Skills

Skills are a new gameplay element/mechanic featured in Resident Evil 6. They take the place of upgrading weapons, allowing characters to upgrade abilities with weapons such as firearm damage, reload speed, or steady aim. Other upgrades are available, including attributes such as defense or making a character more effectively handle J'avo or zombies, or even alter the behavior of an AI partner for single-player. Many skills are universal between characters, however there are some unique skills based upon a character and their unique playstyle (such as Leon's dual-wielding or Jake's Hand-to-Hand). Some skills are only unlocked under certain conditions such as killing a certain number of enemies, getting a certain number of kills with a weapon-type or even completing campaigns.

Buying Skills

Skills can be bought at the end of a chapter or at any point from the menu. Skill Points that are shared between all characters are obtained during the campaign and can be used to purchase or upgrade skills. Some skills are available to more than one character, and when they are bought for one character they immediately become available to all applicable characters.

Following are a list of known skills.

Skill Name	Original Name	Max Level	Required Points	Description	Character
Firearm	ファイアアーム	Level 3	Level 1 (12000) Level 2 (29,000) Level 3(Unknown)	Increases firearm power.	Unknown
Melee	バトルアタック	Level 3	Level 1 (10000) Level 2 (Unknown) Level 3(75000)	Increases power during melee attacks.	Unknown
Defense	ティフェンス	Level 3	Level 1 (3200) Level 2 (28000) Level 3 (Unknown)	Reduces damage from enemy firearms.	Unknown
Lock-On	コンセントレート	Level 2	Level 1 (2800) Level 2 (Unknown)	Steadies hand when shooting.	Unknown
Rock Steady	ステディエイム	Level 2	Level 1 (3500) Level 2 (Unknown)	Reduces recoil after shooting.	Unknown
Critical Hit	クリティカルレート	Level 3	Level 1 (3500) Level 2 (13000) Level 3 (Unknown)	Increases the chances of scoring a critical hit.	Unknown
Penetration	ペネトレーション	Unknown	Level 1 (12000)	Increase chance of piercing through multiple enemies with firearms.	Unknown
Recovery	リカバリー	Unknown	Level 1 (10000)	Speeds up recovery time when dying.	Unknown
Brave Partner (Single Player Only)	ブレイブパートナー	Level 1	Level 1 (Unknown)	Unknown	Unknown
Best Partner (Single Player Only)	ベストパートナー	Level 2	Level 1 (Unknown) Level 2 (95000)	Unknown	Unknown
Lone Wolf	DO NOT HELP!!	Level 1	Level 1 (100)	Keeps your partner from helping you when you're in trouble.	Unknown
Team-Up	Unknown	Level 1	Level 1 (14000)	Strengthens your partner's attacks when you are near each other.	Unknown
Field Medic	Unknown	Unknown	Level 1 (12000)	Allows your partner to give you a few health tablets when you're rescued.	Unknown
AR Ammo Pickup Increase	アサルトライフルの弾取得UP	Level 1	Level 1 (8000)	Allows you to pick up an increased amount of 5.56 NATO ammo.	Unknown
Shotgun Shell Pickup Increase	ショットガンの弾取得UP	Level 1	Level 1 (8000)	Allows you to pick up an increased number of 10- and 12-gauge shotgun shells.	Unknown
Magnum Ammo Pickup Increase	マガナムの弾取得UP	Level 1	Level 1 (25000)	Allows you to pick up an increased amount of .50 Action-Express and .500 S&W Magnum ammo.	Unknown
Rifle Ammo Pickup Increase	ライフルの弾取得UP	Level 1	Level 1 (8000)	Allows you to pick up an increased amount of 7.62 NATO and 12.7mm ammo.	Unknown
Grenade Pickup Increase	Unknown	Level 1	Level 1 (22000)	Allows you to pick up and increased number of 40mm explosive, acid, and nitrogen rounds.	Unknown	Arrow Pickup Increase	Unknown	Level 1	Level 2 (20000)	Allows you to pick up an increased number of normal and pipe bomb arrows.
Item Drop Increase	アイテムドロップUP	Level 1	Level 1 (Unknown)	Causes more defeated enemies to drop items.	Unknown
Breakout	Unknown	Level 1	Level 1 (Unknown)	Allows you to break free easily from an enemy's grasp.	Unknown
Shooting Wild	フリーシューター	Level 1	Level 1 (65000)	Removes your targeting sight, but increases your firepower.	Unknown
Quick Reload	クイックリロード	Level 1	Level 1 (10000)	Reload your weapons quickly.	Unknown
Last Shot	Unknown	Level 1	Level 1 (55000)	Greatly increases the strength of your final remaining shot.	Unknown
Handgun Master	ハンドガンマスター	Level 1	Level 1 (Unknown)	Unknown	Unknown
J'avo Hunter	ジュアヴォキラー	Unknown	Level 1 (Unknown) Level 2 (Unknown)	Unknown	Unknown
Zombie Hunter	ゾンビキラー	Unknown	Level 1 (Unknown) Level 2 (25000)	Increases strength of attacks on a zombie.	Unknown
Eagle Eye	Unknown	Level 1	Level 1 (3000)	Adds an extra level of magnification to sniper rifle scope.	Unknown
Combat Gauge Boost	Unknown	Unknown	Level 1 (70000)	Increases your Combat Gauge by 3 blocks.	Unknown

Equipping Skills

Player will be able to create individual sets of skills. A set comprises of three different skills equipped by a player (upgrades replace lower levels, so it is not possible to have J'avo Killer Lvl. 1 and J'avo Killer Lvl. 2 equipped simultaneously). To start, players will only be able to create one set. However, as skills are unlocked and the game progresses, they will eventually be able to create up to eight different sets of skill.

Sets can be changed and equipped at any moment by accessing the character's menu. It should be noted however that the game will not pause while changing or equipping skills, so it leaves the player vulnerable if there are enemies around. As suggested previously, of a character purchases a skill that is accessible to other characters, all of those other characters will also be able to equip the skill without needing to purchase it again. Only one set can be equipped at a time.

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