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Warriors New / Warrior Staff Lt

Guarded Spin

AOE, Smashing · Smashing

You spin your staff like a propeller in front of you dealing Light Smashing damage to enemies in your frontal arc and deflecting any incoming attacks, thus boosting your Melee and Lethal defense briefly.

Activation Details

Available Level: 1
Type: Click
Accuracy: 1.05
Range: 9 ft
Cast Time: 1.83 sec
Cast Arcanatime: 1.98 sec
Root Time: 1.83 sec
Animation Time: 1.833 sec
Animation Time Before Effect: 0.2 sec
Interrupt Time: —
Activate Period: 0 sec
Recharge Time: 8 sec
Endurance Cost: 11.48 endurance
Attack Types: Area$1 Smashing
Effect Area: Cone
Radius: 9 ft
Arc: 90
Max Targets Hit: 16
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": "\"Guarded_Spin\"",
  "DisplayName": "\"P484186458\"",
  "Type": "kClick",
  "Accuracy": "1.05",
  "AttackTypes": "kAOE_Attack, kSmashing_Attack",
  "EntsAffected": "kFoe",
  "EntsAutoHit": "kNone",
  "Target": "kFoe",
  "Range": "9",
  "EnduranceCost": "11.48",
  "TimeToActivate": "1.83",
  "TimeToRoot": "1.83",
  "RechargeTime": "8",
  "EffectArea": "kCone",
  "Radius": "9",
  "Arc": "90",
  "StrengthsDisallowed": "kRange",
  "VisualFX": "\"menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\PlayerPowers\\ScrapperMelee_LongStaff_GuardSpin.pfx\"",
  "include": "menu\\Powers\\AnimFX\\PlayerPowers\\ScrapperMelee_LongStaff_GuardSpin.pfx",
  "DisplayShortHelp": "\"GAVFXB8XHRZWYULSW2AGYMN7PA\"",
  "DisplayHelp": "\"J4UMHR5VWQ5SYQVRX2JV468XJX\"",
  "IconName": "\"StaffFighting_GuardedSpin.tga\"",
  "MaxTargetsHit": "16",
  "DisplayTargetShortHelp": "\"P2646575536\"",
  "DisplayTargetHelp": "\"P3381731766\""
}

Effects (5)

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: 0.22
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Damage"
Target: Target
Duration: 1.6 sec
Period: 0.3 sec

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kSmashing",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Damage\"",
  "Scale": "0.2200",
  "Duration": "1.6000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "Period": "0.3000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 2 · Melee, Smashing, Lethal Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Melee, Smashing, Lethal
Effect: Cur
Scale: 1.5
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_Buff_Def"
Target: Self
Duration: 10 sec
Flags: IgnoreResistance IgnoreCombatMods

Raw effect fields

{
  "Flags": "IgnoreResistance IgnoreCombatMods",
  "Attrib": "kMelee_Attack kSmashing_Attack kLethal_Attack",
  "Aspect": "kCur",
  "Target": "kSelf",
  "Table": "\"Melee_Buff_Def\"",
  "Scale": "1.5000",
  "Duration": "10.0000",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 3 · Cold Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Cold
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.67
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_TempDamage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kCold",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_TempDamage\"",
  "Scale": "0.6700",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 4 · Fire Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Fire
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.67
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_TempDamage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kFire",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_TempDamage\"",
  "Scale": "0.6700",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}

Effect 5 · Energy Stacks per caster

Resolved effect: — (select an archetype)
Attribute: Energy
Effect: Absolute
Scale: 0.67
Magnitude: 1.0000
Table: "Melee_TempDamage"
Target: Target

Raw effect fields

{
  "Attrib": "kEnergy",
  "Aspect": "kAbs",
  "Target": "kTarget",
  "Table": "\"Melee_TempDamage\"",
  "Scale": "0.6700",
  "Magnitude": "1.0000",
  "StackType": "kStack"
}