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 Abilites

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.
	Dash	Increases your speed for a short period of time, but it silences you.
	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.
	Frenzied Charge	Barrel forward in a savage charge.
	Hamstring	Strike and slows down your enemy.
	Harass	Rush forward in a short charge.
	Heavy Pila	Throw a high damage pila at short range.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	Repair	Repair your damaged artillery. You can't fire while this ability is active.
	Slam	Slam your enemies with your shield, slowing them down.
	Slash	Slash your enemies, at the cost of speed.
	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.
	Unleash	Unleash your dogs to a targeted area.
	Vicious Strikes	A strike that increases your melee damage, but slows you down afterwards.

  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.
	Blood Payment	Increases your melee damage for an extended period time by sacrificing health.
	Call To Arms	Increases aggression on target allied unit, for a period of time.
	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.
	Gore	Strike your enemies, making them fly around.
	Hurl	Increases your range, but slows you down afterwards.
	Presence	Inspiring presence which gives melee attack and melee defence to all nearby allies.
	Intimidate	Decreases the Morale of all nearby units.
	Jab	Strike your enemy.
	Numidian Advance	Increases Speed and Impact Damage for a short time.
	Numidian Throw	Throw a deadly volley of javelins at a specific location.
	Parry	A defensive strike, increasing your defensen but tiring you.
	Phalanx Reposition	Increases your mobility when in phalanx.
	Phalanx Thrust	Stab your enemy in a powerful strike, while in phalanx.
	Prowl	Unleash your dogs : they will go slower, but with increased aggression and a quicker charge.
	Pyknosis	Increases melee damage, but reduces speed.
	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.
	Reckless Charge	Rush forward in a powerful charge.
	Roar	Decrease the morale and speed of all nearby enemy units.
	Roma Invicta	Increases melee capabilities and morale for a short period of time.
	Shield Screen	Form a shield screen, protecting you from enemy missiles.
	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.
	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.

  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
	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.
	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.
	Reposition	Centurion; Roman Empire	Increases your speed for a short period of time, but decreases your speed afterwards.
	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.
	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.
	Bestial Defence	Tanit; Carthage	Increase your missile block chance, at the cost of speed.
	Cannae Chant	Veterans of Cannae; Carthage	Increase your morale and reduces the fatigue you get when in phalanx.
	Charge	Iberian Rebels; Carthage	Rush forward in a charge.
	Echo of Trebia	Veterans of Trebia; Carthage	Increase your mobility when you are in phalanx.
	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.
	Howl	Insubres Swordsmen; Carthage	Increase your charge impact for a short period of time.
	Mounted Combat	Elite Hippeis; Carthage	Increase your melee capabilities, at the cost of your mobility.
	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.