Sacred 2:Flaring Nova

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A devastating nova that damages all enemies around the Seraphim within range. Aspect - Revered Technology Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Total Damage: 41-41 (24-24 Physical, 17-17 Magic) Regeneration Time: 8.0 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Expand - Increases Flaring Nova's radius. (53.8% increase in combat art range) Impulse - Sends out two pulses, but reduces strength and area of effect. (+1 pulse. -30% damage reduction) Silver Perplex - Opponents temporarily lose their attack power. (40 + 1.5 per CA level decreased attack value) Stun - Chance to stun opponents within range. (19.8% + 0.2% per CA level chance) Gold Flux - Increases Flaring Nova's damage. (66.6% increased magic damage / 28.6% increased overall damage) Laggard - Slows the target down. (25% + 0.5% per CA level decrease)

Flaring Nova without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Revered Technology Lore - improves combat art damage, critical chance and casting speed, allows for modification points.
• Revered Technology Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.
• Concentration - directly reduces regeneration time for this combat art.
• Combat Discipline - will increase its damage and lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.
• Ancient Magic - directly increases the damage and reduces enemies' resistance to the damage of this combat art. (only available to the Seraphim in Ice and Blood).

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Intelligence will increase its damage and spell intensity
• Stamina will lower regeneration time

Usage Strategies

• The Perplex silver modification does not have any obvious effect, and may be broken. It does not appear to reduce enemy attack score, and it does not appear to prevent enemies from activating their combat arts.

• This Combat Art is a very effective mob killer if the modification Flux is taken. You must run around getting enemies on screen to notice you and then they will keep in pursuit. After you have a sizable group rounded up, release flaring nova, which makes a powerful AoE.

• Although it is usually overlooked, The bronze mod Impulse (when taken with Stun) will provide double the chance to stun, which can be a saving grace when mobbed by monsters.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Useful for stunning opponents, if the right mods have been chosen
• Can also be used as a heavy damage dealer

Cons

• Low base damage, predominantly a support CA
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See Also

• Seraphim
• Combat Arts
• Skills
• Spell Damage Based Combat Arts

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