Attack (H5)

For other uses, see Attack (disambiguation).

Attack is a skill in Heroes of Might and Magic V.

Basic Attack icon

Advanced Attack icon

Expert Attack icon

Effects

The units in the hero's army deal increased damage by melee attacks.

• Basic Attack increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 5%.
• Advanced Attack increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 10%.
• Expert Attack increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 15%.

Skill rates

The hero classes can learn Attack skill and its abilities at following probabilities:

• 15%: Barbarian , Demon Lord, Warlock
• 10%: Knight
• 8%: Necromancer and Runemage
• 6%: Ranger
  • The skill rate for Ranger before patch 1.3 is 2%.
• 2%: Wizard

Abilities

Icon	Name	Description	Class	Requirements
				Original / Hammers of Fate	Tribes of the East
	Archery	Increases damage dealt by hero's creatures in ranged combat by 20%.	All classes	N/A
	Battle frenzy	Minimum and maximum damage inflicted by each creature under hero's control is increased by 1. Especially effective for armies of low level creatures.	All classes	N/A
	Tactics	Increases the area in which the hero can rearrange creatures before combat by one row (unless the opponent also has Tactics).	All classes	N/A
	Cold steel	The hero enhances weapons of all troops in their army to strike with additonal ice powers.	Necromancer	Battle frenzy	Master of ice
			Wizard	Flaming arrows, Mark of the Wizard
			Demon Lord, Knight, Ranger, Runemage, Warlock	N/A
	Excruciating strike	Improves the hero's attack ability. There's a 30% chance that an attack performed by the hero will deal double damage to a target.	Demon Lord	Battle frenzy, Mark of the Damned	Mark of the Damned
			Barbarian	N/A	Powerful blow
	Flaming arrows	Ballista under hero's command negates enemy defense and deals additonal elemental fire damage. Destroyed ballista will be restored in hero's army after combat.	Wizard	Archery
			Ranger	Nature's wrath, deadeye shot	Archery
			Barbarian, Knight, Necromancer, Runelord, Warlock	N/A
			Demon Lord		Battle frenzy, excruciating strike, hellfire
	Nature's wrath	All Sylvan creatures in Ranger's army gain +1 to maximum damage.	Ranger	Battle frenzy
	Power of speed	The Hero gains the spell Haste and casts it without spell point cost. In the expansions the ability instead gives hero the Mass Haste spell on advanced level.	Demon Lord	Excruciating strike	Battle frenzy
			Knight	Weakening strike, last stand, retribution
			Necromancer	Cold steel, Eternal servitude
			Warlock	Tactics
			Ranger, Runemage, Wizard	N/A
	Retribution	The troops led by the hero inflict additional melee and ranged damage if their morale is above zero.	Knight	Expert trainer	Battle frenzy, expert trainer
			Runemage	Offensive formation, empathy, exorcism	Offensive formation, runic attunement
			Warlock	Power of speed, empowered spells	Battle frenzy, Aura of Swiftness, dark ritual
			Barbarian	N/A	Battle frenzy, battle elation
			Ranger		Battle frenzy, battle commander, rain of arrows
			Wizard		Battle frenzy, artificial glory, Mark of the Wizard
	Offensive formation	Attack of Dwarven creatures in hero's army increased when closed to each other on the battlefield.	Runemage	Tactics
	Stunning blow	Every standard hero's attack moves the target back along the ATB bar a little.	Barbarian	N/A	Battle frenzy, powerful blow

Bonuses

• Necklace of the Bloody Claw increases minimum and maximum damage of all creatures by 1.