Passive and Magic

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Inner Sight

Level Requirement: 1

Lore

The lush canopy of trees covering the Amazon homeland allows little sunlight to reach the ground. To better adapt to their environment, the Amazons have developed a technique whereby they can attune themselves to the life forces in the surrounding area and transfer these energies into a source of luminescence. This enables the Amazon and her companions to see her enemies in shadow and darkness.

Stats

This skill always costs 5 mana and has a radius of 13.3 yards at all levels.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Duration (Seconds)	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84
Enemy Defense	-40	-65	-90	-115	-140	-165	-190	-215	-260	-305	-350	-395	-440	-485	-530	-575	-635	-695	-755	-815

Notes

This skill is marginally useful in the early game, but quickly loses it's usefulness. Note that the Rogue Mercenary uses this at various skill levels automatically.

Critical Strike

Level Requirement: 1

Lore

Among the arsenal of techniques employed by the Amazon warrior is her ability to study opponents carefully and detect any weaknesses. She can then use these deficiencies in her adversary to strike at precisely those areas that will cause the greatest injuries.

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
2x Chance	16%	25%	32%	38%	42%	46%	49%	51%	54%	56%	58%	59%	61%	62%	63%	65%	65%	66%	67%	68%

Notes

This skill gives the chance at doing double damage against a target.

Dodge

Level Requirement: 6

Lore

To anyone familiar with their natural agility, it should came as no surprise that the training regimen of an Amazon warrior includes exercises specifically designed to avoid potentially devastating blows in combat.

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance	18%	24%	29%	34%	37%	40%	425	44%	46%	47%	49%	50%	51%	52%	52%	54%	54%	55%	55%	56%

Notes

This is the first of the trio of evasion skills that an Amazon has access to. These help her to stay alive in areas she might not otherwise. This skill only works for melee attacks for when the Amazon is stationary

Slow Missiles

Level Requirement: 12

Lore

Through strict martial discipline and focus, an Amazon warrior can attune herself to her environment and the dangers around her, allowing her to react to these hazards with superhuman agility. One aspect of this ability is her knack for avoiding missile fire. Just as the Amazon must master the bow and javelin, she must also learn to defend herself from these same weapons. When an Amazon uses this ability, incoming projectiles appear to move slower than normal, enabling her to avoid them.

Stats

This skill costs 5 mana, and has a radius of 13.3 yards at every level. This skill slows all enemy missiles by 33%

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Duration (seconds)	12	18	24	30	36	42	48	54	60	66	72	78	84	90	96	102	108	114	120	126

Notes

This is certainly a fun skill to use against a Sorceress. Marginally useful in PVM play, although most monster's missiles are easy enough to manuall dodge anyways. This skill does not work against bosses.

Avoid

Level Requirement: 12

Lore

This ability hones the natural defensive ability of an Amazon. If she stands still, she can predict incoming missile attacks and elude them before they reach her. Most Amazon people can do this if all of their thoughts to the task, but only a warrior trained in this skill can do this even whilst caught unaware.

Stats

This skill is similar to the Dodge skill, except that it works for missile-based attacks, rather then melee.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance	24%	31%	36%	41%	45%	48%	50%	52%	54%	55%	57%	58%	60%	61%	61%	63%	63%	64%	64%	65%

Notes

The second in the trio of evasion skills the Amazon has.

Penetrate

Level Requirement: 18

Lore

The warriors of the Amazon Islands are legendary for their ability to strike their mark. Warriors with this skill are more likely to hit targets.

Stats

This is a passive skill which grants the Amazon an Attack Rating boost.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Bonus to Attack Rating	35%	45%	55%	65%	75%	85%	95%	105%	115%	125%

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Bonus to Attack Rating	135%	145%	155%	165%	175%	185%	195%	205%	215%	225%

Notes

This skill is useful for increasing the Amazon's Attack Rating. But normally, no more then 1 point is needed.

Decoy

Level Requirement: 24

Lore

Amazons derive another benefit while learning to fight in the rainforests of their homeland. They learn, through misdirection and deception, to fool attacking forces into thinking there is another Amazon nearby. This subterfuge causes enemies to waste time and energy hunting down false prey while the Amazon moves in for the kill.

Stats

This skill creates a duplicate of the Amazon.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	12
Duration (Seconds)	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55
Life Bonus	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Resistances	4%	8%	12%	16%	20%	24%	28%	32%	36%	40%

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	11.5	10.7	10	9.2	8.5	7.7	7	6.2	5.5	4.7
Duration (Seconds)	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	100	105
Life Bonus	110%	120%	130%	140%	150%	160%	170%	180%	190%	200%
Resistance	44%	48%	52%	56%	60%	64%	68%	72%	76%	80%

Synergies

Granted evasion bonuses via Dodge, Avoid, and Evade

Notes

The decoy has the same life as the amazon who cast it, adjusted by the life bonus it recieves. It will only last it's ful duration if it takes less damage then it's total life. This is a very good skill to use for scouting out treacherous areas, and for helping keep the heat off a Mercenary, Valkyrie or the Amazon herself.

Evade

Level Requirement: 24

Lore

A warrior skilled in Dodge and Avoid may eventually learn this additional ability. Once an Amazon has sharpened her defensive concentration to this level, she will eventually be able to dodge blows and other attacks while moving. This skill can also help keep the Amazon from harm as she moves out of the way of an exploding siege engine or avoids the wrath of an enraged Sorceress!

Stats

Unlike Dodge or Avoid this skill grants a chance to evade an enemy's attack while walking or running.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance	18%	24%	29%	34%	37%	40%	42%	44%	46%	47%	49%	50%	51%	52%	52%	54%	54%	55%	55%	56%

Notes

The third in the trio of evasion skills granted to an Amazon.

Valkyrie

Level Requirement: 30

Lore

When a warrior has proven her devotion to Athulua through her brave deeds and exceptional skill in battle, the Goddess shows her favor by granting a spiritual emissary to aid the Amazon. These emissaries of Athulua are called Valkyrie, and they are the spirits of the greatest heroes from the Amazon people. The power to summon a Valkyrie is the greatest honor that an Amazon warrior can receive. It is believed this gift is a sign that your place beside the Goddess is assured when you pass from this world-perhaps even as a Valkyrie.

Stats

This skill summons a powerful, and beefy ally to the player's side.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Mana Cost	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	34
Hit Points	528	616	704	792	880	968	1056	1144	1232	1320
Damage Bonus	0%	25%	50%	75%	100%	125%	150%	175%	200%	225%
Attack Rating Bonus	+40	+80	+120	+160	+200	+240	+280	+320	+360	+400
Defense Bonus	0%	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%
Resistances (2% per level)	2%	4%	6%	8%	10%	12%	14%	16%	18%	20%
Dexterity (+12 per level)	12	24	36	48	60	72	84	96	108	120

Level	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Mana Cost	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
Hit Points	1408	1496	1584	1672	1760	1848	1936	2024	2112	2200
Damage Bonus	250%	275%	300%	325%	350%	375%	400%	425%	450%	475%
Attack Rating Bonus	+440	+480	+520	+560	+600	+640	+680	+720	+760	+800
Defense Bonus	100%	110%	120%	130%	140%	150%	160%	170%	180%	190%
Resistances (+2% per level)	22%	24%	26%	28%	30%	32%	34%	36%	38%	40%
Dexterity (+12 per level)	132	144	156	168	180	192	204	216	228	240

Synergies

Granted evasion bonuses via Dodge, Avoid, and Evade

Decoy: +20% Life Per Level

Penetrate: +40 Attack Rating Per Level

Notes

The Valkyrie is a truly powerful ally. One of the most powerful summons in the game, with access to the evasion skills, she can be quite hard to kill. Her life is certainly not to shabby either, and she can even hold her own against mobs of monsters. Special note about summoning her, there is a rather large cast delay of about 12 seconds.

The Valkyrie is best used as a meat shield, positioned between the Amazon and monsters to give ample time for the Amazon to attack without worrying about getting hit.

Special Note: The Valkyrie spawns with her own set of items, the most important one being her weapon. At skill level 17 she will start spawning with a War Pike the elite version of her weapon.

Pierce

Level Requirement: 30

Lore

After long hours of training, an Amazon warrior's bow arm can develop tremendous amounts of strength. With this strength, and some additional training, the Amazon is able to maximize the power of her bow, enabling her to penetrate multiple targets with a single arrow.

Stats

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Chance Missiles Pass through Target %	23	34	42	49	55	59	63	65	69	71	73	75	77	79	80	82	82	83	84	85

Notes

This skill works with every ranged attack an Amazon has, with the exception of Guided Arrow. It's true potential is unleashed when coupled with skills like Lightning Fury or Multishot.