# Mercenary Skill

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Mercenaries have a variety of skills. 

Skills are generally classified into Buff (for their casters and allies) and Debuff (for their enemies).

Activation 

* Most skills, except for Supporters, require attacks on enemies. Effects of the same kind cast by different Mercenaries stack.

Type 

* Skills are activated based on the rules of each skill type. If a skill is off the common rules, the corresponding content is shown in Exception. Detail information of skill type can be found in \[Skills] tab.

Duration 

* It shows how long a skill lasts once activated. Reset skill type may reset the duration. However, resetting duration isn't applied to some skills.

Skill Application Timing 

* It shows when the skill is activated. Detailed information of skill application timing can be found in \[Skills] tab.

Target 

* The target that the skill is applied to. Targets for main skill and sub-skill(s) can be different.