Skill

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Skills (特殊技術 (スキル) ) are abilities gained from Racial Levels/Class Levels.

Background

In the game, skills can be broadly divided into two types: Skills that can be activated at will, and Passive Skills (常時発動型特殊技術 (パッシブスキル) ) that are always in effect. Basically, they do not consume MP and can be used a set number of times, and the number of uses recovers after a one day or a set amount of time has passed. There are exceptions, such as Magic Strengthening Skills used in combination with Tier Magic, which consume additional MP.

Also, Demi-Human Species and Heteromorphic Species can gain Monster Abilities (種族的特殊技術 (モンスター能力) ) as their Racial Level is raised. Human Species cannot obtain them because they do not have Racial Level, but the game's established theory is that the more Classes you take and the more diverse skills you gain, the stronger you become. However, the base stats of the Heteromorphic Species are extremely high, which makes their powerful skills even more mighty.

In the New World, there are skills just like in YGGDRASIL, but the specifications may be different from those in the game. Also, the new world has skills called "Martial Arts," that did not exist in YGGDRASIL. Martial Arts are warrior skills exclusive to the local people, and currently YGGDRASIL players and NPCs cannot learn them.

List of Skills

Racial Skills

• Ability Damage IV: Details unknown.
• Acid Immunity: Details unknown.
• Arcane Vision/See Invisibility: A skill that allows one to see through invisibility.
• Aspect of the Devil - Archdemon’s Wrist: A skill that causes a demon's wrist to be expanded multiple times. It can then be used as a weapon.
• Aspect of the Devil - Demonic Essence (悪魔の諸相：おぞましき肉体強化): A skill that temporarily gives a demon increased muscle mass, allowing him to get a boost in physical strength. (Web Novel Only)
• Aspect of the Devil - Eight-limb of Speed (悪魔の諸相：八肢の迅速): A skill that causes the devil to sprout spider-like appendages, this is used to increase the user's speed.
• Aspect of the Devil - Hellfire Mantle (悪魔の諸相：煉獄の衣): A skill that causes a roaring flame to blaze up from the ground, and a massive shockwave to erupt from the caster.
• Aspect of the Devil - Razor Sharp Claw (悪魔の諸相：鋭利な断爪): A skill that causes a demon’s claws to become elongated, stretching beyond eighty centimeters. Evileye describes them as claws capable of cutting through the entire world.
• Aspect of the Devil - Stout Demon's Gigantic Arms (悪魔の諸相：豪魔の巨腕): A skill that causes a demon’s arm to swell up to several times its original size, and it was so long that it dragged upon the ground. This was not pneumatic inflation, but a sturdy arm of muscle and bone that was a weapon in its own right.
• Aspect of the Devil - Tentacle Wings (悪魔の諸相：触腕の翼): A skill that causes abnormally long wings to sprout from the caster's back with feathers sprouting from them. Evoking the appearance of tentacles, which one can then launch them as strong arrows capable of easily piercing steel.
• Black Halo: Details unknown.
• Command Mantra (支配の呪言): A skill that makes one words be empowered by this passive skill. It can instantly turn weak-minded individuals into puppets dancing on a person's strings. Additionally, it allows one to give out orders to any being under level 40. It is said that it's an extremely effective skill for abducting lower status entities.
• Create High Tier Undead (4/day): A skill that can create both an Eyeball Corpse by using this racial skill. The upper-tier undead that is made with this skill is only level 70. However, if one divides those up into two uses, he can make undeads of roughly level 90. Thus, it allows one to summon either the thief-type Eternal Deaths or sensory-focused Eyeball types under his command.
• Create Middle Tier Undead (12/day): A skill that can create a Death Knight, Jack the Ripper, Soul Eater, or Corpse Collector by using this racial skill. It can be used on corpses as a special catalyst to keeping the Death Knights or Soul Eaters around until they are killed in battle.
• Create Low Tier Undead (20/day): A skill that can create an Elder Lich, Zombie, Wraith, Skeleton, or Bone Vulture by using this racial skill. It can be used to zombify the dead creatures ranging from all sorts of skeletal creatures like humans, beasts, giants, to dragons.
• Dark Soul (暗黒の魂): Details unknown.
• Dimensional Lock (次元封鎖 (ディメンジョナル・ロック) ): A skill that can only be used by the highest-ranking devils or angels. The spell renders teleportation and transfer magic unusable.
• Evil Lord Summons: It can only be used to summon Evil Lords like Wrath once every 50 hours, but it can be freely controlled for a time.
• Undead Control / Undead Domination (アンデッド支配): A Necromancer skill. This skill is classified as an offensive action (attack/hostile action). There is an upper limit and total limit to the undead that can be controlled. Although it is not stated in the text, it is thought to depend on the level.

Class Skills

• The Goal of All Life is Death (あらゆる生ある者の目指すところは死である (The goal of all life is death) ): A special skill from the maximum level (5) in Eclipse. It strengthens the instant death effect of magic and skills to the point of bypassing any immunity or resistance and killing their targets after a certain amount of time has passed.
• Iron Natural Weapon (アイアン・ナチュラル・ウェポン): A monk skill that allows one to harden certain body parts— such as claws and fangs to make them as strong as metal. With the proper training one can use this attack to pierce even adamantite.
• Iron Skin (アイアン・スキン): Similar to 'Iron Natural Weapon', this ability is more defensive in which it allows a monk to turn their entire body as tough as steel.
• Resistance Massive (抵抗する屈強な肉体 (レジスタンス・マッシブ) ): A monk skill that grants the ability to reduce magical damage by dispersing the Ki from one's body in an instant.
• Rite of Darkness (暗黒儀式習熟): A skill that can enhance undead creation skills through the use of a dark ritual.
• Undead Strengthening (アンデッド強化): A Necromancer skill that can strengthen undead created by magic or skills.
• Undead Creation (アンデッド作成): A job class skill. It is not related to the "Create Higher/Lower Undead" skill in the web version. It is not stated, but judging from the description, it is thought to be a Necromancer skill. This skill allows you to manipulate corpses and use them as undead (zombies or skeletons). The strength of the undead created depends on their race, such as dragons and zombies. Any race can be turned into a zombie or skeleton, except for slimes. Slimes are treated as an exception to this because they do not have a skeleton. In other words, slime zombies do not exist. This is common to both Yggdrasil and the world after the transfer.
• Undead Lieutenant (アンデッドの副官): If Ainz uses use his experience points, he can even create another level 90 monsters such as Overlord Wiseman, or Grim Reaper Thanatos.

Unknown Skills

• Acalantha (不動明王撃 (アチャラナータ) ): A skill that summons the wrathful deity of it's namesake with a reddish hue, which provides a massive AOE wind slash attack that can hit multiple targets at once with one swing.
• Dawn of the Morning Star (明けの明星): Area attack. Details unknown.
• Frost of Judecca (ジュデッカの凍結): Freezes an enemy. Time-based skill.
• Headshot (頭殺し): Used in the Nazarick raid boss battle. Details unknown.
• Hobble (足殺し): A skill that unbalances the target.
• Rite of Darkness (暗黒儀式習熟): Ainz states that he can enhance his undead creation skills through the use of a dark ritual.

Trivia

• In the Web Novel, it was said that Fluder does not have a skill to amplify magic, thus he cannot conduct a large ritual.
• It was said that in YGGDRASIL, healing potions were usually made through skills that were only available through certain job classes.
• Narberal Gamma was said to utilize skills to improve the effectiveness of her spells to defend herself.