Sacred 2:Fanaticism

NOTE: The contents of this page are exclusive content found only by installing the player-made mega-mod Diablo 2 Fallen.

This Combat Art is a (Buff) True faith can cause its believers to perform fantastic feats. With this aura the Paladin, and all those allied with her cause, carry themselves with a zealous fervor, allowing them to strike down their foes as swiftly as the scythe reaps the harvest. Aspect - Sublime Combat Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Weapon Damage +10.0% + 5.0% per level Attack Rating Bonus: +30.0% Attack Speed and Casting Speed: +14.7% + 0.3% per level Allies Benefit: 50% Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +40.0% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Blessed Aim - Further increases attack rating by 12.5% + 2.5% per level. Might - Further increases weapon damage output by 5% + 2.5% per level. Silver Ardor - Further increases attack and casting speed by 14.8% + 0.2% per level. Spirit - Reduces the regeneration penalty of Fanaticism by 20%. Gold Defiance - Boosts defense rating by 25% + 5% per level. Sacrifice - The Paladin deals higher damage the more health she loses (max damage at 25% health).

Fanaticism

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - increases the damage bonus, and allows for modification points.

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

• Any weapon lore (such as Sword Weapons when the Paladin is wielding a sword) - will increase this buff's casting speed.

• Concentration - will lower this buff's regeneration time penalty.

• Combat Discipline - will increase its damage bonus.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Intelligence will increase the damage and spell intensity

• Stamina will lower regeneration time penalty.

Usage Strategies

• This is primarily a weapon-user's buff (and a premium one at that), but a pure spellcaster can squeeze a little bit of usefulness from it with its base Casting Speed boost, Ardor/Spirit silver mod, and Defiance gold mod.

• Note that, like all CA's in the Sublime Combat aspect, casting speed of this buff is determined by weapon speed, and can be boosted by weapon lore skills and +% attack speed. Likewise, the casting speed will be penalized by wielding a weapon with too high a level.

• Fanaticism can affect allies. Read the Note About Party Buffs to learn how to avoid a glitch in the base game where buff effects stack infinitely upward.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Extremely useful effects for any weapon-using Paladin
• Boosts power of party members and allied units

Cons

• Damage boost applies only to weapons
• During multiplayer, Paladin must turn off buff before teleporting to party members or reassembling the party, and recast it afterward (to avoid glitching party stats).

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