Sorcery (H5)

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
				Original / Hammers of Fate	Tribes of the East
	Arcane training	Reduces casting costs of all spells by 20%.	All classes (except Barbarian)	No requirement
	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
	Mana regeneration	Doubles mana regeneration.	All classes (except Barbarian)	No requirement
	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
	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
File:H5Boneward.PNG	Boneward	Damage inflicted by any Destructive Magic spells to all troops under Necromancer's command is reduced by 20%.	Necromancer	Magic insight	Arcane training
	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
	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
	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
	Distract	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