Sacred 2:Killing Spree

The Shadow Warrior launches himself into a state of battle frenzy, where every successful hit stores additional damage up to a maximum value. The amassed damage is released in one or several mighty discharges. This is a Spell Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Malevolent Champion Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Total Damage: 29-29 Physical (discharged in an area of effect nova around the Shadow Warrior) Stored damage per hit: 12.5% Duration: 20.1 seconds Combat Art Range: 4.2 meters Cooldown + Regeneration Time: 60.0s + 2.4s = 62.4 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Control - Additionally increases the Shadow Warrior's attack value. (45% + 5% per CA level increase) Berserk - The Shadow Warrior's damage output increases when he is injured. (Damage of Enraged Players) (100% + 5% per CA level increase) Silver Burst - A damage bonus is added to the energy discharge. (40% increase) Perseverance - Prolongs the duration of Killing Spree. (50% increase) Gold Sway - Additionally increases the Shadow Warrior's attack speed and movement speed. (25% increase) Sear - Adds fire damage to the discharge. (34.3% from base physical damage)

Killing Spree without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - increases the damage of the discharge, allows for modification points.

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

• Ancient Magic - increases the damage of the discharge and reduces opponent's resistances to its damage.

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

• Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art and lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

• The appropriate Weapon lore (such as Hafted Weapons when the Shadow Warrior is wielding an axe) - will increase the execution speed.

• Damage Lore - will improve the chance, duration, and strength of the secondary damage effects triggered by Killing Spree's damage burst: Open Wounds and Burn (if the Sear mod is taken).

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Intelligence will increase its damage and spell intensity

• Stamina will lower regeneration time

Usage Strategies

• Often placed in a combo with Rousing Command, this ability makes a very effective addition to a boss killing combo.

• Also a very effective AoE control Combat Art to use when surrounded by hordes of weak enemies

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Can be modded for powerful buffs to attack and speed
• Damage burst can kill weaker enemies on its own

Cons

• No way to reduce cooldown
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Notes

• Killing Spree is one of only 5 Spell damage-based combat arts in the whole game that can have their damage boosted by Tactics Lore (the others are Belligerent Vault, Dust Devil, Deathly Spears, and T-Energy Shroud).

• This CA is also one of only 3 Shadow Warrior spells that benefits from Ancient Magic. The others are Skeletal Fortification and Belligerent Vault.

• Note that, like all CA's in the Malevolent Champion aspect, casting speed is determined by weapon speed, and can be boosted by weapon lore skills and +% attack speed. Likewise, the casting speed will be penalized by wielding a weapon with too high a level.

See Also

• Temporary Buffs
• Shadow Warrior
• Shadow Warrior Combat Arts
• Skills
• Shadow Warrior Guides

Gallery

Energy Building Up

Energy Building Up 2

Damage Discharge