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Spear of Light Spear of Light

[edit] Life Infusion Issue -- 19:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Discussion

Issue
since it is a projectile it means it is not guaranteed damage
Suggestion
increase projectile speed like Water Trident
lower recharge to 8

[edit] Poor skill

Issue
Do I really need to say why? TBH though, it's more the whole smiting line than this skill, but it could still use a buff (15 sec recharge is too long for the damage).
Suggestion
Slight rework, like:
Spear of Light Spear of Light. 5 Energy 1 Activation time 8 Recharge time.
Spell. Spear of Light flies twice as fast toward target foe and deals 20...44...50 holy damage if it hits. Spear of Light deals +5...17...20 damage and causes Blindness for 1...3...4 seconds if it hits an attacking foe.
Since it's called "Spear of Light" I think the skill would still make sense like this, and it would give a monk another way of defending themselves too.
Personally, I think more smiting skills should have passive defense clauses and suchlike, like a mix of attack and disabling and whatnot (i.e. you're blinding someone, which is agressive, but inadvertantly protecting yourself. Also things like Smite Hex are on the right track too).
The decreased recharge on this skill would make it a lot more useable, the increased flight speed would make it more reliable, and the blind would give it more utility. To make up for this the damage has been decreased so it's not over-powerful.
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