Critical
Strike
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Critical
Strike Required Level: 1 Prerequisites:
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Among the arsenal of
techniques employed by the Amazon warrior is her ability to study opponents
carefully and detect any weaknesses. She can then use these deficiencies in her
adversary to strike at precisely those areas that will cause the greatest
injuries.
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Effect: Grants a chance to do double physical damage with
ranged and thrust attacks.
Critical Strike is a very useful and important skill for the Amazon because
it will work with Javelins, Spears and Bows. Whether you head down either path
or both, Critical Strike will be useful. The beauty of Critical Strike is that
is a Passive skill so it is always will be "active" and it will combine with
additional skills you may use such as Multiple Shot, Pierce and so on.
What are Thrust weapons?
Spears, Javelins, and Daggers.
Does the Amazon Critical Strike double all of the damage done, or only
the base damage done without any double in elemental attacks?
The rules
for what modifiers get applied when are very complex. In general, all bonus
multipliers are added together and then applied (+50% and +20% = +70%) and then
all bonus adds are then applied. Some magic modifiers affect the base damage of
the weapon before the bonus multipliers - generally the non-elemental ones.
Decoy
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Decoy Required Level: 24 Prerequisites:
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Amazons derive
another benefit while learning to fight in the rainforests of their homeland.
They learn, through misdirection and deception, to fool attacking forces into
thinking there is another Amazon nearby. This subterfuge causes enemies to waste
time and energy hunting down false prey while the Amazon moves in for the kill.
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Effect: Creates a duplicate image to distract enemies.
Decoy allows you to reduce the amount of damage you take. Create a Decoy then
lead the monsters into attacking it. Then while the Monsters are attacking a
fake version of you, kill them. Decoys are very useful against ranged attackers,
especially monsters that are shooting out high damage spells such as Lightning.
Decoys do not move or attack so it's pretty easy to tell which is the real and
which is the fake unless you stand still.
Decoys have the same Life as the casting Amazon. Decoys will be destroyed if
they take too much damage. The duration time for Decoy is only the case if the
Decoy doesn't take enough damage to be killed during that time.
Valkyrie
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Valkyrie Required Level: 30 Prerequisites:
Inner Sight, Dodge, Slow Missiles, Avoid, Decoy, Evade |
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When
a warrior has proven her devotion to Athulua through her brave deeds and
exceptional skill in battle, the Goddess shows her favor by granting a spiritual
emissary to aid the Amazon. These emissaries of Athulua are called Valkyrie, and
they are the spirits of the greatest heroes from the Amazon people. The power to
summon a Valkyrie is the greatest honor that an Amazon warrior can receive. It
is believed this gift is a sign that your place beside the Goddess is assured
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Effect: Summons a powerful Valkyrie warrior to fight by your side.
A Valkyrie is much more powerful than a Hireling and you can create one
whenever you have enough mana. You can only have one Valkyrie at a time.
Valkyries have a glow about them so it's easy to pick them out. Their attack is
a Melee Spear attack. Valkyries can have other abilities as the result of the
magic spears and armor they receive when they are created. These items are level
25 plus 3 per level. This means that they could potentially have almost any
ability normally attached to a spear or armor.
Valkyries work very well with Ranged Amazon attacks such as Javelin, Bow, and
Crossbows. A Valkyrie is great to use because like a Hireling, they will attract
Melee Monsters which will reduce the number of Monsters that are directly
attacking you. The Valkyrie will also draw fire from ranged Monsters which
further reduce the amount of damage you're taking at one time. Valkyries are
very powerful and become more powerful as you spend more skill points. Valkyries
can also take advantage of Paladin Auras or any other beneficial party member
skill or spell.
You can Heal the Valkyrie via a Town Healer, a Paladin's Prayer Aura or you
can simply cast a new Valkyrie.