Sacred 2:Ancestral Fireball

The classic spell favored by novices and masters alike. However, variations allow the fireball to be customized and wielded as a succession of blazing rapid fire spheres, or it could become a large, explosive fire-and-forget projectile. This is a Spell Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Arrant Pyromancer Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Single Fireball Does 33% Physical and 66% Fire Damage Total Damage: 48-48 (16-16 Physical, 32-32 Fire) Percent of Fire damage increases per CA level Regeneration Time: 3.0 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Greek Fire - Increases the chance that the hit opponent will burn. (29.7% + 0.3% per CA level Chance to Burn) Explosion - Fireballs inflict area effect damage on nearby opponents. (59.5% + 0.5% per CA level Chance to hit additional opponents) Silver Fusillade - Conjures an additional fireball. Overall damage will be increased but divided between the fireballs. Globe - The fireball increases in size and inflicts more damage. (40% increase) Gold Fusillade - Conjures an additional fireball. Overall damage will be increased but divided between the fireballs. Hot Pursuit - Fireballs will follow their targets.

Ancestral Fireball without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Arrant Pyromancer Lore - improves combat art damage, critical chance and casting speed, allows for modification points.
• Arrant Pyromancer Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.
• Concentration - directly improves regeneration time
• Ancient Magic - directly improves combat art damage and lowers opponents' resistance to its damage
• Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art and lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

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

Usage Strategies

Ancestral Fireball is a very versatile skill. It can be modded to be used either as primary attack combat art, or as supporting one. Usage: - damage and area of effect damage - multi-hitting (up to 3 fireballs) - up to 2 homing fireballs

Due to its damage to mobs being quickly outclassed by Blazing Tempest and damage to bosses being quickly outclassed by Incendiary Shower, it may be a good idea to mod Incandescent Skin, Blazing Tempest and Incendiary Shower before modding Ancestral Fireball.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very versatile skill
• Can be used against single and multiple enemies
• Good damage and area of effect damage (with mod)
• Can get to extremely low casting times (like 0.5s)
• Can have up to 2 homing fireballs

Cons

• Homing fireballs miss if an enemy is behind an obstacle
• Area of effect damage is outclassed by Blazing Tempest
• If Fusilade and Homing are picked, the second fireball will target a different monster, though if the player is close enough to the first target it will still hit that.

See Also

• High Elf
• High Elf Combat Arts
• Skills
• Combat Art Modifications

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