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Amazon Javelin and Spear Skills

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The Amazon's Javelin and Spear skills cover a variety of melee and ranged attacks, adding damage, elemental attacks, speed, and more to the character's combat repertoire.

All of the skills in this tree require a javelin or spear equipped. None of them can be used with other types of weapons, not even the melee attacks, much to the chagrin of various sword-wielding variants.


Jab

Required Level: 1
Prerequisites: None
Synergies: None
Details: Jab is a rapid triple attack to the same monster. The low mana cost and high accuracy of this make it a very useful melee skill. It works well with spears or javelins. Even with the initial damage penalty it's still quite a bit better than a plain attack for the speed bonus. Lots of points in Jab are not recommended unless it will be your main skill, since the damage increases are so low per point.

  • In early versions of the game, weapon speed was ignored with this skill, and it was devastating early on with any pike. Weapon speed is now factored in and a fast weapon is essential.
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Mana Cost22.22.52.733.23.53.744.24.54.755.25.55.766.26.56.7
Attack +%10192837465564738291100109118127136145154163172181
Damage +%-15-12-9-6-303691215182124273033363942


Power Strike

Required Level: 6
Prerequisites: Jab
Requires: A spear or javelin equipped.
Synergies: Points in the following skills increase Power Strike's damage.

  • Lightning Bolt: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Charged Strike: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Strike: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Fury: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level

Details: Power Strike is a melee strike that deals big lightning damage to a single target. There is a considerably attack rating bonus as well.

  • This skill was useless before v1.10. Now in v1.11 it's got potential thanks to all of the synergies, though most Spearazons prefer Charged Strike since it can damage multiple targets as well as kill a single monster.
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Mana Cost22.22.52.733.23.53.744.24.54.755.25.55.766.26.56.7
Attack +%20324456688092104116128140152164176188200212224236248
Lightning Damage1-161-341-521-701-881-1061-1241-1421-1781-2141-2501-2861-3221-3581-3941-4301-4841-5381-5921-646


Poison Javelin

Casting Delay: 0.5 Seconds
Required Level: 6
Synergies:

  • Plague Javelin: +12% Poison Damage Per Level

Prerequisites: None
Details: This skill turns a thrown javelin into a poison delivery system, dealing poison damage to the target and leaving a cloud of poisonous gas behind the javelin that will sicken monsters that walk through it.

  • The high damage numbers are deceptive, since they work over such a long time that the damage per second is not at all impressive.
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Mana Cost44.24.54.755.25.55.766.26.56.777.27.57.788.28.58.7
Poison Damage25-3746-6275-93109-131150-175196-225250-281309-343412-459528-589656-732796-890950-10621115-12481293-14481484-16621750-19532034-22642337-25952659-2946
Duration (seconds)810121416182022242628303234363840424446


Impale

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Jab
Synergies: None.
Details: Impale is a single-hit melee attack with very high damage and attack rating bonuses. On the downside, it is a very slow strike, can be interrupted, and causes huge durability loss to the weapon.

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Mana Cost: 3
Attack Mod %100125150175200225250275300325350375400425450475500525550575
Weapon Durability %4642403735343332313029292827272626262625
Damage +%300325350375400425450475500525550575600625650675700725750775


Lightning Bolt

Required Level: 12
Prerequisites: Poison Javelin
Synergies: Points in these skills boost the damage of Lightning Bolt:

  • Power Strike: +3% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Charged Strike: +3% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Strike: +3% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Fury: +3% Lightning Damage Per Level

Details: This throwing skill turns a javelin into a sizzling bolt of lightning.

  • This skill initially added a bit of lightning damage to the usual javelin damage. It's since been modified, and now converts 100% of physical damage to lightning damage, plus the listed lightning damage. It can be useful to deal with physical immune monsters.
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Mana Cost66.26.56.777.27.57.788.28.58.799.29.59.71010.210.510.7
Lightning Damage1-401-521-641-761-881-1001-1121-1241-1421-1601-1781-1961-2141-2321-2501-2681-2961-3241-3521-380


Charged Strike

Required Level: 18
Prerequisites: Jab, Poison Javelin, Power Strike, Lightning Bolt
Synergies: Points in the following skills add substantially to Charged Strike's damage.

  • Power Strike: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Bolt: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Strike: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Fury: +10% Lightning Damage Per Level

Details: A melee attack that sends out Charged Bolts. This skill is deceptively powerful, just like the Sorceress' Charged Bolt skill, since while the damage of each bolt isn't much, the skill sends out a tremendous number of them at higher levels. (Many more than the description would lead you to believe.)

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Mana Cost44.24.54.755.25.55.766.26.56.777.27.57.788.28.58.7
Damage1-301-421-541-661-781-901-1021-1141-1301-1461-1621-1781-1941-2101-2261-2421-2621-2821-3021-322
# of Bolts Released33334444455555666667


Plague Javelin

Casting Delay: 4 Seconds
Required Level: 18
Prerequisites: Poison Javelin, Lightning Bolt
Synergies:

  • Poison Javelin: +10% Poison Damage Per Level

Details: Plague Javelin adds poison damage to thrown javelins. The projectile leaves a trail of poison gas behind it, and successful hits create a huge exploding cloud of smoke that will poison every monster that moves through it.

  • An awesomely fun skill to use when playing solo, especially on crowds; the poison damage isn't sufficient to kill quickly in larger games.
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Mana Cost77.588.599.51010.51111.5121313131414.51515.51616.5
Damage23-3742-5865-8391-111122-143156-179194-219235-262310-339391-422481-514578-612682-718794-833913-9531040-10821233-12771439-14851657-17051888-1937
Duration: X sec.33.43.84.24.655.45.86.26.677.47.88.28.699.49.810.210.6
Attack +X%3039485766758493102111120129138147156165174183192201


Fend

Required Level: 24
Prerequisites: Jab, Impale
Synergies: None.

Details: Rapidly strikes several close targets.

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Mana Cost: 5
Attack +%405060708090100110120130140150160170180190200210220230
Damage +%708090100110120130140150160170180190200210220230240250260


Lightning Strike

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Jab, Poison Javelin, Power Strike, Lightning Bolt, Charged Strike
Synergies: Points in the following skills will boost the lightning damage of this skill.

  • Power Strike: +8% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Bolt: +8% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Charged Strike: +8% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Fury: +8% Lightning Damage Per Level

Details: A melee attack that sends out a shot of Chain Lightning that can bounce back and forth between multiple targets.

  • This skill is extremely powerful against mid-sized groups of monsters, but less useful against huge mobs. It's almost useless against single targets.
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Mana Cost: 9
Lightning Damage1-251-351-451-551-651-751-851-951-1101-1251-1401-1551-1701-1851-2001-2151-2351-2551-2751-295
Hits23456789101112131415161718192021


Lightning Fury

Required Level: 30
Prerequisites: Poison Javelin, Lightning Bolt, Plague Javelin
Synergies: Points in the following skills will boost the lightning damage of this skill:

  • Power Strike: +1% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Bolt: +1% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Charged Strike: +1% Lightning Damage Per Level
  • Lightning Strike: +1% Lightning Damage Per Level

Details:

Creates a powerful lightning bolt that releases multiple lightning bolts from target. Lightning Fury will release a set number of lightning bolts towards each of the surrounding monsters when a monster is hit with this spell. The maximum number of bolts are listed as you increase the skill's level. The minimum number of bolts are determined by the amount of monsters in close proximity to the one being targeted. If pierce is available, a second release of bolts can occur if another monster or wall lies behind the original target.

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Mana Cost1010.51111.51212.51313.51414.51515.51616.51717.51818.51919.5
Lightning Damage1-401-601-801-1001-1201-1401-1601-1801-2101-2401-2701-3001-3301-3601-3901-4201-4601-5001-5401-580
Number of Bolts23456789101112131415161718192021