Ability

An **ability** is an effect. Abilities can be triggered from the action bar and the abilities in that bar can be assigned from the Action Set Builder ("**B**").

## Types

Most abilities fall into three categories which each class has: Assault, Support, and Utility. There are also Innate, Path, and "**T**" abilities.

* **Assault** - Assault abilities are the primary damage dealing or DPS abilities. They scale with Assault Power.
* **Support** - Support abilities are the primary healing or tanking abilities. They scale with Support Power.
* **Utility** - Utility abilities are abilities that deal in buffs or debuffs. These include stuns, movement impairment or increase, damage increase or reduction, etc. They scale with both Assault and Support Power.
* **Innate** - Each class has a set of unique innate abilities that are unlocked through leveling. These innate abilities are activated with the "**R**" key and are separate from the LAS. Innate abilities are located to the left of the LAS and have a dropdown to select the ability to activate.
* **Path** - Each path has access to three or four abilities specific to their path. Path abilities are located to the right of the LAS and have a dropdown to select the ability to activate.
* **"T"** - Some quests provide a special ability which can be accessed with the "**T**" key. These abilities request a specific target or area in order to be activated.

## LAS and Action Set Builder

Unlike other games, *WildStar* has a Limited Action Set, or LAS, that has a limited number of active slots for abilities, so it is important to select the correct action set for any given encounter. At level 50, characters have 8 ability slots and access to two different action sets, so players could choose to use one for DPS and the other for healing or tanking.

In the Action Set Builder, players can fill their LAS with any combination of ability types. To add an ability to the LAS, click the green arrow to the right of the ability icon. To remove an ability, click the red arrow or right click the ability's icon at the bottom. The order of abilities in the LAS an be shuffled by clicking and dragging the icon to the desired spot. Abilities can be changed at any time without a cost while not in combat.

### Ability points and tiers

To increase the power of an ability, ability points can be invested into that ability. A character at level 50 has 41 ability tier points available to spend. An additional 7 bonus points can be unlocked from vendors and drops.

Each ability can be strengthened up to tier 8, depending on the number of ability tier points available. To invest points into an ability, click on the **+** on the desired tier. Points can be adjusted by clicking on a lower tier or base. Each tier provides an upgrade boost which can be viewed by hovering over the ability. Each ability has 8 upgrade tiers. Tiers 4 and 8 have special major upgrades which require 5 ability tier points as opposed to the normal 1 point per tier. These major upgrades are unlocked at level 25 for tier 4 and level 45 for tier 8.

Once all abilities have been selected and points invested, click on "Use Set" at the bottom of the window to confirm the changes.