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Fire bolt
Skill 1: a shot of fire that can be aimed and that fits at the end of a combo.
Status: Built · Last checked: 14 Nov 2026
A shot of fire your hero throws from the hand. It flies a long way, can be aimed, and fits neatly at the end of a combo. It is the default skill in the first slot, and any hero can use it with any weapon.
How to do it
| Device | Button |
|---|---|
| Keyboard | Q |
| Gamepad | Y |
| Phone | Skill key 1 |
Aiming
| Direction held when you press | The bolt flies |
|---|---|
| None, or sideways | Straight ahead |
| Up + left or right | Diagonally up toward that side |
| Up | Straight up |
| Down, in the air | Diagonally down ahead |
| Down, on the ground | Straight ahead |
The bolt is as fast and as strong whatever the aim. It passes through thin platforms and stops on solid ground.
When to use it
- From a distance, to hurt an enemy you cannot reach.
- At the end of a combo: a light or heavy that has landed can go straight into it. It is the skill step of the ladder. Pressed on the weapon's blink it costs half.
- In the air, once per airtime.
What beats it
- Guard it: it costs the guard a fair amount of stamina.
- Perfect guard it: the bolt goes out.
- Hit the caster before the bolt leaves the hand: the skill is lost.
- From behind, the bolt goes through a guard, so face it.
Nerd section: the exact numbers
| Family | Ember (an Art: any hero can use it) |
| Slot | Skill 1, special attack (Q / Y / key 1) |
| Cost | 12 stamina (6 as a perfect link) |
| Cooldown | 4 seconds (240 frames) |
| Cast | 0.5 seconds (30 frames); the bolt leaves the hand after 0.13 s (frame 8) |
| Damage | 5% |
| Push | Grows with the enemy's damage percent, like a heavy hit |
| Reach | It flies for about 1.3 seconds (80 frames), roughly 360 pixels, and hits once |
| In flight at once | At most two per fighter |
| In the air | Yes, once per airtime |
| Guarding it | Costs the guard 20 stamina |