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[Me/A] Lyssa's Runner

Me/A Primary Skills (Expand)
Icon Name Attribute Type Description Sac Up Cost Time Rech
Deadly Paradox Deadly Paradox Deadly Arts Stance All of your attack Skills are disabled for 10 seconds. For 5 seconds, your Assassin Skills activate and recharge 33% faster. Energy Cost 15 Recharge Time 10
Arcane Echo Arcane Echo No Attribute Enchantment Spell If you cast a Spell in the next 20 seconds, Arcane Echo is replaced with that Spell for 20 seconds. Arcane Echo ends prematurely if you use a non-Spell skill. Energy Cost 15 Casting Time 1.66 Recharge Time 20
Shadow Form Shadow Form Shadow Arts Elite Enchantment Spell For 25 seconds, all hostile Spells that target you fail and all attacks against you miss, but you deal 33% less damage. When Shadow Form ends, lose all but 41 Health. Energy Cost 10 Casting Time 0.83 Recharge Time 60
Illusion of Haste Illusion of Haste Illusion Magic Enchantment Spell For 11 seconds you are no longer Crippled, and you move 33% faster. When Illusion of Haste ends, you become Crippled for 15 seconds. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 0.83 Recharge Time 5
Death's Charge Death's Charge Shadow Arts Spell Shadow Step to target foe. If that foe has more Health than you, you are healed for 173. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 0.21 Recharge Time 30
Distortion Distortion Illusion Magic Stance For 5 seconds, you have a 75% chance to block attacks. Whenever you block an attack this way, you lose 2 Energy or Distortion ends. Energy Cost 5 Recharge Time 5
Illusion of Weakness Illusion of Weakness Illusion Magic Enchantment Spell You lose 240 health. Illusion of Weakness ends if damage drops your health below 25% of your maximum. When Illusion of Weakness ends, you gain 240 health. Energy Cost 10 Casting Time 1.66 Recharge Time 30
Shadow Refuge Shadow Refuge Shadow Arts Enchantment Spell For 4 seconds, you gain 9 Health regeneration. When Shadow Refuge ends, you gain 68 Health if you are attacking. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 0.83 Recharge Time 8
Alternate Skills (Expand)
Icon Name Attribute Type Description Up Cost Time Rech
Shatter Hex Shatter Hex Domination Magic Spell Remove a Hex from target ally. If a Hex is removed, foes near that ally take 30 damage. Energy Cost 15 Casting Time 0.83 Recharge Time 10
Feigned Neutrality Feigned Neutrality Shadow Arts Enchantment Spell For 9 seconds, you have +7 Health regeneration and +80 armor. This Enchantment ends if you successfully hit with an attack or use a Skill. Energy Cost 5 Casting Time 0.21 Recharge Time 25

Build Statistics

Build Information
Profession Me/A
Type PvE
Category Running
Added 2006-10-22 12:26:02.28064-04
Updated 2007-08-27 06:29:12.171088-04
Teams Teams 0
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Attributes (Calculator)
Fast Casting 4 (3 + 1)
Illusion Magic 15 (12 + 3)
Shadow Arts 12

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Build Description

This build contains one or more skills that have been changed because of skill updates. This may cause an increase or decrease in the build's performance, so check the skill descriptions carefully. If this is your build, editing it will remove this message.

This build is fairly versitile and can run almost anywhere where Chilblains is not a problem. I personally use it for running chests. You will need a 20% longer enchantment duration weapon.

Common Usage

If you need the longest possible Shadow Form duration, this is the way to go. You'll get ~40 or ~60 seconds total.

  1. Deadly Paradox
  2. Arcane Echo
  3. Shadow Form
  4. Illusion of Haste
  5. Recast Illusion of Haste after it wears off
  6. Shadow Form (echo) should now be blinking, recast it now
  7. Recast Illusion of Haste and the original Shadow Form+Deadly Paradox as necessary

If you just need ~20 seconds of invincibility, save your Arcane Echo for when you need it, since it has a 30 second recharge. I use this most often when I pop a chest where I know I can open the chest and safely outrun everything in the area within ~20 seconds.

  1. Deadly Paradox
  2. Shadow Form
  3. Illusion of Haste

Sometimes you don't even need Shadow Form to get through an area, such as running past a pack of warriors or rangers. Illusion of Haste and Distortion should be enough to get you through.

Notes

  • This build can work without Deadly Paradox for Factions+Prophecies only players, you just won't be able to chain Shadow Form together more than twice without a lucky half recharge time on it
  • Illusion of Weakness is extra insurance for those times when Shadow Form has worn off and you still have guys following you
  • Death's Charge can be used to save some ground or to save you from being surrounded
  • If you cast Shadow Form and immediately follow with Illusion of Haste, Shadow Form will begin blinking after you recast Illusion of Haste once it completely wears off
  • Once Shadow Form wears off while using a 20% longer enchantment duration mod, you completely miss out on the echoed version
  • Deadly Paradox must be activated before Arcane Echo is finished casting or it will end prematurely

Posted by Cymmina

This build is...

  • Categorized as a build suitable for PvE play styles
  • Affected by one or more skill changes since it was posted
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