Best V Rising Abilities: Basic, Travel, ULT & Vampire

Our V Rising best abilities guide entails Top 20 abilities from basic, travel, ultimate and vampire spells you should unlock in the game.

If you ever had to play an RPG video game based on creating your vampire, customizing skill sets, and selecting the best weapons in your arsenal, then V Rising is the perfect game for you. To achieve the Best Build in the game, you must be well-informed on some of the Best V Rising Abilities. 

There is no limitation to what you do in the game and engage in PvP or PvE elements. However, the abilities you equip will define your overall playstyle. 

Our Picks And Comparison

Stats of all abilities in V Rising:

Ability NameTypeBuffs
Blood RageBlood Ability- The higher your spell power the more effective the shield is.
- 25% Increase in attack speed for 4.5 seconds.
Sanguine CoilBlood Ability- Launches a projectile that does 75% damage.
- Leeches 40% Health if it hits the target.
- Allies get healed to a 100% if it hits the target.
Ward Of The DamnedUnholy Ability- Increases the movement speed by 10%.
- Block melee and projectile attacks for 2 seconds
PestilenceUnholy Ability- Each of the 3 projectiles does 40% Magic Damage.
- On Hit it knocks back and applies the Amplify Status Effect.
- This effect increases the damage taken by enemies to 25%.
Wisp DanceIllusion Ability- 25% Magic Damage to enemies who come close to you in this state.
- The 3 whips launched as projectiles will do 50% Magic Damage.
- On Hit it applies the Weaken Status Effect.
- This effect reduces the overall damage output by 30% for 5 seconds.
Spectral AssassinIllusion Ability- On hit does 125% Magic Damage to all targets.
- On hit applies the Weaken Status Effect.
- This effect reduces the damage output of enemies by 30% for 5 seconds.
Chaos VolleyChaos Ability- Does 125% of your overall magic damage.
- On Hit it applies the Chaos Status Effect to the target.
Power SurgeChaos AbilityIncreases attack and movement speed by 25% when the shield is active.
Frost BatFrost Ability- Does 100% Magic Damage.and Applies Chill to targets nearby.
- Applies 4 seconds of immobilization in PvE.
- Applies 2.5 seconds of Chilled Status Effect to vampires in PvP.
Frost BarrierFrost Ability- Each frost wave does 50% Magic Damage to targets and Applies the Chilled Status Effect to targets.
- Increased movement by 10% for 2 seconds.
- Block All Melee and Projectile Attacks for 2 seconds.
Veil Of IllusionTravel Ability- 25% Increased Damage after your enemies become eluded for 2.2 seconds.
- The illusion throws projectiles at enemies that do 40% magic damage.
Veil Of FrostTravel Ability- Eludes the enemy for 2.2 seconds.
- The shield is applied to your character for 125% of your spell power and 25% Increased Damage Potential on your next primary attack.
- Nova Of Frost does 50% damage while also applying Chill Status Effect.
Summon Fallen AngelUltimate Ability- Summons a fallen angel for 15 seconds and applies the amplified status effect.
- This effect allows you to deal a 25% increased damage.
Chaos BarrageUltimate Ability- Unleashes 4 chaos barrages which are huge projectiles.
- On a hit, it does 75% magic damage and applies the Chaos Burn Status effect on hit.
Rat FormVampire AbilityAllows you to use stealth as your mode of travel.
Toad FormVampire AbilityAllows you to move while jumping in the air.
Wolf FormVampire AbilityIncreases your movement speed by 45%.
Human FormVampire Ability- Allows traveling in human settlements.
- Buying valuable items from merchants and selling of items to traders.
- Also consumes more blood.
Blood HungerVampire AbilityAllows the identification of blood quality and blood types of your targets before praying on them.
Expose VeinVampire Ability- Allows you to share your blood, blood quality, and blood type with other vampires.
- Helps in replenishing your ally vampires.

Best Blood Abilities 

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Blood abilities V Rising

The best part about equipping Blood abilities in the game is that they passively heal your character or nearby allies for some time. However, the overall effectiveness of the healing power is entirely dependent on either your skill power or the maximum health of the character. 

Since there are five Blood abilities you can unlock and equip at best only two, we have listed our best blood abilities in V Rising that you need to have.  

Blood Rage

  • Provides a shield for you and nearby allies.
  • Shield potency scales with 110% of your spell power.
  • Increases attack speed by 25% for 4.5 seconds.
  • Higher spell power enhances shield effectiveness and attack speed.
  • Ideal for melee combat, allowing more hits and increased damage output.

Sanguine Coil

  • Ranged skill dealing 75% magic damage.
  • Leeches 40% health if the skill hits the target.
  • Heals allies for 100% and yourself for 40% if the skill connects.
  • Potency depends on your spell power.
  • Excellent for maintaining distance from enemies while dealing damage and providing healing support to allies.

Best Unholy Abilities

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Unholy abilities V Rising

Equipping Unholy abilities grants the Amplify status effect, increasing target damage taken by 25% for five seconds. Here are the top two Unholy abilities:

Ward Of The Damned

  • Provides 10% increased movement speed.
  • Grants complete block of melee and projectile attacks for two seconds.
  • Summons a skeleton upon absorbing an attack, knocking back melee attackers.
  • Effective in both PvE and PvP scenarios.
  • Ideal for cooperative play or facing online opponents due to its defensive and disruptive capabilities.

Pestilence

  • Ranged ability launching three Unholy projectiles, each dealing 40% magic damage.
  • Applies knockback and Amplify status effect to targets hit, increasing damage taken by 25% for five seconds.
  • Excellent for crowd control and maintaining distance from enemies.
  • Offers versatility in dealing ranged damage and applying Amplify for increased damage output.

Both abilities provide strategic advantages in combat, with Ward Of The Damned offering defensive utility and Pestilence providing ranged damage and crowd control capabilities.

Best Illusion Abilities

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illusion abilities V Rising

The Illusion set of abilities in the game basically weakens an enemy’s attack power significantly. Every attack that your abilities land on a target will weaken their incoming attack by 30% for five seconds. So, you can call Illusion abilities debuff skills in V Rising.

 Here are the top two Illusion abilities:

Wisp Dance

  • Summons at least three wisps that circle around, creating a shield barrier.
  • Enemies approaching take 25% magic damage.
  • Pressing the ability button again launches all wisps as projectiles, each dealing 50% magic damage.
  • Applies the Weaken status effect to hit targets, reducing damage output by 30% for five seconds.
  • Effective in both PvE and PvP scenarios, providing defensive and offensive capabilities.

Spectral Assassin

  • Summons an assassin lasting six seconds to aid in combat.
  • Performs heavy attacks, dealing 125% magic damage to all targets hit.
  • Each hit knocks back enemies, providing crowd control.
  • Inflicts the Weaken status effect on targets, reducing their damage output by 30% for five seconds.
  • Ideal for crowd control and dealing significant damage in combat situations.

Best Chaos Abilities

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Chaos abilities V Rising

Similar to the debuff capability of Illusion skills we listed above, the Chaos abilities apply damage-over-time (DoT) effects on a target that is called Chaos Burn. Whenever your skills connect with a target, and they get this status effect, the overall health of an enemy will deplete for a few seconds.

That is why if you want to apply Chaos Burns on bosses in PvE or other vampires in PvP, then you must start using the two best Chaos abilities in V Rising we have listed here below.

Chaos Volley

  • Ranged ability hurling two chaos bolts back-to-back, dealing 125% of overall magic damage.
  • Applies Chaos Burn status effect to inflicted targets.
  • Ideal for applying DoT effects on enemies in both PvE and PvP scenarios.

Power Surge

    • Provides PvP-oriented utility.
    • Removes all negative status effects and applies a shield to yourself or an ally.
    • Shield potency depends on 150% of your spell power.
    • Shield grants increased attack and movement speed by 25% as long as it lasts.
    • Useful for gaining advantage in PvP encounters and exploiting in boss fights.

While Power Surge is primarily geared towards PvP encounters, it can also be effective in PvE scenarios, providing defensive utility and enhancing combat performance.

Best Frost Abilities

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Frost abilities V Rising

Frost abilities immobilize enemies with the Chill status effect, granting time to attack freely. Here are the top two Frost abilities:

Frost Bat

  • Projectile-based ability sending out an exploding projectile.
  • Covers targets in Frost layer upon explosion, applying Chill.
  • Deals 100% magic damage.
  • In PvE, enemies are immobilized for four seconds; in PvP, vampires are Chilled for 2.5 seconds.
  • Effective for immobilizing enemies and dealing damage in both PvE and PvP scenarios.

Frost Barrier

  • Spawns nearly eight waves of Frost upon activation.
  • Each wave deals 50% magic damage and applies Chill to struck targets.
  • Increases character movement speed by 10% for two seconds.
  • Blocks all incoming melee and projectile-based attacks for two seconds.
  • Provides offensive and defensive capabilities, ideal for crowd control and protecting against attacks.

Both abilities offer strategic advantages in combat, with Frost Bat providing ranged damage and immobilization, while Frost Barrier offers crowd control and defensive utility.

Best Travel Abilities 

Now that we have included all the best abilities from Blood, Unholy, Chaos, Illusion, and Frost elements, you must also learn the best travel abilities as well. Since you can equip only one travel ability at a time, we have listed just two travel abilities that we think are far better than the rest three that we did not list here. 

However, it is just a personal preference, and you may happen to like the travel abilities that we did not list here. Or, you may also be agreeing to the choice of best travel abilities in V Rising we listed here.  

Veil Of Illusion

  • Dashes towards the input direction, eluding enemies for 2.2 seconds.
  • Next attack deals 25% increased damage.
  • Spawns illusion that throws projectiles, dealing 40% magic damage.
  • Recasting teleports character back to starting position.
  • Ideal for confusing enemies, increasing damage output, and providing ranged damage support.

Veil Of Frost

  • Dashes towards enemies, eluding them for 2.2 seconds.
  • Applies shield for 125% of spell power.
  • Next primary attack deals 25% increased damage.
  • Conjures frost nova dealing 50% damage and applying Chill status effect.
  • Effective for engaging enemies, increasing survivability, and applying crowd control.

Best Ultimate Abilities 

Ultimate abilities in V Rising deal a massive amount of damage and are also the only class of abilities to have a longer cooldown duration. You will do enormous damage, but you will also need to decide where to use the skill and make the most of the situation. 

That is why one must not undermine the potential of using ultimate abilities in the game, as they can turn the tide of a rough situation in your favor. Since you can equip only one ultimate skill in the game at a time, we have recommended the two best ultimate abilities in V Rising; you should definitely try not to sleep on them.

Summon Fallen Angel

  • Unholy ultimate ability.
  • Summons a fallen angel to fight alongside you for 15 seconds.
  • Fallen angel’s attacks apply the Amplify status effect, increasing damage dealt by 25% for five seconds.
  • Ideal for tough PvE boss battles or PvP encounters, providing additional damage and amplifying damage output.

Chaos Barrage

  • Chaos ultimate ability.
  • Launches four chaos barrages, dealing 75% magic damage on direct hit.
  • Each hit applies Chaos Burn status effect, inflicting damage over time to enemies caught in the attack zone.
  • Effective for dealing massive damage and applying AoE damage and debuffs to multiple enemies.
  • Useful against stronger enemies or in situations with multiple approaching threats.

Best Vampire Abilities

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Vampire abilities V Rising

Unlike the character abilities that we have listed above, the vampire powers or abilities in the game do not come with a skill cooldown. It is because these abilities are not used while you are engaged in PvE or PvP combat, and you can use the vampire abilities or powers once you are out of combat.

The vampire powers are also used for stealth purposes. You can use these skills to avoid engaging with a powerful enemy or take a human form and roam in a human settlement. You can take the form of smaller animals, such as a toad and rat to escape or not get spotted easily.

All in all, the vampire powers are there to help you explore the game’s world, and they are not connected with the combat mechanics of V Rising.

Rat Form

  • Transforms you into a rat, making it hard for enemies to detect you.
  • Ideal for blending into the environment and avoiding detection.
  • Cancels if you take damage, returning you to vampire form.

Toad Form

  • Transforms you into a toad, allowing you to move by jumping in the air.
  • Makes it difficult for enemies to identify you.
  • Ends if you take damage, reverting you to vampire form.

Wolf Form

  • Transforms you into a wolf, increasing movement speed by 45%.
  • Allows for faster navigation of the game world.
  • Reverts to vampire form if you take damage.

Human Form

  • Transforms you into a human, allowing you to interact with human settlements.
  • Enables trading with merchants and accessing valuable items.
  • Consumes more blood while in human form.

Blood Hunger

  • Allows you to see the blood quality and types of prey before hunting.
  • Makes it easier to target and feed on specific blood types.

Expose Vein

  • Enables sharing of blood pool percentage with other vampires in your party.
  • Allows for replenishment of blood by sharing with other vampires.
  • Shares blood type and quality with the recipient.

That is pretty much everything you need to know about the Best Abilities or Skills in V Rising. Did you find our list helpful? Which abilities theme has been your favorite so far in the game? For us, it is definitely the Unholy one. Let us know more of your thoughts in the comments section below.

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