Not to be confused with avatar abilities.

Skills contribute to your combat effectiveness by increasing the amount of damage you do and decreasing the amount of damage you take. There are 4 skills:

• Gun Skill
• Melee Skill
• Projectile Skill
• Defensive Skill

Unlike points, skills are gained through practice. Defensive skill is increased when you take damage, while the other three are increased by making ineffective attacks with the respective weapon type. Missing, which is determined by the Accuracy stat, does not appear to raise skills.