Sacred 2:Runes of Protection

This Combat Art is a (Buff) A magic armour that offers protection from melee attacks and spells (+physical armour, Block Chance: Combat Arts & chance to stun the target). Aspect - Mentalism Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Resistance Bonus: 15 + 10 per CA level Physical Block Chance Combat Arts: 22.1% +0.3%*level Chance to Stun the Target: 10% + 0.1% per CA level Stun effect pulse is 0.4 hits per second, and the stun radius is 4 meters around the Dragon Mage Defense value: 15% + 3% per CA level Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +34.6% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Protection - Increases protection from physical damage. (8 + 5 per CA level physical armor) Awe - Increases the chance to stun the target. (5.0% + 0.1% per CA level) Silver Protection - Increases protection from physical damage. (8 + 5 per CA level physical armor) Stone Skin - Increased chance to block missiles. (25.0% + 0.3% per CA level) Gold Flux - Reduces the costs to keep up the runes. (-25% to the regeneration penalty) Runes - Increases the chance to block spells. (25.0% + 0.3% per CA level)

Runes of Protection without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Mentalism Lore - improves casting speed, increases the Physical Armor value, allows for modification points.

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

• Concentration - directly improves regeneration time penalty.

• Armor Lore - will indirectly increase the Physical Resistance bonus by a percentage (after it is added to the player's other sources of armor).

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower regeneration time.

Usage Strategies

• If the Dragon Mage has taken Armor Lore and/or Mentalism Lore then he will already have massive physical armor from this Combat Art even without needing to take either of the "Protection" mods. Therefore they can be skipped if the Dragon Mage is mostly staying out of melee range. If he does take the "Protection" mods, combining them with Armor Lore, Mentalism Lore, and Toughness, he can achieve the highest physical armor values of any character in the game.

• If using double or triple buffs the Dragon Mage may wish to take the gold mod "Flux" to keep regen times down. A more focused or defensive mage may prefer the even further increased chance to block enemy spells with the "Runes" mod.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Highly valuable defensive buff
• Potential for colossal physical armor values
• Blocks enemy combat arts and boosts defense, and stuns those that get too close

Cons

• Like all Buffs, it's got a regeneration penalty
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See Also

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

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