Archery
The ability to effectively use long and shortbows in combat, quietly eliminating targets from a distance. Bows are the ranged weapon of choice for many veteran hunters, and are employed in most military forces throughout the realm. All bows require arrows to fire.
Abilities
| Icon | Name | Type | Energy Cost | Cooldown | Description |
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Archery Precision | Passive | - | - | Gain +3 accuracy while using bows. |
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Archery Swiftness | Passive | - | - | Gain +5 attack speed while using bows. |
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Critical Creativity | Passive | - | - | Find new means to brutalize your foes, gaining +15% critical damage with bows. |
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Distant Whisper | Target Ability | 30 | 6 |
"Their day is about to get a whole lot worse." Perform an extremely long-ranged attack of 12 range with +60% bleed chance. This ability requires additional time to aim, and hence takes 25 extra time to perform. |
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Halting Crits | Passive | - | - | Critical hits also immobilize targets for 1 turn. |
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Hit Weaving | Passive | - | - |
After using an archery or ranged ability, gain +20% damage and +20 accuracy on your next turn. This bonus only applies to basic attacks. |
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On the Hunt | Passive | - | - | Each time an enemy is attacked, for the next 6 turns subsequent attacks to that enemy will deal +10% damage and have a +25% chance to cause a bleed wound. |
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Piercing Arrows | Passive | - | - |
For each level of Archery gain: +1% damage with bows. +1 archery mastery, enabling you to wield higher-level bows effectively. Your archery mastery: 0 |
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Power Draw | Activated Ability | 40 | 15 |
"Hopefully the bow doesn't snap in half like last time." For the next 10 turns your bow attacks gain +1 range, +15% damage, and +30% armor penetration, but reduces your attack speed by 25. Arrows fired while Power Draw is active have a greater chance of breaking, reducing ammo recovery by 15%. |
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Snap Shot | Target Ability | 20 | 3 |
"Don't think, don't aim: Just shoot!" Quickly fire an arrow with an accuracy penalty of -10, and -10% crit chance. This ability is very fast, requiring 50% less time to perform. |
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Swift Stalker | Passive | - | - |
"Come to me, and have all your wishes granted." Each successful attack grants 10 movement speed for 3 turns. |
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Thrashing Swipe | Target Ability | 45 | 5 |
"Desperation can make a person do surprising things." Lash out with your bow at up to 3 targets in melee range dealing 10-20 damage with +65% knockback chance. Then retreat a tile directly away from your target. This attack ignores your weapon stats and other bonuses, and has 100 accuracy. |
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Triple Nock | Target Ability | 35 | 8 |
"Thanks for lining up for me fellas" Fire arrows at up to 3 targets with a -15% damage penalty. Targets struck by Triple Nock have their movement speed reduced by 40 for 3 turns. |