Class: Spellblade
The Spellblade is equal parts studious as they are battle-ready. The Spellblade burns their Glyphwards from their studies to empower their weapon with magical properties to either attack their enemies from afar, or deflect their attacks before dealing a devastating riposte.
Armor: Mail
Primary Stat: Intellect
Primary Resource: Glyphwards. Glyphwards are generated over time. The Spellblade has 6 Glyphwards available at a time (able to be increased by talents). These consist of 2 Flame Glyphwards, 2 Lightning Glyphwards, and 2 Arcane Glyphwards. Consuming these Glyphwards has a chance to create an Empowered Glyphward of either Astral, Volcanic, or Spellfire Glyphwards instead.
Secondary Resource: Wisdom. Consuming Glyphwards generates Wisdom which can be used to alter and enhance the Spellblade’s abilities.
Abilities:
Spellblade: Your auto attack has a 40 yard range and deals magical damage based on the most recent spell cast. Your auto attacks also have a chance to empower a Glyphward.
Flame Slash: Consumes 1 Flame Glyphward. Empower your weapon with burning flames and slash out in front of you towards your target. Your target takes X Fire Damage instantly, and an additional Y Fire Damage over 16 seconds. If this consumed a Volcanic or Spellfire Glyphward, the damage is increased by 50%. Turns into Flame Burst after use.
Flame Burst: Consumes 1 Flame Glyphward. Causes your current target’s active Flame Slash DoT effect to erupt in flame dealing X damage instantly. If this consumed a Volcanic or Spellfire Glyphward, the DoT effect spreads to 8 nearby enemies. Turns into Flame Slash after use.
Lightning Spear: Consumes 1 Lightning Glyphward. You release a lightning infused spear towards your target. Upon landing, the spear embeds in your target for 12 seconds, pulsing X Nature damage to all nearby enemies every 2 seconds. Enemies damaged by Cosmic Blade while affected by Lightning Spear release an additional pulse. If this consumed a Volcanic or Astral Glyphward, the Lightning Spear explodes after 12 seconds dealing X% of all damage that was done to the target, split between all nearby targets.
Cosmic Blade: Consumes 1 Arcane Glyphward. You release a wave of Cosmic Energy from your blade, dealing X damage to your target and reduced damage to all nearby enemies. If this consumed an Astral or Spellfire Glyphward, it sends a second wave at 75% effectiveness.
Brainstorm: Consumes 20 Wisdom to manifest a storm of violent energy underneath your target dealing X Astral, Volcanic, or Spellfire damage over 4 seconds to all enemies caught within the storm.
Study Session: Consuming Wisdom increases your Glyphward recharge rate by 25% for 3 seconds and has a chance to instantly recharge a Glpyhward and empower it.
Glyphward Specialist: Consuming a Glyphward increases your damage dealt of that respective school of magic by 2% for 15 seconds. Empowered Glyphwards increase your damage dealt by 4% instead. Multiple applications may overlap, but do not refresh the duration.
Talent Ideas:
Lightning Arcanist: Each time Cosmic Blade damages an enemy, the damage of your next Lightning Spear is increased by 10% stacking up to 10 times.
Starlight: Cosmic Blade now consumes up to 2 seconds of Flame Slash’s DoT Effect and damages the target for 200% of the amount consumed.
Cosmic Rapidity: Each wave of your Cosmic Blade has a 20% chance to send another wave. This effect can chain off itself.
Spellform: For the next 20 seconds, you enter an enlightened state of Spellform, causing all Glyphwards you generate to become empowered, and increase their effects by 100%. You additionally regenerate Glyphwards 100% faster.
Burning Blades: Casting Flame Slash causes the next Cosmic Blade you cast to deal an additional 20% as fire over 6 seconds.
Thoughtstorm: Consuming an Empowered Glyphward increases the duration of all active Brainstorms by 1 second.
Fireburst: Casting Flame Burst immediately after Flame Slash increases the damage of Flame burst by 100% and causes the next Flame Glyphward you generate to be a guaranteed empowered Glyphward.
Star Blade Barrage: Consumes 1 Astral or Spellfire Glyphward. Conjure a barrage of 7 Spellblades to assault your target dealing X damage. Cooldown 30 seconds.
Supernova Barrage: The Spellblades Star Blade Barrage now explodes 2 seconds later, dealing X damage to all nearby enemies. The damage type is determined by the Glyphward that was consumed when casting Star Blade Barrage.
Spectral Greatsword: After casting Star Blade Barrage, you gain access to Spectral Greatsword. Consumes 30 Wisdom. Deals X damage to your target and summons an Astral/Spellfire Brainstorm based on the Glyphward consumed by Star Blade Barrage.
Spellblade Assault: Consuming Wisdom increases your auto attack speed by 10% for 10 seconds. Multiple applications may overlap, but do not refresh the duration.
Cosmic Combo: Every 5th auto attack casts a free Cosmic Blade at your target at 20% effectiveness