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Operative Skills

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Skill Name
 Usage
 Description
Advanced Recon Instant Immediately finishes the cooldown on Adrenaline Probe and restores 2% of maximum health every 3 seconds. Requires an active companion. Lasts 1 minute.
Armor Proficiency: Medium Passive Able to equip medium-weight armor.
Carbine Burst Instant Executes your Tactical Advantage, firing a short burst that hits up to 5 targets in a 10-meter cone in front of you for 104 - 120 weapon damage. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.
Coordination Instant Increases a friendly target's critical hit chance by 5% for 60 minutes. If the target is a party member, all other party members are also affected.
Crouch Instant Crouches in place, taking cover if used behind an object that provides cover. Crouching enables the use of cover-only abilities, and so long as you remain down behind a cover object, most ranged attackers strike your cover instead.
Explosive Probe Instant Puts an explosive probe on the target that detonates when the target takes damage, dealing 143 - 150 kinetic damage to the target. Standard and weak targets are additionally knocked down and set on fire, dealing 20 additional elemental damage over 3.0 seconds. Can only be used from cover.
Headshot Instant Fires a carefully placed shot that deals 471 - 498 weapon damage to weak and standard targets, and 322 - 340 weapon damage to strong targets. Only usable on incapacitated targets. Shares a cooldown with Eviscerate.
Fragmentation Grenade Instant Throws a fragmentation grenade that deals 81 - 98 kinetic damage to up to 5 enemies in an 8 meter radius. If the primary target is standard or weak, it is knocked down by the blast.
Orbital Strike 3 seconds
 Calls in support from orbiting warships, dealing 972 elemental damage over 9.0 seconds to all enemies within 8 meters of the targeted area. Standard and weak enemies are additionally knocked down by the blasts.
Overload Shot Instant Blasts a target for 2 weapon damage.
Recuperate Channeled Recovers your health and energy over 15 seconds. This is only usable out of combat.
Rifle Shot Instant Shoots your rifle at the target, dealing 48 - 62 weapon damage.
Slice Droid 1.5 second
 Hacks a droid, incapacitating it for 60.0 seconds. While sliced, the droid's systems reboot, causing the droid to heal rapidly. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely. Only one droid can be sliced at a time.
Sneak Instant Increases your stealth level by 15 for 8 seconds. Only usable in stealth mode.
Snipe 1.5 second
 Shoots a target for 2 weapon damage. Can only ne used from cover.
Speeder Piloting Passive Able to ride speeder bites.
Sprint Instant Increases movement speed by 35% while not in combat.
Stealth Instant Activates your stealth generator, making you and your companion difficult to detect. Movement speed is reduced to 85% of normal while in stealth. Most hostile actions and taking cover will break Stealth. Your companion will not react to enemy attacks while in stealth.
Stim Boost Instant Executes your Tactical Advantage to recover 3 energy every 3 seconds for 45.0 seconds. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage. Does not break Stealth.
Take Cover Instant Roll into the selected cover point, if no cover point is available, you will crouch in place. Taking cover enables the use of cover-only abilities, and so long as you remain down behind a cover object, most ranged attackers strike your cover instead.
Tactial Advantage Passive Defeating an opponent or activating Shiv or Hidden Strike puts you in a position of Tactical Advantage, increasing all damage dealt by 2% and enabling the use of executions for 10.0 seconds. Up to 2 charges of Tactical Advantage can exist at once.
Weapon Proficiency: Blaster Rifle Passive Able to equip blaster rifles, carbines, and repeaters.
Weapon Proficiency: Vibroknife Passive Able to equip vibroknives, electroknives, and conventional knives.

Lethality

Skill Name
 Usage
 Description
Adhesive Corrosives Passive Corrosive Grenade has a 50% chance to reduce the movement speed of all targets by 30% for 6 seconds. 2 ranks.
Backstab Instant Ambushes an enemy for 98 - 101 kinetic damage. Only usable while behind the target.
Combat Stims Passive Stim Boost immediately restores 5 energy when activated. Additionally reduces the cooldown of Stim Boost by 7.5 seconds. 2 ranks.
Corrosive Dart Instant Fires a dart at the target that deals 115 internal damage over 15.0 seconds.
Corrosive Grenade Instant Hurls a corrosive grenade that spews acid in a 5-meter radius on impact, dealing 48 internal damage over 6 seconds to up to 3 targets.
Corrosive Microbres Passive Corrosive Dart has a 10% chance to tick twice when it inflicts damage. 2 ranks.
Corrosive Rounds
 Passive
 Weakening Blast refreshes active poison effects on targets below 30% health.
Counterstrike Passive Countermeasure has a 50% chance to remove all movement-impairing effects when activated. 2 ranks.
Cull Instant Executes your Tactical Advantage to fire a volley of corrosive shots, dealing 50 weapon damage. For each of your poison effects present on the target, the target is culled for an additional 20 damage. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.
Cut Down Passive Increases the damage dealt by Overload Shot, Carbine Burst and Cull by 3%. 2 ranks.
Deadly Directive Passive Increases alacrity by 2%. 2 ranks.
Debilitate Instant Deals 2 energy damage and stun the target for 4.0 seconds.
Devouring Microbes Passive Increases the damage dealt by poison effects by 5% on targets below 30% of max health. 3 ranks.
Escape Plan Passive Reduces the cooldown of Shield Probe by 7.5 seconds and Infiltrate by 30 seconds. 2 ranks.
Eviscerate Instant Delivers a powerful knife attacks to a vulnerable target, dealing 408 - 429 kinetic damage to weak and standard targets. Only usable on incapacitated targets.
Flash Powder Passive Reduces all targets' accuracy by 10% for 8 seconds after Flash Bang ends. 2 ranks.
Hidden Strike Instant Slips you out of stealth to stab the target with your energy blade for 2 energy damage. Must be in stealth and behind a target to use.
Improvise Passive Critical poison damage has 50% chance to allow your next snipe to happen out of cover, and at no cost.
Lethal Dose Passive Increases the critical hit chance of all periodic effects by 4%. 3 ranks.
Lethal Injectors Passive Increases the duration of Corrosive Dart by 3 seconds.
Lethal Purpose Passive Reduces the cooldown of Adrenaline Probe by 15 seconds. In addition, critical hits with poison effects restore 1 energy. 2 ranks.
Lethality - skill Passive Increases ranged and tech critical chance by 2%. 3 ranks.
License to Kill Passive Reduces the energy cost of Cull by 3. 2 ranks.
Razor Edge Passive Increases the damage dealt by Shiv by 5%. 2 ranks.
Sever Tendon Instant Throws a knife at the target, dealing 2 kinetic damage and slowing the target's movement speed by 50% for 12.0 seconds.
Slip Away Passive Reduces the cooldown of Debilitate by 7.5 seconds, and increases the movement speed by 15% for 6 seconds after activating Debilitate. 2 ranks.
Shiv Instant Stabs a target for 2 kinetic damage.
Skirmisher Passive Increases the damage dealt by Overload Shot by 15%.
Vanish Passive Reduces the cooldown of Evasion by 7.5 seconds and Escape by 15 seconds. 2 ranks.
Weakening Blast Instant Deals 180 weapon damage and causes the target to take 30% additional damage from the Agent's next 10 poison effects. Lasts 6 seconds.

Concealment

Skill Name
 Usage
 Description
Acid Blade Instant Coats your instruments in acid, causing your next Hidden Strike or Backstab to deal and additional 160 internal damage over 9 seconds and increase your armor penetration by 50% for 3 seconds. This ability does not respect the global cooldown and does not break stealth.
Advanced Cloaking Passive Reduces the cooldown of Cloaking Screen by 30 seconds, and activating Cloaking Screen increases movement speed by 25% for 6 seconds. 2 ranks.
Avoidance Training Passive Evasion also removes all hostile removable effects when used.
Cloaking Screen Instant Overloads your stealth generator, immediately exiting combat and entering stealth mode. For 10.0 seconds, you become virtually undetectable, but all healing done and received is decreased by 100%.
Collateral Strike Passive Laceration has a 10% chance to trigger a Collateral Strike, dealing 50 additional kinetic damage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds. Standard and weak targets and additionally stunned by Collateral Strike. 2 ranks.
Concealed Attacks Passive Increases the critical hit chance of Backstab and Hidden Strike by 8%. 2 ranks.
Countermeasures Instant Activates countermeasures, instantly lowering threat by a moderate amount.
Culling Passive Increases all damage dealt to poisoned targets by 3%. 3 ranks.
Distraction Instant Interrupts the target's current action and prevents that ability from being used for 4 seconds.
Energy Screen Passive Dodging or resisting an attack restores 1 energy. In addition, Cloaking Screen no longer reduces healing dealt and received.
Escape Instant Breaks you free from all incapacitating and movement-impairing effects.
Evasion Instant Increases your chance to doge melee and ranged attacks by 100% for 3.0 seconds. Does not break stealth.
Flash Bang Instant Detonates a flash bang that blinds up to 5 targets within 5 meters for 8.0 seconds. Damage causes this effect to end prematurely.
Imperial Brew Passive Increase the damage dealt by Corrosive Dart by 6% and Acid Blade by 3%. 3 ranks.
Inclement Conditioning Passive Increases total Endurance by 2%. 3 ranks.
Infiltrate Instant Cloaks you and party members within 10 meters of you in a temporary stealth field that lasts 15.0 seconds. Cannot be used in combat or while already in stealth.
Infiltrator Passive Increases movement speed by 5% and effective stealth by 1. 3 ranks.
Jarring Strike Passive Hidden Strike has a 33% chance to knock the target flat on its face for 3 seconds. 2 ranks.
Laceration Instant Executes your Tactical Advantage, lacerating the target for 100 damage. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.
Meticulously Kept Blades Passive Increases the amount of energy recovered by each tick of Stim Boost by 0.5. Increases the critical damage dealt by Backstab, Sever Tendon, Hidden Strike and Acid Blade by 10%. 3 ranks.
Pin Down Passive Sever Tendon has a 50% chance to immobilize the target for 2 seconds. 2 ranks.
Revitalizers Passive Stim Boost now additionally grants Revitalizers, restoring 2% of total health every 3 seconds.
Scouting Passive Increases your stealth detection by 1 defense by 1%. 2 ranks.
Shield Probe Instant Summons a probe that projects a shield around the Agent, absorbing a moderate amount of incoming damage for 15.0 seconds. Does not break stealth. Obtained at level 32.
Sleep Dart Instant Puts the target to sleep for 60 seconds. Damage will break the effect prematurely. Only usable from stealth and only usable on targets not in combat. Only one target can be incapacitated at a time. Does not affect droids.
Slice Passive
 Sever Tendon roots target for two seconds.
Surgical Strikes Passive Increases the damage dealt by Shiv, Overload Shot and Backstab by 2%. 2 ranks.
Survival Training Passive Increases all healing done by 1% and all healing received by 3%. 3 ranks.
Tactical Opportunity Passive Collateral Strike has a 50% chance to immediately regrant Tactical Advantage when hitting a poisoned target. 2 ranks.
Waylay
 Passive
 Backstab has no energy cost.

Medic

Skill Name
 Usage
 Description
Accomplished Doctor Passive Increases the critical healing bonus of Kolto Injection, Kolto Infusion and Recuperative Nanotech by 10%. 3 ranks.
Adrenaline Probe Instant Summons a droid that helps you recover 50 energy over 3.0 seconds.
Advanced Toxin Removal
 Passive
 Toxin scan has small healing effect and removes mental status ailments.
Chem-resistant Inlays Passive Reduces all damage taken by 2%. 2 ranks.
Diagnostic Scan Channeled Heals a friendly target for 30 over 3 seconds.
Endorphin Rush Passive Adrenaline Probe now immediately restores 8 additional energy. 2 ranks.
Evasive Imperative Passive Evasion increases movement speed by 10% while active. 2 ranks.
Imperial Education Passive Increases total Cunning by 3%. 3 ranks.
Incisive Action Passive Reduces the activation time of Kolto Injection by 0.25 seconds and gives Kolto Injection a 50% chance to grant Tactical Advantage. 2 ranks.
Kolto Infusion 1.5 second
 Executes your Tactial Advantage to heal the target for 73 - 93. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.
Kolto Injection 2.5 seconds
 Heals a friendly target for 85 - 106.
Kolto Probe Instant Summons a droid that heals a friendly target for 30 over 6 seconds. Stacks up to 2 times.
Med Shield Passive Increases all healing received by 7.5% while Shield Probe is active. 2 ranks.
Medical Consult Passive Increases all healing dealt by 1% at all times and an additional 2% while Tactical Advantage is active. 3 ranks.
Medical Doctor Passive Reduces the cooldown of Revive by 100%.
Medical Engineering Passive Each tick of Kolto Probe has a 15% chance to grant Tactical Advantage. This effect cannot occur more than once every 9 seconds. Each rank beyond the first reduces this rate limit by 1.5 seconds. 3 ranks.
Medical Therapy Passive Increases the healing dealt by periodic effects by 5% and Surgical Probe by 3%. 2 ranks.
Patient Studies Passive Diagnostic Scan criticals restore 1 energy. 2 ranks.
Precision Instruments Passive Reduces the energy cost of Corrosive Dart, Debilitate and Sever Tendon by 2. 2 ranks.
Prognosis: Critical Passive Increases the critical chance of Diagnostic Scan by 12%. 2 ranks.
Reactive Healing
 Passive
 Critical direct heals yield 2% energy.
Recuperative Nanotech Instant Heals up to 4 allies within 10 meters for 200 over 6 seconds.
Resuscitation Probe 1.5 second
 Summons a droid that revives an incapacitated ally. This ability is usable while in combat. When used, all party members can neither use nor be the target of an in-combat revival for the next 5 minutes.
Sedatives Passive When Sleep Dart wears off, the target is struck by Sedatives, reducing all damage dealt by 25% for the next 10 seconds. 2 ranks.
Surgical Precision Passive Increases the healing dealt by Surgical Probe by 15%. In addition, Surgical Probe immediately re-grants Tactical Advantage when used on targets below 30% max health.
Surgical Probe Instant Executes your Tactical Advantage to summon a probe that instantly heals the target for 126. Requires and consumes Tactical Advantage.
Surgical Steadiness Passive Reduces the pushback suffered while activating healing abilities by 35%, and reduces the threat generated by heals by 5%. 2 ranks.
Tox Screen Passive Toxic Scan now removes negative mental effects and heals the target for 10.

General Skills

Skill Name
 Usage
 Description
Armor Proficiency: Light Passive Able to equip clothing, robes, and light-weight armor.
Quick Travel 6 seconds
 Takes you to a discovered bind point of your choosing. Not usable in combat.
Revive 6 seconds
 Revives a defeated friendly player.
Revive Companion 1.5 second
 Revives a defeated companion.

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