Sacred 2:Magic Barrier

Summons a protective barrier of earth and stone. This Combat Art is called Magic Wall in the Rune exchange screen. Aspect - Elemental Magic Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Duration: 12.0s + 0.15s per CA level Length: 5.7 meters (increases 0.05 meters per CA level) Cooldown + Regeneration Time: 15.0s + 1.4s = 16.4 seconds (Cooldown decreases -0.1% per CA level) Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Barricade - Increases the length of the barrier. (5.0m + 0.03 meters per CA level) Vengeance - Chance to reflect ranged damage. (30% + 0.1% per CA level) Silver Barricade - Increases the length of the barrier. (5.0m + 0.03 meters per CA level) Solid - The barrier has a higher duration. (4.0s + 0.05 seconds per CA level) Gold Vengeance - Chance to reflect ranged damage. (30% + 0.1% per CA level) Runes - Chance to reflect magic damage. (30% + 0.1% per CA level)

Magic Barrier without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Elemental Magic Lore - improves casting speed, allows for modification points. NO effect on the Wall.

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

• Concentration - directly improves regeneration time.

• Combat Discipline - will lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower regeneration time.

Usage Strategies

• Can effectively block enemies from reaching you in certain situations. Cast on narrow pathways or in dungeon hallways and enemies will often lose interest or run in the opposite direction, bewildered.

• The bronze and silver Barricade mods are highly recommended.

• The chance to reflect from the Vengeance and Runes mods applies to attacks that hit the barrier, not the Dragon Mage. However, it is rare that an enemy will actually try to attack the barrier. Most ranged enemies, if they cannot hit the Dragon Mage, will either look for a way around the barrier, or just stop attacking. Therefore these mods have limited usefulness.

• With the Solid mod it's easy to get the duration of the barrier higher than the cooldown. However, the Dragon Mage cannot have multiple barriers up at the same time. The old one will disappear when the new one is cast.

Combo Recommendations

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Pros and Cons

Pros

• Keeps enemies at a safe distance
• Blocks magic and ranged projectiles that hit it

Cons

• Limited usefulness in open spaces
• Only one wall at a time allowed

See Also

• Dragon Mage
• Dragon Mage Guides
• Combat Arts
• Skills