Sacred 2:Iron Maiden

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This Combat Art is a (Buff) This spell curses all attackers, condemning them to receive whatever pains they inflict upon others. The greater the skill of the Necromancer, the greater the magnitude of torment the victim receives for his wrongdoings. Also inflicts damage on any opponents who stray too near. Aspect - Curses Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Damage: Physical 9-9 Chance to Reflect Melee: 35.9% Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +45.0% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Spellshield - Adds a chance to reflect spell damage (30% + 1% chance per level). Teeth - Increases the physical damage inflicted on nearby enemies (15 + 5 per level). Silver Torture - Further increases the chance to reflect melee damage by 14% + 0.7% per level. Shell - Adds a chance to reflect ranged weapon damage (30% + 1% chance per level). Gold Sacrifice - Minions and party members receive a portion of the damage intended for the Necromancer (5.0% + 0.2% per level). Life Tap - Inflicts additional life leech damage that heals the Necromancer (8 + 5 per level).

Iron Maiden

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Curses Lore - increases casting speed, increases the physical damage, increases life leech effect from the Life Tap modification, allows for modification points.

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

• Ancient Magic - directly improves combat art damage and lowers opponents' resistance to its damage.

• Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art.

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

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Intelligence will increase its damage and spell intensity

• Stamina will lower regeneration time penalty

Usage Strategies

• All reflect chances are subject to diminishing returns, so none will ever reach 100% chance to reflect. However, the Torture mod will allow Chance to Reflect Melee to get quite high, nearly 90% at the highest levels.
• For maximum survivability, Spellshield and Shell mods should be considered.
• If the gold mod Sacrifice is taken then at max CA level, minions will take 45% of the damage intended for the Necromancer. This would be very useful for a summoner with several minions.
• Since v13, Life Tap gold mod applies its life leech damage to the buff's physical damage pulses inflicted on enemies in melee range. Prior to v13, the mod erroneously applied the life leech to the Necromancer's weapon attacks.
• Teeth - Torture - Lifetap would be a good setup for a melee Necromancer looking to get the most offensive power out of Iron Maiden.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very high reflect chances, can be modded to reflect all types of damage.
• Also has offensive properties and life leech.

Cons

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