Sacred 2:Baneful Smite

A sudden flash of lightning leaps from the hands of the Seraphim, damaging and weakening the enemy. It may be further modified to become chain lightning. This is a Spell Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Celestial Magic Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Total Damage: 40-40 (20-20 Physical, 20-20 Magic) Regeneration Time: 4.2 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Laggard - Slows the target down. (1-1/(1+(300+2*calvl)/1000 percent reduced run speed; ~23% at CA-Lvl 1, ~24% at CA-Lvl 10, ~29% at CA-Lvl 50) Disarm - Opponent temporarily loses his weapon. (50% chance) Silver Potential - Increase the chance that the damage will have a lasting effect on the target. (29.7% + 0.3% per CA level chance to weaken} Confuse - Reduces the target's attack value. (150 + 2 per CA level reduced (guess)) Gold Electrocute - The magic damage will definitely induce it's secondary effect. (Magic DoT, same amount as direct magic damage) Chain - Chance for chain lightning. (80% + 0.1% per CA level chance)

Baneful Smite without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Celestial Magic Lore - improves combat art damage, critical chance and casting speed, allows for modification points.
• Celestial Magic 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 the damage of this combat art 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.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

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

Usage Strategies

Baneful smite has very long range, which a player should learn to utilize to the best of his ability. It should be used against small groups of enemies (2-6). A player may improve it with the "Chain" mod to strike 2 targets in close proximity for full damage.

Can also be used as "debuff" strategy by choosing the mods Laggard and Confuse, which will also effect bosses. Bosses will have a lesser chance of hitting a player successfully.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very long combat art range.
• Will always hit any enemy targeted.
• Good damage for a primary combat art
• Can be modded to strike 2 targets for full damage without missing

Cons

• Challenging to balance damage and regeneration time.
• Damage is relatively low compared to similar skills of other casters.

Stats Chart

• Duration (which?) is 0.5 seconds.
• Magic damage modifier is increased by 2*CA-Lvl percentage points.

See Also

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

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