Sacred 2:Raise Skeleton

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This Combat Art is a (Buff) Early on, Necromancers learn to control the skeletal remains of deceased creatures. Invoking this skill causes a nightmarish jumble of animated bones to rise from the ground. Animated partially through their own will and partially through the summoned spirits of ancient warriors, Necromancers often maintain a small host of these reanimated soldiers to do their bidding. Aspect - Dark Summons Innate Abilities (Lvl 1) Summons Skeletal Warrior Skeleton attributes, damage, health, movement, and bonuses increase with each rune read. Regeneration Time of all Combat Arts: +50.0% Modifications See also: Sacred 2:Combat Art Modifications Bronze Skeletal Mastery - Summons an additional skeleton. Equipment - Upgrades the skeletons' armor, boosting all resistances with 7.5 + 5.5 armor per level. Silver Skeletal Mastery - Summons an additional skeleton. Sharpened Blades - The skeletons receive upgraded swords, inflicting more damage (see Usage Strategies below). Gold Skeletal Mastery - Summons an additional skeleton. Spectral Shield - The skeletons receive upgraded shields, protecting them from more damage (see Usage Strategies below).

Raise Skeleton

Skills and Attributes

The following skills will affect this combat art:

• Dark Summons Lore - increases casting speed, increases the armor resistances from the Equipment bronze mod, increases physical damage from the Sharpened Blades mod, allows for modification points.

• Dark Summons Focus - reduces regeneration time and allows for higher level combat art without penalty, allows for modification points.

• Concentration - will lower this combat art's regeneration time penalty.

The following attributes will affect this combat art:

• Stamina will lower regeneration time penalty

Usage Strategies

• Skeletal Warriors are technically immortal. If defeated in battle, they will fall down unconscious and then resurrect after 20 seconds.
• Skeletal Warriors have the following skills: Sword Mastery, Tactics Lore, Armor Lore, Shield Lore, Toughness. They have no special combat arts, only basic weapon attacks.
• Skeletal Warriors' basic swords do physical damage. If the Sharpened Blades silver mod is taken then the Skeletons will spawn with upgraded bastard swords which have additional poison damage and a chance for Crushing Blow. There is also a small amount of flat physical damage added which scales with the Dark Summons Lore skill.
• Skeletal Warriors spawn with random crest shields which provide physical resistance and flat Defense Rating. If the Spectral Shield gold mod is taken, then the Skeletons will spawn with random crest shields which have increased values as well as Defense Rating % and Chance to Block Melee & Ranged attacks.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Can summon up to four basic soldiers, or one highly equipped warrior.

Cons

• Does not benefit much from the Dark Summons Lore skill unless Equipment bronze mod is taken.

Gallery

Normal Armor

Upgraded Armor

Normal Shields

Upgraded Shields

Normal Swords

Upgraded Swords