Samurai Warriors 4-II/Skills

The revamped skill system in Samurai Warriors 4-II serves as a replacement for equippable items and heirlooms from the base game. Characters can learn new skills by acquiring strategy tomes from enemies or at the shop. Other requirements include reaching a certain level and gaining access to skills adjacent to unlocked ones.

While most skills are passive, others are active and need to be equipped on the character before the battle commences and activated to take effect. When an active skill is used, the skill will go on cooldown and will be unavailable for reuse until the recharging time is complete. Each character is limited to 8 slots for usable skills.

Skill List
Red Skills= Skills used for improving a character's fighting prowess.

Skills that prioritize defense and survival.
 * -|Green Skills=

Skills that put emphasis on a character's speed and mobility.
 * -|Blue Skills=

Skills without any particular focus. They provide beneficial effects to ease the player's gaming experience.
 * -|Yellow Skills=

Skills that have unique effects when activated. Varies between different characters. These replace heirlooms from the base game.
 * -|Epiphany Skills=

Below is a list of epiphany skills available to players.

Skill Trees
The game offers 12 different skill trees with their own unique layouts. Characters start at different points with one unlocked skill.