Thornspikes
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Description
- Skill Type
- Single-target buff
- Effect
- 5 × rank dmg shield (+75% of WIS), 5m
Rank 1. Base values before equipment and attribute bonuses.
Lvl 1
100 mana 8 yd range
1.7s cast 5s cooldown
Causes your target's skin to sprout large spikes, causing 5 magic damage to any creatures that strike them for 5m.
Requirements
- Tier Limit
- 2 Tier 1 skills
- Class Skill Points Already Spent
- 10
Cost & Timing
- Mana Cost
- 100 + 25 × (rank − 1)
- Cast Time
- 1.7s
- Cooldown
- 5s
- Range
- 8 yd
Spell Casting Haste shortens the cast by its percentage, so 20% Spell Casting Haste turns the 1.7s cast into 1.36s.
Buff/Debuff Effects
- Duration
- 5m
- Damage Shield
- 5 × rank
Rank Scaling
| Rank | Mana Cost | Damage Shield |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | +5 |
| 2 | 125 | +10 |
| 3 | 150 | +15 |
| 4 | 175 | +20 |
| 5 | 200 | +25 |
Mechanics
Buff Scaling
Druid
- Skill Damage Shield
- 5 at rank 1, +5 per rank (25 at rank 5)
- Wisdom Damage Shield
- Wisdom × 75%,
- Damage Shield
- Skill Damage Shield + Wisdom Damage Shield
Example ,rank 5,100 Wisdom
100 Damage Shield
Skill Damage Shield: 5 + 5 × (5 − 1) = 25
Wisdom Damage Shield: 100 × 75% = 75,
Damage Shield: 25 + 75 = 100
Rounded means to the nearest whole number. Exact halves go to the even number, so 2.5 becomes 2.
Damage Shield
When a non-spell, single-target attack with a base cast range below 1.5 yd hits the wearer, the attacker takes the Damage Shield amount, not a share of the incoming hit. Scroll skills and weapon effects triggered on hit cannot trigger it. The amount includes the caster's attribute bonus from Buff Scaling above, fixed when the buff is applied. Armor Class and resist stats do not reduce this shield's damage. Several shields add together after their individual reductions. The total then varies at random by up to 10% in either direction, with the 10% rounded up, so a 95-damage total ranges from 85 to 105. See damage shields.