Sorcery is a skill in Heroes of Might and Magic V.
Basic Sorcery icon
Advanced Sorcery icon
Expert Sorcery icon
Effects[]
Enlightenment speeds up the hero's casting in combat. Barbarians cannot learn Sorcery, instead learning Shout.
- Basic Sorcery reduces interval between two consecutive spell casts by 10%.
- Advanced Sorcery reduces interval between two consecutive spell casts by 20%.
- Expert Sorcery reduces interval between two consecutive spell casts by 30%.
Skill rates[]
The hero classes can learn Sorcery skill and its abilities at following probabilities:
- 10%: Necromancer, Warlock and Wizard
- 8%: Demon Lord
- 4%: Ranger
- The skill rate for Ranger before patch 1.3 is 8%.
- 2%: Knight and Runemage
Abilities[]
| Icon | Name | Description | Class | Requirements | |
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| Original / Hammers of Fate | Tribes of the East | ||||
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Arcane training | Reduces casting costs of all spells by 20%. | All classes (except Barbarian) | No requirement | |
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Magic insight | Allows a hero to learn magic spells of the third circle regardless of actual skills in the respective schools of magic. | All classes (except Barbarian) | No requirement | |
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Mana regeneration | Doubles mana regeneration. | Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Ranger, Runemage, Warlock, Wizard | No requirement | |
| Barbarian | N/A (ability from this skill is shared with Shout skill) | ||||
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Arcane brilliance | Adds +2 to hero's Spellpower permanently. Hero also receives a new spell in their spell book. | Demon Lord | Soulfire, elemental balance | Magic insight |
| Ranger | Mana regeneration | ||||
| Knight, Necromancer, Runemage, Warlock, Wizard | N/A | ||||
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Arcane excellence | Showing excellent progress in the field of sorcery, the hero is granted +2 Spellpower permanently and +100 temporary mana. | Knight | Arcane training, benediction | Arcane training |
| Necromancer | Boneward, eternal servitude | ||||
| Demon Lord, Ranger, Runemage | N/A | ||||
| Warlock | Erratic mana, arcane training | ||||
| Wizard | Counterspell, consume artifact, Mark of the Wizard | ||||
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Boneward | Damage inflicted by any Destructive Magic spells to all troops under Necromancer's command is reduced by 20%. | Necromancer | Magic insight | Arcane training |
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Counterspell | Special combat ability. Negates all effects of the next spell cast by the enemy, but drains twice the mana cost of that spell. | Ranger | Arcane brilliance, arcane exaltation | Arcane training, mana regeneration |
| Warlock | Erratic mana, mana burst, resistance | ||||
| Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Runemage | N/A | ||||
| Wizard | Arcane training | Arcane training, magic mirror | |||
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Erratic mana | Mana cost of spells cast by the hero is randomly reduced by up to 50% (actual reduction is determined while casting is in progress). | Warlock | Mana regeneration | Empowered spells |
| Wizard | Counterspell | Mana regeneration | |||
| Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Ranger, Runemage | N/A | ||||
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Soulfire | As a Demon Lord consumes corpses to restore mana, corpses may suddenly explode in a burst of fire, damaging all adjacent units including those under hero's control. | Demon Lord | Consume corpse | |
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Distract
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Enemy hero will receive 15% penalty to initiative after casting any spell in combat. | Runemage | Arcane training | Arcane brilliance |
| Demon Lord, Knight, Necromancer, Ranger, Warlock, Wizard | N/A | ||||
| Barbarian | N/A (ability from this skill is shared with Shout skill) | ||||
Bonuses[]
- Ring of Sar-Issus halves the cost of all spells.
- Book of Power artifact permits the hero to learn 4th level spells if they have magic insight ability.
