Unit Abilities and Attribute

Unit Abilies and Attribute

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

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 player but will automatically be used by the unit.

Attribute Icon	Attribute Name	Description
	Formed Movement	This unit strictly maintains formation while moving, even if this means slowing down to turn.
	Unformed Movement	This unit does not maintain formation while moving.
	Reform Automatically	This unit will reform when idle.
	Engineering Experts	Unit can disassemble enemy deployables without being damaged.
	Melee Shield Penetration	This unit ignores enemy shield statistics in melee.
	Wardogs Evades Phalanx	This unit's Wardogs evade phalanx attacks.
	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.
	Immune to flank attacks	This unit is immune to flank attack from enemies.

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

Common

Note : the following tab is organized in the following way : first are the abilities available for sveral factions, then are classed the abilities owned by only one faction.

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

Special

Unit Ability Icon	Unit Ability Name	Effect
Example	Call To Arms	Increases aggression on target allied unit, for a period of time.
Example	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.
Example	Caltrops	Deploy caltrops, slowing down every enemy unit stepping on them.
Example	Snipe	Increases your range and damage, but slows you down afterwards.
Example	Hurl	Increases your range, but slows you down afterwards.
Example	Barbaric Phalanx	Form a mobile phalanx.
	Reckless Charge	Rush forward in a powerful charge.
Example	Shield Screen	Form a shield screen, protecting you from enemy missiles.
Example	Cleave	A powerful strike, increasing your melee damage, but slowing you down afterwards.
Example	Battle Cry	Increases all nearby allied units' Morale.
Example	Intimidate	Decreases the Morale of all nearby units.

Unique

Unit Ability Icon	Unit Ability Name	Unit and Faction	Effect
	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
	Heavy Shot	Rhodian Slingers ; Greeks	Fire a volley of a heavy stones that deal increased damage and increased melee weapon penetration damage
	Attendant's Care	Attendant Archers ; Greeks (premium)	Incease the Melee Defence and Melee damage of an ally for an extended period of time.
	Encourage	Legatus; Roman Empire	Increases morale on target allied unit, for a period of time.
	Vengeful Strike	Ghosts of Cannae ; Roman Empire(premium)	A strike which reduces your speed, but Increase your Morale for a short period of time.
	Raise Eagle	Eagle Cohort; Roman Empire	Increases morale on nearby allied units, for a short period of time.
	Marching Column	Praetorians; Roman Empire	Enter a stance which increases your mobility at the cost of charge deflect.
	Charge Column	Evocati Cohort; Roman Empire	Enter a stance which increases your acceleration and charge impact, at the cost of your turn speed.
	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.
	Sunder	Getae Horsemen ; Barbarians(premium)	A powerful strike that will reduce the effectiveness of your enemy's shield.
	Fenrirs Howl	Fenrirs Followers ; Barbarians	Reduce the charge deflect of all your enemies around you.
	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.
	Surge	Dacias Chosen ; Barbarians	Grant all neraby allied units a Speed increase.
	Piercing Blows	Bastarnae Flaxmen ; Barbarians (premium)	A powerful strike dealing increased melee weapon penetration damage, at the cost of speed.
	Mounted Combat	Elite Hippeis ; Carthage	Increase your melee capabilities, at the cost of your mobility.
	Traverse	Baal ; Carthage	Increase your mobility, at the cost of being silenced for the duration of the ability.
	Bestial Defence	Tanit ; Carthage	Increase your missile block chance, at the cost of speed.
	Gallic Assault	Boii Spearmen ; Carthage	An undisciplined charge.
	Echo of Trebia	Veterans of Trebia ; Carthage	Increase your mobility when you are in phalanx.
Cannae Chant	Cannae Chant	Veterans of Cannae ; Carthage	Increase your morale and reduces the fatigue you get when in phalanx.
	Sacred Onslaught	Sacred Band ; Carthage	A mighty strike, increasing your melee damage.
	Charge	Iberian Rebels ; Carthage	Rush forward in a charge.
	Howl	Insubres Swordsmen ; Carthage	Increase your charge impact for a short period of time.
	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.
	Rapid throw	Iberian Skirmishers ; Carthage	Fire more quickly, at the cost of your range.