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Could someone explain to me Arcane aim?

Can someone explain how it works? What does the buff that appears do? Mine's only lvl 5 so it should work 25% of the time... but I see the buff icon after every few hits o_O.

And how do you know how many of these are stacked on mobs?

Thanks.

October 10, 2012

7 Comments • Newest first

HolyMaige

[quote=chickdigger802]oh yeah, forgot for a sec that paralyze hits 6 times. Makes sense now. Kinda wish there was a visible counter thing that shows me how much buffs i have on or is there?[/quote]

There is no counter. One way I know how many times it has stacked is the damage I do. It can only stack 5 times, and I know the range I would hit once it has stacked 5 times.

Reply October 12, 2012
chickdigger802

oh yeah, forgot for a sec that paralyze hits 6 times. Makes sense now. Kinda wish there was a visible counter thing that shows me how much buffs i have on or is there?

Reply October 10, 2012
AkatsukiDark

If you're using a muti-hit skill, that 25% is bound to be 100% for Arcane Aim activation. You shouldn't be surprised; it's not like a buff with a 100 second cooldown that only works 25% of the time.

Also, to answer your question.. if you see the arcane aim buff icon, the buff is activated until it dies out. The buff activates at a chance whenever you hit something multiple times. The buff that appears amplifies your magic damage and that Damage will increase by 3% with 25% probability up to 5 times. (Since your skill is at level 5.)

Reply October 10, 2012 - edited
iVege

[quote=chickdigger802]Not really... that's like saying I flip 2 coins and I'm guaranteed to get 1 head.[/quote]

Since when did I say you were guaranteed to get 1 activation every 4 hits? I was saying it wasn't abnormal for you to activate the buff that often.

Reply October 10, 2012 - edited
chickdigger802

[quote=iVege]Theorectically , 25% means every 4 hits. Why are you surprised?[/quote]

Not really... that's like saying I flip 2 coins and I'm guaranteed to get 1 head.

Reply October 10, 2012 - edited
iPurple

I dont play mages but i think when you attack an enemy you ignore a bit of their defence. When you attack an enemy more than 3 times , all of the damage dealt to it will increase. Damage increase effect will be based on rates. You can accumulate it up to 5 times

Reply October 10, 2012 - edited
iVege

Theorectically , 25% means every 4 hits. Why are you surprised?

Reply October 10, 2012 - edited