Skills are one of the main combat features in Heavyweight Fishing. They are not only useful when catching regular fish, but can also make a big difference when fighting bosses. Depending on the Skill you use, you can stun fish, deal damage over time, avoid boss attacks, increase your Rod Power, or even bypass certain defensive effects. Because every Skill has a different effect, choosing the right one can help you handle tougher enemies more easily. Here is a complete list of the current Skills in Heavyweight Fishing and how you can get them.
What Are Skills in Heavyweight Fishing?
Skills are special abilities that provide extra effects during fishing and boss battles. Some Skills focus on direct damage, while others are designed around crowd control, defense, or temporary stat boosts.
Stun is one of the most common effects, allowing you to stop a fish for a few seconds. Other Skills can apply damage every second, protect you from boss Skills, or increase your Rod Power for a short period. The current Skills include:
- Skyfall Stomp
- Taijiquan Technique
- Leopard Lock
- Whirlwind Fishing Art
- Iron Grip Art
- Dual Sonic Kick
- Shangqing Realm
- Heaven’s Burden
- Tiger’s Hunt
- Ruinous Sacrifice
- Vajra Godcast
All Heavyweight Fishing Skills
Each Skill has its own purpose. Some are easier to understand because they simply deal damage and stun the target, while others have special mechanics that can be much more useful during boss fights.
Skyfall Stomp
Skyfall Stomp is a straightforward Skill that combines damage with a short stun.
Its effects are:
- Stuns the fish for 2 seconds.
- Deals damage to the target.
The short stun makes it useful for interrupting a fish, although the duration is lower than many of the other Skills.
Taijiquan Technique
Taijiquan Technique provides a much longer stun and adds damage over time.
Its effects include:
- Stuns the fish for 10 seconds.
- Deals damage every second.
This makes it useful when you want to keep a target disabled while continuing to deal damage.
Leopard Lock
Leopard Lock is another Skill that focuses on keeping the fish stunned while applying damage over time.
Its effects are:
- Stuns the fish for 10 seconds.
- Deals 2 damage per second.
The long stun duration gives you plenty of time to take advantage of the target being unable to act.
Whirlwind Fishing Art
Whirlwind Fishing Art is more defensive than some of the basic Skills. It can protect you from boss Skills while also damaging and stunning the target.
Its effects include:
- Immune to damage from boss Skills.
- Deals your current damage to the fish.
- Stuns the fish for 12 seconds.
The 12-second stun is particularly useful when you need to control a difficult target.
Iron Grip Art
Iron Grip Art combines a long stun with damage over time.
Its effects are:
- Stuns the fish for 10 seconds.
- Deals 1 damage per second.
It is another useful option for keeping a target under control while dealing additional damage.
Dual Sonic Kick
Dual Sonic Kick focuses on sustained damage rather than stunning the target.
Its main effect is:
- Deals your current damage per second for up to 10 seconds.
This can be useful when you want to maintain damage on a target instead of relying on a stun effect.
Shangqing Realm
Shangqing Realm has several useful effects, especially when dealing with bosses.
Its effects include:
- Immune to damage from boss Skills.
- Can bypass boss invincibility.
- Deals your current damage.
- Stuns the fish for 4 seconds.
The ability to bypass boss invincibility makes this Skill particularly interesting for difficult encounters where defensive mechanics can otherwise slow down the fight.
Heaven’s Burden
Heaven’s Burden combines offense, defense, crowd control, and healing into one Skill.
Its effects include:
- Immune to damage from boss Skills.
- Stuns the fish for 10 seconds.
- Restores 25 HP.
- Deals your current damage every second.
The healing effect gives this Skill extra value during longer fights, while the stun and damage keep it useful offensively.
Tiger’s Hunt
Tiger’s Hunt is focused on increasing your Rod Power for a limited period.
Its effects are:
- Increases Rod Power by 30 for 15 seconds.
- Deals your current damage every second.
The temporary Power boost can be useful when you need to increase your damage output during an important part of a fight.
Ruinous Sacrifice
Ruinous Sacrifice provides one of the biggest Rod Power boosts among the listed Skills, but it comes with a major drawback.
Its effects include:
- Immune to damage from boss Skills.
- Increases Rod Power by 999 for 10 seconds.
- Deals your current damage every second.
- Drains 20 HP per second.
The huge Power increase comes at the cost of your HP. Because of the health drain, you need to use this Skill carefully and make sure you can survive while the effect is active.
Vajra Godcast
Vajra Godcast combines boss protection, damage, and crowd control.
Its effects include:
- Immune to damage from boss Skills.
- Deals your current damage.
- Stuns the fish for 7 seconds.
- After 5 seconds, deals 50% of your current damage.
This gives the Skill several useful effects in a single ability, making it suitable for situations where you need both defense and damage.
How to Get Skills in Heavyweight Fishing
Skills are obtained through the game’s summoning system. There are currently two banners that you can use when trying to obtain Skills.
The available banners are:
- Taiji Banner
- Egoless Banner
You need to use Tickets or Crystals to summon. These resources can be obtained through different parts of the game, including redeeming available codes and completing certain quests.
Because Skills have different rarities, you may need to perform multiple summons before getting the one you want.
Heavyweight Fishing Skill Pity System
Heavyweight Fishing includes a pity system that guarantees certain rarities after reaching specific summon counts.
The current pity requirements are:
- 30 summons — Guaranteed Legendary.
- 120 summons — Guaranteed Mythical.
- 1,000 summons — Guaranteed Secret.
This system means you are not completely dependent on luck. If you keep summoning and reach the required pity amount, you will eventually receive a guaranteed Skill of the specified rarity.
However, the Secret pity requires a very large number of summons, so players should save their Tickets and Crystals carefully if they are aiming for the highest rarity.
How to Get Tickets and Crystals
Tickets and Crystals are important because they are used to summon Skills from the available banners.
There are several ways to obtain these resources, including:
- Redeeming Heavyweight Fishing codes.
- Completing certain quests.
- Collecting available rewards from the game.
Keeping an eye on new codes can be helpful because free Tickets and Crystals can give you additional summons without requiring you to spend your existing resources.
Which Skills Are Good for Bosses?
There is no single Skill that is perfect for every situation because the abilities have different effects. However, Skills with defensive effects can be particularly useful against bosses. Some options to consider include:
- Whirlwind Fishing Art for boss Skill immunity and a 12-second stun.
- Shangqing Realm for boss Skill immunity and the ability to bypass boss invincibility.
- Heaven’s Burden for immunity, healing, damage, and a 10-second stun.
- Vajra Godcast for immunity, damage, and a 7-second stun.
- Ruinous Sacrifice for its massive +999 Rod Power boost, although it drains 20 HP every second.
Your choice should depend on your current build and whether you need more damage, control, survivability, or a combination of these effects.
Skills give Heavyweight Fishing more depth than simply catching fish with your Rod. They can provide stuns, damage over time, boss Skill immunity, healing, cooldown-related advantages, and temporary increases to Rod Power.
You can obtain Skills through the Taiji Banner and Egoless Banner by spending Tickets or Crystals. The pity system guarantees a Legendary at 30 summons, a Mythical at 120 summons, and a Secret at 1,000 summons.
If you are trying to improve your build, pay attention to what each Skill actually does instead of choosing one based only on its rarity. Defensive Skills can be valuable against bosses, while damage and Power-focused abilities may be better when you simply want to finish encounters faster.