Our Archero Abilities & Tier List guide features all of the available skills in the game! We’ve also put together a ranking system that shows which are generally the top choices to make when you are playing Archero.

New abilities have been added to the game in the 1.3.6 Update!

Archero Abilities Tier List

Keep in mind that the tier list is a general look at ability strength across all of the chapters. Certain abilities vary in strength as you get further into the game. We used this as a reference for some help on creating our list. Later game skills have yet to be added to the list!

S-Tier

  • Ricochet Multishot Life +1 Front Arrow Bouncy Arrow Piercing (Don’t pick if using Boomerang) Wingman Diagonal Arrows Rage Invincibility Star Attack Boost Blaze Freeze

A-Tier

  • Side Arrows Attack Speed Boost Crit Master HP Boost Shield Guard Bolt Fire Strike Frost Strike Bloodthirst

B-Tier

  • Rear Arrow Headshot Spirit-Multishot Spirit-Front Arrow Poisoned Touch Fire Circle Frost Circle Dodge Master

C-Tier

  • Spirit Crit Boost Spirit Attack Boost Spirit Attack Speed Boost Spirit Diagonal Arrows Poison Circle Bolt Circle Bolt Strike Crit Aura Speed Aura HP Gain Aura Dark Touch Obsidian Circle

D-Tier

  • Holy Touch Strong Heart Frost Sword Poison Swords Bolt Swords Fire Swords Poison Strike Attack Plus Crit Plus Speed Plus HP Plus

E-Tier

  • Smart Death Bomb Death Nova

Archero Abilities List

I’m including all of the official descriptions of each ability, and I’m also going to be trying to include a brief bit of extra information on each of the abilities. Some abilities aren’t unlocked until after you complete certain chapters, so you might see some listed here that you haven’t seen yet! If you have one of the official descriptions that I’m missing, please let me know in the comments.

Archero Guides Coverage

  • Archero Best Pets Tier List – All Available Pets List!
  • Archero Best Abilities & Skills Guide – Top Choices for Getting Further in Your Runs!
  • Archero Best Weapons Tier List – Spear, Staff, Tornado, Scythe, Bow, or Blade?
  • Archero Gems, Coins, Energy Guide – How-to Farm, What to Spend Them On?
  • Archero How-to Get Pets, Equipment, & Scrolls
  • Archero Beginner Tips & Tricks – Learn How-to Get Better!
  • Archero Talents List – All Currently Available Talents
  • Archero Chapter 3 Guide – Tips & Tricks, How-to Beat the Dragon Boss!
  • Archero Chapter 4 Guide – Tips & Tricks – How-to Defeat the Tree Boss!
  • Archero Chapter 5 Guide – Tips & Tricks

Attack Boost

Attack Plus

Attack Speed Boost

Blaze

Deals a fast damage over time effect.

Blazing Strike

Bloodthirst

It’s a very small amount of health, and is much worse later in the game.

Bolt

If enemies are close by the one you hit, it will deal lightning damage to them.

Bolt Circle

Similar to Bolt, but two orbs circle around you and they deal lightning damage to enemies that are hit by the orbs.

Bolt Meteor

Bolt Star

Bolt Strike

A sword will slowly manifest in front of you and attack the enemy you are targeting.

Bolt Swords

Same deal with most Bolt items, the swords deal damage on hit and will spread lightning damage to close by enemies.

Bouncy Wall

This works with all of your weapons, if you have piercing, the weapon will travel through the enemy and bounce of the wall and come back.

Chilling Blast

Crit Aura

Crit Master

Crit Plus

Dark Touch

Death Bomb

Enemies when killed explode, dealing damage to nearby enemies. This is a pretty small radius, so it’s hard to hit them with it.

Death Nova

Enemies when killed will fire out projectiles from their body and deal damage to enemies who are struck by them.

Diagonal Arrows

There’s no real description for this, but it fires two additional projectiles to your left and right diagonal. This is based on your weapon, it doesn’t only fire arrows.

Dodge Master

Fire Circle

Similar to Blaze, but two orbs circle around you and they deal fire damage to enemies hit by it.

Fire Strike

Fire Swords

Same deal with most fire items, the swords deal fire damage on hit.

Flame Meteor

Flame Star

Flexible

Freeze

Will slow an enemy on hit potentially, or freeze them in place for a short period.

Front Arrow

This will fire an additional projectile alongside the projectile you fire forward. You can have multiple of these stacked, so you’d fire however many you have total each shot.

Frost Meteor

Frost Star

Frost Strike

Grace

Headshot

This is pretty random, you’ll see it pop up when a monster is killed by it.

Holy Touch

Whenever you hit an enemy, two small projectiles shoot out horizontally from the enemy that will deal damage to other enemies.

HP Boost

Gives you a boost to your health, and also technically heals you a bit. If you get this at an Angel, it’s usually better to take this rather than heal because you get a maximum HP increase as well as some more health.

HP Gain Aura

HP Plus

Ice Circle

Ice Swords

Invincibility Star

Life +1

Multishot

Great ability, fires another projectile immediately after your first shot.

Obsidian Circle

Piercing Shot

If you are using the Boomerang (Tornado), then this is not worth taking at all. That weapon has a built in Piercing ability on it.

Poison Circle

Poisoned Touch

Rage

Rear Arrow

Fires a projectile directly behind you. Best when combined with Bouncy Wall.

Ricochet

When you hit a monster with one of your projectiles, it will attempt to jump from that monster to another monster nearby. This ability is regarded as one of the best.

Shadow Bat

Same as clones except they can move and shoot lasers that can penetrate through walls.

Shadow Clone

Chance to summon a basic archer in place of the enemy you killed. Does not move has basic attack.

Shield Guard

Side Arrows

Slow Projectile

Smart

Increases the speed in which you level up. Probably not super useful, because you’ll usually max out before finishing the chapter.

Speed Aura

Speed Plus

Spirit Abilities

Spirit abilities are buffs to your Pets. Each one of them does the exact same thing it does for your character, but for your Pet instead.

  • Spirit-Attack Boost Spirit-Aspd Boost Spirit-Crit Boost Spirit-Blaze Spirit-Freeze Spirit-Front Arrow Spirit-Multishot Spirit-Poisoned Touch

Strong Heart

Summon One-eyed Bat

Toxic Meteor

Toxic Star

Toxic Strike

Toxic Swords

Wingman

By “spirit” the game means your Pets. You can have two Pets equipped, and they will block projectiles that are looking to deal damage to you.