Abilities (Multiplayer)

In multiplayer, the abilities are similar in Co-Op mode and Versus mode. These abilities help the plagues to obtain more infection, lethality or resistance to the cure.

General Descriptions

• Unscheduled Flight: Unlock an Active Ability that lets you send an infected person to a country of your choice
• ReShuffle Preparation: Preparatory genetic changes will allow your DNA strands to reshuffle
• Genetic ReShuffle: Multiple strains of the pathogen now exist, increasing the work needed to develop a cure
• Genetic Sacrifice: DNA complexity transferred to partner. Increases future research speed for your disease, but more work is required to cure partner's disease
• Genetic Raid: Steal DNA complexity from partner. More work is required to cure your disease, but increases future research speed for partner's disease
• Infect Boost: Unlock an Active Ability that lets you boost infectivity in a country
• Infection Gift 1: Increase infectivity of your partner's disease
• Infection Gift 2: Greatly increase infectivity of your partner's disease
• Infection Theft 1: Steal some infectivity from your partner's disease
• Infection Theft 2: Steal a lot of infectivity from your  partner's disease
• Lethal Boost: Unlock an Active Ability that lets you boost lethality in a country
• Lethal Gift 1: Increase Lethality of your partner's disease
• Lethal Gift 2: Greatly increase Lethality of your partner's disease
• Lethal Theft 1: Steal some Lethality from your partner's disease
• Lethal Theft 2: Steal a lot of Lethality from your partner's disease

• Opportunistic Infection 1: Pathogen evolves to target compromised immune systems. Easier to infect people who are infected with another disease
• Opportunistic Infection 2: Pathogen evolves to target slightly weakened immune systems. Easier to infect people who are infected with another disease
• Immune Support 1: Pathogen improves the immune system's defences. Other diseases find it harder to infect people who are infected with your disease
• Auto-Immune Support 2: Pathogen greatly improves the immune system's defences. Other diseases find it harder to infect people who are infected with your disease
• Genetic Domination: Pathogen becomes significantly more powerful - able to rapidly infect people who are already infected with another disease
• Corpse DNA 1: Gain a regular DNA income linked to the number of deaths your Pathogen has caused
• Corpse DNA 2: Gain a regular DNA income linked to the number of deaths your Pathogen has caused
• Immune Shock: Unlock an Active Ability that makes it significantly easier to kill people infected with both diseases
• Benign Mimic: Unlock an Active Ability that forces a country to focus cure efforts on the other disease, whilst your disease hides

Statistics

Ability	DNA Cost	Player Statistics	Opponent Statistics
Infection Gift 1	15	-	+5 in Infectivity
Infection GIft 2	17	-	+8 in Infectivity & +1 in Severity
Infection Theft 1	0	+5 in Infectivity & +1 in Severity	-6 in Infectivity & -1 in Severity
Infection Theft 2	0	+7 in Infectivity & +2 in Severity	-8 in Infectivity & -1 in Severity
Lethal Gift 1	16	-	+4 in Lethality & +1 in Severity
Lethal Gift 2	27	-	+8 in Lethality & +1 in Severity
Lethal Theft 1	0	+4 in Lethality & +1 in Severity	-5 in Lethality & -1 in Severity
Lethal Theft 2	0	+8 in Lethality & +1 in Severity	-9 in Lethality & -1 in Severity
Opportunistic Infection 1	27	+1 Infection Attack	-
Opportunistic Infection 2	44	+1.5 Infection Attack	-
Immune Support 1	23	+1 in Defence	-
Auto-Immune Support 2	38	+1.5 in Defence	-
Corpse DNA 1	9	+0.9 in Corpse Transmission	-
Corpse DNA 2	9	+0.8 in Corpse Transmission	-
Genetic Domination	61	+5 in Infectivity +2 in Severity +2 in Lethality +0.1 in all environments +2.3 in Attack (Infection) +0.2 in Defence (Infection) +0.5 in Defence (Lethal)	-

Note: If the player acquires an ability, the DNA cost will increase by 1 for the other abilities.

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