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AnimusArcana / Animated Staff

Mercurial Blow

Melee, Smashing · Smashing

You strike your foe with a lightning fast blow, dealing smashing damage and reducing the target's defense.

Activation Details

Available Level: 1
Type: Click
Accuracy: 1.05
Range: 9 ft
Cast Time: 1 sec
Cast Arcanatime: 1.188 sec
Root Time: 1 sec
Animation Time: 1 sec
Animation Time Before Effect: 0.367 sec
Interrupt Time: —
Activate Period: 0 sec
Recharge Time: 4 sec
Endurance Cost: 4 endurance
Attack Types: Melee, Smashing
Effect Area: Single Target
Radius: —
Arc: —
Max Targets Hit: 0
Cast When: AliveOnly
Near Ground: —
Entities Affected: Foe (Alive)
Entities Autohit: —
Target: Foe (Alive)
Target Requires: —
Modes Required
Modes Disallowed
Strengths Disallowed: Range
Ignore Strength: —

Raw source fields

{
  "Name": "\"Mercurial_Blow\"",
  "DisplayName": "\"P4212191260\"",
  "Type": "kClick",
  "Accuracy": "1.05",
  "AttackTypes": "kMelee_Attack, kSmashing_Attack",
  "EntsAffected": "kFoe",
  "EntsAutoHit": "kNone",
  "Target": "kFoe",
  "Range": "9",
  "EnduranceCost": "4",
  "PreferenceMultiplier": "2",
  "TimeToActivate": "1",
  "TimeToRoot": "1",
  "RechargeTime": "4",
  "EffectArea": "kCharacter",
  "StrengthsDisallowed": "kRange",
  "VisualFX": "\"menu/Powers/AnimFX/PlayerPowers/ScrapperMelee_LongStaff_MercurialBlow.PFX\"",
  "include": "menu/Powers/AnimFX/PlayerPowers/ScrapperMelee_LongStaff_MercurialBlow.PFX",
  "DisplayShortHelp": "\"P2494864740\"",
  "DisplayHelp": "\"P2290185087\"",
  "IconName": "\"StaffFighting_MercurialBlow.tga\"",
  "DisplayTargetShortHelp": "\"P4017937404\"",
  "DisplayTargetHelp": "\"P3603332848\""
}

Effects (2)

Player character Archetype (AT) Player level 50

Target enemy Enemy level 50

Enemy rank AV Purple Triangles are up (+50 mez protection for 50 sec of each 75 sec cycle)

Choose a player archetype to resolve effects. Enemy level 50.

Damage estimates are before enemy resistance and assume the attack hits. Mez duration is before target-specific mez resistance; rank settings show protection thresholds. Damage over time totals use listed duration, initial delay, tick interval, and per-tick chance.

Effect 1 · Smashing Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Smashing
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.45
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Damage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kSmashing",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "0.4500",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 2 · Defense Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Defense
Effect: Cur
Scale: 1
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Debuff_Def"
Target: Target
Duration: 8 sec
Flags: CancelOnMiss

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kDefense",
  "Aspect": "kCur",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Debuff_Def\"",
  "Scale": "1.0000",
  "Duration": "8.0000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack",
  "Flags": "CancelOnMiss"
}