Overview
Powers are special abilities you take into a game. Since Season 1 they live in one skill tree shared by every game: you learn a power once, and it's yours in every game it works in.
- Powers are grouped in 5 tiers. A tier unlocks at a level: tier 1 at level 1, tier 2 at level 2, tier 3 at level 4, tier 4 at level 8, tier 5 at level 12.
- Each game has one starter power that everyone owns from the start: Critical Strike (Whac-A-Word, Quiz Ninja), Sentence Hint (Sentence Snake) and Water (Vocab Harvest).
- Every other power costs 1 skill point to learn, and 1 more skill point per rank, up to rank 5. Each rank makes it stronger; rank 5 is at least twice as strong as rank 1.
- A power above tier 1 needs one of the powers listed under "Requires".
- You can equip 2 powers at level 1, 3 from level 5, and 4 from level 12. Tier 5 powers are ultimates: you can equip only one at a time.
See and grow your tree on the Powers page (app.roxxem.com/powers). Anyone can see your tree on your public profile. For how skill points work, see How do skill points and the skill tree work?
Without an account you play with each game's starter power, at rank 1, with 2 slots. Sign up free to unlock the rest of the tree.
Tier 1 — level 1
Power | Games | Mode | Requires | What it does (rank 1 → rank 5) |
Critical Strike | Whac-A-Word, Quiz Ninja | Solo, Live | — | Starter. 2x your points on the next answer; up to 4x, and 4 → 8 uses. |
Sentence Hint | Sentence Snake | Solo, Live | — | Starter. See the text and translation for the current line. Unlimited uses. |
Water | Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | — | Starter. Restore a tile and its neighbours to the start of the harvest. Cooldown 60 s → 30 s. |
Lifesteal | All games | Live | — | Steal 10% of a random player's score; up to 20%, and 2 → 4 uses. |
Tier 2 — level 2
Power | Games | Mode | Requires | What it does (rank 1 → rank 5) |
Book of Secrets | Whac-A-Word | Solo | Critical Strike | Pause the video and click words to see definitions. Unlimited uses. |
Fifty-Fifty | Quiz Ninja | Solo, Live | Critical Strike | Remove up to two wrong answers. Cooldown 5 turns → 1 turn. |
Deadly Strike | Sentence Snake | Solo, Live | Sentence Hint | 2x your points on the current line; up to 4x, and 4 → 8 uses. |
Longest Season | Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | Water | Passive. Words decay 50% slower; up to 100%. |
Tier 3 — level 4
Power | Games | Mode | Requires | What it does (rank 1 → rank 5) |
Rewind | Whac-A-Word | Solo | Book of Secrets | Undo your last answer and keep your streak. 3 → 7 uses. |
Energize | Whac-A-Word, Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | Critical Strike or Water | Double points for 10 s; up to 20 s, and 2 → 4 uses. |
Second Chance | Whac-A-Word | Solo, Live | Critical Strike | Passive. Saves your streak when you'd lose it, 2 → 6 times. |
Inspiration | Sentence Snake | Solo, Live | Sentence Hint | Passive. 2 extra attempts per line; up to 6. |
Revelation | Sentence Snake | Solo, Live | Sentence Hint | Highlight the word tiles for the line. You keep 50% of the line's points; up to 100%. |
Precognition | Quiz Ninja | Solo, Live | Fifty-Fifty | Reveal the correct answers for the next 2 questions; up to 4, and a shorter cooldown. |
Timestop | Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | Water | Freeze the board: nothing grows, decays or spawns until you move. 2 → 6 uses. |
Fool's Touch | Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | Water | Passive. +50% points for right answers and −50% for wrong ones; up to 75%. |
Shield | All games | Live | Lifesteal | Passive. Block other players' attacks, 4 → 8 times. |
Blessing | All games | Live | Lifesteal | Give a random player 5,000 points and get 2,500 yourself; up to 5,000 for you. |
Tier 4 — level 8
Power | Games | Mode | Requires | What it does (rank 1 → rank 5) |
Farsight | Whac-A-Word | Solo, Live | Rewind | Reveal the correct answers for 30 s; up to 60 s, and 1 → 3 uses. |
Inner Fire | All games | Solo, Live | Energize, Inspiration, Precognition or Longest Season | Passive. All points +25%; up to +50%. |
Eagle Eye | Sentence Snake | Solo, Live | Revelation | Passive. One attempt per line, but +50% points per line; up to +100%. |
Bushido | Quiz Ninja | Solo, Live | Precognition | Passive. All points +50% (up to +100%), but a wrong answer sends you back to level 1. |
Meteor | All games | Live | Shield or Blessing | The leading player loses 20% of their score; up to 40%, and 1 → 3 uses. |
Freeze | Whac-A-Word | Live | Shield | Freeze the player ahead of you for 10 s; up to 20 s, and 2 → 4 uses. |
Sun | Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | Longest Season or Timestop | Match every pair on the board. Cooldown 120 s → 90 s. |
Tier 5 — ultimates, level 12 (equip one at a time)
Power | Games | Mode | Requires | What it does (rank 1 → rank 5) |
Resurrection | All games | Solo, Live | Eagle Eye | Restore your other powers and clear their cooldowns. 1 → 3 uses (max rank 3). |
All or Nothing | Quiz Ninja | Solo, Live | Bushido | Double your score on the next question (up to 3x), or lose it all if you're wrong. |
Adrenaline | Whac-A-Word | Solo, Live | Energize | Passive. Random keywords, and a bigger speed bonus: up to +75%, rising to +150%. |
Double Down | Vocab Harvest | Solo, Live | Fool's Touch | Passive. +50% points (up to +100%), but words decay and spawn faster. |
Plot Twist | All games | Live | Meteor or Freeze | Swap scores with a random player. Works 20% of the time at rank 1, 50% at rank 5. |
Teacher powers
Teachers have their own branch of the tree, used from the host screen in live games: Jackpot, Hex, Turbocharge and Pandemonium. See What are teacher powers?
Retired powers
Gifts of Hope, Showtime and Virtuoso are no longer part of Roxxem.
FAQ
Do powers work the same in Teams and Co-op?
Yes. In Teams, a power that targets another player always picks someone on another team. In Co-op, powers work exactly as in a normal live game.
Can I reset my skill tree?
Not yet.