Asura
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[edit] Basic Asura info
Subclass of...: Ghost Knight
Unique Look: Wears a blindfold
Weapon(s) of choice: Short Sword, Katana
Armor Mastery: Full Plate
Physical/Magical Damage: Mostly magical
Ranged/Close Quarters: Mostly ranged
PVM/PVP: More PVM oriented than PVP
Specialty Element(s): Fire slightly, Light slightly, Ice Slightly, Dark Slightly
Party Support: None
[edit] Asura Skills
Asuras gain access to higher ranks of the Ghost Knight skills Basic Wave and Energy Cutter.
[edit] Plate Armor mastery
Basic Asura passive trait - the Asura gains bonuses for wearing the heaviest full plate armors. Depending on the level and quality of the Full Plate armor, the Asura will gain bonuses to the Intelligence stat and maximum MP.
[edit] Unseeing Eye
Basic Asura passive trait - the Asura cannot be effected by blind status as he is already blind. This does not prevent against taking damage from attacks that carry a blinding effect, however.
[edit] Cancel Wave
This special passive ability lets the Asura cancel his normal attack combo into many of his wave-type attacks. Affected abilities are Basic Wave, Ice Wave, and Lava Wave. Vacuum Wave is NOT affected by this ability.
[edit] Wave Rune
This is a buff-type ability that constantly drains mana while in use. When first applied, a single rune will start circling over the Asura's head, as the Asura uses wave attacks more runes will be produced, up to a maximum of five, however the runes decay over time. Each rune provides a buff to the Asura's cast speed and intelligence, greatly increasing his magical damage output. A core Asura skill.
[edit] Ice Wave
The Asura slashes his sword in the same animation as Basic Wave, and a patch of ice shoots forward along the ground. This attack hits multiple times and can carry enemies with it. Every time an enemy is hit by Ice Wave, there is a chance the enemy will be frozen in a block of ice, rendering it helpless for a few seconds.
[edit] Mindflash
This is a passive ability. Whenever the Asura is attacked in any way - even when inflicted with no damage, Mindflash triggers. A set small amount of mana will regenerate over time (shown as a yellow circling rune effect) and Intelligence (shown as a blue swirling particle effect) will increase temporarily. Mindflash can stack up to 3 times.
[edit] Release Wave
The Asura holds up his hand and releases a blast of energy all around him, dealing damage and flinging all nearby enemies in the direction he is facing, even enemies that are behind him.
[edit] Ghost Gate Return
The Asura charges his sword and then slashes the air in front of him, releasing an enormous ball of dark elemental energy. The ball slowly moves forward and will deal a set amount of hits to all enemies in it's path before dissipating. The damage, and size of the energy ball depend on the amount of Ancient Runes currently effecting the Asura. While it is a powerful attack, Ghost Gate Return will consume the Asura's Ancient Rune buff entirely and reset it to zero.
[edit] Cancel Ghost Gate Return
Allows the Asura to cancel his normal attack combo into the Ghost Gate Return ability.
[edit] Vacuum Wave
The Asura charges his sword and then slashes the air in front of him, releasing an arc of energy. The energy travels for a short distance and deals moderate damage to enemies it touches.
[edit] Vacuum Wave Charge
This passive ability allows the Asura to charge the Vacuum Wave ability for longer than its normal casting time. By doing this, the Vacuum Wave grows greatly in size, power, and range. A fully charged Vacuum Wave will go nearly three times further and be almost twice as wide. In addition to dealing more damage, a charged Vacuum Wave will drag most enemies along with it, hitting them multiple times. A fully charged Vacuum Wave will also always generate a Wave Rune.
[edit] Pulse Wave
This is a buff ability that constantly drains mana while active until deactivated (deactivate by using the skill again while it's active). While active, a wave of energy constantly emits around the Asura and any enemies caught in the Wave will sustain minor gradual damage. In addition it carries a taunting effect: most NPC enemies will aggressively attack the Asura when effected by the Pulse Wave, taunted enemies can be recognized by the exclamation point.
[edit] Lava Wave
The Asura slashes his sword and releases a huge wave of fiery lava. The wave travels almost a screen length, sweeping enemies caught in it's path along with it. The wave crashes down then explodes, dealing an even larger amount of Fire elemental damage to all enemies beneath it. Lava Wave consumes a single piece of clear cube when used.
[edit] Pulse Wave Counter
This skill can be triggered when the Asura is attacked from behind while Pulse Wave is active. The Asura will turn away and pause with his sword raised and slowly draws enemies towards him. When the skill is triggered again the counterattack will activate and unleash a blast of energy to all enemies within the Pulse Wave effect radius. The more enemies present in the Pulse Wave radius when the skill is triggered, the bigger the blast effect and damage. Pulse Wave Counter consumes a single piece of clear cube when used. (Not a recommended skill)
[edit] Burst Wave Splash
The Asura slams his sword on the ground releasing a shockwave along the ground, all nearby enemies caught in the shockwave become trapped in bubbles of energy. The bubbles repeatedly deal light elemental damage to the enemies and hold them helpless for a few seconds, exploding and dealing additional damage to all enemies nearby. Burst Wave Splash consumes 1 clear cube piece when used.
[edit] Floating Orbs
The Asura holds up his hand and unleashes an aura around him, raising and trapping any enemies caught by the initial effect into the air, each Wave Rune that the Asura currently has is converted into a large orb that spins in circles atop the aura, dealing immense amounts of damage to all enemies caught in their path for a period of time, and then they explode dealing additional damage. Floating Orbs consumes 2 clear cube pieces and all Wave Runes when used.
[edit] Awakening Skills
At level 48, the Asura can awaken as Great Darkness.
[edit] The mind´s eye (心眼)
Passive skill that increases your dodge rate while attacking.
[edit] The Eyes of the Waves
The Asura gains an aura of darkness in a large area around him for up to 20 seconds, during this time some of the Asura's common techniques greatly change, attack speed increases, melee range increases, and all effected skills are also given greatly reduced cooldown time, with no cast time. The Eyes of the Waves transforms the Asura's attacks as follows: The final attack of your combo throws forward a magical pinwheel that pushes enemies away, Basic Wave causes wings to materialize from the Asura's back and slash forward dealing magic damage, Ice Wave's range is greatly increased direction reversed and shoots up pillars of magic in a line towards you (pulling enemies along with it), and Lava Wave throws forward magical spikes that fly at the enemy dealing massive damage. After the 20 second duration is up, The Eyes of the Waves' final attack will automatically trigger and many eyes will appear all over the screen, the screen shatters and dealing massive damage to all enemies in the aura radius of the Asura, thus ending the effect and reverting the Asura's status and techniques back to normal. Eyes of the Waves' final attack can be triggered early if the awakening skill is used again, however this will also revert the Asura back to normal prematurely. To utilize The Eyes of the Waves, Pulse Wave must first be active. The Eyes of the Waves consumes 7 clear cube pieces when used.
