Sacred 2:Dodge

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This Combat Art is a (Buff) To anyone familiar with their natural agility, it should came as no surprise that the training regimen of an Amazon warrior includes exercises specifically designed to avoid potentially devastating blows in combat. She can even predict incoming missile attacks and elude them before they reach her. Most Amazon people can do this, but only a warrior trained in this skill can do this even whilst caught unaware. Aspect - Storm Combat Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Chance to Evade: 20.7% Base Defense Rating: 10 + 5 per level Defense Rating: 25% + 5% per level Chance to Block Ranged Weapon Damage: 30.6% Chance to get an enemy trophy: 5% + 1% per level Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +30% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Elude - Further increases defense rating by 12.5% + 2.5% per level. Uproot - Adds a chance to block rooting effects (45.5% + 0.5% per level). Silver Galvanize - Adds a chance to block stun effects (33.4% + 1% per level). Sidestep - Further increases the evade chance by 10% + 0.5% per level. Gold Physique - Decreases opponents' chance to cause secondary damage effects by 20% + 0.4% per level. Payback - Adds a chance to reflect melee damage (20% + 0.5% per level).

Dodge

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Storm Combat Lore - improves casting speed, allows for modification points.

• Storm Combat Focus - reduces regeneration time penalty and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.

• Concentration - directly improves the regeneration time penalty

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower the regeneration time penalty

Usage Strategies

• Useful for both a melee or ranged Amazon
• The block, reflect, and evade chances are subject to diminishing returns, still they may reach upwards of 75% at very high levels.
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Pros and Cons

Pros

• Significantly lowers the chance the Amazon will get hit by melee or ranged weapon attacks
• Large number of possible defensive combinations through modifications
• Significantly raises the chance to get enemy trophies to drop

Cons

• Offers little protection against spells
• Doesn't benefit much from its aspect lore skill

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