Help: Skill Delay skill delay is not the same thing as WAIT. WAIT is command lag. It stops you from immediately typing or firing another action that needs recovery time. skill delay is an internal combat cooldown used by automated combat systems, NPC skill suites, and repeated skill packages. Combat ticks reduce it while you are fighting. A character can have one, both, or neither: - WAIT can block your next typed command. - skill delay can pace automatic or chained combat behavior. - combat wait controls your next normal melee round. See Also: wait, combat, combo