Sacred 2:Pole Arms

Pole Arms

Improves wielding pole arms by increasing the chance to hit, as well as Attack Speed. Grants the ability to use higher-level weapons successfully.

• Attack Value +X
• Attack Speed +Y%
• Item level without penalty Z

Skill level	1	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	74	75	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	155	170	185	200
Attack Value:	9	41	71	96	118	137	153	168	173	180	195	221	243	264	282	298	313	332	349	364	377
Attack Speed, +%:	1,9	8,3	14,3	19,2	23,7	27,3	30,7	33,5	34,7	36	39	44,2	48,7	52,7	56,4	59,5	62,5	66,5	69,9	72,9	75,5
Double Hit, +%:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	24,5	27,1	29,3	31,4	33,2	34,8	36,3	38,2	39,9	41,4	42,7

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Mastery

• Grants a chance to execute a special attack animation that inflicts one additional hit (2 instead of 1).
• Works only for basic melee attacks, not Combat Arts.
• NOTE: The special attack chance functions and increases from level 1, it just becomes visible and receives a big boost once the skill is mastered.

Properties

• This skill will unlock weapon attributes that require Pole Arms skill (like "Attack speed (Pole Arms)).

• "Item Level Without Penalty" reduces the speed penalties for equipping high-level weapons, it doesn't allow equipping weapons above certain threshold (which depends on character level - see Items/Usable Item Levels)

Breakpoints

• Item level without penalty is increased by one for every two skill points spent, starting at character level value. It is capped at 250.

• The bonuses are increased in steps as shown in the Pole Arms full table.

The Attack Value bonus at a given skill level x is given fairly precisely by the following formulas:

• 400*(x+1.5)/(x+100) Pre-Mastery
• 600*(x-32.5)/(x+66) Mastery

The Attack Speed bonus at a given skill level x is given fairly precisely by the following formulas:

• 80*(x+1.5)/(x+100) Pre-Mastery
• 120*(x-32.5)/(x+66) Mastery

The bold marked numbers are the smallest upper bounds of this progression, which will never at any skill level be exceeded.

As an example, attack value at x=75: 75 is the first mastery level, so we take the mastery formula and we have

600*(75-32.5)/(75+66) = 600*42.5/141 = 180.85

This value compared with the table value is a good example of the precision the formulas offer.

Types

Pole Arms consist of:

• Halberds (Attribute Modifier: Strength)
• Javelins (Attribute Modifier: Strength)
• Poles (Attribute Modifier: Dexterity)

Modifiers unlocked

• Chance for critical hits
• Chance to hit additional opponents
• Defense Value
• Opponent's attack value
• Opponent's chance to evade
• Opponent's defense value

See Also

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• Skills
• Combat Arts
• Items
• Item Modifiers
• Player Contributed Guides