Sacred 2:Double Attack

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Are not two hits better than one? A young Barbarian learns to sweep his weapon to strike simultaneous blows at separate targets. As his talent grows in this skill, he attacks with increasing control and accuracy. This is a Weapon Damage Based Combat Art. Aspect - Tactical Warfare Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) An Area of Effect blow that hits in a narrow cone in front of the Barbarian. Total Damage (wielding starting weapon): 30-36 Physical Multiplies all damage types of the equipped weapon: 25% + 7% per level. Has an innate bonus to attack rating: 20 + 25 per level. Regeneration Time: 5.2 seconds Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Force - Increases the weapon damage of Double Attack by 15% + 0.1% per level. Sweep - Increases the chance for melee double hits by 25%. Silver Scythe - Increases the chance for critical hits by 10.9% + 0.1% per level. Stagger - Decreases opponents' evade chance briefly by 20% + 0.2% per level. Gold Sweep - Increases the chance for melee double hits by 25%. Vampire - Inflicts additional life leech damage that heals the Barbarian (3.0 + 1.5 per level).

Double Attack

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Tactics Lore - indirectly, it increases weapon damage (including the life leech effect of the Vampire modification) and critical chance, thus making Double Attack hit harder, and allows modification points.

• Tactical Warfare Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.

• Any weapon lore (such as Hafted Weapons when the Barbarian is wielding an axe) - will indirectly increase this combat art's attack speed, damage and chance to hit, and will allow the equipping of higher level weapons used to execute this combat art.

• Concentration - will lower this combat art's regeneration time.

• Combat Discipline - will increase its damage and reduce its regeneration time if this Combat Art is placed within a combo. This increase in damage is direct; it increases the +xx% that the CA adds to base damage.

• Speed Lore - will increase its chance to hit indirectly by increasing a player's attack rating.

• Damage Lore - will improve the chance, duration, and strength of any secondary damage effects triggered by Double Attack, based on the damage types on the equipped weapon.

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

Usage Strategies

• Can hit 3-4 opponents simultaneously if they are closely grouped in front of the Barbarian.
• Chance for double hits from Sweep mods only applies to melee weapons; it will have no effect for ranged weapons.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Area of effect with decent damage.
• Life leech can trigger from every opponent hit.

Cons

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