Sacred 2:Battle Stance

This Combat Art is a (Buff) Increases attack and defense values as well as weapon damage. Aspect - Exalted Warrior Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Premonition - Further increase attack value. (12.5% + 2.5% per Combat Art level increase) Aggression - Further increases weapon damage output. (5% + 1% per Combat Art level increase) Silver Drill - Reduces the energy cost of Battle Stance. ( If C is the Combat Art level, 100*(50 + C)/(1050 + C) percent reduced; ~5% at C = 1, ~6% at C = 10, ~9% at C = 50) Flexibility - Chance to evade weapon attacks. (20% + 0.2% per Combat Art level chance) Gold Idol - Extends a portion of the effects to party members. (50% effectiveness to party members, ~8.5m area of effect (estimation)) Retaliation - Small chance to reflect close combat damage. (~20% chance, increases slightly with each Combat Art level) Skills The following skills will affect this combat art: Tactics Lore - allows for modifications to this combat art. Exalted Warrior Focus reduces regeneration time for this combat art and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, and just like Tactics Lore, it allows for modification points. Concentration - will lower this combat art's regeneration time. Combat Discipline - will increase the damage of this combat art. Usage Strategies Permanent Crucial for melee fighters. Suggested Modification: Bronze: Premonition, with the extra attack value a player will hit hit more often, significantly increasing steady damage output (DPS) Silver: Drill, without this, a player's other Combat Arts may be significantly crippled regarding regeneration time if this Combat Art is raised to high level. Gold: Idol should be chosen if playing with others, Retaliation if not. The low chance of the retaliation limits it's usefulness, but if a player is not playing with others Idol may be useless Note: In the console version, this Buff will create issues with scrolling in the Bonus Overview. The issues disappear when the Buff is deactivated. Pros and Cons Pros Increased overall combat skill Permanent Cons Without Drill, the regeneration for all other Combat Arts will be significantly lengthened. Stats Chart Attack value is increased by 25 + 5*Combat Art - Level percent and 37.5 + 7.5*Combat Art - Level percent with Premonition. Defense value is increased by 25 + 5*Combat Art - Level percent. Weapon damage modifier is increased by 10 + 2*Combat Art - Level percentage points.

Battle Stance without Modifications

Retaliation stats:

CA level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14		30	50
Reflect, +%:	20.1	21.2	22.6	23.7	24.8	26	27.1	28.1	29.1	30.1	31.1	32	32.9	33.7		45	55

See Also

• Seraphim
• Combat Arts
• Skills
• Combat Art Modifications

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