Talents

**Talents** are a feature implemented in the Version 1.2 Update. This feature allows players to unlock and develop new abilities for certain units. This feature is unlocked upon completing The Future is Doges Chapter 3 and Road to Talents.

## Introduction

"*Exchange unneeded Units for NP, then use your collected NP to unlock or upgrade new abilities (Talents) for a unit. Each unit has a different set of Talents that can be unlocked."* — Official Evil PONOS Description
Unlocking Talents requires NP, which can be obtained by exchanging units in Storage. The amount of NP awarded is dependent on the unit's rarity, with rarer units being worth more NP.

The amount of NP earned for each unit is as listed below:

 Legend Rare | 150

To use NP, visit the Upgrade Menu, then select a unit with Talents and choose which one you would like to unlock or upgrade. Every unit has five different Talents to unlock, some of which can be further developed up to nine times. Currently, there are **9** units with Talents.

## Talent Types

Theoretically, any effects/abilities in the game can become a Talent for units in future updates. However, the following effects/abilities are exclusive to Talents:

### Resist

* **Resist Freeze**
* **Resist Slow**
* **Resist Wave**
* **Resist Surge**
* **Resist Rainbow Curse**

### Stat Enhancements

* **Defense Buff**
* **Attack Buff**
* **Move Speed Up**

For a more in-depth description of what a talent individually does for a unit, see their unit page.

If you would like to see abilities that are not talent-exclusive, see this page.

## Upgrading Costs

Upgrade costs for all Talents are broken down into five cost brackets. The first encompasses Talent-exclusive abilities such as buffs and partial resistance to status effects, in addition to upgrading abilities that the unit in question already has. The second encompasses new abilities which can then be upgraded for greater effect. The third encompasses new and upgradable abilities which also unlock a new target trait. The fourth is for Shibalien's Barrier as it is a one time non-upgradable ability that costs 100 NP instead of 50 NP. Lastly, the fifth is for Brollow's Strengthen as it is an upgradable ability that costs 10 NP each level up to 100 NP.

In addition, NP costs are affected by unit rarity, with Rare units being the least expensive to unlock Talents, followed by Special/Super Rare and Uber Super Rare units.

Currently, only Rare Units have been given talents, thus being the only ones listed:

* Rare Units

## List of Units with Talents

*See each unit's article for more information.*
Note that some Talents have different names than the abilities they unlock. Most are the same, but some are just slightly different.

### Rare Units

* Doge Dark: Money Up, Move Speed Up, Resist Slow, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Shibalien: Barrier, Resist Wave, Resist Freeze, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Brollow: Strengthen, Survive, Resist Freeze, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Le'boin: Savage Blow, Resist Wave, Resist Slow, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Kang Roo: Survive, Immune to Slow, Resist Freeze, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Teacher Bear: Dodge Attack, Immune to Freeze, Resist Surge, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Master A.: Survive, Dodge Attack, Resist Wave, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Otta-smack-u: Survive, Resist Freeze, Resist Slow, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Kory: Wave Attack, Immune to Surge, Resist Wave, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.
* Mooth: Savage Blow, Resist Wave, Resist Slow, Attack Buff, Defense Buff.

## Trivia

* As of the Version 1.8 Update, only Rare units have talents.
* As of the Version 1.8 Update, Shibalien's Barrier talent and Brollow's Strengthen talent are the only talents to succeed 50 NP, as they are both 100 NP.