How do Devotion skills level / activate?

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Hi all,

So I have something that has always confused me: if I assign a Devotion skill like Ghoulish Hunger (100% Chance at 45% Health) to a skill like the Soldier’s skill Oleron’s Rage (which I always have active), does that mean with 100% certainty that Ghoulish Hunger will activate at that 45% Health threshold? Does a skill like Oleron’s Rage even need to be turned on for the Devotion skill Ghoulish Hunger’s effects to take place?

What happens if I assign it to something like Menhir’s Will (which only activates when you are at 33% Health or less)? Does that mean Ghoulish Hunger would only activate when I hit 33% HP or less? Or does it not matter and Ghoulish Hunger activates period, regardless of what skill it is assigned to on Devotion, at 45% Health?

My other question: how do Devotion Skills level? Is it just whatever XP you get, after you assign the Devotion Skill to a Class Skill, is then added to the Devotion Skill’s leveling? Or do you only get the XP associated with the Class Skill you are using tied to the Devotion Skill? In other words, do I need to tie the Devotion skill to something I will be using constantly to get full experience for it?

Thanks!

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To put it simply, when you turn on a buff, you can see its icon appear above your health bar. That’s how you know it’s active. Ghoulish hunger can activate only if the ability that it’s linked to is also active.

So in your case, since oleron’s rage is always active once you toggle it, ghoulish hunger will always activate when your health gets below 45%. Menhir’s will is only active once you drop below 33%, so ghoulish hunger can’t activate unless menhir is also active.

Devotion abilities gain levels as long as they’re linked to another skill (you don’t need to kill enemies with the devotion skill or anything like that).

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Thank you!