Sacred 2:Skeletal Mage

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This Combat Art is a (Buff) Dead warriors are not the only heroes that a Necromancer may summon to inhabit his creations. Many a Necromancer regales in raising the corpses of long dead wizards and bending them to his will. The priests of Rathma feel that this is the proof of the dominance of their particular branch of the mystic arts. Aspect - Dark Summons Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Summons 1 Skeletal Mage Skeletal Mage attributes, damage, health, and bonuses increase with each rune read. Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +50.0% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Skeletal Mastery - Summons an additional skeletal mage. Balm - Increases the hitpoint regeneration of the skeletal mages by 50%. Silver Hardened - Boosts all of the skeletal mages' armor resistances by 7.5 + 5.5 per level. Swift - Increases the skeletal mages' attack and casting speed by 40% + 0.2% per level. Gold Skeletal Mastery - Summons an additional skeletal mage. Master Conjurer - The skeletal mages become more powerful, adding upgraded spells to their arsenal (see Usage Strategies below).

Skeletal Mages

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Dark Summons Lore - increases casting speed, increases the armor resistances from the Hardened silver mod, allows for modification points.

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

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

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower regeneration time penalty

Usage Strategies

• Skeletal Mages can be killed. If defeated in battle, they will be destroyed, and the player will have to recast the buff in order to re-summon them.

• Basic Skeletal Mages know the following single-target spells:
  • Homing Fireball
  • Lightning Cone
  • Poison Root
  • Frost Bolt

• Upgraded Skeletal Mages (from gold mod Master Conjuror) have boosted attributes, armor, hp regen, and spell resistance. Their spells are changed to become area of effect rather than single-target:
  • Firestorm
  • Chain Lightning
  • Poison Fireball
  • Glacial Spikes

• Basic Skeletal Mages know the following skills:
  • Magic Staves
  • Ancient Magic
  • Aspect Lore

• Upgraded Skeletal Mages know the following skills:
  • Magic Staves
  • Ancient Magic
  • Aspect Lore
  • Aspect Focus
  • Armor Lore
  • Constitution
  • Spell Resist Lore

• Skeletal Mages spawn with random magic wands of normal (white) quality. Upgraded Skeletal Mages spawn with random magic wands of rare (yellow) quality.

• Skeletal Mages will not use melee attacks with their wands. They will only attack using spells.

• Upgraded Mages, with their AoE spells, are generally better suited for mowing down large mobs. However, the player may find that keeping 3 regular mages (by choosing both Skeletal Mastery mods) provides higher damage against single targets (super-uniques, elites, etc.). The spells of the regular mages also inflict useful debuffs (root, freeze, stun, movement penalty) that upgraded mages do not.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Can summon up to three basic mages, or up to two advanced mages.

Cons

• Does not benefit much from the Dark Summons Lore skill unless Hardened silver mod is taken.

Gallery

Summoning

Normal Skeletal Mages

Upgraded Skeletal Mages