Abilities

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Characters can use '''abilities''' to turn the tide of combat or utility. books or scrolls and recharge after a certain number of beats or rooms.
The potency of effects can be increased by the {{StatLink|Ability}} stat.

== Ultimate ==
Ultimate abilities are represented by books.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Ability !! Description !! Cooldown !! Effects

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| {{RichAnchor|Elli's Touch}} || Heal || 64 beats ||
* Heals 25 HP.
* Does not work on Odr, Sanngriðr and Herfjötur.

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| {{RichAnchor|Jarnbjorn}} || Explosive orb || 1 room ||
* Orb that travels at a ballistic curve and explodes on impact for heavy AoE damage.

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| {{RichAnchor|The Quest}} || Take the quest || 12 rooms ||
* Permanently increases all [[stats]] by 1.
* Grants health regen (except Odr, Sanngriðr and Herfjötur) and speed boost until the next floor.

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| {{RichAnchor|Odin's Blessing}} || Regenerate health over time || 1 room ||
* Heals 51 HP over a span of a few seconds.
* Upgrades with ability skill(?)
* Does not work on Odr, Sanngriðr and Herfjötur.
* Description is a typo of Re'''ge'''nerate.

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| {{RichAnchor|Celestial Drumroll}} || Snap Fingers || 3 rooms ||
* Many explosions over a few seconds dealing massive damage, often clearing an entire room or around 50% of boss health.
* One explosion happens every quarter beat and targets a random(?) enemy in the room. Number of explosions is affected by the {{StatLink|Ability}} stat.

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| {{RichAnchor|Barter}} || Discount Shop Items || 4 rooms ||
* Halves the price, rounding down, of all items in shop you use it in.
* Does discount {{ItemLink|Damage Up}} and {{ItemLink|Clip Up}} but not weaponry in {{RoomLink|Muninn's armory}}.
* Has no effect on other rooms.
* Can be used multiple times on the same shop, essentially turning all items into free upgrades.
** This is most easily achievable with the {{ItemLink|Battle Lion Shield}} and finding said room early in each stage.

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| {{RichAnchor|Cursed Luck}} || Generate luck, lose health || None ||
* Deals 25 damage to you and permanently increases your {{StatLink|Luck}} by 1.

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| {{RichAnchor|Hermóðr's Enchantment}} || Buff speed || 1 beat||
* Greatly increases your speed for 8 beats (~5 seconds).

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| {{RichAnchor|Njord's Riches}} || Raining coin || 2 rooms ||
* Spawns 3 coins, and an additional coin for each {{StatLink|Ability}} point.
* Often some slide under the floor and are inaccessible

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| {{RichAnchor|Valkyrie's Call}} || Call angelic helper || 20 kills ||
* Summon a floating angel who will attack enemies with projectile damage until the room is clear.
** If Maniac is active, a second angel will be summoned.

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| {{RichAnchor|Mjolnir}} || Mega shot || 1 room ||
* Fires burst of strong projectiles in a somewhat wide spread that lasts 1 beat.

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| {{RichAnchor|Freyr's Blessing}} || Grant Shield || 5 rooms ||
* Grants 25 shields.
* Does not work on Odr, Sanngriðr and Herfjötur.

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| {{RichAnchor|Sigyn's Help}} || Generate a chest || 16 kills ||
* Spawns a random chest ("quality" grows with ability level). Can be a normal end-of-room chest, a key chest, a weapon chest, or a pain chest.

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| {{RichAnchor|Banking}} || Withdraw coin from bank || 1 half-beat ||
* You get 1 coin, but you lose 1 coin from your bank account.

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| {{RichAnchor|Geri's Audit}} || Convert all items to coins || 2 rooms ||
* Transforms items in the room into coins. Coins created by Damocles' Swords, or unbought shop items are free. Also transforms starting Trials and Skulls at Explosive floors.
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== Secondary ==
Secondary abilities are represented by scrolls.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Ability !! Description !! Cooldown !! Effects

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| {{RichAnchor|Fire Bolt}} || Damage over time || 4 beats ||
* Projectile that lights an enemy on fire, dealing damage over time.
* Penetrates enemy shields.

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| {{RichAnchor|Mortal Curse}} || Mark for death || 4 beats ||
* Marked enemies take damage over time until death (50 damage per beat).
* Can stack multiple times on the same target.
* If used on another target, curse also stays on the previous target.

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| {{RichAnchor|Broken Burst}} || Fire spread of projectiles || 1 beat ||
* Fires 10 projectiles in a wide spread, dealing ~50 damage each.

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| {{RichAnchor|Valkyrie's Veil}} || Negate first enemy attack || 10 kills ||
* When used, activates a shield effect that will absorb one source of damage and then pop.
** Works with all sources of damage, not just enemy attacks. Includes lava, fall damage, Damocles' swords and pain doors.
** Disappears when entering a new floor.
** Does not stack.

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| {{RichAnchor|Celestial Wave}} || Damage all enemies || 8 beats ||
* Hits everything on the screen for minor damage.

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| {{RichAnchor|Thunderclap}} || Explosive clap || 2 beats ||
* AoE explosion centered on you.

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| {{RichAnchor|Frost Bolt}} || Freeze enemies for time || 4 beats ||
* Freeze enemies for 3 half beats.

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| {{RichAnchor|Block}} || Block attack for time || 4 beats ||
* Blocks all damage from all directions for 3 half beats + 1 half beat per 3 {{StatLink|Ability}} points{{verification needed}}.
** Works with all sources of damage, not just enemy attacks. Includes lava, fall damage, Damocles' swords and pain doors.

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| {{RichAnchor|Steal Life}} || Steal health from enemy || 2 beats ||
* Steals a small amount (~4 HP) of health from target. Does exceedingly low damage to enemies.

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| {{RichAnchor|Teleport}} || Teleport to point || 1 beat ||
* Instantly teleport to where your cursor is aimed.
* Can be damaged by using teleport if the teleport's path would have you take damage along that line (e.g. chest room's damage doors).

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| {{RichAnchor|Sacred Sapper}} || Conjure barrel || 1 beat ||
* Spawns an explosive barrel that detonates when shot.
** Can have up to 10 barrels spawned at once.
** Weapons affected by penetrating items will not cause barrels to explode.

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| {{RichAnchor|Undying Strength}} || Unkillable for time || 16 beats ||
* Prevents death, leaving the player with 1 HP instead. Lasts 6 beats.
** Does ''not'' prevent death on [[Odr]], Sanngriðr or Herfjötur.
** Does not prevent death from using Cursed Luck when at or below 25 HP.

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| {{RichAnchor|Rhythm Burst}} || Rhythmic blasts of energy || 4 beats ||
* Fires X flame projectiles over Y beats. Each projectile deals damage over time (similar damage to {{AbilityLink|Fire Bolt}}).
* Number of projectiles = ability stat + 2
* Projectiles always fire at the same rate (1 per quarter beat, delayed by 1 quarter beat from activation), so more projectiles = longer firing time
* Damage over time from each projectile stacks.

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| {{RichAnchor|Snipe}} || || 8 beats ||
* Fast projectile that deals 750 damage. Pushes enemies away (bosses especially). Small rocket-jump.

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| {{RichAnchor|Burning Coin}} || Throw a coin || 1 beat ||
* Lose 1 coin to throw projectile that deals 1000 damage and applies {{AbilityLink|Fire Bolt}}'s damage over time. Small rocket-jump.
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== Movement ==

Movement ability can't be changed once in-game. All except [[characters|Odr]]'s work the same.

Note that [[challenges|Full Auto]]'s version of Dash technically has a base cooldown of 1 full beat, but the challenge's effect reduces all cooldowns by 50% resulting in an effective cooldown of 1 half beat.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Ability !! Cooldown !! Effect

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| {{RichAnchor|Dash|image=CenterAbilityInsideFlash.png}} || 1 beat || Move Quickly

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| {{RichAnchor|id=Dash/Fly|image=AuxFly.png|Dash/Fly ''(Odr and sometimes Rún)''}} || 1 beat || Move Quickly/Fly

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| {{RichAnchor|id=Dash Retro Mode|image=AuxRetro.png|Dash ''(Retro Run Challenge Only)''}} || 1 beat || Move Quickly

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| {{RichAnchor|id=Dash Full Auto|image=AuxFullAuto.png|Dash ''(Full Auto Challenge Only)''}} || 1 half beat || Move Quickly

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| {{RichAnchor|id=Dash Supertime|image=AuxTimeStep.png|Dash ''(Supertime Challenge Only)''}} || 1 beat || Move Quickly

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