trigger · attack_skill_level

Hands-On Usage

attack_skill_level is commonly used to unlock general traits, trigger events, or determine decision availability—for example, only generals with sufficient attack skill levels can receive specific titles or trigger exclusive events. A typical scenario is within custom general progression systems, where it serves as a promotion threshold condition.

# Only allow a decision to be selected when the general's attack skill exceeds 4
available = {
    is_corps_commander = yes
    attack_skill_level > 4
}

Synergy

• [defense_skill_level](/wiki/trigger/defense_skill_level): Attack and defense skills are often used together to construct compound conditions for "well-rounded generals" or "specialized generals."
• [has_trait](/wiki/trigger/has_trait): After confirming a general meets the attack skill threshold, further check whether they already possess the relevant trait to avoid duplicate grants.
• [add_attack](/wiki/effect/add_attack): As a complementary effect, when attack_skill_level meets prerequisite conditions, use this effect to further boost attack values, enabling conditional growth logic.
• [skill](/wiki/trigger/skill): The skill trigger checks a general's overall level; combining it with attack_skill_level allows you to distinguish between "high overall strength but weak attack" and "specialist-type" generals for refined filtering.

Common Pitfalls

1. Comparison operator misuse: Beginners sometimes write attack_skill_level = 5, but this trigger should use comparison operators like >, <, >=, <= rather than the equals sign. Using assignment syntax here is ineffective or produces unexpected behavior.
2. Scope not switched to general: Writing this trigger directly under a country scope will cause errors or silent failures. You must first switch the scope to CHARACTER or COMBATANT using constructs like any_army_leader or every_unit_leader before using it.