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Defensive Fire

Defensive Fire Defensive Fire
Description While active, the archer changes stance, receiving a bonus to defense but slowing the rate of fire
With the Master Archer talent, the defense bonus increases
Tree Archery Type Mana
Conjuration Fast (1 second) Range Personal
Target Type Valid Targets Self
Activation 0 Stamina Upkeep 40
Fatigue 5% Cooldown 15
Damage Potential n/a
Prerequisites Dexterity 22
Required by {chain_children}


Effects

  • (User) While active, this talent grants a +15.0 point bonus to Defense while using ranged weapons.
  • (User) While active, this talent adds a 1.2 penalty to ranged weapon attack speed.

Synergy Effects

  • The talent Master Archer doubles the Defense Bonus while this talent is active to +30.0

Passive Effects

Learning this ability does not grant additional passive effects.

Threat

Threat describes the amount of hate an action generates on it's target. Abilities that inflict damage always generate threat proportional to the amount of damage dealt.

  • This ability does not generate additional threat.


Role

+15 Defense is quite substantial, +30 (with Master Archer) is exceptional. This talent significantly increases the archer's survival chances when engaging a larger number of ranged foes or being cornered in melee.

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abilities/talents/defensive_fire.txt · Last modified: 2009/11/05 15:55 (external edit)