Sacred 2:Soul Hammer

A focused, forceful weapon attack against a single target. This is a Weapon Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Exalted Warrior Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Total Damage: 20-20 Physical (unarmed) Multiplies all damage types of the equipped weapon. Has an innate bonus to attack rating (20 + 35*CA-Lvl.) Regeneration Time: 3.5 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Aim - Increases the chance to land critical hits. (19.8% + 0.2% per CA level) Wounding - Chance to cause an open wound (physical damage over time). (50% chance) Silver Battering - Temporarily reduces the target's armor class. (Opponent's Armor: Physical -100 + 1.5 per CA level decrease (guess)) Disarm - Chance to dislodge the weapon from the opponent's hand. (25% + 0.5% per CA level chance) Gold Incision - Chance to inflict a deep wound. (25% + 0.5% per CA level chance) Coup de Grace - Inflict twice as much damage when the opponent's health has fallen below a threshold value. (Opponent Level for Deathblow; threshold is 25% + 0.5% per CA level of max life)

Soul Hammer without Modifications

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - indirectly, it increases weapon damage, thus making Soul Hammer hit harder, also allows modification points for the aspect this combat art is in (Exalted Warrior).
• Exalted Warrior Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, and just like Tactics Lore, it allows for modification points.
• Any weapon lore - will indirectly increase this combat art's speed, damage and chance to hit by allowing the equippng of higher level weapons used to execute this combat art.
• Concentration - will lower this combat art's regeneration time.
• Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art and lower its regeneration time if it is placed in a combo.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Strength will increase damage for melee weapons, and chance to hit
• Dexterity will increase damage for ranged weapons (and some melee weapons), and chance to hit
• Intelligence will increase damage for for magic staves
• Stamina will lower regeneration time
• Willpower will increase damage for Lightsabers (Community Patch Only)

Usage Strategies

• This combat art is often used as boss killer move, but can also be used as a main attack.
• This combat art also works very well in a combo with Assailing Somersault and/or Pelting Strikes.
• The modifications Aim, Battering, and Coup de Grace make Soul Hammer a very good finishing move to a fight.
• The modifications Wounding, Battering, and Incision make Soul Hammer a very good opening move to a fight.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Very effective to take out a single target
• Very good boss killing move

Cons

• Requires a weapon
• As a weapon based combat art, it can miss
• Single target attack

Stats Chart

• Duration (which?) is 1.5 + 0.01*CA-Lvl.
• Weapon damage multiplier is 1.25 + 0.005*CA-Lvl.
• Damage modifier is increased by 40 + 10*CA-Lvl percentage points.

See Also

• Seraphim
• Seraphim Guides
• Combat Arts
• Skills

Gallery

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