Best skills and which to choose first in Songs of Conquest

A critical part in making effective Wielders in Songs of Conquest is the Wielder ability selection. Following are some proposed skills and powers to make your Wielders even better:

Skills:

Command: Leadership and influence of troops increased

Prepared: Gain an edge tactically with extra actions

Raider: Higher movement speed and attack power for aggressive play

Magic: Enhanced magic makes Wielders fearsome spellcasters

March: Faster movement speed for troops; this can be quite useful during both deployment and redeployment.

Tutor: Increases the experience gain for nearby troops, making them grow and develop. Learning: Reduces cost of learning new skills, making one progress faster.

 Protection / Magic Resistance / Positioning: Provides defensive capabilities that protect Wielders and their troops from damage. Essence Leech: Keeps Wielders alive by replenishing life and mana. Channeling / Melee /

 Archery: Allows Wielders to specialize in specific

 fighting styles. Cunning: Gives one tactical advantages with bonuses to stealth and trickery.

Combat Training: Enhance your combat skills; Wielders will be much more powerful in battle.

Note: The following skills and powers will be chosen during the leveling of your Wielders. To understand how leveling works, go to our guide about Experience levels of heroes.

Recommended powers

Songs of Conquest Skill Prioritization

While this serves as a general guideline, the optimal skill upgrades will differ depending on the faction chosen, Spells, and army composition.

Priority Upgrades:

This skill should be maximized in order to stay in control of your troops and be able to handle them properly. Always keep one Troop Slot free, just in case you need to recruit more troops.

Magic: At least two skills that correspond to the most prevalent Essences attuned to your hero should be developed in order to allow dual spellcasting.

Channeling / Melee / Archery: Take whatever skill best fits the composition of your army – whether it's mainly melee, ranged, or magic-based.

Combat Training: Spend some points to increase damage output of your troops.

Tutor: You should at least unlock the level 1 Tutor to speed up the development of Wielders.

Keep in mind that all these suggestions are rough and that you will want to experiment and make your skill upgrade more personalized to your playing style and strategic goals.

Command

Command is probably one of the most critical skills that will help grow your army. At each level, one more Troop Slot will become available, therefore increasing the units you can field. Of course, for obvious reasons, leveling up Command early in the game makes much sense, and it is highly recommended at least putting it to 2-3 levels.

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This ability plays a huge role in combat effectiveness. By investing in this skill, you will enhance your units' Initiative—what allows them to act sooner during combat. At its highest level, you'll gain a high boost to your forces' Movement speed, which gives more tactical flexibility and positioning advantages.

Raider

Command is a very useful skill which includes among others the following main benefits:

Increased Gold Yield: Loot more gold from defeated enemies, boosting your economic resources.

Improved Perception: See more around you to be better prepared for threats or opportunities.

Improved Movement Level 3: This is the highest rank of Command. It increases your Wielder's movement speed. Run fast and create tactical opportunities.

We recommend at least one level in Command for these benefits.

Magic

Max out spellcasting by developing 2-3 Essences related to your Wielder's favorite spells. Particular to each form of Essence are skills that improve such an Essence type in effectiveness. By adding these complementary skills, you will ensure a much greater boost to your Wielder's magical abilities.

March

This Movement skill greatly enhances the mobility of your Wielder. At the highest level, which is third, you will receive an additional four points of movement. It is extremely helpful for larger maps, as this enables your Wielder to move around more effectively and quicker.

Tutor

The Tutor skill is very useful in keeping your Wielder development well-rounded. Using the exchange window will let you send a lot of XP to the less experienced Wielders, ensuring that no single Wielder lags behind the rest.

Learning

The Learning skill increases your Wielder's experience gain with all XP-rewarding actions by up to 45%. This kind of accelerated leveling allows one to level faster and have access to new abilities much faster.

Protection / Magic Resistance / Positioning

Resistance skills make your Wielder more survivable. There are protection skills against the many different types of attacks.

Prioritize the first ranks of all resistance abilities. If most of your army consists of ranged units, then you may want to further invest in ranged resistance to reduce damage from enemy archers and mages.

By allocating skill points into resistances strategically, you'll be able to significantly enhance the durability and overall combat effectiveness for your Wielder.

Essence Leech

The Essence Leech skill will increase the amount of Essence created by your Wielder, thus enabling you to cast spells more frequently. This passive ability allows one to gain Essence points for free when the last enemy unit is defeated and is, therefore, a continuous way to obtain magical energy.

Channeling / Melee / Archery

Invest in the following skills to improve damage output of specific types of attacks:

Melee: Deals additional damage with melee units.

Ranged: Gives additional damage with ranged units.

Magic: Grants additional damage with magical attacks.

Make investments in skills according to your army makeup for a solid effect. For example, if your army is composed of melee units, then first invest in the Melee skill.

Cunning

Planned is quite a nice ability that increases both the attack and the defense of your units for the first couple of turns in a battle. This strategic advantage acquired at the very beginning of the battle might bring very general decisive advantages in the start of combat that will enable getting an upper hand, hence being able to either dish out more damage or absorb more incoming attacks.

Combat Training

The Combat Training skill boosts the general combat effectiveness of the army:

Increased Damage: Increases the damage your units do.

Retaliation Level 3: At max rank, your units will have the opportunity to counterattack a second time against enemies hitting them.

Combat Training must be heavily invested in to maximize the potential of your army in terms of offense.

Best powers

Powers are gained every 8 levels, starting at level 8. You choose a new Power or upgrade one you have previously chosen to level 2.

Here are recommended Powers:

Brutal: Increases damage output for all units.

Farsight: Increases the range and killing range of ranged units; this is useful if one is fielding an army composed mainly of ranged units.

Attuned and Essence Burst: Increases the gain in Essence, either per turn or as a single bonus at the beginning of combat.

Rigor: Provides additional hit points to all units. This makes them more resistant to damage during combat.

Levy: Enables you to recruit more units from settlement buildings, up to a maximum of 80% at rank 2.

Make strategic decisions in the choice of Powers to complement your playstyle and army for maximum Wielder efficiency.