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Strange Seed

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Strange Seed

SKILL_StrangeSeed · Active Magic Ranged MultipleHostile
Nature Magic Skill Tree

A strange seed sprouts from the target tile, knocking back units in that location by 1 tiles and dealing 150% of Magic Attack Power as damage to enemy units. The strange seed heals adjacent friendly units' Current Health for 15% of Magic Attack Power every second.

Range in context

Strange Seed range and area shown on a dungeon room
159 magic damage / target - 53 per energy
3energy

Damage

Shown for stock Perion, Nature Wooden Staff at level 5 (level cap). Pick your physical and magic units in the sidebar.
Expected per cast 159 magic per target
= MAtk 98.2 x 150% x 1.079 crit
Versus benchmark 29.4% of Acid Slogel HP
Damage per energy 53 per energy (3 energy)
Damage per second 9.4 per second (from the 18 s cooldown)
Heal Restores 15 health to an ally per cast (about 0.9/s at this cadence)
Versus median 1.1x the median magic active per cast
Numbers are before target resistance (damage x 100 / (100 + R); most monsters have 0, armored ones up to 60 for a 37.5% cut) and before hit chance, dodge and guard. Combat difficulty does not change your own damage.

Granted by

Items: Nature Wooden StaffNature Bloodwood StaffNature Bone StaffNature Carapace StaffNature Arcron StaffNature Copper StaffGreen Crystal Wood StaffGreen Crystal Bloodwood StaffGreen Crystal Bone StaffGreen Crystal Carapace Staff

Numbers

Range5
Start delay0.2s
End delay0.2s
Cooldown18s
Energy cost3
Durability cost2 (Primary)
Required equipmentNature Staff
Skill points to learn0
Required level0
Basic attack skillno
Delay scales with attack speedno
Can target over wallsno
Categories
BuildingSpawn
Raw values1, 150, 15

Range and area

Range and area of Strange Seed

Blue caster; light blue range (5 tiles); orange area hit (single target). The range distance metric shown is approximate; the area shape is exact.

Skill animation

The skill's effect striking the training scarecrow (the game's practice dummy), which recoils as it takes the hit. Frame timing is approximate.

Summoned units

Summons Strange Seed. It uses:

Regeneration aura: Units within 1 range gain health regeneration equal to 15% of the summoner's magic attack power. After 20 seconds, it crumbles and returns to nature. A Strange Seed heals for 15 percent of its own summoner's Magic Attack Power, rounded down.