 2%/4%/6%/8% depending on level.
■	Speedy Movement	[Increase CRT, Evade Rate]	Passive	Increases both CRT and EVD. This is passive. Best combined with 6th sense and fast move depending on whether you want high CRT/EVD.
▲	Silent Pressure	[Reduce Enemy's ATK]	Active	Lasts 3 turns when put on right slot. Reduces damage taken from opponent.
■	Identify Weakness	[Reduce Enemy's DEF]	Active	Lasts 3 turns when put on right slot. Increases your damage dealt to opponent significantly.
▲	Deadly Vibe	[Reduce Enemy's ATK & DEF]	Active	Lasts 3 turns when put on right slot. Reduces enemy's ATK and DEF. By how much? Who knows.
▲	Sign of Glacial	[Reduce Enemy's Evade]	Active	Lasts 3 turns. Reduces enemy's EVD. No, it does not match Bone Crush.
˜●	Cloud of Paralysis	[Reduce Enemy's CRT]	Active	Based on the description, it prevents enemy from doing CRT. Well, why not?
■	Reversal of Time	[Reduce Enemy's CRT, Evade]	Active	Reduces Enemy's CRT and EVD. Well, unless highbrow tells me how much, I won't use this kind of skills.