Viola's talent tree has 34 nodes over four pages. Maxing all of them takes 57 Immundus stones, 51 once the six free starting nodes are subtracted. This page lists every node with its prerequisite, stone cost and the real numbers behind it.
Overview#
Viola is the gunslinger. Her Attack page has two branches, the bayonet (Light Combo, Spin Kick) and the musket (Powerful Shooting, Snipe), plus Rapid-Fire. Her Special page is about Backstab and Execution follow-ups and the coloured special bullets. Her Sanity page is the most offensive of the first three heroes: critical damage and Bleed (rules in Abnormal state#How talents reshape these effects). See Viola for the character and Talents for the shared rules.
Stone budget#
Every level costs one stone of a fixed kind (Talents#Immundus stones). Nodes that start unlocked already hold level 1 for free, so the real bill is the second column.
| Stone | All levels | After the free starting nodes |
|---|---|---|
| Chipped Immundus | 9 | 3 |
| Immundus | 22 | 22 |
| Immundus Crystal | 20 | 20 |
| Immundus Diamond | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 57 | 51 |
By page (all levels): Attack 12, Special 20, Alchemy 13, Sanity 12.
The tree#
"Requires" is the node that needs level 1 before this one can be bought (Talents#Prerequisites and learning); no requirement means open from the start of the page. "Data" gives the internal effect type (Talents#Effect types) and the numbers the game actually applies (permille values shown as percent). Effect descriptions are paraphrased.
Page 1: Attack (10 nodes)#
| Slot | Talent | Requires | Cost per level | Effect | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Light Combo (starts unlocked) | none | L1 Chipped Immundus | Light, then Heavy: a 30-Rage bayonet strike; on a knocked-down enemy it follows with a stronger close-range finisher. | SkillOpen moves 14, 1014, 2014 |
| 102 | Spin Kick | 101 Light Combo | L1 Immundus | Dodge, then Light: a leg sweep after a dodge; other skills can follow it. | SkillOpen moves 12 |
| 103 | Light Combo: Enhanced | 102 Spin Kick | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Light Combo and its weakening version deal 10% / 20% more damage. | SkillDamageAdd 10% / 20% (moves: Light Combo, Light Combo: Weakening) |
| 105 | Light Combo: Weakening | 102 Spin Kick | L1 Immundus Crystal | Unlocks a version of Light Combo that deals much more resilience damage. | SkillOpen moves 23, 1023, 2023 |
| 107 | Powerful Shooting (starts unlocked) | none | L1 Chipped Immundus | Heavy, then Light: a 30-Rage musket shot that interrupts the enemy and pushes Viola back. | SkillOpen moves 15, 1015, 2015 |
| 108 | Powerful Shooting: Enhanced | 107 Powerful Shooting | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Powerful Shooting (and the knockback version) deals 10% / 20% more damage. | SkillDamageAdd 10% / 20% (moves: Powerful Shooting, Powerful Shooting: Knockback) |
| 109 | Powerful Shooting: Knockback | 108 Powerful Shooting: Enhanced | L1 Immundus | Powerful Shooting knocks enemies back and down. | SkillOpen moves 24, 1024, 2024 |
| 110 | Snipe | 107 Powerful Shooting | L1 Immundus | Hold Heavy: a 100-Rage sniper shot for very heavy damage. | SkillOpen moves 2, 3, 29, 30, 31, 32 |
| 113 | Rapid-Fire (starts unlocked) | none | L1 Chipped Immundus | Hold Special to empty the magazine in a burst. The move is always available; the node is only a path. | no effect (display node) |
| 116 | Rapid-Fire: Timing | 113 Rapid-Fire | L1 Immundus Diamond | Unlocks a faster version of Rapid-Fire with a shorter wind-up. | SkillOpen moves 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 |
Page 2: Special (12 nodes)#
| Slot | Talent | Requires | Cost per level | Effect | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Counter Attack (starts unlocked) | none | L1 Chipped Immundus | Special at the right instant counters an attack. The move is always available; the node is only a path. | no effect (display node) |
| 202 | Break Out | 201 Counter Attack | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | After a Backstab or Execution, crit rate rises by 15% / 20% of its base for 12 seconds. | StatusChange status 10038 is swapped for the id +1/+2 (see Hidden mechanics) |
| 203 | Lucky Shooter | 202 Break Out | L1 Immundus Crystal | 20% chance that a shot does not use a bullet. | NoBullet 20% |
| 204 | Bloody | 201 Counter Attack | L1 Immundus | Hits on bleeding targets have their crit rate multiplied by 1.2. | StatusBloodCritRateAdd 20% |
| 205 | Special Bullet - Burst | 204 Bloody | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Blue special bullets deal 10% / 20% more damage. | SkillDamageAdd 10% / 20% (21 blue-bullet move rows, index + 2000: the Heavy shots, Snipe, Rapid-Fire and the Light Combo and Powerful Shooting shots, including their Weakening and Knockback versions) |
| 207 | Backstab (starts unlocked) | none | L1 Chipped Immundus | Interact behind an unaware enemy. Footsteps alert enemies; walking slowly keeps them quiet. | SkillOpen moves 107 |
| 208 | Backstab: Enhanced | 207 Backstab | L1 Immundus | Backstab damage +10%. | SkillDamageAdd 10% (moves: Backstab) |
| 209 | Condemn | 208 Backstab: Enhanced | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Bleed lasts 15 s, then 20 s (from 10 s): +50% / +100%. | StatusChange status 10034 is swapped for the id +1/+2 (see Hidden mechanics) |
| 213 | Execution (starts unlocked) | none | L1 Chipped Immundus | Interact on a weakened enemy. | SkillOpen moves 108 |
| 214 | Improved Magazine | 213 Execution | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal; L3 Immundus Diamond | Special bullet capacity +2 / +4 / +6 (base 12). | ColorBulletMaxAdd 2 / 4 / 6 |
| 216 | Execution: Enhanced | 213 Execution | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal; L3 Immundus Diamond | Execution damage +10% / +20% / +30%. | SkillDamageAdd 10% / 20% / 30% (moves: Execution) |
| 217 | Bullets Recycling | 214 Improved Magazine | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Killing an enemy can drop special bullets: 20% for 2 bullets, then 30% for 3 (base 10% for 1). | ColorBulletAdd 1 / 2 |
Page 3: Alchemy (5 nodes)#
| Slot | Talent | Requires | Cost per level | Effect | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Health Potions: Stock | none | L1 Chipped Immundus; L2 Immundus; L3 Immundus Crystal | Carry 1 / 2 / 3 more Health Potions. | ItemHpMaxAdd 1 / 2 / 3 |
| 304 | Prolonged Duration | 301 Health Potions: Stock | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal; L3 Immundus Diamond | Item buffs last 10% / 20% / 30% longer. | ItemStatusTimeAdd 10% / 20% / 30% |
| 310 | Speed Drinking | 314 Improved Effect | L1 Immundus Crystal | Drinking potions and elixirs takes less time. | EatSpeedUp 1 |
| 313 | Health Potion: Evolved | none | L1 Chipped Immundus; L2 Immundus; L3 Immundus Crystal | Health Potions heal 10% / 20% / 30% more (relative). | ItemValueAdd 10% / 20% / 30% |
| 314 | Improved Effect | 313 Health Potion: Evolved | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal; L3 Immundus Diamond | Item buffs are 10% / 20% / 30% stronger. | ItemStatusValueAdd 10% / 20% / 30% |
Page 4: Sanity (7 nodes)#
| Slot | Talent | Requires | Cost per level | Effect | Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Sanity | none | L1 Chipped Immundus; L2 Immundus; L3 Immundus Crystal | Maximum Sanity +5% / +10% / +15%. | PropertyAdd max Sanity: 5% / 10% / 15% |
| 402 | Devout | 401 Sanity | L1 Immundus | Your hits drain 15% less Sanity. | SanAttackSub 15% |
| 403 | Sanity: Enhanced Elixir | 402 Devout | L1 Immundus Crystal | Each potion or elixir restores a little Sanity (5 per use in the data). | ItemSanAdd 5 |
| 405 | Lucky Madness | 402 Devout | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Better odds for Raw Stone and Blackwater materials to drop. Level 1 / 2 adds +5 / +10 drop weight. | ItemProbAdd drop column ProbAdd1/ProbAdd2 for item types 801, 803 |
| 407 | Adapt to Abnormality: Critical Strike | none | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | In the Abnormal state the crit damage bonus rises from +10% to +20% of base at level 1, and +30% at level 2. | SanPropertyChangeRate crit damage: 100% / 200% |
| 408 | Adapt to Abnormality: Stamina | 407 Adapt to Abnormality: Critical Strike | L1 Immundus; L2 Immundus Crystal | Softens the Abnormal-state stamina penalty after Viola is wounded (see Hidden mechanics). | SanPropertyChangeRate stamina recovery speed: 25% / 50% |
| 409 | Brutality | 408 Adapt to Abnormality: Stamina | L1 Immundus Diamond | In the Abnormal state, a critical hit has a 20% chance to make the target bleed. | SanCritStatusRate 20% |
Hidden mechanics#
- Starts with six nodes. Light Combo, Powerful Shooting, Rapid-Fire, Counter Attack, Backstab and Execution are all open from the start. Rapid-Fire and Counter Attack are display nodes with no effect: the moves exist regardless, and the nodes only serve as roots for other nodes.
- Break Out only exists with the talent. After a Backstab or Execution the game looks for a status swap; without the node nothing is applied. Level 1 applies status 10038 (crit rate +15% of base, 12 s), level 2 applies 10039 (+20%, 12 s). The bonus is relative to base crit rate, not extra percentage points (inferred from the status formula).
- Bloody multiplies crit rate by 1.2 against bleeding targets. With a 20% crit rate that is 24%, not 40%.
- Condemn changes which Bleed Viola applies. Her moves that apply Bleed (status 10034, 10 s) apply 10035 (15 s) at level 1 and 10036 (20 s) at level 2.
- Bullets Recycling has a base of 10%. Whenever Viola is the leading hero, every kill already has a 10% chance of dropping 1 special bullet; the talent turns it into 20% for 2 and 30% for 3.
- Improved Magazine raises the special bullet cap from 12 to 14, 16 or 18.
- Lucky Shooter rolls once per bullet spent: on a 20% success the shot is free.
- Adapt to Abnormality: Critical Strike works on the built-in Abnormal-state bonus (+10% of base crit damage). The talent multiplies that bonus by 2 at level 1 and by 3 at level 2, so the real result is +20% and +30%.
- Adapt to Abnormality: Stamina acts on a built-in penalty. While in the Abnormal state and carrying the "Wounded (Gunner)" status (id 10004, internal name), exhaustion recovery is slowed by 50%. The talent trims that penalty to 37.5% and then 25% (inferred reading of the property: the property lowers the recovery speed, so subtracting less is better). The text speaks of bleeding, but status 10004 is not Bleed (Bleed is 10001).
- Brutality inflicts true Bleed (status 10001) with a 20% chance per critical hit, only in the Abnormal state (and so also when Lunatic). It has a single level; the code checks
IsHeroSanNotNormal(10002)(animalbase_value.lua2476). - Devout multiplies the Sanity drained by your own hits by 0.85; see Sanity talents and trophies#Hidden mechanics.
- Lucky Madness adds drop weight to item types 801 (Raw Stone) and 803 (Blackwater materials); the mechanism is in Talents#hm-lucky-madness-does-not-use-percent-it-adds.
Where the game text disagrees with the data#
| Node | The game text says | The data and code give |
|---|---|---|
| 407 Adapt to Abnormality: Critical Strike | Crit damage +20% / +40% | +20% / +30%: the built-in 10% bonus is multiplied by 2 and 3, not 2 and 4. |
| 408 Adapt to Abnormality: Stamina | Recovery time from Exhaustion reduced by 25% / 50% when Bleeding | The talent reduces a built-in 50% recovery penalty to 37.5% / 25%; the trigger is the Wounded (Gunner) status, not Bleed. |
| 403 Sanity: Enhanced Elixir | Restore 10 Sanity | The applied value is 5. |
| 405 Lucky Madness | Drop rate +5% / +10% in the Abnormal State | Adds drop weight 5 / 10; no Sanity condition in the code (inferred). |
| 204 Bloody | Crit rate +20% | Crit rate x1.2 (relative). |
| 205 Special Bullet - Burst | (no number) | Value 100 / 200 permille: +10% / +20% on 21 listed bullet moves. |
Sources#
reference/lua_src/gamedata/structdata/exportdata/es_herotalent.lua: every node (columnsTalentPos,PreTalent,StoneLevel,Type,Condition,Value,ValueAdd,TextValue,TextValueAdd,DefaultOpen). English text:GameTextData.HeroTalent.luascript/structdata/fs_talentdata.lua:5-45, 119-127(level cap = number of stones listed,DefaultOpenforces level 1, level-up).luascript/structdata/fs_herodata.lua:401-434(GetHeroTalentValue: value =Value + ValueAdd x (level - 1), summed over all learned nodes of a type).luascript/structdata/ms_herotalentcondition.lua:5-63(how theConditioncolumn is matched).luascript/ui/controller/playerinfoctrl.lua:4280-4315(stone check),4405-4455(prerequisite: previous node level above 0),4562-4600(editing only at an altar),4850-4925(confirm, stone consumption, achievements).- Viola rows:
ES_HeroTalentids withHeroId10002. Re-read in the heroes_a pass:Conditionof Special Bullet - Burst (21 entries, indexes 2002-2029), Snipe (2,0;3,0;29,0;30,0;31,0;32,0) and Brutality (StoneLevel4,Value200). luascript/logic/player/hero10002.lua:213-221(Break Out status swap),228-240, 388-396(magazine size),413-423(Lucky Shooter).luascript/logic/player/animalbase.lua:7499-7512(Condemn status swap).luascript/logic/playervalue/animalbase_value.lua:420-436(Abnormal-state bonuses for Viola),2425-2450(crit rate, Bloody),2468-2480(Brutality),1563-1569(stamina recovery delay = (100 - recovery time) / 10 s).luascript/controller/controllerstorymode.lua:5276-5300(special bullet drops);reference/lua_src/gamedata/playerdefine/hero10002_define.lua:77-95.- Table
StatusDatarows 10034-10036 (Bleed 10/15/20 s), 10038-10039 (crit rate 150/200, 12 s), 10001 (Bleed), 10004 (Wounded (Gunner)).
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