nightbird is a well rounded warrior and that reflects in her training as well. however, her primary focus is on fighting and spends most training sessions on it. her apprentices will generally be highly skilled combatants by the time they graduate with average to strong hunting skills.
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FIGHTING
⭃ her skill will hopefully reflect onto any apprentice she has. she trains this hard, ultimately believing that it will be the most beneficial for survival as a thunderclanner. nightbird will teach multiple styles, how to play both offense and defense, as well as how to play to her apprentice's specific strengths and their enemies weaknesses. a good amount of knowledge on the other clans will be taught to help this, they should have a good grasp on each one's specific strength and how to counter it.
nightbird also really pushes for learning the ins and outs of the mental side of a fight. by graduation she will expect calmness in battle and the ability to make level decisions in the heat of the moment. she is a big advocate for awareness, both of your environmental surroundings and others around you. she will teach how to get into an opponents head to make them angry and reckless, whether or not this is picked up and put to use will depend on the apprentice.
HUNTING
⭃ nightbird will start with the basics, hunter's crouch, navigating the undergrowth, best locations depending on season, following a scent, wind direction, etc. she believes that proficiency in hunting comes from practice and just general luck. after the first few moons, nearly all hunting practice will be done through patrols rather than training sessions dedicated to it.
she will expect additional practice to be done during down time, whether or not this is fulfilled will depend on the apprentice resulting in the variance of skillset upon graduation. if there are questions or struggles in a certain area she will help and revisit training but is overall unlikely to spend a long time solely on hunting.
BONUS SKILLS
⭃ climbing she is skilled in the area, yet nowhere near that of a skyclanner. any apprentice of hers will know how to safely get up and back down a tree at the least. she does not necessarily look for mastery of this upon graduation, it is mostly just an extra skill that may help keep them safe when there is danger on the ground. she does not train hunting in the trees, and would likely warn against it as the risk often outweighs the reward.
⭃ stealth nightbird's light weight and dark pelt allow her to be extremely stealthy through the undergrowth. while she will try and teach lessons on mastering the skill, it came very easy to her so she has a harder time doing so. more observant apprentices may have an easier time picking this skill up for this reason.
⭃ tracking this is another skill that came easy to nightbird due to her analytical and observant nature. she will teach basics best she can, but like stealth only apprentices who are able to learn by watching will prosper.
