Shroud of the Avatar skills
Every adventuring skill in the game, sorted into its 21 schools. Pick a skill for what it does at your level, what it needs first, and how it performs in real combat logs.
No classes: any character can learn any skill. 21 schools · ledger #31
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Combat schools 1
Heavy Armor Specialization · mastery skill
- Absorb ImpactsBody Slam 405 focus
- Body SlamGlancing Blow 108 focus
- DeflectionGlancing Blow 10innate
- EnduranceDeflection 40innate
- Glancing Blow6 focus
- Hard HeadedDeflection 40innate
Questions about skills
Does Shroud of the Avatar have classes?
No. Any character can learn any skill. You build a role by choosing which of the 21 schools to train and which two to specialize in.
How many skill schools are there?
21: seven Combat schools, nine Magic schools and five Strategy schools. Each school has its own Specialization skill.
How many schools can I specialize in?
Two at a time. You can change them at any skill trainer or Oracle at no experience cost, and only the two slotted schools pay out specialization bonuses.
Are the numbers on these pages exact?
Not yet. The formulas come from the community wiki and predate the game's overhaul. Each school is marked Estimate until we check it against the live game, and a balance pass is still changing numbers.
Skill data: our own reference, built from the sotawiki snapshot of 2026-10-26 and checked against Catnip's patch notes. Ledger #1, #3, #31.