Sacred 2:Pelting Strikes

This is a series of hits directed against one or more enemies. This powerful attack might weaken or even disarm the opponent. This is a Weapon Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Exalted Warrior Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Multi Hit Combat Art that attacks a single foe several times, and auto-targets additional foes if the first dies. Total Damage: 14-14 Physical (unarmed) Multiplies all damage types of the equipped weapon. Has an innate bonus to attack rating (20 + 25*CA-Lvl.) Regeneration Time: 5.0 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Succession - Chance for double hit. (20% chance) Thrust - Inflicts more damage with each hit. (16.7% increase) Silver Focus - Pelting Strikes requires less energy (lowers regeneration time). (20% decrease) Enfeeble - Temporarily reduces the target's defense value. (100 + 1 per CA level decrease (guess)) Gold Precision - Increases the chance to land critical hits. (9.9% + 0.1% per CA level chance) Indentation - A successful hit temporarily reduces the target's armor class. (Opponent's Armor: Physical -50 + 1 per CA level decrease (guess))

Pelting Strikes without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - indirectly, it increases weapon damage, thus making Pelting Strikes hit harder, also allows modification points for the aspect this combat art is in (Exalted Warrior).
• Exalted Warrior Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, and just like Tactics Lore, it allows for modification points.
• Any weapon lore - will indirectly increase this combat art's damage and chance to hit by allowing the equippng of higher level weapons used to execute this combat art.
• Concentration - will lower this combat art's regeneration time.
• Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art and lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Strength will increase damage for melee weapons, and chance to hit
• Dexterity will increase damage for ranged weapons (and some melee weapons), and chance to hit
• Intelligence will increase damage for magic staves
• Stamina will lower regeneration time
• Willpower will increase damage for Lightsabers (Community Patch Only)

Usage Strategies

• This can be used by all different forms of weapons.
• One-handed weapons will allow more hits made, where as two-handed weapons hit 2 or 3 times.
• Works well against groups and single targets (bosses).
• Pelting Strikes can be used in a combo for great success with Soul Hammer and/or Assailing Somersault.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very effective in any encounter
• Combined with a high regen per hit, it is possible for a single usage to recharge all of the users Combat Arts

Cons

• Requires a weapon
• As a weapon-based combat art, it can miss

Stats Chart

• Duration (which?) is 1.5 + 0.01*CA-Lvl.
• Weapon damage multiplier is 0.9 + 0.003*CA-Lvl and 1.05 + 0.004*CA-Lvl with Thrust.
• Damage modifier is increased by 32 + 8*CA-Lvl percentage points.

See Also

• Seraphim
• Combat Arts
• Seraphim Guides
• Skills

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