All Abilities in Mortal Shell 2

Shell actives, Shell passives, and the defensive abilities Seals grant, with the effect text the game states for each.

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How abilities work

Three different systems put abilities on your bar and this page holds all of them: the active a Shell brings, the passive it always has, and the defensive move a Seal grants. They are listed together because in a fight you do not care which slot an option came from.

Actives cost Resolve. Passives do not, which is why a Shell's passive often shapes a build more than its active does.


Biosampler	Proxima fires a hook from her left arm, pulling enemies or herself into range before striking with a follow-up attack that inflicts Lightning.
Deadly Revelation	At 10% health or lower, Smert has Faith.
Duality	When Genessa's health is depleted, she becomes Stray instead of being severed from the Harbinger.
Ethereal Diapason	Eredrim smashes his Diapason to create a blinding shockwave that deals Break Damage to all enemies in range.
Executioner	Eredrim executes enemies on low health and gains Slaughterer stacks by performing a Riposte. Stacks are lost upon resting or being severed.
Exodus of Thorns	Sariel expels parasitic thorns that hunt nearby enemies, inflicting Curse stacks. Each activation inflicts Pain on Sariel.
Faithful Doubles	Genessa summons Faithful Doubles which perform a Weapon attack and then vanish.
Fortified Plate	Lazlo has a base 10% damage reduction as long as his armor is on.
Gloomslayer	Sidearms deal Break Damage. Some Health and Resolve are restored when Riposting an enemy in a glorious manner.
Grafted Armor	Proxima has a base 15% chance to mitigate melee or ranged damage. Mitigated damage is reduced by a base 50% and prevents stagger.
Guard	Block incoming attacks with your Weapon. Time it right to Perfect Guard and deal Break Damage.
Harden	Harden your body to withstand the next attack damage. Time it right to Perfect Harden and deal Break Damage.
Lingering Shadow	Tiel gains Shadow and prepares to perform a Shadow Strike with his dagger. △ Lingering Shadow R1 Shadow Strike
Miracle	Smert halts time, entering a Fight Stance. Unarmed attacks apply Chaos stacks that detonate for damage when time resumes. Miracle can be pushed into Overtime at the cost of Health.
Parry	With proper timing, Parry incoming attacks, breaking enemies more efficiently but at a greater risk.
Purge	When Sariel has no Pain, 50% of any incoming damage becomes Pain. When Sariel is at max Pain, Sariel dodges faster.
Retribution	Lazlo heats his armor, unleashing a Shockwave. Repeated use causes Overheat, triggering a stronger shockwave that inflicts Burn stacks but temporarily disables his armor.
Revered Heart	A Revered heart used by Gragu to restore a portion of Health. It is possible to replenish its power by slaying foes.
Shadow Dash	Dashing just before getting struck grants Tiel Shadow and inflicts Stagger Damage.
Shell Revive	When separated from a Shell, the Harbinger can rebuild the connection by wounding enemies. Once enough damage is dealt, the Shell becomes reclaimable.
Shoulder Bash	Eredrim lunges with his shoulder, slamming into enemies and dealing Break Damage.
Slayer Punch	A charged attack that allows you to dash a great distance to punch the target and deal massive Break Damage automatically Riposting them if they break.
Staggering Blow	Gragu charges a devastating punch that makes the victim to heavy stagger. The longer the charge the higher the damage dealt.
Stone Stun	Harros petrifies nearby enemies, leaving them unable to act. While hardened, they take no damage but suffer Break Damage instead.
Stray Doubles	For a duration, Genessa automatically summons Stray Doubles that copy Weapon and Sidearm attacks.