Sacred 2:Belligerent Vault

The Shadow Warrior leaps purposefully towards his target. This is a Spell Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Malevolent Champion Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) A jump from one point to another (does not require a targeted enemy). Causes Area of Effect damage at the point of landing. Total Damage: 24-24 Physical Combat Art Range: 11.2 meters Regeneration Time: 4.9 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Reach - Extends the range of Belligerent Vault. (33.3% increase) Routine - Decreases the regeneration time for Belligerent Vault. (50% decrease) Silver Unaware - Reduces the opponent's defense value. (130 + 1 per CA level decrease) Shock - Opponents at the starting location of the jump become confused which slows them down. (50% + 0.5% per CA level decrease in Run Speed) Gold Commotion - Chance to briefly stun opponents in the designated area when the Shadow Warrior lands. (20% + 0.2% per CA level chance to stun) Unbound - Good chance to escape rooting effects. (50% + 0.5% per CA level chance)

Belligerent Vault without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - increases damage, chance for critical hits, and allows for modification points.

• Malevolent Champion Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, and just like Tactics Lore, it allows for modification points.

• The appropriate Weapon lore (such as Hafted Weapons when the Shadow Warrior is wielding an axe) - will increase the execution speed.

• 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.

• Ancient Magic - increases the damage and lowers opponent's resistances to its damage.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Intelligence will increase the damage and spell intensity

• Stamina will lower regeneration time

Usage Strategies

• Can be used for shortcuts (i.e. jumping across rivers and up/down small cliffs)

• Note that, like all CA's in the Malevolent Champion aspect, casting speed 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.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very useful for exploration and escape.
• Damage can be boosted by 3 skills (Tactics Lore, Ancient Magic, and Combat Discipline).
• Can soften up mobs for follow-up attacks with Frenzied Rampage or Scything Sweep

Cons

• Damage of the CA is too low to kill on its own, even when using all 3 skills which can increase its damage.

Notes

• Belligerent Vault is one of 5 Spell damage-based combat arts in the game that can have their damage boosted by Tactics Lore (the others are Killing Spree, Dust Devil, Deathly Spears, and T-Energy Shroud).

• This CA is also one of only 3 Shadow Warrior spells that benefits from Ancient Magic. The others are Skeletal Fortification and Killing Spree.

See Also

• Shadow Warrior
• Shadow Warrior Combat Arts
• Skills
• Shadow Warrior Guides

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