Magic Basic Abilities

Overview

Magic basic abilities focus on the Flow mechanic which reduces the adrenaline cost of your next ability. Many abilities also interact with status effects like Combusted for bonus damage.

All of these Magic Basic Abilities will generate a base of 9% adrenaline.

Core Basics

Basic Attack

Basic Attack is your default ability dealing 110%-130% damage with no cooldown.

Sonic Wave

Unlocked at level 6, Sonic Wave is a focused blast of magic that pummels the target dealing 90%-110% damage with a 15s cooldown. When cast, this applies Flow to yourself for 9s.

Flow: Your next Magic ability costs 10% less adrenaline.

Can be upgraded to Greater Sonic Wave via an ability codex for increased damage and an additional 10% adrenaline reduction on your next ability (bringing it to 20%).

Unlocked at level 19, Dragon Breath breathes a mighty cloud of fire dealing 110%-130% damage to the target and up to 4 additional enemies in a cone in the attack direction with a 7.2s cooldown. Deals 1.25x damage to Combusted enemies.

Chain

Unlocked at level 51, Chain fires a magical spell that chains between nearby targets dealing 70%-90% damage to the target and up to 2 additional enemies within 5 tiles with a 10.2s cooldown. Your next Magic ability against the target within 6s will also target the additional enemies, dealing 30% damage.

Can be upgraded to Greater Chain via an ability codex for enhanced multi-target damage.

Bleeds

Combust

Unlocked at level 38, Combust explodes the target causing them to Burn dealing 27%-33% damage per hit every 1.8s with 10 hits and an 18s cooldown.

Stuns

Impact

Unlocked at level 31, Impact smashes the target with a burst of earth energy dealing 65%-75% damage with a 15s cooldown. This ability stuns and binds the target for 1.8s and holds 2 charges (second charge unlocks at level 54).

Channelled Abilities

Concentrated Blast

Unlocked at level 66, Concentrated Blast blasts the target with beams of concentrated energy attacking 3 times over 1.8s dealing 30%-40% damage per hit with a 5.4s cooldown. This ability is channelled. Each attack increases the Critical Strike Chance of your next Magic attack by 5%, stacking to a maximum of 15%.