Abilities and classes

A unit’s class is its domain. Every class — including a custom unit a dimension defines its own way — has one passive, one active and one ultimate ability. Below are the platform’s own built-in classes, one per domain; a dimension you’re playing in may add custom units with a different kit instead.

Ability types

Type	Cost	How you use it
Passive	Free	Always on — nothing to trigger.
Active	Brain Power + action points	Cast on your turn, then goes on cooldown.
Ultimate	Brain Power + action points, and a question	Casting one draws a question at the match’s hardest tier, in your class’s domain. Answer it correctly and the ultimate fires. Answer wrong and it doesn’t: your unit loses 1 AP and half a heart, but you keep the Brain Power and the ultimate doesn’t go on cooldown.

Cooldowns below are counted in turns on a medium-size match. They run faster on smaller matches and slower on large ones, scaled by 0.5× on tutorial boards, 0.75× on small, and 1.25× on large.

Abilities that add or double Brain Power apply only to move questions — see Brain Power and Surge.

QA — Trapper

Quality guardian. Breaks things so users never have to.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Regression Testing	Once per round, your first wrong gated answer costs no AP (the action still fails).	Free	—	—
Active	Test Suite	Bank a Safety Net — your next wrong answer costs nothing (no AP, no streak break, no surge halving) — and for a few rounds (longer on large maps, shorter on small ones) force anyone attacking your units to also pass an extra question.	3	4 turns	1
Ultimate	Code Freeze	Enemies within 1 hex lose their next turn. Your next 3 gated questions draw one tier lower.	10	8 turns	1

Backend Engineering — Tank

Server whisperer. Makes databases do impossible things.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Caching	While your streak is 3 or higher, gated questions draw one tier lower.	Free	—	—
Active	Firewall	This unit gains a shield for 2 turns: the next attack against it requires double Detection (defender gets two chances to block).	3	4 turns	1
Ultimate	Disaster Recovery	Heal all friendly units +1 HP. Caster survives the next lethal hit with 1 HP and refills its AP to max.	10	8 turns	1

UI/UX Engineering — Scout

Interface artisan. Bridges design and engineering.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Hot Reload	+1 Movement range on all hexes.	Free	—	—
Active	Sprint	Move without a question this turn, with extra move range (+1 on tutorial and small maps, +2 on medium and large).	2	3 turns	1
Ultimate	Live Deployment	Teleport this unit to any passable hex on the map. Costs 0 AP.	10	8 turns	0

Platform Engineering — Support

Infrastructure wizard. Keeps everything running (somehow).

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Auto-Scaling	While this unit stands on a POI it controls, correct gated answers earn +1 BP.	Free	—	—
Active	Auto Deploy	This unit can act a second time this turn. The second action still requires answering questions.	3	4 turns	1
Ultimate	Infrastructure Surge	Gain +2 AP now, and Throughput (+1 max AP every round) for the rest of the mission.	10	8 turns	1

AI/ML Engineering — Mage

Pattern hunter. Turns data into intelligence, models into products.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Feature Engineering	Every 4 correct answers banks a stack (max 2). A stack is spent automatically on a Tier III gated question to remove one wrong option.	Free	—	—
Active	Gradient Descent	Remove one wrong option from your next 2 gated questions.	3	3 turns	1
Ultimate	Neural Strike	Deal 1 HP damage to all enemies within 1 hex (unblockable). Caster gains +2 surge.	10	8 turns	1

Security Engineering — Assassin

Digital locksmith. Finds holes before hackers do.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Zero Day	Your attacks bypass every defensive buff on the target — shields, easier or double detection, and damage reduction all ignored.	Free	—	—
Active	Privilege Escalation	This unit's next attack is an instant kill regardless of defender HP — the exploit, detection, and payload questions still apply.	8	9 turns	1
Ultimate	Zero Day Chain	Global range attack. Deal 2 HP damage with a single exploit question. Skips Detection and Payload phases.	10	8 turns	1

Product & PM — Commander

Strategy over syntax. Ships products, not just code.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Stakeholder Alignment	Correct answers at Tier III pay +1 BP.	Free	—	—
Active	Scope Creep	Your next gated question is drawn one tier higher, and pays double BP if correct.	2	3 turns	0
Ultimate	Sprint Retrospective	Reset this unit's ability cooldowns to 0, and refund 4 BP.	10	8 turns	1

Architecture — Strategist

Sees the whole board. Plays the long game.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Design Review	While this unit is selected, every hex it can move to shows the tier of the question it would draw there, after your modifiers.	Free	—	—
Active	Horizontal Scaling	Duplicate a friendly unit within 2 hexes — the clone has 1 HP, same domain, and stays until it dies.	6	5 turns	1
Ultimate	Migration Plan	Swap the positions of any 2 units on the map, and lower the destination hex's elevation by 1 (min 0) for the rest of the mission.	10	8 turns	1

Data Engineering — Engineer

Pipeline architect. Turns raw chaos into structured, reliable data flows.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Data Lineage	Any debuff on this unit (Tech Debt, Deadlock, Scope Creep) expires one turn earlier.	Free	—	—
Active	Pipeline Flush	Strip debuffs from this unit and friendly units within 2 hexes. Can't be cast while this unit is itself Deadlocked (stunned units can't use abilities).	3	4 turns	1
Ultimate	Data Warehouse	For 3 turns, this unit's gated questions draw one tier lower and it takes 50% less damage.	10	8 turns	1

Mobile Engineering — Ranger

Platform polyglot. Ships to every screen, on every OS, everywhere.

Type	Name	Effect	BP	Cooldown	AP
Passive	Adaptive Layout	After a wrong answer, your next gated question draws one tier lower.	Free	—	—
Active	Hot Deploy	Move 1 hex, ungated.	2	2 turns	0
Ultimate	Force Update	Enemies within 1 hex lose 1 AP and gain +2 to all ability cooldowns. This unit then moves up to 3 hexes, ungated.	10	8 turns	1