Joana's Horde Leveling Guide
Combat










Combat Arts

Block
Block skill allows one to use shields to block any melee attack. A successful block removes all damage from the attack.
Governing Attribute: Agility


Armorer
Armorer skill is used to maintain weapons and armor at top effectiveness. Worn weapons do less damage. Worn armor provides less protection against attacks. As wear increases, the diminishing effectiveness of weapons and armor is dramatic.
Governing Attribute: Strength


Medium Armor
Medium Armor skill lets one move and defend while wearing durable but flexible armors like chain, scale, bonemold, and Orcish armor. To use any style of armor effectively, the wearer must be trained, conditioned, and skilled in its use.
Governing Attribute: Endurance

Heavy Armor
Heavy Armor skill is used to move and defend while wearing massive and rigid armors like iron, steel, silver, Dwemer, ebony, and Daedric armor. To use any style of armor effectively, the wearer must be trained, conditioned, and skilled in its use.
Governing Attribute: Endurance


Blunt Weapon
Blunt Weapon skill makes you more effective when using heavy bashing weapons like maces, hammers, clubs, or staves.
Governing Attribute: Strength

Long Blade and Short Blade
Long and Short Blade skills are now combined. You can use broadswords, sabers, longswords, claymores, katanas, dai-katanas. You can also use Short swords like daggers, tantos, short words, and wakazashis for short, quick, thrusts.
Governing Attribute: Strength and speed


Axe
Axe skill helps a user wield heavy chopping weapons like war axes and battleaxes more effectively.
Governing Attribute: Strength


Spear
Spear skill permits effective use of long-hafted thrusting weapons like spears and halberds.
Governing Attribute: Endurance


Athletics
Athletics skill trains and conditions one for running and swimming. Skilled athletes move short and long distances over land with speed and efficiency, and they also swim swiftly underwater.
Governing Attribute: Speed