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| − | Weapon traits like cleaving or stabbing are excluded. | + | Weapon traits like cleaving or stabbing are excluded. In addition, the following [[unrand]] artefacts have special effects that do not activate under Manifold Assault: |
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| + | An exception is the artefact [[Gyre and Gimble]], with which you will hit each targeted enemy twice, once with each blade. | ||
==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
Revision as of 18:48, 12 November 2022
 Manifold Assault
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| Level | 7 |
| School1 | Translocation |
| Source(s) | Book of Battle Book of the Warp |
| Casting noise | 5 |
| Spell noise | 0 |
| Power Cap | 200 |
| Flags | No ghost |
| Warps space into paradoxical configurations in order to strike many visible targets with one melee attack. At high power, it can be used to strike more enemies at once. Very high power is required to launch multiple unarmed strikes in this fashion, since greater care must be taken when warping one's own limbs. The time taken for the attack is exactly the same as a normal attack. It's imprecise, so it can't do extra damage against unsuspecting foes. |
Manifold Assault is a level 5 Translocations spell which allows you to attack multiple targets within line of sight with melee attacks. Higher spellpower allows you to attack more targets at once, up to a maximum of four. This spell's cast time is the same as your wielded weapon's attack delay.
The number of targets is equal to 2 + Spell Power/50[1], rounded in a weighted manner. All hostile monsters that are in LOS have an equal chance to be targeted. Each target is hit by 1 attack from your weapon (or fist), with no auxiliary attacks.
Warpers start with this spell available.
Contents
Restrictions
Weapon traits like cleaving or stabbing are excluded. In addition, the following unrand artefacts have special effects that do not activate under Manifold Assault:
An exception is the artefact Gyre and Gimble, with which you will hit each targeted enemy twice, once with each blade.
Strategy
- This spell takes quite a bit of investment to cast. Species like Gnolls can spare the experience to use this spell, while able to invest into melee combat stats too.
- Manifold Assault thrives when paired with high damage melee attacks. Slower weapons like the Dark maul, or Transmutations such as Dragon Form, will prove to be effective.
- This spell is quite MP intensive, but Djinn and characters worshipping Vehumet or The Shining One (in the late-game) can afford to continously spam it at a distance.
History
- In 0.30, Manifold Assault will be a level 4 spell, but halve the number of targets when using Unarmed Combat.
- Manifold Assault was added in 0.27.
References
- ↑ spl-transloc.cc:1183 (0.29.0)
