What Skills Do in Heavyweight Fishing
Skills are special abilities that provide extra effects during fishing and boss battles. Some focus on direct damage, others on crowd control (stuns), defense (boss-Skill immunity), or temporary stat boosts (Rod Power). Source: Roonby All Skills Guide (updated 29 August 2026) and Destructoid Ultimate Tier List.
Unlike rods, skills are obtained through a summoning banner system rather than direct purchase. You spend Tickets or Crystals on banners and receive a randomized skill. The game has a pity system that guarantees higher rarities after a fixed number of summons.
Complete Skill List with Effects
Every current Fishing Skill, sorted by versatility:
- Skyfall Stomp — Stuns the fish for 2 seconds, deals damage. Cheap starter pickup.
- Taijiquan Technique — Stuns for 10 seconds and deals damage every second.
- Leopard Lock — 10-second stun + 2 damage per second. Strong control.
- Whirlwind Fishing Art — Immune to boss Skills, deals current damage, 12-second stun.
- Iron Grip Art — 10-second stun + 1 damage per second.
- Dual Sonic Kick — Deals your current damage per second for 10 seconds (no stun).
- Shangqing Realm — Immune to boss Skills, bypasses boss invincibility, 4-second stun.
- Heaven's Burden — Immune to boss Skills, 10-second stun, restores 25 HP, damage per second.
- Tiger's Hunt — +30 Rod Power for 15 seconds + damage per second.
- Ruinous Sacrifice — +999 Rod Power for 10 seconds + damage per second, but drains 20 HP per second.
- Vajra Godcast — Immune to boss Skills, deals current damage, 7-second stun, 50% of current damage after 5 seconds.
Summoning System
Skills are obtained through two summon banners:
- Taiji Banner — standard pool, lower Ticket cost per pull.
- Egoless Banner — premium pool, higher rarity chance, costs Crystals.
You need Tickets or Crystals to summon. These come from codes (see our active codes), daily quests, and boss catches. Source: Roonby All Skills Guide.
Pity System
Heavyweight Fishing includes a hard pity system that guarantees skills of certain rarities after a fixed number of summons:
- 30 summons — Guaranteed Legendary skill.
- 120 summons — Guaranteed Mythical skill.
- 1,000 summons — Guaranteed Secret skill.
The Secret tier requires an enormous resource investment — most players aim for Mythical via the 120-summon pity and use Secret as a long-term goal. Plan your banner spending around pity thresholds, not per-pull RNG. See the pity system page for full math.
Best Skills for Boss Fights
Boss encounters reward defensive skills that bypass boss invincibility or provide boss-Skill immunity. Top picks:
- Whirlwind Fishing Art — boss-Skill immunity + 12-second stun. Best general-purpose boss skill.
- Shangqing Realm — bypasses boss invincibility + boss-Skill immunity. Mandatory for invincibility-phase bosses.
- Heaven's Burden — boss-Skill immunity + 25 HP heal + 10-second stun. The survivability pick.
- Vajra Godcast — boss-Skill immunity + stun + delayed burst. Hybrid pick.
- Ruinous Sacrifice — +999 Rod Power for 10 seconds. Highest damage ceiling; risky because of the HP drain.
Pair your chosen skills with the right orb from the orbs guide and the rod from the all rods page.
How to Get More Tickets and Crystals
Tickets and Crystals come from:
- Codes — visit milestones (27M–33MVisits at Level 50) and like milestones (46K–49KLikes at Level 20) are the most reliable sources.
- Daily quests — the Quest Giver NPC offers Easy and Hard Ticket quests daily.
- Boss catches — endgame bosses drop large stacks of Tickets and Crystals.
Use the code level checker to filter codes by your player level and avoid wasting time on level-gated strings.