Spells/Chrono Spike

Chrono Spike

Ether

Press to cast. Step a short distance, then fire a temporal spike that seeks the enemy with the most damage-over-time stacks. Advances their Burning, Poison and Bleeding: the remaining damage lands at once, and each stack advanced adds bonus Ether Damage.

In the game

On the skill tree

Chrono Spike (Elf)

Requirements

Race: Elf

Numbers

ElementEther

Damage2.4

Damage typeEther

Stamina10

Concentration15

Cooldown6 s

Cast time0.2 s

TagsDamage, Race

Hits and scaling

Hit	Type	Multiplier	How often
Impact No damage-over-time stacks on the target	Ether	x2.4	1 time per cast

What it scales with

Ether hits use Magic Power.
Damage bonus: Ether Damage and Magic Damage from gear and the tree, added together into one bonus.
Magic Power = Intelligence x1, Charisma x0.5, Adventure x0.5, plus flat Magic Power from gear and the tree. Archetype passives add: Elemental Ranger Adventure x0.25, Earthshaker Strength x0.5, Echo Weaver Agility x0.5.
One hit = power x (1 + bonus / 100) x (1 - the target's defence share) x the hit multiplier, rounded up. A critical hit then adds your Critical Damage.

How the game works out a hit

Upgraded by

30 nodes on the skill tree upgrade it.

Chrono Spike Cooldown Decrease I (Elf), Chrono Spike Cooldown Decrease II (Elf), Chrono Spike Cooldown Decrease III (Elf)
Chrono Spike Damage Increase I (Elf), Chrono Spike Damage Increase II (Elf), Chrono Spike Damage Increase III (Elf)
Chrono Spike Stack Consumption Increase I (Elf), Chrono Spike Stack Consumption Increase II (Elf), Chrono Spike Stack Consumption Increase III (Elf)
Crippling Spike (Elf)
Crippling Spike Increase I (Elf), Crippling Spike Increase II (Elf), Crippling Spike Increase III (Elf)
Echoing Spike (Elf)
Echoing Spike Increase I (Elf), Echoing Spike Increase II (Elf), Echoing Spike Increase III (Elf)
Rending Spike (Elf)
Rending Spike Increase I (Elf), Rending Spike Increase II (Elf), Rending Spike Increase III (Elf)
Reversing Spike (Elf)
Reversing Spike Increase I (Elf), Reversing Spike Increase II (Elf), Reversing Spike Increase III (Elf)
Splitting Spike (Elf)
Surging Spike (Elf)
Surging Spike Increase I (Elf), Surging Spike Increase II (Elf), Surging Spike Increase III (Elf)

What each upgrade changes

Chrono Spike Cooldown Decrease

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Cooldown	6 s	5.4 s	4.8 s	4.2 s

Chrono Spike Damage Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Impact damage	x2.4	x2.592	x2.784	x2.976
Bonus damage per stack advanced	x0.2	x0.216	x0.232	x0.248

Chrono Spike Stack Consumption Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max stacks advanced	3	5	7	9

Crippling Spike

	Without	With
Slow	none	20%
Slow duration	none	2 s

The spike then seeks the nearest enemy instead of the one with most damage-over-time stacks.

Crippling Spike Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Slow	20%	30%	40%	50%

Echoing Spike

	Without	With
Temporal Echo per stack advanced	none	1

Applies only when at least one stack is advanced.

Echoing Spike Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Extra Temporal Echo on top of stacks advanced	0	1	2	3

Rending Spike

	Without	With
Bleeding per stack advanced	none	1

Applies only when at least one stack is advanced.

Rending Spike Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Extra Bleeding on top of stacks advanced	0	1	2	3

Reversing Spike

	Without	With
Max stacks added per effect	none	5

Reversing Spike Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Max stacks added per effect	5	6	7	8

Splitting Spike

	Without	With
Projectiles	1	3
Impact damage per projectile	x2.4	x0.792
Impact damage, repeat hit on the same enemy Second or later projectile on the same enemy	x2.4	x0.396

Bonus damage per stack advanced is not reduced. Repeat hit = 0.33 x 0.5.

Surging Spike

	Without	With
Temporal Surge gained	none	3

Surging Spike Increase

Nodes taken	0	1	2	3
Temporal Surge gained	3	4	5	6

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