Skills

**Skills** are special abilities that certain units possess in *RWBY: Amity Arena*.

## Overview

Certain units in *RWBY: Amity Arena* have abilities that can be used at certain times. There are four main types of skills: Active, Passive, Drop, and Death.

### Active Skills

* **First Method:** Press the skill icon and drag it to the target to use the skill.
* **Second Method:** Press the skill icon and release it to pick a target automatically and use the skill.

### Passive Skills

Units with **Passive Skills** will use their skill automatically once a certain condition is met.

### Drop Skills

Units with **Drop Skills** will use their skill automatically when deployed onto the battlefield.

### Death Skills

Units with **Death Skills** will use their skill automatically once they die.

### Other Skills

Certain units have skills that do not properly align with the above four types of skills.

* Arthur Watts has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Atlesian Airship has a **Passive & Death Skill**.
* Blade Dash Adam has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Bumblebee has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Clover Ebi has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Death Stalker Den has a **Passive & Death Skill**.
* Elm Ederne has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Fiona Thyme has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Flame Cinder has an **Active & Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Flower Power has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Freezerburn has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Frost Glynda has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Harbinger Qrow has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Harriet Bree has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Hazel Rainart has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Ice Flower has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* James Ironwood has an **Active & Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Kinetic Coco has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Marrow Amin has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* May Marigold has a **Drop & Passive Skill**.
* Mercury has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Moonslice Adam has an **Active & Drop & Passive Skill**.
* Neptune has a **Drop & Passive Skill**.
* Nuckelavee has an **Active & Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Oobleck & Zwei has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Parasol Neo has a **Drop & Passive Skill**.
* Partners in Crime has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Pomegrenade has an **Active & Death Skill**.
* Queen Lancer has a **Passive & Death Skill**.
* Raven Branwen has an **Active & Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Rifle Pyrrha has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* Sage Ayana has a **Drop & Passive Skill**.
* Summoner Weiss has an **Active & Passive Skill**.
* The Apathy has a **Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Tock has a **Drop & Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Tyrian has an **Active & Death Skill**.
* Vanguard Jaune has an **Active & Drop & Passive & Passive Skill**.
* Vine Zeki has an **Active & Drop & Passive Skill**.
* White Fang Gunner Barracks has a **Passive & Death Skill**.
* Winter Schnee has an **Active & Passive Skill**.

### Active Skills

* Arslan Altan
* Arthur Watts
* Blade Dash Adam
* Boundless Jaune
* Bumblebee
* Carmine Esclados
* Checkmate
* Cinder
* Clover Ebi
* Crow Qrow
* Elm Ederne
* Fiona Thyme
* Flame Cinder
* Flower Power
* Fox Alistair
* Freezerburn
* Frost Glynda
* Glynda
* Hammer Nora
* Harbinger Qrow
* Harriet Bree
* Hazel Rainart
* Ice Flower
* Ice Weiss
* James Ironwood
* Jinn
* Kinetic Coco
* Malachite Twins
* Maria Calavera
* Marrow Amin
* Megoliath
* Mercury
* Moonslice Adam
* Nuckelavee
* Oobleck & Zwei
* Partners in Crime
* Penny
* Pomegrenade
* Raven Branwen
* Rifle Pyrrha
* Rocket Yang
* Shadow Blake
* Shield Pyrrha
* Sienna Khan
* Sniper Ruby
* Spider Droid
* Summoner Weiss
* Sun
* Torchwick
* Tyrian
* Vanguard Jaune
* Vine Zeki
* Winter Schnee

### Passive Skills

* Arthur Watts
* Atlesian Airship
* Atlesian Arachna Mine
* Atlesian Beam Turret
* Beowolf Alpha
* Beringel
* Biker Yang
* Blade Dash Adam
* Boarbatusk
* Bumblebee
* Burrowed Baby Death Stalkers
* Centinel
* Clover Ebi
* Coco
* Death Stalker Den
* Elm Ederne
* Fiona Thyme
* Flame Cinder
* Flower Power
* Freezerburn
* Frost Glynda
* Harbinger Qrow
* Harriet Bree
* Hazel Rainart
* Ice Flower
* Ilia Amitola
* James Ironwood
* Kinetic Coco
* King Taijitu
* Launcher Nora
* Manticore
* Marrow Amin
* May Marigold
* Mercury
* Moonslice Adam
* Neptune
* Nolan
* Nuckelavee
* Oobleck & Zwei
* Parasol Neo
* Partners in Crime
* Penny 2.0
* Professor Port
* Queen Lancer
* Raven Branwen
* Ren
* Rifle Pyrrha
* Roy Stallion
* Sage Ayana
* Scythe Ruby
* Summoner Weiss
* The Apathy
* Tock
* Vanguard Jaune
* Vine Zeki
* White Fang Gunner Barracks
* Winter Schnee

### Drop Skills

* AK-135
* Emerald
* Flynt
* May Marigold
* Moonslice Adam
* Neon Katt
* Neptune
* Parasol Neo
* Ribbon Blake
* Sage Ayana
* Tock
* Vanguard Jaune
* Vine Zeki
* Wyvern
* Yatsuhashi
* Zwei

### Death Skills

* Atlesian Airship
* Death Stalker Den
* Ice Sabyr
* Petra Gigas
* Pomegrenade
* Queen Lancer
* The Colossus
* Tyrian
* White Fang Dropship

1. White Fang Dropship Formation

* White Fang Gunner Barracks
* White Fang Watchtower

## Trivia

* Before the September Update, Atlesian Airship and White Fang Gunner Barracks both had **Passive** skills. However, they were changed to **Passive & Death** skills, making them the only two units to have had their skill type changed.