Skills

Skills are abilities used to enhance Einherjar in the Valkyrie Profile series, although the way they are used changes in each game.

Valkyrie Profile

Skills in Valkyrie Profile are divided into four categories: Reaction, Support, Attack, and Status. Each skill have up to 8 levels, though some have less, between 5, 4, and 1, and costs CP to learn which progressively increases as the skill's level increases.

Most skills are only available to be learned through tomes in the same way as magic spells. However, once the tome is used, the skill will be available to all characters who can learn them.

Reaction

Reaction skills are automatically activated in specific situations. Each character can have up to two Reaction skills equipped at a time.

Skill	CP	Available to	Usage
First Aid	12/12/14/14/26/26/48/48	All	Gives a 15% chance to have the user restore (Max. DME * (Skill Lv. * 3%)) DME to another party member at the start of a turn.
Auto Item	4/4/8/8/12/12/16/16	All	Automatically uses an item at the start of a turn when the conditions required for that item's usage is met (e.g. Elixir will be used when a party member's DME fall below 50%, Banish will be used when a party member suffers from a status effect, Union Plume will be used when a party member dies). The usage priorities for each item can be set in the Skill Setup menu, which is (Skill Lv. * 40%).1
Throw	25	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Launches an inaccurate magic blade at the enemy prior to attacking them, useful to aid in Guard Crush. The blade contributes to the number of hits, but not the energy meter.
Cure Condition	15/15/15/20/20/30/30/40	All	Cure status effect(s) from another party member at the start of a turn. The status cured and the success rate varies depending on the skill's level.2
Guts	15/15/20/20/40/40/60/80	All	Gives a (40% in Level 1, ((Skill Lv. * 5%) + 40%) in Level 2 and above) chance for the user to automatically revive themselves with single-digit DME upon death.
Adept Illusion	12/13/14/25/26/27/38/39	Sorcerer	Gives a (Skill Lv. * 5%) chance to create an illusion to help the user avoiding attacks.
Dancing Sword	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/40	Sorcerer	Gives a (Skill Lv. * 7%) chance to materialize two swords to counter an attack after avoiding it.
Last Trial	25/25/25/38/38/38/51/64	Sorcerer	Gives a (Skill Lv. * 10%) chance to have the enemy who killed the user lose 10% of their current HP and might suffer from Paralyze or Stone (unless if they are immune).

1. The items available for use though Auto Item are Elixir, Prime Elixir, Noble Elixir, Union Plume, Banish, Prime Banish, and Noble Banish. Also, if every single item's priorities are set to 100%, it will prevent them from actually being used due to a bug; to avoid this, set the priority of one item to 100%, another to 99%, and so on.
2. Level 1: Poison (30%); Level 3: Freeze (30%); Level 4: Paralyze (30%); Level 5: Silence (40%); Level 6: Curse (40%); Level 8: Stone (40%)

Support

Support skills improves the user's offensive capability. Each character can only have one Support skill equipped at a time.

Skill	CP	Available to	Usage
Splash	20/20/30/55/55/75/80/90	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Each attack generates shockwaves from the attack's direction doing up to ~20% of the damage depending on the skill's level to increase the damage dealt. The shockwaves contribute to the energy meter, but not the number of hits.
Reverie	90/90/90/90/90/90/90/90	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	A transparent double follows the user which inflicts extra attacks doing 30% of the damage. The double's attacks contribute to the number of hits, but not the energy meter. The double will disappear for the rest of the battle when the user takes a certain threshold of damage which depends on the skill's level.
Combo Counter	40	Lenneth Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai Archer	The user can counter attacks with all attacks they have (e.g. if Lenneth can use Bolt Slash and Vertical Raid in normal attacks, she can use both of them when countering attacks) by pressing the character's button in a quick succession. The attack order starts from which attack is set to counter attacks in the Abilities menu, however.
Noise Arrow	20/20/20/35/35/35/40/50	Lenneth (bow) Archer	Each hit of the user's attacks have a (Skill Lv. * 5%) chance to cause Silence on the enemy for 2 turns (unless if they are immune).
Triple Distress	40/40/40/55/55/55/60/60	Lenneth (bow) Archer	Each hit of the user's attacks have a (Skill Lv. * 5%) chance to reduce the enemy's guard, avoid, and counter rates for one turn.
Steal Magic	20/20/35/35/50/50/60/60	Sorcerer	Each enemy killed by the user's magic spells (including Great Magics and the Wait Reaction familiar) will restore (Enemy Max. HP * (Skill Lv. * 2%)) DME to the user.
Stun Magic	60/70/70/80/80/90/90/90	Sorcerer	The user's magic spells (including Great Magics and the Wait Reaction familiar) have a (Skill Lv. * 2%) chance to cause Faint (unless if the enemies are immune).
Concentration	30/40/50/60/70	Sorcerer	The user will consume ((Max. DME * 70%) - (Skill Lv. * 5%)) DME after performing PWS or Great Magic to set their CT to 2.1

1. Due to a bug, the CT will be set to what the base spell adds to when casted normally instead of 2 at all times (e.g. Fire Storm will add 2 CT instead of 5 that its PWS or Ifrit Caress adds).

Attack

Attack skills are similar to Support skills, but requires manual input to be actually used. Each character can only have one Attack skill equipped at a time.

Skill	CP	Available to	Usage
Scarlet Edge	90	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Hold the character button (instead of tapping it) to have the user's attack knock down the enemy. Costs 5% of the user's max. DME.
Charge	60	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Hold the character button (instead of tapping it) to cause the attack to deal 50% more damage. Costs 5% of the user's max. DME.
Strike Edge	50	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Hold the character button (instead of tapping it) to give a 50% chance for the attack to cause Faint (unless if the enemy is immune). Costs 5% of the user's max. DME.
Dark	50	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Hold Left on the D-Pad before pressing the character button to have the user attack the enemy from behind. Useful against enemies with high guard rate (e.g. Dragon Servants).
Trick Step	50	Lenneth (sword) Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai	Hold Right on the D-Pad before pressing the character button to have the user steps back right after they attacks the enemy, prompting the enemy to counter the attack and leaves them vulnerable to other party members' attack. Useful against enemies with high guard or avoid rate (e.g. Dragon Servants and named demons).
Slanting Rain	30	Lenneth (bow) Archer	Tap Left on the D-Pad after pressing the character button to have the user attack all enemies instead of attacking a single target normally.
Darkness Arrow	90	Lenneth (bow) Archer	Tap Left on the D-Pad after pressing the character button to have the user attack all enemies instead of attacking a single target normally, and reduces their avoid rate by 50% for 2 turns.
False Arrow	60	Lenneth (bow) Archer	Tap Left on the D-Pad after pressing the character button to have the user shoot three arrows which forces the enemy to guard them. Useful to set up Guard Crush combos.
Mental Reaction	95/95/95/95	Sorcerer	Press the character button while the user have more than 1 CT to reduce their CT to 0 at the cost of (Max. DME * (50% - (Skill Lv. * 5%))) DME.
Wait Reaction	5/10/20/40/80/80/90/90	Sorcerer	Press the character button while the user have more than 1 CT to have them attack an enemy with their familiar that does (Skill Lv. * 100) damage and cannot be guarded or avoided.

Status

Status skills are usually requested for the war in Asgard, with some also increasing the character's stats. All Status skills are passive and gives permanent benefits once learned.

Note that it is pointless to learn non-stat increasing Status skills for Lenneth, Arngrim, Mystina, and Gandar, as the latter three cannot be transferred to Valhalla.

Skill	CP	Available to	Usage
Tactics	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Increases INT by (Skill Lv. * 1). Transfer request of Chapter 2 and 8.
Hear Noise	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Increases AGL by (Skill Lv. * 1). Transfer request of Chapter 4.
Find Trap	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Transfer request of Chapter 3.
Survival	15/25/35/45/55/65/75/85	All	Increases max. DME by (Skill Lv. * 200). Transfer request of Chapter 3.
Identify	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Transfer request of Chapter 2.
Leadership	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Transfer request of Chapter 2 and 8.
Fight	10/10/20/20/30/40/50/60	All	Increases STR, INT, AGL, and DEX by (Skill Lv. * 2). Transfer request of Chapter 8.
Trick	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Increases INT by (Skill Lv. * 2). Transfer request of Chapter 4.
March	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Increases INT by (Skill Lv. * 1). Transfer request of Chapter 5 and 8.
Formation	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Increases INT by (Skill Lv. * 1). Transfer request of Chapter 8.
Attack Pow	5/10/20/30/40/50/60/70	Lenneth Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai Archer	Increases STR by (Skill Lv. * 30). Transfer request of Chapter 5.
Defend	10/20/20/25/25/30/30/40	All	Increases RDM by (Skill Lv. * 10). Transfer request of Chapter 5.
Avoid	5/15/15/25/25/35/45/55	All	Increases AGL by (Skill Lv. * 3). Transfer request of Chapter 7.
Hit	5/10/15/20/25/30/40/50	Lenneth Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai Archer	Increases DEX by (Skill Lv. * 3). Transfer request of Chapter 6.
Resist Damage	5/5/10/20/30/40/50/60	All	Increases RDM by (Skill Lv. * 20). Transfer request of Chapter 5.
Magic Pow	20/20/30/30/40/40/50/60	Sorcerer	Increases INT by (Skill Lv. * 30).
Resist Magic	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Increases RST by (Skill Lv. * 5). Transfer request of Chapter 7.
Monster Int.	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Transfer request of Chapter 6.
Undead Int.	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Transfer request of Chapter 7.
Demon Int.	5/5/10/10/20/20/30/30	All	Transfer request of Chapter 4.
Counter	20	Lenneth Freya Brahms Swordsman Lancer Heavy Knight Samurai Archer	Allows the user to counter attacks. Transfer request of Chapter 8.

• Hear Noise can be boosted or added with Shell of Laliu.
• Monster Int. can be boosted or added with Monster Tome.
• Undead Int. can be boosted or added with Skull of Devone.
• Demon Int. can be boosted or added with Demonic Tome.

Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria

Skills in Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria are divided into five categories. To activate, the Skill must be equipped out of battle. Each Skill has a CP cost and multiple Skills can be equipped at once if the total CP cost is lower than a character's max CP limit. They are learned by combining runes on equiment and then gaining a certain amount of points. Being at lower level increases the speed in which skills are learned.

Critical Skills

(link to list of VP2 skills)

Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume

Tactics

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Plume Skills

Ajfhat Functdjsfhivate their own unique Plume Skill through the assistance of the Destiny Plume, but at the cost of their life.

Techniques

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