Sacred 2:Primal Mutation

Causes direct damage using T-Energy. This combat art also gives the chance to transform an opponent into a harmless animal. Chickens have been noted as being produced as well. There is also a chance that the enemy mutates to a T-Mutant variation of its former self. This is a Spell Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Source Warden Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Total Damage (24-24 Physical, 11-11 Magic) Chance to Mutate Opponent: 5.0% (increases 0.14% per CA level) Regeneration Time: 3.2 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Combust - Transforms physical damage into fire damage. (50% + 2% per CA level converted) Theurgy - Transforms physical damage into magic damage. (50% + 2% per CA level converted) Silver Mutate - Increases the chance to transform the target. (10% increased chance) Helpless - Briefly reduces target's attributes. (Weaken effect) (10% + 0.2% per CA level decrease to attributes) Gold Demolition - Increases Primal Mutation's base damage. (50% increased physical damage / 33.3% increased overall damage) Helpless - Briefly reduces target's attributes. (Weaken effect) (10% + 0.2% per CA level decrease to attributes)

Primal Mutation without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Source Warden Lore - improves combat art damage, critical chance and casting speed, allows for modification points.

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

• Concentration - directly reduces regeneration time for this combat art.

• Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art and lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

• Ancient Magic - directly increases the damage and reduces enemies' resistance to the damage of this combat art (skill is only available to Temple Guardian with CM Patch).

• Damage Lore - will improve the chance, duration, and strength of the secondary damage effects triggered by Primal Mutation: Open Wounds, Weaken and Burning (if Combust mod is taken)

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Intelligence will increase its damage and spell intensity

• Stamina will lower regeneration time

Usage Strategies

• Useful as a single-target hard hitting-magic attack, Primal Mutation's regen time can easily be lowered with the appropriate skills, and spammed against opponents.

• Modify with both Helpless mods to maximize debuffing power and use against bosses and champions. Follow up with powerful melee attacks or damage spells as appropriate.

• Combust will add fire damage and therefore give the versatility of a triple damage-type CA. Using in conjunction with Fiery Ember will reduce enemies' fire resistance and therefore boost the damage potential even more.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Direct damage CA
• Very impressive visual effect

Cons

• Only affects a single target
• Long casting animation
• When the target is turned into a chicken, it provides only 1XP, regardless of level.
• The mutation effect can be somewhat annoying, as it can make tough foes even tougher, and make other foes into weak animals not worth killing.

Stats Chart

Level	Regeneration Time	Damage	Chance to Mutate Opponent
1	4.9s	35-35	5.0%
2	6.5s	48-48	5.0%

See Also

• Temple Guardian
• Temple Guardian Guides
• Temple Guardian Combat Arts
• Skills

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