SECRET SKILLS [0702]

Learn about all the secret skills in Bastion, including Cael Hammer, Fang Repeater, Breaker's Bow, War Machete, Scrap Musket, Dueling Pistols, Brusher's Pike, Army Carbine, Fire Bellows, Galleon Mortar, and Calamity Cannon.

Cael Hammer Skills:

• Whirl Wind: A furious spinning strike that can damage multiple foes. Originally developed by the City Masons' wrecking teams.
• Stunning Wallop: A crushing attack that stuns any foe unlucky enough to get in the way. The heaviest stonework on the Rippling Walls needed to be lodge in place with this move.

Fang Repeater Skills:

• Bolt Burst: A spiral of bolts that deals damage in every direction. Trappers would rely on this technique in the event they got surrounded.
• Snooze Dart: A bolt coated in a heavy sedative, which causes the target to lose consciousness on impact. Considered unsportsmanlike by some Trappers.

Breaker's Bow Skills:

• Dancing Shot: A secret Breaker technique that causes an arrow to bounce from target to target. Originally intended only for spectacle but proved to have practical uses.
• Breaker Volley: A skill used by the swiftest Breakers, delivering arrow after arrow in rapid succession. Devised by the Breakers' most renowned archery instructor.

War Machete Skills:

• Graver Slash: A lightning fast flurry of strikes that can cut through even the toughest armor. The origins of this technique are widely disputed, though its potency is not.
• Ghost Blade: A secret technique that slices through everything in its path. An old Graver went missing in a cave for months but returned having mastered this move.

Scrap Musket Skills:

• Final Warning: A blast sent straight up into the air, causing a flurry of projectiles to rain down on the area. Not effective as a warning, but very effective otherwise.
• Scrap Salvo: A relentless series of blasts that overcompensates for the musket's slow rate of fire. Only once did the Marshals resort to this technique, in the days following the War.

Dueling Pistols Skills:

• Duel Decider: A single swift, devastating shot aimed straight for the foe's most vulnerable parts. The practice of dueling soon ceased after the Slingers unveiled this trick.
• Slinger Storm: A rapid fire frenzy of countless bullets. The Slingers perfected this skill as proof of how quick their trigger fingers were.

Brusher's Pike Skills:

• Pike Vault: A dexterous trick with which the wielder leaps into the sky to crash down on unsuspecting foes. The Brushers adopted this maneuver from great war stories passed down from older generations.
• Brusher Sweep: A secret polearm technique, which lashes out at all foes in the vicinity, shoving them away. Created by the founder of the Brushers, who once stood against an entire Ura platoon.

Army Carbine Skills:

• Breaching Bullet: A special bullet that lodges inside the target and explodes shortly thereafter. Some frowned on this device but no one denied its effectiveness.
• Trigger Blitz: A fast, decisive shot aimed at the target's vitals. The Army's Triggers used this skill in desperate times to decide battles in their favor.

Fire Bellows Skills:

• Burning Carousel: A technique causing the user to spin while spouting flames. Created by an infamous circus performer whose craft concerned him more than the safety of others.
• Ring of Fire: A technique that causes an expanding wall of flame to sweep through the vicinity. First developed for waste incinerators.

Galleon Mortar Skills:

• Turret Surprise: A special shell that splits open on impact to reveal a Security Turret, hard-wired to defend the user. First used by the Caelondian armada as a deterrent against privateers.
• Bomb Barrage: An experimental technique that overloads the firing tube with several shells that launch simultaneously. Conceived as a last ditch naval maneuver.

Calamity Cannon Skills:

• Mancer Missile: An experimental ordnance that breaks i