Sacred 2:Fiery Ember

Causes fire damage and decreases opponents’ fire resistance within a certain radius. Allied players receive a bonus to ice resistance. It can damage most monsters on screen. As well, if you are surrounded by numerous monsters when this Combat Art is cast, it will spawn 1 damage point (looks like a mini-volcano) per monster. Can be modded to give further monster Fire resist reduction, more damage, reduced monster attack speed & others. Aspect - Source Warden Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Cooldown: 15.0s Damage (100% Fire): 3-3 Duration: 10.0s Fire Resistance (Opponent): -10.1% Mitigation: Ice: 10.1% Range: 15.0m Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Incinerate - Increases fire damage. (50% increase) Scald - Reduces target's attack speed. (20% + 0.5% per CA level decrease) Silver Frost Protection - Improves protection against ice damage. (20% + 0.1% per CA level damping) Churn - Further reduces target's fire resist. (20% + 0.1% per CA level decrease) Gold Conservation - Reduces regeneration time. (50% + 0.5% per CA level decrease, does not affect Cooldown time) Note: This is called Energy Efficiency in the console version. Sustain - Increases duration. (50% increase) Skills The following skills will affect this combat art: Source Warden Lore Source Warden Focus Concentration Combat Discipline Usage Strategies Gather as large a mob as you can, then cast Firey Ember while they're all beating on you. If this is done well, each monster will be damaged by several of the damage points/volcanoes, thus giving much increased damage, chance to set monsters on fire, etc. Pros and Cons Pros Useful against very large mobs that aren't moving (ie, they're in melee range of you) Fire resist reduction could be useful when paired up with a fire High Elf Cons Very low initial damage 15 second cooldown (not modified by Concentration, Source Warden Focus or Stamina) in addition to the regen Stats Chart Level Regeneration Time Cooldown Damage Duration Fire Resistance (Opponent) Mitigation: Ice Range 1 12.0s 15.0s 3-3 10.0s -10.1% 10.1% 15.0m 2 16.0s 15.0s 5-5 10.0s -10.4% 10.4% 15.1m