Unit Abilities and Attribute

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On this page, you will find all current Unit Abilities, Unit Attribute and Trainable Abilities in Total War: ARENA.

Unit Attributes

Down below you will find a list of the different Attributes and the description of what they do.
Attributes are 'passive' and can therefore not be used by the player but will automatically be used by the unit.

  Attributes

Attribute Icon	Attribute Name	Description
	Formed Movement	This unit strictly maintains formation while moving, even if this means slowing down to turn.
	Immune to flank attacks	This unit is immune to flank attack from enemies.
	Melee Shield Penetration	This unit ignores enemy shield statistics.
	Reform Automatically	This unit will reform when idle.in melee.
	Trample Movement	This unit can damage knocked-down enemies by walking over them.
	Unaffected by Phalanx Knockback	This unit will not be knocked back by units in Phalanx formation.
	Unformed Movement	This unit does not maintain formation while moving.
	Wardogs Evades Phalanx	This unit's Wardogs evade phalanx attacks.

Unit Abilities

Down below you will find a list of the different Unit Abilities and how common they are.
Abilities are 'active' and can therefore be used by the player.
As the fast reader will have seen, there is three subcategories called 'Common', Special' and 'Unique'

• Common: Is avalivle for more than 6 different units
• Special: Is avalible for 2-5 different units
• Unique: Is only avalible for 1 unit

  Commen

Unit Ability Icon	Unit Ability Name	Effect
	Assemble/Disassemeble Engines	Assemble or Disassemble your artillery.
	Carthaginian Phalanx	Form a defensive wall of spears.
	Cavalry Charge	A quick cavalry charge.
	Cavalry Dash	Increases your speed for a short period of time, but it silences you. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Dash	Increases your speed for a short period of time, but it silences you. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Drop Artillery	Drop your artillery piece(s).
	Fetch	Order your dogs to go to a specific location with increased aggression.
	Fire at will	Your unit will fire at will.
	Focus Fire (archers)	Fires a deadly volley of flaming projectiles at a targeted area.
	Focus Fire (javelins)	Fires a deadly volley of flaming projectiles at a targeted area.
	Focus Fire (slingers)	Fires a deadly volley of projectiles at a targeted area.
	Formed Combat	Enter a tight formation that will increase your defence at the cost of speed. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Frenzied Charge	Barrel forward in a savage charge. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Hamstring	Strike and slows down your enemy. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Harass	Rush forward in a short charge. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Heavy Pila	Throw a high damage pila at short range. (Other units can learn this ability.).
	Heavy Thrust	A heavy strike to your enemy.
	Hoplite Phalanx	Form a defensive wall of spears.
	Light Pila	Fires a deadly volley of pila at a unit. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Light Thrust	Strike your enemies.
	Manual Aim	Aim manually with your artillery.
	Mount Kick	Your horses kick your enemies, knocking them down and damaging them. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Pike Phalanx	Form a pike phalanx, an unbreakable wall of pikes.
	Raise Shields	Raise Shields to protect you from incoming missile fire, at the cost of melee capabilities and vision. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Repair	Repair your damaged artillery. You can't fire while this ability is active.
	Slam	Slam your enemies with your shield, slowing them down. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Slash	Slash your enemies, at the cost of speed. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Stampede	A powerful elephant charge.
	Stomp	A powerful stomp by your elephants, knocking down your enemies.
	Strain	Increases your range for a short time, but reduces your speed afterwards.
	Throw Javelin	Throw a volley of javelins. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Unleash	Unleash your dogs to a targeted area. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Vicious Strikes	A strike that increases your melee damage, but slows you down afterwards. (Other units can learn this ability.)

  Special

Unit Ability Icon	Unit Ability Name	Effect
	Ambush Flurry	Fire more quickly and with increased damage, but that slows you down afterwards.
	Barbaric Phalanx	Form a mobile phalanx.
	Battle Cry	Increases all nearby allied units' Morale. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Blood Payment	Increases your melee damage for an extended period time by sacrificing health. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Call To Arms	Increases aggression on target allied unit, for a period of time. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Caltrops	Deploy caltrops, slowing down every enemy unit stepping on them.
	Cleave	A powerful strike, increasing your melee damage, but slowing you down afterwards.
	Diomedes' Revenge	Your horses kick your enemies, increasing your melee damage. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Gore	Strike your enemies, making them fly around.
	Hurl	Increases your range, but slows you down afterwards. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Intimidate	Decreases the Morale of all nearby units. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Jab	Strike your enemy.
	Numidian Advance	Increases Speed and Impact Damage for a short time. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Numidian Throw	Throw a deadly volley of javelins at a specific location. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Parry	A defensive strike, increasing your defensen but tiring you. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Phalanx Reposition	Increases your mobility when in phalanx (Other units can learn this ability.).
	Phalanx Thrust	Stab your enemy in a powerful strike, while in phalanx.
Coming soon	Presence	Inspiring presence which gives melee attack and melee defence to all nearby allies. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Prowl	Unleash your dogs : they will go slower, but with increased aggression and a quicker charge. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Pyknosis	Increases melee damage, but reduces speed. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Rapid Shot	Fires at a faster rate, but that slows you down afterwards. This ability is replace by Barrage when usng Cynane and archers who have this ability. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Reckless Charge	Rush forward in a powerful charge. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Roar	Decrease the morale and speed of all nearby enemy units. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Roma Invicta	Increases melee capabilities and morale for a short period of time. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Shield Screen	Form a shield screen, protecting you from enemy missiles. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Skirmish Tactics	Increases mobility for a short period of time, at the cost of being silenced.
	Snipe	Increases your range and damage, but slows you down afterwards. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Spartan Bound	Increases an ally's melee defence and attack.
	Spear of Ares	Attack in a mighty strike, increasing your melee damage.
	Stab	Stab your enemy in a powerful strike.
	Unite	Increases morale for all nearby allied units. (Other units can learn this ability.)

  Unique

Unit Ability Icon	Unit Ability Name	Unit and Faction	Effect
	Attendant's Care	Attendant Archers; Greeks (premium)	Incease the Melee Defence and Melee damage of an ally for an extended period of time.
	Heavy Shot	Rhodian Slingers; Greeks	Fire a volley of a heavy stones that deal increased damage and increased melee weapon penetration damage
	Impetus	Hellenic Cataphracts; Greeks	Increases Movement Speed and Charge Impact with every step.
	Iolaus' Vow	Sacred Band; Greeks	Increases the Defence and Morale of all nearby allied units for a short period of time (Other units can learn this ability.)
Coming Soon	Skewer	Silver Shield Pikemen; Greeks	A powerful strike that increases your melee damage for a brief period of time.
	Whistling bullets	Helot Slingers; Greeks	Fire a volley of bullets that will reduce the morale and movement speed of the unit it hits
	Charge Column	Evocati Cohort; Roman Empire	Enter a stance which increases your acceleration and charge impact, at the cost of your turn speed. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Encourage	Legatus; Roman Empire	Increases morale on target allied unit, for a period of time.
	Marching Column	Praetorians; Roman Empire	Enter a stance which increases your mobility at the cost of charge deflect.
	Raise Eagle	Eagle Cohort; Roman Empire	Increases morale on nearby allied units, for a short period of time. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Reposition	Centurion; Roman Empire	Increases your speed for a short period of time, but decreases your speed afterwards. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Vengeful Strike	Ghosts of Cannae; Roman Empire(premium)	A strike which reduces your speed, but Increase your Morale for a short period of time.
	Andartas Roar	Andartas Swords; Barbarians	Reduce the Morale of all nearby enemies.
	Chosen Ally	Chosen Swordsmen; Barbarians	Increase the Melee Attack of an ally for a period of time. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Fenrirs Howl	Fenrirs Followers; Barbarians	Reduce the charge deflect of all your enemies around you.
	Gungnirs Charge	Gungnir Chargers; Barbarians	Charge forward for a long time.
	Harbingers Charge	Harbingers; Barbarians	Charge forward for a long time.
	Noble Bellow	Noble Horse; Barbarians	Reduce the charge deflect of all your enemies around you.
	Piercing Blows	Bastarnae Flaxmen; Barbarians (premium)	A powerful strike dealing increased melee weapon penetration damage, at the cost of speed.
	Sunder	Getae Horsemen; Barbarians(premium)	A powerful strike that will reduce the effectiveness of your enemy's shield.
	Surge	Dacias Chosen; Barbarians	Grant all neraby allied units a Speed increase. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Bestial Defence	Tanit; Carthage	Increase your missile block chance, at the cost of speed. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Cannae Chant	Veterans of Cannae; Carthage	Increase your morale and reduces the fatigue you get when in phalanx. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Charge	Iberian Rebels; Carthage	Rush forward in a charge. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Echo of Trebia	Veterans of Trebia; Carthage	Increase your mobility when you are in phalanx. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Elite's Presence	Campaign Elites; Carthage	Increase the melee attack of all nearby units.
	Flaming Javelins	Carthaginian Marines; Carthage(premium)	Throw a volley of javelins being on fire.
	Gallic Assault	Boii Spearmen; Carthage	An undisciplined charge. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Howl	Insubres Swordsmen; Carthage	Increase your charge impact for a short period of time. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Mounted Combat	Elite Hippeis; Carthage	Increase your melee capabilities, at the cost of your mobility. (Other units can learn this ability.)
	Rapid throw	Iberian Skirmishers; Carthage	Fire more quickly, at the cost of your range.
	Sacred Onslaught	Sacred Band; Carthage	A mighty strike, increasing your melee damage.
	Traverse	Baal; Carthage	Increase your mobility, at the cost of being silenced for the duration of the ability.

Trainable Abilities

Units at Tier IX and X can learn abilities that are different from their default abilities.
The abilities that are available are split into 3 categories: Default, Stock, and Unlockable but unlike the normal abilities above the type will not be shown here.
Down below you find the trainable abilities doesn't belong to any unit as a default ability.

  Trainable Abilities

Unit Ability Icon	Unit Ability Name	Effect
	Aim	Increase your accuracy and Armour-Piercing Damage for a short time but at the cost of speed.
	Barbaric Slash	Strike the nearest enemy which will damage and knock back enemies
	Brace	Brace against an incoming charge
	Clout	Attack the nearest enemies and knock them down or send them flying while dealing damage.
	Concentrated Fire	Launch a volly dealing high damage in a small area.
	Crush	Knockdown the enemy and reduce their movement speed for a short time.
	Deadly Harass	Harass the enemy wiht a powerfull charge.
	Heightened Senses	Allow your wardogs to briefly reveal all nearby enemies.
	Horseback Throw	Release a volly at a targeted point.
	Rabid Charge	Barrel forward in a savage charge.
	Rush	Gain a temporarily boost to movement speed and missile block.
	Shields Up	Temporarily boost missile block while reducing your speed.
	Suppress	Fire a volly at a large area and increas the reload time of all hit enemies.
	Whistling Arrows	Lower the morale of hit units in a targeted area.