9 TO DIESkills
What skills are in the game?
There are 99 skills you can draw, plus 28 evolved forms: 127 in the table. Every role has eight of its own, and 27 are shared. All have five ranks. Numbers are the exact base values, and damage per second is worked out as the tier list explains.
Coping skills are a covered benefit.
| Skill | Owner | Form | Shape | Damage | Cooldown | Count | Pierce | Speed | Size | Duration | Per rank | Rank 1 dmg/s | Rank 5 dmg/s | Evolves | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Call | Sales | Base | Bolt | 9.2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0.4 | 1.5 | dmg +3.45 count +1 | 15.3 | 191.7 | The Phone → Auto-Dialler | Fast, cheap shots at the furthest thing on the floor. It did not ask for them. Is now a good time? |
| Pitch Deck | Sales | Base | Cone | 51.38 | 2.5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 0.6 | dmg +14.68 count +1 | 20.6 | 44 | A short-range burst of slides. Everything in front of you gets the whole deck. Next slide, please. | |
| The Close | Sales | Base | Bolt | 42.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.6 | 1.5 | dmg +11.44 cd -0.3 | 14.3 | 49.3 | One heavy shot. Anything under 30% health signs on the spot. Just sign here. | |
| Warm Lead | Sales | Base | Chain | 22.68 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.4 | dmg +5.67 count +1 | 28 | 77.5 | Hits one, then follows the referral to the next three. A friend of a friend. | |
| Ring the Gong | Sales | Base | Nova | 55.08 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 4 | 0.5 | dmg +15.3 size +0.5 | 9.2 | 19.4 | Every close rings it. Everyone on the floor hears it, and feels it. GONG. | |
| Expense Lunch | Sales | Base | Lob | 57.12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2.2 | 0.8 | dmg +14.28 size +0.3 | 14.3 | 28.6 | A two-hour lunch lands where you aim it. Splash damage. No receipt. Client was present. | |
| Commission | Sales | Base | Aura | 22.8 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 2.5 | 1 | dmg +9.12 size +0.3 | 22.8 | 59.3 | A ring of damage around you that grows with every close in the last ten seconds. Variable comp. | |
| Quota | Sales | Base | Ring | 40 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 5 | 1 | dmg +12 cd -0.5 | 5 | 14.7 | A ring that grows all week and lands all at once at the end of it. You're at 94%. | |
| Technical Debt | Engineering | Base | Mine | 41.25 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 1.5 | 8 | dmg +16.5 size +0.3 | 34.4 | 89.4 | The Knowledge Base → Rewrite From Scratch | Plant a charge that compounds 15% a second until something steps on it. We'll fix it later. |
| Hotfix | Engineering | Base | Nova | 86.9 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 0.3 | dmg +26.07 size +0.2 | 72.4 | 159.3 | A small, fast blast around you. Untested. Fixed in prod. | |
| Rollback | Engineering | Base | Zone | 12.18 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 3.5 | 4 | dmg +4.06 size +0.4 | 7 | 16.2 | Everything in the zone walks back to where it was five seconds ago, taking damage on the way. Reverting. | |
| CI Bot | Engineering | Base | Turret | 12.11 | 0.8 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.4 | 12 | dmg +3.46 dur +3 | 15.1 | 32.4 | A build bot that plinks the nearest thing on every build. It builds constantly. Build failing. Unrelated. | |
| Merge Conflict | Engineering | Base | Chain | 36.96 | 4.5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | dmg +11.55 count +1 | 26.2 | 89.6 | Two things that wanted the same space are pulled into it. Both lose. Both changes rejected. | |
| Stack Trace | Engineering | Base | Line | 67.68 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 25 | 0.6 | 0.6 | dmg +22.56 size +0.15 | 22.6 | 52.6 | A long line of frames. The bug is in the last one, so it hits hardest at the end. at line 1. | |
| Force Push | Engineering | Base | Cone | 59.88 | 2.8 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 0.4 | dmg +19.96 size +0.3 | 21.4 | 49.9 | Shoves everything in front of you back a desk's length. Nobody reviewed it. | |
| Works On My Machine | Engineering | Base | Aura | 27.9 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 2.2 | 1 | dmg +11.16 size +0.25 | 27.9 | 72.5 | Nothing near your desk works properly. The damage is an environment issue. Can't reproduce. | |
| Wellness Program | HR | Base | Zone | 2.53 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 3 | 5 | dmg +0.84 size +0.4 | 2.5 | 5.9 | The Snack Drawer → Pizza Party | A zone that heals you and hurts anything else standing in it. There is pizza. Your wellbeing matters to us. |
| PIP | HR | Base | Bolt | 23.64 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.5 | 6 | dmg +7.88 dur +1 | 15.8 | 36.8 | A plan that stacks damage over time. Left untreated for six seconds, it detonates. Meeting expectations. | |
| Mandatory Training | HR | Base | Zone | 12.2 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 3.5 | 4 | dmg +4.88 dur +0.5 | 7 | 27.2 | Everything in the room stops moving for a session. They may still attack. They're in a session. Three short modules. | |
| Exit Interview | HR | Base | Bolt | 80 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.6 | 1 | dmg +20 cd -0.4 | 16 | 47.1 | A heavy single shot. Double damage to anything already on a plan. We'd love your honest feedback. | |
| Birthday Cake | HR | Base | Lob | 75.88 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 2.5 | 2 | dmg +21.68 dur +0.3 | 12.6 | 27.1 | A cake lands. Everything near it stops to sing. It's always someone's birthday. | |
| Open Door Policy | HR | Base | Aura | 23.55 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 2.4 | 1 | dmg +9.42 size +0.3 | 23.6 | 61.2 | Anyone can walk in. Anyone who does takes damage for the length of the conversation. My door is always open. | |
| Culture Deck | HR | Base | Rain | 69.66 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1.5 | dmg +23.22 count +1 | 104.5 | 406.3 | The values fall from the ceiling: Integrity, Ownership, Fun. Fun hits hardest. We live our values. | |
| Engagement Survey | HR | Base | Chain | 23.2 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.5 | dmg +6.96 count +1 | 30 | 81 | Five questions. Each answer jumps to the next respondent. Fully anonymous. Anonymous. | |
| Budget Freeze | Finance | Base | Ring | 13.38 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 3.5 | 5 | dmg +4.01 dur +0.5 | 11.2 | 24.5 | The Red Pen → Zero-Based Budget | For five seconds nothing inside the ring can merge, grow, rebrand or breed. Not in this quarter. |
| The Audit | Finance | Base | Beam | 29.88 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 25 | 0.5 | 1.2 | dmg +9.96 dur +0.2 | 10 | 23.2 | A thin, exact line. No splash. Everything it touches is checked and found wanting. Speaks only in variances. | |
| Expense Report | Finance | Base | Bolt | 11.52 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 0.5 | 1.5 | dmg +3.84 pierce +1 | 11.5 | 26.9 | Each hit returns a little XP to you. Resubmitted until accepted. Receipt not attached. | |
| Reconciliation | Finance | Base | Chain | 23.87 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.5 | dmg +6.51 count +1 | 28.3 | 76.4 | Bounces between enemies until the numbers match. They never match. Off by 3 cents. | |
| Fiscal Year End | Finance | Base | Nova | 41.3 | 12 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 6 | 0.6 | dmg +9.44 cd -0.8 | 3.4 | 9 | Everything around you is spent at once. It had to go before Friday. Use it or lose the budget. | |
| Accrual | Finance | Base | Aura | 21.25 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 2.6 | 1 | dmg +6.38 size +0.3 | 21.3 | 46.8 | Damage accrues every second something stays near you. It builds. It accrues. You still can't take it. | |
| Invoice | Finance | Base | Lob | 57.06 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 2 | 3 | dmg +15.85 dur +0.5 | 14.3 | 30.1 | Lands on the horde and keeps charging for three seconds. Payment terms: now. | |
| Clawback | Finance | Base | Boomerang | 21.84 | 2.8 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 0.7 | 2 | dmg +6.24 pierce +1 | 7.8 | 16.7 | Goes out, comes back, and takes what was paid with it. With interest. | |
| Cease & Desist | Legal | Base | Bolt | 18.75 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.5 | 3 | dmg +5.63 count +1 | 15.6 | 172 | Strongly Worded → Legal Hold | A sealed letter flies to the nearest thing. Whatever it touches stops: no moving, no attacking, three seconds. Govern yourself accordingly. |
| Class Action | Legal | Base | Cone | 47.52 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 5 | 1.2 | dmg +15.84 size +0.5 | 9.5 | 22.2 | A slow, wide wave rolls forward. +15% damage for every enemy caught in it. Everyone joins. You may be entitled to compensation. | |
| Injunction | Legal | Base | Ring | 83.2 | 12 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 5 | dur +0.8 size +0.3 | 6.9 | 6.9 | Boundaries → Restraining Order | A ring on the floor around you. Nothing inside it can attack. You can. Feels illegal because it is. |
| NDA | Legal | Base | Zone | 15.45 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 3.5 | 4 | dur +0.6 size +0.4 | 7.7 | 12.4 | A smoke zone. Nothing inside can see you, and nothing in it may discuss what happened. This conversation did not take place. | |
| Discovery | Legal | Base | Rain | 132.33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1.2 | 1.5 | dmg +36.09 count +1 | 165.4 | 622.6 | Boxes of documents fall from above. Forty of them. Due Monday. Discovery is one-way. | |
| Fine Print | Legal | Base | Trail | 22.8 | 0.5 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 0.8 | 4 | dmg +9.12 dur +0.6 | 22.8 | 59.3 | Tiny text behind you. Nobody reads it. Everything that steps on it is bound for a second. See section 14(b). | |
| Subpoena | Legal | Base | Chain | 30.24 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.5 | dmg +8.64 count +1 | 22.2 | 83.9 | Compels the thing it hits to appear at your feet, immediately. You are hereby commanded. | |
| Precedent | Legal | Base | Mine | 141.9 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 1.6 | 10 | dmg +38.7 count +1 | 28.4 | 296.7 | Whatever dies on this spot dies here again: the mine re-arms once per kill. As previously ruled. | |
| Forced Reboot | IT | Base | Cone | 24.1 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 3 | dmg +7.23 size +0.3 | 20.1 | 44.2 | Admin Rights → Remote Wipe | Everything in the cone goes back to where it spawned and stands there for three seconds, applying updates. Your machine restarted to apply updates. |
| Two-Factor | IT | Base | Bolt | 18.72 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 6 | dmg +6.24 count +1 | 15.6 | 182 | The Phone → Enter the Code | Every shot fires again six seconds later. Check your phone. Again. |
| Shadow IT | IT | Base | Turret | 10.89 | 0.7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.5 | 15 | dmg +3.63 dur +3 | 15.6 | 36.3 | Dual Monitors → Business-Critical | An unauthorised turret that fires at whatever is nearest. The Organization will try to delete it. Nobody approved it. Everybody uses it. |
| Patch Day | IT | Base | Rain | 142.08 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 1.2 | 1 | dmg +35.52 count +1 | 142.1 | 473.6 | Updates fall from the ceiling. Everything hit restarts. Restart required. | |
| The VPN | IT | Base | Aura | 21.25 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 2.6 | 1 | dmg +6.38 size +0.3 | 21.3 | 46.8 | Everything near you runs at 40% speed. Including the thing you came to do. Connecting. | |
| Password Reset | IT | Base | Nova | 61.8 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.5 | dmg +20.6 size +0.3 | 15.4 | 36 | Everything near you forgets what it was doing for a second and a half. Must contain a symbol you will never remember. | |
| Escalation | IT | Base | Lob | 56.94 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1.8 | 2 | dmg +15.33 size +0.2 | 14.2 | 29.6 | Sticks to the first thing it hits and goes off two seconds later, on the record. It got escalated. | |
| Group Policy | IT | Base | Zone | 9.73 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 4 | 4 | dmg +2.78 size +0.4 | 6.5 | 13.9 | Everything in the zone gets the same setting: slow, with no way to change it. Applied to everyone. Asked nobody. | |
| Going Viral | Marketing | Base | Bolt | 16.66 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 4 | dmg +6.25 dur +0.5 | 13.9 | 34.7 | Kudos → Thought Leadership | Marks one enemy. For four seconds everything on screen walks toward it instead of you. Everyone's talking about it. |
| Press Release | Marketing | Base | Bolt | 6.54 | 1.5 | 3 | 99 | 22 | 0.5 | 2 | dmg +2.18 count +1 | 13.1 | 71.2 | Three shots that pass through everything. Anything hit turns around and walks away for two seconds. Nothing in it is true. | |
| Rebrand | Marketing | Base | Nova | 85.5 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 3.5 | 3 | dmg +25.65 dur +0.4 | 14.3 | 31.3 | New logo. Everything near you loses track of who you are for three seconds. Same everything. | |
| The Vaporware | Marketing | Base | Summon | 11.4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 8 | dur +1.5 count +1 | 14.5 | 81.4 | A product that reads as real on the roster. The horde attacks it until it is touched. It does not exist. Shipping Q3. | |
| Branded Pens | Marketing | Base | Lob | 80.16 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 2.5 | 1 | dmg +26.72 size +0.3 | 16 | 37.4 | A box of free pens lands. Everything near it comes to take one. Free. Dries out by Friday. | |
| The Funnel | Marketing | Base | Cone | 34.02 | 2.5 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 4 | 0.5 | dmg +11.34 size +0.4 | 13.6 | 31.8 | Wide at the front, narrow at the back. The further in they are, the harder it hits. Awareness. Consideration. Gone. | |
| The Newsletter | Marketing | Base | Rain | 65.2 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | dmg +16.3 count +1 | 130.4 | 409.8 | Falls on everyone who ever gave an email address. Weekly. Unsubscribing does nothing. You opted in by existing. | |
| Brand Guidelines | Marketing | Base | Orbit | 25 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 10 | 0.7 | 1 | dmg +7.5 count +1 | 147.3 | 756.3 | Three colour swatches orbit you. Anything that touches the wrong blue takes damage. Not that blue. | |
| Wet Floor | Facilities | Base | Mine | 75.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 1.5 | 8 | dmg +22.68 count +1 | 63 | 693 | Comfortable Shoes → Recently Polished | Drops a yellow cone. Anything that crosses the slick goes down for two seconds. Caution. |
| Sprinkler Test | Facilities | Base | Rain | 111.18 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 4 | 5 | dmg +37.06 size +0.4 | 47.6 | 111.2 | A circle of rain. Everything inside is soaked, 40% slower, and nothing can charge through it. Scheduled. Nobody was told. | |
| HVAC Override | Facilities | Base | Line | 63.84 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 4 | dmg +18.24 dur +0.5 | 12.8 | 27.4 | Boundaries → Climate Control | A wind lane down one corridor. Everything in it is pushed the way you are facing. The building decides what the air does. |
| Master Key | Facilities | Base | Dash | 133.12 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 20 | 1 | 0.4 | dmg +41.6 cd -0.3 | 33.3 | 107 | A dash through anything, walls included. Hits everything on the way. Service corridor. Don't ask. | |
| Floor Polisher | Facilities | Base | Lane vehicle | 39.16 | 8 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 1.6 | 4 | dmg +10.68 speed +1 | 4.9 | 10.2 | A polisher crosses the floor in a straight line. It is 9 a.m. It is always 9 a.m. Mind the cable. | |
| Pneumatic Dispatch | Facilities | Base | Bolt | 18.88 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0.5 | 1.5 | dmg +4.72 count +1 | 9.4 | 94.4 | Fire into one vent. It comes out of another, behind the thing you were aiming at. The plumbing is a firing solution. | |
| Elevator Recall | Facilities | Base | Drop from above | 107.44 | 9 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 2.6 | 0.5 | dmg +25.28 size +0.3 | 11.9 | 23.2 | A lift car lands where you point. Hold the door. Out of service. | |
| Desk Move | Facilities | Base | Zone | 14.8 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 3.5 | 3 | dmg +5.55 size +0.4 | 7.4 | 18.5 | The furniture in the zone rearranges itself. Everything in it is stunned while it looks for its desk. Your desk is on 4. Your things are on 7. | |
| Just-In-Time | Operations | Base | Lob | 18.5 | 1.2 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 2 | 3 | dmg +4.62 count +1 | 15.4 | 154.1 | Coffee → Same-Day | Lands right where the horde is, on time, every time. It unsettles everyone. On time. In full. |
| Supply Drop | Operations | Base | Drop from above | 92.16 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 2.2 | 0.5 | dmg +23.04 size +0.3 | 13.2 | 26.3 | A crate lands on the horde and leaves XP behind for you. Signed for by: nobody. | |
| Reroute | Operations | Base | Cone | 52.74 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 3.5 | 0.4 | dmg +17.58 size +0.3 | 17.6 | 41 | Everything in front of you is moved sideways, politely but all at once. Via the loading dock. | |
| Forklift Certified | Operations | Base | Lane vehicle | 41.76 | 7 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 1.4 | 4 | dmg +10.44 speed +1 | 6 | 11.9 | A forklift crosses the floor. You are certified. Nobody checked. Certified. | |
| Gantt Chart | Operations | Base | Line | 36 | 3.5 | 1 | 99 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.8 | dmg +10.8 size +0.15 | 10.3 | 22.6 | A long bar across the floor, one task per segment. Every task is red. Slipped a week. | |
| Shrink Wrap | Operations | Base | Ring | 49.12 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 3 | 2.5 | dmg +18.42 dur +0.3 | 8.2 | 20.5 | Everything inside the ring is wrapped tight for a moment. Nothing moves, and nothing ships. Palletised. | |
| Backorder | Operations | Base | Mine | 23.7 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 6 | 2 | 10 | dmg +6.32 count +1 | 3.9 | 40.8 | A charge that arrives late and large: ten seconds after it is placed, triple damage. Expected: three weeks. Actual: now. | |
| Six Sigma | Operations | Base | Bolt | 18.56 | 1.8 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.5 | 1.5 | dmg +4.64 pierce +1 | 10.3 | 20.6 | A shot with a very high crit rate. 3.4 defects per million. Black belt. | |
| Per My Last Email | Shared | Base | Boomerang | 18.96 | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 0.8 | 2 | dmg +6.32 count +1 | 8.6 | 100.5 | Screenshots → With Receipts | A boomerang that hits harder every time it comes back. The return hits what's behind you. As previously stated. |
| Mute | Shared | Base | Cone | 56.61 | 2.5 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 1.5 | dmg +18.87 size +0.3 | 22.6 | 52.8 | Headphones → You're On Mute | A forward cone. Everything in it is stunned, mid-sentence. Everyone shouts it at once. |
| Decline | Shared | Base | Bolt | 57.28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.6 | 1.5 | dmg +14.32 cd -0.3 | 14.3 | 40.9 | Grade 7 → Declined Without Comment | One heavy shot that prefers the biggest meeting on screen. The bravest click in the building. |
| Spreadsheet | Shared | Base | Zone | 6.72 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 4 | 5 | dmg +2.24 size +0.5 | 6.7 | 15.7 | Coffee → Pivot Table | A grid on the floor. Every cell ticks damage. Row 1 is frozen. The worker's true weapon. |
| Hard Stop | Shared | Base | Dash | 133.38 | 4 | 1 | 99 | 22 | 1 | 0.35 | dmg +37.05 cd -0.3 | 33.3 | 100.6 | Calendar Hygiene → Back-to-Back | A dash that hits everything on the way. The meeting is over because you left it. I have a hard stop at 3. |
| Balls in the Air | Shared | Base | Orbit | 25.02 | 1 | 3 | 99 | 10 | 0.6 | 1 | dmg +8.34 count +1 | 147.4 | 802.7 | Coffee → Juggling | Balls orbit you and knock into anything close. Try not to think about it. So many. |
| Death by Slides | Shared | Base | Line | 37.03 | 3.5 | 1 | 99 | 25 | 0.7 | 1 | dmg +10.58 size +0.15 | 10.6 | 22.7 | The Projector → Can Everyone See My Screen | A straight line of 47 slides, each a little weaker than the last. The final one says Questions? and stuns. Slide 47 of 47. |
| Firehose | Shared | Base | Beam | 5.65 | 0.5 | 1 | 99 | 20 | 0.9 | 0.5 | dmg +2.26 size +0.2 | 11.3 | 29.4 | The Phone → Onboarding | A continuous stream. Low damage, enormous pushback. The Graduate's first week. Drinking from it. |
| Kick the Can | Shared | Base | Bolt | 32.8 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 0.7 | 3 | dmg +9.84 dur +0.5 | 10.9 | 24.1 | Calendar Hygiene → Next Quarter | A can rolls down the lane. Everything it hits is frozen for three seconds and dropped to the back of the horde. Let's park this. |
| Throw Under the Bus | Shared | Base | Lane vehicle | 49.8 | 9 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 2 | 4 | dmg +13.28 cd -0.5 | 5.5 | 14.7 | Comfortable Shoes → Shuttle Service | A bus drives through the nearest enemy and on to the edge of the floor, flattening the lane. It brakes for rescues. Not my call. |
| Loop In | Shared | Base | Chain | 29.4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 2 | dmg +8.82 count +1 | 27.3 | 82.8 | Kudos → Adding Everyone | A lasso pulls the three nearest things into one spot and keeps them there for two seconds. Let me loop you in. |
| Cc the VP | Shared | Base | Drop from above | 81.6 | 10 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 3 | 0.5 | dmg +20.4 cd -0.6 | 8.2 | 21.5 | Kudos → Looping in Leadership | An off-screen VP lands on the problem. Huge area. Hurts you if you are close. The one thing the untouchable respects. Visibility cuts both ways. |
| Paper Trail | Shared | Base | Trail | 22.8 | 0.5 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 0.9 | 4 | dmg +7.6 dur +0.6 | 22.8 | 53.2 | Strongly Worded → Cc'd My Manager | A damaging trail of documentation behind you. The only defence against whatever is over your shoulder. Cover yourself. |
| Raise a Ticket | Shared | Base | Summon | 8.96 | 12 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 3 | 6 | dmg +2.56 cd -1 | 6.4 | 20.6 | The Knowledge Base → Priority 1 | Twelve seconds later a Service Desk Tech arrives and clears a radius. A person, and your friend. Have you tried the knowledge base? |
| The Work Friend | Shared | Base | Summon | 12.3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 | 10 | dmg +3.69 dur +2 | 14.6 | 38.7 | Kudos → The Group Chat | A competent coworker fights beside you for ten seconds. The real reason anyone stays. |
| Quick Question | Shared | Base | Bolt | 8 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0.3 | 1 | dmg +3.2 count +1 | 16 | 208 | A tiny, fast shot. It takes an hour. Got a sec? | |
| Out of Office | Shared | Base | Aura | 31.08 | 1 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 2 | 1 | dmg +10.36 size +0.3 | 31.1 | 72.5 | Anything that touches you gets an auto-reply and is pushed back. I am currently away and will ignore your message in order. | |
| Coffee Run | Shared | Base | Boomerang | 8.26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 0.5 | 2 | dmg +2.36 count +1 | 11 | 47.2 | You go. You come back with everyone's order. Four cups out, four back. Does anyone want anything? | |
| Sticky Notes | Shared | Base | Rain | 56.56 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.8 | 1.5 | dmg +16.16 count +1 | 132 | 444.4 | They fall off the wall onto whatever is below. They were never going to stick. Action item: TBD. | |
| Badge In | Shared | Base | Nova | 106.88 | 1.5 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 1.8 | 0.3 | dmg +40.08 size +0.2 | 71.3 | 178.1 | A short blast around you every time the reader beeps. It beeps a lot. Access denied. Try again. | |
| Watercooler | Shared | Base | Turret | 15.44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0.5 | 12 | dmg +3.86 dur +3 | 15.4 | 30.9 | A cooler that gossips at whatever is nearest. Everything it hits is public by lunch. Did you hear? | |
| Take It Offline | Shared | Base | Bolt | 80.08 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.6 | 1 | dmg +20.02 cd -0.4 | 16 | 47.1 | One heavy shot that prefers the loudest thing in the room. Let's take this offline. | |
| Parking Lot | Shared | Base | Mine | 115.68 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 6 | 1.4 | 8 | dmg +28.92 count +1 | 57.8 | 347 | Anything that steps into it is parked for three seconds. It is never revisited. Let's put that in the parking lot. | |
| Action Items | Shared | Base | Orbit | 16.88 | 1 | 5 | 99 | 12 | 0.5 | 1 | dmg +4.22 speed +1 | 165.8 | 331.6 | Five bullet points orbit you. Assigned to everyone, due before this meeting. Owner: TBC. | |
| Unsubscribe | Shared | Base | Chain | 20.79 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0.5 | 0.5 | dmg +6.93 count +1 | 31.4 | 89.8 | Jumps between enemies. Each jump hits harder, and in capitals. UNSUBSCRIBE. | |
| The Sigh | Shared | Base | Cone | 53.06 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 12 | 2.2 | 0.3 | dmg +15.16 size +0.2 | 26.5 | 56.9 | A short cone of pure exhaustion. Everyone heard it. Nobody mentions it. | |
| Walk and Talk | Shared | Base | Trail | 27.79 | 0.5 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 1 | 3 | dmg +7.94 size +0.2 | 27.8 | 59.5 | A damaging trail that only exists while you are moving. Nothing was decided. Let's walk. | |
| Auto-Dialler | Sales | Evolved | Bolt | 8.12 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 0.4 | 1.5 | dmg +2.32 | 81.2 | 174 | It dials for you. Five calls at once. It also hangs up for you. Please hold. | |
| Rewrite From Scratch | Engineering | Evolved | Mine | 73.2 | 4 | 2 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 8 | dmg +14.64 | 36.6 | 65.9 | The charge blows twice as big and leaves a new one in the crater. That one will need rewriting too. This time properly. | |
| Pizza Party | HR | Evolved | Zone | 26.6 | 6 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 4.5 | 6 | dmg +5.7 size +0.4 | 26.6 | 49.4 | The zone heals you and burns everything else. There was always pizza. Help yourself. | |
| Zero-Based Budget | Finance | Evolved | Ring | 177.84 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 4.5 | 6 | dmg +44.46 dur +0.5 | 35.6 | 71.1 | Everything frozen in the ring must justify itself from zero. Nothing can. Every line, every year. | |
| Legal Hold | Legal | Evolved | Bolt | 38.88 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 0.5 | 5 | dmg +8.64 count +1 | 58.3 | 257 | Whatever the letter touches stays stopped for as long as you stand still. Preserve all documents. | |
| Restraining Order | Legal | Evolved | Ring | 284.16 | 12 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 3.5 | 7 | dur +1 size +0.3 | 23.7 | 23.7 | The ring follows you. Nothing inside it can attack. You can. Fifty metres, at all times. | |
| Remote Wipe | IT | Evolved | Cone | 170.64 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 4 | 3 | dmg +42.66 size +0.3 | 56.9 | 113.8 | Sent back to where they spawned, and they arrive with a third of their health gone. Device not found. | |
| Enter the Code | IT | Evolved | Bolt | 31.36 | 1.2 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 6 | dmg +8.96 count +1 | 78.4 | 392 | Every shot fires three times: now, in six seconds, and when you least expect it. Code expired. Sending a new code. | |
| Business-Critical | IT | Evolved | Turret | 17.44 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 0.5 | 30 | dmg +4.36 dur +5 | 69.8 | 139.5 | Undeletable. It runs on two machines now and nobody knows where the second one is. The department runs on it. | |
| Thought Leadership | Marketing | Evolved | Bolt | 71.68 | 2.5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 6 | dmg +20.48 dur +0.5 | 57.3 | 122.9 | Marks two enemies. Everything walks toward the nearest one, nodding. Agree? | |
| Recently Polished | Facilities | Evolved | Mine | 198 | 3 | 3 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 10 | dmg +44 count +1 | 198 | 872.7 | The whole floor around you is slick. Everything slips. Caution. Caution. Caution. | |
| Climate Control | Facilities | Evolved | Line | 280 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 14 | 3 | 5 | dmg +80 dur +0.5 | 56 | 120 | The lane is frozen. So is everything in it. Set to 19. Locked. | |
| Same-Day | Operations | Evolved | Lob | 87.2 | 2.5 | 2 | 99 | 12 | 2.5 | 3 | dmg +17.44 count +1 | 69.8 | 376.7 | Lands almost before you sent it. It unsettles everyone more. Delivered. | |
| With Receipts | Shared | Evolved | Boomerang | 29.76 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 18 | 1 | 2.5 | dmg +7.44 count +1 | 29.8 | 178.6 | Comes back with screenshots. Pierces everything, and reaches the front of the thread. See attached. | |
| You're On Mute | Shared | Evolved | Cone | 146.7 | 2.5 | 1 | 99 | 16 | 4 | 2 | dmg +40.75 size +0.3 | 58.7 | 123.9 | Stunned things take double damage. They can see your lips moving. You're on mute. | |
| Declined Without Comment | Shared | Evolved | Bolt | 249.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0.6 | 1.5 | dmg +49.98 cd -0.3 | 62.5 | 160.7 | Deletes a recurring meeting outright. No reason given. | |
| Pivot Table | Shared | Evolved | Zone | 20.72 | 5 | 1 | 99 | 10 | 5.5 | 6 | dmg +5.92 size +0.5 | 20.7 | 44.4 | The grid rotates and sums. The totals are wrong, and enormous. Totals in the wrong column. | |
| Back-to-Back | Shared | Evolved | Dash | 528.36 | 4 | 3 | 99 | 24 | 1.2 | 0.35 | dmg +132.09 cd -0.3 | 132.1 | 377.4 | Three dashes, no gap, no lunch. Back to back since 9. | |
| Juggling | Shared | Evolved | Orbit | 60.32 | 1 | 6 | 99 | 12 | 0.7 | 1 | dmg +15.08 speed +1 | 710.9 | 1421.8 | They never drop. Six of them. All of them, somehow. | |
| Can Everyone See My Screen | Shared | Evolved | Beam | 143.04 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 25 | 1.2 | 2.5 | dmg +35.76 dur +0.3 | 47.7 | 95.4 | A beam instead of slides. Everyone can see it. Nobody wanted to. Can everyone see my screen? | |
| Onboarding | Shared | Evolved | Beam | 22.86 | 0.5 | 1 | 99 | 20 | 1.4 | 0.5 | dmg +7.62 size +0.3 | 45.7 | 106.7 | The stream widens every week. By Week 13 it is the whole corridor. Week one. | |
| Next Quarter | Shared | Evolved | Bolt | 72.36 | 3 | 2 | 99 | 14 | 0.8 | 10 | dmg +20.1 dur +1 | 48.2 | 101.8 | Frozen for ten seconds. It will be revisited next quarter. It will not. Revisit in Q3. | |
| Shuttle Service | Shared | Evolved | Lane vehicle | 165.2 | 8 | 2 | 99 | 16 | 2 | 4 | dmg +41.3 cd -0.5 | 20.6 | 55.1 | Two buses, opposite directions. Both brake for rescues. Runs on the hour. | |
| Adding Everyone | Shared | Evolved | Chain | 112 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 0.5 | 2.5 | dmg +28 dur +0.3 | 135.8 | 271.6 | Six, and they take 50% more while looped in. Adding everyone for visibility. | |
| Looping in Leadership | Shared | Evolved | Drop from above | 127.2 | 10 | 2 | 99 | 16 | 4 | 0.5 | dmg +29.68 cd -0.6 | 25.4 | 64.7 | Two VPs. The area is now most of the floor plan. Leadership has visibility. | |
| Cc'd My Manager | Shared | Evolved | Trail | 41.52 | 0.5 | 2 | 99 | 8 | 1.2 | 5 | dmg +10.38 dur +0.6 | 41.5 | 83 | A second trail. Both of you are covered. For visibility. | |
| Priority 1 | Shared | Evolved | Summon | 65.52 | 12 | 1 | 99 | 8 | 4 | 8 | dmg +16.38 cd -1 | 62.4 | 187.2 | The tech arrives instantly. Someone said the word outage. Sev 1 declared. | |
| The Group Chat | Shared | Evolved | Summon | 23.38 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0.8 | 900 | dmg +6.68 count +1 | 66.8 | 429.4 | Permanent, and one more friend. Where the real meeting is. Not on the work app. |
What are passives?
Passives are 24 upgrades you take on level-up cards alongside skills. You can hold six, and each has up to five ranks. They apply to every skill you own, and some are also the partner a skill needs to evolve. The table shows what each rank adds and which skills it evolves.
Earned the right to say no.
| Passive | Each rank | Max rank | Evolves | In the game's words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | Damage +8% | 5 | Decline | Earned the right to say no. |
| The Phone | Cooldown -6% | 5 | Cold Call, Two-Factor, Firehose | Everything arrives faster on it. Including work. |
| Headphones | Area +8% | 5 | Mute | The universal sign for not now. |
| Calendar Hygiene | Duration +10% | 5 | Hard Stop, Kick the Can | Default meeting length: 25 minutes. |
| Coffee | Skill speed +8% | 5 | Just-In-Time, Spreadsheet, Balls in the Air | Free, which should tell you something. |
| The Projector | Extra shots +1 | 3 | Death by Slides | It needs the other dongle. |
| Screenshots | Pierce +1 | 5 | Per My Last Email | Taken in case. |
| The Red Pen | Crit chance +4% | 5 | Budget Freeze | Someone is going to notice. |
| Strongly Worded | Crit damage +15% | 5 | Cease & Desist, Paper Trail | Regards. Not kind ones. |
| The Good Chair | Max health +10% | 5 | None | Requested 2022. Arrived. |
| The Wellness App | Health per second +0.5 | 5 | None | Please rate your stress from 1 to 5. |
| Boundaries | Armour +2% | 5 | Injunction, HVAC Override | No is a complete sentence. |
| Comfortable Shoes | Move speed +6% | 5 | Wet Floor, Throw Under the Bus | Desk to kitchen in 40 seconds. |
| Inbox Zero | Pickup range +15% | 5 | None | Achieved once. In 2019. |
| Lunch and Learn | XP gained +8% | 5 | None | Mandatory. There is pizza. |
| Kudos | Luck +10% | 5 | Going Viral, Loop In, Cc the VP, The Work Friend | Points. They buy a mug. |
| Carry-Over | PTO gained +10% | 5 | None | HR approved it. Once. |
| Rehired | Extra lives +1 | 2 | None | Same desk. New badge number. |
| Second Opinion | Rerolls +1 | 2 | None | Let me check with the team. |
| Dual Monitors | Extra shots +1 | 2 | Shadow IT | Approved after the third request. |
| Admin Rights | Damage +10% | 3 | Forced Reboot | Approved. Expires in 24 hours. Renewed daily, forever. |
| Standing Desk | Move speed +5% | 4 | None | Already standing. Already leaving. |
| The Snack Drawer | Health per second +0.4 | 4 | Wellness Program | Locked. You have the key. |
| The Knowledge Base | XP gained +10% | 3 | Technical Debt, Raise a Ticket | Article 4471. Written by you. Read by nobody. |